) 8 THE OREGON ' SUNDAY - JOURNAi; PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY ,12. 1003. WILLIAH EEIDT FLATS, UNION ATEXUE, NEAK JIOLLADAT.; r if J v . ; t . f ( . . . f muni rnnn nnnihu nnnn nir? iiDDiQinn Mfe .1 -51 iy JAJl J! ? 1 9 if ' -il jLllJ.. 4 iS- f V I' L'JLJ'. Jl" j r " I -r r A ' ' . 'L1 1 ... . - . .. . f 'iV .1 1. '! 'I 4 r i 4 ; -' -r - -1 iU lit a . I LI 1 III II L.1 1 1 If I ,.,' w a i il iwv4 afii ito VK.nJwiiwi.itii irtril taiifciS'i.ifufiitiiMm 'W 4 ' riti built by William Reldt on Union avenu four yean ago at about 60 per cent of what the same character of building would cost sow. Each of theil bulldlngf la dotibU flat eontalnlnc aiz roomi and was built at a cost of 13,000. The same character of building would now cost at. least $4,600, and probably could not be put op for that . sum. Mr. Reldt claims to hare started the reriral In building in Portland by putting JP a number of cottages In 1898, at a time when it was almost impossible to find a new roof In the city, la that year he built several cottages In South Portland and a number of more pretentious structures on the east side sn ear the steel bridge. Bouse build ing at that time was cheaper than It has been known for many years. Mr. Reldt declares that for $800 he put up cottages In 1898 that would now cost $2,400. , , , " Dowager . EmpreSa 1 Orders Suppression o( All Public Meetings at rclnn. Pekln, Jan. XI, Th oowaaar empri has stvn verbal ordtrs to the Interior department 4nd to the polloe tsua prees all publlo piMtlnf in FeklR, and there is reason to believe that this order will be extended to the provinces. Popular agitation lon the lines of 'Yirhta reooverr" i" srowlnir In a phe nomenal manner. The question Of pro vincial aa aaalnat rederai aovereigntv VIIIVI lailQIJT IUIU III. I . V. : Tf VIH" en'a aoolntlea, echoole for bora and fine, the family newapapera and the polutoai firesa au are participating in tne aav atlon. ; . ... t- The aovernment li relrlng on the a up- port or ureat Britain. 5 Everybody Desires Ilich Country Opened and All Will "Aid Largo .Tracts fhi t in Mam a A r r AnlPn ti 'erners Tour In'. YEAR OPEflS IVITH STAPLE. TJARKET Eealty Outlook Promises Continued Activity in Portland During 1908. crrr jubilant OVEE PfiOSPECTS Rapid Recorery of formal Ooadl tfons Is Felt In AH lines of Prop erty Transactions Investment Propositions Eagerly Sought. ' ' Optimism Is tbe distinctive tone that pervades every rl estate office In 'Portland during theae openlna days of ,the new year. By real estate offices , la meant thoee well-known and recot--J : nlsed places, where a legitimate com mlaalon business la transacted, and there are scores of each acenctos In the . city. Id fact, there Is not a city on the Paoifls eoaat as free from the typical ' real ostate boomer as Is Portland. A very larae per cnt of the people 1 nrand In aelllnK and buvlna realty In I thfa city and vicinity are directly ln - ' teres ted In the welfare or the commun ity. They are largely property holders a thnmeelvea or else repreaent extenalve noiaera or - reuty, ana consequently, from self Interest, are opposed to un ' duly lnflatlnar values, and thereby In flicting upon the city a train of Ilia.! that 19 years' time wlU be required to , recover from. XopefUl Slaw Prevail. So. the berlnhlnr of the year, finds . this class of men, who labor constantly . ana accompiisn mucn ior me upunua-: . .Ing- and advancement of Portland, m an i 'optimistic frame of mind and planning i lor a larger ana better nuainess auring this year, 190. ;, Many of the conditions that have adversely Influenced tne realty mar- ket durina the past (A days are no longer in existence. The financial ron , ditlon of the country Is fast becoming . normal.- The banks will soon ne in shape to lend proper npport to all legit imate enteroHses. - The Interest rate. I which soared from I to I or 10 pe eent louring Hue last two monus or nio i year, haa settled back to a reasonable 'j figure. But moat Important of all, .from a local standpoint la the welcome j announcement that none of the depos itors In the three suspended banks is to suffer any loss by reason of tbe bus- pensions. a A look-In at the expected development - and advancement of the year Is afford ".ed'by the following interviews wlta some oi tne prominent realty aeaiens; - Tear of ' Progress. -. "K. J. Daly: -While U07 was a phe- nomenal year In the growth and up building of Portland, every Indication points to a yet greater achievement in that direction during the year at hand. .X expect to aee an immense Increase in the wholesale and jobbing trade of this city during the eomlng IX months. This ' will necessitate building larger - and . more commodious warehouses and store- - rooms for our merchants and jobbers. - A movement in this direction has al ready set In. fieveral sites have been purchased and buildings planned to ac- ' commodate tne vast increase in roe uu- tness of Portland joDoera. St - i' .-''... 1 ... ' .w 1 . U I . " w. A I i -. ' r - I i j - . ' ! , , i . t -..,.. wwii.iw,i--.."''- - 1 l, .,.4 f .'," f 9-j! pwi 'jeVi,'. ,aJ y t .- . i.liill iwlwin l ' K II ; " ' vs v '-'" v ,; ," ::'V - , DAILY-AVERIGF II ABO $40,000 mw. 3! a . - . ft ' v fc urn it Past Week Shows Up Well n I?eal Estate Trans : . actions. MOST DEALS UNDER TIIEEE THOUSAND Demand for. Property as Active as Doling Month of OctoberDeal ers Confident of Fntare -Residences Are Active Investments. 'id j Bales of real estate ranwell above la dally average of 140,000 during the past week. Many new transactions were reported, nearlr all of which In volved considerations of less than t3, ', (Special Dlsptteb' te The JoemaL) Canby. Or.; Jan. 11. A meeting will lng; organisation effected, for furthering ';. t "--" t .V. . . . . . . . .. . .. . , treasure tr the crupusea vanDy-woiaiia rauroaa. a , Brltlah government is strengthening the corporation will be formed and "stock f"lw"j Uriptlon. will -be opened. Among by forelrnera as essential to the safety Prominent mlllmen Who have pledged and progress of China, laid are IX I Trulllnger of Union MUls; - It Is deolared here that the foretrn J.mta Adklna nnnnlln ak Milt erMlr't agitation In the matter of the attitude i"A"lnf"n ? .r5 r- adontMl bv Janan with rorard t Man. I uaxar vf jaoiaaia ana vne jaoiaua . churla and tho learning of Russia con-1 Lumber company. Every farmer along .' oerning tbe annulment of the telegraph I the route will help. - ; ; ' ' inis is tne biggest undertaking yet attempted by local capital. The road will lap lien , agricultural and timber (vurcu.irioi net wean uajinv ana ma n Cascade range. Billions of Xeet of th CDOIOeSt limber In l)ri,nn nul1 ha brOUCht to market. Tha nUn I- hnlM iuni me aioiaiia river from inbv tous uuiiring-the water grade all tbe way. inere wiu be but one bridge to uuuu ana n ja stimatea mat tne enter- . . ... vm u ww uiKiwujiHa wild vnn mm Iendltur n f nnt mnr. than tlAAAAA Tha rnaul will t,n a tmanM..ia ma1 nt.w iwiiira wnu larmars amply able to as- i in nnancing tne project. Tne peo- e or tne town or Molaua ara readv to ena tbeir ala. This route la considered by expert enrlneera aa the onlr feasible one in ciacaamaa county. From Ore- wouia be almost a physical i o over . ice . areat tremenaoua niiia lvin beyond. The road can be constructed ruory. sreanag. vp jug TMota, xne oeonie or (jannv ara lubiiant over tne report mat in great uucaman tract, owned by' Isaiah Buekmaa of convention have leJrth British foreign office to take action, and it is under stood that this has been in the form of representations to tne Toklo govern ment 1 Japan. It Is averred. Is taking adran tare of China's complications with Oreat Britain in, order to postpone the nego tiations regarding uancnuria. -, , 1 1 1 i r DRAWS FOUR ACES THEfl DROPS DEAD p i s 1 1 M i ssi pi in m i vasw in vnavau A J f on City it wouJ Tokh Player's Excitement frjl?1 Over His Good Hani lie suits in His Demise. (Special DUpetet to The JoaraaL) Cleveland, Jan. 11. eight of four I Portland, and lying almost In the cor aces, dealt to litm In a poker game, killed Thomas Bkchs at midnight last night He toppled off of his chair .as his thumb and foreflnaer ralaad tha fourth aoe, his heart action . stopped, and he died in tbe ambulance en route to a hospital. There waa not such a hi twi m and the Jot" had something like $1.76 porate limits of this city, la now being surveyed for the purpose of cutting it into small tracts. There are 400 acres of this land In one body and If devoted to Intensive farming It wUl auDDort 60 new families. A larae tract owned bv Charles Lucks and lyluc In the city limits la being considered by easterners, who propose to cut it into smaii tracts ana piant it to English walnuta Experiment hero 000. and a majority were for leaa than ' Ln V' acua companions say, when the ".u"u. "5,, fTmu,m . iwcunany :;v.?attTJ"f"1. V. Ti. . i " if" dealer naaaed htm frair b nr.. I adapted to this delicious nut and when as irWaa duringThe month of OctoberT'the othsr, on the fourth round to six le tree, are In good bearing the land 15" U continJally wing better! J a As the fourth came up Sachs "ft wbSnrd ffii Brokera aenerallr exttress more confi- -off his chair, and half an hour il.JfIt Residence of J. B. Dickson, 1118 Rodney Avenue. r I 4 - '' 4 i r".A J y It v 1 Hty-g-y"- ill ''I .'iXi. . v. 1 P., ? New Residence of Q. A. Sollars, 1097 Williams Avenue, Walnut Park. number of wholesalers and jobbers quietly casting about for an- opportunity to escape from the restricted Quarters of the old wholesale district. It Is along this line that-most of the big buildings will be constructed ln Port land tnis year, ana or. - necessity many building sites in the extended whole sale district will change hands before the year la fairly under way." . Mall r Von Borstell: "an Increasing number of local people are putting their money Into real estate, as la evidenced by tbe mora than doubling of transfers filed for record since the opening of the year, -we are receiving numbers tf Inquiries every day for property for Investment purposes, most of tbe in quiries, however are for holdings of moderate cost. "This goes to anow tnat a portion of the vast sum that was drawn from the banks last fall Is find ing its way back into circulation by means of realty Investments. 0 -r 4 Demand for Xomes. B. Hynson: "The demand for houses, . flats and apartments is as active now as at any time last year. Of course this applies to modern, com-1 fortable living quarters. The cheap, 1tk1 11 1 iiniAmfArrahla nitiiateast av- There are j many of (hem without tenants and will remain so. Manv of this class of build intra are being torn out and replaced with up-to-date cottajres. rreatly to Ithe advantage of the owners' Income." Portland Investors are berlnnlnr to appreciate the Income value of the mod ern apartment house. Two years ago, there were not half a dosen such build ings here, now there are several times .that number. In every - city of more than 60,000 population, there la a cer tain area between the business and resi dence districts that Is not available for either- purpose, and where the modern apartment nouse aeema to lit perfect ly. Portland Investors were a long time In making- this discovery. But the movement In this class of construction is now fairly on here: and announce ment is alreadv made of a lares amount of new construction along tnis line during- this year. January Special! We are offering enecial prices throughout January on picture framing, artists' material and wall naper. EL IL Moorehouse & Co.. 312 Alder street y. i;cj: wniii,wn.ii.,wi' . fyi'Miiiii.ii jij..w.;-.'j'jjwii - ' t- ' ty 1 ' - f- 'S.' Viol s. . r! -. " . i- . .:v.wrvS.'::.'. - 'i" 'if h1 t - Lti 'J - j TITLE PASSES TO MY LOTS Large Volume of Transfers Shows Exchange of Owner ship in Suburban Realty. EESTJLT OF SALES ON INSTALLMENTS i Deeds Now Being' Conveyed to Per sons Who Signed Contracts Two and Three Years Ago for Newly Platted Tracts. nave an made money. Scarcely any oi tnese lots can Do naa today tor lews than three times what It sold for two years ago, - while much of-the most desirable territory on the peninsula, es pecially that within striking distance of the car line readily sells for four times what it brought to tha orlrinal addition owner. As an lnstanoe of the verv recent advance in values on the lower penin sula, attention- is caiiea to tne pur chase of an acre in the -vicinity of the railroad crossing, which was taken over last jviay oy a local investor ior ji.vuu. The same property was sold last week for $1,600, plus the dealer's -commission. FARMING LANDS ARE IN GOOD DEMAND That farming lands ln the territory tributary to Portland are in active de mand at good prices is proved by the sales of this class of property by a local agency during the past month. These sales were negotiated through the agency of A. A. Baker: The Sylvan park farm in Washington counay was iurcnasea Dy ran w. Metcair ror J10, 00, who also purchased a smaller tract1 dence In the Immediate outlook than they have at any time ln the past 00 days. , The largest transaction reported ln the naat week waa that of tha auarter- block at the southwest corner of Broad way and East Fifteenth streets sold by the Portland Trust company of Oregon to F. Dresser and company ior iu.ooo. The property Is Improved with a two storv frame bulldlna. the lower floor being occupied by the uresaer irving- ton stores. Another sain of some importance was that of a house and lot on Twenty-first street, between rianaers ana uusan street, purchased by Alma B. Cowls rrom ur. Andrew v. emitn ior ib.vvu. Henrv Hartfleld has purchased irora Anna Thurley a house and lot ln Oak park addition to St. Johns for 13,000. Otto Starker has purchased from neors-a Welsensee a house and lot at Grand avenue and Shaver street. Holla- . . . . . . J SKA ' aay para, conaiuerawun. ,oov. Florlan and Paulina Fuchs have pur chased from B. Plannlnck a house and lot at the corner of Tolman and Mil waukle avenues, near Sellwood, for 3- 000. E. aft Rasmussen has sold to E. "B. GowapJock a auarter-block' and resi dence at East Morrison and East Twenty-eighth streets for 13,150. 5Mv lota fronting Pntton avenue In North Albina have been sold to Minnie Bratchl by Stephen Shobert for 13,600. Rebecca A. Sherer has sold to A. S. Narmey four lots ln University park. Consideration. 12,500. C. S. Tigard has purchased from the investment company an improved quarter-blocs at Alnsworth avenue and Com mercial street. Piedmont Considera tion, $2,500. A , Li Tha naff block at Lexlnrton Heights. fronting: Raymond avenue, has been pur chased by K. L Phelps from O. Pur- ham for 12,125. James Gllbreath has purcnasea rrom W. Gaetten a dwelling occupying a fractional lot at the corner of East v thirteenth and Frederic streets zor 32,000. J. H. Middleton has sold to Estella bmlth a house and lot on unve avenue, Ivanhoe addition; consideration, 32,000. P. T. Hill has sold to Henry I. HaJek a house and lot on East Eleventh street near Durham avenue, wooaiawn. con sideration, $1,100. ' John B. Hlbbard has purchased from Tt TA Timbard two lots in the Han- cock-street addition fdr $1,450. C. M. Shelton has purchased from Amelia Hastorf a iarter-block at the corner of Millard avenue- and Nlllard street. Willamette addition. Considera tion, 11.800. ' 1J( ' . Charles It Thompson has sold to J. A. Herdman a 60-foot lot on Oregon street between East Ninth and East Tenth streets for 31.500. Mrs. Caroline W. Berry has pur chased from W. N. Chllcote a 15 -acre tract ln section 13, east of the city. Con- uucnuun, j,uuv here and tha posalblllties are attracting people from the east. Heretofore the typical Clackamas county or chard has been a dilapidated, moss- mwn. funua-1nfected lunvla. that would discourage the average man who did not know the Quality and quantity of commercial fruit these trees will pro duce when cared for In the proper man ner. In the last year or two. under pressure of state laws, the spray pump aa been brought into use ana tnere is The zrrlgatloa StosstbUltle, Owing to the advantageous location of filIS.rdlfl.TI4' m OrtPPTrfl Frtr. under irrigation at a very .alight ; cost. UUttlUldUS VI AUCtJIia JOr Thej Molalla river can be tapped at a point southeast of town, ana tne water would have a gravity flow to the Wil lamette river, thus covering an area of fhousonds of acres of the finest soil in the lower Willamette valley. The possi bilities for Increased production are un limited. - Strawberries, melons, garden truck and nil kinds of small fruits tnat later he passed out Mis physician bad warned Sachs, who waa El rn nirf about bis weak heart cautioning him agaJnat undue excitement GYPSY GOLD STOLEfi: ARREST RIVAL BAND s tune Decamp With. Cash in Her Absence. (Special PUpetch to Tbe Journal.) . New Tork, Jan. 11. Half a dosen roy alties very tawdry, very grin ny, but very real Including two queens, were up before Magistrate Walsh In the Westchester police court this morning to tell all they knew about thai theft nf $8,000 In gold coins and ornaments. yueen uora cruse of the Cruse tribe find a ready market In Portland at good prices, produce abundantly witnout ir rigation, but It to estimated that water toill rinuhl tha nraaent nroductlon. - There has been a wonderful revival also along the line of religious develop ment Hereafter no liquor can be sold in canby, and two new cnurcnes are in course of building the Cat hollos and the Scandinavians. Tbe Methodists, of gypsies, charged that the Stanley thrlmmV!mliWi tribe offered to sell to her young Bes- ?rt""n" La.ud JI.aLVIT sle Stanley, to be given in marriage to her son Tom. The price was to be $1,600. and. seeing that she waa e-olna- to take ber tribe down to Buenos Ayres soon. Queen Dora drew out her whole noara or ,ouo irora concealment. While Queen Dora Went to see Bessie Blarney, uua ana uick Stanley, who were leit as guaras over tne camped with the money. The police arrested nine members of the Stanley camp. mm LOCKS THIEF Finds Tramp "Filling Bag With Poultry and Im prisons Him in Coop. resented with well organised churches. Influx of Eastern era. Not In recent years has the outlook ror industrial development been - so bright as it Is today. Besides tha en terprises of magnitude, Canby profits by its great natural advantages aa a '.. I residence piace. inquiries irora aiar gold, de-1 regarding the feasibility of manufac I turlng plants here are pouring in. New citixens are zast taaing tne piaoe or. tne old timers, many of whom got their land from the government by merely puttlnir down a stake and claiming the solL For years they have lived in peace and enjoyed immunity from Intrusion on the part of the easterner. When these" easterners come along and offer the donation claim taker $100 an acre. for his land ne lumps at tne otter, r being familiar with true conditions. The easterner considers he Is driving a bar gain, ix tne jana was at gui to cis decessor. But on the other hand. In almost every- Instance the seller has plenty of money, and Is able to get something else stui more to nis iiaing. This Afternoon and Evening Go to the Oaks rink this afternoon and evening. Big band, good skates, plenty of. room and a Jolly good time for all. Thousands spent the day nt the Oaks rink yesterday and all were made happy. cars every id minutes direct to rink. This week Is a special week at the Oaks rink. Watch for the date of the big six days' races. In the sania county for 3?.060i In Torn hill county an eastern investor bought two tracts, one of 166 acres , for $8, buu, ana a smaller tract tor z,ouo, , A-teM.u.. J ;eace of i J. Jack son, 107 Cleveland Avenue, Many of those who read the daily grist of transfers of realty filed for record are puszled at the large num bera of hew deeds going on record, with a .consideration of from $200 to $609. The explanation Is found In tbe fact that a large number of contracts of sale for suburban - lots Is just now maturing and the purchasers are re ceiving a -fee Simple title ln place of the original1 contract Most of these contracts that are be ginning to mature are for lots sold two and three years ago on the weekly. monthly or quarterly payment plan, and In a great majority of eases call for aums - ranging between iuu ana S490. . One enterprising firm of realty deal ers platted a tract on the lower penin sula two years ago, and within 90 days sold pearly 700 lots for a cash pay ment of $10 and weekly payments of 31.- These lota were sold for $100 and I1S0 each, and tha contracts of aala are Just beginning to mature. Hunareaa oz acrea or peninsula prop erty, between University Park and St Johns was platted two and three yara ago and sold out In this, manner. Prac tically allof these lots were sold for less than 3200 and llf many Instances for-less than $100. Tbe purchasers, . . i at in,' .ii.ii.i .in m' .' Hi in Hi 'li .' .iiiii ii i ' '. a . iti, V i ' i) t! ( !-". ' iW': Hi': Si! . . '-fit ;.-.'. -z i 4 - if'- - r'v.r-.r-.-.- .v - if' jit"- 4Vi 5 StssMi Beaver Apartments, Vnst. Completed ;at;Twelfth; andVilarahall Streets; Property t Beno k BallU. - (Speelal Dispatch to The fonrnal.) Coatesville, Pa., Jan. 11. Mrs. Eliza R. Baker, wife of H. Preston Baker, Eat Fallowfleld township, cleverly caught a Chicken thief in her henhouse this after noon. Robert Demsy, a tramp, is the man trapped. - . -Mrs. Baker, who Is a daughter of Craig Rldgway, the wealthy steel-cas ing tnanuiaciurer or uoateavllle, had been missing her chickens for several weeks. Today she went to the hennery and found pemsy there putting chickens In a bag. j. ,..,.,. -n,; ;. Without saying anything, she turned the key In the padlock, put fbars up to the -windows and made the thief a pris oner. Then she telephoned to Denutv ...LI ... i -nr. J. . . m, , r " lyuuauioia uvum vyeii, uaiiowiieia town- KILLS FRIEND'S STEER 1 e Farmer Eevcnges Himsel Upon Neighbor for Letf fing Animal Eoam; i HER SELLS II MEAT ' ii, i - . , (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Washington, Pa., x Jan. 11. Joseph Baniford, a young farmer bear here, gotl ship, and Demsy was brought to the unique revenge upon a neighbor, Georg Coatesville lockup. BOM TO ORGANIZE REALESTATEEaWGE Final Arrangements WiU my -own 'tmr' Be Completed at Jlee.tv' ing in March. Young, for depredations committed byl young s steer, v . Rnmfnn unva that in SPltS Of COm plaints Young allowed j the animal tol roam -over , uamiora s prgpwij; ina butchered the steer and then sold' thai ment to Young.-' '-,,"- ; ''." 'l ' When the animal's hide wm found iri his barn, Bam ford eonressea -to th deed, and he Is now under $600 ball t await grand Jury action. - - "I don't mind the loss of the animal.' said Young, "but I do object ,ta buying! Perfect-fitting glasses $1 atMetzger's At the regular meeting of the Port land Realty board held. Tuesday after noon, last In the rooms of the' Com mercial dub, It was voted to launcH"the recently organised real,, estate exchange at tba annual meeting of the Realty board, which 'la to be held March-A I in meeiinK win do neia in tne rooms of the Commercial club at t p. m. on that data, when the annual reports of the-officers will be Submitted and offi cers for the ensuln year will be elected. On" the evening or the same datn. tha annual banquet of the board will . be given, i.When formal announcement ' of the -organization of the real estate ex change wlll.be made. , I hi, L FOR N , Dcctrical and Gas Chandeliers "Supplies ' ';-';: see ; the": - M;j.: Walsh Company 811 -Stark It. Bet rtfta and sUxtn, - Bora yanies. i