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Newspaper Page Textj .1. .THE OREGON ":SUNDAYr" JOURNAL, PORTLAND; 'SUNDAY' MORNING!. NOVEMBER'. 29,. 1903: o 5 TIE OPIIISIIC saanuH I VIEW OF MARKET '.. :7lE Portland Jteal Estate .Again r U v . . Soiling: Freely Record ! Tear Anticipated. 1 .- it s With Portland real estate operators onflmlsm 1 the high. note. For several months the local market has been In -a mor or less stagnant condition,, but sow the national election la thing of . the past, mora general Inquiry for good Investments and a larger volume of actual sale la the report iroro neariy every prominent realty dealer's office In the city. ' As to general market conditions, leading- ofces strike the nam note that all classes of property tut-rapidly becoming mora marketable. , Naturally inutile city property will not move as vapidly as acreage for platting purposes, for the reason that the.run of buyers Just now are seeking tracts which , they may themselves retail. Speculation of this character seems to have taken hold on large number of Portland capitalists, which is proved by the fact that dosens of men of means are in the field for a piece of .acreage available for sub division. "So many handsome fortunes have been accumulated here In the past two or three years by selling out addl tlons that what amounts to almost erase to get hold of small, close In tracts has taken possession of the In vesting public . . . : ,t . The past two weeks In the local mar ket has been characterised by a feeling on the part of both buyers and sellers that the coming year will be the most active and the most satisfactory In the history of the city. JBc- far as general business Is concerned the -condition Is far above normal and there seems little question that every month of t the new year will show an increase in this rising tide of prosperity. w .. One marked result of this situation has been to induce owners to turn loose their holdings at any reasonable price. Six weeks ago buyera were holding back nd it was hard to get them to come up to the sellers' prices. Now. however, the situation has changed completely; buyers are willing and even anxious to meet the preelection demands of own- The, demand . f of city property -and acreage Js greater than I have known H for many months." says E. J.' Daly, on of the large realty operators in the cltv ."I have a number or customers with the money who are anxious to make investments in business property, but it seems almost Impossible, to get ' owners to name prices anywhere In the bounds of reason, so confident are they that Portland is destined to .be a large city and that. realty values will increase C"Trhenaemand for first class residence property is running strong.'? continued Mr Dalv. "Sales In the high-priced west side districts,' as well as on the other sidr of the river, In thur class-nf - holding .are,. more-'JJumerOut Jthan for montns past. x. expex-i w heavy movement in t-oruana rem Anrtm the, next' 11 "months, and shall be greatly f surprised falls to materialise." kXi t:;: ?' One of the very oest recent evioennrj 1 of the high esteem In which Portland realty is held by local men of means ' the einerience. of 'the Gold ' Medal Shingle company .; in - purchasing,; last week, the half block facing, oiv East Taylor-street - Between cam r um ana Kt Second utreets. This comnany naid . tiiAna fni? h ihriljUnr. anA. within 10 dav's was offered, tSOflfri for it, the offer being made ,by Fisher, Thoroen. ft Co., who Own- the other half fof She block. The Gold Medal flhingte com pany and Fisher, Thorsen A Co. re fused an offer ef $56,000' for thewhole block, both firms being confident that it will bring f7S,00V. , . v Fisher. Thorsen & Co. intend erectr ing a . throe story .concrete building on their half block" to , cost 5,0Q0. The Oolil Medal Shingle company fig ures that Its property will be greatly enhanced In value when the Southern Pacific vacates Fourth street and fu ita line down the east side, -where the Increased track facilities will create n demand for wholesale warehouse sites. Bo strong-is its faith. in .the .future of the east - side warehouse district, that the Gold Medal Shingle company has determined to hold its late purchase there as- a nermanent Investment. Another sale of a half block in the 1 east side warehouse district, which was f inallv- closed last week, and which il lustrates the increase In the price snd demand for Portland realty was the . half, block on the north side of East Yamhill street, between East First and East Second streets.. This property was purchased by : Llpman a"nd Wolfe from J. H. Hilliard for $22,000. . In 'residence property the largest transaction of the week was a new house and 60 foot lot on Northrup , street, ' between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets.- This holding was purchased by Mrs. Agnes ft. Hall from John M. I-ownsdale for 110.000. The , same property was also deeded to John M. Lnwnsdale by the Portland Trust company, trustee. I. Margulis closed a deal with L. O. Ralston for the purchase of eight lot"! in Green's addition. South Portland, consideration $6250. Mr. Margulis hr.s acquired - several valuable holdings in Kouth Portland during the past year, and on several of them he is building an attractive type of cottages. H: A. Heppner has purchased from the Oak Park band company a house and lot on East Tenth street, between What Europe Can Teach' the Home-Builders of Portland Written for The Journal by C. I Mnde. There Is comparatively little chance for variation !r. architectural styles In public buildings. Custom seems to find In Gothic cliurcht-s the due form for ritualistic faiths, in Romanesque bas ilicas th most expression of Protestantism.-;' Civic structures llnn their pha lanxes of Greek columns. Offico hulld Ings. cover their flat surfaces with re naissance ornament. Almost unfailingly when there, is a departure from these conventions, the result seems a sur vival, something extraneous to our civ ilisation, or else a naive revealing of a disordered .soul within. Portland can justly boast of a soore of homes .that posssfl distinction of taste,' sobriety, a real relation to ordi nary life, a lust sense of material, pro portion, surface and shadow,. - These are the qualities needful for iny. building, domentic or public, rt Is because of the possession of many homes thus distinguished that a city nuty- be called beautiful. In domestic architecture our American Styles may be -grouped, either through origin or adaptation, as the mission, colonial.. Pennsylvania Dutch and iog cabin. .... AdTMtaga of Mission Style. Tb mission style Is a delightful ex pression of the early, life In southern ( sltfornia. Simplicity in outline. .cheap ,'nena of material, eas -of construction, possible brilliancy or 'metlowness of col ering, adaptability to-' rolling hillsides t level plains, and reminiscences of a romantic epoch have ail endeared this type to thos who seek something indi vidual In thir homeaj Rightly used, in law, iavlated dwolllngs covering much whose oittllne)i are shleldel by ' vin, snd -wiiose garish 'yellows are l"M by climate, this manner is finely iirrett)ra of domestic rase. ' ' ttf other A met Iran styles the'PermsyU vnniu IHitcH is well suited to the- crowd l'r vt mtmw cltv streets. Ita pointed vn.l Miiami-nW .fhint wall gives va vi. iv Ihmi .i.-tiiil; Its rich brick impresses ' - i' .mf-.rt. I does not iwast . .- .tr , innjls.-np aa do co- 11111 " 1 Milium) in ii fi iii Mimbj; i -i n ht ' i - i in' i i in mI 1 ' : (1) Rosenblatt Hotel.jTenth and Alder Streets. (2) Blumauer-Frank Drug Company, Eighth and Everett. V . . .... (3).Moy Back Hin Building, Third and Yamhill. . ' " Broadway and Sobuyler, . consideration $8500. -. - ; . tV , Will H. Walters has sold to Charles Mttglnnls a house and ' lot on Eatit Seventeenth' street,, between Tilla.mook and Thompson for 15500. . ... , .rr,,. . ' 'A house and lot- on First -street, be tween. Caru there - and Sheridan, . South Portland.. ))as been purchased . by Sam Philan from H. Janicke tor 4600. - M.. H. Newhall has purchased from Joseph Burkhard a fractional at the southwest-., corner , of East Washington street, and' Grand avenue,; consideration 14850.1,' . August Fuhrpian has purchased from John . N. '' Klein a handsome residence occupying a 60 foot lot in East Crea tor). consideration $4000. Dorothea Danaiger -bas purchased from Alexander B. Fraser a house occupying a 40 by- 60 foot lot on the southeast corner of Twenty-first and Kearney streets, paying for the property JS260. A, 34ft by 70 foot lot on Ross street, near Clackamas, has been sold to Elvin J. Underwood by Albert Lawson for X3B00. ' 1. E. Martin has. closed a deal with rf. N.RIce for the sale of a house and lot In Sellwood, which is described ' as lot eight In block "V." for $3500. The improved quarter block at the northeast corner of Broadway and East Fifteenth streets has ben Sold by John Oustafsen.to D. V. Povey for $5500. Mall & ' Von Borstel have, sold for James: Anderson the southwest corner of East Twelfth and Weidler streets, to Charles R. Ross. The property is 100 by 185. The eonsideratiot was $7700... Mr. Ross will Improve the property, v A number of events of last week serve to shew something of the Increas ing rigidity of local prices. ? In one case a broker had worked up a sale In volving' nerly $100,000. which was summarily brought to an end by the owner, because the buyer, after meet ing theiprice, failed to quite agree on the terms. At a matter of. fact, the only difference between the parties to the leal'wae a question of $5000 In the amount of the cash payment. In another1 case the owner of s north end lotjirefuspd to consider an . offer which was hut slightly different 'from his own j quotation. delphia.1 Wbn these severe red build ings are relieved by. the complimentary gretrn of trees .they have- dignity, rela tion to 'life; simplicity, akin to beauty. It is-, unwise to adopt entirely any foreign style of house building, especiajjy styles Or detail of pronounced- -character. '9lie result Is sure to be an imita tion out of harmony with homes near by. The- secret of a beautiful city block is architectural , unity. A general uni formity of color, of skyline, of material, facing, f purpose and expensiveness will produce an impression of beauty, especially if there be the added grace of trees. - ; . What Inbarmony Does. , The r effect of . many fine blocks. In Portland .is spoiled by a single home, perhaps fine by Itself but out of har mony with its neighbors. The spreading eaves of Swiss chalets, the gothlc em- blazoning of I,ucerne, the 'many win dowed : gables of Nuremberg, the three arched, windows. of Bologna, the banded colors of Riviera villas may all seem con gruous etnd : inimitable -, when neon In their respective -cities, but When these details are transplanted their effect Is gene. Every1, house in' a Swiss village may have its eaves wide over the gran ary hid beneath the roof: avery bouse facing th market squares of liuceme may have its brilliant heraldic scrolls to give character, the sense, to- the place. But their effect la due to repetition.-. From ac artistic point ., Of view. It Is a pleasure to note that the, English house of many gables,-, with uncovered beams outlining a rough plaster -surface.- commonly known, aa -Tudor tor Elizabethan, la gaining in favor. Jn Port land. ' ;'-'.';' In its -essential it is net English only exquisite bulldingsof this kind.-dating from ths sixteenth century,' imay; yet be found in northern France and western Oermary. " r' - V - -. . 1 The beauty of this old time architec ture Is not confined to the xtrtnr A Jarre living room. Jn the English tyle. wiip nmoereq .ceiling, ts-orten fpun lo thei more recent homes of Portland.- . More i than -any other - manner.- this Elissbcthan architecture permits of v rlatiOns and adsDtability to many. uses. The fnmous (""Rows"- of Chester are a combination of store, home and dou M.i sidewalk.-' T .chamiiriff- dw-filings f :,'. .'-. a y " . . ' e ji 1 IV. .-i. i 0 1 m 1. f . i . -.'V ' Jl t-.i: .r -J as close and simple, as cottages in any factory town. - ; , ...... r . England's Country Homes. The 'country homes 'of England have for .three centuries been' the type of re poseful eleganoe In domestic architect ure." The manor houses of the gentry are famous for therr permanent beauty, comfort and harmony with the mellSv English landscape. Examples of the ' gothlc timbeTed house , of weathered wood and plaster FRENCH CITIES: APPROVE RUBBER-ASPHALT PAVING New Surface for Streets Will Be Experimented With in ' America During Coming Vear Consul General of the United States Gives Information. Rubber-asphalt . pavement, which, is coming Into general use in a - number of the larger cities in France, has at tracted the attention, of the ; municipal authorities in several American cities, and it Is probablo that the new pave ment wll be tried in this country during the - next year; The - American consul general furnishes f the .following infor mation .concerning this new paviing ma terial: ; - ,' x. .- , Experiments,, cpygrjog, periods .of , six years, have been made with this pave ment in , several f cities, . throughout France,-Including Paris and Lyons, and as far as can be ascertained have given good, results. .. . ' . ' In . the city -of Marseille a. satisfac tory experiment 'Was made upon the Prado a number, of years ago, and this spring three or four-publlo places were similarly paved, these areas, however, being -devoted -to pedestrian, traffic exclusively;-. Innovations of .this, kind make 8lowrogress-ini France, but from the character of the men Interested In the. company and the increasing Im portance of the work undertaken rubber- i iff? H J - rtfsidcnre of f " v 5 Si,. ft yr mm-. - ii !r:-)'i are proofs of Its usefulness for business pr resldeuce purposes .and , its independ ence of place setting. , Henry James neatly characterised the attire of a grande dame; as showing "expensive, subdued suitability." The phrase la peat as' a test for architect ure. To how many homes is the evi dence of wealth subdued to good- caste? To how many of our civic edifices can any but the first be "applied? In how many buildings of public utility is there entire .suitability of architectural form; .r asphalt paving must be regarded very seriously as a substitute for the more usual form of asphalt paving. At the present time most asphalt Pf ving involves the use of costly in stallations for the heating of the pow der, Ja considerable amount of material, and a. special class of laborers, all of which tend to Increase the cost. Under the; new process It is possible to make cold applications of asphalt, which are said to possess all the, advantages of hot compressed, asphalt without its drawbacks. ' ' , The materia under description : Is a product resulting from the association of asphalt snd rubber. Asphalt la a carbonate of . lime impregnated with bitumen, with which rubber . romhln.. under cerUin . conditions, thus effecting1 . " uvurniuu vi imc calcareous mole cules. . This product is claimed to bo more plastic -and more adhesive than pure asphalt, and - to . resist higher terriparatures. ' To obtain the: com bination of bitumen, aqd rubber they must be energetically . mixed in-special devices. In' which the asphalt, reduced to fine powder, is Jn-the r presence of ruboer swelled and softened by a sol vent. The material thus, obtained .is a brown powder darker than the original asphalt,, and. it. suffices .to ' compress It - C - ' : t t- f ' 3 A. IIf!tln. ?Ta!Jn t-A' PtO'jt If M y i : i1 r "9 - in order that 'If shall set and" harden rapidly. ' . 1 - It is allered that when asDhalt is ap plied hot. the heat of the application coming into contact - with - a concrete foundation .containing more or less hu midity vaporizes ,tn --water , coniainea therein.' and . the' , steam, by its fore of expansion, ; escapes, .thus destroying tne compactness or tne comoination. This inconvenience does not present it- sell In the- system under designation, which Dermlts the aDnllcation of ' a much thinner layer of asnhalt and one i wnicn unites lissii witn me concrete, constituting a solid mass. The observa tions, of this form of pavement satlsty those interested in the subject that-the completed surface resists ordinary wear more satisfactorily tnan any. otner. .. Rubber-asphalt must be applied upon a foundation . of first ' class concrete. Consisting of ':440 pounds of . Portland cement ana 3a cubic leet pi peDOies ana sand, the proportions , being one third of sand to two. thirds of pebbles. . The thickness of the foundation should vary from six to eight inches and should. : d rammea , witn tne dbck or snoveis used In. this work, and given the exact form which the roadway is intended to have,-thus doing away with the neces- : sltv of making later additions- of con crete to bring the surface to its proper proportions, xne surrace or -tne con crete should be regular so that the layer of asphalt may-have a uniform thick ness, inn lounaation snouia remain from "three , to- five days, according to the season, until it has acquired a suf ficient hardness to withstand: the ram ming of the layer. of asphalt The surface of concrete having been well cleaned. ; is , covered with aHhin coating of ' special , material, . which is laid on with .a brush upon which ' the rubber asphalt powder is lightly sprink led. Shortly -after theae preliminary operations the uniform layer of rubber asphalt powder is spread to a thickness of one and S-10 to .one and t-10 -inches, which Is compressed progressively by means of a .rammer. This . done, tho surface may be opened Immediately to travel. It ia said that-by this process the top dressing of asphalt when; laid an hot, may -be one half the .thickness necessary when, it is .laid on cold. i BUY YAMHILL ; . - - WALNUT LAND . ' t ':: Terex brothers ana George E. Wag goner of this city have secured an op tion on the Roswell Bewley tract of land, adjoining the town' of Sheridan, in Yamhill county,-and' extending .back to the foothills, a distance of about four miles. The tract comprises about 3,uo acres of bench and rollln-s ground, with very aeep sou- ana is particularly adapt ed to - the culture of English , walnuts. About one half the tract is cleared and the remainder is covered with second growth-fir and oak grubs. The same oersonn have recently nur- chased several large tracts In the same vicinity, which -with the. Roswell-Bew-ley tract they .expect to. subdivide Into small tracts and put on the market. THE NUT INDUSTRY OF WASHINGTON (Special Northwest Correspondence.) -Hillsboro, Or., Nov. 25. Twenty miles from Portland, in Washington county. Is the 200-acre homestead that George W. Kelley filed on 30 years ago. Three decades have sufficed for . the homestead to lose Its first identity. In stead of a heavily timbered area, the iiunit?BienM nu ucen convenea into one of the finest nut farms, In Oregon." Annually Mr. Kelley nets from $2000 to $2500 from the 1000 nut trees which he has planted. All of the several varletlea thrive equally, as well in Ore gon as ttiey aia in their native clime. They require little attention, beta Im mune from the pests that beset other species or trees. . Mr. Kelley has' four varieties, hick ory, walnut, chestnut and butternut. Of the walnut trees there' are the New Zealand, French and black; of chest nuts tnere are tne Amerin and Japan- eniie producers. . though there in but ... 1-K- . .... . I. 1 . . no i oi,.;,t roB aiv itis ueei rfv- slight difference In any of the vlPM The butternut and walnut trees each bring in from 130 to ' $40 annually. The hickory. chestnut 'and Japanese trees bring In from $15 to $2t. . . Edward H. liarrlman An an ordinary individual to Mr. Kelley, railroad rates are pot a factor in his business. He has a sturdy 'team and a wagon and he transports his products to Portland overland? Wagon transportation has aided htm-materially in-amassing bis comroriaDie competence. - ?"-r v i , - . - . - 1 . .. t 4 'V i : 3 ' 4 '4 UNDER-SURFACETAR PLAN SUCCESSFUL IN ENGLAND . i J - - - ? ....... City Engineer Thomson of Seattle Tells How European - Experts Have Wrestled With Macadam Problem He Has Just Eeturned From Paris Convention. City Engineer R. H.; Thomson of Se attle is Just back from Paris, where he attended the first International congress on public highways, Jdf,. Thomson re turnswith data on the trial of the new "tar j-oad." which he sys he will rec ommend for use on the boulevards about Seattle."':.': -'v. '; h-'y "The congress held In- Paris was the first of Its kind and served as an en tering wedge to a great series of this sort" ald Mr. Thomson. "I believe that what is already accomplished and what will be accomplished In the two years between this and the , next conference at Brussels will prove of the greatest value to those Interested In paving and road making. There were 110 represen tatives to this congress, and they came from all portions or the ctvuixea woria. Try Tar. on Macadam. "One interesting result of the congress' was the reports on the use of .tar In binding-macadam. For two centuries French and English engineers have been building macadam roads. . Since the introduction of. the traction engine and the automobile hundreds of miles of these roads have been permanently ruined and tnousanas or mues oaaiy injured. The question was whether to give up ' macadam altogether for cut stone. In Belgium thjs was done. The French and English made experiments with tar. -- "In France the engineers tried spread ing tar on top of the macadam, with the result that on some of their great Dark drives miles of flowers and shrubbery1 URGE SALES BY 17; HJPDBE CO. Lorinton Lots to Value of $30,000 Sold by Moore Investment Co. "There seems to be quite a Remand ior suourDan property, saia . n, Moore ' of the Moore Investment com pany. "Last week our company sold 81 tots in Lorrinton to J. M. McKlnney of Centervllle. Wash., snd have lust closed a deal with D. W. Pierce of OOldendale for 18 lots In I.omnton and a lususe and lot - In Ivanho addition. The two sales amounted to over 130.000." Mr. Moore save there is also a. good demand for farm property, especially small farms near .Portland. The Moore Investment comnany have opened branch office in Gofdendale. Wash.' and are doing a splendid business. Thy re ran tnat uoidenaaie ana iViiCKuat vai- ey are coming te the front with Jump. Klickitat" valley Is one of the finest- valleys - in the--northwest and is only about 100 miles from Portland, and now that the -North Bank road Is In . operation, It brings this beautiful country right , at Portland's door. It is Mr. Moore's opinion that there is no better fruit land anywhere than right In the vlclnltv.of Ooldcndnle. and this land, unimproved, can be bought now for io to. tu per acre, uoiaendaie is n town of about 2,000 ' population - and every Indication is that it will have 6000. in less than three rears. ' This Is one of the best towns for business know of, and Drooertv Is chean. Real dent lots can be bought now. from $S0 to lieu, tnat win sen tor sou to ibou In a year. Wheat land can be bought in juicKitat vaiiey irom au to u per acre and the wheat land of this valley will produce all kinds of vegetables and iruii, as wen as wneat. , lUNGE CATTLE IN KLAMATH COUNTY (Special Northwest Correspondence!) -Klamath Falls, Or.. Nov. -25. The range cattle still constitute one of Ore gon s leading Industries. -The frontier has not yet been abolished; the wilder ness has not been driven back all along the line. -The first range cattle brought into Oregon by Americans was in 1836. Ten -men-, went from the. Willamette valley to California' with $1,600 . and bought 600 head. From this beginning 150,00a head of cattle were driven to the eastern market-in a single . season. There are still cattle ranches in the great body of 40.000 square miles of territory without a railroad. One of these ranches is In the south ern part. of Harney county. .Most of the cattle are what are known aa rango cattle, yet they are Improved In every respect over-the old style of range cat tle. Many- thousand head of beef cat tle are driven out of this country each season, down through the Klamath country to the railroad, but there are still many thousand that are sold In Harney and Lake counties to the ranch ers, who raise larae Quantities of al falfa and fatten theni between Novem ber and March, so thajr go on the mar ket In the unrlnar In it nod condition. brlnglr.ar a x much . better price than if sold in the fall. ' There are scopes of country In south ern Oregron and northern California where the wolves and coyotes have be come mo troublesome that the sheep men are going out of the business of raising heep and are stocking -their ranges, with ; cattle. V. More and more each year the large .ranges are being divided ' up, yet there' are- more cattle raised iril Oregon today than ever be fore. , - , y ' 28 per cent" ou on watches at MeU- crer'.B. o -ilr-ctrin' Ktrf-Crt , v t !!! r were ruined from tar thrown by auto mobiles and even fine trees were killed. The Paris newspapers, Including the Paris edition of the New York Herald, have carried' On -an active campaign, against The further use of tar.. "In England another plan was tried. They put the tar under thev surface, They built a good macadam base with a" rough top. On this they put a layer of five eighths of an inch of -tar coated grits and on this they put halt an inch of macadam. This la rolled la with a jiteam toller, so that the tat coated griia are rorcea into tne top layer or macadam and act as a splendldcement wnicn omas ine roaa excellently, "I made a number of automobile trips through England to examine -this sys tem of roads. They were apparently universally satisfactory. I would cer tainly recommend an experiment with it in Seattle. - rine Streets Ax worth Wills, ' "Of one thing I am convinced, and that Is the merits of the plans apparent throughout Europe for the beautlfica tlon of city streets. The lesson that streets should not only be adapted to utilitarian purposes, but should have be sides the added beauty of width, pro portion, parking and the like, There Is great competition between great cities of the continent in beautifying parks snd driveways in order to attract tour ists and residents. We are coming to a realisation of the benefits of all this in America.'? - , Mr. Thomson is regarded as the lead ing expert on street and, toad making in ,. the Pacific northwest and anything that he may say on this subiect will interest a large number of people throughout the western cuuniry. . . . NEW RESIDENCES TO BE ERECTED 31any, New Homes Going Up in All Parts of the City. The Portland Building association la the latest house building concern to enter the lists in this city. At tn Cor ner of Alnsworth and Mallory avenues. Piedmont, the first residence will be put up by the newly organised company. The building is to be a combination of stone and frame, will contain nine rooms and will cost about $8000. Archi tect A. H. Faber has been commissioned to get up the design. The first story will be constructed of stone from the St Helens quarry, and the second will be. of frame construction. Many novel features will enter Into the plans. It will have two fir enlaces and an exposed stone chimney. Two siaes oi me Dunaing win have a porch 18 feet wide. The house is to be sold as soon as completed, and another erected equally attractive in design. Architect Richard Martin Jr. has let the contract for the erection of the Rob ert I.utke residence to be erected at the corner of Twenty-third and Petty grove streets. The building will cost when completed about $15,000, snd will be one of the handsomest of the many ' expensive homes going up in the -Nob . Hill district A. M. Neuard has broken ground far the erection of a new home on Port land boulevard, between Congress and Kerby streets The estimated cost of the residence Is $4000. A. H. Hickman will build a 1STE0 dwelling at Rose City Park. John Halsey, Jones Lumber company, will build a $2000 dwelling at 1264 Mac adam road, near Sweeney street '.- rtooen Mcuowan win Duiia a xz.ooo home' in Skldmore street, between Cas- . tie and Court streets, . - George De Kornlng will build a $4000 dwelling on Clackamas street, between ' Elast Twenty-fourth. and East Twenty- , sixth' streets. Mrs. J. Hovde Will build ' a $1600 , dwelling In GrSely avenue, between Kil iingsworth avenue and Jessup street. Wilson & Hllson, contractors.. u Oscar-Beck will build a 12600 dwell- Ing In- Borthwick street, between Fall- Ing and .Beech streets..-, Stokes &. Zcller, i contractors. '-.- t;.-.-v v" :; Oeorge -R. Slater will build a $1500 home In Glen avenue- hetween Tirtat Market and Stephens streets, South Sun- ' nyslde. . - . . SWEET HOME COUNTRY ; FACES HAY SHORTAGE (Spediil Dinpet-tb to The Jonrol : -. Sweet Home. Or.. Nov. 28. Hnv - U scarce In the Sweet Home country, - there being very little for sale at. nnv . price. Very few of those who cepen'ied . on buying nay were able to a-et full supply at hayinjr ' time, and- those who' waited until later, were forced to de pend on the outside markets. As the shortage also prevails in the Iebanon 1 district, it will work a hardship -over the entire county. , ' The cause Is found in the Inrroa.. . amount of dkirylng, npt in any crop shortnge. ' Many farmers! who hnve l hitherto- sold hay are keen! no- ri.i, herds. ' " - The weather has V.; been ' w green feed Is growing unusuaUy well, no. rum. innga hiui-k na not surrered. The , shortage of feed has caused almost - milk famine in the town of Sweet Home. Milk has heretofore beentttp- plied by the cows kept by oaoh family. ' ' Now the-town dwellers fln.l i ..a."; - afford to ilajhl'..,. ; A, V