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A careful Inquiry among; the realty tsrokers who make a specialty -of han dling outstas residence tracts orings to light the fact that the reversions or forfeited - contracts to far . in Port land and vicinity . do not amount - to one per cent of the sales. . one dealer reports that out of several hundred outside lots sold by him In the past r-r "ear jnere nae Deen dui dui uuysr wiro irnored his obllBatlonrsjldTiliowed-the lot, to reven. 10 ine original owner, . Porfeitures Kardly noticeable. Another aRent who has sold over 1.000 lots In Portland suburbs since January 1,' 107, says thst the number or reversions is not over one nan 01 one fier cent. In the half dosen or more nterviews secured by The Journal with i prominent realty dealers In outside property thera is not heard a single peeslmistlo note. All agree that the buveri of suburban . lots are able to meet their obligations and are doing SO. . , ' -. ' The following ezoresatons from well known brokers are typical of the feel ing of the halt anundred men in l'ori-land-who are engaged In bandlln sa- curnnn aounions: f - "Hot over one half of one per csnt. The people of Portland are real home lovers and buy for home building. They take a deep pride in their homes and ven the humblest wage earners are, Tier, batter housed than in other cities. This stimulates the whole movement of lot buying for home building. . Uttls Speculatloa Bars. '"Probably 75 per cent of the lota sold 5n Portland are sold to intending build ers. The spirit of frenzied speculation eo rife in other coast 'cities Is entirely ehaent here; there being none of the .disposition so prevalent elsewhere to r out at the first advance of $25 or $50 per lot. Even those who do buy for rln vestment have every-conf Idence In the solidity of Portland:' her magnificent proepects, and her present progress, and are perfectly -willing to buy and hold for a long period. "Another element In this condition of inridence In the healthfulness of the market Is the widespread realization of the fact that values here are from SO per cent to 50 per cent below other clt ls of the same class. The highest price ever psid here for residence prop erty being 120 per front foot lower than the high-water price in our closest com- Setitor In this regard and averaging ut little more than half the high-water mark of other coast cities. "Added to all this Oregon last year raised more than $150,000,060 of prod ucts for only 700,000 population, an amount not equated by any other com munity In the United States. All f this was- tributary to Portland, conse onently the amount of wealth per cap Ita is larger here than in any other tl-.;t!l Aj-artiiiciit Housa xx lUl xm -. t.i,.--f I J---:.iduJ- life . L i-" , ,' X' " wnr-- . ... I ; : m.xl y ; jj .M - J CLIFTOJ tat In tha Union, and this gives our people -a greater home-owning capacity than Is the case elsewhere." On Tlrm's Balsa. "In a-littla-over a year' alnca the opening of the great tract of land eat of Irvlngton, now well known as Rose City Park,", said Allen B. Slauson, man ager of the realty department of Hart- man Thompson, "w have sold over TZt tots at an average price or mw pot . Including that sold as acreag or nearly S 300.000 worth of property. This does - not, however, Include the 180 acres sold to the Jaoob-Stlne com pany ana platted as Bene crest, nor tne es seres sola to tne country ctuo and Livestock association. - "Rose Cltr Park Is Improved prop erty. The streets are graded, water mains and cement sidewalks laid, all readv for the horns builder, and these improvements are all Included In the price of the lot. Nearly all our pur chasers are home builders, either those wno are wisely - looking ahead to the time when the business houses and manufacturing interests have made the west aide an undesirable residence lo cality, or thosa who are just (retting a start in life and saving for a home. " j "With purchasers of this character, j therefore, it Is not surprising that pay-! ments . have been mad promptly on their contracts, almost without excep- tlAit rttirfnflr hunk hnlldavfl m f rt w purchasers took advantage of the clause In our contracts granting an extension of ' time for payment upon written ap plication, but with the exception of lees than hair a nosen tnese nave au caugnc up with back payments. - "Only-four lots have been surrendered, two of these by a young man the serioes Illness of whose wife put hlrrt to nreat expense and the ether two by purchas ers who loaded up with a little, more than they could carry. ; In : each caae the money paid In has been refunded. A number -of houses were built last vear and more are building this spring. Bpeclal Inducements are offered to home builders." - H Spanton Oompaay's gUtazaant. . "The Spanton company's clients -sr paving their monthly- installments as promptly as they were at this time last year. Since October 1 we have not had but three reversions snd these were caused by people leaving the city. On the other hand - sine the first of 'the vr about one fifth of our entire con tracts have beeaj paid up in full, so that thre is money among all classes of peo ple In Portland. W do not know of a single one or our clients - who have 1 ' ; ' iZiZF n rrixt XttvyAjj- . -- - "" ' - - ' ..... bt jf r . j iv - - rfffinii .vm i FouriKsuai end balmon Streets. I. THE , OREGON SUNDAY : JOURNAL", PORTLAND, -SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 31, P i i K bought property on tne Installment plan inai are out oi employment. "So 'far thla month we have sold 111 lots and several deals that, are pending can be consummated by the f irst of the month and we will have sold, about 150 lots. We believe that the - suburban tracts are going to continue to sell in the future much more rapidly than they have in the past and we are In the mar ket for any acreage at the right prise that is adjacent to streetcar lines. "It seems that the eity is growing In all directions. Property In South Portland is moving very rapidly, aleo East Portland and the Peninsula. It is fact also that the majority of the people on meeta in tne east are conr templating a trip to Oregon with the view of getting Into a new business In this country ana mere are peopie irura all parts of the east coming into the city every oay. . .. "We hive several reasons for an un limited faith in th suburbs of Port land. Probably one of the best reasons m that tnit wnainnTV or me Deouia uuy ing suburban lots are buying them with the Intention of building a home and on every suburban property of merit In Portland can be seen new buildings be ing built all the time. "Innthor reaaon ta that BO One W.'ll doubt that Portland Is growing at least 16,000 in population per year and that this population will Increase every year. That tor ao.uuu peopie n wouiu mun at least 6,500 homes, .that moet people build on two lots In the suburbs, on lots measuring 50x100. This would re quire 11,000 lots placed on the market every year or approximately 2,600 acres. Outside of the Bwift Packing companya properties, (which are not yet platted), there has- not been platted i over 860 acres during the year 1908." KbMw-Tmue Company. "Ne it has not been our ; experience in handling properties to have purchas ers under contract forfeit them by rea son of failure to mee their payments. On the contrary, w jwldom have a for feiture from any cause, we nave pur chased and sold a large amount of acre age, the most of which has been paid for. ' We have taken back not to ex ceed half a dosen properties and In each Instance returned ; tne- run amoui puiu to us. Of course we have used care in dealing only in the pest or tanas, ana have given to our customers the full equivalent of their money paid to us. Why should there be forfeitures when not one who has had his property for six months or longer but can sell for much mora than, he paid for it? Peode are buying tor homes and ror legitimate investment, and so tar as offer any thing that will not stand the closest investigation. 1 1 nat our pa trons are satisfied, I can say a large percentage have purchased a second time, end many have added a third and a fourth portion to tneir noiainga. jjoen that look like reckless ouying and whole sale forfeitures?" - . Watches auction, Metsger, 342 Wash ington street.-. TWO MOTHEBS-IN-LATV . BLAMED FOE BREAK r Philadelphia. May JS. There wasn't tinythlng . wrong between Nathaniel Aarons and his wife, according to tne story of the roan In desertion court res- t rlv. except that he and his mother. in-law were not- made to agree. He n.iitiin'1 Ktsnd her and so tie left her. From the tale of the wife It aopeir,d that ahe did not have a great dMl against her .husBand but ' sho - just couldn't live with his mother. When he offTd to provide a home .for her without mother-in-law, however, she passed. She said she had suffered so much cnhapplnees during the last three rears that she thought she would remain- with her mother at - 2586 , North Napa atreetr where she .wm sure of a The Aarons have beet. v married three vears.' mthsnier aarons is a eaicsman in- a idowutown clothing store. . After their wedding they went to live with Aarons' mother. -- So unsatisfactory did the relstions between the wife and the mother-in-law become . that , she per suaded her husbaJid to try ner mother far a change. . - ' .-- ... So the two pocked their beggng and Went to the bride's home. But once there, it 'became patent that they had J.impel from the frying pan into the fire. Aarons didn't like the domination of h!a mothr-in-lw, although.. Mrm Anrons did not protest Of th thre years of married llf th Aarons have lived together, only J months. Judge Brpgy deciied that If Aarons wanted hi wife to live with him sgaln. he would have to begin to woo her all over... In th meantime he ordure Aarons to pay his .wife IS a weekf , " ' - : , ' . I. I. . .1 i ' f Watches auction, Metzger,' 141 Wash legtou -.street, w - i, j N I tilt - p-r . I Maa mmm T- " ' il 1 1 i i fiMMMWnMMMWWMMBMIBIMM Illlllllllllllll H'l I M l FA R W SMALL TRACTS Men of Eastern and Middle Western States Attract- :, ed to Oregon lands. V. Vincent Joneg,'' general manager of th farm lands department of th Ja- coba-Btin company, has th following to aay of market condition In that line of th realty business: "Our company In addition to Us elty business has taken up the handling of farm and timber lands In ail parts of th northwest and is ranidlv. establish.. ing branch offices in all the Important cities and towns, each one in charge of a specialist in .the crops of that sec tion. This we are dolne In order to be able to give the most careful and con scientious- service to the thousands of newcomers to this favored land. I have been matins ' a;. number of trips over this state and hav driven over con siderable of our best farming territory and the three . things which - Impressed me most aeepiy were in in order or their importance aa follows: ' First, the evident satisfaction every where of our farmers with their lot in life. I hav mingled extensively with the . rural population In many portion of our i eastern and : central ' western states and -have always found more or less discouragement and dissatisfaction with conditions of. climate, soil or mar kets. Here In our equable climate, with our soil - of marvelous fertility and a demand for more of everything than we can produce, a complaint or a dis heartened farmer is a rartty indeed. "Second, the tremendous volume of Inquiry from . every part of the United States and even foreign lands regard ing tnis section. - ueaiers in small towns everywhere report that wher two years ago thev settled one famtlv a month in their section,' they now set tle from a half a dosen to a dosen, and mey say tne inquiries are row piling In faster than ever, due, no doubt, to the extensive advertising- of the past two "ears. Many of thesa lnmilrr write that if they decided to come they will bring from three to a dozon others with them. A great many of these ped- ?le write that they have from $1,000 to 10.000 and most of them ask for small tracts. , . ,. "Third, there is an Increastn num. ber of large tracts being offered for sub-division into five, 10 and 80-acre tracts, which shows that this demand will be met and th land more inten sively cultivated than has been the case In the past. , ... , v "Mark my words this very tendency to break up these large holdlnra nn'-t settle the eonntr thickly with an in telligent Class of small firmin wWn have come her with money enough to start rlirtit, will do more to build up Portland than any other on thing. " ' KEY TO AXANCIEXT . : CALENDAR FOUND : London, May IS. A key to Israel's ancient calendar ha Just been discov ered In Egypt.1. E. B. Knobel, in a paper read before the Royal Astronomical so ciety, described tha finding of ancient Hebrew documents by which has been established the method of time meas urement among th Israelites In th time of Nebuchadnessar. ? ' Some papyri discovered at this place and translated recently by Professor Sayce and Mr. Cowley, contain contracts dated according to both th Egyptian and Jewish calendars. As the Egyptian calendar la perfectly well known to $ t, it is now possible . to reconstruct tn Jewish calendar, ... . , , . .. ; -Mr. Knobel'a : reconstruction shows that the Jewish calendar in use at th period In question. was one derived, not from -actual- observation of .th n..i appearance of the new moon, but from calculation.. This calculation was clear ly based upon a knowledge of the fact m ii eoiar yra.ru contain an exact number of lunar months fact maHo us of in the "Golden Number" of the Prayer Book tables for finding-Easter. The discovery of this cycle Is -imuaiiw ascribed to Meton the Greek, bflt it is now cloar that It was in regular use among th Jews long before tA time. ,u-.;v"" sVMsssVBHssl BETTER HARBORS II Congressman Randsell Gires ' Some Excellent AdTice' oh How to Secure Them. (Washington Boreas ef The Journal.) Washington. May It. "If th friends of adequate measures for th lmprovo ment of rivers and harbors keep up their insistence and If they unit In k determined effort., th coming session of. congress will witness the enact roent of the best river and harbor law ever adopted In this oountry and that will be followed by annual bills, . with Issuance of bonds, if necessary. 1 Congressman ' Ransdell of Louisiana, president of th national rivers and harbor 'convention, gave utterance to th foregoing, in discussing th pros pect r for accomplishing - th . result aimed at by th organization of which n is tne neaa. ho aaaea BnoonraglBg Ontlookr ."After carefully reviewing th field. consulting with the directors of our as sociation who met ber during the gov ernor' conference, and - reducing our deliberations to. definite expression, tha foregoing gives my belief. Everything encouragea us th - growth of senti ment , among th strong business and commercial interests, the education of the people In th possibilities of ade quate water transportation facilities, the active propaganda which has been carried on; all of these things point to success. W ! find that among th members of th congress sentiment Is increasingly- In our favor.t They are mora and - more realizing that - relief from congested traffic, and too high car. ryinr charges must be had by means of improving ' the waterways and en couraging th water transportation. "But our frlenus are often Inter mittent in their efforts, and Inatead of keeping everlastingly at It, they some times quit for a time, and permit th subject to get cold in the minds of th local peopl. . Vtllls Stmt Effort. "From Louisiana and Arkansas to the Columbia river and Puget sound th people must utilize every- effort and bring to bear on their senators and rep- resentatlves that pressure, wh.cn ira wn.cu wui y them. bring results In action by them, It Is a large project: it Involves th expenditure of not less than f 500,000,000 and that gives pause to some who hav not calculated th advantages - which would flow back to th nation from th Investment of that amount of money. But It will pay largely on .xh.; invest ment.' - "Th entir- world discussed the Isth mus of Panama for 400 years; and th national platforms of both of the two great parties contained Indorsements of the project for 12 years before final decision was' obtained from the eon- frees. That uius.rates tne necessity n this case that of pressing the repre- Knta.tlva in the congress to carry intoaffect what- undoubtedly today la the unIfleTdemandf " tliSbuslnoss and commercial concerns of th nation." Bend. reitUTM.::V.,:-; - Congressman Itansdell , urges - that commercial bodies - begin at once to prepare to send adequate representa tion to the rivers and harbors conven tion to meet here December 9 .to 11, and that eoincldently the same- Influ ences get to work, on the senators and representatives and induce them to do more than merely declare that they ar provement, habit which has been ac-l III L ckwr . ' - . wu , quired by candidates for congress, and too often cured when they reach Wash ington. .; -.:'-..:-.'' ..' those who have watched the situation throughout the winter realize that most of the members of th congress were afraid of taking a too pronounced stand early in the session t because they wanted good committee assignments snd -theyi did not care to. anger the speaker and his closest associates' who bad decided- there would be -no river and harbor bill this season.. It . is thought by many that that was th rea son no bill i was .drafted. - To prompt members to make their demands here after and stand by. them is the object of the riyers and harbors convention.. x --'' i... -i -. ; - x Th man who won't I leave it to the people, thev shmtlrf . i.nv. t. TU 10 OTCr PC till II II 010 L iUL life. . T - 1S08. , t ,. . .v 1 t . j. . v . . .... o.v JEVnAT5 OP AJXKITECX cJAC0&BJEXGtR6-w&JACKSOJf. FAVOKS COMRADESHIP INSTEAD OF MAEKIAGE Cincinnati -Professor . Who , Refnses to Resign Hag Startling' Cincinnati, ' May 46. Professor H. Heath Bawden, whose resignation as prbfesaor of philosophy ,at th Uni versity of Cincinnati has been demanded by President Dabney. because ot Pro fessor Bawden' prlvat views on mar riage and sociology, was at his post as usual today, his classes being wall at tended. He will not be suspended at present. . -J ' As Profesiior Bawden has mad a pro test against handing In his resignation. President Dabney says he is disposed to give him a fair hearing. Professor Bawden today gave a lone statement of his -case, including his ?lewa on marriage. After expressing alth In the American public's judgment and hi willingness to abide by It. he says. In substance: ''I believe in freedom f association of th sexes and in msrrlag based on comradeship. Th only limit I would Impose on sexual promiscuity would be the esthetic ideal Of comradeship on th moral side and th necessary restric tions of stlrpicultur on tha physical side." - - - He approve th marriage, but In LIBRARY VOTING CONTEST A 500 library given away absolutely free. 'An elegant library ef 109 volume md handsome golden oak cases will b given to th lodge, school, church, club or society la Portland securing th largest number of Totes. Vote will be Issued with pald-ln-advanc subscriptions to Th Journal aa fol , lows: .. One year, 17.60. 7B0 .votes, six months. , $8.75, 100 votes: three months. I1.9S, 126 votes; on, month, 6& cents, 40 votea and every merchant liated below will glv with each 10-cent purchase on 'vote. At th close of the contest the lodge, school, church, club or society mmIv. Ing th largest number of vote will b awarded th library complet!wltV case. Current account when promptly paid ar entitled to votes. The library is on exhibitiomln th window of th east side office. lo East Morrison .tref Ballot boxes are located at Holsman's jewelry star. 14 Third street Whit. K vi. I. -mi un ..u. v v " , ..wau iiiu arilK inrin 1T1 il Bull ...... v,!;,- -ii .hniA k. j.nn.n. . ir AS .rruV?' ' . usse street, wher all votes should be deposited. - chant atid f et busy with tn votes; . W. K. MAJUCSX& ft CO, dry goods. clothing and ahoca, 189 to SS4 East Mor rlson street. L nOZJBhtAM. Jowler, 149 . Third street Main 8119. ' . --i O. K. ROrSTSATXS. photographar. lfbtt Third street, facino litv. KABDExiiT niinru at itob. AOS CO., office and warehouse 111-111 Mortn eixtn street, main mio. jw. BJ I. E. BBAnTAJtO CO, sporting goods. 121 Grand avenue, itaat iss. ZiXBEsrr coax zoi ornc 111 Pin strMt. Horn A-llzt. Mala TT7Z.CAV CO AZi CO. offlo 9Z9 Bum. aid street :. Main 1776. Arl77. KXTSCH ft OBTXB-. merchant tailors. 126 KUrk street Peetri io. , OBEoozr KIWI CO. 'cigars and news. 141 blxtn street -. . ,. i . W. B. rXitrr. plumbing and gas fit ting. i.u -wiiuama avenue, juusi . r. a. imsorg wxxtb rion tX.va STOBJJ, US Grand av. E. 1661. ; B. WXXXiZTT, grocer. 12t Orand avenue. ; B-HOl. Kast ' - i ' THJQ KODIL BABBSB SHOP, finest snop in w vilj. diiw vuw. BIASOSIC TEMPLE GBOOXIBT. 18 lamhia , corner i'ars. auun mix. A-S7S7. - - CHICAGO XABXTT, meat. 197 Third street Wain 41. . IIOSBIKOH BXJBCntXCAXi CO. 91 East Morrison street East 1129. B-K26. WATTB-KATTKIBU CO. " druggists, 176 Russell street East 441 SB. 1.. B. WBIOXT, dentist Ut Washington, corner Seventh. . Main 9119. AtlCl BTBTCB, , fin - mUltnary, : ti Washington street- RKA3TZS ft fAxoH. wood dealers, yard Kast !gbth and Main street. ast 116. - - - . ' BXTTTBB-HlTT BBBA9 CO, corner Second and Columbia streets; retail 146 Tntrd street ' . UOOSB BBOS, esst eld nsws deal ers and confectionery. Williams aveau and Russell street East 4109. . XL A. KoAOAKB, bicycles and sport ing goods, Williams avenue and Knott street- East US.. - ' . WTUJ1KT ATE. TTSCBBE&&A AO- TORT. umbrellas snd leather goods. 644 1 Williams av. C-1004.' r ' 1 Jj ' ii .'i A: 11 8 - . t ; i - ; f w i-J sists that comradeship rather than love Is th essential. He "derogates the finality , of mar riage and aoclal stigma which1 attaches to divorce," and "believes with Plato that th state should subsidize ma ternity. I believe that th individual, and not th family, is the proper unit of political and social organization," he say a .. ' BETRAYS SOft TO COPS IN PATHETIC LETTER . Bloomshurg. Pa., May 2J. In a letter of .warning written by Reuben Snyder,, of Centralla, to hi son George, in hid ing in Harrisburg. telling the son the polic were searching for biro, th father unconsciously furnished the clue whicfi led to th boy's arrest there, ac cused of several crimes. After telling th boy of his danger th letter said: "And if you don't never mean to com back, why me and mam say good bye to you. Bhe's all broke up about it. and so am I. Tou had better go away from here farther away, and some tim writ t ua again. If you do writ sign your name in some other way. Mam says good-bye." The letter was delivered to another George Snyder, at Harrisburg. and h turned It over to the police, who made th capture when th letter was called for. Snyder, who Is 1 years old. is charged with robbing Joseph HImelua Watches auction. Metzger, 141 Wash- Ington street wiin ins loiiowmg mer- n en E' FVRM5HERS -TA.?50B TBTOaf, piumbing tad ga flttlpg. 108 Pin atret OB9TBl Wiania .- -.... . . BO-tltB, wsllnaoer. nsintnr and cortor. 104 Union ave. st 1096V- WaThinVto? uTrfSliiVrh 491 ar" " nAVW. barber. 949 Williams H U TULrm a, rr m ' .. p.lnta,:4T6- Morrlsonst MainP IBnl. !rf.i . ,.TKt norlst 180 Fifth St. opp. Meier A Frank. s Ma5i 721. QtTEBV tllTT nwmA . ... WOXU, liT Grand avl Kt sift . TJBTrrcmn rmrt mt ... . short wood. B-1681; East 9081. ?ffic and yard Thlrty-sixtt and Hawthorns . o. Xb .OuEOa. t insmith. 1S drand avenue; . Fst. 4C08. r ..-; . BAXEB. orjtirlsn. ; Ttr n T 1 1 1. .. sUtsnt Main 1974. 'Mil eth'at XOBTBWE9T ami ev . goods. 119 Jd st- Main 1006. . " CO&ESXAlt- BJJUW1XI CO. v h. ' ware, mechanics' tools and cutlery. lOi Id st Ma:n 187. , J..' STTBEKA OABBIAOB vom iu.. and repairers of carriages and wagous. Ill Burnslda-Phclflo 2047. X WOODUVH &AUITSBY CO Rough r7. mnA-r "i9114- )Vorfc - Woodlaii 139. 427 Dekum av. -v f - JOBS PCHMffffTiH rirnntn- ' '. dyeing; quick work. (5 6th st COLUMBIA riSK CO-Flsh. oysters, poultry, butter, eggs. etc. Main A-S566. Third and Ankeny : sts. i , . W. W. lOaaiLl ft CO. meats. Wood iawn 8; C-mS. 714 Union ave. north. POBTX.ABTJ TEVT ft AWnilTO CO, tents and awnings, window awnings and porch curtains a specialty. 16 N. Front. U. 8. LIE-Real estate and Invest tnenta Room 111 Corbetl bids. Mnla .1 6S60. I