THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND." SUNDAY MORNING, . JUNE 16, ' 1S07.
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HDTHIHG STOPS
GREAT RISE III
REALTY VALUES
'Extravagant High Prices
DoAHi-Town and Close in
Properties Quadruple in
.Hinders Upbuilding. -
: Value in Three Years
LAST WEEK BROKE;
THEATRE PROPERTY
; . ALL YEARLY RECORDS
- GOOD . ILLUSTRATION
BIL
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"Rom City" Bid Fair to Head AH
Cities for the Month of June in
'.' the Percentsgn of Increase of Xew
- Stiuctursav .'; :T
- Neither plumber combines nor extrev
agantly high prioee for everything els
that coa Into the make-up of modern
' construction ean deter the onward
:' roaroh. of Portland's t record-braaklng
building development ' Tbs past wee
liaa tMii mora fruitful In tha announce-
.' toast of new: tad large building enter-
v crises, than anr Uka pariod during tne
. present yew, and unleaa soma une
pected and 'unlooked-for reaction Ukaa
plaoa Tortland wUI laad tha cities of
tha country In ; tha -percentage of ia
crease in building permits for June, a
; U baa for many months past.
. Oregon atotel asms, . '
All doubt of tha building of tba an
nex to tha Oregon hotel, mention of
which was made early in tha year, has
been aet at reat by tha announcement
that work would begin on the structure
within tha next 10 daya.
Architect Albert Sutton of tha archi
tectural firm of Sutton at Reed. 8an
Francisco, la In Portland, preparing to
let tha contracta ror tna construction
of the annex, which la to be of eieel
and brick construction, nine atoriea In
" height Tha etruoture will have a front
' age of (0 feet on the aaet aide of Park
street. SO feet north of Stark. Tha ee
ttmated ooat of tha building la about
.Plans for Improvement. ,..
Tba Meier Frank company has
: about completed arrangementa for the
erection of a 10-etory annex to their
.t present quarters, which wUI occupy a
site 100 by 110 feet at the aouthaaat
corner of Sixth and Alder street. Ar
: chltects Whldden A Lewie are prepar
tng tha plans for tha structure. . The
building will be of the modern ateel
akeleton type, with wails of light cream
colored briok and terra cotta trlmminga
. to harmonlxe with tha preaent handsome
buildlL s occupied by that firm. Tha
building will be gotten under way aarly
In the fail upon tna return rroro aoroao
. . f Mr.' Frank, who will superintend Us
construction. -
plans for the naw Buihong buildlni
to mo ud on' Park street, near Star!
are ready and the contract will be let
within the next few daya. This is to
be a four-atory brick, covering a SO by
100 foot lot, and will ba-, occupied by tha
large printing establishment of Bushong
J CO.;, v'- lyi.- rh:,.,,t
i iuarge vomraos Awaroaa. .. . .
The contract ' has been let for the
. erection of Mlaa -Zimmerman's four
story apartment house to be built at
inira ana Montgomery mreeia.
A large amount of eoetly residence
... work la in the banda of tha Jooal archl-
, tecta, who expreaa the fear that much
of this construction cannot ba dona this
aummer and fall, owing to a scarcity of
certain kinda of building material.
V One of the handsome homes, work on
Which will soon begin, la that of F. A.
: Krlbs, to be erected on Lovejpy street,
between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-stxth.
Tha propoaed residence la to be of tha
mission type and will cost about ItO,-
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Korthwest Corner, Park and Stark
Streets ; Purchased ' In 1004 , for
f 80,000 "Would , : Easily Bring
9125,000 If Placed on ilarket.
Reading orer the reports of realty
sales made tn Portland three years ago
saama much Uka Inradlng tha realm of
ancient-history. Still by this means
aoms' aatonlshlng, tacts are brought
forth portraying -'a- change in values
here that Is almoat unbelievable.
As sn Instance, .March 10, 104, John
B. Blaser purchased tha aaat half of the
block bounded by Washington, Bunt'
atde. Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets,
where the Helllg theatre now stands
for 125,000, and all tha wiaaacrea shook
their heads and said. "Too high;
ean't make it car." Thia property
oouian t te nad ror 1100,000 today, 11
were . bare of imnrovementa. as
stands It brought IUI.000 mora than
aix montns ago. ? , -
- Quadruples la Talma.
Tha northeast corner of Park and
Stark Streets, tha lot Juat north of
tha Oregon hotel, waa purchased In Feb
ruary. 1904. br Dr. A. J. Gelsev for tI0.
000. This property haa a frontage of
100 feet on 8 Uric street and SO feet on
Park, and would probably bring 1121,000
today. Six veers ago thia earn a lot was
lurohased by J. W. Cruthera for 1 11,000.
t ii -once the home of Ben Holladar,
whoa old two-story residence waa run
uo one story a sood many years ago.
and has since dona duty as a rooming
nous.
Tha atorr nrlnted at tha time Dr.
Oelsev nurchased tha abova alte. went
on to aay mat 11 was an indication or
th remarkable rise In.. the value of
Stark etreet property, and that no one
naa aarea to propneey suon a rise in
values so far from tha buaineaa center.
tttt Another Instance.
Another Instance Indicating tha
markable growth in values la the alts
or tna coiumDia Duiiaing at tna norm
west corner of Washington and Park.
which waa purchased about three years
go by Blaster Brotnera, zor sit.ooo.
'his lot has a frontaca of 10 feet on
Waahlngton street, and la said to pay
an Income ef 6 per cent net on a valua
tion of $2,600 per front foot, but It I
doubtful if $150,000 could buy the lot
11 it were unimproved.
Numerous Instances of thia charac
ter might be pointed out. where proper
tr in the business district haa Quadra
pled in value within tha past three
years or.iess. , A .......j.. , ,- . ,
BAD SINK-HOLE AT
: THIS INTERSECTION
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! Tfell ; .v ii;.. vmih- lit
Expenditure of Few Dollar Would
Beautify and Repair Second
and Yamhill Streets.
At the . intereectton of ' Second and
Tambll) streets there is a sink-hole in
tba wood block pavement that is deep
enough to cauae the driver of every
ii i. iiiiih ii in i im ii' 111 'in, urn siy
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Woni-Out Payement, Second and Yamhill Street.
CENTRAL AMERICA BUSH
v.; ..--a A' - - - . -v
; Herds of Wild Animals on Veldt
Natives and the White Lord.
' Spring Is on us -with a rapidity that
the' temperate climes know not. One
' good shower and In, two days the face of
.'Datura ia transformed. Trees burst into
' leaf; birds, which seem to have hidden
- themselves during tha past months,
r, make the days Joyous with song, writes
,-v. a . correspondent of tha London Field,
describing the great plateau north of the
. Zambesi and southwest, of Lake Nyaisa
f la Its, spring. aspect.
A green carpet overspreads the veldt
' 4 as if by magic, and the earth smells of
Vthe life and moisture with which it la
Impregnated. The daya become cool,
and the heat base gives place to a clear
ness of atmosphere which ia unrivaled
i ven on' the South African veldt,
Oo to the top of a kopje and drink in
: the view. , As far as the eye can reach
is a vast sea, of low forest, broken by
conical bills Standing like -eentinele
above the surrounding plains, and by
open gladea, or- f'damfaoa," whose grass
presents the moat vivid green one can
Imagine in nature.
Now for the denlsens of the country.
. Xatlves there ,ars few; aome tiny kraals
at long Intervals-In .tha foreet. Not so
the wild animals. Slowly working their
way down an open park, a herd or zebra
and baartebeest meander, nosea to the
ground, greedily cropping the tender
erase shoots, tails busily switching off
the flies which cluster roun; tnem,
tearing
search
Warthoe-s ecurry, toand .fro.
... h rrnh men eloda in their
for eueculent roots. They always aeem
busy, these warthoge. 1 A hurried scam
per out of the forest Into the open, and
all are hard at It. nosing up the aoft
earth; then, without apparent rhyme or
- weson. tads uo In the air, off they
acemper to nother part to repeal, tne
clatter of hoofs, and they are off. The
cause of it? Perchance a lion skulking
in the neishborlnsr cover, or. if you are
"ky. a roan or haartebeest galloping
run tiit across tna glade, bead tnrown
back, nostrils dilated, eyes wide with
terror, foam flecks on the foreflanks, a
pack of huntina- dogs in close pursuit.
the white splash'-on the bushy tails
marking the rhythm of their headlong
gallop. Nature Is here unspoiled. - No
bullock wagons, with swearing drivers,
and indiscriminate slaughter of the
country's game by their owners. The
great tsetse belt to the south takes care
of that The South African invasion
naa yet to come. , .
Porhapa we have a government off!
cial or prospector, with lone tail of car
rlers walking in Single file, each his
load upon hie head. Tn
In with the country.
lently along the forest, path, the
Tramping
y along the forest, path, the rhy
mical pat-pat of the bare feet, the gliet-
si
rth
enina black ekins make but a momen
tary Impression, and lo, they are gone,
ewallowed up in the green vista . be
yond.
the ! sound of alnging a wild, weird
chant Louder and louder it becomes;
at last It Is on vou. Around a bend in
the path trots a boy In bright colored
clothes carrying .a rifle, then another.
perhaps two, a third with a chair, a
fourth with helmet and waterbottle,
lastly a machllla or hammock carried by
13 or more boys in relays of two. "These
are responsible ror the singing
trot steadily along.
they
Under the awnina. laxily recllnlnc on
a leopard" skin, lies a white man, smok
ing peacefully, reaaing. newspapers at
least three months olda picturesque
figure, yet not unkempt; white buckskin
loose knaai trousers,
proofs.
Mioueniy
' the antelopea
shoes or slippers.
white or khaki shirt a silk kerchief
looaely thrown round the neck and pulled
tnrougn a goia ring, a retinue ox pure
save res, trained to perfect unquestion
ing obedience. A sharp command; the
aong ceases, the machllla halt a. We ex.
change a few conventional remarks, usu
ally with reference to same and water
ion ahead, and ther are off a rain. -.The
become 1 aong becomes fainter and fainter in the
.it hads u for a moment, a hasty I distance, is lost, and nature again reigns
t around, the danger pcented, a noisy ' supreme. 'v; t ... - .
vshlols-paaelnr that way to carefully
guide hla team around It, lest he wind
up with a anapped-oft axle or a wrecked
wheel. Within a few feet of this dan
gerous and unsightly chuck hole there
are five places from which the wooden
pavement blocks have been removed
apparently to repair gas or water maine
and which have never been replaced;
but, Inetead, some t by l-inctu planks
were put oown and thesevare now worn
balow the pavement level.
A few dollars spent in repairs at this
point would result in putting both Tarn
hill and Second atreeta, which are paved
with wooden blocks. In good condition,
as this la the only point at which these
pavements have given away.
SURVEYORS FINISH
PLATTING ACREAGE
Tract Banning, From Rose Cjtv
Boulevard One of the Prettiest
Properties In City.
Surveyors have finished the platting
of another 160 acres running from the
Boss Qty boulevard northward to Fre
mont street Thia tract la Intersected
about midway by the Alameda winding
westward along the crest of the plateau.
Thia new tract is without exception one
of the prettiest properties platted witnin
tha city limits. This is not said merely
unon the statement of the ownera of the
property, but la tha verdict of every one
wno nas visiteo it.
Cars are running regularly on the
Rose City Park line from Third and
Yamhill streets over Morrison street
brldae every IS mlnutea.
Buiidinc activity in Kose city rarx is
very noticeable. The $5,000 bungalow
Of Mr. Frank Schley el Is - well under
way, and cement sidewalks aouth or
Rose City boulevard on the Alameda
will ba coranleted by next Wednesday.
Coleman avenue is me next siaiea ror
thia Improvement Kenton and Cully
avenuea are being opened clear through
to Fremont , atreet Ground for the
atara bulldlna on the corner of Cully
avenue and tha Alameda la being cleared.
N H. Bean is nreoarlns to build a bun-
ralow on the south aide or the Alameda,
he featurea of which are cobblestone
porch pillars, fireplace and chimney.
Four other houses will be started this
week. Tba owners of these are Smith
Gwin, formerly or Bpokane. at me cor
ner of Thompson and Misplah avenues;
W. It Head of tha Chapman Advertising
Bureau, at tha corner of Tillamook and
AMtnn avenuea: Vincent Snath, elec
trician, on Carvel avenue Just north of
Tillamook; A Figgins of tne city water
office, on Tillamook streets Mrs. Kate
Jones, on Cully avenue. Just south of
tha Alameda: ur. Fessier. on Laussat
avenue, 100 feat north of the Alameda.
Flans have been oompieiea ror me
new oohoolhouee, which will ba ready
for occupancy before the opening of the
fall term. ' a .- - .- --- '
WAYS OF SAYING WASTE
Skimming River for Living :Plsher.
men Wno Net Corks.;
' From ths Chicago' Tribune
Skimming a river for a living may
be said, to be one of the most striking
examples of the utilisation of waste.
Thia la dona in Paris. There ft one in
dividual, at least. In the French capital,
who ; makes ' it his dally ' business to
skim the Seine. He is out at early
morninr in an old flat-bottomed boat,
armed with a skimming pan. With this
he skims off the surface or tna river
the grease which collects there durmg
the night, and which he disposes of to
a soap factory. Generally he makes a
quarter or so by his morning's work,
which enables him to live.
I'm Paris also there are a number of
people who make a living out of waste
corks, wmcn tney nsn irom tna oems.
They collect on the river bank at day.
break, each with a short Dole, at the
end of which is a small improvised net
They set to work to gainer in me noai-
tng corks, subsequently selling them to
the cork merchants in the neighborhood.
There an about a score or so of these
cork fishermen, who have xormea mem
selves into a aort of craft and who
auard their Interests Jealouly. If they
catch eight of a stranger netting corks
they fall on him In a body. Only re
cently the police rescued one of these
novioes barely in time to save nia lire.
Tba sweepings or a noor mignt wen
be considered as so much waste; yet
throua-h a fire in London tne other day,
which consumed a quantity of sweep-
Inge stored in the basement, a certain
firm lost several thousand dollar a. The
hum of duat and rubbish contained
silver filing, which it was Intended to
extract later on.- s - -
Thia Is done regularly at all works
where allver or sold ia used. In sold
refiners' premises even the soot ia the
chimneys is not auowea to oe treated
as waste. , It is found to contain minute
particles of the precious metal, which
re far, too valuable to-be loat la
places where sheep are bred extensively
one frequently aees little bits of wool
adhering to briers and hedges. - These
are -no .longer-regaroea as waste. From
such wool rubbisn, wnetney coming
from sheep or goats, Valuable oil Is jiow
extracted. . . -
Recent news from Germany points to
tha certainty that 1907 will be the year
of great lockouu la .that country , . i
SEWS Ml
CHOICE ACREAGE
Colonial Investment Com
pany Controls Valuable
Fair Grounds Tract.
MINING PROMOTER .
IS REAL PURCHASER
PRESIDENT PENROSE
y IS ENTHUSIASTIC
Head of Whitman College' at Walla
Walla, Says Outlook for Com
ing Term Is Bright. .
Much of the land Will Probably Be
Sold to Intending Home-Builders
Manufacturing Interests Likely
to Buy, Too.
By the closing-of negotiations for the
purchase of a large part of the Lewis
Clark fair grounds, the Colonial, in
vestment company, a corporation con
trolled by Arthur W. Jenks of this city
comes into possession of about 125
acres of the choicest residence property
in the western part of tba city, Mr,
Jenks is a mining engineer, who re
cently eame to Portland from Old Mex
ico where he has been engaged for a
number of yeara In mining and smelt
ing. He began buying property in the
fair grounds vicinity about a month
ago, his first purchase was 80 acres
from Louis Goldsmith.' for which, he
paid I1J0.000. A few daya ago he sc
oured about to acres, a part of Balcb'a
Gulch, from Russell A Blyth, for which
he paid 3B,ooo. His latest purcnase
waa mada from J. 8. McMIHIn of Seat
tle and consisted of an outright title
to about aixty acres and a HO year
lease on zo acres, togetner witn ait tne
fair around Improvements except- the
Forestry building. The consideration
involved in thia transaction was about
1300,000, making tne totai investments
of Mr. Jenks fn this district in the
neighborhood oi isuu.wvu,
V Announcement Yet,
The supposition is that Mr. Jenks and
hla aaaoclates Intend to grade and im
prove the entire tract While discus
king the matter yesterday Mr. Jenks
d:
"I am not prepared at inia nme 10
make any announcement as to what
timm a rilanoaltlon will be made of the
fair around and adjoining property that
1 have lately acquired. Most of It is
valuahla residence property and will
Anuhtlaaa ta used an such. But Some
of it Is probably better fitted for manu-
lecturing purposes. i ma vv iu
within ih not so ar 80 days. I may be
able to aay something that will be of
interest to the public?'
Buffalo in Nebraska,
i. TTrom Forest end Stream.
T nntlr-a that Mr. Lawton killed a buf
falo In Hall county in 1I and thinks
this to be among tha last killed in Ne-
hraaka. Mr ratner movea to num
Creek (Now Lexington), Pawson county,
In Anrll. 1X78.
He settled on some land about six
miles northwest of town. . The fall of
that rear we campea on xne larm in
tittino- 41 n. our nay. xnero was not
ouse within sight, and it was not un
usual to see deer, elk, antelope and
of tn buffalo in the morning between
our tent and the hilla to the north, about
three miles. Of course in these daya we
never left the house for any distance
without our guns, notn jrme ana snot-
gun.
... in 1175 I. with mv brother, was break
ing soma prairie on a preemptiomobout
two miles i west of tha original home
ataad. We saw a herd of about 100 buf
falo traveling toward tha Platte river
to tne aoutn. mini my nun una- norae
out of the plough and my gun from the
wagon, I gave cnase. Tne ounaio cir
cled toward the east, then north toward
the hills from whence they came, and at
a point about two miles east of the
rancbea of Krelts and Cramers I over
took them, and picking out what after
ward proved to .be a nice, fat, young
heifer I kUlea it, one oeing ati i carea
for. This was lata in the summer or
early, fall of 1176.
M jBBasnaaBwsassBsaaasjBBBB
, Tragic Kino of Diamonds, :
from Woman's Life. -Carefully
preserved at Stairs Castle,
the Aberdeenehire seat of the Earl of
Krroll, ia a single 1 playing card which
recalls a never to be forgotten tragedy.
It la the nine of diamonds thence
called to this aay "the curse or scot
land,") on which the Duke of Cumber
land wrots his order for the butchery
of the. brave ma hianoera wno w
taken prisoners at the fateful battle
lUMoaeo.
mber
.chery were
He of
Dr. B. B. I' Penrose, president of
Whitman college. Walla Walla, was a
visitor In Portland yesterday and spoke
enthusiastically of the college year just
completed. He said last year's attend
ance at Whitman exceeded that of
former years and tha outlook for the
eomlng term Is very bright .
Although the college will ! probably
erect several new buildings in the next
year or so. President Penrose aald that
the arrangementa for th- , structures
were not near enough to completion to
make them public
New members elected to the board
of trusteea f or the college are a source
of Joy to the opumlstlo college presi
dent, who expects great progress to be
made under their regime. They- are
Thomas Burke of 8eattle, J. D. Basse tt
of Rltsvllle, John W. Langdon of Walla
Walla, and Edward Eells, oldest son of
the founder of the college, of Tacoma.
All of tha new trustees are men of
wide reputation in Waahlngton and their
election has been commended by reel
dents of the state. President Penrose
left for Walla Walla last night.
Whlteflah . Decreasing In Superior.
Prom the Dulnth Herald.
The whlteflah in Lake Superior are
decreasing yearly, according to fisher
men. It la claimed that tne dumping
of ashea and clinkers into the lake has
killed off large areas of the grassy
Satchea on the bottom of the lake where
tie whlteflah have- fed.
Between 1180 and 1001 the output Of
ashea. clinkers and furnace slag, not
counting the aweeplnga of iron from thai
docks, haa been 7.000.000 tons, which
was dumped into Lake Superior, rtah-l
ermen all over Lake Superior tell thel
same atory. tnat large dinners come upj
in their gill nets when hauling in set4
tine-a IndlcatlnH that the bottom of thel
lake is being covered with this msnuj
faoturea eeona, me tenaencyor wnicia
la to destroy or burn up either by ero
iv. atinn nr hv chemical influences el
the araaa In which there lived the ml4
nute organism upon which the whiterucs
subsisted. . . v
Amusement for Sheep.
Prom the Denver Post
O'Neill brothers, who have sheep nea
,.. rirrad uo a aueer eon
trtvanee to frighten coyotea away frod
ttf.?5.Knr-Hg.m to which is at
tached a bullseye lantern which turni
55"rl -rt-i. i.ntarn turne itH
Ilire on a coyote the animal rune, mucll
to the amuaemeni o ) muw
Want
to Know
IRVINGTON PARK is just as plain, simple and apparent to an one who. .
will investigate as it is that 2 and 2 are 4. Do you know that you cannot
buy an acre of land on Killingsworth avenue from its east to its west end
for less than $1,500 to $3,000? It's a fact that you cannot. Nor can you buy
an acre of ground cqui-distant from the center of the city for any less money
where the situation embracing city water, car line, improved streets, etc., is
taken into consideration. . -
A tv A fwtx 'f I nnrl Will make about five and one half 50x100
rkll V UI .UUllU'foot lots platted in the liberal manner that
Irvington Park has been platted in. In this charming home addition vou ,1
will find a 100-foot boulevard, all streets full 60 feet wide and 14-foot alleys
through each block.
$1,500 per acre land into five and one
half lots per acre it means $272 per lot,
a very simple problem in mathematics, so simple that a child can compre-
nena us simplicity. ,
When You Divide
'' UnnsA t O 70 fe The wholesale cost of the 50xl00-foot i lots .1
ri:ilW yCrl Gr Id where land is valued at $1,500 per acre: and' .
notwithstanding the fact that no land in the neighborhood of killingsworth
avenue can be bought for less than that price it must follow that our prices i. .
of from $200 to $250 per lot are bargain prices; the. investment is absolute- ;
, ly safe, money so invested will earn more than if invested in any other man- :-,
ner in this city. ; . ; ' . ' , , . ,
When You Consider Il'tZtZ ;
city of Portland, every lot supplied with its, own natural shade and orna
mental trees, a grand view' of the mountains,' rivers, and city, the comforts
of the best suburban home including city Bull Run water, hest car service,. .
churches, schools and college,' you must agree with others who have seen this ;
handsome tract and pronounced it not only the best and safest investment,
but the' most ideal and delightful place to live in the northwest. -'
Il .Prtnnlf TCtirtn We wish t0 say that by Payin& only 10 per cenNj
111 VsfUllWlUdlUll down . and the balance in $10 per month pay- 1
mcnis, yyu ur an ui yuur wciius tau sctuic inc uiusi ucngniiui nomesue ,
in the city, . , y - ; r; .
Call at our office or phone Main 5396 for an appointment., Our branch
office, on the grounds, corner Thirtieth street and Killingsworth avenue'
' open each day. ,F E. SCHWAN our agent in charge. "
FJJO
250 Starlc Street
Portland, Oregon