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Ill REAL ESTATE
: Feature of Closing Summer
: Market Was Trading in
: Residence Holdings.
II03IE BlITEES ACTIVE
IX EVERY SECTION
I'ransaotlons Recorded I-at Week
Made Splendid Showing Although
Most Sales Were Below $10,000
Mark.
Quite a formlriabln list of real entnte
" transactions were brought to a close last
; weefc. 11 with ops or two exceiitlons.
" however, were below the Jl 0,000 class,
end nearly all repreHrnted purchasps of
residence prppurty.
ThrouKhout the entire Hummer. Just
the. fpnture of t he market has
been the phenomenal movement In resl
'. iipnr. nronertv. Now and then, during
that period, there was a week when
large sales of business property would
T be reported, but It is safe to say that
60 per cent of the business, since June
" 1 was purchases made by home buyers
cr those contemplating making im
provemcnts of a residential character.
East Sid Easy Leader.
As was to be expected, the bulk of
this activity has Deen on me i
- The whole east side district, Included
" within the city limits. Is spreading put
- r,,i iiiiiatn- ud with a rapidity that
h. cnnrerlHtfrl until it is Seen.
It was formerly a popular theory in
' Portland that the east side was to be-
come and remain the home of the work
'. lngman. For a number of years after
the uniting of East Portland with Port-
land proper, large areas of the district
east of the Wliiameue were uuumu,
I put on the market and sold out to pur
. rhmers nf moderate means or to labor-
. ., r mon The rfsnlt was that the tcr
lnreelv built UD with small
" nut twn-storv cottaKes. As the
property occupied by this claas of lm-
nrovements rankllv increased In value,
n.-.nv 'of ths small houses were torn
.' out and the land Improved with a su-
. perlor class of buildings.
Much of the property, originally oc
cupied by these small homes has now
become business property, particularly
in upper Albiiia and along Union and
; rn rui avenues. Hundreds of men who
bought cheap east side lots 15 and 20
years ago and Improved them with
f mall cottage homes have been made in
dependent by the fortunate investment:
manv i.f these have sold out. bought and
built' In a cheaper district, and havo
enough money left to Insure comfort in
their old age.
Irvtnyton Is Popular.
For several years, Irvlngton has been
popular as a place of residence for the
well-to-do west Hide business man. A
large number of handsome homes, some
of them sumptuous in their appoint
ments, have gone up in the Irvlngton
district within the past two years. The
natural result has been that choice
building sites on Halsey, Hancock,
pioadway, Tlllamonk and oilier Irving
t 'U streets, have risen In value, until
t!e-v now command prices equal to those
nMt-d for the most desirable strictly
resilience property west of Twenty-third
street on tins side or the river.
Jlaw'horne avenue, east of East
' Twelfth street, is another east side dis
trict where values have greatly ad
- vnnced fr'Mn suburban lot prices to $5'J
and even 175 a front foot.
Walnut Park Development.
Walnut Park Is mother district that
has developed ir.tc. a high-class resl
. dentlaj rent, r wlUnti tliu past year
Property in that vi.-inity bus scored
1 large advanc e s, and a large number of
' costly and commodious homes have been
, erected there.
i On the west side, tho city has spread
:tJ back to the hills on tin; west and south-
we8t and is now climbing over them.
While the residence property In the ex-
treme western part of the city, the ter
S - rltory west of T went y-Slxlh street, has
' grown greatly In value, since the move
'r t' Went began in that direction two or
-..-I4ree years ago. It Is still looked upon
"tf1- being Cheap, considering Its nearness
r t to the business center. Hales in this
. I district have been numerous during the
' pst few months, while building Is more
I active there than in any other residence
i ' district on the west side.
I .: The demand for South Portland resl
i dence property has been continuous
v and iictlve all summer. Pi ices there
i 5 ;hai'e not advanced as rapidly as in other
t -': parts of the city; with the result that
" vifnvestore have been busy picking up the
Z ' Choice locations In that district.
J i Last of Special Rates.
-tt--8ptntrrtr i "n U 'titt tr the
Jast opportunity to purchase excursion
I" tickets .to eastern points t special
rates. - If you want comfortable trip
r travel via the C&sadlan Pacific. Make
- J 4 your rMtrvatlona now.
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LIKEJM PLAN
Settling Tip of Tracts Along
0. W. P. Lines Proves
Success of Scheme.
Founded upon the same principle em
ployed by the I'nlted States government
in allotting irrigation lands, the club
plan of selling lots Is finding favor with
careful buyers of real estate.
This method is an excellent Indication
of the extent to which the selling of
real estato bus -been reduced tu an exact
sc ience. It shows that the ancient, hap
hazard Ways are regarded as inadequate
to the demands of the present day. In
this generation the real estate denier
must give the purchaser a little the best
of it or the mnn who wants to buy will
go elsewhere
The club plan is being used with en
tire fairness to all concerned m the
selling of lots In tracts whose improve
ments have not been completed, or
where for one reason or another the
prospective buyer cannot actually visit
the ground when he orders a lot re
served for him.
Portland has seen the workings of the
club plan in the development of the
tracts along the Oregon Water Cower
lines. Here the growth of the city has
bee n phenomenal, and the Increase in
property values In such tracts ns Arleta,
Annabel, Tremont and the whole Mount
Hi ott region Is held up .as aii example
of the investment value of suburban
realty.
T. B. Potter of the Potter-Ohapln
Realty company, Is generally conceded
to have worked out the club plan to Its
present state. Through his efforts this
method was employed in the selling of
property along the Oregon Water Power
fine In which he was Interested, and
later he took the same methods to Han
Francisco and scored a big success. By
this system nearly 3,000 lots in the Rels
tract were sold in an unusually short
time.
CIIUECH SOCIETY BUYS
GOOD QUARTER PL0CK
The City Church Extension society of
the Methodist Kpiscopal church has
purchased a quarter block at the north
west corner of fiavler and Twentieth
streets as a site for a new church
building which will be erected there
within the next few months. The prop
erty belonged to P. Ij. Willis and was
sold for $4,.r00. The Church Extension
society sold Its church property on
Twenty-third street, near Irving some
months ago for a very satisfactory
price.
PENINSULA PROPERTY
BRINGS GOOD PRICE
Joseph P. Menth has purchased a
quarter block occupied by a two-story
residence, at the northwest corner of
Walker & Van Houten -streets. College
Place, for $7,500. The property be
longed to Oeorge A. Cobb and Is located
on the lower peninsula, near University
Park.
Mr. Menth sold seven Improved lots
in the same vicinity to George A. Cobb,
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Great strides are being made by the
Portland fire department this year nnd
tho city's fire-fighting apparatus which
has been added to extensively will be
augmented even more before the first
of the year.
There are In Poitland now 21 fire sta
tions and by the end of the year there
will be 24. Many of these stations are
double, housing both engine and hose
or truck companies. Thore are 25 com
panies In active service now, with four
more to be Installed as soon as accom
modations for them can be arranged.
These include 11 engine companies, four
truck companies five hose companies,
four chemical companies and the fire
boat. One new truck and three new en-'
He Spent the Afternoon.
From Town and Country.
Cowes. somehow or other, retains Its
exclusive attitude and resolutely sets its
face against the cheap tripper who runs
over by the two-shilling boats from
Southampton or Portsmouth. The elect
keep to the Castle end of the little
town, and the trippers stand open
mouthed In a circle watehin them from
early morning until night, though there
is pernaps less supervision tnars than
In any other public place in the world.
The Castle, which Is the clubhouse, Is
not guarded by even a single Cerberus
and it Is apparently open to any one
to enter the sacred portals. It Is a fat
that a certain holiday maker a wool
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consideration, $7,000. A large number
of small sales were made on the lower
peninsula during the past week.
ATTORNEY II. 3L CAKE
BUYS PRUNE HOME
Seven-Room Improvement Occupying
Quarter Block at East Nineteenth
and Hancock Brings $8,500.
Attorney II. M. Cake has purchased
the Prune residence containing seven
rooms and occupying a quarter block
at thi northeast corner of East 19th
and Hancock streets, for J8.B00. This
is one of the most attractive homes
In that part of Irvlngton. and will be
occupied by Mr. Cake and family at
an early date.
Howard Calloway and associates have
sold to Martin Hattler all of block 15,
Highland except lota 1 and 2, for
J4,25. The property Is In a delightful
residence district and is rapidly filling
tip with a substantial class of dwell
ings. It has a frontage on Going
Prescott, East 8th and East 9th streets.
HAS
BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED
gine companies will be Installed this
fall. A new fireboat has also been pro
vided for, the plans calling for a three
pump boat of 9,000 gallons' capacity.
The fireboat Geoige H. Williams has a
capacity of 6,000 gallons.
Jn all, the department has 201 men.
Including the chief and his three as
sistants. There are 219 call boxes and 33 more
are being installed.
In addition to these Improvements the
city Is installing a new short-time alarm
system, which will enable an alarm to
be sent in In one fourth the time that
it now takes. A new double switch
board and other Improvements in tho
fire-alarm telegraph are also being
placed In the headquarters in ths city
hall.
carder from Lancashire actually spent
a whole day on the veranda of the place
and caused much amusement among the
yachtsmen by his quaint drollery and
caustic criticism of the vessels. He
was merely taken for an eccentric coun
try member, and he In turn thought he
was enjoying the hospitality of a splen
did "pub'
President John Mitchell of ths United
Mine Workers of America and President
Samuel Gompers of the American Feder
ation of Labor have been Invited to
speak at the annual meeting: of the
Maryland State Federation of Labor In
Cumberland, September 10.
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TRIANGULAR BLOCK
BOUGHT BY FERNALD
South Portland Unimproved
Property of Irregular
Shape Sold for $1,450.
The small triangular block at the In
tersection of Meade and Corbett streets,
South Portland, has been sold to Ches
ter B. Fernald by Thomas E. Edwards,
for $4,550. The property Is known as
block "T" in Caruthers' addition, and Is
unimproved. It has a frontage of 200
feet on each of three streets, and Is a
valuable holding.
One block west of the above property,
at the southwest corner of Meade and
Water streets, Mrs. Josle D. Parish pur
chased an improved quarter block from
Catherine Sabel for $4,600.
SOCKEYES FAIL TO
LOOKATFISHERS
Season Not Promising and
Toilers of the Sea Are
Suffering Reaction.
New Westminster, Sept. 7. The ab
solute failure of the sockeye salmon
fishing season will without doubt ba
felt on the Pacific coast from Alaska
to Mexico. The fact that over 6,000 men
employed In this Industry in British Co
lumbia and In the Puget sound have
failed to make expenses when they ex
pected to come out at the end of the
season with from $600 to $2,000 each as
the reward for their continuous work
during the past few months, will with
out doubt have far-reaching and harm
ful effect.
In many ways, however, it will be
beneficial to the other Industries of
Canada and the United States as the
fishermen who have failed to make
good during the months of July and
August will now be compelled to seek
other employment' during the winter
months Instead of being able to rest at
case and do little during the Interval be
tween the fishing season just closed and
the opening of next year's season. The
fact that the fishermen have absolutely
no money on which to subsist for ths
MORNING, SEPTEMBER
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ETTA H0LBR00K BUYS
BLAINE R. SMITH LOT
Mrs. Etta C. Holhrook has purchased
the Blaine H. Smith propertv situated
on East Tenth, between Halsey and
Clakanias streets. The lot has a front
age of CO feet and Is occupied by a
small dwelling.
Holmes Ac ...enefee report the sale of
four lots In the Irvlngton district. Mrs.
Clara L. Sanders purchased three lots
there at $1,000 each, nnd B. F. Weaver
took an Inside lot on East Nlneteeth
street between Brazoe and Thompson,
consideration $1,200.
SHREWD INVESTOR
MAKES GOOD DEAL
The house and lot at the southwest
cornor of Fifteenth street, as extended,
and Montgomery street has been pur
chased by Andrew Smith and associates
from Mary Neimes. The consideration
Involved was S C.I 00. This property Is
situated In a district that has been Im
proved with several handsome resi
dences and flats during t lie past few
months. A $20,000 apartment house Is
projected for the same neighborhood by
a local capitalist.
EFFICIENT POLICE
INSURES
No 'municipality in the United States
can boast of a more efficient police de
partment than Portland. Although a
seaport and terminal point for four
great transcontinental railway systems,
the 45 square miles comprising the
Rose City are so effectively policed
that crime is infrequent and evildoers
are always quickly caught.
With the additions granted by the
city council In tho last budget, the de
partment now consists or uo men. as
signed as follows: A chief, 4 captains,
1 patrol sergeant, 1 humane officer, 1
truant officer, 1 detective for the Hoys'
and Girls' Aid society, 7 detectives, 1
deputy .arbormaster. 2 detective ser
geants, S patrol-wagon drivers, 1 clerk
to the chief, 1 clerk in the bureau of
criminal investigation, 1 statistician, 3
Jailers. 8 deskmen and 99 patrolmen.
next six months has already driven
many of them to take wprk In the lum
ber camps of British Columbia and
Washington state.
This state of affairs Is particularly
pleasing to the lumbermen of the coast
as they now feel assured that with all
the -labor needed In the logging camps
that they will be sure of sufficient lpgs
next summer to keep ths mills running
night and day.
The canners ars perplexed to know
where the sockeyes went this year.
They did not enter the Fraser river
from July 10 until August 28. which
was ths close of ths season.
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STREET GRADE WORK
AI BAYOCEAN PARK
Totter-Chnpin Realty Com
pany Pushing Improve
ments Rapidly.
The Potter-Chapln Realty company,
owners of liayocean Park on TKI.un'.ok
bay, have Installed a donkey ensl:i.
such as Is used In logging camps, and
are using It In street grade wor at
Kavocean Park. It is in Innovation In
street gi'sdmg whleii has h.r-to.or . Iieen
done entirely with teams and scrape.-,
thai promises to be a success
I lie t isk of putting the stieets an I
boulevards In tins new ocean r-s.lt In
condition Is such a huge undertaking
that tho owners decided that s me other
power than horses or mules must be
utilized in handling the heavy wheal
scrapers
A 1 200-foot cable Is attached to h
mammoth scraper and It Is fjund thai
as much eartli can be moved as 4
men can handle, using the old-fashioned
team scrapers.
Street gra.ltng and general clearl: g
will go on at liayocean Pa i k during the
coming fall a .d winter. Quarters have
been erected for the men. and a gaso
line launch has been purchased, which
will bo used In transporting supplier
from Bay City to the park.
VANCOUVER PROPERTY
FOR ANOTHER PLANT
Representing local buyers, W. B.
Streeter and E. J. Paly heve Just
closed a deal for a valuable strip of
Vancouver water frontage. The consid
eration Involved in the deal was $20,000.
The purchasers will use the property
as a site for a large manufacturing
plant.
No class of property In the vicinity
of Portland has made such remarkable
advances in value in the the past two
years as Columbia river frontage, es
pecially Is this true of water front In
and around Vancouver. Two years ago
it would have been difficult to sell this
class of property for $25 a front foot.
Several sales have been made in tho
last few weeks at four to six times
that sum. The water front requirements
of the Hill and Ilanlinan lines, both of
which will cross the Columbia river at
Vancouver, have contributed largely to
this heavy Increase In values.
The executive board of the American
Federation of Iabor, at its recent ses
sion In Norfolk, decided to Instruct all
affiliated organizations to cooperate
with the federation In an effort to have
the next congress enact more stringent
immigration laws providing for the ex
clusion of Asiatic laborers of every de
scription. FORCE
CITIZENS' SAFETY
Tho patrolmen are divided Into three
reliefs 26 on tne day, 39 on the first
night, and 34 on the second night relief.
Eight of the patrolmen are assigned iO
the mounted squad on the day relief and
cover the suburban districts. '
A patrol wagon and complete police
alarm telegraph system, with call-boxes
located. at convenient points, are among
the up-to-date equipments of the de
partment. Owing to , unparalleled
growth of the city, plans' are now being
drawn for a new headquarters build
ing and city prison, and a substation
Is to be established on the east side of
the river. .
The growth of the police department
has kept pace with the rapid growth of
the city, as In 1900, with a population
nf 100,000, the force consisted of about
60 men, while this year with 200.000
people the number of peace guardians
has been Increased to 130, giving one
orricer to every l,B3 or population.
In the meantime the fishermen ars
practically destitute. This is partic
ularly true of Indians who brought their
squaws down from the interior and
camped close to the canneries.. If It .had
been a good year the Indians would have
made money on the run while the
suuaws would have found employment
In the canneries.
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The biennial convention of the Inter
national Association of Machinists will
bs held In St. Louis, commencing Sep
tember .
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ARE OPPOSED TO
Architects and Contractors
Want Shepherd Building
Ordinance Amended.
WOULD BUILD BRICK
OVER FOUR STORIES
Ilellero Restriction on Ilelght of.
Brick Buildings Should Bo LimJ
Ited to Business District Say JlJ
qulrement Keeps Capital Away.
Dissatisfaction with Portlands new
building ordinance, limiting the height!
of certain classes of buildings, is bo
coming very general. Architects, con-f
tractors, prospective house builders andf
realty brokers are all working against!
Ex-Councilman Shepherd's pet measure.
which to get through the council, andf
past the watchful eye of Mayor Lane, hat
labored so long, earnestly and dill
gently.
As passed and finally signed by the
mayor, this ordinance limits the height
of brick and of mill-constructed build
ings to four stories, reenforced concrete
to 12 stories, but puts no limit to the
height of steel frame structures.
Provision Objected To.
The provision In the law that Is caus
ing the agitation for its, repeal is the
clause limiting ths height of brick and
of mill couStrlmted buildings. A prom-l
Inent real estate dealer, who has been
successful In locating a number of large
enterprises In Portland, says that he lsl
seriously hampered in his efforts to in
duce outside people to come here andl
embark In large business undertakings
uecause or tnis provision in tne snep
herd building ordinance.
One of San Francisco's big Jobbing
nouses was jusi upon tne point of clos
log a deal for a varuable down town
business site, when it learned that mil
constructed buildings are limited to
Morie.3 In Portland. 1 he negosmons
were called off by the San FilTnclsco
people, who announced that a much
higher building than four stories would
be required for their business, and that
nnythlng else than a mill constructed
building is too expensive in construc
tion. Propose Simple Remedy.
The suggestion has been made that
the Shepherd lnw be made to apply to
a small district In the business center
what might be called the office buiWlng
and hotel district nnd that outside or
that circumscribed area, brick and mill
constructed buildings eight stories high
be allowed. By some such arrangement
as Is here suggested, the large areas,
that have In tho past year or two be
come business property, will be allowed
to grow and develop and not be held
back by the stringent provisions of tha
Shepherd law.
Several of the prominent architects
and builders of the city, while refusing
to ne quoted, are emphatic In their dis
approval of the more drastic provisions
of the ordinance.
What San Francisco Did.
Those opposing the measure and who
are demanding its repeal point to ths
recent action of the San Francisco city
council, which made radical changes In
the building laws of that city, among
other things repealing the ordinance
limiting the height of new buildings to
one and one half times the width of ths
street on which they front.
There is a widespread movement
among builders, contractors and archi
tects to bring about the repeal of ths
objectionable features in tho Shepherd
building law.
SECURES INTEREST
IN GOOD PROPERTY
II. w. Monnastes purchased
ths past few days, . an .undivided onK.
fourth Interest in the half-block front
ing the west s e e of Sixth street, be
tween Glisan and HoyU ,2B wss paid
for the Interest. The sits is improved
witn several small nouses or but little
value.
The building trades of San Francisco
are discussing a proposition to settle
upon a seals of wages for three yeara.
M ORDINANCE
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