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Ck$?- Ik'. , . ::; r'fST JfoWi- F jcrrrj tea 5K A fiWxm Wife. GEO. M . RE TO flORMAt STATE Wholesome BeTiyal in Past ' Tew Weeks in Portland Eeal Estate. BIO SALES SHOW ACTIYITT m MARKET : PorlUad FrobMy Only City cm the Com( Becordlog Sale of Hlb- Frlced Propnrty In Bnslnwi 8ec- - tioa at This Time. That tbr baa been a a-enuln and wboleaoma revival of laureat In Port land ml attato la not alone reported by rl eatat amenta, meaning tbeae dealera irba operaU atrlotly on a com mlaaloa builneaa, but tba larger oper ators, wblcb Include heavy lnveatori In both Inside and auburban boldinga, " unite In earing; that the demand for all claeaea of realtor haa more than dou bled olnoe the flrat tt th Tear. Throughout the month of November and December there was scarcely a day when the transfer filed for word amounted to 0.000, while the dally average for that period waa far below this sum, and probably did not exceed IU.0Q0. Blnce January 1, the transfer have rarely fallen below 125.000. while on a number of daya the total went over IIM.OOO. and It la fair to ay that, tba average la not far from $46.00,). ' ttwvi Big Improvement. Tbla ahowa an Improvement that 1 not approached by that of any other city on the Paolflc coast. While discussing the present condi tions ef the local realty market, M. U Holbrook had the following to aay: "If the real estate market continues to pick up In the next few weeks as it has since January 1, normal conditions will prevail here bv April 1, and when I aay normal conditions. 1 mean the demand for real property will be about what it was In April and May of 1907. It ia doubtful if another city on the coast can show sales of $100,000 held Inie In the business district at this time. . . . . .. . v "The oemana ror moderate pncea residences and residence sites la nearly mini to that of one year ago. while down on the peninsula, we are selling r. roperty every oay. hi. jonns property s in aood demand, with no noticeable disposition to make concessions in ' price, rne owm people nivt uoue in , enormous amount of filling in on their property over on Columbia slough, and I understand are now ready to begin . erecting the buildings for their pack ing plant. The north bank road la building into the Weyerhaeuser proper ty, which doubtless means , the early - erection of a large lumber manufactur ing Dla.nL Theee and other develoD- went, that are In progress, give prom is or great ana luoiuuuu growia on . the nenlnsula this year. , "As an-evidence of what Z think of the real estate outlook, I am fixing up 1 ' what will be one of the best appointed real estate oiiices m toe city,- eava m. J. Daly. , acnoh "froperty Ohangea Kanda. Th volumo of realty changing ; hands in Portland haa largely increased since the first of the year, and will ; continue to grow as the people with mAn.v armt thai r feet.tain- nA in.. There Is no real reason why the mar ket should not be aa active now as at any time nereioiore. 'mere is more : 10 ECLIPSE ILL . .. i .. iii i Gotham Hans Hudson BiYer Structure Which Will Startle the World. K0TIIING LIKE V; . IT IN EXISTENCE Massive Crossing Will Be 2,840 Feet Jjong and Cost Approximately $4, 000,000 Will Be Built of Steal " , 'wad Concrete.' . - As a center of remarkahia r.t. ... glneerlng akUU Nrw York City easily lead th world, , ' ; Not content with SDannins ' on all sides of the city with the long eat, heaviest and moat expensive bridge that hava aver been constructed, the j-estles people of the American metrop olis ar preparing to build a monster concrete viaduct as a: tercentenary me morial of Henry Hudson's voyage up ' th rivr thut now bears hi nam.. The bridge is to be of a design eJto- f ether unlike that of any other bridge n the world, and when completed will easily b one el tne woria a wonaere. tr i dtrroM tb western end of Sput- ten Duyvil creek (which aeparatea Man. Lai. an liand from the tnalaland to th RAPID mil BRIDGE S f sf i-'-rS , ...y..-.,,' )( . -S '5 -. .: . J JOHN JW11N& money In Portland than there waa two recollection of the October panic. rears ago, ana tnere are many signs hat the money-holders are eeeklng op portunities to invest it in income pro ducing realty holdings. "There are many Inquiries for income- producing property, in fact more than can be readily supplied. The market haa improved steadily for the past month and I think it will continue to do so." ODD FELLOWS PLAN r.EW EAST SIDE TEMPLE New Building to Be Erected at East Alder and Sixth Streets. The Orient lodge of Odd Fellows haa taken preliminary Steps looking to the erection of a temple on the southwest corner of East Alder and East Sixth streets. . At a meeting held Thursday night a committee waa appointed with instructions to employ an architect, se lect a design and let the contract for the construction of the building. The committee is composed of the follow ing members of the lodge: N. O. Tom linson, E. Charleson, D. It. IlUs, A. O. 81nks and Robert Andrews. The pro posed temple Is to be a three-story brick building, and will cost approxi mately $10,600. As now planned, the flrat floor will be utilised for stores, the second a ball to be rented for pub lic purposes, and the third floor will be arranged for the use of the lodge. Tb building will cover the full S 0x1 00 foot lot which waa purchased by Orient lodge two years ago for $3,500. and for which the lodge haa refused $8,000. The property at Grand avenue and Eaat Pine street which was occupied for many years by the lodge waa recently sold to the local Carpenters union. north), and will form a part of New York City's elaborate driveway and park system on the bank of the Hudson, the mversiae Drive. Will 8 Sure Struotax. Th object of th bridge, to serve a a monument of an-important historical event, calls for a monumental structure, of course, and every endeavor waa mad in the dealarn to fulfill thla need. Ac cording .to th plana eubmitted to th art commission the arch has open span drels, except near th crown. Th con crete ring la 726 feet In span between centers of akewbacka or 703 feet in th clear, with a center-to-oenter rise of 177 feet It Is a massive concrete rib 70 feet wide, with a crown thickness of IS feet and a thickness at akewbacka of 28 feet. Th rib is shaped to fit th possible pressure lines so closely that tension can never occur in any part of me ring. in immense aeaa weignt makes tha influence of live load almost negligible, and the possible effects to temperature variation, etc. are rela tively small. Steel reenforcing rib are built In, however, primarily to reduce the compressive stress on the concrete or (In another respect) reduce the dead weight of the structure. The steel is uniformly distributed over the cVoss- section or tn arcn. , -i ne arcn carries a double deck. The upper or main deck la a highway floor, 80 feet wide between railing: it Mas a oo-ioot roaaway ana two' 16-foot sidewalks. The lower deck Is to carry-four track of a rapid tran sit railway, but aa no such line la yet in prospect the lower floor system la not to be put in place at flrat, but only th necessary connections provided tor It. Both decks have steel framing, com prising plate-girder stringers framing Into floor beams. Over Self Sail Xrfixur. . Tha floor beam are supported in part by steel columns which foot on the steel reenforctna; rib of the arch and in part by concrete curtain wall carried up 2, oft ih apandrel-spaces of the ISi'IUi J?.e" (acondary arches) and l VJ? Uitwf".n th9 main arch-ring i Hf. erma region where the system SL'fSTO,'?'1"' interrupted In Sn2?hit-,!P? U ""th'" even remotely approaching in magnitude th propesed span. .Th Grunwald bridge over th law at Munich. Germany"!. feet is ft tit''y ;': s SUNDAY i JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY THE OREGON x f ; ':; - A , -f -t s s5 f, ,a i ' : -.-v:'5'.' MWS4WO.I. BET 19&.20W. HIGHEST RECORD 111 roue months - Week's Realty Transactions Foot Up to Total of $420,778. INCLUDES ALL CLASSES OF DEALS Sales Nearly Equal to Those Filed During Entire Month of Decem berneat Evidence of Renewed Activity In Baalnera Circles. During the week just closed, the real estate transfers filed for record amounted to $420, 7ft, the largest week's transactions for four months past, and nearly equaling the value of those filed during the whole month of December. The sales recorded Included all classes of realty, from high-priced business sites to the cheapest suburban lots, showing a general movement in all sections of the city. An Important sale made during the early part of the week waa that of the F. W. Wood residence on Johnson street between Twenty-second and Tweuty thlrd streets, which was purchased by Joseph Goodman for $14,000. A quarter block occupied by a modern two-story frame residence at the corner of Taggart and East Fifteenth streets span, 1 the largest completed concrete arch. The Walnut lane concrete arch bridge, Philadelphia, now being built, haa a sligntly larger span, 233 feet be tween faces of abutments. These spans become insignificant, even trivial, when compared with that now proposed for tii Hudson memorial bridge. The total length of the bridge, Including the ap proaches, is 2,840 eet. Its cost, ex cluding special ornamental features, Is estimated at $3,800,000. About one half of this 1 chargeable to the large arch and its superstructure. BOOK BEN FRANKLDt PRINTED BRINGS $52.50 Published In 1744, It Leads Sale of Third Section ot Sayre Library. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. . At tha sale of the third part of the library of the lat Robert H. Sayre, of South Bethle hem, a quarter of this section waa dis posed of. th highest price obtained for a single volume being 162.80. This maount waa paid for a well-pre served copy of Cicero's "Cato Major," ) Tinted tn tnis city Dy tfenjamin rranK in in 1744, 8vo.. bound in sheep. Next in price waa a biography of Oeorgo Washington, by Worthington Chaupcey Ford, in two Volumes, which sold for $20 each. They are an edition de luxe, limited to 200 copies, thia being No, 6, New York, 1800. A collection of English fashion elates from 1808 to 1828, -two volumes, sold for $14 each. Most of the books sold at from 1 2 to 10. Among the low sellers were a collection of Chap book -that used to amuse the youngsters of a cen tury ago -"A New History of Blue beard," "Who Killed Cock Robin," "His- tory or Liitii wiuiamv-- being among the titles. The aale will continue tbla and to morrow afternoon, and will- b : eon. eluded Friday afternooav, . : ;- haa been aold by Jessie B. Bortoa to Frank Amato for $4,000. A modern two-story frame residence occupying a EO-foot lot on Alblna ave nue, near Mason street waa aold to P. K. Countryman by John Johnson for $3,276. Hast Bid Property Sells. The weat S3 1-3 feet of the lot at the southeast corner of Benton and McMil lan streets, Alblna, haa been purchased by B. 8. Piatt from N. N. Rice, con sideration $3,000. A small dwelling oc cupies the lot Dtiro C Gray haa purchased from Etta a Bailey a 30 by 100-foot on Qlisaa street, between Twenty-first and Twenty-second streets for $4,260. A. E. Morton has sold to T. E. Ham merely four lots In the Paradise Springs tract, adjoining Mount Tabor, for $4,600. An Improved quarter block on Haight street, between A Ins worth and Colfax street. Piedmont, has been purchased by by Harry C. Miller from A. J. Darling tor $2,700. William E. Gannon haa purchased from Frank Capell a new dwelling in City View Park, consideration $3,600. Karl Koch haa sold to Agnea Harria a house and lot at the corner of Kern and Bryant-street for $2,000. A number of residences and build ing aites in Upper Alblna changed haoda during the week at oricea Indicating an advance over the prevailing prices of six or eight months ago. A new cottage on Oantcnbeln street, between Mason and Shaver waa purchased by Hulda A. Clark from C. A, Beaton for $2,626. Jeas R. Caplea baa purchased from Martin Jacobsen a house and lot on Benton street, between Dixon and Du pont, consideration $2,100. Robert A. Duf field has purchased from Henry A. Berger a fractional lot occupied by a cottage in Multnomah ad dition, consideration $1,260. The Nalson Dodge residence, occupy ing a fractional lot at Eaat Twenty seventh and East Flanders street was aold to Minnie Huber for $2,600. N. W. Kent and E. R. Applegate, southern Oregon capitalists, have pur chased from A. Wurtenberger $0 by 100 feet at Marshall and Sixteenth streets. The site la occupied by a store building and dwelling and waa aold for $11,000. Other Kale Bsoorded. A 26 by 76-foot lot at the corner of First and Arthur street waa aold by THREW PRISONER Oil HOT STjffEH FIGHT Constable Sent to Take Giant 4) Miner Burns Him and Is Arrested. ! Plttaburg, Feb. 8. Constable Herman Bell, living near McKeesport, was sent out by an alderman to bring in John Freeman, a coal miner, who waa ao cused of abusing his wife, hi daughter and his Invalid father, who ia 90 yeara old. Anticipating trouble, th constable took an assistant with him. They failed at first to conquer Freeman. Finally, as a last resort. Bell threw the miner.' who Is a giant, on a hot stove and held him there while his helper got some strong clothesline with which to bind the prisoner. Binding the man took longer than was anticipated, and when the operation waa concluded. Freeman had to go to the hospital instead of the jail. Nurses are soothing the prisoner's burns while the constable is In jalL WOMAN PROMOTER MARRIES CREDITOR (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Pes Moinea, Iowa, Feb. 8. Twenty- four hours after she got a divorce In Davenport from her husband, C. F. Butler of Dea Moines, Mrs Alice II. Butler, known, aa the' only woman rail road promoter in America married se cretly la fit Louis, 8. F, Moors of Co- MORNINO, FEBRUARY 9. 'ri A. F. Neunert to M. A C Ollckman for $1,660. J. N. Montelth haa aold to Willie Knmir an undivided one elfhth inter est in three plaza blocks In Wlllurobla addition for $2,400. Karl Amons haa purchased from J. C. Kadk home tract 6 in Lamargent Park, consideration $z,6oo. E. K. Bvars has sold to Ellen N, Beaty a quarter block at Hawthorne avenue- and Eaat Thirty-third street, in Cherrydale addition, consideration. $1,800. A cottage, occupying a 60-foot lot on East Thirty-second street, near Division has been aold to Ella Kenney by Ros well C. Bushnell for $1,700. Another sale in the same vicinity, which was made this week, waa a quar ter block on Division and East Six teenth streets, which was purchased by Anna J. Relnfaart from F. W. Goldapp for $2,100. A small dwelling occupies the corner. William H. Wilson haa aold to O. Akeyaon a house and lot in City View Park, consideration $1,860. , The Overlook Land company haa sold to Oeorge W. Priest four lots in Over look addition, consideration $2,800. Joseph ' L. Caron haa aold to EL A. Kyi and John T. Pyeatt, each a lot in Cley View Park, consideration $1,200 each. Lester Spencer haa purchased from E. A. Besslona a 40-acre tract in section 2, township 1 south, range I eaat, con sideration 8,oou. QUITE A SENSATION Caused by Baker, the Optician, Otriag Away Ola see. Hundreds of people called on Dr. Baker for free glaasea all th weak, and dozena went away unable to get a chance to be fitted on account of the large crowd, although Dr. Baker had four opticians working hard. The information is furnished ua that Dr. Baker will continue giving glasses away free, as he advertised, for another week, and the Doctor ask that a many fieopie as poaaiuia wi iurenuuns iu laui ltate the work. Dr. Baker (Its stock lensea to people's eyes, expert examina tion inciuaear iree See his ad on al phabetical page. See pages 2 and S, section 0. ahocton, Ohio, civil nglneer of her pro jects and her heaviest creditor. Mrs Moors waa forced by ner cred ltora into bankruptcy, her only aaseta being personal t'fects worth $160. Mr. Moor had a claim of nearly $7,000 -for his professional services. Mrs Moore promoted and brought to a head th uouax-ues ruoine miersuD urban railway, the first In Iowa, and now one of tb best paying. She pro moted th St Joe, Stanberry & North ern road in Missouri, and most of her creditors live there. Her latest rjromotlon waa the Daven port & Maquoketa, which waa recently aold to St. Louis by West Virginia stockholders Rose City Park Unsurpassed residence sec tion. Price of lots include all im provements. Sp&al inducements to home builders. t - Hartman & Thompson . Chamber of Commerce. 1001 "9 - i nuw.,.,"i;'jj'eg' i!i OF at54- TSSHAbt 3T5 REALTY EXCHANGE 10 tinui 10 Establishment of New Asso ciation Will Be Inaug urated in March. The regular monthly meeting of the Portland Realty board waa held Tues day evening 0 last week In th rooms of the Commercial club. Among the Important matters acted upon by the board waa the report of M. a. Qrlf f In on the establishment of a Portland Real Estate exchange. It was decided to in augurate the exchange at the time or the annual banquet of the realty board which will be held early in March. At this time also the annual election of ... niii nm 11 n and the adoption mla find bv-lawa of the board. Chairman Moore named the following committee on m """ Orlffin. Palmer. Slnnott, Daly and Fir- af.-t.r- TJihardnon of the Commer cial club addressed the board in an in formal talk, advocating a wider distri bution of literature, showing the oppor tunitiea in Oregon for fruit culture. He stated that be had within the past i.,4 eiz tnna of aucn lltera- iii 11 ill,, iiiw'ii. - ia - a tire, and had a ton left, which he would e-ladly mall to addresses furnished by . . . 1 , .r lu.-jl meniDer 01 i " -d...ii jfnnr announced the for mal resignation from the board of the Title Guarantee A Trust company and Jackson A Deerlng. The banquet com mittee will announce the selection of a place for holding the annual celebration at a later date. nmn CAfonda) will positively be the last day for discount on west aide sas bills Portland Qas company, j Frnlt Men Sue Northern Pacific. (Special Dtopetch to The Journal.) Freewater, Or., Feb. 8. Th branch house of th Walla Walla Produce com pany of thla place has brought suit avalnst the Northern Pacific Railroad company for $600 damages for delay to a carload shipment of winter apples which-were held on the road until th ao.1 nrlcA was reduced. Oeorsre T Stiles of St. Paul and C. T. Godwin of this place will conduct tha case for th produce company. Good Trout Fishing 11 acres, over 9 improved (liv ing stream of water), planted to fruit and berries ; house and barn ; fine automobile road and 5c fare ; an ideal place. Price $6,500. Zimmerman & Vaughn 303 Buchanan Bldg 'em oval The Irvington Invest ment Co. Has Removed Frofn 39 HAMILTON BLDG. TO 331 Chamber of Commerce Where all information about Irvine ton-the pride of Portland will be cheerfully - given. .- - " " " 11 ' ASSURED HUH The Pdrtland Auction ; Co., Inc. ' v At 211 FIRST St. Told everybody they were 1 paying the best price in tba city for any kind of second-hand furniture or merchandise, and Judging from th enormous quanti ties seen delivered to ua many of our friend said, w would soon be smoth ered with furniture of all kinds, but not ao with ua We are still buying everything offered for sale and giving more money ror u man any ovner dealer oare give oacaua ,, ;, That; wc" have regular : at m waapwt. .' " TUESDAYS AT 10 A. M. T' THURSDAYS AT 10 A. M. FRIDAYS AT 2 P. M. And everybody comes to theee sales now when all goods and chattels which are consigned to this house will be sold according to law don't ror get goods wa have bought wa can eell privately at any time. All consigned must be soia at auction oy in Portland Auction Co, BM8. A-412L Auction Sales Tomorrow (Monday), Tab, 10, IMS. I EXECUTOR'S SALE At Hesldeooe, B7I Oonea BL, Corner Zlg-hteentli It, the Household Ooeds, furniture and Hffeots of th Xjase Colonel Xdkeraon. f Contents of 10 rooms via.: ANTIQUE ROHBJWOOD WORK STAND, RARE OLD OIL-PAINTINGS, BRASS FEND-4 ER AND FIRE SET TO MATCH. MAN-f TEL CLOCKS WITH BRONZE ORNA-I MENT8, PARLOR DESK, BIRCH BOOKCASE in three compartments, aev-; eral volumes . of GOOD BOOKS. LI-I BRART TABLE, arm chairs, parlor up-f holstered furniture, center tables, dou-t ble parlor BODY BRUSSELS CAR-I PETS, hall and stair carpets. loungeJ HAND-CARVED HALL CHAIR, che-t nllle and other portieres, lac curtain. VERT MASSIVE WALNUT DININO- ROOM SUITE (consisting of round fiedestal table, ( arm chairs with genu-i ne leather seats, and elegant nand-i carved sideboard with large mirror) J cherry BEDROOM SUITES, springs and mattresses, rockers and chairs to match, very fine WARDROBE with PLATE-OLA S3 MIRROR door, separate dresser, bordered Brussels carpet In all bedroom, small rugs, ACORN RANGE, OAS COOK STOVE and WATER-HEATER, parlor heater, fold Ing screen, linoleum, rranlteware and crockerv, refrigerator, several feet of GARDEN HOSE, laundry stove, grind- atone, several old army chests, eots and mattresaea, Old Glory (all tattered and torn, but still the STAR8 ANq STRIPES), and several other articles; JU of which must be aold at thla time omorrow (MONDAY). AT 10 A. Mi SHARP. Terms strictly cash. .1 Sale on Tuesday Next The fine household goods, furniture and rugs of U. S. ENGINEER who IS ordered to another district. The sale will- be held at BAKER'S 'AUCTION1 HOUSE, consigned for convenience o sale, comprising first-class TURKISH ROCKER IN GENUINE LEATHER Ot first quality. COUCH IN REAL! LEATHER, other rockers of various descriptions, box couch, UMBRELLA VASE, round EXTENSION TABLE; arm cnairs, hist niwirxu-ntHJfti CHAIRS, pretty BUFFET, Domestld sewing machine fine auariere; oak LIBRARY! TABLE in eariv Ens llsh oak finish, PARLOR DESK, ga? reading lamp, folding card table, quar tered oak BOOKCASE wit a double glasif doors, dictionary and stand, velvet an Axminster rugs. Brussels carpets, man elve brass and iron beds, steel sprlngp good mattreeses. FRINCTCPS and othe DRESSERS In oak, onk CHIFFONIERS Indvs DRESSING TABLE to mnteh crockery and glassware, mantel rlock pictures, cook stove and uteneils. Mason lars. launary ouuu ana large ten 8xz. on view tomorrow arcernoon SALE TUESDAY AT 10 O'CLOCK. Strangers and others furnishing are well repaid by attending these auctions! Sale on Thursday Next This is our regular auction day fo mortgage sales, consignments of fur nlture, American itauway company ana storage warenouses ana otnorsi Our sale commences at 10 o'clock Sharp! bukb m sow, auctioneers. Office and Salesrooms 352-4 Alder St! Both phones. By J. T. WILSON AUCTIONEER Monday Wednesday, Friday, a - 10 A. M. Each Day,' at Sales rooms, 208 First St. Wa will offer at- nnblle sal an as ortment of narlor and library fur nlture, dining-room, bedroom and Wtcheij errects, carpets, rugs, tinoieum. ibi best grade steel and gas ranges, heat Ing and cook stoves, beds and dressers piano, organ and other desirable fur manings. , SPECIAL SALE FRIDAY February 14, at 11 A. M at thd John Conley Farm, on the Bad Line Road, One-Quarter Mil East of Twelve-Mile House. ?:took. farm implements, furniture, etd nquire at 208 First street for partlcu lar. - V tent- vnn want cash for anythln vou , have for Bale phone Main 1626 A-4243. J. T. WILSON. Auctioneer, NAPLES HEIGHTS i The orettiest little addition t the city; close inon the W.-Wi car line; loveiy view. Lots $235.00 Cheapest property on the mail ket. A litue down ana a ura per month.' .4-'-:-. 'yx J. 607 COMMERCIAL' BLDG a a Aocionttie Frank Porter 'Y1
