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Newspaper Page Text7 SOME TYPES OF NEW RESIDENCE CONSTRUCTION IN PORTLAND "I ? 1 ftifk i. r , THIS OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 23. 1908 t y .. ' '' , . . ' ' ' , ' v ' ' . f fcr.i u : rter ! . .. M pj -irfSnh II TIT "TFtTf- V Residence of F. A. Heltkemper, Overton, between Twenty-Fifth Streets. RAPID RISE SHOWN IN REALTY VALU Owner of Property ington Declines Proposals to Dispose of Property Will Erect One of the Handsomest Office Structures on Coast Gratifying proof of the confidence thnt mi-n of mfnns an.l rtlncprnlnB Jtinp ment have In IVrtlanrl business proier- ty la found In tlio fact that twice dur ing the jiiNt wok Theodore H Wilcox has refused an ndvance of 10 per cent on the price ren iiUy paid by him Tor the I.abhe ,-orner a! Sixth and Washing. ton sire. ts. Mr. Wilcox paid Jbu.mni for the property, and has since been of fered by two local capitalists 125,000 profit on the transaction. In diclitiiiiK to part with this val uable sit.-, Mr. Wilcox state,) that he proposed to lunid there one uf the hand Ki.iifst biillriutKH In the city as a monu ment to Ium own work In the Pacific northwest T!ic design has already been l.-ctcd for the butldliiK. and It Is to b- a ,v.ia,trrt.,irl of tin- Inals building i; ( 'li.cinna 1 1. one of tho handsomest ffn e .structures In the country. Construction at Onoe. Mr. W lb-ox will liosln the erection of !.- pt . posed structure as soon as ar :i! ic' iits are concluded with the pres nt icse- s of the premises fur posses- ;-lote s--olid Instance of a recent pur iser heiiiK offered a substaJitijil pro! it o:i tic- cost of a high priced cor mat of Charles K. Henry, who dee, iim offer of $10,000 advance for riarter block at the southweat cor- ium ot I ciirtli and ()ak treets. .At the present rate at which Port s '"!i di (Si business property Is ;"..-iri bito the hands of permanent r. : men of ample means who are able to hold It. It will be but a short when t will be practically Impos sible i huv a:i'.tl.in In the business r. a for a price that w ill net inoru than ; oi 4 per rent 0:1 the Investment This iidiiion sooner or later comes to pass a I If 1. win futur s assured, d it Is rapidly takiliK Place here While the volume of r ,1 (.state trans fers f led for record last week was unusu.iilv lais;e. HV.raKitiK between $75, 1111, 1 JloH.oOO a day, there were no very large new transactions reported, the renter part of the transfers havlni. to o with deals that were negotiated uur- irip th. first lo days of the month. 1 ho largest and most Important new deal reported in which Portland rapital Is lnlertst. il was the purchase bv James II. and Peter Mr-Craken. from Mordloal .Tones of 1 5co acres of fine fruit land In the valley of the White Salmon river. Klickitat county. Washington Messrs McCraken pub) about f.ro an acre for "the propei t, the total 1 onslderatlon be. Best of Fruit Lnd. 1 The entire tiact Is admlral.lv adapted fo truit c iltare, i;n acres hav Iiir already been s.a m apples Some to,,, n,s ,,f Ihe trio t Is heavily timbered, which Is to be cleared and the whole tract set In llfterent varieties of fruit, principally ippl. s. The tra. t will -ho cut up Into MmslI fruit farms and sold to eastern nvestors The White S'lnnm oountrv 1 s di re, t ! v act oss the Col u 111 h' a r 1 v er 'rem Hood River, and Is rapidly win- 1 1 1 n k fame ,s a f:u!f trrowfriit section ts lands I re cr.aCv Increased In nine m 'he pisr few years, and bids fair to soon s,p f.r the hlfcr!: flRUresi hat have ,,.,.,.,,riv 1,,-en pi id f r land In 1 I H I 1. lev I A'ecnkr ,;,,iir sa!e nccd :a t - ' hi uiv t!,e ?): of tin month and w e - e I e :,si I to R , p.f, lat - k- w u p - f tho Fifth n t rrf t 1 f . ! -. f Mi- i'l.'ti f ''1 ' k. on t he . '.J 'l , ' k . n . ' i ' (- tHfPn ',, n"t ! i ! I : , ! li i j rr, pp ri wns i ; t n f ri. a Var i i . t T-r. rp' l )r Tmst V ' r . ni j 'H r v -in prpvifiiiftlv' i' 1 nsr Ait'. ;r 'I Tnwnw for laa-... ,-ie a t i ! rc ' '- 1 t ald ce Froperty r f - ' h e A r ,.f M ' -nr:nn1 h-itf "1 hi .c!,ii7 Aletr1 'BaifJeraf-.Ti I i I '"i M- S-r -tr i't ; one rc a n--1r, t" I'rri r. j -n re r,f, ' - e ' 1 1 r. Khr.r , Kr''l le bS:f ef t in4er pectt a t a-t ef '-.-., , )r -. ""n i tewrehip 1 e,i,ti, rara-e 2 it eenslderatior. .:;p TMi rroj- I- 1 '-ri ' ' r w . rrr nf th- ' ' ' ' t'.:v '" . - . . ... s l, . , , .. . " ' ; ...t ,.:.. .., i t j "nd .'.';;. 7.;,:,. " 'C7 f- itfl li 11 lUJ t i k. t t . t 1 . 1 r.it nn ' r " i .-. - !...... ... -mr : .", rit"-iw -v ; ... v. r: -ao . . ." jsj.-. - -.- i j w t -i It ,!.-, Jarre, I'anby 'Ai T7 , , ' - Vf ' ' k ' i - fjV, fT fWr JZ:,- yM VKK ' i 1 S J it r " - Te K - 1 ;-v :rg a " . sl. UL. . : - ' - . t c . i i .i'.. lszt. n e t , , . -, ' ' . T . ' ' 1 - , - mt wiia - 1 it a ... ,t(., t er- -r k-V . . . ., . , - - ' AVS t. : r. - - . V ' ' . . . ' " " "- Twenty-Fourth and S at Sixth and Wash erty lays southeast of the city, and Is destined for the use of the ihuieh. W alter H lirown has sold to 1'. I Robbing the west half of lots -, nnd '!. block 191, L;ast l'ortland, coiislilerdUoii, $4,250. The Oregon Heal lOstate company has sold to Jasper Crane a corner quarter-block In block IT?. Hollo i.n adtl tlon; consideration, $4,?t.O TIiIh prop erty Is situated In a district that is building up with a class of dwellings quite ecjual to those in any oiler dis trict. It is estimated that resldenc'S to the value of 5 2 .".. t.Oii ai" under con struction In that immediate vieiirtv with man more, contemplated for the near future. " The lioernbecher Manufacturing cotn pany has sold to 1!. P. John an elj.;ht acre tract of laml near Kast Twcntv elKhth street and Sullivan's gulch. , on. slderatton. l"i,r00. Th.ls same property was purchased by the 1 loernbeher company from W. M. I. add about 1 !i months ago for a consideration of $1S. 700. This last sale shows an i 111 lease In value equal to about :)3 p. r cent. Sale. In Outlying- Addition.. P. H. Kelly has sold to the Western Oregon Trust company the west ;"e feet of lots 1 and 2 In )lock iir. Carters addlt ton Ihis property Is a si Kh' 1 y 1 corner on Portland heights and tvjs , sold ror $4,000. . in tho Cnited Stat.s. and his pamphlet Mrs I.ucy S. Osborne has com lade 1 ,,n this and other bulldin materials tho purchase from John Roberts nf :2:met in his visit her. will be soon pub acres ln section 0, township 1 sent 11, j Ushed bv the I'nited States geological range 3 east for $5... VI. I survey department. Mr. Eva aceom- R K Mo7.netts has pair bused from pdnle.i Mr. pHrtou Into the field for Fred T. User a house and lot sl;-,n few days In examination of proner ualed In block t. West piedmont, eon-, ties on the Columbia river, and since slderatinn. 13," 00. , that time, with his associate. Mr. Mll- Tlie I'nited States Ravines & Invest- ; ier, i,as located and purchased several ment company has purchase ft .011 V . ' lots of lime rock, clay and building C. (Jorlny a house and lot known as let stone for Oakland. Cab. capitalists. 7, block 18. First Addition t., Hei aJay The purchasers of the Pounlas county Park; prb e, Jli.r.na i property are all from Minnesota, and The quartet-block known as lots 14 1 nnd - f) ln , lock IS. Wilbin: Mt 1 1 '' s I v W P. nidi t inn has been pur I eft St lne from Pen v H Id v t h f. O. A, !tl(tgs has nr. has. , Currier a lot and a fr.i thai . "0 hi'in R. : bloek S. Palling addition Ihe property was 1 I i sold tor j:h,00 v Stepping Statistics. 1 the "tnlddl.. of September . , . , , ,, it is the lntei:;on of the owners to A Pw ss has taken the trouble to make a strong bid for Portland and count all the steps he took during n , San Krancls, ,, business. n,i to espc- y.-ar. He found the number to bo , -bully push the use ,,f stone in con- S.TfiO.OOO, which gives 25.740 steps ajstni,r,,n In Portland Thl- enterprise day. I bids fan to i,.,,k. a 1 mi; competitor 03 . . 1 snsniirr. ; l ib B i' ..rs i4 S T y m',i ... i n"ir rf HanlnTDe Nr TTrnr m Nrrthrnn Ftr.-T n!-T Te-t-. r:r!?i n- T-re-'- S'.-h S"ef I -4 S I Residence of OF SANDSTONE Minnesota ';iiit;ilists Vuv cliasc Kxtciisivc Acrono in Doiiii'liis (oimtv. . W. II. II Miller and P A. Kva of I '01 t la n.j 1 nve 1 iirc!..i.el for Minnesota OPEN BIG QUARRY j pnrti. s ..;: ,.et ,.s ,,, land ncir 1'eadyitln- amount of stone iiowsjo !.. made i Mail ci o,, tl ,0 Southern Pacific about l feailllv available 's so eiiormHis that , , . , , , leases will be workcl ktlvo miles sonth o! ink la ml, Iionglas The Poutlus ,.'iiilv tra't includes touniy. Also a nuln of way for a railroad spur from th.ls property to I I, .1 .1 x- uCllon oe.r t I f. .,ii,.-ifl ilnnii- ' tlon land claim of the late Judge Mat- thew r l'eady of this city. InehuloJ lu this tract Is a mountain of sa m (stone oru;li,all.- located by Janes Kelly, the well known hydraulic engineer A portion of this deposit was Jointly pi, reha.se, 1 11 few years since by P. W. Itb. lib... cement expert w ith Halfour, I i iu; hue iV 1 o. nni ( narles iiaes;ic( eapltallsts or this city, and was opened up am, develop. ai 111 ismi by H A. Ku am so, , ,,. " en, 0,0,0 .any. I he fust biilldlnu constructed with this stone was the tine Method st church South at the corner of Mult nomah ami Wllltams avenues. Send Oeologist. A few months since M. K. II. Parton. tho well known geologist of Washing ton. P. C. as sent to l)r,'gii by Sec retary Oarfield nt the solicitation of the chamber of commerce here to ex amine into and r.nort on the quality and availability ot building rnatei ials t ri bu la 1 v to Port land. Mr. Iinrton expressed extreme aur- ,,rise that sandstone of nuch character aj the 1 louglas county article was found Intend to materially open un extensive qua tries theiav and construct to the Southern Pacific track a spur Power to run quaribs Is to be fur- nlshed bv the Cahternia Power com- panv. whose line is now but two miles distant tberefram. and a carload nf 1 hannellers and other machinery Is to be shipped from St. Cloud, Minn., bv ' .O J r.' UUM.lJii l . .vsw tiroiiii ii -T.- K- f -r jT w "" ' ' lviS. R. W. Kchmeer, Twenjv f'iftl) and In the stone the parties a 1 1 1 1 ' i p i n s h . ns '.ii'''.! : ii m : i n 1 iiMit const i ur of ample means t t Ion of hu I Id I I1KM t le II! s, es Splendid Building Material A first class Mono of splendid c olor I I has also be.-n located on the lower Co lumbia for California pur; I s, and It is I expected that the lattei will join tliej Minnesota Inter- ?s m est abhsh I nit a! first class yard on Kast Water street. I irt.r1;--.;.;: rV;;,!:;vrv,7-',:vvt, '" j An oiler ha. ft been made to I lunulas! county officials or .rushed lock fori prosper 1 1 e ruau 1 111 pro ve no 11 1 s ;i!om the Southern Pacific track at cost, pro vided some Is aoe.piei within the 1 ex ; .six meiitlis i The I'ounlas enuntv stone Is the Ideal j Pa vcrnen t and parMes will be invited 1 r.,,' no.. ....... 1'., .. a aluable ranch and on-haru which is to be partly Irrigate 1 bv the Cu I i f or nia company w nen 1" mios 01 timd is com- t pleted lilt b ted into tin. Inr. . tract .. meadow known as the Suthcrlan, I between Oakland and U.,s. l K extensive son iirrunaire is noini.' on In that locality and the )...,: brick yards are pushed to the utmost to sup ply the demand for tiling, and the lo cality In question so huik. p, asleep is fnst waking up. acefully " So many peanuts ate eaten In this country 'hat the native supply is sufficient for the uemand and a bout , f -h AfvU.nu , 1 1.,, ,,,,, , . ,,,,. ... , ,, ri Imported from MatsellJes In 1 'mt; audi over $.3. On.) worth In 1307. The west coast of Africa produces quantities of peanuts. sww... fl. -O' .- W-Wf-V , - s..v -.- ..yr .. ' - .-- - - - ,?. . ' , S ( s VvJ j 5 it P l-i H ' ' ' i P-As8WWWw m 1 yf. jjmff. ,'s .. i. am . .. ,"VJ.lM lfl "vS." ,XSfl'x Tho above is an unprctrnt this enmrner t.v II V King. The roitane is Seventh nnd T!:l:" i-;;, rapidly biiildini; up Us repre: l.l't I.--, tli- local, d :i ' L; !, i.;s ' ' CA 'Tv Mi- JM; n-DSTi- 1 mis rr." r . Overton Streets. LOVE TRACT TO BE PUTTED AT ONCE , J Transfer of aw shows in- , . , , (TCaSCll A ft 1 V 1 1 X Oil J'cn insula. I Tl, 60-arre parcel of tli Love tract on the iienlnsula lately acoulrel .v ; Kllas Hrong has been transfetre.) to th-. i in ,.r18-8teele company, owners of Love. , , , , . '''lyh. Surxi r have been put to wank and the ground will t3 placed at once 1 a nd the Miecis niaded ami Pull Pun v a 1 r put in. iVirt of the tract will be reserved for business lo's. Contractors j,ae spoken lor v.T.il lotH and stores will be bull;. Mr IIioiij. has . hi Isb-ncd the tract Kl'.e.ar, after the Spanish discoverer of the famous canyons ! Colorado and 1 !:.,;, a l-.ltovar Is nhulv situated on fw rllnes, the Vancouver on the west and the Woodlawn on the south and ;east and no doubt there will be as bit: a demand for buildliifr sites there 113 . t.r,. was In Icc leUh. which had 11 I remarkable sale for the short time l! ihas been on tho market lt Is expected that there will be (treat activity on Uio peninsula this fall and winter and the HrouK-Steelo company 'knew from tho experience (rained a 1 L mmmmmm HliiilHIIIHIIIttllimS-1Mt3' c V;-Iftf.swm n-.-a tll(isi(titiitl!ltlUt& allJf? r ti t Hf j--Js-,Tr i:TU- Sit t Hii'iKMi fiTfi'V 'PA l-. -MI. -v-"S y- v t , ..fv i -i -v it ,a ttj "illation nt a roomy cottage erect., I publicity in.-in of Olds, Wormian II1'.1 tiranl st re-., lietweon Thirt o ens' s:,o, in a db-irift Iliat is - 'IZX. V W?WKTu1-s t fi,!-):".1" . ISm k 1 tk Mk, !:WnsuKwsw Apartment Iloiibe, I laiiiim lcr I n vosl men t Comiiany, Kleventh and Jack Run Snoots. BUILDING ACTIVITY CLOSE TO STANDARD I icill ! tnonst ra t be: nnw'' rami ; In fact that has taken bulM deep rod n l'orth'Mid Is p. be seen on ex -tv be h.l I in II 1! i perml s for 'ho W'-ek e:,:!l; at le-"ll ye.sl'U'l.U aiuoui.'.-d t" $-i:,h 1. w.th more than ll," u s 1 1 1 1 per,e:t of the total resi.bn -.t r tbUl. S bile tho a 1 Ions menial uirencv reports nnd tho w e. k ! y bank statements sl ,,w a K...i..ral bul- n. a b!.t. ItnesM in all tcirts of the , o , 11 - tr 1.11, Pic net - n most r 1 ,,. 'a - , liic ca.M itbs ai: I especially lii Port land Is almost aa larr'e as I' was Iwo v-nrs a.,. 'a ben !h Ml.'h-'st ie,o:d br ti.-u ,c st r it lui In this city's hispuv V.as lllUilue.l Material IVodnced. In n I.'M'(te measure this rather un usual coi, d, lion may be acouite,! for bv' tic- larf.;e re, In, ibm lu the est of biilldicur when compared with that of t w o v .-ars ac'.. ijibor Is che.ai 111 almost every line nnd a reduction of at !.-ast 25 per . out In the av erage cost of all classes of buil linc mat' rials has been made ,.y l'ortland deabrs. Theso , represented a saving of $4,200. which is (eductions from the prices that ruiid ' equa 1 to the cost of two of the cot two jears hk have influenced a larife : .i'es laiKe nunib.r of people to build resl-; So it ts safe to shy that the "build deuces hi , I (.tiler elapses of buildings j now ' campaign has been heeded bv a who under normal conditions would In ! (treat number of Portland's resident, all probability b.ne wait. ,1 for li.r re. ' rtut c.en more dwellings oiiRht to be turn of more prosperous times. The I put up In Portlai d. for tho chances are f.o t Is that in Is i.airiy po n'linl , that labor and materials will not be so and is loiinel j, t ribs not c, ,n.d, bred heap attain for a lonit time. By far hlwh. has contribute 1 In no small de- uie most valuable possession that ono iiifi, to ih, heavy volume of new con-jean have Is a home. striiction that Is lu evidence all over -Be it ey,r so humble, there Is no Portland, but the principal nnd con-I place liko home." tlirough Lovelelgh that It was a good move, to ncriulr.i othor peninsula hold ings Many look for a business thor- oughfnre nil along the C-dumbia boule-i a rd troni M icgly Junction Peyoml the Swift townsjte JU VS Qr.AKTKR HLOf'K ON PORTLAND IIKKMITS A r f hur ( . Spfrifrr cl"S't1 n )fa 1 List w ' i U v! t h A rthl ' I N.iop A ! x 'i Hi! i ' I- ( 'lu i r i fr il.f I'lirt-h.tso t a n u a r t 1 1 lil-'- k u r i si'1, 1 !ic;is( cor no i of M r t If n :.l i ' ' . .' 1 1 ' i r m n Miveh, rurtliiii'l !! i'M--, hn; or ! ln property Mr. 'i-r will liniiH'. I l;t t el ' prov ! 1 1 tit. --. . . i of a moilr i n !;!m -.: r-si'i-ri''- "!i t!.. prop.ry whi'-p ! ! W pin wi:!i I lie u lno ; ti: : .'I ! h silo M A.IOK ( A MIA IH Ys ! m i.i;ki:vs ih h si: ! , Mal.t rkey ha. I st, t ."ad mill g Pot i : , d 1 1 t u ?t4 r A Mr H It I U!' 1$ VUrCTTf I J troll In farter Is an.l n .Uerlals he ipness of labor Many Contracts Let. A pioinlico t at"hltect and builder ns flu. it. s 'i Lt tJ,' .i. will no as far today in lew . . .i.st 11 t ion hh le.oOfi would I io 1- n,,nihs atto d'hls la prob- ,;v 1,1 o.-r estimate. It tain more ne 11 1, eiiro't to ic 11 tne r,.,iiicttou in tl " , ,,s:t of buildfrtf at LT) per cent. j v hi- h u:i, be equivalent fir BayTru? !'-'t t2 ";. will now do tic work that i 'l I'.iv rcpilred :t.0 IS months ' ' 1 " Thl.-i reduction Is especially noticea ble Ii late contracts for the erection , f doubi" flat.s. The contract prices for the bull lirity of this class of strun- 1 iin s is now from $3.7 " to Jt.i , w hllo two 1 s hk'i it was Impossible to bo ld this class of houses for less than $.".-."'') to $a,r,,.ei. a contract was re cenilN' let for the f ir,'! i , ,ii on the east slue ,,f d two-storj six-room rottaa;e the ,,, , tract bri, e heinist $2,100 each. A w.-ll informed, practical builder In iesp,.;,sihle for the statement that these houses would have est not less than f: .soil in .January of 1007. Here Is FORnRMOURSCO. A building- permit was Issued yester day io the Boys' A ?lris- Aid society for the erection of a two-story brick wane. .. is,, on a io by 100-foot lot on 'I"' i ; t -nt h street, between C.llsan and Khiiiib rs sireets The building will ,,s; about $15, a..., an.l has already been !- 1 i'"i a t. rin ot .ears bv Armour A Co o I c, iipi.,1 as a warehouse t o tie piodin :s of Armours eastern ; u"!d:it plant. The si',, came to die society through ; ; r , ! st of Mrs. ;-;.la M. Smith, made "ii." an", and Is a part of the it endowment of the society. i0;(.ERHKAD TFliTLES .ri tf r.icllve Hunch Showing What This tiinnt Son Turtle Im. T'.e cuuieon idea of the loggerhead ' i;;c is ef a " gtint turtle, because : v- it is ,u !v w 11 grown specimens -c u on exhibition. A thou- i .oggerhe.id turtle would ; Mail aiMMit seven feet In ! ::i Hiding Its long neck and I a .e.l.l m.asire from tip to ! : fee. but w hen newly '. i ..s ' it tie has a ihell about .:.;'!.. and its length s abc it three nnd a half 'i I is now- an in teres t- I gir-rh. ads of t hes c s ''. : w.-ie sent from v I M a , r. ii ire,.'t or of .M,i':.-. oratory at Prv wcie '.i2 in the bunfi '. w i . h.itcl.e.i at L.og J : ! . 17 As man v aa ' f o , d in a logifer- :io' ! c. er vge number T ; "i :, ,,f lnouba- :. it", , . ;ki ' Weeks, and i : s i.-s'.i k se is. ,n IS M v .tun ' ' l..-gerhead v , : . la.. been plareJ , i k r the g round, , I . I.., dose rlbed w so... them ex . 'in.- " home with ' r- : b gg. rheada . w .'' s,.e would - -' u r ,s not much . n.l!" ! li ' s" i ' -vd- swim about In , ' . : .1 'iev arid when ; ; s t'.-ir 1 "n; f nr. . i e cf their upper .'- -dge on eit her w . . s . i ropeillna; -.. t . r i in.) f lipf.er s. ft-"' .i ! have fed well i- The- .-(it u.it up :.n - v; 1 k'i:-e?h and beer ,,- wn'er by a corf "" I ,f tank is a atrip nt -- fi m piy can take i i Wliisker. n f .. -Ml foliar Phe r a- o- 1 rri B , - nd Itnui; OMR EMOSE , .. , ro; ..j r. wear Ti i teaer n Vi muf M- Kern s!''f i b.lahy jmI Hi room for tarda to neat; 1 1 "rupei p, f e ..... , ' . ' reaches to fit ".eat :v tv laat .ir t rseert f Caa a ii ph1 or I !.--rvr t!fa lr,ar an-e MI Ihf wtWa o 1 1 aa t litt!.. oer t:: -4.v for forelo aioo or -r - Tie a?f iMtet. tt Oe-aV r- air. 1 - eA t U e. t a I tta4r aeHlt. ra4'irt t ti lit .- " '