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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNINO, AUGUST 30. 1908
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REALTY MAKES STEADY ADVANCE IN DULL SEASON
PROPERTY BUYING
A GROUP OF MODERN DWELLINGS RECENTLY ERECTED IN SOUTH PORTLAND
REACHES HIGH POINT
Entire Summer Characterized by Building Activity
in All Sections Permits for Homes Alone
Within City Limiis Averages $600,000 a Month
During June, July and August.
In splta of tlie fact that the summer.
Just drawing to a close, has been an un
umiHlly dull season in all lines of busi
ness nil (ivor the country, the real estate
anil building record, of Portland mado
since June 1 would do credit to the very
bent month of an ordinarily prosperous
year.
Steady growth fh all parts of the city
proper and In the suburban districts has
characterized the entire summer season,
while week by week the realty market
mis given stronfj evidences of accumu
lated activity. Portland has never
emerged from the dull season In a morn
promising position for a great revival
of frill business.
The demand for all classes of realty
i.n.i wipi up rignt through the summer,
in met has increased from month to
montn, while new construction has pro
ceeded at an unprecedented rate, iie
causo of this fact realty brokers with
out hesitation express the fullest con
fidence in a fall and winter business
wnicii will surpass that of any similar
period ror years post.
Ortr H If Million a Month.
The records of the building Inspector's
office prove that home building alono
within the city limits has averaged filose
to J600.000 a month for June, JuIjEfand.
August, while the total value of all
classes of buildings for which nermlts
issued has averaged about
was
price.
This
(ion In
towa rd
greater
priced
not for sale at any reasonable
have been
51.000.000 for eadi calendar month since
utie I These figures do not take, into
consideration the heavy suburban build
Inif operations In the Mount Scott dis
trict and on the lower peninsula and
other suburban areas not within the city
limits. It Is probable that the monthly
totals might safely bo Increased by
1160,000, to include these suburban dis
tricts, all of whose business Is properly
Included in the city's total.
Hecause of this splendid showing for
the dull summer months and the flatter
ing prospects for a greater Increase In
the fall and winter, many of the larger
realty operatora are taking over exten-
Ivo suburban acreage tracts for Imme
diate subdivision and Improvement,
while others, who oro engaged In build
ing up additions already laid out and
Improved, are making arrangements for
ample funds with which to meet tho
demands of prospective home builders.
Wo Xseitancy In Buying'.
The hesitancy of prospective buyers
of Portland property that existed for
several months following the panic of
last October, has completely passed
away and today there is Just as Insist
ent a demand for good realty invest
ments as ut any time prior to the early
fall of last year. This does not neces
sarily suy the volume of realty chang
ing hands is as great as it was two
years ago. That Is not the case and
for the good and sufficient reason that
desirable Portland property Is better
owned now than It was two years ago.
A vast majority of the best business
and residence property In this city has
passed Into the nanus of people who
acquired their foldings as a permanent
investment.
There are any number of realty hold
ers In Portland who are every day re
fusing offers for city property which
would mean a handsome profit on their
in estnients. Rut an ineomo Is what
wire niter in the nrst place and
1 h:i t thev have secured It they do
propose to go through the worry
trouble of bunting for another ln
pnylng Investment. Within the
f-w weeks three- valuable busl
corners have been purchased by
capitalists, nnd In each Instance
purchaser has heen offered an ad-
ennui to 10 per cent or more on
dent. The offer wore all declined
i the statement that the property
the v
now
not
n nd
com i
past
ness
lo.-fil
I lie
VHll
III
but Illustrates n general condl
Portland and goes a long way
explaining whv there are no
number of transactions In filgh
roperty. i
Buyers of Aoreauffe.
Buyers of ucreage for subdivision are
directing most of their attention to
tracts In the vicinity of Rose City Park
adn along the Willamette river adjacent
to Llnnton and south from there along
the proposed line of the United Hall
ways. Several large deals have been
consummated In both districts In the
PHSt few days. The largest deal of
this charucter reported In several weeks
was the purchase by a local syndicate
of capitalists composed of Messrs. Hil
ton. Dodds & Camnbell of a large hold
ing formerly a part of the Hose City
Park tract. It comprises 67 acres and
Is situated between Kast Fiftieth and
East Fifty-seventh streets and extends
from Tillamook street to the Base Line
road.
The purchasers have named the ad
dition Elmhurst have had it subdivided
into residence lots and are preparing
to put It on the market. Extensive
Improvements, of tho same class that
were mado In a part of Hose City Park,
such as graded streets, cement side
walks, water and gas mains and elec
tric lighting are to be made.
Major W. P. Gould closed a deal lat
week for the purchase of the west half
of lots 5 and 6, block 84. being a 60 by
100-foot lot on East Morrison street,
between East Third street and I'nion
avenue. The property formerly be
longed to J. F. Daly and J. Frledenthal
and was sold for a consideration of
$30,000. A two-story frame building
occupied by the Donnelly Hardware
company and the Forbes Auction com
pany covers the lot. There Is a L'Z
room lodging-house occupying the sec
ond floor.
Major Gould Is contemplating mak
ing Portland his home after returning
to his Indiana home and disposing of
his property Interests there. Ho has
recently made a tour of the Pacific
coast and after a careful Investigation
of the principal coast cities derided
that Portland offered th best oppor
tunities fur profitable Investment of
any coast city.
Deal for Long- Lease.
Major M K Freeman and associates
have concluded a deal for a 99-year
lease on the 60 by 100-foot lot at the
northeast corner of Second and Alder
streets. The property was leased from
Mrs. Hyrnn Z. Holmes, who is to re
ceive J1.U00 a month rental. A mo'l
ern store and office building will be
erected on the sits upon the expiration.
next May, of the lease held by the
present tenants.
Emanuel May has sold to Kle'lka I.
Parrlsh a lot 100 by 184 In block 8.
Hlackstone's addition, for $11,000.
Peter A. Binford has purchased from
P. II. Schulderman the west half of
the east half of lots 6 and 6. block 26,
Portland. The pronerty Is a part of
the quarter block at the northeast cor
ner of First and Oak streets and was
sold for $16,000.
Bales of residence property, both in
side and suburban, were numerous dur
ing the week, n largo number of such
transactions being reported. I
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FLATc5 OF E.C
FETTY.
mm block
III LOWER SIXTH
Sol Rosenfeld and W. H. Ellis have
completed tho purchase of lot 4, block
Y, on Blxth street, between Irving and
Johnson streets. The property was sold
Jacob Schwab and associates for
20.000. It is at present covered with
rume Improvements that yield a rental
quivalent to about 6 per cent on the
i vestment. The purchasers announce
in t when all t fie leases on this prop-
rtv exrdro. a year hence, brick Im
provement will be put up to be used for
v.ercantllo purposes.
Tho I'ncxpected.
From Life.
Infant Terrible (watching I'ncle
Jack's fiance dressing her hair) How
queerlv you do your hair!
"How so?"
"Why, Aunt Jane pins hers to her
lap mnmfnle hoMn hArq In her fppf hut
vou leave yours sticking to vour head
Foxy.
When a certain lierks county store
keeper, who was also the postmaster of
the borough, began the transaction of
business one morning about a year ago,
ho found that tho safe In which were
kept tho postage stamps had been
robbed during tho night, nnd promptly
reported the matter to the proper au
thorities. The latter decldeu. after an
investigation, that restitution should
be mado for the stolen stamps, but that
the expense of repairing the damage to
the safe would have to bo borne by the
storekeeper, which was accordingly
done
Some time. Inter a second robbery
was committed and reported as before,
aa the result of which there was an
other Investigation, which disclosed the
fnot tlvat the stamps had been ab
stracted on this occasion without any
violence to the eafe.
"But how was it done?" asked the
Inspector, somewhat puzzled. "Tho
safe docs not seem to bo Injured at all."
"I made up my mind I would not be
causrlit again." replied the postmaster,
slvly. "I left It open."
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HELP THE NEW
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If 'ilissla(slBMMl
oenon
Literal un 1 Xot tho Only
Thing Inquired to
Hold Sot tiers.
I "Tlore is no better plAfo for invest-
ment than Ptirtland on the coast and If
; tho people of this city will only keep
' 110 the once they havo set In the
live years thev will have ft city
past
here
thui will
Th-se
W. M.iMi
of .Ne w V
cltv
astonish the '-ountrv.
were the wot :s of ThomiS
n. :i prominent business marl
ork. who hs been isiting this
1'
Newest Notes
of Science
supposed to bo electrical In
given off by the human body.
nature.
Sport.
From the Philadelphia Press.
"And haven't you ever taken a
In an automobile?" sked the man
the new machine, pityingly.
'No ' replied the plain person
I fell out or ft third-story
once.
ride
with
but
window
In a recent test of Paris rain water
bacteria were found at the rate of
about 67 to the cubic Inch.
Humming birds are disappearing from
Trinidad. In 1865 there were 18
species; now there are only five.
A Danish expedition has gone to
Greenland to tench the Ksklmos how tn
fish profitably by modern means.
Ttl n,T,lior .!,.. i.nula l,i,. aa
"creme d'amands" is made bv melting 'ng plant
one part of caustic pol.ish Into three
parts of lafd, with sufficient essence
of almonds to give It a flavor.
ber of years, the officials of the Bur
lington railroad have declared that con
crete ties are unsatisfactory, and have
iecMeil to build a larsre wood preserv-
After working on bis theory for 10
years. General Goulaeff, a member of
the Institution of Naval Architects, has
announced that he can render ships
both unslnkable iuid uneapsizable.
The department of agriculture has
demonstrated that i'hln"s and Japanese
Immboo can be profitably" gro'wn in this
country, and will experiment with
ii on t li-resista r, t forms ftom India.
China's TH"W torpedo bent destroyers,
built In Geiwnanv. hinn an Imlii-ateil
horsepower of S.iicO an.! made Sf 2 knots
By wrapping tliein in a new vegetable
paper, fish caught off the Portuguese
'onst are delivered in Belgium 16 days
lat'T In better condition, as regards
freshness and flavor tlian when packed
on Ice.
When a pest of eels-threatened to in
terfere with the operation of the Snow
Mountain Power company in California,
a wire nesting was sunk in the stream
and thousands of eels were killed by
electricity.
Iiesptto opposition from the Japanese
govern merit, the department of agrienl-
iluring lb-- week..
:.t!.itnt ha only one fault that I
can find; it is too slow to grasp Its
opportunities and it Is Inclined to loolc
too gingerly at the .stranger who might
come hero with the Intention of starting
in business.
"With tho country that your people
have at their back there Is no reason
why the state and Portland in particu
lar should not shake the fealing of re
ser o that it tries to maintain. Thr
is my hope of holding this great em
pire for tho few, it must develop for the
niaey. I can see within two years- a
great chnr.g-e; the city has become more
metropolitan, the stato has become self
reliant but why not all of you work for
a common purpose? While you are send
ing ot tons of literature asking peopla
to eoxtile here, why not make some provi
sion to take care of them when they
come?
"The state of Oregon has no poer In
the I'nited States. No man who invests
money hire will regret tha Investment."
to
Kin Qualifications.
satj9' the manager, "you
desire
tuie has suc-eeded
plants of the grasses
and nill experiment with
obtaining 455.0O0
iisei.l in ntattiux.
withjeral southern states.
Franris Iarwln, son
harl-s J'arwln, whose
i x e ! 1 1 1 i in many ways,
president of the Hr It ish
I . n S-pt.-tiib.-i' 2 will In
j his belief that d. Hits
: at e ! i.t !i gen t.
of the famous
theories hr- has
has been elect-, 1
asso-ifi t i c . and
a S-eeh def-nd
have minds and
'So.'
heeome ull actress?
"Yes.' she replied. I feel that tn
stage Is the place for me. I do so hopa
you can give me a position In one of
vour companies."
"Hive you ever had any dramatic in
struction ""
"No Mv friends all told me that
if I wished to be s renl actress T must
i avoid the places where they pretend to
tench acting."
oh, they did, did they? Well, maybi
i they were right and maybe they wer
; not. Have you ever appeared with an
amateur company?
"No."
"Haven't had any experience at
all. eh?"
"No; but I have it splendid figure ana
can smoke cigarettes.
M Jaehelson lias come across in
t--"-;i.ern Siberia h tribe, the Yukoghlr.s.
differing in ever;' respect from thor
Kskttno tribes borh lu aspect, language
an ! customs. Th-re s flue sphro
tiete. Shi .h the I.er.,i.-in trlohe, for suf
iraettes If they have any superfl'i-o;
etieiKV after worrying out unliippy
Keep .Normal in Hot Weather.
From the New York Herald.
The normal man Is apt to become Ir
ritable and to suffer under the stress
of atmospheric conditions such as pre
vail during the heated term Ills nor
mal lodgment nnd will power enable
him to repress iny manifestation of his
distress. On the other hand, the man
1 who Is abnormally constituted, with
defective Judgment and Impaired w-ll
power, develops phases of aberration
the outcome of which may be suicidal
or homicidal. It Is therefore Incum
bent on men of such a neurotic taint to
revent any such explosion or brain
.t orrn" by exceeding care In the details
.f their lives, avoiding all agents that
vould tend to promote or accentuate
mch a bias. The quiet, moderate life
s the one to adopt and maintain.
Make the most of yourself or some
other fellow will make the most of you.
-J... j... '" u. ,i r"r!r'y"-. x 1 The aged Inventor of the Mauser rifle
s 1C5 v v " v has now perfected a new weapon which
i J ; 'ViKI V " " ' ' I nr"s Slots at a single loading. on their trial trip and knots
!V5U H K ' v " i r ' y i a crulKlng load of fuel on hoard.
V lPt JL.IV1V 1 - - S"Nv''' ' ' ? ' l-3 Many excellent voices are ruined, so- L , , V. , ,,
4 I VwnoMW Jfc. l ' ' x a 1 . .v,- t.- i, . After tnui, nc IS ve.irs tn msk null
i '-" 51 A V''' I'IW"W$ , . I ' i I Medicine, by practicing In bo small minute observations of the new. n Pro-
v-:- v2?ififv::-. 'nWii f .v4i" x J rooms. feasor Brown of Y..1.. .cb.-i.ltv will
' a-lr JfV ; ' -i A new type of torpedo, with which to determine tl.- m.oiis ex.. t p-.sl
VT 3" "VL ' ' nav ' experimenting, lores lbs tlon.
t Ut-Jsemtm J " J j way into the hull of c ship before ex
- 4 i 1 " I . ,vifi S!!' t, plodlng. A new coal field, estimated to .-on-k
I y ' ! r"iw1 T1 fi ' vf , ?T??K-y . r , , 1 tain 4 5.0.'.y,'..O0.0. tons art Ma-' t-.
r i "LZ1 la Rrt WT" "T t -t I I i 1' 4 f ' 1 The human lungs exhale each dav an will be developed ns soon as inroads
' ll --iijrt isLTTl n i .sj P ' .j amount of carbon which. If solidified, no w u n.ler fin t ns t Ion reach e "'r-.w s
t FjS v tl SiSffil .... r! F .1. ' -" . would equal a lump of coal weighing Nest mountain regi-m of Alberta
i WA'J?LrW ..f2.' . half a ton.
-JV kX"Zrf 11 f !-",T - y2 ' -- ' V - - I th. WWH l... ,Mr .h.r. rro. With Mow pipe ..s!n a m'xture of
X I iSvl r ll H ! i S i j-;s;'('iw'' . .. : - - , v nucea 64.H) metric tons of ied as " V, ' 11 ' goveriim. t.i -for fore gn m sslonaiy '
A ISrH it U If IV L-'0 .V 1 "fm . , compared with .,174 tons In 11.06. V T"" , V 'Y " ' K. J '"tk. as - I- ,rn that tl, women a,e!
? ' J SCV'. . .-"lB- ' "W" ' , , successfully Irrigated bv , a home mad- oi.j 1 e I-- are k:J.l ..ff wnen they b- , 1
! - - I lAVvf'-rt feV''. - - ai i,vi--J 'ti''it JI 4 ' K'fcJ .&) windmill, the fans of 'which were or!g- 1 To cover a pulley with b.'i-r : ... a '"ni.. useless
fo. f to f xv? V lX k'V-' l V v lnally tin boxes. j warm solution ,.f crushed ,..:(-.; - I::. " !
k T , J ' i I i &&JffTlv(2 ' ' eight parts of rain water :i : .!',.'. PniiTi K-.sz'an of p.istrlcrn. known '
r Ljf-i.- , ' AS . . H-"""! I V St XW ntfii Sl-TTf fef i A new supply of rubber, believed to n-l a concentrated s.d:t.-.;i ,.f . -. v w- If : t..r. d : spa t-h-d 285 nf r
K-tutVJ $ j t tt XS 1 i " -J' .,4 ',f V4 be practically inexha-f '!.!. has bern j the pulley, wbi.-i, n . . :'l I - thr..- ..i-i.,.i: 1.1 j Two montbs I 1
&A . faZ-HS . .r'w St 4. . ' .. ough tests - over,-, a r, ,n, !!,,., - ::., I
ETtil -M rc onMh;:,,;,,;.;,,;;:;,.
fVSW' VJ70 . VVi Ayres wii.be conip,,-,, ,,- ' ' '- i 21- 7!
Residence of Or. II. M. Gropr.e. 1156 Williams Avenue. both , ers.e.-.t,ve a: l :. -f n ;i.e i- , teT7TV-&' ' " " - : ' v " . ! i
vent'...-, of Prrf.-ssoi I ,f Paris. rT--- .V! 1 4' ' : j . 1 A v
- ' ' " a p! er In cm. P. . ;, H ymTf . , .. . "' , , - . -Tt
' , Th. second la:.-,. n , r :, in' JL '3S J Vjt- ! -r : - k,; -.' , - -4J, I I
sT ' ' 'be world, bavlnf an h f 7, f-. . s"- ' i TTTr, 1 ' .5 - f I
2 ' . Kv '. cmj-l. ted on an A-.s-r ,r. ' - , if"- i r '; ',-'- - So ?-v,,4. J.i. 1 I 1 ' ( ( si ,,- ,
1 . f tl ... k ?4 wt- - van; -. -"r--w r
xA." rT-r:-r-i.- I--. & 4 V-' ' Alreaiv elr"e po-.r generated Iv j? 5&r-?1 -'4 i& " isSZ "s ,- ' ' -N-,..,. '-'-' '. ?JsvV
UJ r'iri. L , Wireless telepo,.; records n, ! lfE ' . H M P W ft ''1
, 1uv .i - !i- -f p BfMfe;- .i' di.H U " ittltl
ii ii ill - 1 " J - I W: ' I4 j 1 fiif j "j 8J y-.---.':- irfir. -.- -t -.r-srrT- trr r - 7! ' -
1 ... - - ?0i 'f?: v -"i p-J - -3l H t'" i I Two hundred and fortv thousand llLJ' '"f .'T; "T ' "TL T " ' '' " " " I1 J In'"' " I ,, ' ' ' 7 . - X ,
M. . t I -"'i i'"''i' Hi L 4 Jt - fM ' i H wooden paving hlo.-ks a d.-v sre timed J tlSii C ' " "" ' 1 ' ,
PT LU ''rvSfv! Jfe-dUk li' r, ,! 5-" '. out by anew machine owned by the mu lk.?;&Z&fV - V.Trlf TV flT 1 " t lHl- '
, ,. - ' j . 19 I ' - . J J f " 5 , - r, road tie. nd tr, timber. 1 jM- JtZ. , tSt . . f-4,' " f .
I U I . - V'l - V l'l- P" 1 :J? ' I with rr,t and ,ln- cl.;.,nd ex-.- t 4 t - i C-ver?lr: J T ' ';; 1 t I ! I J - i3 - -' Vve1
I '.AI Jilt- ' X,.A fJ 1 , C-'jl Industry of the Kind in the' world ! -f -V" . Vf . Ii X' kSU V?''- , .- - ''
- L-'JU'W AitVorm ; x, . 'v . ' :. ' i ' Th. u.e of the mirbon. i n.h- 5 , ".,.. -: T" - .
t. ', -j- J e " y- I Al'i''', ,., t . 'ing is under going a series of sperl- -J , - -'"M"1- " . v - S - . . - - ,- '
LV- - A JTT 'r r l-'if" r2TIr - - l "XU - i' -"" Tl i -mints In rUf-. The noise madel I - . c. n - , , ' - -, . . . '. ' " 4
. - - 1 - -, ' Si V f.""5T ,v- -. jii JJ l , f ' , "" by the delicate Instrument. . n . , '- " " ' , ' 1 ' f ir s - . ..
f T. 1 'f 1 i 'i5- '; r " '! XS,?r ii.VC'1'" 1 ' V jii' V I ' View of the Grand Leader Building. Fifth aad Aider. Undergoing Rcootractlo.
I jrT - . - . "-.-'. ... - - , J .Vt.il s. n purlins Or w!n b.im.n K.l-
i -Z? Air, i' i 'CJ-J 'J'. L", ,. .- .-.t - 1 ' j cl.lms to i-rever.t It becoming gray H'
i... -VC4.-' VTi' r'- t-it-'V V . -.-4 '.. 'jJr theory is that graynes. 1. raw3 by
r - y-tf t'd.Afc. . '.1 -. '", V --- . .'.& -r, -- I microbes, which tb heat kills.
Resldesc of A. Neppacb. Twenty-riftt aal Northrnp'.
I'slng ettremely delicate lntrumnt.
the French Academy cf Hclencs Is ei
perlmentlTijt with an unknown fjree.
The .Imn-l P-a-'r. rnrl's"! r.ew
department ptor. di .itf' nr i us. v to
women and rr. e . ifinnf a;-pare:,
will open ;n a few i Thty w;:i
carry cloaa, stilts, m.rip fvirs indies
shoes, millinery. elry bnl-sin!!
-p aag V imrrt in. pu utq
parture for a dprtmrt stcrs I tbe
V .r fmpiriutt a-,d beauty parlorm. which
are i-attrtned after the latest style of
rge ea.iern citten, and every) h.ns tf
a lorn tre ht'r and make women beavwe
otui cwn i a"mpiisre. nam r
"ertbeimer, t'relent and rnrJ ssajv.
agr. eays: 'This etnrsi I1J b rrm tm
a i!trl mnn. y-tsrk policy,' and. we
will n4T-or t carry tb try
ir.errhand'e that aa lw t a-1 m1 e
will sell hetn at ptn 1ar t,rcee, . .
defy any esinretite to .et, 1
tcrs M rsry harelemel y flti-1 r p i
tn T lateet tinea sr.1 f r - - .
to five fwir future p.rtr 'sX.rft
b lasta.ied."'