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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY " JOtTRNAI PORTLAND,' SUNDAY MORNINO, - MAY 19. 1S07 : tmm ..- . , i i . -:. ; r. . , ..n aa- -w- m. wr--. - . r l - b. m i r ; stfw euro g i & ii ! m jflienomenil Number of Small f Tract Chanee Hands Dur- : Ing Past; Week. vr;c;;r HOME BUYING IS 1 1 ' - PROMINENT FEATURE 'em Show No Preference of Lo- OAlitx SnbnrtMui and City Both Squally AcUvwClubs Flan for Erection of BoMlnf. St r.Tr 4. JUMT PMTOVB P win ty th realty market took oa an p jward movement during ta paat wk that reminded th dealer of th palmy day of February and March, wha thy felt that eomethlng waa wrong U at least ono 1109,000 aalo waa not reported very day. But Bailor and buyer allka ' maiim that hurr buying moramanta tieoeaaarlly coma la epurta, a a olty of JOO.000 people could not long jnarket whera tha aalaa ran $200,000 or mora weakly.' ; ' ' ;' While tharo naa bean a marked tatt ing off la the Tolume of aalaa atnoe the 'Crat of the year, tha market la la a vary satisfactory ' condition. Tha ' heavy tnevomcnt la homo buying that aat In pome , weeka ago continue; without abatement. The dally raoord of tran ger filed with the oounty clerk ahowa large number of transection! trans ferring rosldencea and ' residence oltaa Involving oonalderetlone of from 11,000 1 4,000. - - ; v m . , ; -.. ; : ; '. t , Many Suburban Traota Sold. Another, notable feature of the mar ket" la tne large number or auDurou eereag tracts that are being Ukea over for aubdlvlaloa, Bereral of theae amall tracts ware sold on the peninsula and In the vicinity of Mount Bcott within the past few dya The best of the penlnaula acreage now commands a Jarge prloe, one , f-aore tract In the vicinity of McKenna Junction baring sold for $4,000 an aore, whUe ocaroely any of the plateau toad thla side of Bt Johns can oa had for lesa than It.OOO an " acre., - , ' :- ; -'.- , ' ' V In the Mount Boott country the hold ings are much cheaper, there etlU be- : Jng aeveral slghUy traota available for platting that may be had for from 1100 jio $360 an acre. .""r: ' : - A new baals for valuation Of Second street property waa made by a aala re ported during the past week, t The . SB by 60-foot lot at tha southeast corner of Second and Morrison streets - was sold to Mra Elisabeth W. Pax Ion for $46,000. The property Is a part of the estate of the late Dr. Davenport and was sold by John and Mary McDonald, , 'w residents of . Enidand. who belred ti, rironertv from Dr. Davenport' The quarter lot la covered by a three-otory ' "brlclt; the ground floor of which la oo- cupled by a saloon and - cigar store, ' vhlla the two upper floor are used as 'a physlclan'a offlca and pnvata sanato- :t Other Heavy also. s I Other tranafers of business a! tea not- . ad during the week Included the lot on First street recently purchased by Dr. Cornelius for I2M00. This lot U altu ted between Ash and Oak and la ooou led by a three-story brick, and' tha northeast corner of Park and Flanders streets, purchased by A. C. Mohler for $20,000. .- The Knights of Columbus nave about closed a deal- for the corner of Park and Taylor streets The prloe Is said to be - $16,000. Tha purpose of tha society Is to build a nandsoms clubhouse on the !te In the near future.- Tha oharaoter :-' f building to bo put up, the else, sost, ta, has not been deolded by tha society, but that the structure will ba la keep ing with Ita propoeed neighbor, the T. M. C. A.-T. W. & A. building, la not doubted. - -i-.i.,"... jfr'-'.-.i:-!'" ! The North Pacific Dental college, now occupying quarters at Couoh and Fif teenth streets, baa decided to buUd a ' new college building on Its property oa Holladay avenue and East Sixth street n MiiaM owns a half block there and rlll pat np a four-story concrete struo at will be ooouDied entirely by the college and pharmacy department h.f ia ta ba added to the regular den- tal college. Tha lease on the present ouartera of tha college wUl expire next v .nmnur, and work ob the new building .will boruahad ta omplatlon so that It may ba ready for occupancy next Sep Member.' -v: " , , Alrord WtU Sreot Blook. The saie of tha Sollara corner, at tha aouthweet.-corner of Taylor and Sixth streets, which waa made at the time of " the purchase of the T. M. C A.-T. W. C. A. olte, was closed last week, W. C. Al-'.taklna- tiUe. The - consideration w 147.000. lt la understood that Mr. "Alvord' baa under consideration the areo ,tlon of a modern business house on the i corner. ' . s- i " . Mrs. X B. Montgomery has sold to ' the Portland 'school board -four lots In Upper Alblna, oommenclnf at the Inter section of Knott street and Rodney ave nue, for 114.600. One year ago tha lots were selling at Ahe-rate of - $1,000 t $1,200 oach, while by the recent sale -they went at the rata or neany n.oao The 'Chapln' bungalow and grounds 'containing about two sores- on Rlver ide drive overlooking the Willamatte, has been purcnaaea py mioe jaay sw for 'lis 000. ' . Another- handeome homestte" that changed handa during the week waa a quarter block located On Ardmore ave- ii ue. which was purchased by George ' w nates from the Macleay estate for iT.BO. Tha property has a frontage of lOi feet en TArarnofe avenue and is ' wnei (if the' moat attractive residence la that -part of the city. v " Tha northeast corner of Grand ave nue and Eaat Ash street has been pur chased by F. t. Mosemaa from Ixiulsa 7nia for I11J00. Another rood slsed east side sale waa that of the southeast corner of East Ninth and East. Grant streets, pur rha.ned by John JU Alexander for . a rHolaa of agreement have been en tpred Into between the Buckman aiatera re nutting np a four-atory build ing at East rsurnsiae nnn uo unm s venue, and Mr. 8lmon, owner of the starter block at East Bumslde and East Third streets, whereby the west wall of he Buckman biuwng win ba utilised as a party wall. Mra Simon baa com missioned a . local architect to prepare the plans- for a four-story mlU-con-ttuiMlnr. which will be erected the auarter block -a adjoining the Uuclsmsn building. . . Sba PorOAad Railway, X4bt , " t.S't V : : - ,..--" ' "- 5; 1 U I i'l .. jhj'.. ji 1, i; v ! a ,1 ;. !, IJ lf f ijj; ; - Lli;- L 'Ij iLj! .: ii' 1 1- k: ... ' 'A a m'lCy --r iAyiy-L Q 1 H . : ''. fplj "... ' ' ': . ', '.-tt'iyC ' ; ;i i 4 J mm 77- U y S :-1fl ; J'- , ) ! - r " i . 1 ' RTPMlTITEFrACTOEX 7 I ' I , 1 n. Mnnuif baa closed deala for sites adjoining the Savler street and Piedmont car lines that are to be used as sites for clubhouses that the railway company Is preparing to build for the use of the ear men. vuu"""" " also , be bunt near m a-aat -"" and -the- Mllwaukle- oarna-on prpny heretofore acquired for that purpose. Tha plans for the buildings have been completed and tha eontracta will ba let aa soon as the details can be arranged. j; :t' Modern ' aiwatobiaBAVH'' '; The building will be eauippod with all the convenlencea of a modern club, Including a reading and recreation room, billiard hall, gymnasium, tub and shower baths, etc It Is expected that th building r will M eompleted be fore the summer 1 over as tha company wants its car man. to nave ne otmui of tb cluba as soon aa possible. The Brooklyn Republican and . Im provement dub has launched the prop ooitlon to -build, a clubhouee- for the use of the club. Already mora than 11,000 has been subscnosa towsrn m projeot '. . ' The action of the Brooklyn club 'baa aroused other aaat side eluba to the de sirability of owning their own ciud buildings. Several of these osuds, in cluding the East Bids Improvement association, the East Diae Business Men's olu and the. East Side Commer cial club are composed of men of wealth who could easily raise tna neceasary fund to build borne for their organis ations. . ,t WtU Breot Twenty Oottagaa. Tha Portland Realty aV Truat oora- nmn-r arill hoon begin the- construction of $0 two-tory cottages In what Is trnawa as the sewickiey aoauion at East Forty-eighth street and .Hawthorne mime. The cot tares will cost about $2,600 each and will h sola on tna in atallment elan aa soon as finished.' . Tha Central Christian churoh. at East Twehtieth and East Salmon at rests, Is preparing to erect a i.ooo onurcn adlfloa. The general plana ware adopted soma time ago, and eommixtees are now at work getting estimates of the coat of tha different kinds of construction. A large amount of residence construe Hon la in Droaress in the Sunnyslde - trlct Thro new two-story cottages are going up at East Thirty-first and Belmont streeta C J. I. Routledge la building a home at East Twenty-ninth and Belmont atreets that will cost about $4,000. , fi , Several pretty cottages are going up (n the vicinity of East Thirty-flrst and Tamhill and Salmon streeta WORK OF FILLING SINK IS COMPUTED One Low East 8lde Block Now Up to Level Fill Begins on the Second. mia Ms- Aredre. has completed its work of filling tha sink on tha south side of East Morrison street from East Second street up to an Including the site of JWSM&tteLJUiuunv. JTba pipeline has been .transferred to the north aid of East Morrlsoa, Where the low ground between that street and East Alder "Is. being filled. AH these low lying lands 'are being brought to basement level,- thereby - greatly ; In creasing their valua , ; i, The slough on both side of th Grand avenue fill Is being filled with mater ial brought, in from the Montavllla travel bed by th Pacific Bridge com pany. It la estimated that over 100, 000 cublo yarde of material will be re quired to make theae two fllla When both flu are completed u wiu mean the addition of two whole diock to me most . valuable part of tb oast aide business dlatriot. -M The New Rothchild Building;' ' Keservatlon'. of . .offices In' the new Rothchild building of seven stories, being erected at corner of Washington and Fourth atreeta, may be secured by applying to Donald Q. "Woodward, agent. 10 8eooa Stxeat. i -w. SLEEP WHILE STRKTSJECAy Unaccountabk Lethargy Holds ' Portland 1 Property Owners From'Taking Treatrnent MILES OF THOROUGHFARES NEED IMPROVEMENT With Bxeapttoii of Pew Block En tire East Side Bag No AaphaJtum Pavement Many Street Already Paved Are Worn 00. airtfl IVa elms sWf AOfHA WbTl tMl sreat, throbbing progressive city will nave even enough of It business streets paved to give relief from the Intolerab e . it,. Ant summer season? Tni Question I often asked by that class of Portland's residents who have an abiding faith In tha citye deatlny and whose dally prayer is in j miracle the property Jyn "f',7" . t. rnii ryf continuing to paralyse every movement that Is made to Improve the streeta . .. . itt.pV mtrnmt is a aisgrace " "u'u and yet there is scarcely a visitor to the olty that raus 10 see m uoy.v.. condition. At the west Intersection of ..ji Rtark a chuck bole, worn in th rotten brick, la big enough to wreck vehicle tnat arops row it "" la ra.vaiina- OUI ox a ' wua- The am oondltlon exlU at Fifth and Stark, where the steel axle of a heavy ,b aa ananoed off one day last week.' . ' . other Streeta Bad, v Between Fifth and Third on SUrk fully one half the brick pavement la worn out. The deplorable part of the whole thin 1 that thl condition has i.ti mi atark atroet for two years or more and repeated attention baa been called to It both oy commercial uouio. and the press of the city. , Alder street irom totii one of Portland's disgracefully neglected ntanea of thoroughfares. Her the as- phaltum, put down several year ago un- der long time guarantee, na wwrn " of chuck holes. A, light .buggy, going Over this part of AMoer except with the most careful driving, would b pretty sure to be wrecked. Worst of all perhaps Is First street from Burnslde to Jefferson. There Is not a block here where numerous holes and broken surfaoee may not be seen. A truck driver seated on a load of boxes has the utmost difficulty In maintain ing his seat while driving along this street, while the swift going automo biles give the street a wld a berth a possible. .-" ; Association Boo JTothlng. About a year'agOj It was. procjalnjsd. Thar" the" new ""organisation, the First Street Improvement " association was formed for the purpose of wpavlng this entire street through the business dis trict, that is, from Burnslde to Jeffer son. Occasional echoes of the commend able purpose are still heard but nothing tangible Is yet to be seen. The well-known experience of other cities seem lost on a majority of Port land property holders. It ' Is an Indis putable fact that a hard surface pave ment on First street would add to the rental values of property there, auffl clent to pay th cost of the paving with in the first year. F s - Lower Morrison 1 another street that has been in a wretched econdltlon for months. but her some little repair work Is in progress that may leave it In pass able shape for awhile. The Madison street mud hole that has been the deepalr of teamster for months is rapidly be coming a dusthol and will oon b th dread of Ltba pedestrlane, j-; - Besides oe iMatrlot Sara. Za th principal ridnoe district of I i ' .. I, II II II !! I I v(i - Jt - . . ?s?"f m. vuv. . : r- ... " : T- - ........ th olty nothing can be said about bad pavements, for there are none ef any kind. Portland' reeidenc streets are for th moat part mere oountry roade duaty lanea In tha summer, muddy high ways In winter. In tha district west of Fourteenth nd -north of Washington, there ought -tO' to "10 miles" asphaltum pavement.- Thla territory f or the most part Is Inhabited by well-to-do 4 people, much the jarget ;Dorupn w whom own tneir nomea. . . The earn condition prevail In tb im mense residence territory south of Tain hiii anf wast of Third street Here1 again 1 a district filled UP with people abundantly able to meet street paving assessment, but for some unaooount able reason seem to prefer the discom forts of mud and dust, not to spaas oi the humiliation Incident t , living oa auoh streets. . v . At Om Paved PtsM. A wail-known and prominent resident of South Portland, whUe speaking of tha unpaved oondltlon of that section 91 me olty, said ( "Thar ahould ba at least one hard surface paved street extending through South Portland from washing ton street to Hamilton avenuethe end of tha 8 car Una Probably tha greatest number of people would bo benefited by paving those streeta that are trav ersed bv the south TUira aircei nam. The aouth and of the city has filled up with people very rapidly in the last year or two and yet less has been done for It than for any other district, xne niwi work there has amounted to almost nothing. Soma of the atreets that are fairly well built up, bav nvr even been opened.". .; - Th resident of Portland Heights have organized with a view to having the principal streets up there laid with bard pavement At a reoent meeting of tha residents it waa a creed to get the proposition in motion and put most of it through this summer. . i Vast Side STeed Improvement An immense amount of hard pavement must be laid oa th east aide within tha next year or two If Portland Is to keep up with the procession of Paclflo ooast citlea Aside from a few blocks on Holladay avenue there Is not a foot of asphaltum pavement oa tha other side of the river. . . ' - . One of the first' paving projects that ahould be considered by the olty authori ties, is the laying ox a nrst-cias cur able pavement on th following import ant east sid thoroughfare: Hawthorne avenue, from Grand avenue to East Fortieth street: East Morrison ana aei mont, from Grand avenue to Mount Ta bor: Union avenue, from East Burnslde street "to" Klllihgsworth," and "William from th Wlllamett to th pldmont car barn. C ' - 2- These four streets are th mala high way for nearly the entire section. It Is probably a safe estimate to aay tnai 50 per cent of all th east aid travel la confined to the treat. , v Paving Plan Suddenly Ola. Something less than a year ago the Hawthorne avenue property owners met In the rooms of the East Side Improve ment association and unanimously voted to proceed at once to bav a bltullthlo pavement .nut-wn.on4ha-avnuo-rm Grand avenue to East Fortieth street The reason for ths apparent abandon ment of this commendable resolution has never been made public. ) Jrvlngton, 'where more handsome homes are being put up than In any other part of the city, la badly In need of a larce amount of . good pavement Half a dosen of th principal high ways leading east from Union avenue through Irvington need Immediate pav ing. Hancock, scnuyier, uroanway, Weldler. Clackamas and Multnomah streets are lined with handaom real donees that are often bidden in summer by clouds of dust . and In winter the street crossings ara neany at ways im nassable on account Of mud, ,', If the property, holders ; could be brought to realise that 15 per cent of the value of a lot on an'unpavea street would be added, to that lot Immediately after ths street 1 paved, this whole vexing question would be settled. , Banatif Vala lag. ' 40I40-1S KnrrlaoB 111 Xltb. PEIIDLA IS ACTIVE- MARKET Property Out St Johns way m m ' W a Changes Hands In Whole 1 sale Quantities. RAILROAD WORK IS 1 PROVING GOOD BOOSTER Walker Tract Sold at Reeord-Break- lng Prloe tfnlveraity Park Bfiow Large Bale Iany New Building Erected ta Suburb. Perhaps the most active real estate market that the Peninsula nss ever known la now In oroaress at University Park and , In the vicinity oi mcivenna. Junction. The announcement that work would ba resumed on the O. R. ac . main line from Troutdale to McKenna Junction and on the line from McKenna Junction to tha atockyards of the Swift Packing company has caused a rusn o lnvestora to that part of the city. The sals of the Walker tract or acre age a short time ago ai in r 14,000 an acre was tna top noi.cn pnc for Peninsula acreage. Tne i unnei Townsite ana improvement wmpnii orranised and owned by Governor Chamberlain and associates, has sold a largo number of lots at from nuo to $500 for a is by too xooc lot, . ; trnlTeralty Park Aotlv. FrancU I. McKenna ba sold within th last SO day $115,000 worth Of lota in University Park and thla does not Include the lots and acreage sold to the O. R. A N, Co., about the iirst ox tne year..: " -i'- . One year ago there were hundred of aore- of high, sightly land to ba had on tha Peninsula in 10 and JO acre tracte for subdivision, now, howyer, there 1 scarcely no acreage to bo had there that I desirable for platting; nearly all th unplatted, territory- having., passed -into the hands of shrewd Investors, who ara holding it for the big rise In values, confidently predicted upon k comple tion) of the two roads acros tne Colum bia and Willamette rivers. ' ',- - - Building Boom in Bt. Johns. Farther down the Peninsula at St Johna another active season1 of building development has set , In. iGoodrich A Brothers, architects for the new city hall, announce that the structure will be completed and turned over to the city by June IB. A quarter block fac tory bulldfnuonjhe riyer lrotltJaundat construction. "A brick building 21 by 70 feet oa Jersey street Is nearlng com pletion, i A two-story business block, 50 by 100 at V corner of Richmond and Jersey street Is under ' construction. It is estimated that not less . than 60 cottages are at thla time under construc tion In and around St, Johns.) To Teach In Dayton School. ... Dayton, Or., May: 18 At a meeting of the school board last evening the following teachers were elected for tha coming years Principal, ; Profesaor Jamea Dodson; grammar, grade, Mlaa Guasle Updegraff ; Intermediate, Mis Flora Bertram; primary, Mra. Ella Jiar-rla- Jk , Appendloitlav Is due in a large measure' to abuse of the bowels, by employing v drastic pur- Eatlvea To avoid all danger, use only r. Klng"a New Life Pills, the safe. Sentle oleanaera and lnvlgoratora uaranteed for- headache, biliousness, malatta-and Jaundice, : at Red Croae Pharmao. It , ( " CRICKET PLAYEBS WILL HAVE HEW HOME Loyers of Sport Anxiously Await l,domplitlon - of "Mount Tabor Clubhouse. - nviriiand cricket clever are anxloualy awaiting tha completion of their new clubhouse now - under' construction - at north Mount Tabor on' th Montavllla ear Una Th architect who has cnarg of the oonatructlon haa promised mat tha building will ba reaoy ny juns . Arrangementa ara being made to cel ebrate the event with, a grand opening in which Mayor Lane will participate. There are a large number of former resident of King Edward' dominion In Portland, who fondly remember the manly old British gam and will take a keen delight in a trenuou hour In defending the wicket. - Th ground near tha club houaa ar finely adapted to playing the garae,v. . BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JAMES B. DUNLAP 1 " ' .',-f: (Special Ptepstcb to T6 JosmsL) Shedda, Or, May 1?. Jams B. Dun lap, who died May 11 at hi horn near thl place, wa born at Philadelphia, July 18, He removed to Mus kingum county, Ohio, with his parents when quit young. - Ha reoelved his ed ucation la th common school of that county and later attended eollege at GlNGEtlS CURE! SpecUllai oTrefa. ward of how it was done. Do not CALL ON THESE: . Mr. U B. Holcomb, 53i Miller avenu. Sellwood car. Mrs, 3. E, Henderson, 90 .West Emerson street Get off t Den ver avenue, St Johns ear., - t i , , f Mrs. M. Bakler, 141 Union arena. , . s- , Mr; Mary Vierani,r 1061 Belmont, street Get off , at Thirty-flftli streetv Take Mount Tabor car. fci . wl ' Dr. O'Keefe's Address Is 207K . Third Street - s.-- - - , Room 15 . -t"K ' - Obortln. Ohio. ' He enlisted in tne army Mar t. 180, in the One Hundred ana Sixtieth regiment of Ohio volunteer. and eerved In th Army of tb Potomac He wa married to Miss Amanda Brown November . 808. H cam to Oregon In 1811., Uw wa a llf-lonir ChrUtlan and waa aoonttnt member of th United Preabrterlan churoh of . Shdd at th time of hi death. At th grave, after it waa decorated with flower, two old oldier tpped up with a flag and on of them aaldi "la th name of car country we honor our noble dead," an planted tb flag at th baad th grav. -' SALEM PREPARING TO ENTERTAIN TEACHERS Salem, Or," : May ll.-ooal oommlt teea from th teacher of th pubU school are working bard in preparation for th meetings of th western division of the State Teachers' association, which will meet here July 1 and 8, Inclusive. Mors than (00 teacher ar expected la the city and all the rooms available ar being held In reerve for th greatest gathering that ha yet convened her t discuss pedagoglo topics. Superintend ent J. H. Ackerman haa reoelved word that the Portland Teachera club and th Portland Principal' club haa recently passed reaolutiona to attend la a body. Moreover the oounty auparlntendent of Unit and Polk bav prevailed upoa their teacher to unit with Marlon county -in the atate meeting and many teacher from theae countlea will b In attend ance. The committee which ha charge of tha program la making an effort t sour the best talent available to ad dress tb gathered host of teachers. BamotV Main IM. f ; :y ' 408-10-18 Morrison 168 lltb, Friend, haYesyDti read th Eve ning Telegram," where ttatementi have appeared showing the great work of Specialist O'Keefe? Any and all r statementsv made' of his wonderful cures are agreed to by his many patients here in this city whom he cured after they had used alk-other-methods,--whtehfailedr Aftef they had suffered for years Dr. O'Keefe cured them. For, the truth of this . statement ' ; ot - any statements that have been pub lished by the Evening Telegram of Specialist O'Keefe's ability, call on his patients, who have had the ex perience, who will state to you the truth, who will" show you the evi dence of the great work done by a skilled specialist, ' Here are their names. Call on themThywiIreew-itcr snow yuu, am a one suffering as they hava suffer luffer- I ltav ' I notSv . I -go to ; then A ed. Do not delay wnue you.sB, a chance to be cured. Do not thinking or talking about it go Dr. O'Keefe and get cured: tt do your thinking and talking after- delay.