H -t ifr- THE OREGON. SUNDAY - JOURNAL, PORTLAND,1 SUNDAY ' MORNINQ, MAY 3, 1908.
Activity,, of Swifts Puts
Backbone in Property
Ji - on Peninsula.
IXCEEASED PRICES '
APE RULING MARKET
Twenty-Fire Foot Lots Now Selling
" for Two and Thre Times m Much
. ' Paid Heretofore Opinions on
Market Differ.
-' When 2S-foot lots tn the Swift Pack-
ln eoronany's townsite command the
attention of conservative Investors and
are eagerly bought up at prices two and
three times aa great aa any figures
heretofore paid for penieula lota, there
Is conclusive evidence or a wiaespreaa
belief that the big packing interests of
the middle west have determined to
make Portland the most important
meat-packing center on ths -Pacific
coast.' '.
Daring the past week two lots In
what Is to become the business center
of Kenwood were sold to bona-f Ide pur
chasers for $1.$$ each. Seven lots in
ths same tract were sold to ,one pur
chaser for $4,$00. while numerous trans
fers were noted In Kenwood of lots in
the business area selling for from $1,000
- to $1,600. These are, or course, the top
prices for peninsular property, although
lots in the vicinity of Maegly junction.
East St Johns an McKenna Junction
lave' brought very attractive figures
since immediately titer it became an es
tablished face that the Swift plant
would go VP on the peninsula.
Demand for Xiots.
Among local realty dealers there Is a
wide diversity of opinion as to market
condttiona' Those firms that make a
specialty of handling snburban tracts
and those that deal exclusively in medium-priced
residence sites in the bet
ter class of residential districts ex
press the utmost satisfaction with mar
ket conditions. But the firms that han
dle high-priced inside holdings in either
residence or business sections are.dla-i
satisfied with the volume of trading.
. The week Just closed was without un
usual or sensational features so far as
1 trading in real estate la concerned. A
steady inquiry for Income-paying In
vestments, with a fair increase in the
i volume of 'sales, correctly summarises
the Week's bualness. ' . V
Realty brokers and investors are look
ing forward. with pleasure i to the next
excursion of the realty ' board, which
!ls scheduled to take place next Satur
day. May I, with Hood River as ths ob
jective point - . '
All thoughtful residents of Portland
have reason to feel proud of April's rec
ord In building permits and property
transfer Both records show tremen
dous gains, but the gratifying Increase
Is found In the buUdIn? permits.. Here
- the total for the month reaches nearly
tor the million mark, or, to -he-exact.
$177,780.
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.LOTS COfJE HIGH f : : ,
.... . ... If r-Vr " - ' ' :v y"2.:..iL-;Li ' ..-. v -i I
it '-i-X-V Mil If - .v -:) :.
This is over $$00,00$ greater than any
other month since the first or tne year,
and la eoual to any month la 1907 ex
cept May. Practically all the new con
.iruMtnn nhnwn bv the record of
Sermits, provides for the building of
wellin'S, flats, apartments and small
tiimlneaa blocks. In the record Of the
nti month of ADrll not a nermlt was
taken out lor a structure of. the class A
REi5lPE?CE OF D. K.Y1ACKB 610 GRATED AVE
, Today
rIs the time to -make the In
vestment in real estate, either
, for a home or for an invest
ment. ' It is our aim and de
sire to place on the market
' this first-class property at a
very low price, so that, those
desiring to jnake ' small
monthly payments can -in. a
few years own their own
homes. '
and
We wish to call ypur atten
tion to. the beautiful addition
of Lorrinton. Lots 50x100 at
from $210 "up; streets 60
feet wide and graded and wa
ter mains laid to every lot
f ' ' ,
Tomorrow
Never comes, so that today is
the time to act. Take a W-W
car at Third and Yamhill;
get off at Woodstock; the
sign at the station points the
way , to , Lorrinton.
MOORE
INVESTMENT
COMPANY
type.
XUft Xscord for Month.
elonsr in ths iisr,or
s, it is hut fair to
During the month Just ended the real
ty transfer record" went well above
$3,000,000. This sum, however, was
nearly double what it should have been,
since the total embraces the transfer
of a part of the north bank road to the
Northern Pacific, the consideration In
the Instrument of transfers bavlnw been
Ws not properly helon
th If v deals, hence. It -
five the total transfers for April at
1. 00. 000. which at i that, is a gain of
nearly $J50,000 over either February or
March.- .-' ' -
After more than a year of vexatious
delays the Paclflo Bridge company has
at last Bucceeaea in Clearing aa ina uu
ficultlea out of Its path and Is ready
to begin filling the 21 blocks or East
Portland slough property for which It
' was given the contract over one year
ago. this is oy oaas me mosi im por
tent fill contract so far let in Port
land, meaning the hauling of 1,760.000
cublo yards of earth, thereby making
available for business purposes a large
. area of i immensely valuable street
. i frontage., The fill will cost the property-owners
in round numbers $300,000,
but it la estimated that it will add more
' than twice its cost to the market value
of the oroperty affected.
The Pacific Bridge company haS made
elaborate preparations and expended a
large sum of money In order to enable
it to properly carry out its fill eon
tract. , '
Ths 'moat expensive piece of machin
ery that has been built tn connection
with this work "is a huge floating dredge
100x40 feet, equipped with uolstlng,
swinging and "spud engines. On the
. dredeg is a huge steel dipper with a ca
. parity of four cubic yards, which is
capable of raising 300 cubic yards of
? ravel per hour when digging in 10
eet of water. This Is the moat pow
erful piece of machinery that has aver
n in Portland.
THOUSANDS SPENT 111
HEW CITY DWELLINGS
Architects Busy Planning
Expensive Pesidences
for Portland.
been turned out
CONFERENCE HAS
i PP0VEN SUCCESSFUL
The Free Methodist conference whioh
closes tonight at First church, oorner
East Ninth and Mill streets, has been
an Interesting and profitable one. Slsh
tp Wilaon T. Hogue addressed the con
- f erence yesterday morning; on "How to
Succeed in the Ministry.
. The stationing committee reported the
districts assigned to the three elders
who were elected by the eonferenca
Mra'", a. P. Wells has commissioned
Architect C, C. , Bobbins to prepare plans
and apecificatlons for a modern 11-rdom
residence to be erected pn East Twenty-
first and -Tillamook streets. The- build
ing will be strictly up to date in every
particular and will cost about $12,000.
The . basement plans for the new
Central Christian church to be erected
at East Twentieth and Salmon streets
are out. and this portion of the work
will soon start The remainder of the
DlanS will be oomDlated in ihnni tn
daysi time, afts which It Is expected
to award contracts -and complete the
buildinv. This will be a modern church
tructure. in size 1 72 by 1H, concrete
ouniltitions. stone to base line' with
brick with stone relief superstructure,
and will cast about $45,000..
. ZTw Aesldences Oo TJp. -
The new home of "Lewia Mnntmmarv
erected from plana by Mr. Robblns, is
now entirely completed . and - occupied
by the owner. ' This large home -occupies
one half block and the garage, per
gola, ornameatal flower garden and
fl rives an additional quarter block. The
resi-lence. .contains . 14 rooms of full
grown dimensions ; aside from finished
basement and attic, conservatory, sleep
ing balconies, double baths, and other
accessories, hot water heating, gas and
electric lighting, phone system, all In
conduit, with the first ; floor apart
ments rininhea throughout in quarter-sawt-d
eastern oak. and the second floor
rooms in .flat grain yellow fir. . This
home represents an expenditure for
buildings of approximately 125,000.
The residence of B. J. Raffety at
Union avenue and Pearl street Is n ear
ing completion. This is of eight rooms,
modern colonial, and will cost approxi
mately $3,600.
! The new home of Rev. J. P. Ohormley
at East Twentieth and Salmon street's
will be completed In about 10 days time.
It is of seven rooms with all un-to-now
requirements, and will cost about
$3,700.
Tempi at Oregon City.
The residence of Albert J. Murphy
on Bell wood near Qantenbeln avenue is
also nearing completion. This la of
eight rooms with full basement and
attic, hot air heating, gaa and eleculc
lighting, ana will cost about 93.000.
The new Masonic Temple at Oregon
vlty Is practtcnlly completed and partly
occupied.-" This Is constructed of reon
forced concrete, thre stories high and
will cost approximately J40.00U. This
ie being completed for Multnomah loig
No. 1, Ai P..4 A. M. and the lodRO has
"legnnt quarters, provided for it's use
on the third floor and attic. The first
floor is occupied hv a department store
and the second floor arranged for of
ALLEGES INCREASE
ON BOX SH00K8
Astoria's . Commercial Spokesman
- Make Complaint of Kate Raise
Not Yet Posted.
$67
(Salem Bureau of The Journal.
State Street.)
Salem, Or., May i.J. H. Whyte, sec
retary of the Astoria chamber of com
merce, has filed a complaint with the
railroad commission, alleging mat ini
rate on box shooks from Astoria to
San Francisco has been increased from
SO to 87 cents i per, nundred pounds.
He Hays that such an Increase la a
discrimination that seriously hampers
the tnlllmen -on the lower Columbia
river,', - .
The' railroad commission has not re
ceived any notice that such an Increase
has been made and believes that Mr.
Whvte has been misinformed. There
ara no bills accompanying Mr.: Whyte's
complaint on wmcn to uase any steps
ror acuon. Accoraing 10 ine raies
filed In the office of the railroad com
mission the rates are still 30 cents
from Astoria to San r ranefsco.
Mr. Whyte m letter states that the
rates between Portland and Astoria have
been Increased from five to seven cents
and that the rates from San Francisco
to .Portland nave been increased from 25
to 30 cents per hundred pounds on box
shooks; that lsv knocked down boxea
I)QUtfLAS' 0. 0. P.
IS ANTI-B0UKNE
(Special Dhoitch to Tb Joannl.
Hoseburg. Or.. May 2. The ReDubll
can county convention today elected the
following delegates to the state con
vention at Portland. May l: Frank
K. Alley, a. C. Marsters, F. H. Conn,
H. Gallon. H. L. Miller. H. ft. Konn-
mann, W. T. Emery. John E. Love and
J. E. Batty. This delegation is de
cidedly anti-Bourne.
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REALTY BOARD WILL
VISIT APPLE TOWN
Hood Pivr Residents Will
Take Meiijbers Through
Fertile Valleys.
The next excursion of tha Portlan:'
realty board will be to Hood River, on
the steamer Charles R. Spencer, Ieaviry
the Washington street dock at 7 a. m
riatnffiay. May , arriving at v Hood,
Kiver at 1:30 p. m., where the cltlaenw
of that valley will await the excursion
with vehicles and automobiles and con
duct them through the valley up the
west and down the east" side, visiting
well known orchards en route, such as
tne well Known one of Oscar Vanderblit,
tauea couian uina, wnere they grow
the celebrated Winter Banana apples,
stopping for half an hour at tho hall
of the Pine Grove .jrrange, where
speeches of welcome will be made by
prominent citizens of Hood River nnfl
responded to by members of the Port-
uuiu reaiiy uuaru. 1 ne return trip will
be made et 4:30 p. m., arriving at Port
land at p. m.
The cltisena of the ,valley are mak
ing elaborate preparations for enter-
utininK me re&nv nonrn xnri mnn.
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vinor iraiureu n Hpeciai train win De
run out from Hood River by the Mount
Hood Railway company so as to give
ine ciusona oj iooa Silver an oppor-
luinij ui iiicKinin meir guests and
hearing the speeches at the Pine Grove
grange! hall.
bunch and dinner will be eaten on-the
boat and a brass band will accompany
the boarc". The ronnd trip tickets, in
cluding meals and the ride through the
valley will be $3.60 and mint h nnr.
chased before Thursday from any of
me luiiuwwg committee or arrange
ments: James O, Rountree, Charles E.
Fields, George t. Schalk. A. F. Sven
son. ASSESS0B STRAIN 4
AT DEATH'S D00B
(Special Plpitrt to The Jonmal. ) -Pendleton,
Or., May I. C P. Strain,
assessor of Umatilla county, and one of
eastern Oregon's best known men, was
operated on this afternoon for appen
dicitis. Late this evening the doctors
state that his case is very serious and
that the chances of recovery are against
him, though they have faint hope.
Strain was attacked a week ago.
AGENT ALWAYS
THE GROUND.
ON
Phone Sellwood 1234.
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Junction
Come out today and bujf. a few lots at
l McKenna Junction. : Great changes' will .
take place at McKenna jOnqtiott wfchin
the year. Prides will advance rapidly and
f steadily, r justj opposite McKenna Junc
tion, Swift & Co.- will spnd $4,000,000.
, Remember, McKenna Junction has nearly
a mile of frontage on the 100-foot Colum-,
bia boulevard,, Columbia boulevard will
be what Washington 6treet is to Portland.
Railroad yards, factories and other indus
tries will be established at McKenna
Junction. Tracks are now feeing laid from
McKenna Junction to the Swift plant -
$30O-Residence lots commanding
-. unobstructed view of the mountains and
Columbia River. I Bull Run water.
375 Business lots on Fiske, Strat
. ' ton and Newman streets, in blocks ad- -joining
Columbia boulevard. ' .
$400 Business lots on Chautauqua
boulevard in blocks id joining Columbia
Boulevard. y'---:- '. -
; Terms, ' 10 per cent cash and 10 per
xent quarterly.
; W. H. GRINDSTAPf
Offices Goddard Station, on the St.
' Johns Carllne.
No. 510 . Commercial Bldg. Phone :
Main 0009. , .
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FARM BARQAINS IN CLARKE CO., WASH.
190 ACXBt rich land,' 1 miles from Vancouver, m mllea from river
town and boat-.landing and 414 miles from river and railroad town. Ai
aeres under fine state of cultivation, $0 acres green timber1, balanoa
pasture, good 8-room house, barn 64x64, granarv and all other necessary
outbuildings, living stream and fin spring with ram and water system,
water piped to house and barns, JV4 acres orchard of assorted fruits In
full bearing, tn fine neighborhood. Price If aold. soon. $$,600; M cash,
balance $ or 6 years per cent.
110 ACXE8, all under cultivation, 1$ acres in orchard of assorted
fruits in full bearing, place fenced and cross fenced Into $ fields,- fine
modern 10-room -plastered house, barn 60x100, fruit dryer that cost
$2,600, and is just aa good as new, granary, root house. Incubator and
brooder house, water works that cost J600, wind and steam pumps, team,
4 cows. 2 heifers'. 1 brood sows. 1 registered boar, 1 wagon. 1 hack. 3-
horse sulky plow, binder, drill, mower, spring-tooth harrow, new Empire
an sniau iarming vuvim ana au crops, una orcnara on tnis
separator,
place paid 9 per cent last year; 7)4 miles from this city, lVs miles from
country itrwn, cnurcn, nora, eve, graoea scnooi on place.
Tha orchard on
Price, $1$,-
For
Close in
Sightly
Restricted
600: terms. 17.600 cash, balance 6 ier cent.
58 ACHES best of land. 20 acres under cultivation, 6 acres In as
sorted orchard of best variety, 28 acres In green tnaxketabla saw tim
ber, good 2-story 6-room house with hall, good barn and all necessary
outbuildings, well and running water, $0 acres under good fence, 1H
miles from 2 towns, on a railroad, and 10 miles from Vancouver ,on good,
level graded road. Personal property, good team, . wagon, harnesses,
hack, top buggy and all necessary tools to run place with, 4 good milch
cows, some young stock, chickens, blooded hogs, eta, ate. The owner of
this place is an old civil war veteran and not ' able to work tha place.
.Price only $4,300; terms can be arranged.
73 ACBXS all good land, 45 acres under cultivation, 16 acres green
saw timber, balance of place in woods pasture, quite easily cleared,
well ana never railing stream, piace rencea ana cross fenced. In thickly
tied locality, H mile from country town, K. F. D. mall and telephone
house and 10 miles from Vancouver on good graded road, new- modern
room cottage (modern), barn 60x60 and all necessarv outbuildings.
fenced and cross fenced, good orchard in full bearlnar. Personal nroD-
erty, good team, wagon and harnesses, new buggy, spring wagon, all
farming tools, 4 milch cows, etc., etc., all for $6,800; easy terms. .
et) acbxb, 14 acres cleared, more easily cleared, 30 acres nns green
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saw timber (enough to pay for place), good 'story and half house, nicely
N. P. R. R. and Columbia river and 16 miles from Vancouver on level
fainted and all necessary outbuildings in good repair, orchard, well and
springs. H mile from school and church, SVs miles from good town on
road.
Property
Take Mississippi Ave. (par, ask for
transfer to Russell and Shaver,
get off at the end of the line, and
SEE
AGENTS ON GROUND
A.F.Swensson & Co.
2M WASHINGTON ST.
PHONES: MAIN 3058; A-3055
SERENE PARK
EAST THIRTEENTH AND MILDRED AVE.
Store and Apartment Building or H . J. Wilklns, Rom' City Park.
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Take Alberta'
Street car.
$2250
Reception Hall
parlor , v
Dining Room
Beamed Ceiling
2 Large Bed
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TUed Kitchen ,
1 Tiled Bathroom
Toilet
nf and Lavatory :
Appiy to v.
Nordby Lumber Company.
223 Lumber Exchange. Phones Main 1277; A-3310.
U propeiay. cream separator., bone grinder, all farming
tools. 11 sheeD. 9 lambs. fine milch cows. 8 head of vouna cattle. 3
horses and 2-year-old colt, wagon, surrey, spring wagon, some hay, $00
chickens, Incubator, Gstey organ, ateel range and, all household furni
ture, etc., etc., etc., all for only $4,300. An extra good buy. See It,
Terms can be arranged.
ova places a kb OTjaxAJmrxs to sa as ajdvxxtxsjxd.
TMOiviisorv & WAIN,
CRIZtm HATIOWAI. BAR BLDQ. , VAJrOOVTXS, WASH.
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FARMS
f ISO PXB ACBB 7.35 acres on Burnt Ridge creek, H mile from Van
couver Heights and Ji mile from trolley Una to ba built this sum
mer; land all cleared and on good county road; place Is oovered
with bearing prunes, apples and grapes, also running; water.-.
150 XSB ACBB 10 acres, 10 mllea from Portland. Splendid buy.
3430 AOBSS of land, 1$0 under cultivation; level; no waste: all fenoed
and crossed In seven different fields; about 40 acres standing; timber;
H mils to railroad station; rural route and telephone; the buildings
consist of 3 barns, large wagon ahed and all other outbuildings neoea-
-sary; S good wells and .a 10-room house; the most beautiful home
In Marlon county; lots of fruit of all kinds tn orchard. This beauti
ful and ideal farm will be sold for 845 per acre, compete In every
detail; $4,600 cash, balance time.
11 VSB ACBB 180 acres, to mile from Portland, near foappooeV
WHO u wmoer ana coruwuuu vuuugn ra PT lor xne piaoei a line
Diora. xnis is m,
dairy farm and rood orchard land after cleared. This
land Is held at $20 to $2S per acre all around it now.
snap, as J
LT.g5.50 rza AOBB 00 acres at Ostrander, Washington; splendid saw
I f,. natnr and Aarv tgLTm. and SfOAd ft- mIaamJI
' WI EATI LOTI IS AU U1TI Of TOBmiS.
If you have any property to sell, write us.
If you havs any property' to trade, write us. '
-If you want to buy. writ us.
$150 PUB ACBB $0 acres apple land, unimproved: all land tn this
vicinity is selling for $260 to $1,000 per acre; $ mllea from Bood
River and On Hood River railway; this Is flna .
Wl KAvB IOK riBB 7BYUXT LUOI in this dtaMnt haa4nar flM T
T winter varieties of apples, and fruit that will nay for tha buM (n ik T
J. VV. CURRAN, 225 Failing Bldg.
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O. E. HeinU, Manager. Phone East 67; Horn B-11B7.
Castings of All Kinds
Steel Buildings and Bridges
IN STOCK3 to 24-inch Beams. ' 4 to lMnch Channels
' ' ' , y.V to 8x8-Inch Angles ,
East End Burnside Street Bridge
Portland, Oregon
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