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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND.
SUNDAY MORNING, , MAY 21. 1911.
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TYPES OF NEW HOUSES IN LADD'S ADDITION;
FIFTH IN UNION
CHANGE HANDS
Showing Better Than "That of
Any Pacific Coast City-
800 Acre Tract Near Sheridan,
Polk County, Sold to Port
land Syndicate for $70,000
Other Deals Made.
Table Indicates Condition in
42 Cities of Nation. '
5. PORTLAND STANDS
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BUILDING RECORD
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Several large blocks of Oregon acre
age rbanged hands laat week, on 800
-- acre tract located near Sheridan tn Polk
county waold to a Portland syndicate
for 10,000; 200 acres lorated near Mon
cqouth was purchased by a Nebraska
i man who came to the coast In search
of mild climate, while a large number
of small holding were taken over by
new comers and local people.
The following; are among; the more
Important sales 'reported from points
outside of Portland:
Eight hundred acre of choice Polk
county land was bought last week by
the Brong-8te1e company, of Portland.
' for a oonslderatio-i of about $70,000
. The land" Is situated fire miles south-of
" Sheridan and about four miles from
. - Wlllemlna.', The farm is known aa the
Buford 8one place Sand comprises the
original donation land claim or Mr.
Btone'e father, with some adjoining
;. ' acreage that he purchased.
It is the intention of the company
to cut the farm Into tracts of 40, 20
and 10 acres. .
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The Monmouth Real Estate company
last wekV closed one of the largest
land deals 'they ha we made for some
time, when they sold to a Mr. Palmer,
-or. Nebraska, J00 acres north of Rick
reall. The consideration was over $12,-
000. , Mr. Palmer as tired of the severe
climate of the east and wants to spend
the reat of his life in a country where
he can be comfortable.
l? B. A. Millstone, lais of Wisconsin, has
'bought a half section' of land near Sweet
Home, at $S2.S0 per acre. Mr. Mill
stone's family is now in Portland, but
wm come up In few weeks and take
tip their reaiaence on me newiy-ac-quired
farm.
An orchard sate of unusual interest
' was consummated Wednesday of laat
week, when tan acres of the 8 proa t
orchard. Hood River, was sold to W. C
Keck, through the agency of O. T. Ed
wards A Co. The purchaser price waa
S1M00. Mr. Keck was a banker resid
ing at present In Nebraska, but will
auild on his property and It is said
'come her to lira.
This la a part of the orchard from
which Mr. Sproet. sold 10 acres laat
fair to E. W. Hart and for whloh ho
reoeived the spot cash price of $18,000.
The tea acres are also a part of the
. orchard from which Mr. Bp roe t picked
his carload of Bpitsenberga last fall
that took the blue ribbon at the Spo
kane1 apple show. A large part of the
apples were picked from the part pur
chased by Mr. Keck.
' Henry - W. ' Rogers, according to a
deed Just filed for record, ia the pur
chaser of O acres of land near Free-
water, from A. M. ' and Martha Elam,
ptylng fSSOO.
. C H. Brown tiaa sold his ranch of
1(10 acreetouta of Butberlln, in Doug
las county, to the Luse Land A Devel
opment company. The price is aald to
tie about MS, 000. He will have an auc
tion sale of stock and Implements the
latter part of the month.
'Twenty-four thousand dollars Is
represented in the transfer of 27$. 74
acres of land two miles north of Adams,
near Eugene, from Eugene C. Sander
son to the Eugene Bible University.
The sale of the northeast quarter of
the southeast quarter of the southeast
quarter of section S3, township 4,
north of range 29. located near Stan
field, has been recorded. The Inland
Irrigation company makes the transfer
to Sylvanus Smith, Jr., the. considera
tion being 11000.
. ;The Western Land A Irrigation com
pany has sold the south half of the
. southwest quarter of section 31, town
ship' 4 north, range 28, to James Van
filyke for a consideration of 16000.
W. C. Thompson, who for the past
three years has been a resident of Mll
. ton, last week sold his home place to
l-H,- w. Roger, of Elgin, Or. Charles
. Rogers, son of the late purchaser, will
reside on the place. Mr. Thompson
will not leave the valley, but expects
. to purchase another place near here.
Grant T4'lor, of Wlnchster, has sold
his beautiful 500 acre farm, situated
near Wlnchf ster, to J. B. Btobln, of
Jefferson, and James Robinson, of
Oakland. The consideration is not
made public. The new owners have
already assumed control of the property
and expect to plant about 40 acres to
potatoes during the next few weeks.
The Taylor ranch Is considered one of
the most productive properties in the
A Moderate Cost Home With Many Attractions
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This is a "Plan Shoot, bunralow hunt
In too north. It haa the characteristics
i of the southern California bungalow.
5 but lta construction and detail have been
VI adapted to the colder climate. The
cobblestone chimneys, the rough siding
, atained a warm brown with th green
. roof and heavy timber work are tradi
tional features or this most interesting
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Poplar streets. Lower George Safford, Ladd avenue.
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county and will no doubt render Its owri-
ers a handsome profit.
Another largo sale of Umatilla coun
ty wheat land haa been placed upon
the records at the oourt house. By a
deed recorded yesterday noon, Eugene
C. Sanderson and wife transfer to the
Eugene Bible University the southeast
quarter of section 36. township 6, lots
8. 4 and the aouth half of the north
west quarter of section 2, township 4,
all north of range 84. consisting of
278.79 acres. The consideration was
124,009. Mr. Sanderson is president of
the institution to which he transfers
his land.
Through the Home Realty company
a deal has Just been closed whereby
R. E. Smith, a recent arrival from
Los .Angeles, purchased the ranch of
J. A. McReynolds, near Klamath Falls.
The tract consists of 147 acres, located
on the valley road to Merrill, about 10
miles from this city.
Mr. McReynolds has leased the farm
till fall, and will harvest the crop now
growing. Arter mat time he has no
definite plans made as yet. Mr. Smith
haa decided to reside In Klamath Falls.
in the residence on Sixth street, which
no purchased some time ago. "
Journal Want Ads bring results.
type of American noraes. The Interior
affords plenty of room and la all con
venience. The living and dining' rooms
are practically one. being separated by
an arch that is Tull width of the rooms.
Each room has ceiling beams. The fire
place is built up of cobblestone and
has bookcases at either aide. Tbe buf
fet ha art glass doors and a,; plate
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SAYS SKYSCRAPERS
ARE UNSIGHTLY
Contrast Between High and
Low Buildings Unpleasing,
Asserts W. H. Chapin.
"I don't like these' skyscrapers. In
stead of improving the looks of a city
they positively detract from its appear
ance, said W. ii. Chapin, president of
the realty board as he and a Journal
reporter stood on a downtown corner
and tremblingly watohed a window
cleaner clinging to the seventh story
of a big office building.
"Here in Portland," continued the
popular broker who directs the affairs
of the local realty board, "we have a
dozen or so of these tall structures,
rearing their heads from 100 to 225 feet
glass mirror above counter shelf.' Ad
ditional rooms can be finished on the
second floor. Finished with parquet
floors and heated with a hot air fur
nace, this house can he built for $4300.
Complete Working drawings And specifi
cations $10. ' ' -
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above the street, surrounded by hun
dreds of medium helghth buildings and
I contend that the picture la neither
pleasing to the eye nor good for the
city.
"If we had continued to grow In a
natural way. with buildings from : six
to eight stories such aa our streets
were intended to take care of-rwe should
now have a business center stretching
at leaat two blocks further in every
direction. We should have had a hand
somer city and more evenly balanced
values more proprety worth 13000 a
front foot and less worth 85000.
"In place of a comparatively restricted
retail center, we anould have had half
a dozen or more fine business streets
with prosperous stores on aa many or
more cross streets, all solidly built
with four to eight story buildings. All
could have had a fair share of light
and air. It would not have left a small
portion of the city so valuable that the
rents in .some buildings would be pro
hibitive, while owners of others, only
a few blocks away are not so sure of
a Bteady income.
"Not long since I heard a local mer
chant register a strenuous kick over
the high rents demanded by Washing
ton street property owners. I said to
him that it was a good thing for Port
land that rents on Washington street
are rapidly getting beyond the reach
of shopkeepers as it would force them
to seek quarters on other streets, there
by extending the retail district and ulti
mately balancing property values over
a wider business area,"
W. eJ. Cleroerijs
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PUBXOSXSS AJT AXTXSTZO BOOK Ol1 OXZOIHAX,
BUNGALOWS
rachconoeptlon is specially prepared for tha aortbera equate. .
. " WATIVB or CAXXFOaUnA, the designer haa imbibed the spirit ef
the true bungalow art, not only from association but also by experience
in actual construction. The book haa 4 pagea profusely. Illustrated with
color plates, half tones, sketches an floor plana, fit is bristling with In
terest ami ggeatlons for the builder of a auburban cottage or city real
derLoel. "ICB t? CSHT. On sale at The J. K. Gill Co.. Third and Alder,
and thoOregon News company. IU Moriaon street. Portland.. .
TKB 7UI XOP is prepared to render- architectural aervloe on ' tny
class , of residence. "Write for our BTSOfAX, Sketch , Offer. ; , ' '
ROLLIN S.JTUTTLE, Architect
Portland standi flftn among- the oltlea
of the oountry in the volume of new
construction authorized during the
month of April.
Every large Pacific coast city showed
decreases from April 1(10. Portland
however, ahows the least decrease of
any coast city, the falling off amount
ing to 9 per cent. Declines In -other
coast cities wore: Los Angvles. II per
cent; Oakland, 87; 8an Francisco. 11:
Seattle, 16; Spokane, 3, and Tacoma,
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Official reports from cities cover
ing the entire country, aa compiled by
the American Contractor of Chicago,
show a loss In new construction for the
month aa compared with the figures
for the same period one year ago of
17 per cent Practically all the cities
In the country showing increasea are
located- In New England or 'the south.
The prlclpal gains were made as fol-
owa: Dallas. 188 per cent; uetroii.
70; Hartford, 44; Knozvllle. 92; Little
Rock. 81; Louisville. 77; Manchester,
13; Memphis, 71; Salt Lake City, Si;
Toledo, 87; Worcester, 108.
Table OMree rig-urea.'
The following table glvea full par
ticulars:
April,
1911..
City. Cost.
April.
110. Per Cent
Cost Gain Loss
1.111,177 .. J!
1.802.310 .. 36
367.428 .. 46
876.000 6 ..
7,837.200 t . .
1.179,886 .. IS
1,711,165 .. 14
401,666 111 ..
1,184,600 .. 48
213,862 .. 15
673,946 44 ..
721.918 .. 8
1.823,830 .. 41
123.102 81 -
3.360.577 .. 61
296.669 77 . .
160,006 111 ..
849.967 78 .,
920,464 41 ..
1,858.419 .. 67
763.608 . . 69
408.068 .1
Atlanta . .$ 862.?3 $
Baltimore . 1,138.777
Blrm'ham
197.690
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8,(81,100
980,730
1.480.939
1,168.220
802,2.
181.137
826.835
859,680
1,073.614
223.688
1,613.486
626,450
389.646
666.116
1,301.967
768.675
Buffalo ,
Chicago ,
Clnciatl ,
Cle'land .
Dallas . .
Denver . .
O'd Rp'ds
Hartford
n'opalia
L'e Hock .
Los An'es
Lou'vllle .
Man'ster
Memphis .
Mllkee ..
Newark . .
Haven
Orleana
S06.639
23.853
Man'tan ...
14.196,197 15.891.311
8,379.166 4,300,100
1.767,630 6,637,335
19,341,883 25.828,736
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Brooklyn . .
Bronx ....
New Tork
Oakland .
O'la. City .
Omaha . . .
Phil
Pittsburg .
Portland . .
Rochester .
St Louis ..
S. L. C-...
8 Antonio
S Frisco . .
Seattle. . .
Spokane . .
Tacoma . .
Toledo . . .
Worc'ster
684,619 1,621,423
461.206
686.208
8.640,820
962,678
1,816.940
1.076,569
1,724,229
490,400
163.211
1.882.168
902,000
408.110
167,860
446.382
719.936
481,886
683,006
4.689,800
1,330,690
8.014,777
1.439,147
2.326.886
350,450
686,248
2,148,020
1,389.006
873,169
215,148
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167,417
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S44.96S 103
Totals .362.61M30 $76,197,371 .. . .
No very large decreases are shown,
the cities in the middle west and upper
Mississippi valley suffering the heaviest
declines. '
801 IN BUILDING
Between 15 and 20 Residences
Are Now Under Con-
struct joaJheree
Morningside Addition, on the west
lope of Mount Tabor, is lust now the
scene of active building; operations. Be
tween 18 and 20 residences are now un
der construction, while plans are rap
idly developing for tne building of as
many more. Most of the houses are be
ing: erected Jfor home builders, al
though Investment builders are Interest
ed to tome extent in the development
of the addition.
T. G. ' Anderson, the Ixa Anaeles
bungalow builder, is putting uo three
bungalows on East Seventy-first street.
Immediately north of Stark street. Ad
joining the Anderson bungalows ia a
modern, seven room house under con
struction by Contractor J. P. Kellaher.
The contracting firm of La Mont A
Welch has recently completed two at
tractive cottages facing East Sixty-
ninth street, north of Btark.
All of the houses formerly used br
me crystal (springs sanatorium, have
been moved to new locations, and trans
formed into up-to-date dwelling, houses.
u. u. uraig. manager of Morninsrslda
for Hartman St Thompson, report a spir
ited demand by home builders for sites
in this -addition. ,
MO 1 IIS
The First Sjx
Will each be given $100
Why not be one of them?
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ride from the business center
tiful tracts in Portland, with
graded streets and water.
Positively the Last
Close-in $500 Lots
No interest Taxes paid for two years.
THE FRED
COMPANY
The Homebuilders' Friend
138-146 Fifth Street,
Portland, Or.
DOIT
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NAME
MY BUSINESS
PLUMBING AND
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Uold over 11, 006 "Faultless Toilet Combinations
in the past three years, with practically no claims for
defects. It's impossible to beat this record doesn't
matter what you pay for the closet.
Now-s then? the Quality
other good reason why the "Faultless Toilet Combi
nation" is so popular it's because the Drice.is so
reasonable. They cost
cheap,' noisy kinds. Doesn't cost any more for the
installation. There you are a good job, no further
trouble. v,
How to know you are getting the "Faultless":
J The tank has a glass ball and float. 1
JThe seat is marked "Bull Dog."
Q The bowl vitreoiis.
Insist on your plumber installing this toilet and vour
plumbing bills, for toilet repairs will be the minimum.
Call at my sample. room
under water pressure and
wood finishes.
Sample room centrally
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Phones Main 517, A-2517
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SPECinCATIONS'
They contain all the latest built-in features, espe
cial attention having been given to beautifying
. the exterior, as well as the most comfortable in-
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Phone Main 3970 '
Home Builders in
off from the price of their lot.
OBERUN is a 30 minutes' car
and is one of the most beau-
fine shade trees, splendid view J
A. JACOBS
Fred
AJacobsCo.
138-146 Fifth Street,
Portland, Or.
Please send me full par
ticulars of your special offer
of $100 free to first six home
( builders in Oberlin.
IS WHOLESALING
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