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THE .OREGON SUNDAY-. JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1908.
REALTY SELLS III'
SPII'EJF Ml
, Ncither-BadlWcatIier,aiie
Battleships Nor Crime .
Wave Successful.
Several , causes contributed to th
quietness o the realty market during
the week Just cioeea. none 01 inom
In, a direct influenee on values, but
all of , them tending to more or lean
discourage buying. First, the weather
baa not been of a character to induce
buyers to get out and look up invest
ments. ' Then the fact that the political
world has been considerably agitated
had to with "the, lack of interest in
property buying. The waye ot crlme
that swept over the city has lef t JM
public mind in an excited state and in
no condition to give thought to business
matters except the daily routine. These
conditions, together with the 'act that
. lni-ffn number of Portland residents
journeyed to San Francisco to see the
battleship fleet, had a strong tendency
to hold trading to a minimum.
Yet in spite of this' seeming discour
agement, many dealers report a strong
Inquiry among buyers, portending a
heavy movement, with the .fdvent . of
real summer weather and the ending
of the political contest .
A genuine revival is looked for this
summer, not as pronounced. however,
as the heavy movement of IS months
ago, when the weekly sales several
times touched the $1,000,000 a week
mark, but such a buying movement as
was on one year ago when the weekly
sales averaged about 5.00a,
Most street xmprovsmsfita Vow.
' While It la not generally known, it is
a fact that there Is more street Im
provement in progress in Portland now
than there has been at any time In the
past two years. The paving companies
and grading contractors have begun
work on a score or more of streets in
different parts of the city. In South
Portland, Hamilton avenue, west from
Corbett street, has lust been graded and
Is . now receiving a heavy coating of
crushed rock. , '.
The street railway company is put
ting In grooved rails on Third street
south from Madison to Grant streets,
and will be followed by the bltullthic
people, who will complete paving that
street as far as the new rail a are laid.
Two blocks on Grant street from
First to Third will be paved at once,
connecting up the First and Third street
pavement, making a first class thor
oughfare from the steel bridge to the
south end of the bridge over Marquam
gulcb.
Sixth street south from Morrison-!
receiving a coat of bltullthic. The
worn out brick pavement on Stark street
between Third and Sixth Is being torn
out and the Btreet made ready for a
riot of BBntmlt. This has long been
one of the most neglected pieces of
street in the city, and now that it is
to be attended to the business interest!)
In that district are anticipating a re
vival of trade. ' '
On West Park street south from Mor
rison, asphalt Is being laid. In the
close In district west of Park street
several short stretches of asphalt and
bltulithlc are being- put down.
Paring Helps Realty Market.
All this street improvement is having
a wholesome effect on the real estate
market. Realty Droaers experience
much less trouble in closing a sale of
property situated on a paved street
than in inducing a prospective buyer
to close for something located on an
unimproved street, where the best that
can be said. I that the street is goinjf
to be improved. That Is too indefinite
and falls to impress prospective In
vestors. On the east side, especially In the
Jrvington district, considerable street
improvement is under way, and a very
large amount of paving will be done
before another winter sets in. Kesi
dents along Hawthorne avenue, from
Grand avenue to East Fortieth street,
voted over a year ago to have that
thoroughfare paved. The character of
paving material to be used has not
been agreed upon, but it Is understood
that the property owners will get to
gether at an earlv date and agree upon
either bltullthic or asphart.
Brokers that make a specialty of res
idence property in the high priced east
side districts, find it increasingly diffi
cult to dispose of lots on unpaved
streets, or on thOFe which the council
has not ordered paved. This condi
tion in a measure accounts for the ac
tivity, in Irvlngton, In the Hawthorne
avenue district and in the Ladd tract
south of Hawthorne avenue.
Aside f?om half a dozen fair Biased
deals, involving considerations between
$5,000 and $8,000, the bulk of last
week's transactions, was purchased in
the- cheaper suburban tracts. Home
buying in the upper Union avenue dis
trict was active, a number of sales be
ing reported in the vicinity of Highland
snd Pledmrtnt. Several good' sales In
Holladav Park and Hawthorne's First
addition were closed. Upper Albina also'
seemed to attract a good many Duyers.
Kill Property sold.
One of the best sales reported wae
that of an lrregularly-dhaped residence
lot on Market-street drive, Portland
Heights, which was purchased by'M. I.
Holbrook from J. P. Flnley. for $8,000
This adjoins a fine lot already owned
bv Mr. Holbrook, and gives him on
of the most valuable residence sites In
Portland.
Andrew C. Wald closed a deal with
J. I.. Tuttle for for the purchase of n,
quarter-block at the southeast corner
of Wheeler and Clackamas streets, Al
bina; consideration, $0,200.
H. C. Kpleythas purchased from W.
H. Harris and A. W. Bagley a large
number of lots In Master's addition on
the lower peninsula: consideration, $8,
712. Tho Oregon Roman Catholic arch
bishop has sold to Moses L. Kline a
quarter-block at the northwest corner
of Chapman and Laurel streets, Port
land Heights: consideration, $5 300.
Three Improved lots in Arbor Lodge
have been purchased by Alex Sweet
from Otto H. Kulper for a considera
tion of $3,000.
John Nelson has purchased from John
Holm a quarter-block at the northwest
corner of Ruwell street and Fast Sev
enteenth street: consideration, $2,800.
Fdward Mlsner has sold to Flora
Oullty a house and lot on East Davis
street, near Alka street, for $2,600.
A bonne and lot. in Park View exten
sion has been purchased bv C. Chnrleson
from -Charles A. Mvers, for a considera
tion of $2,600.
Tho Ontennlal Investment company
has sold to May 8. Hembree a 25x75-foot
lot and cottage at the southwest cor
ner of Hancock street and Grand ave
nue: consideration, $2,600.
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SHOW SEATTLE
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Will Erect Largest State
Building at Fair, Gover
nor Folk Says
Ths last ' permanent building of the
Alaska-Yukon-Paclftc exposition was
started last week, when the contractor
broke ground for the Fine Arts building.
The first permanent .- structure. the
Machinery building, is completed o far
as the structural work , la concerned,
only the electric wiring and painting
remaining to be done.- The Auditorium
foundation Is complete, and the brick
walls are being run up as fast as 100
brick masons can do the work.
The exposition management has re
ceived notice from Governor Folk that
Missouri will build the handsomest
structure that any state has ever put
up at any former American exposition.
Governor Folk is taking a close Interest
In the Missouri building and will prob
ably come to Seattle at the time of
laying1 the corner stone.
work on the Oregon building Is
progressing favorably. Architect David
C. Lewis, who is superintending Its con
struction, spends a part of each week at
the exposition grounds overlooking tlu
work.
A strong effort 1b to be made to in
duce the legislatures of New York, Wis
consin, Illinois and Michigan to make
appropriations for buildings at the
Seattle exposition. Figures have been
compiled showing that Seattle buys
$8,000,000 worth of goods from New
York annually. The New York Sun In
commenting recently on the trade rela
tions between New York and Seattle,
urged th; New York legislature to make
an approprlaton for a building at the
exposition. Cities in Illinois, Wiscon
sin and Michigan also have large trade
relations with Seattle "and the other
cities of Puget Sound.
ONE REALTY FIRM'S
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
The following real estate transac
tions, reported by the Dunn-Lawrence
company, have taken place within the
last few days:
Adda Cosgriff sold to Carl Kush her
eight-acre, place at Oak Grove, for
$8,700.
George Drabbs and wife sold to Adda
Cosgrlff, an acre place on Courtney
avenue, Oak Grove, for $3,000.
John A. Lofqulst sold to J. G. Pear
son, recently from Minneapolis, a house
and lot at 98$ East Tenth street, north,
for $3,200.
R H Dunn unit vita urvM tn O O
Walling, a pliice on East Thirty-third l
Blicri, urui mut-i m, lui .,ji.j.
Anna B. and Nellie M. Parmenier
sold to John A. Lee, lot 10, block 43,
Vernon, for $600.
May Jordan and husband, ' sold 'O
William Talor, a house and lot -on
Ebey street, Montavilla, for $1,000.
Norman M. Lewton sold to Dr.
George 8. Barrett, a house and lot on
r.asi oHiniuii Mrwi, near i weniietn
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Margaret j. Norton sold to K. E. I
.' urns worm, uu ovacre pmce in Dion
ett valley, Benton county, for $2,400.
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HOMES INSTEAD
Of BIG OFFICES
Decrease in .Construction
Here Due Partially to Dif
- .ference in Permits.
The" April building record, as com
piled by the American Contractor of
Chicago, shows a loss over the total of
April, 1807, of 33 per cent. Out of 60
cltles-cousldered, all but 11 show losses
ranging from 70 per cent down to a
fraction of 1 per' cent
Portland showed a loss of about $600.-000,-the
figures being April, 1907, $1,
500,000; April. 1908, $981,460. This
large difference Is accounted for by the
fact that permits for three large office
buildings were Issued In April of last
year, while .fully 90 per cent of the con
struction authorized last month repre
sented dwelling houses. But three
western cities show a gain for the
month. Denver leads off with 171 per
cent. Salt Lake llo per cent and Spo
kane $7 per cent San Francisco showed
a loss of 74 per cent, Los Angeles 64
per cent and Seattle 4 per cent.
Chicago came to the front with a
gain of over $6,000,000, while New York
registered a loss of. over $10,000,000.
In commenting on the April record of
new construction, the Contractor says:
"Several things contributed to reduce
building operations at this time. The
enormous amount of construction work
done within recent years, which has
largely supplied the ciemand for build
ings, the unsettled conditions Incident
to the recent currency stringency and
the approach of the presidential elec
tion." For the week ending at noon today
permits were. Issued for new construc
tion to the value of about $290,000.
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TELEPHONES IN CANADA
Believers in municipal ownership have
been pointing to the recent purchase by
the government of Manitoba of the tel
ephone plants of the Canadian Bell
Telephone company as a step toward
government ownership of telephones in
Canada, but users of telephones are not
pleased with several things that have
already happened In Manitoba, and the
government hello girls haven't besn
working long either.
In the first place, a man living In the
Thornhill district had signed a contract
with the Canadian Bell Telephone com
pany Just before It sold out for a tele
phone In his residence at $24 a year.
Before It could be put in the govern
ment bought the company out, and In
a few days it sent word to the new sub
scriber that while the rate of $24 would
still hold good, he would have to dU
his own post holes and string his own
wires. , He concluded to do without s
did several other persons to whom the
same liberal term were offered.
A few days ago the telephone admin
istration' sent out notices that special
rates to doctor, dentists and nurses
would be canceled and that newspapers
would also, have to pay the same as any
one else. Thla 'has furnished a lond
cry against the government conducted
telephone, svstem. which is fast taking
the shape of a political issue. -
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MOUNT BAKER
Syndicate Busily Deyeloping
Great Deposit in Skagit
County, Washington.
Seattle capitalists, headed by the
millionaire banker; Jacob Furth, and
W. D. Hofius, owner of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce .building, have
begun the development on a large scale
of an inexhaustible deposit of virgin
lime rock and cement clay located on
the Baker river near the foot of snow
capped Mount Baker, in Skagit county,
Washington,,
Che lime rock and cement clay have
been analysed and pronounced eq al to
,tJe best German and English cement
beaming rock; and clay. Already the
Seattle syndicate haa lnveatednearly
$500,000 in the Baker river plant, and
if Is announced that inside of 90 days
the dally output will be 1,500 barrels.
Power for the new plant Is derived
from falls In Bear creek, a swift-flowing
tributary of Baker river. The
Great Northern railroad has put in a
Spur track over which two huge eleo
trlc generators and several carloads r.f
heavy mill machinery have been de
livered on the ground.
R. J. Kellogg, a builder of cement mills
In Pennsylvania, has charge of build
ing this mill and installing the ma
chinery. The little town that has sprung up
around the building plant is called
Superior. A large number of attrac
tive cottages have been built by the
company for the use of its operatives.
The bakers' union of San Francisco
has appointed a committee to prepare
a recommendation to tho Interna
tional convention that Is to meet in
October to erect a home for aged and
disabled members of the organization.
WIFE, RETURNED IT NOT
Lon Jloore Loses Case, His
Wife Being Given the
Divorce.
Marguerite Moore was granted a dl-
vorce from Lon Moore by Judge Bro
naugh in the circuit court yesterda
atfernoon on the ground of cruel treat
ment. Testimony In the case was heard
several weeks ago, Moore resisting the
effort of his wife to obtain a decree.
Mrs. Mocre declared that her husband
would not buy clothing for her, and
that her wardrobe became very scanty.
When she asked for money to buy
clothing, she said, she met with refusal.
Not only that but he borrowed $25 she
had earned and failed to return It. She
alleges that he made false accusations
against her.
The wife wanted $30 per month ali
mony, but this the court refused to al
low. The case was hotly contested and
many domestic spats were narrated,
causing Judge Bronaugh to remak In
deciding the case that unnecessary
things had been dragged into- it
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BORROWED 25 FRO
Wheat Lands Crop PaymentsPlan
ALBERTA
We have for sale several fine sections of grain land, which lies near the
main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, some few miles eastward from
the city of Calgary, ALBERTA. These lands afford unlimited possibilities
for the man with limited means In grain and stock raising. Many men have
gone there with a few dollars and are now owners of large tracts of land
and havj large Incomes from them. Taxe are only le per acre for Im
proved or unimproved land. All titles are given by the government It
will ray you to Investigate this before buying elsewhere. For further infor
mation, call on or address,
McKERN & KENWORTHY
414 BUCHAJTAW BUCk 886tt WASHIKBTOW 8T.
HQLLADAY'S ADDITION
The one best place in Portland to buy. Geographical cetter and most i-
Trable residence property of the city.' .
Seeing is believing. Better go and see the many choice, residence under
ontructJonjnth
THE' OREGON REAL
MISSED CHAC1CE
TO BOOST CITY
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Portland Bcalty Itoard'ftot
Represented at Chicago
Meeting;
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The Portland realty board missed a
capital opportunity to tell the effete
east something of , modem' western
methods of 'handling real estate when
it failed to send a delegation of repre
sentatives to Chicago to the national
convention of the Federation of Real
Estate Boards of the United States,
which mert in the Windy City last Tues
day for a three days' session.
' Three of the. four premier cities on
the Paciflo coast. San Francisco. Los
Angeles and Seattle, were represented
by strong delegations, while Portland,
the best city on the coast for realty
brokers, had no voice there to sing its
praises. Seattle not only sent repre
sentatives, but authorized its delegates
to extend .an Invitation , to the con
f..roiinn rt y. ,.t nAtt summer in the
Puget sound city. Governor Mead fit
Washington, Mayor Miller of beattie
and the Commercial club and the cham
ber of commerce of that city all Joined
the Real Estate association in urging
the confederation to come to Seattle
for the next convention. .
The convention was called to order
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock and th
remainder of the day was devoted to
organizing and transacting the ujual
routine business incident to a JirM
day's session. Tuesday 'n,n .A
convention was addressed by Mayor
Busse, who' welcomed the delegates to
Chicago. Wednesday - afternoon th
delegates were aken In hand .by the
Chicago realty board for
ride over the city, followed in the even
ing with an elaborate banquet at the
Mfdday club, which w as Provided by
the commercial interests of -htca8-
Thursday at noon the .convent on
finished its labors and "U"1.
die. In the afternoon a large number
of the delegates were e7ptd-hontu,n
Inspection trip through this freight tun
nels of the Illinois Tunnel company,
which are under the streets In the
heart of the city. I
JEFFREY CONFIDEHT OF
GOVERNOR'S VICTORY
Congressional Nominee Also
Declares Own Chances
Excellent.
Johr. A. Jeffrey. Democratic nominee
for congress in the second district, ex
pressed himself as much encouraged by
the outlook. He accompanied Gover
nor Chamberlain during a portion of the
latter's trip through eastern Oregon,
visiting all the counties in that end of
the district except Baker. Union and
Umatilla Those he will tour at a sub
sequent data.
"The outlook is fine for
said Mr. Jeffrey yesterday. ere Is
no enthu'tasm for Ellis, who has done
nothing in congress except to occupy
Mi fcint. Nothing is being done in the
way of a campaign for him. and I feel
much encouraged as the result of my
trip. If Multnomah splits up as it
should. I will stand a gool chance.
"Chamberlain or Cak.i Why, its
Chamberlain. The governor will win
his tight. I am satisiioa ol '"
had large crowds for our meetings and
the outlook Is excellent."
Mr. Jeffrey is now devoting most or
his time to tne campaisn
Next Wednesday night he will sneak at
Troutdale and on Thursday night at
Nash's h'U In the Mount Scott district.
Later he will visit' Astoria, St. Helens
and other towns to the west, probably
In company With the governor's party.
"town Tones
City Sealer of Weights and Meas
ures Fred Buchtel is busily engaged
In purchasing furniture and equipment
for his office which was recently cre
ated by the city. Buchtel was author
i.oh hv tho oxeeutive board at Its Fri
day meeting to purchase a horse and
buggy as well as additional weights
which will be used as the official
standard by the city. Once the office
is well under way every scale used
by grocers, butchers, hardware men
and other merchants will be tested and
will have to meet with the require
ments of the official weigher before
they can be used.
An Illustrated stereoptlcon lecture will
be given by Lee F. Hammer, field sec
retary of the Playground association
of America, tomorrow evening at 8
o'clock In the Unitarian chapel, cor
ner of Seventh and Yamhill streets.
Everybody is invited to come as there
will be no admission charged. The
subject of Mr. Hammer's lecture will
be '"The Importance of Providing Play
grounds for Children In Growing
Cities."
A special meeting of the city coun
cil will be held Wednesday to trans
act general business. The call was
primarily Issued to consider granting
a temporary permit to the Portland
Railway, Light & Power company to
place a loop on Sandy road to accom
modate the visitors to the livestock
show to be held shortly. Since' the
call was Issued other mstters have
arisen that call for prompt action and
will be considered by the councilmen.
CLOSING OUT SALE.
Oar Entire Stock on sale at less Than
Wholesale prices.
A chance of a lifetime to secure high
grade merchandise at about half reg
ular value. Dress goods, silks, wash
goods, table linens, lace curtains, tail
ored suits, waists, skirts, hosiery, cor
sets, underwear, gloves, parasols, rib
bons, lace, etc., etc., at a fraction of
their real worth. McAllen McDonnell,
Third and Morrison. P. 8. Entire stock
and flvt-ires for sale to highest bid
der. Full Information furnished by Mr.
McAllen at the store. 1
The Man of the Hour! ;
No. 6. and Minehaha tribe No. 2, Trri
Read advertisement of Newman Mo
tion picture company In today' Journal.
ESTATE COMPANY
"GLAD I'M BACK" SAYS
.v. . ARTHUR ALEXANDER
Arthur Alexander, tenor, pianist.' and
all. around musician has arrived home
from England and without an aocent
lie earn in yesterday morning looking
much the same as when he bad left to
become famous and talking more so.
"And you can have me say. juat km
all of them do," be told the interviewer.
in at i am giaa to be back in Portland;
for Portland Is & fine old place. And it
has plckod up so much and seems so
lively. I notice It more since I have
been away. Yea. Portland Is the most
delightful place I know of to spend the
summers. And even If summer Anc
eeem a little slow In coming, I was
glad to see the rain for it made be feei
at home."
Mr. Alexander, be it known. Is mnlrm
of among managerial circles as an un
usual example or quickly earned popu
larity and success. This he tries mnri.
estly to disclaim, even though the press
iuuccb buuw mat in me nair year or so
he spent in Ens-land ha herim. a an.
cial Hon.
"Thoy were very kind to me," he
said, "and gave me good standing. That
was nice, for on my first appearance
in London there were 17 other musical
things the same day and I was fortu
nate to got bo many critics at mine.
T have enjoyed my season in England
very much , I toured the country about
London when 1 first went there and
found the English delightful people to
sing for. because they are so apprecia
tive. There their taste has been edu
cated so long fhat you can go any
where and sing the very best In mu
sical literature and you do not have
to put In some ailly popular thing an
an apology to uneducated tantu
"The only fault I can find With their
is metr using lor the awful bal
lad concerts where you have to sing
about 82 ballads on one program. - No.
I haven't been through that yet, but
I expect to take my ballad Initiation
next year. They all have to take their
turn some time. The musical season
has been very full there this vear, al
ways something to hear."
It is peculiarly fitting that Mr. Alex
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Single Tax Favors Production.
To the Editor of The Journal In
your Issue of the ninth, W. J. Wlmer
Inquires concerning the operation of the
proposed tax assessment and asks a
number of questions that show an hon
est desire on his part to know and at
the same time a woeful lai?k of Informa
tion concerning the matter of land mo
nopoly and taxation that one short com
munication on the subject could hardly
make clear.
He asks about railroads and. In com
mon with many, has suspicions that
railroads would be exempt from taxa
tion under this amendment There is
not a line or letter in the amendment
to Justify this suspicion. The smartest
corporation attorney that ever rode on
a tree pass could not, by any possibil
ity, squeeze a railroad through this
amendment. A railroad is not a dwell
ing. It is not livestock, it is not house
hold furniture, nor is It an improvement
on a farm. It is not a building UBed for
manufacturing purposes, nor is it man
ufacturing machinery.
A railroad, friend Wlmer, mainly con
sists of land. Its right of way Is the
most valuable land in the community.
Its waterfront and terminal holdings
of land levy tribute upon every grain
ana spunier or commerce in the state.
Its millions of acres of timber, mineral.
grazing and agricultural lands consti
tute a principality, the value of which
It ia impossible now to estimate.
On these land values rest the enor
mous issues of watered stock and se
curities. Its rails, ties, denota. warn.
houses, bridges and water tanks do not
amount to as much in proportion to
me total values as a dish-wheeled wairnn
to a section-wide cleared and cultivated
farm. Whatever they are worth cuts
no ngure in consideration or this amend
ment, for not being mentioned in it they
will not be exempt, according to the
highest legal authority of the state
the attorney-general. The railroad beds
and right of way in Oregon, including
street railways and rolling stock, are
assessed for less than $40,000,000, while
the improvements, machinery and live
stock of the farmers of this state are
assessed for over $43,000,000. Railroads
are land values almost entirely and they
would have taxes to pay on their lands,
even if present absurd assessments
should continue.
Friend Wlmer is hazy in his thouehta
and therefore in his queries. He sayji:
high-renting city property, owning no
mail naa a, iiiuiuii luvvMLtfti ill H
lunas, or 11 ne owns a power plant on
some of our rivers worth one million,
why should he go free of all taxes?"
etc. High renting property is high
renting because It is on land. The little
spot of ground on which rests the Swet
lund building in Portland brings into
its owner $23,000 a year for the ground
alone. The man who owns and operates
the building pays that to the ground
owner before he gets a cent for his in
vestment and labor.
In New York city It Is beyond the
possibility of architectural science to
construct a building that It worth as
much as the land covered by it, if lo
cated In the heart of the city. No one
is proposing to let the land escape tax
ation, and this amendment would tax
both business block and land. Read the
amendment, friend Wlmer. The man
with a power plant has land values
more than machinery. The little site
occupied with his dynamos and build
ings is land advantageously situated.
In point of fact, economists would de
fine the water itself as land, for it is a
natural opportunity, coming from and
over land, only obtainable and convert
ible to use on land.
If taxes are taken from livestock,
would that prevent or make difficult
the owning or raising of it? More live
stock is raised by more farmers In New
Zealand than ever before, where no taxes
are Hevled on Improvements or personal
property throughout most of the state.
If taxes are levied on dogs there are
fewer dogs. If on windows, fewer win
dow. This will hold good as to cattle,
too. Homebuilders are rushing Into
Manitoba, where no taxes rest on the
farmer's cattle, horses or machinery.
They do not rush out again, either, but
continue to raise more stock every year.
The same la true of Ontario, Canada;
A bomebullder who ha no taxes to Day
on bis buildings, bis orchards, his stock
and machinery, could surely Nnanage to
do better than with taxes on them. No
farmer In the state, even If holding a
little area for future development, could
be injured by taking taxes off such
thing. If his exempted property Is
only one fifth the value of his lands
he would still have less to pay. In some
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TWO GOOD
130 ACRES
'" Her is one of the best farm in the Willamette valley ttbw offered
at a low price on reasonable terms; 130 acres of rich' river bottom lan l:
SO acres cultivated. 28 acres in hops, 40 acres fine pasture and timber.
Good 7-room house, barn and all other otftbulldings. The hop yard is alt
trelllsed with 16-foot trellis of the very latest and best pattern, and a
fine, double hop-house. There will be over SO tons or hops this season.
Completely equipped with all farm machinery, wagons, etc; R. F. I., milk
. route and within 4hree miles of three good town with good road a Hop
crop will be given to purchaser if old soon.
,-, ; . , $3,000 '
"ISO-acre farm, 14 acres In hay. : A fin orchard of apples, pears,
flums and cherries, and all kinds of -small fruit- Fine 9-roont houne.
arge barn with tal)s for 1$ cow and four horses, alno alt other neces
sary outbuildings. Water in house and at barn. Adjoining ml there
is 2,000 acres of fine range. School house, church and town within oi
mile: R. F.,D. anjl milk route to door. ? The hay and fruit crop v.m
bring $300 thla year. Also farming Ihijplements, lwated In t'olumlii i
countv, only 65 mile from Portland; $700 cash will handle this. vn r
at our office Monday. -.
MARRY E. WACIOrWER CO.
-' cxAjcBza or comkzkcb.
ander should now return to h"tn of
the soloists with the Portland Svm
phony orchestra, as he started the first
stone a-rolllng for the last attempt st
reorganisation. He was most eager an t
enthusfaatle in hi plea that a matinee
organization be started on the subscrip
tion plan which was finally adopted.
"1 nave been so pleased and numrluM
to hear of the orchestra' success here,"
he said, "and 1 think It really remark
able the record you have made for th
first seapon. Every one speak highly
of it And it is a significant fact ihut
even though there have been many
more musical attraction the past year
than ever before the orchestra ha suc
ceeded. J :. think Portland 1 growing
musically."; ? " -
Mr. Alexander expect to return to
England In September to follow the
work begun the past season. Me con
fesses that he did the society end
rather heavily in London this year.
"And of course I sang before royalty,
for that Is something . yr Americans
are always interested in. But my chief
personal impression was that the aueen .
Is very deaf, so I suppose she couldn't
hear me anyway, though I happened to
be in very good voice that day.- I
spent a little time in Italy and did some
studying l there. Of course I had to
adopt tho habit of the English and
play dlaholo, which Is more like work,
and go into the country for "weekends."
which save on the board bills, anyway.
But in reality they are very hospitable '
over there and kind." v
Mr. Sharpe, who la Mr. Alexander's
manager, is also manager for Pad ere w
skl, and when he was hero this winter
he spoke very highly of the Portland
man's talents and said he expects to
make of him a very substantial and
prominent world' star. . Mr, Sharp i
a good manager to work under, Mr. Al
exander finds.. - j v
"He told -me-lie-aM "that -thl -Paderewskl
tour was a terror, and that
the pianist was terribly ripped into but
that he made thousands of dollar more .
than he hod ever made on him before.
But he was glad it was over. And he
might well be, for Paderewskl. played
worse than ho ever ha before."
counties of thla state hi exempted
property might be as low as one seventh
of his land and still he would be even.
A farmer with a farm the value of
which a wlW land would be $4,800,
would need but indifferent buildings,
fences, stock and machinery to have "
$1,200 worth. On the average through
out the state he. has $4 worth of ex- '
empted property, at least, to every $7
worth of land. Many farmer have live
stock alone wortba much a their -land.
n friend Wlmer would think a mm.
ute he will see that any process which
would enable a man to get $1 a pound
for butter and 25 cents 4 pound for
meat would not injure he farmer pay
ing no taxes on his cows and less taxes
tfl the affcrrefirata than v,a na..
Farmers are not leaving New Zealand,
they are going there; and they vote
taxes off their cows and improvements
because It is better for them and the
community. The same a to Manitoba.
The average increase in taxation upon
land values in this state would be about
one sixth if this amendment was in
force. Get down the last -tax receipt.
Brother Wlmer. and figure it out Do
nnt tflbM t K A lam.n.Mnn. mJI . 1
- - - aim uiiamfj
resentations of an old man In a tower, -owning
thousand of acres of Idle land '
and many thousand dollars' worth of'
speculative city lots, as gospel truth.
Don't get scared at bugaboo stories.
Every advance in the world has been
new and fearsome at one time. The
small farmer has everything to gain
and nothing to lose that takes the taxes
from his Improvements. His industry
anrl frita-alitv mnk tti. t v, rnmm. . -
soon worth more than the land. The
worthless hill land would continue io
be worthless and the fertile valley land
continue to have the greater value. To
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not Impair the fertility of the ground
or the productiveness of the tree, nor
yet the demand for apples. Be of good
courage. No pilgrim was ever cast to
the ground by taking hi burden from '
his back. FRED C. DENTON.
Remedy for Trust Evils. ,
To the Editor of The JournalTour
editorial of the 13th Inst., captioned
"A Notable Meeting," contains much
food for thought at thla moment when
a remedy for the evils of monopoly -of
natural resource 1 before . the
people of Oregonr It Is. ar the alngl "
taxAra hftVA Innr MfinvnlMil at.a If. '
ttooseveu nas truly said "the weighti
est problem now before the nation."
It Is strange that Mr. Roosevelt does
not also recognize the fact that all
land is a natural resource and that
the monopoly of city land Is a mo
nopoly of greater . proportion - and
frought with greater danger than those
lands devoted to mineral and lumber
ing pursuits. For monopoly of land
whether It be In the far or near coun
try, the town or city la not only a
menace to what he term "resources."
but a menace to that more precious and
Important, thing, the Jive of men, and t
this of course involves the- further
question of the morals of the nation.
On every hand are increasing evi
dences of degradation, of poverty in
the midst of increasing wealthy of a
vanishing sense of justice, of a neg
lect of those finer qualities whlcli In
dicate the real worth of a people.
The thing, then, to be sought Is a
remedy for the appalling evils whloli
Mr. Roosevelt has pointed to as neces
sary consequences of the monopoly re
ferred to and for the evils of poverty,
vice and a fast-losing aense of lib
erty. In the amendment offered by ths -Oregon
Tax Reform association, the
certain remedy is open to the vote -a
of Oregon and while we must; concede
to Mr. Roosevelt a willingness to take
the truth when he can find it and to
fearlessly utter It we should not fftr
get the earnest struggles of the, sin
gle taxers through whose persistent
and self-denying efforts the realisation
of the truth has come to the chief ex
ecutive of our nation.
The only manner in which to dis
courage the monopoly of natural op
portunity Is to so adjust taxation that
it shall be unprofitable to hold out f
use those natural opportunities nccs
sary to the lives of all. A slntrle tax
on land values will accomplish tlm
remedy and It Is to be earnestly hopi
that the tax amendment will carry nt
the June election. If It does, the state
of Oregon will Jump into a state nf
prosperity never before known, and Mr.
Roosevelt will learn that the idea ha
has set forth is the kernel of tlio
remedy for greater evils than he hud
anticipated. LOUIS BOWERMAN.
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