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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 2,
1908.
BUSINESS LOTS SELL FOR FIRST TIME AT $5000 PER FOOT
Unprecedented Upward Tendency Shown
in Value of Downtown Tracts by Im
portant Sales Made During Past Three
Weeks New Buildings Assured.
Rapid Transformation of Business Sec
tionTwo Large Buildings to Replace
Old Structures Standing on Valuable
Sites Purchased by T. B. Wilcox.
The local realty market for the week
Just closed bears ft close resemblance.
to the exciting weeks of the earl? days
of 1907, when sales In the business dls
. trlct were of dally occurrence and the
' weekly totals frequently reached the
million dollar mark.
Last week's sales, however, are of
more Importance to Portland tljan the
"'" heavy transaction of two yeats ago,
- which were largely speculative, while
very large transaction made last week
means tne erection or one more ursi
olass building; In the down-town district
For the first time In the history of
Portland business property was sola at
a rate equal to $5,000 per front root,
while in numerous Instances property
In the business districts of Heattie and
Los Angeles the two Paclflo coast
cities in Portland's class have brought
this gum.
Ttobar Za Clear.
Portland's horizon has been greatly
widened In the piut year. People now
see the future In a clearer light and
Clsoernlng men are connuent that Fort-
land will have a population of 600,000
by 1920. This means the trebling of
all property values here long before that
date, in Pittsburg;, Buffalo and Cleve
land all cities having less than 800,000
population, there are numerous favor
ably situated corners In the retail dis
tricts that cannot be touched for less
than 112,000 the front foot, while one
of the principal corners in the former
city was sold last .year for 113,600 a
foot. As was said several days ago by
Theodore B. Wilcox and printed at tho
time In The Journal:
"Portland property was never so
cbeaD as it is now. I resard the corner
at Seventh and Stark streets recently
f urohaeed by me for JHo ooo as a bet
er bargain than the same property
would have been three years ago at
160,000 leas. Three years ago the fu
ture of this city was not assured, while
now It Is plain that Portland Is the
metropolis of the Pacific northwest,
and every year Its great superiority
over its rivals will become more mani
fest. Then, I was not certain that I
wanted to make heavy permanent In
vestments in Portland now 1 am cer
tain that 1 don't want to make them
anywhere else."
Week's Important Sals.
The purchase of the southeast corner
Of Sixth and Washington streets the
I-Abbe corner by Mr. Wilcox waa tho
most Important realty transaction that
has occurred In Portland In the past
12 months. It was not only significant
manufacturing sites, while the higher
ground will he platted anil pot on the
market as n townslte. This Is hut one
of scores of deals In lands lying along
the Columbia slough that have been
made In the past two years, all told In-
HST BEACH
isicwrociTy
The NYhoKm Bay Iand company has
ii Important announcement In today's
Journal concerning the nearest ocean
beach to Portland. Necarney City Is
the new beuch and Is a beautiful tract
of 1C4 acres about 67 miles nearly due
west of Portland anl about a mile and
u half north of Nrlmlcrn Hay park
iNecnrney city tins one hair mile or
ocean mintage. it is n. i.atural puik
overed with groves of second growth
llr, spruce and hemlock. This beach Is
the site of the original discovery of the
famous. N'ehalem bav so-called Ihu'swhx,
the original owner having gathered and
sold over $1,000 worth of this strange
product. llelng 60 miles nearer 1'ort
l.i i d than Seaside It Is expected that
the beach, which is now put on the mar
ket for the Mist time, will sell rapidly.
Lots are 60x100 feet and every lot will
face on a street. lfor the opening an
nouncement lols are offered at the very
low price of $50, on easy terms anl
everv purchaser will get an allotment
number which entitles him or her to
participate. In the free, distribution of
34 lots.
When the Lytic road from Ilillsboro
to Nehalem Kay and Tillamook is com
pleted Necaruey City and Nehalem Bay
park win be .'0
than the Tillamook bay beaches, A
study of tho Illustration In todays
Journal will he profitable. The Paclflo
Jtallwuy Navigation ooiupany hua
commuted 20 miles of road from Hills
boro to lluxton and 300 feet of tunnel
through the mountains leading to the
head of the Nehalem river, which I
only about 20 miles from Nehaluin bay.
Tho Nehalem Hay Park company will
gladly glvo full information at t hoi r
offices. 1000 Williams avenue and room
t. Chamber of Commerce.
HANDSOME NEW HOME
IN IIOLLADAY IUMv
Mrs. J p. Colburn la erecting one of
the handsomest of the new homes go
ing up In the Hollailay park addition.
at the southwest corner of East Six
teenth nnd Halsey streets. The build
ing is n two-story frame, eontitilng
12 rooms, and will cost whenT-om-pleted
about $10,000. The Interior fin
ish Is being done In select Oregon fir.
with hardwood iloorn tho lower floor
In oak and the upper In rminle. K In
to be strain heated and Is provided with
all tfie modern conveniences.
The plans were designed by Architect
A. H. Knbrr, the style of architecture
being modern Knglisll. Contractor T. C.
lielchle has tho general contract for
Us construction.
CORNELIUS SELLS
BLOCK ON OAK
Proiier Knough.
From the Kxohange
Oonkley Old you ever notice that the
average poet. In describing a winter
landscape, always speaks of lis "munllo
of snow?"
Jonkley -Quite naturallv. too. That
miles nearer Pnrtluiul mantle of snow Is the land's cape.
Dr. C. W. Cornelius has sold to L. W.
Watts a 25 by 100 foot lot, covered by
a threo-story brick building, located on
Oak streot between Front and First
atreots. for 127,6,00. This property was
purchased by Dr. Cornelius about one
year ago ror 21,000.
1. W. Wright has purchased from T.
. Ihinhar. executor, the east lislf of
ots 6 and 6. In the south half nt dmilila
oiock j, ror xi&.izb.
Imnlel 1. llusbv has closed a denl
with W. u Dlcl for the purchase of
me south nair or lot l, block 8, Abend's
uddltlon; consideration 16.600.
Harry W. Peterson has purchased
from John I,. Henderson a house and
lot In llolladay Park addition for 14,000.
Siii;rc(Ioii for Dr. Wiley.
From tho Independent.
It Is no Joke, but serious and sensi
ble proposition made by a commission
or the Kiisslun uuma, that the Imperial
eagle hlthorto placed on labels attached
to bottles of vodka, which Is a stato
monopoly, he replaced hy n skull and
hones, indicating Its poisonous and dan
gerous character.
UI RECORD MADE
1 WEEK'S REALTY DEALS
Downtown Section Marked by Vast Im
provement on Numerous Prominent
Business Corners Old Shacks Re
placed by Modern Structures.
Pleasure Is one of the things that are
harder to forego than to go for.
NEW HOMES IN HOLLADAY PARK ADDITION 1 1
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Corners In business section to
be Immediately improved:
Southeast corner Washington
and Sixth 10-story office struc
ture. Southeast corner Stark and
Seventh 8-story hotel annex.
Southeast corner Sixth and
Alder 10-story for Meier &
Frank.
Northwest corner Fifth and
Stark 4-story for Oay Lombard.
Southwest corner Second and
Yamhill 4-story for Chinese
syndicate.
Northwest corner Fourth and
Alder 6-story for Hotel Im
provement company.
Southwest corner Fourth and
Oak 4 -story office for Charles
K. Henry.
Group of elegant new residences on Kast Seventeenth street, between Clackamas and llalsey streets. The building on the rlpht la
the nearly completed home of William McMurray, general passenger agent of the Harrlman lines In Oregon. The design of this building la
altogether different from tho prevailing styles of architecture, eo much employed by builders of the better class of Portland residences. Th-e
other two houses in the group were' built by Contractors Carlander and Rice, who are among tho largest holders of improved property In the
Irvlngton and llolladay Park additions, they having built more than 2 0 handsome homos in that district In the past few vears.
Never before In the history of the
downtown business section of Portland
as there been In evidence such Impetus
In new construction work as Is existent
at the present time. On seven of the
most prominent corners work on new and
up-to-uati! office buildings or hotels has
started or will start within the next
tew weeks, and today there Is no indi
cation that there will be the slightest
abeyance or een temporary suspension
of the marked Improvement scheduled
for all sections of tho business district.
Not alone are these new offices, hotels
anil store annexes to improve the retail i
and business region of tho city, but
puiuinouut from a civic hcauty point Of
view Is the refreshing knowledge that
old shacks frame structures which
have weathered tho storms ajnt unkindly
remarks trr visitors to PortJund for a
score and more of years are at last to
bo torn down and replaced by types of
modern architecture.
On all of the corners listed in the
schedule of Immediate Improvement, the
city has been forced tor months to view
with Ill-concealed chagrin and civic
Hlmme, tbe tattered, torn and half-dismantled,
antiquated buildings, long
since passed bi yund the pale of useful
!i. 'K and Rrraee.
Within a few months these bulldlnRS
and resemblances of buildings will be
raxed. In their destruction Portland
will witness with a relish the passing
awu.v of numerous eye-sores.
There still remains numerous other
corners '.n I'ortlnnl which should ro
celve the same treatment. The prlcn
paid by T. H. Wilcox for the corner at
Portland has too much frame work,
not alone In Its business section, but In
the residence districts as well. Throe
and four-story frame upartment houses,,
at tho mercy of any conflagration which
starts, are common sights. They con
tinue to go up in all sections of the
city.
To prevent their construction Is lm-
fiosslblo without an extension of the tire
Imita which, like Denver, should pre
vent the bulldlntf of any structuro with
in the city limits unless constructed of
stone, brick or concrete.
Portland faces the double handicap of
being without alloys. Hence, righting
flro is a difficult proposition. That was
shown conclusively during the past
woeic in uie norm end nre. n lias noun
shown conclusively In other bitr fires
which have swept sections of Portland.
I.et a fire originate in any residence
portion of Portland today, braced bv a
strong wind like the one blowing wheu
tho north end fire started last week,
with no brick structures to check th
advance of flames, no alley-ways In
which the firemen could work against
the conflagration, everything frame. In
cluding private dwellings and apartment
houses what havoc would be wrought?
No estimate can be placed on tho thou
sands and millions which would go up In
smoKe. it nas Happened in ouier oiues,
why not in Portland.
The way to prevent a wholesaldls
aster of this character, which Is more)
apt to como to Portland than any other
city of Its size, because of its short
blocks, narrow streets and lack of alleys
and tremendous amount of frame build
ings, is to extend the Are limits. Den
ver has set the pace by including every
thing Inside of tho city limits wlthla
Its tire limits.
Perhaps objection to that oourse
would be too strong for Portland to
overcome, but the flro district oould at
least be extended over a large portion
of the residence district ana made to
apply in the construction of all future
builillngs. Civic elegance would not only
be given a mighty impetus, but safety
assured as well.
BUYING ACTIVE IN
COUNCIL CREST PARK
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The John .J. Sharkey company report
much activity In Council Crest Park,
which they recently put on the market.
Bull Hun water Is assured for ths park
within 90 days and many who have de
ferred building until the water service
was assured will erect handsome and
costly homes throughout the traot
which commands a beautiful view ot
city. valley, rivers and mountains.
Streets are being graded, rt Is expeoted
that ths whole traot will be sold out
this fall.
STOLEN INVENTIONS
Coulburn Residence, East Sixteenth and Halsey Streets.
as showing a very larpe Increase In
Washington street vaiues within two
years, but it renders certain the fat
that the antiquated frame buildings on
one of the most valuable corners In the
city are soon to give place to a modern
fireproof ten-story building.
Another announcement of no less im
portance to Portland was the positive
statement that Mr. Wilcox would at
volvlng a sum upward of I.'.OOO o.io
Tuesday Lowens. hn l:ros. . ..d
Eugene lloch. the Fourth Ktre, t 1:l
chant, a to-foot lot on the i at h
of Sixth street between Fiar.d. r a
(lllsan streets for .'f''.'jaO. Mr. !!
announces that ho made the ; i
Rs a permanent Invn-i tn. nt i 1 wi;; ,
imdlately Improve It v. Irs. a brick bul
lng.
Bman Deals Vttmnoiu.
rmaner aeais were t-unirro!.
than for ar.y w --k In seven
U. R. Dishman's Bungalow, East( Seventeenth and Halsey Streets.
ODDFELLOWS TO LAY CORNERSTONE
once Improve his recently purchasd
iiiui ra.nu .-lai Bi.ivri.7i rirmnri Utti8 were r'U;l:rro, Vn r j
in u way iuai win t.e in Keeping with 1 than ror ar.v w f--k In severs, mo-' .
the value of the sltrt ar.d that will re- I Involving all r;.,:-s. s ..f res'. 'en. t".
fleet no discredit on the splendid class ert.v. and a r.t.n.t.' r "f o jts'Je acre.-ie '
of Improvements nn the surrounding' tracts ;.rge .1 Watts foil to '
property. The bulTdlng Is to be an j Oien Harbor Itl'v company' a t- V.-t
I ert y Is t
Snd t -for
f M
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t he r,. are , -h-.- r,f
eignt-story rireproof struetvre of rt- 1 ci.ntalnirr Inf,
enforced concrete and stel frame con- I nar I.lnntor; :
Ptruction and will ot aj prox lma!l y j has a r! er ft
$-6O;00. It is to Ne LPed as an annex' rxtenis w!.
to the Imperial hotel I skirt tt.e w'nt
Balld Hew Hlgli School. rJver - v'
.JJ. 't J irir.g t;,e ,at week j r; f0,!;:; ..
Chaii the hloek boor. '.-.I hi- i'ry.r
Ia:s, Fr t-e-.tt. II ' g-. t er n t h
streets find would b-t'l I t. U a" tn--!.-rr
iir proor ni:i f t, . i t,, -.tk
or the fran,.- r-.j d:,.K h: K.oire t-th ard
Alder etreetv , m k helnr.rt-d to
ir. w. ., s r.l:.-,t..s. i:. tn.- K-ke:.ti
et?te snd I " H'--v J .rifi, Br,d w
old for a ..n!d-'at!on f IICO CM.
The deal was 'frede thr o:rh the acn -v
of Chnrles K T J . i;r-- S..n. a.-ti-.e for
the e) oo! bt,r ! t'ror . mt!. -'on
f thU itni't ;re ' .r"r.J :.: nae
three mnilf 'j:h f i-n.r
tjarle K hiprv, who
purehsxef! fee vacant
otbwet rurner .f Fourth end
,nT '2r'vB. has since bn '
w-m-rea an invinN of 110 cm hit
Mr. Henry declined to mniM.,
'1 the rl vi r : nt
r S-a o.,o. The prc;.e.. tv 1
: it- . 1 .;..f. f, -t Rnd ,
k :-t , . ,,
I -of the t i,.Hrr.-fe '
M i-m I'srlf:- 1 nrl
i .ways' i r -,j 11-it
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at ' e j ; ; T r, ; - t p
rr r.j-.d w I.- res- rel
as
4 i a. -re r , i
hyivau. J he r-o; ert y m
3 H. ir a-.d wan m; j
This aereite tn "e r i
w eet of : ee r'tv t ' t -
ceveloped as a r .It o
to the nw SaJem e:e-trlr
'ts
line
- 1 th pur- i
''I near
owned by '
f"T f.'"1. I
lat rirt . t ;
rip. ,,y
r.earneas
A Ml lace Power,
F'om t!.
I' Faturd.ivl a rnltimbn
' "r n !- 6fl rt m. rr.Rn n
v.'.-r.bus r'lsparch.
f:rm had an arint
a itr.i.l country town
' Jr. K in O:, ! envl nf'rr Inrff hu kfltmiea
to ef.iiect de"rrcln1 to do s.)mthtn
iadieR- Bo they wrr!e a lettr to the
potn.Rtr of t; e town and feakd In-
-l.able bu.tne.. hottH the ,its I 'j V? "-nlns; the in-nbAtt:
fee a. satisfactory arranffemenis caoi 7,V vJ mTTJ i10-1 Wt 7 Vhr h
W mad for leaain the premie, I M" bt ' ,nJ hat fc"1'1 rf mn
Portland and A. tori a capitalists .L.Tt'''?''r!:i V"1.41'1 !f h n0
1 acres m the r-nlnayla aijotnlra t I rlSTT?;,? Justly of th peace for
the tratti ,L1 " . . w7r "T ' rrnm
U.Jji .something like this
about h',ni you ar. seeking tnforma
. L T" ' Jh" Smith iiwini.
Sixth and Washington during the past
week Indicates the steady and substan
tial Increase per foot front of building
sites in the business section. In conse
quence. It Is nothlriK If not deplorable
that so much of Portland's business
heart should bo monopolized by fraino
structures, so old as to almost antedate
the city b first crude unsculpture.d log;
cabins. On the face of fncts, patent to
the most cursory observer, downtown
property would appear to be far too
valuable to remain long encumbered I the cr;olMe
St "t
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omethlBg above iiMt.CO
Bolg for Kaaafactaurvra.
Tne rolling extenda from Rrrart
trL wi the south, across Mu4 Uk
id from i41sitppl avenue on the
t teCcBt-re stroet on the eett. anf
l a fart cf the jt wia lunrm dnatloa
J4 clalsa. The parses f the pue
e. la t lla tket portion f the
' t yeualiif toe Swift firotrtfor
iri' IL1 J,tB Prnlth. Justics of
- imri Terr truly
JOHN S1HTR-
Tf yon want lot for yovr cnooey rt
ts a ral atat.da.iar.
At ? It olock this afternoon wrn oe
mr the laying of the cornerstone of the
new lew r build. ng of Orient lodr. L
O O F, at East Flxth aad East Alder
streets. The sercieea will be under
the auspices of the ofTlcera cf Orient
IfMjga. te.e grand master of ths grand
loflge officlattnf tn the laying o? the
eonwrstona. A arerteral tnvltatkvn Is e
tdd to mwiUri of ether lodges te
fc trsat at ths carenaony.
The bulidins- la tn fv...
enforced concrete structure covering a
Plot by 10fl fet. nd will e..t to
ed In Portland in fhe past few rears.
Architect r J. Bemdt designed the
structure. The stvls of architecture Is
d arn ' f Jf" l0"." fl ""r ' hat ' kj""rn niodern English.
. second floor arranged for the use
or the lodge, and tha third floor la to be
P' banquet hall. About alx months
will be required to build the structure,
which when completed will be a hand
some addition to the large Dumber of
fraternal buildings that have tca arect-
a number or attractive feature are
worked Into the dealer. The curtain
wall, are to be of deep red brick, and
pilasters and say windows are to be
done in concrete of a warm gray tone.
All tile Inserts are to be In browns and
Sreena. and the band courses are In
a-rk greens and blues. . . .
with lamshuckle buildings.
Not alone Is the elegance of Portland
retarded nnd given civic smallpox by
these shacks, but fire danger Is likewise
highly enhanced.
No more striking example of the folly
of permitting frame structures to re
main In the business section, or to per
mit them to be remodeled f Is seen
dally, is apparent, than the disastrous
Are which swept four tilo ks In the north
end of town hint week
Faithfully and as diligently as the
firemen fought the terrific onslaughts
of that blsre as the flames ate their
way In the fore of a stiff wind, the
most unheeding spectator realized that
had not the Barr hotel with its solid
brick walls stood In the way, although
consumed Itself. nothing could have
staid the flames until thev burned them
selves out sgalnaf solid structure.!
nearer the heart of Portland's business
district.
No amount of water could hv pre
vented a wholesale, snd what might, tinv
Precautions Taken Before Days of
Patents.
From American Industries.
Before patents were granted for In
ventions, the Inventor had but one way
to secure a return from his Invention.
That whs to keep It secret.
Heeret Intentions wore tho most val
uahlo possessions of many families nnd
guilds. Hut In proportion to their valueV
they tempted the cupidity of competi
tors. Tho Secret of making Venetian
(rlass was greatly prized and was most
Jealously guarded. -V Venetian named
Paoll, who possessod the secret, left
Venice and wandered northward prac- 1
Using his art. He was stabbed In Nor
mandy with a dagger marked "Traitor"
a measure taken to preserve the se
cret. In 1710 the elector of Saxony learned
that a man named Pottgcr had lilsoov.
ered the secret of making porcelain.
lie accordingly confined him In the cas
tle of Alhroch tshurg until Lhe discovery
had been perfected. The workmen were
sworn to secrecy, and the drawbridge
was kept up except to admit those spe
cially authorized. Thus was the manu
facture of the famous Lresden ware be-
rrun. The secret was soon carried to
Vienna, where n royal factory was es
tablished, and to France, where It was
the foundation of the manufacture of
the famous Sevres pottery.
The stealing of the secret of making
"cast steel" Is an Interesting example.
A watchmaker named Huntsman was
dissatisfied with the watch springs the
market afforded.- and In 17H9 conoelved
that If he could cast the steel Into an
ingot, springs made from It would he
more homogeneous. Ills conception was
successfully carried out. and a large
market wns established for "Huntsman
Ingots." Large works with tall chim
neys were soon built.
Every effort was mads to keep the
secret. No one was admitted to tho
works. The process was divided, and
persons working on each part were kept
In ignorance of other parts of the work.
One bitter winter night a man. dressed
as a farm laborer, came to the door ap
parently In an exhausted condition and
asked admittance. The foreman, de
ceived by his appearance Into thinking
the man was Incapable of understanding
what he would see. let him In.
The man dropped down In sight of -the
furnaces and seemed to sleep.
Through furtively opened eresj he saw
the workman cut bar of steel Into hits
and depositing thm Into crucibles, put
in rurnaees and urge the
fires te the highest pitch. The work
men had to protect fhemsetraa from the
heat hy wet clothes. Finally the steel
melted, he ssw the crucibles were with
drawn and the afeel was cast Into
mo. ilds and the secret was a secrot no
longer
Wlioat In the Pat North.
Ottawa Correspondence ft. John Pun.
The rei.ort or. tho standing committee
of 'h- commons on agriculture ntt1 rnl
onlgaflon J' reented to parliament
today r.otes that O K. Tonni. superin
tendent of railway lands of tho depart
ment of th Interior, pointed out that
wheat la successfully ralaed et Fort
StmpKon. 10 miles north cf the !nt-r-natlonal
boundary ar.d K00 miles north
of Kdmonton. Dr. Thompson, member
for the Yukon, presented to the com
mittee a sample cf white outs grown on
a farm 61 ilcjrwK north latit i'V Thla
sample, a.alvzed by Pe Commissioner
Clark, was found to run 4 pounds "i
have proved wholesome destruction of the bushel and to be an exreptionil'v
the entire north end district. Put the I fine sample of white oata of superior
lesson was there In emblaroned lettera milling quality.
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