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seventh arri Thurmsn streets; conu'l
efatlon $12,r?0. ,.
.An improved 10 foot fronts, on
the east fule of aeveland svenu be
tween Jarrctt and Prar streeta was last
week r.urchssd by the PleiJmont Pres
byterian church from Henry J. Herd
for $3000, The Portland Paciflo In
f cor"rany has taken title to
blook 14 In Hawthorne avenue addition,
paying Tar it $16,000. v
In Berlin, Germany, there are 230.000
card holding -unionists.
Is the assertion of tl;8 savant
Professor Wood gives no recipe for
the capture of the animal, and does not
tell Just how one Is to be enabled to
enjoy the meat V
"No animal Is more unjustly1 per
secuted than the skunk," asserts Tro
fessof Wood. "It is the best friend
the farmer has, destroying enormous
quantities of grubs, beetles, grasahop-.
per?, mice and moles." '
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Old, Bahcr Theatre Vill Linger in Memory
SAYS HE LlitES HEAT
at
Champaign, 111., July 2. The much
maligned skunk has a defender In the
person of Professor E. Wood of the Illi
nois state laboratory of national his
tory, who declares the animal Is good to
eat as well as being otherwise useful.
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FOR WHOLE WEEK
That the flesh Of the much dreade
beast is white, tender and of $. delicious
flavor if the scent glands are removed
Beer $1 per dosen quarts, delivered
to your home. Spring Valley Wlna Co.
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Business ' Reported Is Strong
Indication That No Lull Willi
Bo Caused by Warm Weath
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IllZ OREGON SUNDAY- JOUr.ITAL, rOHTLAlID, GUNDAV
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i Realty ooerators , were by no meant
..-r backward In-rportlnf ta--consummation:
of large transactions during the
past week. In fact, measured by trie
volume of property which . changed
hands, the' closing week of th month
was far ahead of any similar length of
time, since the early spring.
Not only did realty In considerable
Quantity sell, but the week was enliv
ened by at least one large building prop
osition developing and the report of a
near closing of a lease for one of the
most valuable downtown corners lnthe
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- - Generally speaking, realty dealers had
concluded that this summer was not to
be different from past warm seasons,
1 . In that trading In real estate would ex
perience a marked lull. But from the
. business reported last week - it looks
as if the' summer of 1919 may be unique
i J;hla respect , .
9100,000 ZSTOlTSd.
. mi. . . , , . . j u
tn ..wthi suigie transaction rv
ported was that of the sale of Wllbur-
W. "Wilbur, and.: located at the western
- extremity of the peninsula highland, be-
property was purchased . through the
O'Brien Realty company by the North,
western Trust company from the estate
of K. M, Wilbur, the consideration in?
.volved being $100,000. It comprises a
tract of acres, which has been sub
divided into tlO lots. It has a half mile
frontage on both Patton avenue and
Portland boulevard, and is .bounded on
the west and berth by Denver and 8ry
. ant street. - -:-s - .--
; ffha Northwestern Trust company an
nounces that the present plat will be
allowed to stand, but that first class
improvements will be mad throughout
the property without delay, such as ce.
ment sidewalks, , hard surfaced pave
ments,, wide parking and the planting
of ornamental shrubs and trees, A
building restriction will also be at
tached to the property.
- raid 9100O aa Acre. .
The late R, M.. Wilbur acquired this
tract about Jthreeyeajs agafrom JUC
Alnsworth, payln $1009 an acra for it
, This aaU' very forcibly illustratM ths
immense rise in peninsula real estate
since IWl: Hundreds of acre that
changed hands In 1907 are now worth
more per lot than the purchasers at
' that time paid by the acre, ,
Another illustration of the rise in
' Portland oroDertv is shown in the
oy Bcott Brooke or the smarter; blook
. at the southeast corner oft Fourth and
Jefferson streets for $50,000. This
holding is located in that portion of the
city which has probably been affected
least by the recent rise In values, yet
Mr. Brooke sold It for Just twice what
it Cost him three years ago. It was
purchased by a syndicate of California
' Investors, and will probably be held as
an investment Aa least so far as la
known no improvement 1s contemplated
- vy mo new owners.
'Sargent Closes Deal.
James Sargent, auditor of the' Port-J
land hotel, closed a deal last Thursday
lor tno purchase of the property known
as the . Barry tract, which adjoins the.
townsite or Burlington, on the United
Railway Una Mr. Bargent bought the
property, from tho estate of James.
Barry and paid 114.800 la cash fr itj
'Ai. nil wuuv
Sheffield and Riley, the realty opera
tons who sold tha Soott Brooks property
at Fourth and Jefferson streets, have
. purchoaed tha Quarter blook at the
southeast corner of Twenty-foelrth and
Johnson " streets from Robert Holmes.
. The cisMeatioff Involved In the sale
'"was $2S,iS.A large modern 13 room
house occupies a portion of the parcel
It is probable that the new owners will
erect an apartment house on tha itaoc
eupled area, although the purchase Was
made primainliy an a speculation.
. J. B. Eisman, a Michigan timber'pi
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OJd Baker theatre TMr4 and lamhijl streets, which is to " come down to
make way tot , a modern
The passing of Baker theatre from the
Portland theatrical map,, while empha
sising the march of . progress from
village- to meuopolltan stancHngr;na
thus belnrn"Venl of "welcome Impor
tance, nevertheless, has its sentimental
side, which appeals strongly to every
nature susceptible to such influences.
It is like the rasing of the childhood
home to make room for tha modern
house for in it's 10 odd years of active
existence it has been tha childhood home
of thousands of the threatre ftatng in
habitants of this city, and they have a
deep rooted affection fox. its snug in
terior , and honnly exterior that will
linger In their memory all the jest of
their lives.
. I Affactloa for Ola Things.
The new will be all very fine and
brilliant but there is that peculiar af
fection for the old things that will not
dlel It Is the thing, that causes so
many to store ancient relics of furniture
etory business hlock.
In the garret not because they ever
expect to use .. them again, bat because
they haven't quite the heart to destroy
them. And thy kind of lava to- go aip
and - visit them once in a while, pull
out squeaky old bureau "drawers, fum
ble amongst ancient trunks, or dream
of Christmas dinners served long ago
on the humble old table now standing
in an obscure corner of the garret and
covered with dust and discarded arti,
clef .ot. former glory. . ,
Bot the passing of this old friend of
a playhouse in which so many really
beautiful plays and noted players have
contributed to oar pleasure 'and amuse
ment is bound to conjure up some tender
feelings of regret , -
. Onrtain Sropg Kaat Time.
On the night of July t the Baker
Stock company, whose life Is so closely
allied with that of the theatre, will give
thr final performarice. tha play being
Rachel Crother's The Three of U,"
th orchestra wl softly play Anld
ang . Syne, the last . curtain descend,
and the audience will pass slowly out
into the streets? the lights will go out
and then it win be eternal ; Jarkness
and oblivion for Portland's historic old
theatre. ' ;-:',-:r i. v " "
The closing ' of the Baker i theatre
means that the historic old frame build
ing is to come down to make way for
a modern six story business house. Don
ald McCleajr, owner of tha property, has
agreed to build for the Ira F,. Powers
Furniture company what will be, when
completed, one of the moat modern and
up-to-date f uniture , warehouses and
salesrooms on the Paciflo coast Archi
tects Whjldden and Lewis are ge'ttlng up
the design for Jhe structure, and it is
their .intention to , hava construction
work under way Just as soon as the
site can be cleared. The building will
be of mill construction, slow burning
interior with heavy exterior wails of
brick and will cost in the neighborhood
of $160,000,
eratorv who recently removed to Port
land, has closed a deal with W. W.
Helmbaeh, through the Columbia Trust
company, for one of the handsome new
homes in the Brasee street addition, for
which paid $7800.
i . Bold for 9BSO0. , ; '
A two story modern frame dwelling,
handsomely finished on the interior, lo
cated on Spruce street In Ladd's addi
tion, near Biroh, was sold last week by
E. M. Rasmussen to Fred J. Barber for
$1500. The building is new and up-to-date,
and will be occupied by Mr. Bart
ber as a home. . It was sold through the
ageney of Strong ft Ca v The same
agency has sold for Mb. Rasmussen the
house and lot at the northeast -corner
of East Twenty-eighth and Belmont
for the same owner tha residence en
Larch Street near East Harrison. This
property, which? has been occupied by
Mr. Rasmussen as a resldenoe, was sold
to Abraham T. Wright for. $6500.
George M. Qulggle of Long Beach,
Wash., has purchased a seven room co
lonial type , residence located at East
Forty-sixth " and Brasee streets, f or
$4500. The building is very TOOdern
and up to date. It was recently com
pleted by the Building Investment com
pany." . ''''y
slew Booming Souse.' '
A new two story stone store building
50x100 feet located on Kllpatrlck street
for investraentt pur-J and adjoining the Bank of Kenton, was
purchased last week by George F, Rus
sell, who paid $15,000 for it The prop
erty belonged to Flnnegan ft Ballou,
The lower part is divided into two store
rooms, and the upper portion Is fitted
up Into a high grade rooming house.
The top figure for East Burnslde
business property was reached last
week, when a local Investor paid E. W.
Mutch $45,000 for the 60 by 100 foot
lot located at the southeast corner of
Union aveuue and East Burnelde. - The
property has a frontage of 100 feet on
the south side of East Burnslde street
and Is covered with small frame store
buildings. , The sale was made through
the agency of B, J. baly.. .
-Adams Brothers ot Seattle closed a
deal last week through tlur agency o
X- O. Elrod." for alj of block 4, in York
addition, which fronts on Tork street
and extends from Bast Twenty-sixth to
East Twenty-ninth. The block has a
frontage of 400 feet on the O. R. ft N.
road and adjoins the Doernbecher furni
ture planton the south. The considera
tion named in the deed of transfer was
$20,000. .. . ....
Throngh the agenejr of W. "Wynne
Johnson, Mrs. ' Mabel C Flanders,
widow of the late J. Couch Flanders,
has purchased an attractive, home on
Willamette Heights. The property is
streets to BS. M. Lambert for $4000, anaTIeented on a Rugby street corner, one
Moak south of Thurman street . It for
merly Belonged to Mrs. Flora Hubert,
and was sold for $19,0007
Mrs. Rosa A. Buchanan' has - sold to
W. J. Hawkins a Quarter block at the
northeasr corner of Nineteenth . and
Myrtle-ntreetsofSOOlT--
The cheapest piece ' of east side
warehouse property that , has changed
hands In a long time was sold last
week "by Buchtel ft Kerns to Fred Frits,
The property is the quarter block lo-1
eated at the southeast corner of East'
Madison street and Union avenue, and 1
was sold for $17,000,-which is at least
$3000 under the market Quotations for
quarters in that vicinity- , '
The quarter block at the northwest
Cornet of Fifteenth and Overton street
has been sold by W, . Jelllson to tha
Frank A. Sweeney company for Iti.OOO.
The same company has also purchased
from Mr. Jelllson the 100 by 100 located
at the southwest . corner of Twenty
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This substantial structure just completed at Second and Columbia,
streets. Now the permanent location iof the Portland Wire and Iron
Workscoast leaders in Ornamental Iron Work
THE PEER0F THEM ALL
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$400 PER ACRE
"PORTLAND'S MOST: SCENIC ACREAGE"
AND
UP
40 Per Cent Down V Per Cent Per Month
Xhe time is not far off when it will be impossible1 -.to
-purchase acreage on the' west side or close in as -'
Willalatin Park, it will not be long until this sec
tion will be laid out in city lots f a lot then will cost
-you as much as an acre now.
GET IN AHEAD OF DEVELOPMENTS.
The trustees of Si Helens Hall are now preipar
ing: plans for the new home of this well known girls',
seminary. TheyJiave purchased 20 acres in Wil
lalatin -Park and will erect handsome buildings and
have beautiful grounds. ...
rljis th6 natural increase in'value, makes v
Willalatin Park the best real estate investment in
Portland." DonX forget that' this beautiful tract is"
on the west side, right near a. 5 cent car service,
with a scenic elevation and soil that is rich with
plenty of depth. - Modern: building restrictions. You
must buy at once to reap the largest gain. Make it
;a point to see Willalatin Park at your earliest' con- '
. vvenience. i
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1 214-215 BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING. -
Why Not Better Your; Condition1?
LET US HELP YOU
lITo the ayerage man or womap, we have a very attfactive
proposition as.to price, terms and location, to those wishing
to better their condition for the future, while as an invest
ment, we can assure you it is absolutely a ea one. W.gre
offering; - - - .
Home Acres
water piped tb each acre, one and a'quarter miles from the
city limits on the Powell Valley road.
IfWe are offering for your prompt action, "Suburban Home
Acres,' five minutes' walk north of OoW..-P. car line; Sur
roundings are excellent and well worth your time for personal
inspection. - - ' - ' ' "
IfRecently we sold out In email tracts, sixteen thousand acres
of land on the Columbia river, in the state of Washington, our
record for the sale was rapid. Why? Because we gave our
customers property of good value and reasonable terms. By
doing so we gained the friendship of our buyers and with
their coooeration our success was phenomenal. . - : .
CJfHence we are looking forward to your investigation of the
"HOME ACRE TRACTS" as they will be on the market but
a short time, at the present price and terms," Why not call
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on ua ai gncc lor miormauon wmcn win cniy taice a ew min
utes of your time. . " ' t v ,
flWe are satisfied that before long, this property will be sub
divided into lots and our price for an acre now will, then be
the selling price of lot, , . k "
IJNow while waiting for thb tojeome, -don't beadle, get busy,
and put the soli to work for youZ..
UAn acre under cultivation "Will net vou returns far eveeAmtr
your fondest expectations, and greafly assist you in climbing
the ladder to the elevation of your desires and wishes in thisx
life. '. , t . .: .l '
ffThe reason a great many people have, not .bettered their
present condition, is that they have never had the chance, to
do so, or th- have overlooked opportunities. ? ,
A! Every day we hear the other fellow say "IFt IF, IF.M ' j
CNqw we will.be only too glad'to show you this acreage, if
it appeals to you, buy it, if not you will in no way be obligat
ing yourself. " 1 '
IJOur terms for this-month will be 10 per cent cash and 2
per cent per month. -'; " v, . '
IfOur automobiles are at your disposal to investigate the
HOME ACRE TRACTS. " If you are a married man be sure
'ancLbring your , wife Jivith ycaxJSTelephone our pi ficc when
you will be ready to go. and remember we always keep our
appointments. V Or take the Oi 'W, P. Co. car at East Water
and Morrison streets, j Tell the conductor to let you off at
Gilbert, station, walk north five miriuteT towards the Powell
Valley road-". Salesmen on the ground all 'day Sundays.
SUBURBAN LAND CO.
5KLHENRX-BLDCJ?ORTLANDrORE.
'" , Phones, Marshall 189, A-W95.;
(fNotice: . For your convenience our office will be open in
the evening from seyen till eight o'clock every night. ' v
Anooucenrsint
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. The following named parties wish to announce to the, public that.:;
they have organized a real estate company to be known as. the i
Co-operative Realty Company, -and will conduct a general real
h. estate. business: ., H. A. Styles,-president; O: C. Graves, vice-pres-
mcnt; -j, i5. navuana, sccona vice-presiaent; u a. jn-amoreux, -
secretary, and S. S. Wood, treasurer, All the" members of this
company are experienced real estate menahd are thoroughly
t; acquainted with the values of farm and city property. . We, nave
',a large list of homes and gilt, edge "investments which we. would'
"be pleased to go over with you at any time. 'f
List your property with, its and you will receive . courteous .
V and businesslike treatment. -Through honesty and integrity we ,
expect to build up,afvciy substantial,, reliable - and . permanent
. business. . ' - : ; r - ' ' y
Watch for Future Announcements vr
. We are temporarily located at 525-527 Bdard of Trade buiM
- ing and will have offices in the' Railway Exchange building, as -
soon as completed. - 4. a ; ,t .'4
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(Journal, Juna tsth.)
, "TVtthln SO oays. acoorfllng' to th
stlnata of enginsers. ths axtensien of
tha United Railways Hoes to Mount
Calvary, - which Is about .rotles
vast of Portland will b finished and
raady to ' oporata trains ovsr. Work
has already btan starts and today a
laria number of ateara. shovels and
-teams -wsra' grading,. -
i Th( Mount Calvary .extension - will
run from the head of Washing-ton street
directly westward. The route was se
lected after considerable trouble, and
aTter one, which would have taken the
tracks through Maoleay park, had been
abandoned.. As far as scenery roes, the
route will be one of the moat attractive
In this region, t
"Work will be rushed. A large num
ber of men are now working and mora
will be added . If the work proceeds
as rapidly as Is hoped, engineers say
rtralns -will be running over theline
within tl) days." . ;
: Tills XiUleWciVG Item
; - Means Development
It means the openingup of the most desirable
, , residence section on the -West Side, where the ,
air is pure, where there is no noise or smoke
where there is more sunshine than there is on
this side of the hills,-where the view is mag- .
nificeht. , '
;, is one of the best located properties in this favored section. Portland Heights'
; No. 2. .has been placed on the market -long before operations were commenced
ori this line." Portland Heights No. 2 therefore was purchased at a low fig
ure and consequently is selling at a low-price. In fact, it is the cheapest buy,
in the city today, At the present" price ot acreage it would be impossible -for
any one to cut, up a tract and sell it in lots as cheap as we are selling Portland
Heights No. 2. Portland Heights No. 2 will be ori the'best, equipped and fast-
' est carline running into the city. . - -
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UNITEO
MAIN 9416
THRUST : COMPANY
917 BOARD OF TRADE
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