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THE "OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13. 1910;
ELECTION AMD THE
MM AFFECT
1FJL1Y
One of Few Important Trans
actions of Week Was Sale
to Captain Veysey W Build
ing and Hotel.
, Electron week and ba'd weather had a
marked effect on the Portland realty
market during the last few days. No
Important transaction In business prop
erty was reported, although the usual
number of residence properties changed
hands, which gotes to show that both
local people and outsiders continue, to
be keenly alive to the value of Portland ;
real estate. ' . i
One of the larg-er transactions to be
closed op since the first of. the month
the sale by M: B. Lee to Captain
Veysey, formerly of the Banfleld-Vey-1
sey. Fuel company, of the. new two
Story store, building and . hotel located
on Macadam, street, just opposite the
Oregon furniture factory In South "Port
land. The consideration Involved In the
deal was $12,000 cash. ' J
Holladay Park and Irvlngton came In
for a big share of the attention of last
week's Investors, several nigh class residence-
Tropertie8-haTtng changed hands
in that section of the city.
P. J. McDonald has taken title from
John U. Holm of the quarter block lo
cated at the northeast corner of East
Nineteenth and Schuyler streets. .The
consideration involved was $5000.
Roblna u. Scott purchased from the
Irvlngton Investment company two lots
occupying the southeast corner of East
Twenty-first and Stanton streets, pay
ing $4000 for the quarter block.
Thomas C- Devlin has sold to Chula
Strong , two lots located on Clackamas
- street, near East Twenty-third, consid
eration $&593. . ... '
W. C. Alvord has , sold to Mary M.
Gibson the house and lot on East Four-
teerth between Thompson and Brasee
l streets for $4760.
Louis J. Bader and Otto SaUman have
$ each purchat,ed five lots in Jtose City
i I'ark, Mr. Bader securing lots 2, i, 18,
1$ and SO, block 113, for $4000, and Mr.
Salsmnn lota 1, $, 5, 17 and 1 In the
' same block for a like consideration.
(. E. E. Fulton has purchased from A. A.
' Harter a new house and lot In Overton
Park. The property Is described as the
north 4half of lot 4, block F, and was
sold for 5000.
R. C. Dan ton has purchased from J.
Lane an improved quarter of a block In
Vernon fir which $6000 was paid. , ,
Block 36, Waverlelgh addition, bound
ed by-iaiiworth, East Thirty-third and
East Thirty-fourth streets, was sold last
week by Florence A. Mund to , W. W.
Bicbardson for $8500.'
I. C. Brum has sold to James C. Fall
ing the building site at Rlverwood for
, $9750. This property is a part of the
Kiverwood subdivision, which was put
' on the market about' a year ago by H. L.J
corbett. ail or which has been disposed
of to buyers of summer home sites. Mr;
Brunn paid $7000 for the parcel.
M. Barde has-purchased from I. Van
Duyn the 60x100 foot lot at the corner
.of JTwenty-fmh nd jVIarshalLatreet
for 00O. f Miv Barde is having plan
drawn for a $16,000 residence to be
erected on the site.
Edward H. Cahalln has purchased
from E. H. 'Mix the 60 foot lot located
on the south side of Kearney street be
, t ween Twenty-second and Twenty-third.
The consideration, $6260.
CAPITALIST BUYS
LOT FOR $15,000
MARKET
' Blalsdelt shoup & Daly report the
tale of the southeast corner of Eleventh
and Montgomery for $16,000. The
property.was bought by a local capital
ist as an investment, and was formerly
owned by E,' 3. aly, who bought It 10
days n-.-.....vi....vs-.
, The same firm -has sold the P. O.
; Shirley ranch of 160 acres, located in
: Lincoln county, near Corvallls, to a
- - local - investor for a - consideration of
'. $60Q0,, The tract Is all under , cultiva-
t!on and Is highly improved, having
- j KOod substantial farm house, barn and
then buildings. The stocK and imple
ments were Included in : the transac
;. tlon. : .
Forest fires are divided into three
r'assos by the United State Forest
Service, surface fires, which burn fallen
leaves, grass, brush and small trees;
ground fires, in deep accumulations of
vegetable mold on mineral soils, and
crown fires, which sweep the tops of
trees.
mil Lighted
Show
Windows
Create a ..desire 'to buy. The
holiday trade Is almost at
hand and snappy, well lighted
show windows and stores will
attract tho girt purchasers.
W also wish to ctll your at
tention to our line of lighting
futures for residences, hotels,
apartments and offices..
l'lion for our representative
r can at our salesroom and
arrange for us 1o talkthia jnat-
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Main buildings' of the Pacific Iron &
The building Is to be a three
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25,000 Acres of Willamette
Valley Land to Be Put Un
der Irrigation by Capitalists
Farmers to Benefit.
Portland capitalists who have sub
scribed to the plan for Irrigation of
25,000 acres or more of Willamette
valley lands believe the Increased pro
duction will contribute double to Port
lands business what the Willamette
valley now represents. The work Is
being taken up scientifically. Analysis
of the soil is being made. ' It will he
known in what elements the soil Is
deficient, and where particular crops
can be raised to the best advantage.
" The investors announce that they
will be satisfied if in the land Bales
they recover the money they have put
In. The chief purpose la to prove the
feasibility of Irrigation for the WJllam-'
ette.'- ' , '-v.. r ' .y 'r ' .:
John Hartog, authority on farm land
development, who, first devised the plan
for Irrigation, made a statement yes
terday in which he explained fully what
the plan Is and ; what he believes its
value to Portland and the Willamette
valley will be. Mr. Hartog said:
"3f P. O'Brien, vice president and gen
eral manager of the O. R, & N. rail
road and .,. Southfrn Pacific Uvea in
Oregon, and Df E. A. PJerce of the
state board of health, heve both Joined
the Hartman A Thompson 'Byndlcate
formed to put under Irrigation several
thousand acres of, land In the Willam
ette valley; .
, , . '. Are Enthusiastic
""'"Bottr-merr 'mrenthtt8iaatle-wi' -the
possibilities and the beneficial effect
the culmination of the scheme will have
on western Oregon and Portland. It
is an undeniable fact that Oregon has
been well advertised, but it is also
a fac,t that-$he cities 'and towns have
grown wonderfully thereby, while - the
actual development, of , the agricultural
Industry - has -been backward. . As , ,a
rule a newcomer buys out the previous
owner and a farm remains a farm, the
only change being In the name of own
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"A few favored localities are an ex
ceptlon to this rule; localities ' where
scientific commercial fruit raising has
been made a success; but aside from
these, no advance has been' made in
the agricultural situation. The towns
and , cities cannot, continue to prosper
unless the country back of them war
rants it Intensified farming of , the
Willamette valley lands will prove the
very, thing needed to rectify the pres
ent situation. , - . .
"Experiments having proven that
crops can be doubled and trebled by
applying water during the dry, grow
ing aeason; that green feed : can be had
during that period to supply dairy cows
witn the needed stuff to -make dairy
ing a real success; that 10 acres, ir
rigated and properly developed, wii;
handsomely, supply the average fam
ily, one can hardly fathom the i im
portance of taking several thousand
acres and putting a family on every
6, 10 or 20 acres of same.
' Methods of roref atherv
"The present methods of farming are
those of our forefathers and in order
to keep up with the times, new meth
ods will have to be employed and will
Decome tne rule ere many more years
nave passed. It Is slow work to chance
existing methods and without some con
centrated effort like the one inaug
urated by the Portland syndicate it
might not be consummated for many
a decade. The class of men mnrunA
to finance and handle the undertaking
insures its beinj well done, and yet,
although their financial strength Is
such that the entire district, proposed
to Irrigate, could be easily handled
at one time, it Is deemed wise to go
slow and develop the district In units
of about 1000 acres at a time.
"The first unit will be seld at such
low prices that it will be settled up
quickly and as fast as one unit com
mpnees to move, another one will he
! taken up. Not only does the syndicate
expect, to irrigate the land, but the
Intention is to put some of the sub
divisions in crop and improve them
with a complete home, so that the
newcomer may have a place where to
lay his head and a crgpcomlng on.
ut Invested.
"Strange to say, ready have letters
been received fronTeastem points ask
ing that land be reserved for would
be settlers. This, . without any adver
tising whatsoever!
"Our dry summers, so ideal for grain
raising, are an obstacle in the path
of intensive farming and as the state
progresses, it has to become less and
less of a grain raising commonwealth
end this cannot be' accomplished ex
cept by irrigation In such parte as are
not favored -by natural eub-lrrlgation.
The part that needs irrigation In sum
mer is only a small percentage of the
total 60,000,000 acres contained In th"
boundaries of Oregon, but whene It is
needed, It la needed badly.
"Th legal and technical details of
the proposed nlans a r nno, k..i
ggrfcoanut,and ,lt,, i eoitfMetlywrJ
PROJECT' TO ' lif AKE ' : ;' i
CROPS GROW IN 3 j K5j
WARM WEATHER Kilirfg iM-m I ;
;.,.Tr? ",e mln canai nd Jaterale
will be completed by next March."
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The Ban Francisco labor council has
decided to join the national committee
on prison labor. The membership fee
has been forwarded. ,
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Steel company under construction-
story struetuielof the slow burning
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New residence of Judge W. B.
G. W. Priest Takes Out "Per
mits Jor Eight. Two Story..
Houses. -
Permits were issued last Monday to
. Priest authoiljiinrthe erection of
lrht dwelling houses at Rossmere. , AH
of the nefw buildings are to be two 'story
frame structures, and each, will cost
$2000, making the total amdunt involved
in this program of improvement $16,0001
This la the third fet of new homes built
in the Rose City Park district by Mri
Pyest, in the pastiimonthst. and bring
the cost of his Investments In that sec
tion, including the valu of the jots, to
about $76,000..
"Mr. Priest is the most 'extensive spec',
ulative builder in the dwelling house
line In Portland, and together with T G
Anderson, who has bui't two solid blocks
of California, bungalows at Rose City
Park., besides a number of , similar
houses In the East Gllsan street district
has built over loo new homea In Port
land since January, 1908. This last
batch of houses to be erected hv m
Priest will occupy the blocks facing East
lmny-eigmn ana isast Thirty-ninth
streets, between Hancock and Tillamook.
Pn the same date permits were taken
out by Mrs. M. Helnes authorlaing the
erection of two one and one half story
cottageson Kelly street between Glbbs
and Whlttaker, to cost $1500 each;
Contractors Clark and Anderson, have
begun the erection of a one and one half
story cottage on , East Twenty-eighth
street, between East Sherman and East
Caruthers. .
J. L.. Lewes took out a permit last
Monday for a two rtory frame cottaes.
which he Is bulldlftg on East Thirty-
first street at a cost of $2000.
Stebinger Brothers have broken ground
on East Fifty-first, between Main and
Madison, for a one story frame cottage,
which will cost to complete $1800.
On East Fifty-second street between
Tillamook and Thompson, Mrs. -Laura
N. Hales has begun the erection of -a
one and one half story, frame cottage,
to cost $2000. - .
J. M. Fletcher is building a two story
frame dwelling house on East Forty
second street between Alder and Wash
ington. The permit issued last Monday
calls for an expenditure bf $2000. -
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NEWDWEllK .
FOR ROSSMERE
Thirty years ol hard
toil and nothing to show
lor it. Why didn't I do
this ten years ago?
That is what a man said a day or two ago" While ne
gotiating for a ,
NORTH PLAIN TRACT:
Ire is going back to the farm before it's too late. What
are you going to do to make your future secure?' Why'
dont you buy a small farm v at NORTH PLAINS?'
Low ' prices eay terms. Call or write for booklet.
RUTH-TRUST-COMPANY
ROOM 3 CHAMBER 'OF COMMERCE BUILDING
. . PORTLAND, OREGON
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Gilbert, Twenty-first and Myrtle
Five Properties From 37 to
360 Acres Sold Puringthe J
' Week for Subdivision.
A number of important acreage deals
in property In the vicinity of Portland
were made last week. The largest of
these .was the purchase by James M.
French and Edmund Llndstedt of the
W. W. ' Meyers farm,' located 16 miles,
southeast of Portland on the Abernethy
road. This tract comprises - 320 acres
and was sold for $75 an acre, or $24,00
for the 'arm. :. .' J
Two tracts "located on the Oregon
Electric railway changed' hands during
the week, involving a total considera
tion of $17,500. One, a 66 acre piece
at Glencoe Station, was purchased by
J. L. Droff for $10,000.. and the other,
a 37 acre' tract,' was sold to Henry E.
Droff for $7600. The purchasers of
bota these tracts were former residents
of Hood River, who decided to locate
nearer Portland. , . : :
i Fifty-two acres adjoining El'Tover on
the north and facing Vnlon avenue on
the west have been - sold by Lewis - P.
Love to E. Brong, of the Brong-Steele
Co., for $83,000. Upon the expiration
of the lease under which the property
is now held." Mr. Brong will develop
the tract into bulraing and factory
'sites. It is admirably adapted to both
purposes, having a - frontage of - about
1000 feet on Columbia Slough, the O.
R. ft N. crossing the south half of it,
and the Vancouver' car line running
along the west side of the property, ;;
In England recently there have .been
several exhauslve tests of a secret steel,
for safes which withstands . the oxv-
acetylene. blowpipe, the: temperature of I
which is the highest that can be handH
tea wunout tne use ety crucime.
Journal Want Ads bring results.
. T HE ADI) IT I O
W W H CHARACTER
WE ACREAGE v
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HEVTCOURTHOUSE
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Never Anything Put, Up in
r Portland That Shows So Lit
tie Done in So Long a Time;
; End Not Yet in. Sight. -
. The other wing. of . Multnomah coun
ty's atew oourt house, will be erected
by one 'contractor If .County Judge
Cleeton is in office when the contract
la let This -plan of allowing half , a
doi?n different contractors; to ' work on
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Btreetg, Portland Heighta.
one building at the same htlme is a
failure," declared Judge Cleeton yes
terday, while talking ajout the exas
perating slowness in the construction
of the big stone building. ' .
. "Harmony is out of the question
where a half dozen different men are
working on one building under different
contracts at the same time, and . with
out harmony among ,he contractors
delaj Is sure to take place,1' continued
the head of the county court. f'When
the time comes to let the contracts for
the next wing of the court house; I
propose to wee that one man gets the
entire 'job. Then this contractor can
EVIDENCE
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be made to live up to the term of thi
contract. It, is my observation that
where more than, one contractor has a
hand in any lUndv of a big building,
that the work proceeds much more
slowly than where the Job is let to one
man' for a lump sum." 1 v
- There . probably never was a big
building put up in this city where the
work proceeded as slowly as It does on
the fcounty court house. From the very
start the job has been slow. . All. the
contracts were based -upon the comple
tion of the steel work and the steel
contractor is now four months hehind
time with ' twoN . stories of the steel
frame yet to pitt up. .This delay threw
the stone contractor behind. The brick
contractor also fell behind on account
of the steel frame not being completed
on time. Then came exasperating de
lays in getting: the stone from the In
diana quarries resulting in the loss of
the greater part of September and Oc
tober, pretty weather -during, which
the stone walls might have been com
pleted 4f the material had been on
hand. Ohe car of stone that left New
Bedford, Ind., September 1, was 60 days
enroute, three, weeks of that time the
car being delayed at The Dalles, not
withstanding frantic efforts were be.
lng .matie by the stone contractors to
locate it ' ' -. ' ; ; .,',,..:. . .
Another needless . delay was aeca-
sloned. by he steel contractors putting
up 'the steel rornlce.iall of which had
to, be taken down so that the stone man
could swing the heavy blocks of stone
Into the wails. ' v ' ' ' ,
Judge Cleeton says' that he believes
the work will now proceed without
any further delay. Most tf the stone
is ; here and : the contractor' for this
part of y the work has - promised the
county court that the .work of putting
up he walls shall proceed ; from now
on, rain or shine.;
The steel' frame for ihe ; jail is on
hand andVwlll be put up as soon as the
atone work is 'completed and the steel
contractors can have the use. of the
derrick. Judge Cleeton said that he
could set no tjm when the wing would
be completed but that he was confident
that no such delay In carrying on the
work wou take place as has. charac
terized the Job from its inception up tQ
.the present time. .. L
WOMAN INVESTS IN
;. TWO STORY BUILDING
Mrs. Martha R. Taylor, a local fh
vestor, has purchased 60x100 feet im
proved with a two story . brick build
ing, situated h the west side Of Front
street between Washington and Alder
streets, from W. J. Yore and R. E.
Bauske. two California capitalists, who
have Invested largely In Portland real
estate during the' past three years. The
price paid for the property was $40,000
and the sale was negotiated by the H.
P. Palmer-Jones company, ' - '' '
The recent activity in Front street
proflferty is largely accounted for by the
agitation of the municipal dock Ques
tion, which, If carried out, as now ap
pears probable, will ; greatly enhance
property values along Front street.
PIN IN THROAT 30
, YEARS; WOMAN DIES
NearCN. J., Nov. 12. A pin which
she swallowed 30-years ago has Just
caused , the death here of Miss Mary
Shaw. She was $ years old when the
pin accidentally slipped down her
throat For years' ctterward she sufi
fered greatly from throat trouble that
had been caused ,by it, until one day she
Roughed up the pta.' Some time ago her
throat began to trouble her again and
physicians found i a growth there. , An
operation failed to relieve the ailment
and her death followed. . , ; ,
A Combination of Low Prices (including Im
provements), Easy Terms, Restricted Loca
tion, Beautiful View, Excellent Car Service.
rapidly DECIDE to
0 tf'EO'M JE IT E
0500-and some for less
lot one comPlete set Architect's, Plans for bungalows worth
to $5000. Your, choice from the most practical selection of
ortiana.
ELECTION DOES
II SERIOUSLY
AFPECT HUH
Good Number of Permits Is-.
: sued for New Houses and
Smaller Brick; Stores and
v Buildings.
J"Sp ,'8f th 't that last Tuesday
rhJ'ih!j Action, the build-
line '. ri '"I;n residence
but mu s , ' u"0,n Pector
but little beiow rh.r "t
was
a imam m .."."'':
eek were U6d dUr,nR tho
I. ?. tr.,.P:v,d,n 'or four Series
wee
house are to be modern" in everv ri!
ISShi' an,d hanomely OnMtA
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.uuitn took out a permit for
a two story brick veneered store and
h.0UM' Wh,ch th ""I build
..nert S'f? er,mlt of.th week was
Issued to the Columbia Contract com
Pany for a one story frame warehouse
'h" T(' between East Salmon
and East Main streets. The estimated
cost of the building is $10,000
Another good sited permit issued last
which he will build on East ; Twelfth '
street between JCnott and Stanton, at a
cost of $5200. V
permit was Issued last week to
s- Ry-'Co. North Bank),
providing for a one story frame build
ing to be erected on Hovt trt k....
Tenth and Eleventh, at a cost of $4000.
Thomas Vlgars, who has built a num- '
Jeof welllna; houses In the
L.add addition, procured a permit last
W6e.k l0Tl two ory .residence, which
he is bulling on Ladd avenue between
Hawthorne avenge , and Palm street
(Ladds addition), at a cost of $3000.
On East Forty-slxth street between
TUlamook and Hancock. L. R. Bailey has '
begun the erection of a 1H etory frame
cottage to cost $3600.
Joe Nolle has taken out a permit for
a two story frame dwelling to be erect
ed On East Twenty-eighth street be
tween Powell Valley road and Franklin
street at a cost of$300(K
- Two permits have been issued to the
Tlpion Real Estate company providing
for the building of one story frame
cottages on East Forty-sixth street neai'
Gladstone, at a cost -of tieoo each
L. R Bailey Is preparing to begin the
erection of 12 modern dwelling houspjr
of the two story type at Rose City Park.
dns ouuaings wui cost from $2600 to
$6000 each, and will contain from five
to eight rooms. ,
. ffyirla soon la V have' its. first ti.
phone system, Unking tne towns In the
Lebanon .mountains. '
go out there TODAY
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