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11 CALLS STANFORD THE suioEiiis lies - Registrar Points Out "What ; , He Calls Inexcusable Frivolities. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, ' SATURDAY , EVENING. - DECEMBER 12, 190&V A Owners of Medium Cost Lots on Which They Wish to Build Neat Cottages With held by Lack of a Loaning System. V ; ; One of the most crenlnr needs In Portland t this time Is a number of strong: financial Institutions that wfll furnish money to the owners of lots with which to build homes. It In a safe statement to make that during the next year not less than 1000 new homes would be erected , in this city by men who have bought lota and paid for them but whd are unablo to borrow the money With which- te build. Of course, it would be necessary for such loaning - companies 10 let tneir money out at reasonable rate of interest, say Tr I per cent, otherwise lot owners will con tinue to rent rather than take the chance of losing; out entirely because of an Inability to meet excessive Interest payments. So far as Is known there Is not an In stltution in Portland where a person can oe reasonaDiv certain or aenurinv buildlngMoan, even though the building site Is In an Improved and accessible aisinct. ji course.- mere are ouiiatng loans made here every day, but nearly nil of them are negotiated through brokers, who require a commission for tneir service, and at Interest rates that are high. i Applies to Vadium Homes, This all applies not to the man who owns a lot in a fashionable residence district and who wants to build a $5000 to Jio.oou home, but rather to the per son who owns a $500 to $1000 suburban lot and who would be happy and con tented with a $1260 four. or five room cottage. It In this last class that is unable to borrow money for building purposes. The man who owns a Nob Hill or Portland .Heights lot can, as aA rule, find some one to let him have what money he needs for the proper improve-. ment or nis property. It would seem that with so much money in the country a, way might be found to provide . the owners of the cheaper class of lots with sufficient funds to build their modest cottage homes. There are literally 'hundreds of fami lies in Portland living in rented houses who own outright lots upon which they would be glad to put up dwellings if the money could ,be borrowed. In most instances the heads ofthese households are paying an annual rental equal to two or three times the Interest charge on the amount required to erect suitable residences on the, sites, already beught and paiJ;fori:.;'v-.' "7 Will 'kelp CltyChrow. Portland can never become a city of homes until) the time comes when plenty. ofmoney Is obtainable at legiti mate rates of interest to meet the re quirements of home builders. The natural longing of every family man Is to own his home, and there is not one out of ten who can ever do so without the assistance of a building loan com ma n v. . Take, for Instance, the city of Ijos Angelea. There the home building proposition Is nn easy one for lot own ers. In that city are numerous concerns willing and anxious' to supply the money and do the work, taking first mortgages on the sites. ,The rivalry between these companies Is spirited, numerous induce ments being offered to prospective builders. Their interest rate is not exorbitant, and they require only a minimum first payment, followed bv small monthly Installment, which rarely exceeds the monthly rental f rmerly paii by the builder. Ean Francisco Is said to have a score of strong 'moneyed concerns that make a -specialty of loaning money to home builders, with the result that the Cali fornia metropolis Is rapidly becoming a city of homes. .. CIVIL SERVICE KEFOKM LEAGUE NEXT WEEK ? (United Preaa Leased Wlre.V Stanford University. Cal.. Dee. 13 Registrar Elliott, a - member of the. faculty student affairs -committee, has written a -communication to the Se quoia in which he calls the present generation of students at Stanford children and boarding school misses" and points out characteristic . under graduate pranks which, In his opinion, are conclusive proof of the Immaturity of the young men and women at the university. ,.- ' The tubbing of freefimen, "the vul garities of pan-hellenio night," plug ugllea and nightshirt parades are some of the frivolities which strike - Elliott as Inexcusable, and the "Menlo brand" of student stirs him to make caustic comments on the need of student con trol at the Institution. If." says- Registrar Elliott, "the men and women of the student body, bent' on beginning the tasks of men and women, can control these things, purge them, do away with them; If they can impose upon the children and boarding' school misses and upon the lawless, standards of conduct; ' and- if they can create a student sentiment so wise and sure thai there will be no need of faculty action, why, then the wav to haoDlness Is open to. all." The registrar's- comments on the student situation at Btanford have not aroused much enthusiasm among the undergraduates. In the same issue of the Sanuola which contains Elliotts article is an editorial referring to it thus: "It ! as frank a statement of the general attitude of the student affairs committee as has been published and Indicates to us quite clearly ; that the committee is not in sympathy with and does - not appreciate the undergraduate view."-. ' . - 1 SHIPPERS MUST FIHD WAY OUT Pittsburg, Pa., Bee. 11 Final ar rangements have b'een made for the twenty-eighth meeting of the National Civil Service riexorm league, which will be held In this city next week. The nrOrram orovldes lor four sessions. aside-from a banquet, which will close the convention tne evening of the sec find dav. The opening session Thursday will be devoted - to addresses of welcome and reports, including the report from women s auxiliaries. .At the second session addresses will, be delivered by Joseph H. Choate, president of the league, and other speakers or national prominence.. The third session will be a business meeting at which officers will be elected and the closing session Railway Magnates Give No Encouragement to the N Hope for Relief. (Catted Press teased Wire. San Francisco, Dec. 12. No promises of relief from the burden of advanced freight rates to and from California terminals have been received frorti the two railroad presidents who were re cently memoralUed by the executive committee of the recent convention of California business men. E. H. Harrlman or tne southern pa cific replied that he hoped a confer ence '" between the committee and the traffic managers of the two roads would be held in the near future and "trusted that a satisfactory conclusion would be reached." E. p. Kiptey or tne santa ie wm more explicit. He said his representa tives would be oulte willing to lisen to arguments against the advances in rates. Dut ne warned tne snippers mat in ine case of transcontinental tariff, apply lne to and from all points in the United States east of Colorado, a large number of eastern railroads were, parties inter ested and would have to be consulted if changes should be found proper. Ripley made the following significant observa tion in his dispatch to the committee: "It is imperative that we Increase our revenues. In doing so, it Is not our in tention to prevent the free movement of California products to the eastern markets, nor of any westbound freight, and I do not understand that the slight est advances made will have such an effect." The California shippers consider these two messages rrom tne neaas or tne two railroads as sufficient indication of a disposition on the part of these lines to force the, merchants to evolve tneir own reuer. a ousy nay was spent - . t r v' r n - - - "iV - ' p . ,i ' , i ' ifk'- i i I J I; ;- iVr" hit "ir 11 h lM I VrtV'1?' " A A A ; I ' ':j-',',-'S''5-,----::':"',',: i:-y'- ' ' Ji' R MMi(aiflMMMTiniir AiitoAfrj- A i - tty inri-ft m m mm iff j B "Cj-awford Building, Fifth and Ankeny Streets. SCORES OF BUILDINGS SHOW CITY'S GROWTH Few Permits for Large Structures to Swell Week's Total, but Unusual Number Indicates Increasing Activity in All Lines of Construction. ment yesterday In discussing plans, which. It is understood, will pave the way for a far reaching traffic war between local shippers anq the two railroads. It Is generally believed the transpor tation companies are delaying the con ference over these rates until after they go into effect: and hope of bringing snout a compromise naa now practically aiea out. WAS HARD TO CONVINCE Last December we received a letter from Henry Kroeger or No. 671 S. High street, Akron, Ohio, stating that he had a friend who was in the last stages of kidney disease. He wanted our liter ature but gave us the cheerful infor- mntlon that arter a talk with the na.' tlent's doctor he didn't hope for his re covery, adding that "All medical works declare Brlght's disease -Incurable." We wrote him that, notwithstanding his statement, that there was hope for re covery if the nearl complications were secondary to the obstructed kidneys, nn war usual In such cases, and that if the doctor who had discussed the case so fi-inklv with mm would hold the pa tlent's heart up to its work, that the pattent .would probably get the usual recovery through ine Kenal compound. We now skip to August 10, 1908. We have the following letter: ' Akron, Ohio, August 10, 1908. John J. Fulton Co., Oakland Gentlemen: The, patient about whom I corresponded with you about nine .months ago is nearly a well man ami ,left last month for Switxerland. He Fromloed me a sworn statement which intended., to .mail to you, but neg - lected It. Vln vou kindly send me some of your literature? I have quite a circle of friends around' here and be lieve l can ao you some good.;-. irs truly, ' HENRY KROEQER. it hARA " kMnev yours truly, dnev that were without hope Until Fulton's Just another of these" kidne; Renal Compound was evolved. How can neonle exoect to tret well under the futile kidney patents when the census u death from kidney trouble show that y ninety-two out oc nv&ry hundred of thenv f passed out from, a form of -the -tttaeaxe thut was absolutely incurable , up to the dnte of Fulton's Renal. Com pound? Bkldmore Drug Co.; 151 Third St will be given over to the reading of papers, one of them by Attorney Gen eral i naries j. tsonapane, wno, witn President Roosevelt, is one of the charter members of the league. All of the sessions of the league will be open to the public and arrange ments are oeing maae to accommoaaie a large attendance. m WOMAN OF WEALTH , SUMMARILY DEPORTED lAnertal Dlnutrh to Ths JoarMf.t San Francisco, Dec. 12. Mrs. Georgia Bernard, ordered deported Dy tne immi gration officials, created a scene on the Pacifio Mall dock when Inspector De La Torre attempted to enrorce tne order. She protested, claiming that she had been Informed only 10 minutes before that Commissioner North had ordered her back to, Nicaragua, whence she had arrived on tne uity or fara wovembor Z7. Her protests were unavailing. She had been allowed to live In a room ud town for 10 days and said she had several birds there that would die unless cared for. She asked-permission to get her trunk, out was compenea to em bark with Only the clothing she wore. She was told by De La Torre that the bureau had all along -Intended to .deny her a lnndlnn. ' Mrs. Bernard Is an- educated and re fined ventral American nd a widow. She came to visit a son and ex Dec ted to remain permanently. She brought a lo-yenr-old colored girl as servant,- but the-girl was found to be afflicted with trachoma and ordered sent Pack. Mrs. Bernard was on board the City of Para, taking farewell of the little girl. Ten minutes before sailing time a representative or tne facinc Mail com Danv. acting from the Immigration bu reau on orders, informed Mrs. Bernard she would have to return to Nicaragua. Commissioner of Immigration North stated that the girl reauired a aruardlan and that Mrs. Bernard, who brought her nere, was oraerea sent oacx as suet guardian. - .- MORROW TEACHERS MEET Annual Institute Will Be In Session ' . Three Days. , ' (Special Plcpatch to Ttaa JwirnaLY Heroner. Or., Dee. ll.The annual teachers' Institute of Morrow county Is be in a- held in this city. .Count Euimt. intendent S. E. Notsen la being assisted by Professor L. R. Traver of the Mon mouth state normal, and Professor L. R. Alderman of the U. of O. at Eugene. State Superintendent Aekermah is to be present Friday. He will deliver a lecture at the Christian church Friday evening. - '" .,- -.'.," The institute is to last three days, followed by a couhty school directors' meeting Saturday. Bulldinsr permits totaling about $200, 000 were Issued during the week ending at noon today. With the exception of a (50.000 garage on Alder street, near Chapman, and a Greek church on the corner of East Seventeenth and Taggart to cost. $10,000, the whole of the week's permits represents new residence construction. The handsomest thing In the way of a residence for which a permit was taken out this week, is -the three story frame to be erected on Eust Couch street, between East Sixth and Grand avenue by Stokes & Zellar at a cost of xio.vuu. M. Jr. nonatiae. proprietor or the Portland Miracle Pressed Stone com pany, has begun the erection of two concrete block houses in Ladd's ad dition. Both buildings are to be two stories, modern in every particular, and with an interior finish in selected curly fir. The two buildings will cost about $12,000 and will bw completed in about rour montns. ine Miracie rresseo Stone comrjanv has a contract with the owners of the Ladd tract for the erec tion of 12 concrete block dwellings, four of which will go up in the block bounded by Ladd and Hawthorne ave nues and Miiile and Palm streets. In case the investing public takes to dwell ings built or concrete diocks. it is an nounced that a large number of res idences of this character of con struction will be erected in the Ladd tract, which will go a long way toward esUblishinar that property as one of the choice residence districts of the city. Scores of Komes. W. a Maddrey has let the contract for a two story frame dwelling on East, Fiftieth street, between Broadway and Hancock. The completed building will cost about $3500. , rnn trustor K. n. Peterson has broken fiTAiind on Kast Thirteenth street, be tween Weidler and Broadway for two double flats to cost $3300 each. The, lmDrovements are being made by C. Minsinaer. - Contractors A. H. York and company have begun the erection of a two story cement Mock house for P. Vandata in Rose City Park. The building is mod ern in design and will cost 3&uo. The same contractors are uuuuiok a l weniy-eignin East streets for Irs. $2500 cottage on and East Pine ClfthmSSF Edward Keerty has plans prepared for a -modern two story frame residence whlr-h will be erected In Irvlngton The following building contracts have heen aliened and work on the dwelllna-s will begin In a short time: Rinolmm A Clelland. for a $3000 concrete foundation wall for G. F. Heus ner. Twelfth street between Flanders nH nl I n afreets. H f Kosterman, for a $1000 modern platform for Mitchell, Lewis & Staver. East Third street Between oeimuni ana East Morrison streets. F. Riepl. for a $1600 dwelling for B. Pennlck, Tolman avenue between Mll waukie and East Fifteenth streets. Jackson Msyland, for a $1500 dwell ing for a. Guibrandsen, Stephens street between Third and Fourth streets. Another orand Avenue Building. .TJ r. Ainsworth. who recently pur chased the lot at the southeast corner Of Grand avenue ana Kast Anaeny atresia la havina? the lot cleared of old buildings, preparatory to the erection next spring of a modern business house. u Xf Fancher has let the contract for the erection of a two and one half storv building In Terrace Park for the Municipal Railway company. John N. Moe has let the contract for thm erection of three one story frame cottages on the corner of Montana tfve-' nue and jessup sireet, ine mra nout to cost about i4uuu. Construction worn nas negun on a two story frame residence on East Fourteenth street between Thompson and Tillamook streets. The dwelling is belnar erected lor jonn nusseii, ana win cost $4500. H. H. Bean has begun the erection of a two story cottage on Going street be tween East Sixteenth and East Seven teenth streets, which will cost $2250. B. F. Doty has let contracts for the erection or two awemngs iu tuw each. One is to be erected on Mildred street between East Twelfth and East Thirteenth afreet, and . the other on East Grant between East Thirty-fourth street and Marguerite avenue. On East Thlrty-nintn street, neiween Morrison and Alder. A. Hnter has ne gun the erection of a $2000 frame cot-tare. Mrs. rtenra-a Acheunn has let contracts for two new cottages. One. a two story frame, is to be erected on East Tarn hill between East Forty-second and East Forty-third streets, to cost $2000, and the other a one and one half story cot tage on East Thirty-sixth street be tween Ellsworth and Clinton streets, to cost $1500.. " .Oarage on Alder. Contractor John Bingham has begun the erection of a three story brick gar age on Alder street between Seven teenth and Chapman streets. The build ing Is being erected for Gilbert A John son, and will cost completed about $50. 000. MacNaughton, Raymond & Law rence prepared the plana. :. Architects Whitehonse A Honeyman have-let the contract for a three story brick business block on the comer of r:aat Third snd East Morrison streets. The building belongs td Clarence B. Sewell. The lower, floor. Is to be ar ranged for stores arid the upper stories for rooming purposes. r ' . . It has been definitely announced that s modern- business block . will soon go up on the quarter block at the north east corner of Third and Jefferson streets. The three story frame dwell ings on this corner are for sale, and will be removed from the site.- . Archi tects MacNaughton, Raymond & Law rence have the matter in hand, and it is understood will prepare plans at once for the proposed new structure. The National Ice & Cold Storage com pany, a new corporation, is having plans prepared-for a 100 by 200 three, story reeoforced concrete building to cover the half block on East Washington street between East First and East Sec ond streets. -The building Is to be a cold storage plant, and will be connected with the O. R. & N. and S. P. tracks Dv means of a spur track. It is under stood that the company has ample capi tal in hand and will proceed with the construction of the building as soon as the preliminary arrangements are made. TEN STORIES AT FOURTH AND OAK Positive announcement has been made by Architect David C, Lewis that tho i.cwis estate will immediately begin the construction of a 10 story reen forced concrete office building on the northeast corner of Fourth and Oak streets. The building will have a front age of 0 feei on Fourth street and 100 on Oak. Fronting Oak street will be iuui- mores ana two on Fourth. All the latest Improvements in con crete construction will be employed in the new Lewis building, and when com pleted It will be one of the most mod ern and best equipped office structures mi wm racinc nortnwest. ANTICIPATE BIG SPRING DEMAND Lumber 3Ianufacturers Say Business Is Good at Present. niuui uimi urcnuecturai Teatures pro ylded in the plans of the building li ine arrangement for two Interior light courts. Which will r va rfi. ouisme exposure. This will be the oniy ornce building in Portland occudv- ls than a quarter block, having The building, comnleted. will cost ap Proximately izoo.000 and will require Building Permits. EaSt Ash Street tiotwaan T ..-. .. eighth and Twenty-seventh, E. Veor JSrect on story frame dwelling. $800; East Ash street, between Twenty-eighth and Twentv-snventh E- vr steeg, erect one story frame 'dwelling. , ouaver Bireei. oetween urand ave nue and East Sixth street V. riv. erect one story frame dwelling-', iiisnn-' ?.?b' Street, between Sixteenth and Milwaukle. L. P. R. l.ePnmnt. .rui two story frame dwelling, $2000; 348 East Burnslde street, between tTnion avenue and Grand avenue. C. H. Ftmple Mrrntt una eiur imme store, 120; 347 East Stark stect. between Kmt Kwnn.1 and East Third, C. V. Morris, erect one story frame shed. $50; Sixth street, between Alberta and Webster, Highland Baptist church, erect on atnrv from. church, $5000- Mallory avenue, between Mason ana Shaver. Rose City Brass works, repair one story frame foundry, $100; Berkeley street, between n.rt. moutn and Houten. Joe LaPorte. erect story frame dwelllna-. IMnn- ir.. Twenty-fourth street, between Snmnor ana Aioena, w. kj. ttenass. erect nne story frame dwelling. $1800: fins rniiv avenue, near Stanton street, T. A. Em- ernon. erect , one story frame-dwelling. aiuuu; oeimont street, between. East Sixth and East Seventh, J. Olsen erect one story frame wagon shed, $750; 759 Kirby street, between Beech and Fre mont, IVIlliam Blbelhausen, erect one story frame dwelling, $1000; East Six teenth street, between Jarrett and Kill- & dwefinS; treCt M t0r' MACHINIST CAUGHT BY SHAFT; KILLED (United Press Leased Wire. Seattle. Dec. 12. William Preston, a machinist of the Seattle Lumber com pany was killed late yesterday after noon by being twisted about a revolv ing shaft near the celling of the ma chine shop. The body, from which -the machinery . had torn every vestige of Lumber manufacturers fuiflclnate a good strong demand next tipring from all markets, basing their opinion oil the fact that stocks have been per mitted to run low since the recent flurry in financial circles. California has already commenced buying in much larger quantities than for some time, and dealers say the movement Is only yet In Its Infancy. They foretell- heavy shipments south all next summer and early In the spring. Even now orders are being placed for mt)1lons of feet of lumber every week. inquiries rrom the east are becom ing more frequent and large quanti ties of mining timbers are being shipped into Arizona, Nevada and Utah. Mexico, too, is in tne marxet for no small quantities. In reference to the local market, mlllmen say that conditions are quite satisfactory, up pers bringing very fair prices al though common stock is still selling low. . Floorlnar and such material brings almoxt as good prices as before the slump of a little more than a year ago. .Shingles are selling" cheaper today than for some time and there seems no Immedtate prospect of better values until the beginning of spring although manufacturers are anxious to get a larger margin of profit. Mill work, too. Is selling fairly reasonable, and manufacturers of this class of stock also complain of not getting what they should for their product. Most logging camps along the Columbia river will remain shut down during the holidays and some have already began to prepare for the close down. The camps will remain closed about six weeks, and during that time the woodmen will seek recreation in the city. The men will begin flocking In from the camps in a few days. BREWERY BUYS EAST FIRST BLOCK Gustav Frlewald. president of the Siar Rrewlnar comDany of Vancouver, Wash., has purchased from the Ladd estate the block bounded by East First, East Second. East oaK ana rjast Stark streets, paying for the holding $56,000. While no definite announce ment has been made by the purchasers as to what use win do iihmi ui me block, it is believed mat it win Decome the site of a cold storage warehouse, from which the product of the Star Brewery will be distributed to local customers. clothing and the bones of which had been crushed and broken, fell at the feet of Blacksmith Jensen, who had ruaheri into the shop uDon hearing a peculiar thumping noise. SCALPED Am) KILLED BY A FLYING LOG (Special Dispatch to Th Journal.) Chewelah, Wash.. Dec. 12. Lying with a broken leg and his scalp entirely torn off. David Chalmers was found in the bath where logs were being sKinuea down a bluff and though given imme diate medical attention, died without fully regaining his senses. Chalmers and George Washburn were at work on the top of the blurr when the former's horses slipped over tho edge and fell to the ravine below. Ohel- mers, finding them practically unhuvt, took them to his barn and returned to help his companion. At noon he had not shown up and Washburn with Mrs. Chalmer" went in search of him. How the accident hap pened Is not knowp, hut It is supposed that Chalmers was struck by a log on Its way down the steep side of the bluff. Chalmers leaves a wife and five small children, with no relatives hi this part of the country. About 10 months ago he moved here from Harvey, Mont. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. and the M. W. A. Durable N Sanitary Best for the Abutting Property Owner Because It Is Noiseless Clean Best for the Horse Because It Is Resilient and Non-Slippery The Cost of the Pavement Never Exceed. $2;25 in the Teaming Limits. The Cost of Excavation and Cement Work is the Prtvailing Price at Time of Letting Warren Construction Company FISHER JH0RSEN& CO. "The Big Paint Store" FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS Manufacturers and Jobbers Everything in Paints CHRISTMAS is rapidly approaching, and we know you wish to fully enter into the spirit of it, and the pleasure of gift-making. That is why we want you to look through our stock of Christmas goods right away; and we can truthfully say that never before has our stock been so large, so varied or so desirable. AVERV&CO. 4fi Third St., Bet. Pine & Ash John A. Melton OASPEKTEB AXTD BX7TXSXB Factory and Offlec J35 Second atreet, near' Main. . Phones: Main 178T; A-17S7 Office and Btore Fixture built and remodeled, Altering- and repairing boueea. 8110. and Counter built. CA S TING S A- PSCtrUAB WIESOK. ur tne root or ankle may produce a very aerioua sprain. A sprain la more pamrui tnan a nreaR. In all sprains, ruts, burns and scalds Ballard's Snow Liniment is the best thing to use. Re lieves the Daln lnstantlv reducva swell ing;, Is a perfect antlseptio and heals rapidly. Price 26c, 0e and $1.00. Sold by BKiamor uru (r .co. 1 rc- Cooking and Heating Fuel and Trouble r ; J Savers EVERY CHARTER OAK IS V GUARANTEED ' V yew aUalar trie te talk yea into the tUtkke ml Imjriaa; another saafee, write te m CRARTEB OAK STOVE AND RANGE CO. f' ST. LOUIS, MOV 4?V FOR MACHINE AND STRUCTURAL WORK THE INDEPENDENT FOUNDRY CO. 23d and York Streets Phones Main 2323. A4221 ROOFING W.F. FULLER CO., Pacific Coaat Agents Repair Work Given Prompt Attention Founders, Machinist and Boilermakers. Building and Structural Work, . : , , PHOENIX IRON WORKS EM GIM M BUS Of flee and Works Xawthorn Avenue sad Sart Third Street. none Zaat is. rOBTXaVITO, OREOOTT. HOLLADAY'S ADDIT I O Geographical eerier an! The on Heat nlnr in SArtlnjt a hn slrable residence property of the elt. Seeing is believing Better go and see the many choice rr$ wub. uv.iv.i uw inijruTTipinia veins; on. si f, THE OREQON REAL ESTATE CO! I i v