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A . Tlfe OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, : PORTLAND, . SUNDAY . MORNING: APRIL 5, 1003. 8 EGATE URGE AMOUNT v Real, Estate Transactions ' Are Included in Corapara- i tively; Small Deals.:- PKIvSKNT MOVEMENT- C REMARKABLY STEADY Residence Site All Over the City : Are Being Secured by People Who Will' Put Up Home riacee Penlc Did Not Hart Values. ' "Not within my 10 years' residence la Portland has there bsen a mora wide spread and steady movement In real es tate than at the . present time." The above remark ' wn made by one who, I since the late 70a has been actively en gaged In buying and selling real estate in this city and eounty. This opinion has been frequently ex pressed In the past month by others equally wall qualified to paas on the Portland . realty market Of eourse these men do not mean to say thst the volume oftradlng In real property' la SALES AGGR larger man ai any previous lime in insi""" - history of the city, but what Is meant nounced that a three-etory reenf orced ! thai n la ih4 hi.tni-v n .hi. .i I concrete warehouse will be erected on were so many people seeking property . i . ' r . " ' or purely investment purposes. Last week about 4l(h oonveyancea ha i.u ... .t 'i. . record, and It la safe to say that fully :ord. and It is safe to say that fully jr fifths of them represented' invest- nt rather than epecuUtlve transac- na. Our own home people aeem to rou men be Just waking up to a realisation ef the fact that there Is no safer or better possession than a piece of Portland real estate. . , Kons Are Monster Deals. The remarkable tning about thta ao - tlvltv Is that the volume of transactions is holding- ud fairly well without the huge deals of 12 and 18 months ago-in central property, which have proven the mainstay of the market record In past saaaons. in March ox laat year ait reaiiorooa v,ovw. eatate aalea records were broken, the I Dan J. Moore has sold to Henry record books In the county clerk's of-1 Jennlng his residence on Flanders flee showing that transfers amounting street, between Twentieth and Twenty- to nearly 16,000,000 were rued aunngiiirai sireeie; consideration t.vvu. that month. While the total value of J N. P. Borenson haa purchased from ealea recorded last month does not any- J. M. Broat a modern two-story frame where near equal that or March, 1807, It muat be borne In mind that there were very few sales with considerations above 110,000 cioaea test monin, ana tnnuMlnni Invnlvlnr rnnalrleratlona of leas than 15 000 each Almoa? the wh". of the present.. c- tivlty la made up of a city-wide deter- mination to own a choice residence 101. By this Is not meant that nearly every- body la bent on acquiring a $10,000 lot Kh um r vnrtunS u.i.hi. fn. tha reason that a 1S00 lot on the oenln- sular Is very apt to be considered a handsome dwelling house site by the man who Is satiafied with a $1,000 cot- tage for a home. Every so dy cheers Up. The real estate situation, se far as Portland and violnity la concerned, haa changed frontcompletely since the first of the year. . Then the pall of the Octo- ber panlo hung over everything, and everybody was more or leas gloomy and despondent. It. looked very much as if 1901 would go mown in hlatory aa a lean year. Pessimistic forecasts were made on every hand that the prices of real estate would aurely break and probably result in wiping out all the Increase in values thst had been made In the two of three, years prior to tnat time. But this waa -one lime when the fore bodera of evil -were altogether Wrong. So badly were they wrong, so 'far as Portland Is concerned, that It Is ex tremely doubtful if there are half a hundred property owners In this fllty who would part with their holdings for lesser price than cost, while a greater portion of the realty on the market has actually advanced ' In price since Jan uary 1. During the week Just closed the realty market haa been satisfactory from very standpoint. While no very large Inside parcels have changed hands, there ban been a persistent Inquiry for such holdings with several fair sized sales. Besldenoe Property Bales. ' In the various residential centers and suburban dlstriots, sales hava toeea nu merous, mo-re so perhaps than any week o far this year. Interest In the east side warehouse district was -revived by j nH t z. . -srs 1 - "i shir ?A N '7V l fcj? A . &l a 4 K EL. 54 tk.clmorVr VT. TO HAVE Plans Arranged for Immedi ate Construction of Sunny .t side Congregational. The membership, of ': the tsunnyslds Congregational churob; at a recent busi ness meeting unanimously Voted to pur chase av new building site and to lay plans for. nw building. f If hai been evident for many, months paat that the growth of the various departments , of this church , would", speedily .;;, demand larger 'and v'more commodious quarters. Years of persistent and energetic work are -yielding results-! which positively demand a- modern ehureh plant 'The sise. of the lot upon which the present church stands as well as the building Itself, have necessitated , a - complete change. ) " ' '- , .a'lie new -site has been eeoured In a GIIURCll NEW EDIFICE V n 5 r Sir Kdderly - the announcement of the sale ef a quar block on the northwest corner of Belmont and East First street to F. H. Sons, the Front street coram Is- th?"'L" th,i um,r' Th,wPf.rt2 WM I mrA liAifh th. ll M Mall aV VAn IT, . . . v,i , . " ' t, , gorstell by jitney U Boise and John I P. Sharker for 120.000. involving property of An,1tn"''1 "vving property or ?0"LS.ablJi ,r,u V".."?' rchMK b.? Kraft of an individual one haU interoat In a 60-fct lot on k'ront street. ?lwn Jarson and Columbia streets, Property formerly belonged to J. ?onn.,n,.51 asclate and was sold ror t ! . - i c u. Bimonton nas purcnaaeo rrora E. g. Merrill an Improved 0-foot lot on 1 Sherman street, netween Front ana wi I ter streets, consideration 112.000. I Johnston P. Porter of Porter Bros.. I railroad contractors, haa concluded the purchase or tnree waterrront lots in I St. Johns. foY'whlch he paid M. I Hol- 1 aweiung on Lrfvejoy street, between I Twenty-flrat and Twenty-second streets. I ror li.too. atany wfTW alee. . Pf IUCh hSS purchased from W. H- Ro" an "-foot lot-In the Williams WV JVW J" cf;"SL,A.br. mrn iwo,t''' frame residence and was sold for K(,r -a,.'. v. c,u H. Wemme has sold to Philip Richter an improved holding on Sixth street, between Grant and Bherman streets: consideration 14,260. A modern two-story dwelling on and 'lnon street, between Union; Orand avenues, has been purchased from J. W. Trlber by Daniel Miller for $4,060. Ellis O. Hushes, who owns a large amount or irvingiqn property, poia during the paat week four lots on vvcldler street for 12,060 each, annuel f, Owen and Sera B. Stewart were the purchasers, each taking a quarter block, a. J. Valuer has purchased from C. t. La Tourneau a 6v-foot lot on East Twenty-seventh street, between East Washington and East Alder streets, conalderatlon $2,400. f A quarter block at the northwest cor- ner of East Fourteenth street and Haw thorne avenue has been sold by the Hawthorne estate to T. W. Klrby for $3,300. rea uiarxe nas soio. to i. r. jrtosrora a house and lot on Broadway, 60 feet east of Bast Seventeenth street, con sideration $3,600. -The house and lot at the northeast corner of East Irving ana East Twenty second streets has been purchased by William Keith from Horace F. Cut hill for $3,600. An unimproved 60-foot lot at the southeast corner of East Alder and East Sixteenth streets haa been purchased by Charles O. Slglln from Lou P. Ken die for $3,000. -A. W. end I. L. West have purchased from O. W. Priest' a house and lot on Mississippi avenue, between Humboldt and Brainard streets, for $2,600. .John F, f hae has sold to Mary B. latter a cottage and 60-foot lot on Gantenbeln street, between Knott and Sellwood streets, consideration $2,600. quarter block on the southeast corner of East Taylor and Cast Thirty-second streets, location which tor the char acter of its surroundings and the par ticular purpose of church work could no be excelled. While the plans of tbe new building are not absolutely de termined upon, enough of Its character and general arrangement ' has been adopted in the minds of tbe . building committee to assure not only, a hand same structure and as such a deolded honor to Sunnyside, but a oulldlng.. which for utility and practical pur poses should be satisfactory. - hivery phase of church work Is to re ceive due recognition in the new plan; the commodious 'arrangement of audi torium and Sunday sohool rooms on the main floor will be geconaea ny e-weu lighted and ventilated basement under the entire building. - Here the social features of the church will be carefully looked after a flourishing. Men's league,' .wide awake Ladles' Aid so ciety, the : Christian ' Endeavorv junior and senior, and Boys' clubs will be com fortaoly housed and a work will be In augurated which - cannot but prove a great boon to this rapidly developing dlBtricti of eur city. A worker's com mittee 'has been out for two weeks en listing the Interests of the : friends of tne Institution and has already met with the most encouraging results. ,,Tho en thusiasm everywhere apparent will con vert : the project Into an early realisation. 1401 E. Stirk 3fc PLANT 10 HAVE Corvallis Caniiery Will Turn Out 50,000 Cans per (Special Dltpetck to Tbe Joe rati.) Corvkllls, Or April i. That the new cannery In process or erection In this city will within five years be turning out 60,000 cans per day la the positive prediction of those who are best In formed. Southern Pacific officials have also gone on record as saying that within that period they will be ahlpplng out 100 carloads of canned products per year from the Willamette vauey. So declares W. H. Mlllhollen of Port land, who la looking after the cannery interests here at present. A UIIm haa haan rartlTM rrom near tie parties inquiring what errect, if any, the establishment of the Corvallis can nery la having upon the adjacent coun try, relative to the cutting up of large tracts Into smaller ones to be used for cardena and fruit orchards. The In quiry brings to light Important facta William Bogue, a well-known ana conservative business man of this city, Is platting 163 acres Into 30 acre tracts which he will put on the market This land la two' and one half miles from the new cannery on the Linn eounty side of the Willamette Virgil Wallers, who owns many tracts about two miles west of this since the cannery waa assured, in small tracts which will be set to fruit and used for growing vegetables. Other parties residing between Cor vallis and Philomath are alao planning to throw on the ' market numerous small tracts. These are but the beginning of what will doubtless become a general move to turn this section over to Intensive farm Ins. These small tracta will be taken by -the small capitalist who cannot af ford to purchase a large farm, and the country will have In a few years hun dreds of families making a good living on these 10. 20 ana 40 -acre farms. The blackberry in five years of cul tlvatlon will yield a net profit of from 3100 to 3200 Der acre. Royal Ann cherries in ten years yield from $300 to 1500 per acre, net, ana in me meantime a profitable crop can be grown on the ground between the trees each year, aa a by-product. Asparagus, at the end of four years, gives s return of from $500-to $300 per acre, M it always brings five cents per pound, or $100 per ton, at the cannery. It is stated that a man near Estacada last year, by use of water on his land, realised $2,600 from five acres of aa- narasrus. The common pumpkin can be grown between fruit trees and brings at ths cannery $60 per ton. Contracts are being made for toma toes in the vicinity of uorvains at siv per ton. The eatimate Is 28.000 plants . ' -7 IV I ,fMiimiM-Ti-a trim A r IW : 4 -msmm (3? """I '' pi --y per aore and the farmers themselves estimate at tne least one peca per vine. Thla Is TOO bushels per acre, or 21 tons, which at $10 per ton brings $210 per acre. OLD MAP OF PORTLAND. Chart of 18T9 Curiosity Alongside X,ate Map of City. There is a map of Portland, drawn by one E. 8. Glover, dated 1379, hanging In W. M. Kllltngsworth's offlcs In the Chamber of Commerce which vivifies the city's rapid growth more than mere statistics. It is said the artist even drew on his Imagination and extended the city buildings beyond Its boundar ies Even thou ah nreaumlns the man to be correct lor thai year, tne ouna- lngs were few and far between oeyona Barnes county road ( Washington street) and Fifteenth street end north of Burn- aide street, while forest land is shown on the east aide oppoalte where steel brldare now crosses the river. A few cleared oatchea with scattered farm houses are shown in the vicinity of Alblna and to the north, also to the south snd southeast beyond Madison street. The eaat aide doesn t show favor ably with the weat on this old map. The river Is shown clear of bridges, there being none in 1879, a ferryboat owned by the Knott brothers serving as a means of navigation. The popu lation of 22,000 is shown, and there Is a guide to art buildings, churches, eta One gets a true Idea of Portland's Im mense growth when comparing the old map and the -most recent city map.. As Mr. Killlngsworth, the pioneer of the peninsula, has always cherished the hoDe of seeing; the peninsula the seat or great activity, nis nope rrows stronger and stronger every day as he watches the. city's encroachment to wards the Columbia river. And the city's expansion In that direction seems to warrant his fond hopes. Louis Saloman. the real estate man. will leave for Washington, D. C, about the 10th. He has been summoned aa a wltneas for the sovernment In the Hyde-Benson-Diamond land cases. If convenience to streetcar, churches. schools, neighbors; If sightliness, soil and "'close In" count for anything, then Evanston IS the most Ideal tract ever ubdlvlded in Portland; 4Q a lot, iio a monthi See It today (Sunday). Take W-W car. The Spanton company are sole agents. . M m mnimr SUii fifth ihiii WAKE FIRE CLAY IS E PacIfc?'Co4wiSay to Manufacture Product. . in Portland. Among the new Industries promised for Portland this year,- none is of more local Importance than a plant for the manufacture of terra ootta and , fire clay products. ' The Paelflo Coast Billca Clay company ' Is the name of the company proposing to establish this plant, which will require the expendi ture of large capital and employ about 260 men from the va tart. Tha company has acquired title to TOO acres of ex cellent clays for this purpose, near Hood River. The clays will be barred to Portland. Expert examination ' of the clay haa been made and out of It the following artlcleg can be made: Fire brick. , fire-clay, glased and enamel! brick, calcimine, staff. architectural ,v 1 1. j'm.,'ReLd ..4thaAi)i .5tA.ri terraootta, buff and red granite brick, tile and arches, flue linings, partition and arch tile, annealed paving brick, drain tile, sewer pipe, electrlo conduit tile Snd hollow wall blocks. George W. Kummer, general manager of the company, states that the plant will be In operation within nine months. The exact location of the mill and kilns has not been determined upon, the company having several sites tinder consideration. LET CONTRACTS FOR SELLWOOD CARBARNS The Portland Railway. Light A Pow er company's engineers are preparing plans for an operating' barn and car shed to be erected at Sellwood. Tlii company recently purchased two and one half blocks of land at Sellwood on which the new shoos are to be built Near the shops a concrete clubhouse for the use or tne men wiu ne erectea mis summer. The contracts for both structures will be let aa soon as the plans are complet ed. It is estimated that both Improve ments will cost between $40,000- and $60,000. NEW TRACT ON PENIN SULA. Union Square eing Flatted by Colom bia Trust Company. The neninsula la the scene of con alderabla activity Just now and the realtv men are busy allowing: bulldlns and factory sites to prospective Duyers. Around the north bank road the In quiries are numerous and the Columbia Trust company nas nau many appli cants for lots in Union Square, whioh they are Just platting. It la within the St. Johns carllne loop juat east of the big railroad cut. From Indications that locality will build ud rapidly with fac torles and homes. A a lKram of Union Square district near Maegly Junction will be found on another page. When You Eat Downtown Drop In at the Baltimore Dairy lunch. You'll be delighted. Bring your friends. 287 Washington street. Dack of lobby Rothchlld building. Easter cards, finest in the city. The Postal Shop. 121 Fifth street. tJl 4 j ,- CLOSE UP LARGE DEALS IH REALTY '.;t v:-;;; , ' Vivw j Acreage Tracts Included in : Long List of Week's Transfers." v prices snow NO - ; VALUE DECREASES OuUrtng Property Sella During Week for Price of $1,000 pr Acre Resldmce Lots on Both Sldrs of River Change Hands. Several large and Important sales'of realty whioh have been banaina fire for several weeks were wouna up in M ,' iV " I Street. the closing days last week. Among them wss the sale of 232 acres by Louis Watts to John D. Clark and as sociates for $80,000. This land is In sections 2, 10 and 11, township 1 north, range ' 1 west, and haa a frontage of 1,660 feet on the Willamette river. Also the Irregular shaped tract at Washington and Twenty-first streets, which was purchased several weeks ago by M. W. Hunt and associates from John Matthlesen for $60,000. A deed waa filed for record last 'luuraday oonveylng from J. W. Adams to the Merchants Savings Trust com pany, the esst half of block IS, East Portland; consideration $36,000, Two sales of small tracts of out lying acreage were concluded last week In both of which the property waa sold at the rate of $1,000 an acre. One of these was eight acres on the west bank of Guild s lake, wmcn was purcnasea bv Frank L. Smith from Arthur li. Bevan for $8,000: and the other a three acre holding, east of Mount Tabor reser voir, purchased by Nicholas Bisson rrom Ida M. Fortner for $3,000. W. S. Bridges has purchased from Robert Shaw a house and lot at the southwest corner of Main and Nartllla streets. The property consists or 40x64 lot snd a two-story dwelling. and was sold for f,260. . R. B. Lamson haa sold to Adolfn Wolfe a 60xl00-foot lot . on the north side of Wayne street, between King and BL ciair streete, lor itt.ouu. WORK ON OLD RACE TRACK. Bvery Street In The Tract Will Be raved. With Asphalt. Diamond A Rountree are rushing work on the old race track property In Irvine-ton. About 100 men and teams are at wora. - I ne wnoie tract win oe grad ed and every street will be asphalted and cement walks and curbs put down. When this big work Is finished the wa ter and gaa pipes will be laid to the curb line, so that It will never be nee essary to break up the roadbeds ot disturb the pavements or curbs, ss f roper connections can be made inside ha r-nrh Kxoentins- the Ladd tract no such big Improvement work was ever be- gun In Jfortiana oerore. ine diocks. win e 200 feet by 600 feet. Building re strictions will prohibit buildings other than residences to cost a. least $2,600 and no house can be built closer than 36 feet from the lot line, wnen -tne hi a- Improvement work Is completed the old race track will be laid out In one of the most desirable resident localities in Portland. It Is not the intention of Diamond & Rountree to offer lots' for aaia until all improvements are com pleted, when the builders of homes will have no improvement work whatever to look after. LOCAL CORPS AIMS TO RAISE Self-Denial t Week Begins for Members of Salvation Army. Self-denial week for the Portland Sal vatlon Army this year promises -to es tabllsh a -new' record for the local corps. This week, whlca. has now become an established.- custom - throughout the world,. will be celebrated from April 19 to 26. vThe army, with its 16,715 officers, working in ' 64 different countries snd preachln to the poor In 30 different lanKuaaes. has 786 social institutions under its banners. Self-denial week was Instituted to help .raise money lor the support-of these Institutions. t ' The army will adopt some very self- sacrlnoing measures m order to raise the amount of money agreed upon. , The target aimed at for the fio. 4 corps, 243 Maaison street, la $500, . That the ef fort will meet with success seems cer tain and "' there is no doubt that the friends of , the movement recognislag tha vast amount of rood atreadr aecom- niiahed will not fall to afford praotlcal j support Daintily printed appeals are being Jeft at most ol the houses, in this J city. - - . ..-'.-: -v.-V':...-'-. -.it! - 4 t)iu mv. ti mm . 1 j . v 1. 1 ...... - - . a large extent to reiy-upon inia enwrt , for the k mamtenanee ana oeveiupmem j nt Hi many enterprises and local work,. 01 uie people 01 ruruauu. ... Easter cards,-flneft In 'the 'city. Postal Shop. 114 i mh street.' The I L01E FEAST mm SaaWSaaSaSaSSaaaBBSaaaBaaaJ ' ' Capital City Extends Royal Welcome to ' Portland Realty ?! Board; : Wliich Makes . Trip to Capital Over New Electric Line.- 5 Salem Is the city for the Portland 01 toe ooara, one oaii or tue namoer accompanied by tbeir wives, went on the special excursion to Salem yes- ' terday morning and the event prored to be the gala day In the history of tne uuiru. . ,. , ;;.- In the words of Tom Richardson,' "It helped to bring all Oregon near to Portland 'and Portland near to all Oregon." v -.'-.v The trip was made orer the line of the new Oregon Electric road, re-. cently completed, tbe excirslonlsts , going in me nanasome new eoacnes . being operated by the road and was made In remarkably Quick time con sidering the condition of the road; bed. The way ran through the beau-; tlful WUIametto valley, one ot the' most remarkable agricultural dis tricts in America and one whose 1 beauty and richness most of the ex-, curslonists had failed to appreciate until yesterday. The valley la ex- f romnl v farf Ha an,1 tha nonnri m a rt rolling agricultural lands and wood- ' ed hilltops was a revelation to the Portland realty mefl. . ' Give Tell at Station. . Salem was reached at 11:80, and the excursionists formed In line at the station aad gave the "United ' Oregon" yell. Several thousand res- , ldents of Salem and other neighbor- lag cities and towns were present to ; greet the Portland visitors and to BUIO mat bUC wwiucv i an enthusiastic welcome. The Port- , land contingent escortea tne mem-. bers of the Salem bqard of trade to the headquarters ot the board, where J lunch was served. . t The address of welcome waa de-' llvered by Mayor Rogers of Salem,' and was responded to by President n. vv . fries ui.ius ui uauu uwij ( board, and Tom Richardson of the t Commercial club. Mr. Richardson spoke on "United Oregon" and' de clared that the businesa men ot the state needed to eee mora ot one an-1 other. It was just such, excursions ( as that and. such receptions as that ; accorded the Portland realty. men that would go a long way toward bringing all Oregon near to Portland and Portland near to all Oregon. City Tamed Oyer to Guests. . Mayor Rogers then turned the city over to the Portland men, assuring them that Salem had but one police- man and that he had been put to sleep just before the . Portland train ' arrived.":''.' ' -vV' Salem Itself was already crowded , with vtsltors present to1 attend the i annual horse show. - The majority ! of the Portland visitors attended the , show, which waa an excellent one. j Others went to, the baseball game provided for their entertainment I while still others drove around the city and the adjacent country, and visited the state penitentiary nd In sane asylum.; . ' When the excurslonlatg and . their wives had finally been; gathered to gether the special left Salem at 4;1S and reached ' Portland at o'clock, after an especially: fast trip. ; ; The trip was V9ted a gratifying success' In every way, ana tne iram ouiciais were particularly courteous and obliging. . M - John P. , Sharkey Invited ; the realty hoard to make a special trip to Waverlelgh Heights next Satur day and the board accepted the In vitation for Its next- excursion.. big HcitEASB m ; : ; : BUILDING PERMITS : . Real estate .transfers . valued at $685,84S were filed for record last weak. This la a. gain of more' than $200,600 ever any week since the first of the yean A substantial gain vwaa also made ,in the -value of building " permits Issued ' for f the week, which : reached a total of $175,- : 390, of about $25,000 ebovs the average of the past few weeks. 181 Oet Your Easter Suit Now 5H&5 VToi?.UT os jrsw s'stjra pattebh-s tnioa label on Every Garment Ko Strike In Our $.'; a. 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