THE OREGON SUNDAY " JOtTRNAI PORTLAND,' SUNDAY MORNINO, - MAY 19. 1S07
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jflienomenil Number of Small
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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
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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. . .
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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.
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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
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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.
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PEIIDLA
IS
ACTIVE- MARKET
Property Out St Johns way
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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
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(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
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-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.