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.1. .THE OREGON ":SUNDAYr" JOURNAL, PORTLAND; 'SUNDAY' MORNING!. NOVEMBER'. 29,. 1903:
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! Tear Anticipated.
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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-
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: (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
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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
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. 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-
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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UNDER-SURFACETAR PLAN
SUCCESSFUL IN ENGLAND
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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-
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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'..,. ;
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