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APPEARED 111
Three of Four Leading Conj
mercil Lines Show Record
Breaking Increases1 During
November in' Portland. . . I
Out of the four -leading commercial;
and Industrial lines In Portland record t
breaking increases -were-' made. In . Jwo
and substantial gain recorded - In the t
third as shown by the totals, footed up
for November. In postal receipts And '
building .permits - November's figures
gave to Portland easily the lead among!
the larger cities of the Pacific north-1
west and, while the figures for the en-f
tire country are not yet in hand It la 1
probable that the gain in Portland's
postal - receipts -ttot that month will
place It at the top of the list of Ameri-.i
' can' :eltie.' A-.-vH.'shv'Y
The month Indeed was a splendid .31
days' record for Portland from a com
mercial'and Industrial standpoint,.
every line save one Increases were made
overrule same month' a year ago. ' .
. v Hotable ; Bespit Handicaps.
This Is a notable record when It Is re-
memhered'that the first 10 days of the
month witnessed the closing of a gen
eral election, together with the fact that
the weather was stormy throughout the
entire month. That business in ail lines
was exceptionally good in spite of these
two handicaps Is conclusive proof that,
' the .reaction i complained i of in other
'' part of the country has not reached
.Oregon's metropolis. Compared with the
records at hand of other Pacific co.ist
cities, Portland's progress during No
vember is a surprise even to those who
are. accustomed - to the large way In
which things are done In this city. ; In
the matter of postal receipts i the ag-
, gregate for the month amounted to
$84,913.47 which la the second largest
monthly business the Portland postof
fice has ever done. Officials of the of
fice said yesterday that the indications
were that- the business 6,f December
would probably, reach ; $100,000, which
' would be an increase of 112,000 over
the figures of one year ago.r' V :-
,' -The Increase in building permits; for
: the month amounted. to.jufte.ven- -30- per
cent i The fain In:postal teeejpts '-.was
, 26 percent, and In bank clearings 11
per cent. Wheat shipments for , the
month were lirge enough to keep Port-
.land rn its old position of first place
, among Pacific coast altles. , : An in-,
crease of lO.per'cent is shown in the
that the market "has fotbeen- ln a
satisfactory condition forUhe past 90
days. ' ' "' " v
, '423 Permits, Issued.
. permits authorising. new constrntlcjn
numbered 423 and represented a valua
tion of 1,119,205. ,.' While for Novem
ber, 1909, 359 permits were taken out
Involving , an aggregate' expenditure of
1835,430. For he 11- months of the
year permits to the value of tlfl,l5,783
building inspector, Conservatively, esti
mated the new construction for 1910
in Portland will amount to about 117,
ooo.oao. A t , - ;
Real EsUfle activity was not so
marked during - November although
transfers to the value of 11,623,423
were filed for record as compared With
32,015,666 for .NoveAbei', 1909. Be
tween 70 and 80 per cent of the realty
sales renortad In VnvAmh
vh. " - V Aw,
. Improved ryldence property and home
sites. The amount of trading in busi
ness property amounted .to ' not more
than IS per cent of the total ..,
The following tables give compari
sons of the monthly totals of 1909 and
IS 10 In building permits, postal re
ceipts, andj realty transfers:
BUILDING PERMITS.'-;
Month-
4909
; 19J0
624,119
1,006,055
1.473.585
2,011.773
1.803.445
1,587,725
908,080
2.55C.375
1.391,260
1,(81,170
1.119,205
January
February
March , ,
Aprils...
May V..
Junev...
Int..
, , . i
Mil, 415
,1.329.540
' S85.&85 ,
1.6S1.195 i
1,142,400
" 865,000
91U70
996,345
1,288,300 '
1.707,673.-
835,430 o'
L43,825
August
Heptember
October
November
Ltecembcr
Totals
.313,070,560, 113,165,783
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POSTAL RECEIPTS.
Month larw
fttu
71.295.57
66.921.20
76,083.71
71.260,76
68,260.67
73.879.29
70,836.80
74,976.43
78.798.84
82.060,88
84,913.47
January $ 67.913.78
February
.March-
April ...
May ...
65.887.43
62,013.86
61.387.97 "
63.570.47 -64.402.68
64.769.81
60.815.62
66,354.04
66,870.91?
June
July
: August
L a I,
1 .November ...... ' 67.171
inDecember ..,,.. 88,
296.74
-Tptals ...1... 1 778.853.'
3 3819,237.61
REALTY TRANSFERS.
Month-
1909
1910'
2,328.802
3.615,208
' 5 4,200,863
2,975,068
2,804,142
2.5 95,110
2,402.34 4
2.623 075
1.642,518
1,783 651
1,538.325
January ,
February ,
i March.
April ,,ti
May ..,,
June
July
August
September
October ..
November r
December
2.101,048
2,063,83?
3.062.2R8
2.658,032
'l,23:i,169'
1.734.686
1.727,628
1.669,641
1.824,207
2,362,20?
'2,016,866
2.042,057 if ToUls ...$26,485,827 $28,509,106
; new architecFuralT
FIRM, OPENS OFFICES
; ;'Hawke Birnbach & Mayer la the
, name of a new architectural firm which
V. has recently opened offices In the city.
, Mr. Hawkes, the senior member of the
rMw firm la thm lnnlun. ....u. ., '- .
designed ther golf club and park. Holman
park, and has turned out a number of
other attractive pieces of work in Port-
viano. we formerly practiced his pro
fession in Chirags and was there a
s member of the Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects.
Mr, Birnbach studied architecture in
Brelau, Germany, and until recently
.lived In Milwaukee. , Wis,
Mr, Mayer, the junior member of the
firm, studied for his profession in Paris
and In New Tork. In Paris he studied
In an atelier In connection with the
Braux Arts. , ,
Benefaction of an Kx-SUve.
Colorado Springs, Colo, Dee. 3 An
nouncement Is made that James K. Polk
.ylor, once a slave, has given 480 acres
of land )t C&lhan, 40' miles east of
Colorado Springs, lo the Charles fiumnrr
. tubtrculasla. sssitw,ia'Uonr.as m mti form
national sanitarium, for colored people.
It Is understood $300,000 will be ex
pended on the sanitarium. i
Wrtudvllle is t
ojnt' Janutry t.
have
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How new taitldlngs
- According to articles of incorporation
of the Council Crest Exposition company
filed with the. secretary of state, at Sa
lem . this week, and which ' Includes
among its'incorporators several' of Port
land's most representative and progres.
slve business men, a large building 100
feet square at Council Crest Is. 'to be
used hereafter for the purpose of an
agricultural and Industrial exposition.
It Is the intention to fill this building
with exhibits of products and Industries
fjymi, the- various countiiea and communr
Hies of Oregon and the northwest gen
erally.' . '
A writing and lounging room located
in the 'center of the building, will be
a pleasing feature to the large number
of strangers who will visit the exposi
tion. The exhibits w01.be In line with
SMAkL ACREAGE
Many Buy Along ' the ; Salem
, Electric Line in Six Mile
' ' . Umit. ' :
The. demand for small acreage tracts
within the six mile limit along the line
of the Salem Eiectflc road Is" one of
the - features of , the November realty
market, according to brokers ""operating
In that Class of property, '
M. E. Lee, who has haqdled a large
amount of acreage and a number .of
sudbivislons southwest of the: city, re
ports a strong and steady demand for
that class of properties, TVe sold more
property,1? said Mr. Lee, long the
Unes of the Salem Electric road during
November than : we handled altogether
In the months of August, September and.
October. Residence sites from the size
of a lot ub to an acre, that sell for
from 1250 to $1000, are more In demand
now.than, I have known them to be dur
ing my six years as a real estate agent
In Portland. : We have half a dozen
calls a day for this sort property
and we sold between $8000 a&d $10,000
worth of it In November. ' One condi
tion that has militated against real es
tate southwest of the city and beyond
the five eejit fare limit, has been the
fact that the people cou;d get no nearer
to the center, of .town than. the depot
and Front and Jefferson stxeets. but
now thai It seems certain that a rrarH
chise will - be granted -on- Salmon and
Tenth streets allowing the cars to get
right into the ( center, the demand for
properties along the Salem Electric line
has largely Increased!
"There Is more building In progress
now along the) Salem Electric line as
far out as; Garden Home than there has
been at '.airy lme 'since the road wa
put In operation. In the district . over
the hill Just: beyond Capital , hill,1 .new.
houses are springing up on every hand.
In ..Northrop acres and, adjoining addi
tions a number of people who bought
property two years ago and went out
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East front of new Courthouse, showing gtone wall completed to Beventh
:( story. ProErwa on building ghows marked increase since November 1. '
lor agricultural exhibitions on Cornell
the style of advertising now being con
ducted ;-. .; by.. various ; transcontinental
roads In the east and will be Intensely
Interesting ' as wall as instructive .to
the - large , number , of ? strangers, home
seekers, investors and others who visit
Council -Crest,.-' Jry--0s:dp:lY"r-i:-
-", Mr. DuChamp,. the lessee of Conncll
Crest, states that this' is , but the first
of. a series of improvements now in con-
templatton.ji The next will be th'ereo
tlon by , the spring -of 1912 of a -steel
observatory,, 300. feet in- helgTit,- with
fast elevator BeryiceAanci .eaulpped. wlth
several ; powerful prismatic telescopes
of Bix Inch-objectives, i The top' of the
structure j will "be approximately J500
feet-above .the river. -: t - f - -
i It 4-estlmatedi that the cost' of this
enterprise will be about 40,()0. It Is)
also the intention to Install a rink 180
and built a temporary shack to live in
are now building substantial dwellings
at a cost of $1200 to $2000 each. Harry
Tfankwleh and Charles Whltmar are
each building an attractive cottage home
in 'Northrop acres. E. J. Gaines of St.
Johns, is putting" up a $2000 residence,
Mrs I Woolley a $1400 house and a
number of others are building1 in that
vicinity." . ' ,
Mr. Lee reports the following ' sales
of city property:, House. and lot at 469
Chapman street, Portland Heights, to
Mrs. Ivy Gay, $3200; August Ooettle
man, chef at the Commercial club,
house and lot at 471 Chapman street.
$4725; Cinda Llnebaugh, lot on Macadam
road. $1000;. Richard Shepherd, two Jots
on Macadam road, $2000; J. M. Taylor,
acre tract at Northrop acres, $r200, and
also 10 acres at Peach Cove, to F. E.
Strang, $3800.
INVESTOR PAYST $35,000
- FOR QUARTER BLOCK
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Through the agency of the H..P. Palmer-Jones
company and W. . B. Honey
man, the Zimmerman estate has sold
to a local investor' the quarter block at
the northwest corner of Union and Haw
thorne avenues for $35,00. The prop
erty is at present covered by old frame
buildings, bnt is to be Improved at
once with a modern brick business
house.. This is the first big sale of
Hawthorne avenue property which is
directly traceable to the approaching
completion of the new Madison street
bridge.
, The Charles Meier ranch of 42 acres
located 2 ft miles southwest of ,HIllls
boro has been purchased by R, Hor"
necker for $7500. The sale wasriiego
t la ted by Neal Brown, ,
POOR- EMIGRANT' MEETS ,
r. WITH DIRE MISFORTUNE
Santa Ana, Cal., Pee. 1 A, LT Whlf
taker, who. possessed a desire to be an
Imperial County pioneer, was forced to
abandon- his pioneering aspirations un
til he -cculd become the possessor of
another pair of trousers.
With his family, Whittaker is Jou"r
neylng , toward Imperial in a wagon.
While camping In Santiago canyon last
n I gut, another rover purloined his trou
sers, In a pocket of which was $70, the
entire cash balance of the family. - i
Sympathizing ranchers provided Whit
taker. with more trousers and the po
lice promised to search for .the manwho
took the money. " . .
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CreBtfwlll look.
feet In, dlametor.fbr the purpose of ice
Ikating Owing to the high altitude of
the Crest, the temperature is many de
grees cbjder than in the -city, conse
quently it will require a smaller re
frigerating plant to maintain the frozen
surface, r The estimated cost of this a t-
traction will bo approximately $30,000.
Should, thesif feature meet witH sue-
cess, Mr. DuChamp .has assurances of
practically : unlimited financial backing
and further improvements are to' be
then undertaken whlcb will involve the
expenditure pf. projbably. 3250,000 .with In
the.next five years. ;i Should these pro-
Jects be- carried ouC Council Crest will
be converted Jnto a scenic park, which
will' refleet splendid credit tipon- the
eity and. state and will ultimately be
eome one. of the world's greatest show
places.-.4 ' . ,
Postal Department May Occu
py One of Rooms as Sub-,
v - station. -
A D.' Knutson" is having plans pre
pared for a three story brick bnlld
ing, 50i83 rfeU to-be- erected on -Belmont
street at the northeast corner of
East Thirty-ninth. The building ' Is to
be a : combination store,' office and
apartment house. The -first floor will
be fitted up for stores. One of the
rooms will probably be occupied by the
United - States postal 'department as a
substation. , On the secon floor there
will be a number of offices, and the
third floor will be devoted entirely to
apartments. Architect Wensel, Frltsche
is preparing plans for the building. The
same architect is getting up the design
for a two story frame and store build
ing to.be erected for' Dr. W. P. Till
man at East Thirty-seventh and Bel
mont streets.
The Eastman company took out per
mits last Thursday fort four, residences
to be - erected in the v Irvlngton . dis
trict, the combined cost of which wUl
amount to about $33,000. a They are all
to be frame structures,' The most ex
pensive of the four is to be a one and
one half story building which Will be
located on East Twenty-fourth street
between Brazes and Thompson and will
cost $10,000. . Three of. them are to be
on East Twenty-sixth between Brazee
and Thompson and will cost about $7500
each. ' ) .. r. -i ;.. . . "A ..
. Everdlng & Farrell have taken out
a permit for a three story brick build
ing which will be ! erected on Ankeny
street, between Third and Fourth at a
coat Of $16,000.
The Portland Railway, Light & Pww
pr company took out a permit last
week for a, one' story brick substation
to be erected on Cleo street, between
Stark and Oak, at cost of $5000.
C. H. Leadbetter has begun the erec
tion of a one ,and a .half story frame
cottage on East Forty-fifth street be
tween Stanton and Siskiyou which will
cost Completed $3800. j
- Pn Eaat Tenth street 'beween Knott
and Stanton, Walter Reed has broken
ground for two frame cottages one and
o"he half . stories each. The buildings
will dost about $2600 apiece."
F. F. Brawer took out a pernfct last
Thursday, for a twd story frame dwell
ing to be . erected on East Twelfth
street between Hancock and Schuyler
at. a cost of $3500. ( , -
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- BUILDING PERMITS -
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Cresent : Paner Co.;- preot ni.fnrv
frame garage, ,442 East Stark street,
soutn-east corner Seventh; . builder,
oattic, f ivv. . r ' -
; Beno ft Ballls. erect fonr-storv hrlrfc
Vstore, Stark street, between Twelfth
nu -i nirieentn; . ouuaer, . jeppensen;
$10,000. . -
. I F. Broure, erect one-story . frame
bam, ... Flrty-nlnth avenue, . south-east,
between Rayburn and Wooden; builder,
same; $100
William Dahlke, erect two-story
frame dwelling, Linn avenue .between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth; builder,
same; 31Q00. i
'G. Carlson, erect one-story frame
shop, 84 East -Thirty-fourth and Wash
lngton streets; builder, same; $100.
A. Linden.. ; rpnnlr . nnp-KtnMf n,A
dwelling, Broadway street, between Forty-third
and Forty-fourth; builder,
same, jvu. :) .,-.v .- ,....,.-)-....-
R- H. Durfee, erect one-story frame
dwelling. East Fifty-first street,, be
tween Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth ave
enues; builder, same; $800. -'
Charles I Foster, erecfc, ' one-story
frame . temporary dwelling. ': Marietta
avenue between-- Lombard end County i
Merchants Investment Co,, repair
four-Btory brick .building, Southwest
cm ner Washington, between: 8lxth and
beventh; builder, K. A. Lynds; $1000.
A. franson. erect one-story frame
dwelling. Klickitat street, between
Seyenth-slxtti and SeVenthy-seventh;
bulldor. K Vieth; $200."
A. J,-. Van Wassenhsll. repair two-Ur-Xraw-Uirr.
4) 4tB4twe-tret,
boteeii' Konllworth avenUeand Twentr
ninth street; builder, same; $160,
The Prussian government supports 40
training schools in the metal Industries,
In whlrh more than 4000 pupils are en
rolled each year. ...
NEW BUILDING FDR
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THOSE MIMED
Any One Favoring Good Thor
oughfares May Participate
in Proceedings,, Is An-
; nouncement of Webster. -
, Any citizen of Oregon who believes
that the cause of .the state's . develop
ment and -progress will, be served by
tho. construction of permanent roads
may attend the Oregon good scads con
vention In Portland December 13 as a
delegate. yf ' ,..
. This announcement was made yester
day by- Judge Lionel R. Webster, chair
man of the executive -committee of the
Oregon Good Roads association. ILhad
been r understood that the representa
tion at the convention had been limited
to formally appointed delegates.
- "This is to be a convention of cit
iseis, . of . the state's builders," ; said
Judge Webster. I "We do not intend to
limit it to a few organizations or classes
wno might order the road building fu
ture of the : state ia accordance with
their own. interests rather than In ac
cord s -with the people's . welfare. ' We
want all . to' come, the farmer and" the
legislator, the autoraobllist, and the
teamster, the professional man and ( he
who works, with his hands all will be
given voice --in the proceedings If they
so desire."
. Judge Webster added that the pro
posed i legislation whlch he has been
framing on behalf of the good roads
amendment was nearly ready for. sub
mission to the convention. ' !
Thore are two convict labor bills.
One deals with the methods which may
be used ; In; availing; the state of the
servlcertof" men confrned in: the -stete
penitentiary; The other relates to pris
oners in the' city and county jails.
We will-empty the Jails,' declared
Judge Webster, iM, We can build all the
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A Plain Statement
of General vlnterest
: , ' . READING LAMPS, CANDLESTICKS, AND-
IRONS, FIRE SCREENS-AND FIRE SEJTS '
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We have just received from an eastern manufacturing company a large
...consignment of Electric Reading Lamps. These lamps were' shipped p
: -'from New York to a company in a nearby city, which company has since
j: - - Tetfred from business; 1 Acting for the manufacturer, we are placing "' " w
-... these lamps on sale at a great sacrifice. We will include in this 'sale sub- -
ject to the same unprecedented reduction in price,, our' entire' holiday
stock' of Lamps, Candlesticks, Andirons, Fire Screens and Fire Sets.. t
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The color blending in the shades is a revelation; the colors are 'all lu-'
minous, distributing the light generously while toning it agreeably,
..J. There are sizes, shapes and finishes each perfect of its kind for every
, room in the house, in all the important periods and modern styles. .
CANDLESTICKS . '
. ,A fascinating variety at a wide range of price ; some in yellow' bronze
. , some in old brass, and others in wood delicately carved and finished in
. dull'gold. - ; x r
' , ANDIRONS, FIRE SCREENS AND FIRE SETS.1
' -Dignified simplicity, combined with skillful design and superior castings ,
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Medical Building
n-" - -ry r- :s i.i t;.,) .:,. l-;- t " v '
''!" t-fv ; t !..; ,.r. Vr; ',-,,, bra n-'.-v
iNt.v. w ,!1 (..- u I , ! TI.O ."iirivi.'ls
can do au,l will do work that tJf labor-ln-r
turn huns. The use of convict
liibor wiil iy no means fcnep tbo fre
lubor out of a Job. It simply means
that we will get work. done that other
wise would not be accomplished."
Jud-re Webster's pliin for utilizing
convict labor lias so far mo.t with no
opposition. It la conceded to be rea
sonable and essentially valuable.
. Two other bills will be presented. One
deals with proposed , state aid for road
building. It is not thought that this
will necessarily be of large amount The
socond bill authorizes the appointment
of a state good roads commissioner. - If
the slate "does not . make some appro
priation for- carrying on the' work it
wij.1 be Impossible for the commissioner
to maintain the general supervision of
road building schemes - that i are being
worked out in . the various counties un
der the provisions of the good roads
amendment which was adopted at the
last election. Consequently the proposal
for state aid Is calculated both to take
a portion of the burden of expense from
the counties and to retain a supervisory
function- over the work In progress. .
Alsea Is, to , have a new town hall,
two stories, 35x100. ; :
No indigestion, Gas, ; Heart
,. burn Or Headache Five t ,
;-sv ."Minutes Later. ' '
If you had some Dlapepsln : handy
and would take a little now your stom
ach distress or Indigestion would vanish
In five minutes and - you would feel
This harmless preparation will di
gest anything you eat and overcome a
sour, out-of-order stomach before you
realize It,
' If your meaTS "don't tempt you, or
what little you do eat ; seems to 'fill
you, or lays' like a lump of lead In
your stomach, or If you have 1 heart
burn, that is-a sigh of Indigestion, v
) Ask. your Pharmacist for a. 50-cent
case of Pape's Dlapepsln and .take 'a
v READING LAMPS'
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tngiish Go.
IlllilppPiSB
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Phoenix, AvH.. 1 '.-.. 3. A dun c. pro
hibiting the f!!:-l-yri!i-iit on public work
Of alien lahorcis, execpt those who have
ileelarod ttuir intention of becoming
citizens, of the United states, has been
adopted by tli" constitutional con
vention by a.large majority. A portion of
the Republican ' members oppwed the
measure on the ground that it violated
the terms of treaties with several
friendly nations.
A measure prohibiting "blacklisting"
In Arizona was adopted w-lth but three
dissenting votes, labor delegates were
unanimous in 'their support of the meas
ure...;..' .
i i Song and Dance In Pulpit.
' Wilkesbarre," Pa.; Dec. 3. The Rev. ,
Oeorge R. Fllnn, pastor of tlfe Protest
ant Episcopal church, did a song and "
dance lii his pulpit tot the edification
of the congegatlon. To the tune of "In
the Good Old' Summer Time,' the min
ister 'daneed and ra,ng to demonstrate
to the congregation . that they should
pay attention to the physical as well as
the spiritual welfare.-
little Just as soon as you can. " There
will be no sour risings, no belching
of undigested food mixed with acld.,1
no stomach gas or heartburn, fullncssV
or heavy feeling in the stomach, 1 Nau-
sea,: iJeDiutating Headaches. Dizzi
ness or Intestinal griping. - This will
all go, and besides, there will be no
undigested footf left over In the stom
ach to poison your breath with nause
ous odors.
Pape's Dlapepsln is certain cure for
out-of-order stomachs, because it pre
vents fermentation and takes hold of
your food and digests it Just the same
as If your stomach wasn't there. : ..
,' Relief In five minutes from all stom
acn misery is. at any drug store wait
ing for you. . :,:,:' i'i V. " y..-
These large 50-cent ' cases contain
more than sufficient to thoroughly cure
almost any case of Dyspepsia,. Indiges
tlon or any othr stomach disturbance. ;
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