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THE OREGON ' SUNDAY TOURNAU . PORTLAND., SUNDAY . MORNINO. .SEPTEMBER ; 1. ? to i- ' ,V ' '. A Sr ' was. .rf. 1 ;k -' 4' i Bteady Kise In Property Val- - it .j. V":. $1 " ' i ' STRONG MARKET SUDD FEATURE .1.: ,. i. 1 t' V ues Makes Owners Un : willing to Sell. ENORMOUS NUMBER OF HOMES PURCHASED ? Investors and Dealers" Ixwk for Ro f ord-Brcaking Transfer During t Coming Months Eastern Money o Ms A 4 k y 1 'If 'ft-'- Will Come With Kew Resident. ' Th Portland real estate , market may r said to have been In a waiting- or x- peotant mood during the past few daya. . While It le true that the volume of ealec hai been eomewhat curtailed , for the - pat 10 daye. It is also true that holder of realty evince no eigne of weakening. prlcee are quite a firm now ae they ' were la the early month of the year, ' when the , dally sale were averaging " ver 1100,000, and considerably higher. K.olrv Hosiers rnnrt as much trou ble In securing contracts of sale as they did when the market was much more .' active and prices were Increasing with greater rapidity. The stage has been reached where It Is with exceeding dif ficulty that the owner of a choice pleoe of real estate can be brought to the point of signing a deed. In spite of the fact that tue volume of trading has been very heavy In toe past three years. : much of the best business and residence area still remains in the bands of old residents of the city. Outsiders Make rortanes. - These people have seen outsiders come and, In a few months' time ac- cumulate S comfortable fortune buying n4-eUistv Portland realty. The fact that thia has taken place time and gain- haa taught the pioneer property. ownI something of the value of Port land asalty, and now he thinks not only ' twicej but several times, before quoting ,, prt on-hie bel4inga- ' One of the most encouraging and sat y lafaotory features of the local market during the paat summer has been the f extraordinarily heavy homebuying movement that set in early In the sum : mer and Is still in full swing. Not a ' day passes that the sale of half a dozen or more residences Is not reoorted. This activity is not confined to any . one section, but obtains in all parts of the city, showing that it is not brought about the efforts of the owners of one or more additions to build up and Sell out their suburban tracts. In fact, ut little of this extensive building up ' of an addition by the original .owners ' ha been done in Portland, althourh the i' announcement is made that one of the large east side additions 1 to be ex f tenalvely improved In this manner by . I the owners within the next year. , I i i Tall Activity Expected. S A number ot local architect and t builders have built a large number of I attractive cottages within the past year t or two and sold them on the installment plan. Architect Ernest Kroner has I probably done wore of this class ot work than any other builder in the city. There is a . aeneral feellna- amonr - realty oroxers ana operators toai aunnv : September and October, the period of - -cheap railroad rates from the east, a r heavy -movement in realty -will set In. u No very extensive speculation in busi fi ness property is looked for, but an un- usual activity in all classes of residence holdings is expected. The correspond- j ence or tne various commercial organ' I leations Of the cltv Indicates a t rem en I dous influx of easterners to the Paclflo Tiormwesi during tne coming ran Lmontha. This will naturallv have -a ff marked effect on the local realty mar- p km. . i ne narvesung or a Dumper wneai v' crop in eastern Oregon means several f .million dollars of new money, a large J -per cent or wnicn wm una permanent Investment In Portland real estate. ,r Viewed from every standpoint, the out n look for an active realty market for the k next icw montns is unusually Dright, PARTY TAKES TRIP TO BAY OCEAN PARK Side Trip Is Taken While at , f the Tillapiook . ! Fair. t I' A party of Portland residents and eastern tourists, who have just returned ' ji from an automobile trip to the Tllla 4 jnook fair, report having made an In teresting side trip while at Tillamook V'to Bay Ocean park, the newly developed y beach resort, on Tillamook bay that Is lust now attracting so much attention t among lovers of the cool ocean breetes and the delightful surf bathing in the Pacific. . The party on!st4 sf Dr. C. D. - ' Browne, Mrs. J. B. Yeon, Mrs. M. Nor ton, H. Wemme. Paul Stelnmetz. R. D. i Inman, W. 8. Bowen, Dr. F. W. Brooks, 1 8. W. Chllders and C. A. McCargar of , Portland, C. 8. Dudgeon, Chicago; F. Grover, Hillsboro; H. W. Smith, Nash - yllle, Tennessee; Mrs. R. a Rube of f Bedro-Woolley, Washington, and F. C. . "Cyrus of Astoria i - TJje na,rtJr was ferried across the bay to Bay Ocean park, where a delightful "day waa spent in a picnic and, in ex ploring the fine slto of the new beach J f resort. ' ' . ?, B- r)udon. of ChlcaBo, was espe--seially enthusiastic over the beautiful , , surroundings of tho park, and pre - dieted that as soon as the contemplated J. Improvements are made at Bay Ocean t will become one of the most popu ar beach resorts on the Paciflc coast. BRIDGE LIVENS DEMAND FOR REALTY 5 Since the completion of the Grand venue bridge over BulllVnn'B Gulch the demand for property on that thorough- ifare has taken a decided upward trend !"n of the largest sales repofted in 15 the vicinity of the new bridge recently . was that of the northwet corner of lOaet Couch street and Grand avenue , The property consisted of a 60-foot lot , and was purchased by Enos Battencourt ;from Lawrence Reynolds for $11000 , ' Negotiations are in progress for the : purchase of other holding in the newly opened' district. TWO RESIDENCES f AM TRANSFERRED ' Xb R. Fall-child ha purchased from fcrrth Ileriran a houee and the east half of two lots at the southwest corner V of Hawthorne avenue and East Kleventh ! street. Consideration, 14,000. At the southwest corner of Shaver Street and Ciaatenbein ayenua theauar. terblork has been sold by Alfred Mal stoa to Adona Cochran tor M.7S0. Ths '! is Improved with a modern, two ; atorr cottar. - i irr. OF ' f 110.000. Los Angeles Man Attracted By Portland's Growth InTests Here, Two years ago, the "bungalow" was rarely seen in Portland. Now . there are acore of these attractive, conven ient dwelling soattered throughout the city. The demand for thl class of resi dences is on the increase here, and partly to meet this demand, the But-terworth-Stephenson company has been Incorporated under the laws of Oregon. The officers of the company are: Presi dent, A. S. Butterworth; vice president, J. W. Cook, of the Title Guarantee & Trust company: secretary, Fred A. Ja cobs of Jacobs-Stlne company. For the last IS years, Mr. Butterworth, who is a man of larae canltal. has been oper ating In Los Angeles and Pasadena and aurmg tne last 11 years, a large num ber of new homes nave been built un der his direction In those cities. Mr. Butterworth has recently come to Port land and taken offices with the Jacobs- Stlne company. Since coming to Port land, one beautiful bungalow haa al ready been put under way in Rossmere ana win soon do completed. In speaking of the plans of the But terworth-Stephenson company yester day, Mr. uutterwortn said: . ''During the summer I visited Port land for the first time In year, and was so Impressed with Its growth and with the opportunities here that I at onca decided to begin operations in this oity. .Returning to iuo Angeie l ar ranged mv business affairs there -so could com to Portland at once and we have Incorporated and are already at work. There is an auormoua demand for artistic bungalow homes such as have made Los Angeles and Pasadena fa mous from a residence standpoint. "Already a number of persons have decided to let us construct bungalows ror mem, ana witnin a rew years east ern people will be praising Portland as a place of lovely home as they now do the cities of southern California. "We construct these bungalow homes on a cash payment down, and on an easy term plan which make it attrac tive- to the home buyer. within very short time we will nave tied ud in romana tnousanas or aoiiars - in these bungalow home and will keep work going along as rapidly as possl- . . ... . oie. DRY KILN BUtLT OF REENF0RCED CONCRETE The St. Johns Lumber company 1 hist finishing - it reenforced concrete dry kiln, which haa a capacity of 30,000 feet of lumber. To further provide against fire the company haa had In stalled in the Kiln an automatic nre sprinkler system, whioh will quickly extinguish any blaze that may break out in the kiln in future. . Reenforced concrete and cement blocks are coming into very general use among rortiana sawmills as material for constructing dry kilns. Probably 60 per cent of the sawmill fires originate in the drying kilns and anything that will render these kilns practically nre- presr wm ssve m!!nn or noiiara an nually to the mill owners. EAST SIDE PROPERTY . TO BE IMPROVED The United State National bank ha sold during the past week three pieces of East Bide realty. The southeast cor ner of East Twenty-sixth street and Holladay avenue was sold to Sandersjon Reed and C. A. Bell: Qeorae Ras- musaen purchased a SOxlOO-footJot on Tant Twantv-alvth hotv.on Purine anil Oregon streets, and another lot on East Twenty-fifth, between Oregon and Pa cific streets, was sold to a local In vestor. Alt thla nronertv was ourchased for Jmmfidift-U . lm pro vemant Mail .Jk Von Borstel represented the DanK in these ransactlons. a- oui m Transzara. Transfer of realty filed for record during the month Just closed amounted In value to 11,728,284. For August, 1006, their value was 11,695,61, show ing a gain for August, 1S07, of about 1126,000. Bulldlngpermits Issued during last month 'show the same satisfactory Increase as Is shown in the real estate trana fera. For the month Just closed there were S76 permit issued, valued at 1879,690, and for Au gust, 1906, their value wa I693.491, Indicating an Inoreas for August, 1907, of about $171,06. Gasen works squally well on coarse ti vM fbrici cotton, muslin, linen nrtntSj flannels, woolens, silks, lawns, 4 &t ' PRAISE FOR PROGRESS if PI DV DHOTI AIM Ul I UIIILHI1U San Francisco' Real Estate Man Notes Signs of Prosperity. Oliver C. Stina of the Jacobs-Stlne company is up from San Francisco for a short business visit and Is loud In his praise of the progress Portland la making. In discussing the situation ha says: - "I have closely studied 'the situation in Portland the past few days and am delighted with the outlook. Business during August was all that we could expect and the 'fall months promise great activity in real estate lines. From all I can gather Portland was never so prosperous as at the present time. "Witn your splendid climate, wonder ful scenic advantage, unsurpassed drinking water and the enormous weaitn Dacx or roruana. l propnesv a remarkable increase In population during- the comina- fall and winter. The low rates offered by the railroads will attract thousands to this section and of course a large percentage of these people will locate in Portland. 'This eventually means new homes for these newcomer and new business for every house in Portland. I know of no city that haa a greMer future than Portland and we arevsepdlng east every day a large volumVof printed matter telling about the city's advan tage and Improvement. The only re gret that 1 have 1 that mora of my time cannot be spent in your dellxbt- ful city. "1 also have no hesitancy In sarin that the time Is not far distant when the price of residence property in Portland will be eaual JLo that in Los Angeles and Seattle, and when that time comes those who are buying In Portland today will have the handsome profit of 800 per cent on their investment. This statement Is not made in a hasty man ner but after careful consideration of the conditions and outlook In all three cities." QUARTER BLOCK ON EAST SALMON SOLD Th quarter block at the ou'thwest corner of East Salmon and East Twelfth Streets has 'been sold by S. W. King iO J. C. Olds for $3,000. Thl property Is in a district that is rapidly building up with a good class of residences and flats. It Is understood that Mr. Olds win improve it at once. Samuel Boehl has purchased from Thomas Dillon the quarter block at tho northwest Corner of Division and Rant xweirtn streets ror JZ.400. Starfish Intelligent. From the Boston Evening Transcript. That the little starfish Is a creature capable of "certain highly complex and highly Integrated reactlona," or, In other words, Is able to work Its dif ferent spines and suckers jwtth Intelli gence, was the gist of one of the com munications before the zoological con gress. The speaker was Professor Her bert S. Jennings, and his paper pointed to actual Intelligence In these mlnnr organism In directing their behavior toward a certain definite end. Thus, if the creature is placed upon Its back It ccople a few moments-In unnMu. matio movements whereby to locate itself, and having done this all th mi. needing action of Its feelers and spines . are directed to tne one purpose. It is a simple ana interesting experiment this, which has been watched by manv amateur, but It scientific value and Its relationship to intelligence has not before-been pointed out It may truly be said that tne creature understands tba situation and 'modifies Its behavior In accordance with a knowledge of thb conditions.. - s cum oiiumi i - vwSSi. IMPROVEMENTS TO ,11 Interior Is to Be Remodeled At a Cost of Several Thousand Dollars. Remodeling Improvements estimated to cost about $10,000 are to' begin at once on the interior of the Chamber of Commerce building. A permit to do the work was taken out yesterday by the owner of the structure. Th large room on th second floor, which, for the past 15 years., ha been occupied by the Portland chamber of commerce as offices and as a place for the ex hibit of Oregon s resources, will nave two additional floors put In, which will be subdivided into 20 offices. The lower hall on the second floor will re main as It Is and will continue to be the headquarters or the chamber or commerce, secretary limner -will nave temnorarv offices in another part of the building while the work of putting in the second floor is going on. The ex hibit of Oregon resources will probably not be removed wnue ine worx is going on. nut will De protected Dy an over- bead scar fold. DOG A0ENTS Some Railroad Animals Collect $200 In a Year: Among the different funds established by the Oreat Western Railway company for the benefit of their employes, the 'widows' and orphans' fund" has be come familiar to tne traveling puono through the instrumentality of the com pany a collecting aogs. Tne sum col lected by the dugs amounts lu between 200 andfSOO per annum, and provides enough to meet the assistance given by the institution to about 26 widows out of about 1,600 who are dependent on the fund. Home or tne cogs earn as much a 30 or 40 a year: others are not so successful. A great deal de pends uoon the characteristics of the ani mal and much upon the way It is trained. The most famous of the Great Western Railway collecting dogs, says the Great Western Railway Magaxme, was undoubtedly xim or faaaington, which collected at that station for a number of year. He has been dead a few years, but his preserved remains are to be seen in a glass case on the tirihrrihai departure piatrorm. wnere ne continues to appeal to the publlo on be half of the widows ana orpnans. in May, 1800, he waa by apeolal command of the late Queen, Victoria honored by a presentation to her Majesty at Pad- dlngton station, and In February, 1901, ha wna .imllnrlv honored Dv a oresan tation to his Majesty King Edward VII. He ha earned for th fund con siderably more man ti.uuo. Another collecting dog Jim wa brouxht to Slough station when a few weeks old. He wa like a ball of wool and could be put Into one's pocket. He w varv ct&refullv trained. The first thing taught him was to get over the steps of the footbridge, and he never afterward once crossed the metal. He commenced collecting when about four months old. Arter a time n was taught to bark when h received a coin, which little recognition caused a great deal of amusement to bis numerous patrons. One Sunday a hospital parade wasiwganized at Southall, and Jim was taken there to collect. When his boxes were opened they were found to con- tarn 266 coins. Considering that he gave a bark for each one, thia must be re garded as a good afternoon's work. He died suddenly in hla harness In 1890 A tOFOHRCE and was afterward placed In a glass case on the platform by voluntary con tributions from residents In Slough and the station-staff, Including th con tributions placed In hla box-sine-hi death, his earning amount to more than 100. w-h. ., i In a few instances the dog at a sta tion la owned and eared for by a lngl ' - V V" '!'. n 1 ' ;? tf ALBIHA RESIDENCES It Building Sites in This Sec tion Also the Subject of Much Inquiry. Albina resldenoea and building sites have been in very active demand during th past week. Lotto Hoch purchased two houses and lot fronting Skldmor street, between Mississippi and Albina avenues The property belonged to Oliver F. Hnssey and was aoid for $6,000. An attractive cottage on Gantenbeln street between Shaver and Mason waa sold by O. W. Priest to Johanna CasperyJ for $3,J50. A fractional lot at the southwest corner of Fobs and McMiuen streets, Albina. haa been purchaaed by Timothy Donovan from W. A, Kinney for $3,600. The lot has an area of 83 Vi by 60 feet and Is occupied by a frame residence. W. H. Roos haa purchased from F. W. Retls a house and lot on Skldmore near Oantenbeln street. Central Albina, for $3,360. individual, but generally 1 regarded as belonging to the staff. The animals are lnliarlably well looked after and kindlv treated. It Is sufficient to say, In favor of this method of helping the widows and orphans, the Great West ern dogs had up to last end or last year been successful In collecting nearly Care of the Lawn. Th oftener grass Is mowed th bet ter it will withstand dry weather. If It becomes necessary to apply water during July of August, do it thoroughly, A little watting with th good for noth ing lawn sprinkler Is worse than none. Enough water should be applied, saya the Village, so that the ground below tha sod become thoroughly soaked, thus attracting the root downward. Do not us the lawn mower when th grass is wet. Try using a commercial fertiliser on the lawn at intervals during the sum mer. The result will surprise you. All fertilizer manufacturer make a lawn fertilizer that Is much more efficacious than stable manure, more cleanly and sanitary. a If old. well rotted manure could be applied very thick and allowed to -e- main some good might be accomplished, but the usual custom Is to spread a thin coat, leave it a few week and then rake It off. It might about as well not be used at all. The commercial fertilizer 1 muoh better In every way. By it use an old, worn out lawn may do rejuvenated. Any fertiliser dealer who knows his business Is able to give full informa tion about Its cost and use. If you have a thin, weedy spot In your lawn, scratch it and aow grass seed very thick. If at first you don't succeed in getting turf, try again. Thick grass will drive out the weed In time. Correcting the Record From the Indianapolis News. Representative Champ Clark of Mis souri tell a story about former Repre sentative Henry U. Johnson of Indiana "Mr. Johnson, h said, "wa en gaged in a debate with an Illinois con gressman and called, him an as. This waa unparliamentary, of course, and had to be withdrawn. Pursuant to the or der of the speaker Mr. Johnson said: " 'I withdraw the language I used, Mr. Speaker, but I insist that the gentle man from Illinois is out of order.' " 'How am I out of order?' demanded the Illinois man, with considerable beat tell you,' retorted Johnson. ' Thla: was parliamentary and want lntp the Rec ord." . ' , .-' ' ' i , Mi1 00 DEMAND .Jaaw 1 s i rrm .Ah HOMES PURCHASED . WEST IRVIIJ6T0I1 t Ex-Governor Geer Gets Two Story House and R. M. Sherman Buys Home. Roger M. Sherman has purchased a handsome home In West Irvlngton, The property is located on East- Twelfth treat between Thompson and Tilla mook and formerly belonged to Mr. Sarah D. Morgan. The consideration Involved in the transaction wa $4,700. In the same district Ex-Governor T. T. Geer haa purchaaed a house and lot The property haa a frontage of 100- feet on East Eighth street between Mason and Shaver and formerly belonged to W. A. Shaw. The consideration was $4,000. a modern two-story residence occupies the site. "Another Important purchase made during the past week was that of a 60-foot unimproved lot on Overton street between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth street by Miss Mary F. Isom, librarian of the Portland public library. The property was sold by M. L. Kline and brought $3,160. GRANTS PASS CANNERY PROVES MOST PROFITABLE ENTERPRISE 41s f - - Orantt Pais (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Grant Pass, Or., Aug. 31 Ona of the several new enterprises that have been established in Grant Pass this summer Is th Grant Pass cannery. This enter prise waa started entirely on Grant Pass capital and !a operated under the man agement of Grants Pass fruit men. The cannery is employing irom zt to 36 men and women and 1 working to It full capacity almost every day. Thla past week the canning of pear and to matoes occupied the attention of the large crew. The plum and peaches are coming on and a large amount of these will be canned. The cannery waa not completed and equipped In time to take care of tha berries and vegetable but these will D nanaied in great Quantity next season. Tha Grants' Pass cannery haa a capac ity of 15.000 quarts dally, and 1 one of tha bast equipped canneries In the state. It Is built and will be maintained for tha purpose of stimulating and promot-: in a fruit growing around Grants Pas and teoyike a market for second and third gradef-at fruit Th management 1 ay : . .... - U I STR EET PROP E RT Y J. M. Watts Purchases Brick Building as a Permanent Investment The scene of activity in the Portland realty market shifted to First atraat during the pat week, where ona good, big sale wa closed, and the announce ment of two Important new building Improvemente wa made. Th Coaur d'Alene. a four-tory atone and brick building at the corner of Firt and Clay streets, was purchaaed through th agency of Charles K. Henry A Son by J. M. Watt. The property belonged to F. H. Rothchlld and H. S. Herman and was sold for $40,000. Mr. Watts announce that he bought th property as a permanent Investment. Investor are attracted to First treet holdings by reason of the fact that the Portland & Salem electric line, which will soon be completed and in operation, -will be of great benefit to that thor oughfare. When these electrlo car be- f;ln bringing tip-valley residents, retail rade along First street will no doubt oe greatly stimulated. Cannery. Is entering the field with the expecta tion of placing a canned product on tha market eaual to th best Beside tha cannery equipment, the enterprise also embodies a complete fruit spraying plant and a cider and vinegar plant.. Herbert Sampson, of the firm of Samp son St Son, leading fruit grower of Grants Pass, is manager of the oannery. Desiring and Attaining. By Arthur Sohopenhauer. Thus between desiring and attaining, all human Ufa; flows on .throughout Tha wish la. in It nature, palnih at tainment aoon begets satiety, tha etTfJwas only apparent; possession takes away charm: tha wish, the need.' present self under a new foron when it does not, then follow desolatene, emptiness, on nol against which tha conflict I Jut as painful as against, want That wish and satisfaction should follow each other neither too quickly nor too alow. ly; reduces to the smallest amount tha suffering which both occasion, and eon- giuuies ia nappies mm. .v .. N - ACTI VfTY IN FRON 1taW