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to TB DKEOON DAILY JOURNAL; V-PORTLAND, r THURSDAY f EVENING, vrUPTEMBER 23, IC07. TORRENS LAW OBVIATES MUCH NEEDLESS WORK Tomona Grange Committee Makes Thorough Investiga tion of Prorisions Which Permit Quick Sale or C k - Transfer of Eealty Without Endless Search. . WHY STATE SHOULD BUILD 0 RAILROAD thta rcfrtatar. which mako it lut Ilk longer, up to aat an ma lima, lda, mortgage. . etc, are made out under thta law Just a they ara now. but they are kept on file Inataad or peine; copied. lhla aavca the tmmenae number or . The InyaaUffatloa ' and dicolon of th Torrn land Jw whicn naa Dean ' a 1tat4 for aoma time - past b tha Multnomah County 'Dlatrict-' Pomona arrant haa resulted la a very dear re port OB the law, praparea Dr apaciai I book a. and also keeps original algna- committee, ConaiatlBaT or A, u nn i un iu, ana mo regmirmr naa 10 are Drought In. thua reducing the chanoea of tamorr to nrantlnallv nan. Only a memorandum of the Inatruments filed ia noted on tha register. Tha carety. quickness and atmplicay or tha Torrena system, besides Its low coma niinr in iinu ia oncn regisierei, ougnt to appeal to everybody and make It unneceaary to argue In Its favor. It Is only lanoranc nf the advantam of tha law or misleading statements by thoae opposed .o It because - of anlf-lntereat wnicn nave ao rar retarded its use. vr C. Bhattuck and Mrs. R. M. Uttla- ",' V page,, Tba report takes tha law up and 1 tilacusae its inception and It probable " effect The report, which ; wa .eon . gldered and adopted at tha last meeting of the grange at Bockwood, is aa Xoi " low:' '.'.' -r ' ' "The practloa of regiaterlng land v tlUei is not new. It haa been success fully don In part of Europa ton , eral hundred year. In Austrta-Hun- arr it datoa from the twelfth century; "in Baden from 1 tot: In Saxony from J8I, and thereafter haa baen vry an- .. aral in all Oermany. r ' -1 Would Be Buooeasful la Oregon. 'VvTo, establish such 'registration 1n ' ' countries where thera was feudal tenure ' and various law of conquering nation ; engrafted on province, with antique right prevailing by custom and uaaga. ' would appear to be a hopeless task, yet - . a nit la a axeat auccess. Not withstanding these facts of history, we continually bear those who hsve an ax tn rrind. or who are so rooted In thalr . nreiudica for old way a. claiming that a , vnuna atata Ilka Oration wath land hold . Infra s-ninir hark not much over CO years. . cannot make a auoceaa of th Torren law. Hlatory and the actual uae oi the . law prove auch a position abaurd and falsa. - - , -m .t. . j -in Booth Anatralla tba first act nmmmnA in IDEM, waa drafted by Elr Rob ert Kichard Torrena and ao all similar l.wa In English . speaking countries . km, ilnn bun commonly known . Torrena lawa. Ail Engllah colonies now use the system. In the . United . Statea thta law la ontlonal and has been "Tadonted In California, , Illinois. Uaeaa- . rhuaetts. Ohio, Oregon. Virginia and In tVaahtngton this year, while other states have ' It under consideration or have lately adopted It. In IUlnoia an amendment waa adopted in 104 requir ing all eatatea In couraa of probate to , register titles, and In thla way all land In about St year will be under th Torren law. . . "Oregon adopted the -Illinois law In 1101 and since then your chairman of this committee haa been an enthusiastic supporter of the law and had bills panned by th legislature to correct the errors maae in oupyina " W ":-y-r ' Taksa Away STo lhta. ' v . In 1807 he also had Included 1n th corectlng bill, an amendment providing for making proper defendants In the suit of married person who fall to ign lnatrumenta affecting land owned by their Btouses. This has been a source . of great trouble with title .heretofore. This law takes away ,, no rights, but . compels uch persons . to- com into court and set up their rights, - If the have -any, - and let tham - b properly " " registered, or elae ba barred of any shadowy claim they might appear to have on tba old records. "The present law of Oregon 1 now In a-ood working shape, and th form for making th record, also drawn up by your chairman, have - been , put In by most of our counties, and we believe ar now uniform throughout tha stats. . Much land or consiaeraDie vaiue naa been registered snd a great deal more -would b- if lawyers and business men i would get familiar with the law and . use it . , . , The old system make a burden In th ex nense of abstracta, whloh must - ha marlo nvr and over strain, and with their examination must cost millions ' throughout .th country. Old Bystam Vnsafa. 'u The 'delay In getting abstracts, their examination, nuniing up miior nui u record, etc, aimosv aiwajri onuer ttrw vents a sale, hinders it or makes It dif ficult." or at a sacrifice. . "The bid system I unsafe or we would not have) title Insurance com panies to protect buyers at additional expense, for if a title is bad and tha seller bankrupt no damage can be re covered on his warranty deed. Then there Is a chance of forged deeds, mortgages, tc, which can now be ra corded without any trouble, the aaroe as ' genuine, for tne recoraer puis any oia thing on record if .witnessed and ac knowledged. ..." f,-; ." f Again, the books and record ac- cumulate so faat,. it makes big expense ,- to buy them, and more to provide rooms to Keep them in. The taxes are heavier to keep up ' the old. system, snd market values or real estate can never be ao great. where . the trouble to make a sale or loan Is ln- creasing all the time. "Now. aralnst all this we have the benefits of the Torrens law. In Oregon . for a $1,000 lot the court fees amount v to about $25, where there Is no con , test. If there is one the owner might . as well find out he haa a lawsuit and settle It in a Torrens proceeding as In . any other manner or time, and clear up his title, whatever the necessary ex penses are to do so. Besides the court fees in an ordinary default case, the -. owner pays his attorney such fee as they agree on, and also for bringing down his abstract to date of the case. .' This last is the way the law provides ' for testimony to prove your title in court Fro visions Ar Systematio. "Any senalble person can see that the mere showing of his deed and state , ment tlint he owns the land does not snow title rrom tne government down. and this must be exhibited to the ex aminer ' of titles, for If anything is Bveryona'a Tltl Clear. "When a system is provided which enables a man to go and look over hi own title at the courthouse with hi buyer snd to record hla transfer of that title for 10 cent, without any ab stract or delay, what more can he wamT xne law nrovldes that nothlna whatever shall affect th land, unless it Is down In tha register, except current taxes or sssessments ror improvements. Tnere fore the buyer has only to look up one book, this register, Instead of doiens of dooks. aa at t resent and then atan In and aee about .current taxes and lm- Srovement aastffesment. when he has one th whole thing In short order. "Prosperous communities ar thou wnere land can chanaa hand or taken a aecurity for loan quickly eaany witnout any trouble, the same aa norae and wagons. Tha Torrens law Sermlts this to be don without any oubt whatever, and tha tltl Is prao- iii-aiiy. oKcaeq up oy in state or ore son, which Is a batter anarantaa than of any Individual or company lnaurlng titles. . , W Urge that th Oranrera take SteDS to make thla law and ttm aAvan. tagea thoroughly familiar to all mem bers. Also that they Indorse it and rec ommend ita reneral nu hv avarvnna for our greater prosperity and to help to reduce taxes for the reasons given.'' Great Opportunity Offered Oregon in Constructing Transportation Lines. Some of th reasons why tha people of Oregon should build thalr own rail roads, and aoma suggestions as to th manner In which the' work should b done, ra set forth by J. Landlgaa of Portland In a communication to Th Journal. Under tb caption. "Why Wa Should Have . Stat Railroads.," b writes aa follow: . u " Flrnt It will glv th popl ! their, transportation and freight at coat, and If ther I any profit aftr th xpene of running the road and paying th in. tereat on the bonds, It can go to th state to pay oi the bonda. Second the state can issue t per cent 20-year bonds In small denomina tion from $5 to $ 1,000. Third These Donas snouia oe iioaiea In th atata and glv tha working peo ple a show to get them aa well aa other. Fourth There It a million of money In the banks and In old tin cans owned by th people that la not earning any thing. The people will be glad to In vest in these bonds, which would be better security than all th banka in Oregon. . . Fifth Th building of theae road a will develoo the atate and give lots of work to the people, and should ward off the approaching panic Bixtn- i r r t t? f- m'-' rir r nr ilit'tvt in ; ; V S JL X X-y JL- V XJ W X X XXXN U Ik '.v -.-t ..., ...... -'- ' u'4 iJ xtft AS tnero ara ro n siats roaas, they should be built by the working! eople or the state, or cuisens snouia 1 ave the preference. I Seventh The roads should be built by the state, not by any contractors. Eighth Contractors will do the work 1 wun cnean Asiatic iaDor ana tiriva tne state labor out or tne state, we want to keep our people here and make good citizens out or tnem. Ninth The state ahould work only reasonable hours, snd tha workers should receive fair Wages. Tenth party pontics snouia De kept out or tnis movement. A New Route The new Canadian Pacific rout via Spokane la the short Una to St Paul and' Is fast becoming w popular rout. Save you four hour to tne twin cities. If you want tha beat travel via the Canadian Pacific. m Clothing The Only Real College Clothes Made $15 to $35 Call and Pick Out the One You Like If NOT RIGHT, WLLCH MAKLS IT RIGHT -wrong and any new party ought to be nerved with a summons, that Is the way it is found out. These things an v owner may never know about, and there has to be a showing of everything on recora down 10 uuie. "After the land Is thus registered under the law. no more abstracts are required, for nothing can stand against the land unless put down in the land register on the same page, and the cer tificate for that particular piece of ia.no. ah 01a matters are Dalanced up Ilka a ledger account and closed when first registered. After that everything must : be charged against the land on TELEPHONE MANAGERS ARE ENTERTAINED ,1: At tha Invitation" of 3. W. Ollkyson, the new division superintendent of the Oregon division. Pacific Telephone Sc Telegraph company, It county managers of tha company have been in Portland for the past two days. They were called, together to meet Mr. Ollkyson and each other and to discuss methods of giv ing telephone service, Tb first evening they were the g r tha company at a banquet at the ho- ' 11 Sargent and afterward at the Rairar theatre. The Oregon division embraces all of Oretfon west of Arlington and some of the counties in southern Wash ington contiguous ; to Portland. The . men. who. were entertained In Portland weret J. D. Brunold, Astoria; W. It itancy, Salem; Oeorge J. Hall, Oregon , City; F; W, Sinclair,. Vancouver; F. W. KMd, Hood River; B. W. Taylor, The lalia; J. H. Hudson, Arlington; E. E. Ilea ton. Eugenev R- W. War field, Al-j iany; R. II, C Wood. Roseburg; A. T.I warhaii. Qranta Paas; 8. R. Robertson, Marahfleld; Warren Williams and E. A. Mier In, Ashland; David Origg. Cot tg Orove, and C E., Hickman,. Port- ;'lan& Jss. ,4:Jt-;;,J.ii::,,rfi :,v- ... -"v.-. -j . . Moorish and Turkish " tfeslgn in rauer's hami-palatad biaa , AUUger, . zr- i . - 233 &235 WASffNGTON NEARFocnrffSz 1 A Magnificent Assortment of r Dashing New Fall Apparel ; . V ' Men who appreciate and demand the height of style in their - ' lrtt Viaa ' tnnt w4a lrrj r aVita aAa tn f'ViA Va,o . avmf1aa rt i correct fall apparels Never catering to the faddish, we neverthe- X less overlook no opportunity of providing " thb utter fastidiously inclined with" the smart, snappy, iiltra-fasliionable dqthes of the r day. Every garment in our stock is'first quality every garment bears the BENJAMIN label and when this label is put on a gar- ' , ment it is a guarantee of value your protection against making a mistake. . , '.n ':-.-. Benjamin Suits, Fall Overcoats and Raincoats $200, $30.00, $35.00, $4000 $50.00 New Fall Furnishing The rich elegance, the luperb qiuli tiei and the splendid range of assort ment in our men's furnishings for fall places this department second to none in Portland. MEN'S SHIRTS Here Is an unusual ly varied line of semi-negligee and pleated front shirts, in every style; sizes neck band and sleeve' lengths ' $1.50 to $3.50 iiiniiiaasaaamaaa-ii 1.111 , 1 . ' M&4 'll I : Tall Hats If you have not seen them yon have missed a treat, every shape that's good, every style that's right ia here for you, in colors or black. - THE KtfOX ....f5.00 THE BRISTOL f3.00 THE JOHN B. STETSON HATS f 4 to f 10 mBkV mm-a m CtnlllHj Snap 311 llorrboo. Opposite Ptslofflee NECKWEAR The richest and choicest Silks in the rarest coloringsrinour-in-hands and i other popular shapes, ,from ,.50 to ?3.00 ' HOSE Fancy or plain colors, embroidered or J a c q u a r d 'weaves, in cotton lisle. or mercerized, .25f tq 91.00 $3.00 Values Toniorrow Special $1.49 No need to buy old styles, or trim over old hats when you. can buy such values as quoted above. Untrimmed Hand-Made Vel vet and -Silk Braid Dress Shapes, all ready for trimming; eight of the very newest shapes and all colors; value to $3.00. Here only tomorrow. . .$1.49 The Wonder IlllDinci CORNER MORRISON AND FIRST STREETS Leaders of Millinery Values 'V . AS MA - STRE LTED IMS ' :5 ON and the multitude of other improvements that have been installed in Ladd's Addition com bine in establishing in Portland a residence district that is surpassed by no other community in the United States. This does not except the large and beautiful cities of the east. It is reasonable to suppose that a piece of ground that is located in the midst of a high-class resi dence district, that is platted to conform with the most modern ideas, that was intended to become the finest home location in Portland, is, to say the least, a most desirable place in which to reside. This is exactly true of Ladd's Addition. It is not commonplace, was not designed to be commonplace, and the restrictions that have been imposed, will forever keep it from becoming commonplace. Ladd's Addition is a place of tone and elegance, suit able for the best people of Portland and prepared for them. LADD'S ADD 2k MOST PERFECTLY APPOINTED RESIDENCE SECTION OF PORTLAND The stredts are paved with the best quality of asphalt City water has been piped throughout the ''tract and the pipes are all in the alleys. A fourteen-foot alley runs through every block, giving a front anoTrear outlet to each: Wherever the gas mains Cross the streets, the 'connections have been made, v Six-foot sidewalks: are included on every street in the entire addition. Sewers have been laid through tne alleys, connecting with' every lot. Two 80-foot boulevards, with avide parking, cross1 thtf addition' from corner to corner. Every lot in Ladd's Addition contains over five thousand sauare feet of erounrl 7 Building restriction of $2,500 has been imposed and will be rigidly enforced. ') &tecmc lights and telephones are now ready for connection. ? . y Only twenty minutes' walk from LaddV Addition to the postoffice. j ' ine Dest streetcar service in the entire city.. Five branch iines. - MOUNT SCOTT OR MOUNT TABOR CAR LINE, (O. W. P.) TO OFFICL ON tHE, GROUNDS r'it F. W. TORGLLR, Sales Afient for e. OFFICE ' 106 Sherlock Building Cor. Third and Oak OFFICE 1 ' - . , Hawthorne Avenue and East Sixteenth Street v ; Ladd's Addition . f i " t -.-....-