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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11. 1D08. A MARKED RSSI ; IN ' VALUATION Df MDJE' BUSINESS VPROPHWY LARGEST SALE OF WfeEK MADE ON WASHINGTON 8 r On of the moat effective and tan glble evidences of the confidence of ' business man and capltallats . In th ' early return of good tiroes' was th purchasa last Friday by T. 8cott Brooke of tba quarter-block at the : southwest .corner of Twelfth and ', ' Washington - streets for 1135.001. This corner li : practically unimproved and tha v prlca . paid for It represents tha value of tha naked Jot. - Mr. Brooke la already heard y Inter . ested In Washington street property and ' Is In a position to properly guage vel wee In tuat district, and while the fir , ura paid by him . for this "corner Is t considerably above tha prlca asked for upper Washington street corners, 12 and It months ago. It Is none too high. considering the guneral advance in val uea all over the cttv and the exten- i sive, Improvements that haye been made n inm DuainoR aisinci bduv. dcv- ' entevqth street in two years' time. Contract for. 81 Hotel. ; ' Another transaction of tha past week .which Is of far-reaching importance 14 1 Portland, was tb letting- of the con junct by Theodora B. Wilcox for the 'erection of the nine-story annex to the 'Imperial hotel. When completed this will be on of the finest buildings on ;the Pactflo coast and will cost not far !from $300,000. . i The so-called annex to the hotel is In reality to become the Imperial. Tho main entrance will be on Seventh a tree:, while the present Imperial will become the annex. This arrangement, will be or immeasurable Denerit to Btarx street . and Seventh street oroDertr and will add to the value of realty on those streets' for several blocks from tha ait of the Wilcox structure. Tet another. realty sale of nor than 'ordinary Interest was that of ths quarter-block at the northeast corner of Ninth and Davis streets. This property Is known ss the cement foundation cor- ner, and was sold by J. A. Bherneia, representing the receiver of the Ore gon Trust 4 Savlnara bank, for $27,500. While the name of the purchaser was not made nubile It is believed to have been taken over by Crane Co., either , ror the us or tne company, or lor a Ai inn ea pons capitalist. a i 'j ttaborbaa, f loptty Moving. , ' in outside and suburban realty the ' movement daring; the past week has r been quite as heavy as . for any like period , sine the beginning of the re action from the dullness of last sum mer. Lota In Irvington and Holladay . additions are especially active, several . Bales of choice residence sites in the district having changed hands during .'the week. In the Piedmont and' Wal nut Park district the 'demand keeps tip, while lower down on 'the peninsula as far west " as Bt. Johns, numerous deals were reported dally. On. the west side, while not. so ao "tlve,. "yet many choice residence lots changed hands, ' especially in the dis trict west 'of Twenty-fourth atreat and In the Willamette Height addition. In th outlvina realdencc districts ac tivity is all jnat could be aeanru. J ne IhtlftV auKinir the wagr-earnera and of flee mm aeem all toat'sed' of a de termination to- own their homes, in stead of depositing In navlngs banks to be loaned to . others, which fully ex platns the Urgent home building move ment that I'ortland hae ever known. Homes for th Worker. Considerably more than half the new building going on In Portland at this time Is what might be railed work (nrm.n'i homes, that la. coltaaea worth less than ' 11,600. Nowhere In the United States are wage-earners any bet ter oir than In this city, and tne very best -evidence of It Is the unusually large number of worklngmen's homes going up. The Uammeter Investment company closed a deal lsst week for the prop erty at the southwest corner of Kaat Kvvrett and Kaat Seventy-sixth streets, Montavlila. The property formerly bo longed to W. P. Schullur and was sold for K, 000. County Clerk F. S. Fields has sold an Improved holding at the southeast corner of Kaat Nineteenth and Weldler streets to Mrs. Minnie Winters for $8,000. . Bom Other Bales. .William L. Wood has eurohaaed from Terex Brothers 10 lots in Council Crest Park. Total consideration, $6,000. Joseph Parker has sold to Fox at Co., a half dosen lota In Klectrlo Heights addition, fori $8,260. W. F. 6(lne and assoclatea have pur chased from Percy If. filith, four Jota in. wuiamett Heights audition lor $5,000. - William C; Van Glahn has purchased rrom jr. jKosenstein an improved quarter-block In City View Park for $4,000. Samuel S. 81 gel has purchased from Harry I Hamblet tracts 10 and 11, In Fairport; consideration, $4,000. Robert T. Osborne has purchssed from K. M. McKown a house and lot at the southeast corner of East Main and East Thirty-first streets for $4,200. Louis Ooldsmlth has sold to A. L. Levy a 60-foot lot on the southeast corner of Twenty-fifth and Overton streets for. $4,600. lire. Mary A. Cretghton has pur chased from the Ladd estate two lots on Ladd street near Hawthorne avenue, for $3,600. E. B. Wood has purchased from B. H. Grant a house and lot on East Thir teenth street between Tillamook and Thompson streets; consideration, $3,600. f red AiarK' nag -purcnasea a nouso and . lot at the northwest corner of Thompson and East Forty-third streets, Kossmere, ror la.zuu. N. W. Ouatermaa has sold to H. M. Abbett a house and lot on the north Ml' . ' - i t'snlif.- ' J' JMJ-7 , f a-r-T,' ' ' t v IB V, :::i:ttU- u 1 Hi- W i h , . dJ'f. ag ... .1 I III. ...1.1 Mortan Apartment!, Twrnty-flmt and Kearney Streets. - (MBRIES PAY 1825 PERM Coos Ck)imty Man Thinks Ilis Crop One of tho Most Lucrative in Section. 'y v. 'J west oorner of Maryland and Killings worth avenues; consideration. $2,760. w. (J. Aivora tias sold to xnomas Mulr a quarter-block at the northwest corner of Thompson and .East xweiitn streets lor 3,uou. BUILDING ORDINANCE MEETS WITH APPROVAL V - f Measure Presented to Council by Architect Williams Said to Be a Copy of the Ordinance Used in Chicago- Present Requirements Are Too Drastic. Architects and building engineers al most without exception approve In the main of the Williams building; ordl ? nance iadopted at yesterday'sneeUng of - the council and unanimously recom mended for passage . by the council at the next regular meeting. The serious objection, to the present building ordl nances of th city, as pointed out by several -well known arcltects and con ; ittruction engineers. Is that the masonry ; or concrete walls of apartment bouses, hotels, residences and other buildings of that character, erected outside the - fire limits, have the same specifications - and requirements of those of a ware house or business block.. A builder may put up a four-story frame lodging-house, hotel or residence, with wooden partitions, wooden stairs ,' and elevator shaft, shingle roof and if he sticks a fire escape on it,: he has complied with the city ordinances. But be may not build this style of build ing with masonry or concrete exterior waits, umess ne maxes tne waiis iiuck v enough to support a warehouse or busi ness block, a requirement altogether in . excess of the needs of this type of structure. Bemedy for ZvU. - The proposed Williams ordinance, say .tne arcnuecis, is inienaea 10 remeay this by permitting four-story buildings i of this character to be erected with ex terior walla of 12 Inches for the-first and 8 Inches for th superimposed sto nes. . . It seems that the present ordinance In foro here is a verbatim copy of the ban Francisco ordinance, which with . its ambiguous clauses did such notor ious service under the administration of the Keuf supervisors. It is said that the Ban Francisco building ordinance was drawn or ue agents or representa tives of the insurance combine and was .unconditionally accepted by the coun cil of that city. The consensus of opin ion is that ths Ban Franclsoo ordinance Is entirely unsuited to Portland; that Its adoption by the Portland council has seriously retarded the growth of this city and that it ought to be re pealed and one adopted in It stead suitable to the needs of this people. 'As expressed by a well known archi tect ""the development and upbuilding, of the immense territory outside the fire limits of Portland has boen held back long enough by the antiquated building ordinances in force and It is time that they be repealed and some such ordl nance as the Chicago law be adopted.' Views of an Engineer. "I see no oblection tn that na.rt nf the proposed Williams ordinance providing lor j.z ana B-mcn wans ror rour-story brick or concrete buildlntrs of the char- IttM ..-hn " .BM t lt Bae., "Under the present ordinance, the wu requirements lor masonry or con crete apartment houses, residences and noieis, outsiae tne rire limits are en- llnt. tun MwaaUr, . - tard the natural develODment of the city." , Mr. Williams' ordinance Is an exact copy of th Chicago law governing that class of construction, and should have been adODted In this rftv ran mm" said W. L. Morgan. "In the paat four rears I have erected here a number of rame arjartment housa whlnh snnM have had brick or concrete exterior walls had the Williams ordinance been the. law. Gn King street, near Wash ington, i am now buiidlaa- a rour-storv apartment house with brick veneered walls, , which would have been a brick building If I oould have operated under nucn an ordinance as is DrODoaea bv Mr. Williams. Better Than Wood. "Few neoolft will rnntenri thut KrlrV building with 12 and 8-inch walls is not very much safer than a wooden structure such ss is now nermlttri " said Architect Ernest Kroner. "The brick building will certainly have some tendency to stOD the progress of a fire. while the wooden buildings would simply be more fuel for the flames. While in some minor particulars, I don't alto gether agree with the Williams ordi nance, upon the whole It is Immeasur ably superior to the present law gov erning this class of construction In Portland." North Bond. Or.. Oct. 10 R. R. Plnk- erton of North Inlet was in North Bend this week completing preparations to market his crop of cranberries which will be one of the most lucrative crops ever Droduced In Coos county. He stated that his cranberry ranch would yield about 300 bushels per acre and as the prevailing price is about $2.76 per bushel, he will derive about $825 per acre. The cranberries are among the finest ever seen In this section' and are said to be superior to the famous Cane Cod cranberries, being larger and of even a. better navor. Mr. Pinkerton came to Coos bay from tho cast, wtiere he had considerable ex perience In cranberry growing. He says that the marsh land in this section is better than in the east as the crop here is free from the dangers and pests that cause grief for the growers in Massa chusetts. Here, he believes, the cran berry crop is practically certain. jvir. jrinaerton says inn me yieia from the cranberries will be better after the fields have been cultivated a few more seasons and thinks that 400 bush els per acre Is a conservative estimate on the nosslble yield. Cranberries have sold as high as $4 er bushel here, it is saia. so that cran errv growinar offers such great Induce ments that there Is bound to be a rapid development of the Industry in this sec tion. , 1 , - . - x i . i , t - ' , i 111 I! r , t, .I.X 4-5fc- - y S ; , ' J II I t - c f'"i ?f iff -' . i" J I LaiM.oiv,.rf' .'.t s m . r i ,3 li - - 'tt. i . , .' 1 1 " -' H I Residence of J. A. Venesa, Twentieth and Johnaon Streets. goes n oil HMEUM COilL Vlien lie Gets Hi3 $10,000 Legacy He Will Buy Real Estate. Residence of J. F. Simpson, Twenty-first and Northrup, (Otaltad Preaa Laaaed Wire.) Wllllamsport, Pa., Oct 10. John Quackonbuch Packard, nephew of John Q. Packard, the Millionaire, who died at Santa Crux, Cal., last week, leaving an estate of $30,000,000, Is shoveling coal today in the boilers of the Btuempfle Brick Works, where he has been employed at $1.50 a day for a year. He was Informed the other day that he had fallen heir- to $10,000 of his uncle's estate, .and calmly went to work again shoveling coal. He declared that ha hal exported some money but not bo much. "I am going to go right on working," ho said, "and When I get the money I Khnll invest It In real estate." Packard was Informed of his legacy by the foreman of the brick works, who had read It in a newspaper. PURCHASE HOME SITE IN IRVINGT0N P. M. Gray, who purchased a quar ter-block at Sixteenth and Wasco streets In the Holladay addition dur ing the week, Is to build a home which will cost him between $10,000 and $12,- 600. 41 he house is to be two stones. frame, and will have all modern con- WISE JEN BUILDING WHILE PRICE IS DOWN A Four-Thousand Dollar House Built Last Year Would Cost but Three Thousand Now, and Cheaper Residences Are Proportionately Lower. "Conditions were never so favorable to home building as now." Is the con veniences. Work on the dwelling will elusion reached bv Walter A. Aver in begin as soon as possible during theLn ."tJ,Z ,tJ7 I r . wint.r nr riv in fh mrinc. Mr. ,n article In the current number of Gray bought the property from Larabee I Country Life, which was prepared after brothers, paying $5,000 for the quar- exhaustive and nnlnstnkin itini. ter-block. ANTI-PICKETING DECISION MODIFIED tion. Mr. Aver pursued his Investlea tions in all parts of the country, and hence his conclusion is not based upon mere guesswork or! hearaav. hut la Substantiated bv f frt-clnnq avIHonna and ample facts and! figures that will drive away all doubt from the minds of prospective home builders. ir. Ayer says that the savin ir ot.r Chicago, Oct 10. The sweeping In junction against picketing recently 1 nBrn V... v1..a1 Ti.H fianhnm l&St V OHT Is not lean than 10 npr i,nt in the Allls-Chalmers moulders case was a"d in some localities, under especially sustained bv tho United States circuit f018 conditions, it Is as high as court of appeals today. The decision V?f.-c lVu iitalns the former ruling. with iLtM Ab? majority of the readers of .h,m BmPiKtmnnt The new rulln ? " article it would not he unreason- makes the injunction read that atrik- Sie 00I' avi1fJ ?f ?? r 2 ers "shall not picket, persuade or coax h0 built a 14 000 houVe in th .Z. workmen from, entering the employ of ? Sf ' 1907. 'mighteonahlv 'exTci or to duplicate the same build in ir now for the company in an intimidating threatening manner. LYNN SHOE STRIKE TO fil TO A TPrNTSTT and 'ndlrectfy, from all' parts of tha 1 v JJ Iv AT Ail XOJ1 country from architects, real estate Duuaers, contractors and dealers $3,000. auKeruu iower in Fries 'The facta which iustifv this state. ment have been obtained, both directly (United Press Leaaed Wire.) Lynn, Mas.., Oct. 10, dustry of this city will be tied up for men, In and manufacturers of building ma Th. hn. In-1 '-L'-T"" "fVy:r com- . uirriL ana invesiigaiion. The most Important factor in the an indefinite time as a reault of the de- ?"ua"n ' ,"ie Iauc.ea Pf'06 1T Du.,11 manufacturers to . a iirnuui i.umoer- of the termination flght T ! V. S . U 1 Ill, 1 men. ! uirun vtclu 11 uruu in , iqv- i n , ,... , , , . .,1,. AI"WW VI1I4,IH", 11,111 una inVPRII " - , . - i nnnfiinii eia vai out their differences with their I , ' ru"uJ V'!!J.ri ira(,6.V,r; . . - i. ? 't,v : 4 - . J,-' . i iJ." . . . - t, - - , f .li).1" . . 'v i'V"-V' ''7'' 'i-''i:'' ' '- ' , , . , .-. ,i. I . ....a., -..l . Mm,.',m.mm m, .mi g t- - Stw Pari-ess liovs at Aab and Third ftreeta. dav after a conference with other em-1 ..ri ' 1, I? , .... ployers. refusing to submit the matter building materials now are five t.i to arbitration. I 0 Dr cent below the erhedula of nrl In effect tn 1307. In many Instances they are below the 1805 and 190 prices. In some districts prices have not re ceded materially. In others nominally the same prices are being axked, par ticularly for small lots of stock. How ever, where the dealer Is asked to fig ure on a large bill, ordinarily he is willing to make a lump price materially lower than that for which the same goods could nave bebea furnished lsst yr- . V xnereaaa commf aooa. In a letter. James K. Defebaugh, the editor ol tne American Juum be r man. aaya: it la a aeir-evioeni ract mat pncea are from 20 to it per cent leas en nearly all building material in the west and soutn, at least, tnnn tney wui De In a month or two rrom now. wnen the election Is over and our troubles are orettv much behind u One or two jsew J one rontraciors go aa far as to say that the general annnkage on pncea or ouiiding ma tertala exceda . tier cent. George V. ..otchklas secretary of the Tlllnola lumber dealers association, said recently: Candldlr. I look cron tha ereeent depressed condition or the lumber oaa Ineaa as but tbe rrelude to an era of pncea mgner man naa ever Been anew a to prevail. Brick la dnwn 21 Ter cent er more. Gradea that sold la New Tork a year in ror i to 1 1 per toouea are aew selling at 1 4 it and 1 1. Common brick sold in Chicago for $t.l to ti it per thonaand In 107; It now roata Ilit to i.. a. Two or three years ui prices were aometlm twice aa high. Ifntlc Portland remetit. arcordlng te contractora can be bought la Chicago 14. per o-ft cheaper than ia 1 Mi. and In New Tork about per cent. possibly 20 per cent cheaper than It was a year ago at this time. It Is not cheaper, however, than It was three years aaro. Price for roofing slate, according to tne wenuine ifangor Slate company, Easton, t'a., are from 5 to 10 per cent lower man last year, according to tne grade, and size wanted. Can Get Money arow. Many people perhaps most neoDle ao not pay tne iuii price ror tneir homes. Thev prefer to build a better house than could be had for their avail able cash. So they borrow on mortgage, which experience has shown to be a not unwise thing to do. But during the last year money has been tight. It has been hard to borrow on mort gage, and that Is one reason why there ..aa been so little building. The market Is easing up perceptibly, Fartlcularly the mortgage loan market t is no longer difficult to get money on a first class mortgHge on a new home. This situation makes the present the best time to build. As It becomes easier and easier to -vet mnnov thare will be more and more general building undertaken by railroads and big cor porations, as wen as individuals, and then up will go the price again and the golden opportunity will have paaned. The present situation Is strictly in favor or tne noma Dunaer. By way of showing the big reduc tions mat nave Deen maae in the prices of all clauses of building materials and in la nor rrom that or two years aa-o. the following table, complied by the San Francisco Call, of prices in that city, is given: Present Price. Common red brick . . $7.60 per 1,000 on Job uomesuc cement iz.oa Imported cement $2.76 to 13. 25 Lime $1.16 per barrel riaater is to no Der ton Crushed rock 76c to $1 per yard Lumber .$11 to $16 ner l.OOo Skilled labor .$$.60 to tt per day Two ears Am. common ren onca; Domestic cement Imported cement Lime Plaster Crushed rock Lumber Skilled labor BEACH LAND BEING RAPIDLY TAKEN UP One of the most notable, features of the general upward movement in all classes -of real property in this state In the laat two years is the extraordinary actMty In Oregon beach land. ' Nearly all of the Oregon beach available for summer residence purposes, extending from the mouth of the Columbia river tn Coos Rftv. has nassed into the hands of wealthy Individuals or under the control of strong corporations. In miny cases, especially where owned by Individuals, this property Is not for sale, but is being held for the fancy prices that It will command In the next few years. Immense areas of ocean front, particularly In Clatsop county, have been subdivided In the past year or two and are being rapidly disposed of -to prospective builders of summer homes. North of Oearhart Park the Delaura Beach company has platted about 100 acres of ocean front and during the beach season just closed sold lots to tne value oi over no.ouu. irver l.ouu people camped on the Delaura Beach property during the past summer. While this property was put on tha market only last summer, already a number of cottages have been com pleted and others are under construc tion. The company completed during the late summer a cottage hotel and by the opening of the next beach season will have completed one of the largest and handsomest hotels on the Oregon beach. Plans are under way for establishing a high-class military school at Delaura Beacn, the company having donated 20 acres as a site. ' Extending from Astoria to the ocean and running through the Delaura Beach property. Is a plank automobile road. Over this road Is the only way that au tomobiles can reach the hard sand beach, on the Oregon coast. This stretch of bench road Is 18 miles lonir. extending from the mouth of the Ne canicum river to the mouth of the Co lumbia, and is one of the finest nat ural speedways for automobiles In the world. DIDN'T MIND INVADING CAPITOL $12.60perl.003 $2.15 to $1.76 $3.60 to $4.60 $2.60 per barrel ,.$12 to $16 per ton 12 ner vard $2$ to $40 per 1.600 IT to $ per day The reductions In thla table are aoua to about 40 per cent and are not far from the reduction that have tiken place in tneae articlea in tne Portland marxcL BURGLAR BARGAINED. ITow an Cyd Ranker Got Rid of an Unwelcome Visitor. rrom tha Kansae City Star. A rroun Of hla friends were dtamaa Ing William Wlnalow Sherman, the old Dan iter who aiei not long ago. l-ia, ha4 the IWlUaf nan know," aald ona 'Throe or four years ago, when Sbennan waa an aid man and partially criDDled bv nw. of a fall from a boree. be entered his bodrooni late at night to find a m..w4 burglar ransacking It. -Tha thief had a big gun trained oa Sherman in a minute. The banker tuat wared It aalde with a fired hand that away.' be eaid irrt tiklr tt . ; diaonaa thla matter like gaoUetnen.' The oorgiar waa so aurpnaetj be laughed. Now. yon rwnld hart, ma if mm. r... to, and might get away with aofne Uttle kak-k-knttka,' aald Sherman. "But yoa might he caught, aad there's a alight probability that row eon Id dlaooee of my itniet articles prontaMv. Wbat Sargent Ca. New Tork. nay: wotild yen conidder a fair nii prent.). 'iiardware for plamblcg parpoae Is 1 tion to go awayf Tbcy talked t over llr - II 111 - mmffto.j$ Tha Hen Which Entered the Mis-1 I f'p-':""'". " ","J ' ''" "'TTlj onVl State House. II If S 1 - .III i t f sa w Peggy la In a class by herself. She la the only hen wba waa ever known to enter a autehouae for an honorable po sition among Its gorcrnora. But be It known that Peggy la bo or dlnarr hen. She if the Mrs. TanderbUt of the chicken of tha United Etatea. Born and raised In Kaaaaa City, Peggy la now valued at $S.Ma, and flva of her children were recently eold t afadame Paderewskl for $7.6t. Sna belongs to the Crystal White Orpington claen, and la 171-1 perfect. Because of tba tinqneatlonable su- preaoaay which Peggy enjoys la the hen world, a magnificent portrait of ber ha been painted by a celebrated western artist, and. aa shewn abova. Peggy la to ref 1" tha Mlasoarl aUtehonBe at Jef ferson City, among the ptcturee ef other Individual wha aif helped ta snake allseourt faasoua l aTl The burglar thought be earM ta bav 111. but Sherman, after Hqairteg into tba man's bablta. eald II wae enoagb. tw oea,' ha aala. "yoafre a tnn tt1ef. If thla ware ymir flrat wffcaaa I 4 pr rwa r price, but ew th police- bar yonr rlctare yon aoght t be glad ta accept any fair cwiapr B i and ran no rt.a ' Tb barglar finally agreed a take $. Sbertnaa palled out a $1 fcui. i&lTa me tf rhaage.' aald be. And h gat It before be paid." 'i f - r