THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER'!, 1808.
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TURNS LIGHT ON DEALERS
, WHO FEAR BRYAN VICTORY
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C. t. Henry Shows That They Belpng to Class That nas
Long Retarded Progress of PortlandSome Chinese
s- Are Far More Enterprising.
VOLUME OF BUSINESS
LARGEST FOR MONTHS
Impending Presidehfial Election Appears
V to Act as a Spur
,-HThe Building
. Shows a Great
Transfers of realty for October
reached, a total of but few thousand
dollars short c !.500,0(W, or to. fee
exsci. iiui i oy several
-hundred thousand dollars the largest
total 'of we. ytar, la nearly ' twice . the
total fof Qctober of 1907. and la the
largest monthly total lnce May. 19.07
. V Contrary to the general belief and -perience,
that the, month Immediately
preceding a r residential election is, ax
ways oinatrous to business, the realty
business In I'oitland has surpassed that
of an? nvnth -during the past; It
months, andllils in spite of the printed
operators' that their clients .were as I
rule) refraining .from .making invest
ments until the outcome of the elec
tion wis linewn. -
c Even the alleged fear of . Democratic
success, which has been so Industrious
ly put forward from hostile source for
savers! weeks cast, was not sufficient
to prevent an unusually large and
healthy volume ,of realty sales. Men
of brains and means were " not to be
deterred by a partisan outcry from In
vesting in Portland real estate. They
knew its value, and were not to be
frlsrhtened Into the belief that the sue
cess or inMk, or xnai csnaiuaie ior m
'presidency could take irom its values,
on the contrary thev were convinced
. that no 'matter which side won, that
real estate in this city could never by
, any possibility be worth less man it is
now, but the chances were 100 to 1
that it would always be worth more.
Great Building Beoord
'. The huildlne- record of the month,
v mm nhnwn tw tha valua of nermlts Is
sued, is another conclusive proof of the
high esteem In whtch Portland property
la held by Investors. The value of all
Mirmlti lasued last month was 11.031
is the lara-est total for any month
this rear arhd nearly twice .-that of
rtntdher. 1B07. Another gratifying fea
ture of the permits Issued last month
Is the fact that the average value of
the improvements for which permits
were issued, was more than 12,600. The
tvniflcance of this fact is better at
predated, when a comparison is made
with the number and value of permits
Issued in Los Angeles, where the av
erage value of the Improvements for
which permits were issued during the
t trst 20 days of October was less than
11.600.
Heavy Bales Hot Bsoorded. e
In addition to the unusually large
total of realty sales made during Octo
ber, it Is known that several transac
tions involving a total of close to
$500,000, were closed durlna- the month,
but as the final papers did not pass
before' yesterday, this sum does not go
toward swelling .the month's tataL
One prominent firm reported total
sales for the "week ending yesterday of
133,000, with transactions In process
of 'closing up ef almost, a like sum.
Another dealer reported a deal closed
and part payment made on a Stark
street holding wherein the consideration
is In excess of 3100.000.
The two-storv brick building on the
east aide of Second street, between
Yamhill and Taylor belonging to the
Davenport estate was reported sold to
s local capitalist for 338.000. In this
sle the purchaser's name wss not
made public owing to the fact that the
dd had not been delivered although
full payment had been made. The
owners of the property live in. Austra
lia ord England and several weeks will
elnpse fctfonv the signed d-ed will be
returned to- Portland snd the transac
tion closed. 1
Bryan and His Platform Can
Be Relied Upon by the Voters
(By C P. Strain, Assessor of Umatilla
County.) .
Thou shalt not decelve. Thou shalt
not oppress. Thou shalt not , steal.
Thou shalt not kill.,, These command
ments constitute the substance of the
Democratic platform of 1308, 1300 and
. fVm.rm IM Hit fa.Ain both WSyS'
planks in the Democratic platform of
1908. It does not make Indefinite prom
ises capable or several imervriviuii.
The people demand sincerity, and Mr.
Bryan and the Democracy under his
leadership have today met their demand.
Upon the tariff question the Demo
' ... - nrnmiMs tn rvise the tar
iff by a reduotioh of the tariff taxes
and bv placing trust-made articles upon
the free TustThe Republican platform
promises revision of the tarlfj (after
, election) without saying which way they
will revise, up or down.
i fmTm slk Zs Tas-aev
' Mr. Taft says that some schedules
wUl be ralaed others lowered. But-he
will not specify which ones. Thus Mr.
Taft and his party invited deception
and disappointment.-
The Democratic party opposes poiiti
aal contributions from corporations and
. ir. nnhllcltv of all campaign
contributions before election. ' It is now
applying this rule. yf
The Republican party professes to
favor the same plans. But It will not,
perhaps dares e not, publish Its contri
butions until after election. .
The Democratic party demands that
no set of men shall oppress the. people
through trusts. It not only promises
to piece" trust made articles -upon the
free list. It goes farther and demands
that powerful corporations -desiring to
do an Interstate, business shall be re
quired to first obtain a federal license.
This license will not be granted except
" to corporations able to give satisfactory
evidence of the lawful character of their
business. . Any ' corporation falling to
get such license,.... or having had such
license revoked by the government, will
be shut up in the state -of itejprlgln
- A rower Wltk OeverMaen. .
The power to grant or revoke such
license will give to the government
the mastery over any possible combina
tion of predatory capital. For if any
cornoratlon fails to meet , the test bf
-law in the beginning, or tf It rorrelts
Its.llcense by subsequent transgressions,
of ! the provisions thereof, it will lose
the -marVeta of alt ths states but its
home state. The license plan will com-
' pel corporations to choose between do-,
trig an honest business 1n all of the
46 states, or of doing a. crooked bust-;
. nees In but one state. . ' V 1
V The Republican" party promises to
regulate trusts. But it presents , nq
speclfle workable -method of doing so.:
yThe Democratic: party proposes to
abolish oppression-and robbery through
tariff snd trust legislation, -r.. 'I
The Republican party" leaves the peo-
We to hope that some method wilt be
oevlsedf (after election) to regulate
trusts in the people's favor. 1
to the Realty Market
Record for the Month
Gain.
R. Ecpir.ger has closed a deal with R.
wilder and Lewis Russell for a two
thirds ';iurat In the irregular shaped
tot on ir-.o r.ortnwest corner ox isievenin
&t. Stark sweets, opposite the Noitonia
hotel. Each owned a one Uiird interest
ln.tlio peptrty and reoeivM 125,000
for' his holJuwThe lot is occupied by
an iartnient nouse and two dwellings.
I'o SMitv.ncement was made of suv con-
templatcl truprovementa of the . prop
crty. but on account of Us bcli-g in a
locality rniudly increasing in va'ue. It
is nltorether probable that first-olass
buMilins will- go up there within a short
1 - Buyer rronx the t.
A- Philadelphia Investor, who made a
trip thicugh the northwest lofct 'summer
" ( wss much impressed with Port
land's prospects, has closed n deal for
a 101 on trie west staewr l enin sireer.
between Washington and Stark. -The
property belonged to Mrs. Gertrude
Hahn of ColvtJle. waeh.. and was sold
for $47,000. . The broker making the
saie announces , that tne purcnaser is
prepared build a three or four-story
building on the lot provided a suitable
tenant can be found.
It is understood that General Charles
P. Beebe and Charles E.' Ladd have op
tioned an extensive limestone tract on
the Lewis river. 13 miles above the Co
lumbia.. The intention Is to purchase
the land and establish a . large lime
manufacturing plant. The price of the
property is Si 0.000.. ., . '
R. D. Intnan closed a' deal In the
early part of the week for -a quarter
Dioctc on tne soutnwest corner oi jj:ist
Couch street and Union avenue. - I'he
property formerly belonged to" G-org
W. Simon and was sold for $13,600.
When asked relative to probable Im
provements. Mr. Inman iiald that he hal
no immediate plans looking to that end
but that it was not nia policy to let
valuable property remain In aq unim
proved condition for a. great lerrptb of
time, and that it was probable he would
put up some. kind of a bunding on tbs
property within the next 13 months.'
Boms Other Bale.
Fred H. Strong has conveyed "to
Strong & Co.the quarter block at, the
southeast corner of East Morrison 'nnd
East T hlrd- street, consideration $68,600.
The property Is improved with several
frame buildings.
John Kleman has deeded, to 15. B.
Oardnes; a one third interest In a valu
able ranch on Sauvle's island, conald
eration $8,000.
cnaries A. Mccargar nas eoia to
Lucy W. Hawk a hoyse and lot-nn
Thirty-second and Vernon streets, Wil
lamette Heights, consideration $6,000.
Another se.ooo - sale of wniameite
Heights i property, recently closed,, was
tnat or a nouee ana lot on -rnirty-rirai
and Thvrman streets. The property
was purchased by J. W. Gilkynson "rom
h D. Morris.
M. Li. Hoiorook has purcnasea rrom
the Northern Counties Investment com
pany a part of block SI, Portland
Heights, for $5,400.
R B. Rice has sold to Alice F. Whit
field a house and lot on Wasco street.
near East Twenty-rourtn street, ror
for $8,600. This is a new house recent
ly completed by Mr. Rice.
The German Savings A Loan society
of San Francisco has sold to Ferdinand
Sternahl a house and fractional lot on
the northeast corner of Ftont and
Meade streets for $4,000.
Tne Bt. Johns Land company nas soia
to Emma
L.
vaughan, three lots
in
Whltwood
court.
near St Johns
for
I2.40A.
I. J. Hersna nas purcnasea rrom f.
H. Roork ajot on Union avenue between
Mason and Bkldmore streets, considera
tion $2,600.
But at the same time evidence mul
tiplies that the syndicated interests en
tertain a strong faith that the people
are to be deceived a faith which1 they
are backing; with financial support that
the Republican leaders dare not publish
before election. Everybody knows that
standard uu ana tne steet comDinauon
have become monopolies, having power
to set their own price to Dotn tne man
who has .oil or Iron lands to sell, and
to consumers of the products of oil and
steel.
The beef trust, .and the whole brood
of trusts are fast approaching such
monopolistic powers. . We saw a com
bination of wool buyers beat down the
wool market from elghf to 14 cents last
spring when conditions seemed to war
rant the ruling prices of recent years.
The Democratic - party demands that
the Filipinos be assured of their ulti
mate' independence. Such a publlo dec
laration ' would not only pacify the
islands; It would assure the . whole
world of our good intentions. This
would promote our peace and safety,
adding also Immensely to our moral
prestige the world ove -
Demanded Monest Platforms.
Mr. -'Bryan, has been called erratic
changeable, visionary, unsafe. Yet he
has demanded through all. his publlo
career that platforms be made specific
and honest; that extortions through
special privileges be extinguished; that
Justice be made the foundation of all
law, whether local, state, .national, or
international.
No discouragements, no defeat, no
temptation has ever swerved htm from
this creed. His courage,, his moral pur
pose, his .fortltade, his sublime' faith in
the people have raised him to an un
matched eminence of leadershln which
extends far above and beyond party
lines. He is today the most command
ing figure in America.
The onlv issue which Mr. Bryan has
abandoned la that of free coinage of
sliver. , Mr. - Bryan, lik other deep
thinkers, believes tn the auantitlve the
ory of money. That Is, that money fluc
tuates in value according to its produo-
non. ''', . ' 1
X.lttts.Oold 9rodaeed.- .
In Hit the e-old mines -were nroduc-
tng but little gold.. I do not have Bta
tlctics showing, the production of. 1896.
But the World Almanac of 1834 gives
the' production of gold in 1898 as $130,
000.00. - And the same authority for
1308 gives the production of gold in
190C as $400.000,000.. This enormous in
crease in gold, being followed by high
prices au over tne - worm, proves the
correctness of Mr. Bryan's theory in
1896. The demand in 196 for free sil
ver has been met by . the trebling of
gold production. No human mind could
foresee this providential solution. But
so sensible a -man aa Mr.' Bryan can
and does accept It. All but the ignorant
and insincere approve his acceptance.,
. ': -Afeeed of .Sis Tarty. .'.
The president is beginning tb catch
up with Mr.- Bryan. ' But Mr. Roosevelt
is in advance or 111s party.
Brvan in 1900 advocated placing pro-
ducta of trusts upon the .free 'list
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Roosevelt caught Up in 1908. Bryan in
1886 advocated an Income tax. Roose
velt caught up In 1907.
Bryan In 1896 advocated enlarging
the powers of the interstate commission
for -control of railroads; Roosevelt
caught up in 1808.
Bryan in 1896 denied the right of
trusts to stifle competition, bankrupt
rivals, or to prey upon the people.
Roosevelt oaught up in 1908. . ,'
Advocates Savings Guaranty.
Bryan is now advocating the sate
guarding of the peoples money de
posited in the banks. Through his
counsel and advice the Oklahoma con
stitution, wiiich la substantially a new
charter of liberty in this country, pro
viding for popular government through
direct primaries and direct leglslstion,
as in Oregon, was adonted. And under
this, constitution Oklahoma is .now,
demonstrating the wisdom or nanK
guarantee of deposits.
The Republican leaders are making a
weak atempt to oppose this plan by
promising (sfter election) 1n the form
of postal savings banks. But they de
feated a bill a very mild one at that
to establish such banks. '
Mr. Brysn demands election of TJnlted
States senators by the people. Repub
lican leaders oppose.
. Wants Justice for labor.
Mr. Bryan demands, valuation ef rail
roads. Republicans opose.
Mr. Bryan demands Justice for labor.
That Republican leaders oppose this
is the opinion of Jibor leaders them
selves. ' I . .
The Democratic platform is a strong;
honest declaration. Mr. 1 Bryan Is
stronger than his platform. -
The Republican platform is reaction
ary and evasive. But .Mr. Taft is less
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commanding, than nu piatrorm. navmg
secured his nomination through execu
tive interference.' and -having a record
opposed to th interests of labor.
Moreover, his -edmlnistration . of1- the
Philippines was a failure In the opinion
of our soldiers who were there: and who
is better competent to Judge than
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Kaa Above, the Dollar. -
Like Lincoln.' Mr.. Bryan believes in
both money and men. But when it
comes to a choice between the monopoly
of our resources by syndicated wealth,,
srnd the rights of living, breathing, red
blooded men and women.' he places the
man above the dollar. , "
. The President has the appointment
of federal Judges. When once ap
pointed these Judges hold office for lire.
. Believing In the rights of the com-.
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of B. F. Weaver, Twelfth, Near Broadway,
mon people producers, laborers and
smell tradesman as he does.- Mr. Bryan
would certainly fill vacancies upon the
supreme oencn ana in tne tower courts
with men who share his views. .
The Importance of this class of ap
pointees is now accentuated by the fact
that for manr years reactionary, cor
poration lawyers have been elevated to
tne reoerai nencn. Here in uregon w.
W. Cotton. Ahlef .'counsel for the O. R.
ft was the president's first choice
10 succeed juage uamnger.
Those Tamous Decisions,
Mr. Taft -was appointed from Ohio
and handed . down from tie federal
bench his famous,' but oppressive injunc
tion decisions a gains: laoor. . -
The liberalising of the federal courts
through such apopintments ss Mr.
Bryan would make, promises a great
blessing to the common people and one
which would extend far beyond his term
of office.
To illustrate my meaning: The gov
ernment secured tne conviction of Stan
dard OH. A fine of $29,000,000 was lm-
f osed. The higher court, with its reac
lohary corporation) tendencies, reversed
the decision.
For all of these reasons the. publio
welfare imperatively demands the. elec
tion of Mr. Bryan November 3. 1908.
KILLS . BIGGEST BER
AFTER FIERCE CHARGE
(Special Dispatch to The Jooraal.)
TJtica, N Y., Oct ll.After a brief
but exciting combat last evening, Fred
erick Reeves; a guide, killed a 898-pound
black bear, the largest one ever shot iq
the Adlrondacks, so far . as veteran
guides can recall.
. Reeves was traveling through the
woods near the cross' clearing, a mile
from the road and about five, miles from
Tupper lake." He came upon the bear
unawares on the edge of a swamp;
: Reeves was startled at its -Immense
slse, but fired quickly and hit hie game.
The animal, reared, and after biting at
the wound started for tJie guide, who
was about 160 et awsy. ' , ' '
Reeves stood his ground and pumped
four-more- shots Into the bear, which
fffii-cail ten feet from where the hunter
' stood. sAU rve shots stwck home. The
bear tipped tne scales at ss povnas.
and front the snout Jo the hind foot
measured 8 feet 6 Inches. . r
Weber's Noelty Orchestra at the Par
kins Grill for mld-dajr lunch.
and Columbia Streets.
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Streets.
PUTS BAN ON SPOONING
OVER SCHOOL PHONES
Superintendent Heart Teacher Say
"You're My Onllest" to Admirer
Send Kisses by Wire.
-(Special Dispatch to The JourniL)
Trenton. N. J., : Oct. 81. "You're a
dear. Tom. Tou are the only onllest.
"Thanks, sweetheart Now send me
a kiss over the wire I'll call tonight
and duplicate It a hundred times."
This conversation startled Superln
tanriant or Schools Mackev as he took
down the receiver in his office to get
central. "Hwetnearv was a. inuur,
and "Tom" hef dearest friend.
Superintendent Mackey called the
principals of the various schools to
gether, told them of the conversation
he had Inadvertently overheard and di
rected themn to Instruct their teachers
that there must be no "spooning' over
the telephone during school hour. He
"It is. frequently necessary for me to
communicate with many of the schools,
and it Is extremely aggravating to find
the wires .busy because of the, love
making by the teaches and their ad
mirers. After school houra they may
do-as much of thl s they like;, it is
none Of our business then. '
He also gave directions to Prlnclpsl
Wetiel of the high" school to stop the
practice of the young girls of that in
stitution making frequent use of toe
telephone. ...
"Many parents." Superintendent
Mackey said, "do not know to whom
their young, daughters are talking on
the telephone, and if they knew they
nn .tnuht nr.lhlhlt It. The BCtlOO
authorities are morally responsible to
the parents in this matter.
" ,' ' 8,000 Saortflced.
Fire sale. Peters & Roberts rurnltu"ro
Co- manufacturers.- 8.000 pieces vf fur
niture saved from the fire will bo sold
at actual cost of manufacjurlng. . Mat
tresses, pillows, Iloss eora eusnions,
sanitary couches, rockers. Arm chairs,
Turkish leather rockers ' and f ouches,
solid mahogany parlor suits and fancy
odd- pieces made of the best material
jtnH tnnnr aklllarl workmen. . See half
page announcement In today's Journal.
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In a discussion of the effect on the
values of Portland real estate, in case
of Bryan's election. Charles K. Henry,
a .. well known and successful realty
broker, har the following to say:
"A number of "real ' estate deaiers
lav Portland In interviews published re
cently in ths Qregonian, have said that
they, believe sales 0? real, estate will
stop and that values will drop if W. H.
Taft is not elected president. A num
ber of these men have not been success
ful In selling real estate, evidently be
ing more inclined to polities than to the
selling of real estate; can they be
successful if they do not9 have absolute
confidence In their property they are
disposing of ? -They, with a number of
bankers and some weak-kneed mer
chants, foolishly shout panic and hard
times, if people won't fall down to their
dictation. . ' .
"I have had a ntimber of people come
in during the past week or two, saying
they would not buy until after the elec
tion. In one instance in particular an
ex-banker, who stated that he would
buy if be was sure of Taft's election. I
fiofnted out to him, and to others .of
Ike narrow mind, that he and. others
like him had been buying property for
a number of years, but had . never
enough faith and confidence in them
selves, in their city; IM their country,
or In the dealers to buy anything. I
cited to him the Instance or s lot on
Fifth snd Couch streets that I urged
him' to buy five years ago, and which I
bought afterwards, and doubled my
money in a little over a year.
-, "I also recalled to him the fact that
I had urged him to buy about five years
ago the quarter block on Seventh and
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RIVALRY
OVER CAR LIHE
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Property Owners onTPenin
sula Deeply Interested
in Route Chosen.. .
The extension of the carltne to the
Swift Packing company's plant on the
Columbia slough has' developed a friend
ly rivulry among property owners on
that part of the peninsula for the lo
cation ,of the line down certain streets.
The oiiginal plan and desire of the
people! was for the line to pass from
KlUMKkwortn avenue nortn along ai
bins avenue . to Pippin street, thence
wasterlv alone- Plnnln street to Dover
ayenue and from' Dover avenue - north
to tne pacKing grounas. Tne r-sa-tisna
Railway company -made its surveys and
the property owners fully approved of
this location. It looked certain that
this would be the route until the city
council complicated matters by making
exact lone as to the form of franchise.
That, gave time' for rival interests
to get into play. A number of property
owneis along Patten avenue wished to
open up their holdings to car service,
accordingly they petitioned' that they
would have no objection to the carltne
passing along that avenue. The mat
ter was ultimately referred to the
street committee of the council, which
disapproved of this location. The rea
son given was that Patten- avenue was
dedicated as a 100-foot boulevard and
should be retained tn that form for a
future speedway and fashionable drive.
A number of property owners took
advantage of this decision to undertake
to locate the line farther west down
Denver avenue. As far as the different
Iiroperty Interests are concerned, the
ocntion of the line is of vital import
ance. The advocates . of Denver avenue
argued that by building down that
avenue the Portland Railway company
would not have to build so much ad
ditional trackage, for the reason that
the company could utilise the tracks
already in along Killings worth avenue
for a longer distance
A comparison of distances betweon
parallel streets represents the interest
of the future residents of that district.
The carllne ever to St Johns turns
north from Killlngsworth avenue and
runs out Greeley street- to Pippin
street It is eisht blocks from O-reelov
street to Denver avenue, so that the
ureeiey street canine would b paral
leled within a distance of eis-ht blocks.
The property owners between those-. wo
streets would have to walk a dlstanoe
of four blocks either way to the cars,
x is a distance 01 it oiocks rrom uen-
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Kemodeled- Presbyterlaa Cbu'rc-b,
Stark streets, where the Oregon hotel
now stands, for 840,000, urging It upon
him as s fine buy, but he hadn't faith
eneugh in our city or confldenoe enougf
In. his own Judgment, and it was sold to.
a little coterie of Chinamen who are
reaping big profits, aa I recently sold a
vacant quarter block across the street
for 8160,000.
- "X Impressed upon htm. In our con
versation the other day, this fact, and
further impressed upon him the addl--tlonal
fact, that while he is : going
around afraid t invest; lacking confi
dence, as he calls It, , that the same
and determinedly helping, to build np
the city, and are erecting a six-story
brick building on the corner of Sec
ond and Yamhill streets. Why, even
the Chinamen have more business sense
than some of our bankers, and have
a better knowledge of the industry and
capacity of this country. They are not
caring which "Bill" Is elected. They
fully realize that the rains are going
to fall, the earth is going to produce,
the salmon are going to run up the
river, the Hood River apples are go
ing to be Just aa red, the timber Is go
ing to be Just as valuable; in fact, all
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gon are going to be sought-after Just
as much after the election, no matter
which of the two candidates are elect
ed. .. -, I . . -. . - ',
It is childish and absurd in the ex
treme for these so-called intelligent
men , to belittle their own country in
the manner they are doing at election
time. The facts re that this month s
real estate sales lh the city of Fart
land are greater than that of any month
during the year. And every indica
tion points to greater business and np--buildlng
of our city and state for the
coming year." , i
ver avenue over to Union avenue.. the
next nearest line on tffe east "The resi
dents betwen ' those two streets woul'l
have to walk a distance of 18 blocks.
To make a more Juot location for
the interests Of the residents of that
district the line should be located as
near the middle between Greeley stroot :
and Union avenue as possible. This
would throw it closer to Patten avenue,
but Patten avenue is now 'out of the
race, so that, it brings it back as It
was originally Intended to Alblna.
avenue." '
From Greeley street where the carline
is at tp resent to Alblna avenue is a dig- .
tance of 19 blocks. From Alblna, ave
nue on over to Union avenue is a dls-.,
tanns of 13 blocks. The property .own
ers in the middle of both these dis
tricts would be in reach of ear service
on either side 10 blocks. This matter
is now' before the council.
HEALTHY GROWTH IN
B1HLDIN0 PERMTS
.
Building permits for the month
ending at noon yesterday aggre-
gated in value 81.0S1.HI. This
I . 1. A 1 . A.
of the year, and is nearly double
the value of those issued In
October, 1807. All told there .
were 891 permits issued, which
"shows an. 'average value ofnUrw
building -. Improvements begun '
during the month of over 13,500.
THANKSGIVING: LINENS.
Buy Tour iThanltsffivlng tineas Here
Tomorrow for Xess.
Our annual Thanksgiving sale of
fine table llpens starts tomorrow morn
ing, we are , me largest-importers ot
Irish linens on the coast Bee-today's
ad for special prices. Napkins and
cloths hemmed free of charge. Mo-
Allen tt McDonnell. Third and Morrison.
Weber's Novelty Orchestra at the Per
kins Grill for mid-day lunch.
REALTY TRANSFERS '
. OVER TWO MILLION
4t Realty transfers for ths month
vof October-reached thev sum of
S2.446.134. The largest total
w since May. 1907,; ; and within''
' 3100,000 of double the. value of w
the transfers of Ootober, 1907.
Altogether, there were 1.878
transfers, with an average value
of a little less than $3,000.
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