THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 8f, 1911. ' .."
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WO PERMITS 10 A
BUILD ARE ISSUED if A
s- v sy
IN TOIY DAYS
'aluation Called for Is $V
100,000 Record Com
pares. Well; With That of
Last May. ,
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CETH INDUSTRY
SOUNDS DOOM OF
STONE MASONRY
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The announcement that th City and
bounty Medical society ia going to build
sky scraping . cfflce building: , tnai a ,
four' or five story brlolc building will
Wo up at Fifth snd Madison; that a big
araga wilt be built on Fourteenth, and
3ouoh; that Keating & Flood have taken
t ten year lease on the Pantagws the-'
itre taktn. with . .numerous smaller
transactions in the bolldlng line that
Fme to light during tne weeic roaaes
i Interesting budget of news. ""
Another interesting feature of , the i
nreek was the announcement yesterday
pn Building Inspector, Flummer that
the first 10 days of the montn snow
kbout 4(0 permits, calling for-the ex
tendlture of more than 11,100,000. these
figures compared with the record of
May,-1010, when the total volume or
feermlts amounted to 11,800,000, shows
that Portland continues to maintain Its
kolendld record for new construction.
I BUoavatlng for the new East Side
sibrarr on East Alder and East BUT
With streets was' about completed last
week and the firm having the contract.
A Advance Construction company,
ixpeots to begin work on tne super
truoture within the next few days. The
aw building will occupy a ground
pace of 12x71 feet It will be of semi
reproof construction and will cost ap-
roxlmately 185,000.
$78,000 Struotar.
The largest, permit Issued during the
eek was taken out m r. b, u r,
moanv and orovided for a. one story
rick carbarn to-be erected on East
lrtleth street between Lynn
hoco, at a coat of 176,000.
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lift' I "l "
! Rock Crusher and the Mixer
fAre tNow Rapidly Driving
Out Artisans . With White
. Caps Mallets and Chisels.
Looking south on Laurelburst avenue Bt its Intersection with East Olisan street. In v the Lavlhurst tract.
..- Less than one year ago this .property was in Its raw state. fJow on the one' block In the center of the
'picture there are four residences under construction, which when completed will' represent an expendi
ture of fully, 1 2 0.0 00. . : , -'.-V'- .? -i : vu, jr:'..-uiA --a-;, . , '
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GREAT INTEREST
City and County Medical Soci
ety Plans the Erection of a
Fine Office Building Other
Real Estate News Features.
The week's developments in real
and I estate were of more than usual Interest
I and lmoortanca. Not onlr th vni.
At the corner of First and Madison. um ot trading large and of a diversi
illllD Buehner has begun the erection h.J. . .
Permit u7.n out TlaVt wei provide, for P- ? the retail
... -m ..r aa.. mh muii mn .TOugn. or law gut.
VdwPaVTHolman''took-ot a v-lt&J&-
I,.-. .w - . ,nrv .n.mit I auouuncements.
1Mb vwvaa, iwi wmw v'" l
A A . M . a ... ' .
1. ,,. K. ..--i ,t s-cond and Mont I "lu' " "peciai interest was tne
house to be erectod at Sna " MO"j: announcement that the City and County
gomery streets at a oost of 111,000. Mr. I Mm,,, BnYl.f... .
H. . . m 1 S Ksi flMmA I aw aue Haul nU Wm IUVTV
I Sit- ,iriitv Twi three-story frame ment lcn wU1 " probability lead
hotel. His investments in building in " . h. , !. i i'
hha !Wot wUl amount to close to M T'; TvMual mTmbers
,i7'.w-- tn rn..h M I of the society. Of course the doctors do
hljX Tf ram. of fie, ?hV7eV anS a new X building'
building to go up , at the Ltnepwbrtirtor'lS
, .,, , .7 i Mr aha Mr hi w: But Uielp moan business and as
Ifuildtng will cost 176,000. Mr. Heaiy I th ,,k v..i.
eontamDlates adding eight more stories t,.. v- --..i.: r"' ?
t. th. building a. soon a. the develop. 0.' hvily for K ta thTtauS
JusUfy the tovMtment He is J u,. prorram Jaunched at tn. mMUng
oi ine doctors neia last Wednesday
la foundation sufficient to carry the ad'
Idltlonal weight
rive Story Building.
The next large improvement in the
Ibulldlng line in prospect for upper
I Washington street Is five story ouua-
Iing to bs erected by H. w. roes ana
associates on the quarter block at the
liorfiMst corner of Twelfth and Wash
ington. Mr. Fries . contemplates wiiia
night will be carried through.
$00,000 to Quarter Slock.
Among the larger sales of the week
was tne purchase by R. It Thomnson
of a Quarter block at Fourteenth and
Couoh streets for 150,000. This prop
erty was purchased as a site for a
modern three story garage and It is an
nounced that the owner will nroceed
tiTl. ..mm.r .nA with that end In "UUIluou v
r- Si- .iv.rti.ed for bids to re- w,t" construction, as soon as the
tie old structure now encumber- " . ?
i-i ih. -it. Aooiner ie or reaaty mvomnf a
"5. Berg has broken ground on f0""' improvement was the purchase
Eighteenth stree"between Lovejoy and
Mr.hail for a two story frame apart- w'5 ?qn ana
ment house to cost IS000.
Madison streets for' 152.000. . Mf. Seu.
wvav irat Will ltnniAa Kla x - j A s
A .4- A " Ufallanil I v" vm auava v V WJ yiVUVltr WlUlin
brlok apartment to cost io.vug. xms ,.'z ZZZZrz
structure wHI cover a EOxlOO foot lot
on Lovejoy street Between Euxteenm
and Seventeenth.
A permit has been issued to M. Heints
for a SH story frame residence which
he will build on Hlllcrest drive near
Jtavensvlew at a cost of tli.000.
George W. Priest, Portland's most ex
tensive speculative builder of dwelling
houses, took out a batcjb of permits last
eek provwitvg tor xne- erection ot
houses at an aggregate cost or z.uuu
Tile houses are all to be built on Fa
cifio street, between East Thirty-third
street and, Peerless place in Juaurelhurst.
Plat Building.
M. Levlnger has let the contract for
A four series flat building to be erected
on Bast Thirtieth street between Madi
son street and Hawthorne avenue.
'permit authorizing Its construction at a
oont of 16000 was issued last Tiiursaay.
CM. Jong Is building a double flat
on East Ash between East Thirty
eighth and East Thirty-ninth streets at
cost of 14000.
Permits were issued last week to Da
id Taggait authorizing him to build
two i H story dwellings on East Twenty-
fourth street between Knott and Stan
ton. The houses will cost tSSOO each.
Another handsome residence for the
Irving-ton district was authorized by
permit last week. The house it to be
built for Ralph . Robinson on East
Seventeenth street between Knott and;
Brazee. at a cost of S6000.
Henry Jagger procured permits for a
14000 residence and a 1500 garage which
he is preparing to build on East Twen
tieth street between Stanton. ana bis'
kiybu. '
i Joseph Paquet is building an addi
tional bunker to his sand and gravel
plant at th. east approach to the Mor
riSOn street bridge. The estimated cost
of the improvement is 14500.
Archie O. Suitor harf taken out a per
mit for a two story frame residence
which he is building on FUnt street be
tween Page and Tillamook. The cost of
the Improvement will approximate
18000.
Contract &et.
' The Central Investment company has
begun the erection of a $6000 frame
building on East Third street between
Madison and Jefferson,
iJermita wereiBsuea to i. Anaer
son for two bungalows to be erected on
East Sixty-first street between Siskiyou
and Klickitat, The houses will cost
12500 each. ' v -
F. N. Thomas has begun the erection
of a SH story frame dwelling on Edst
Seventy-fourth street between East AJ-J
dor. and East 'Morrison.. The permit Just T
Issued, fixes it at 14000. ;
v C. A. ioy is. building two two-story
frame dwellings on East Forty-seventh
Street between Braze, and Thompson,
each to cost 13600.- - ,
i Misses Q. & E. Iron s have let the
contract for a fcvo story frame resi
dence to be erected on East Fiftieth
street between Hancock and Broadway,
at a cost of 800. . ... .
J. C. Robert is having plana drawn
for a one story frame laundry building,
40 fey to feet, which he will build at
th. southwest corner of East Twenty
Tilnth and East Washington streets. The
house wi(I cost 17000.
It was reported yestardiv that V
tional lot at the northwest corner of
.Fifth and Clay streets has again
changed hands at a considerable ad-
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vane. over , the figure paid by the In
vestor who bought tt about a month
ago. reported then at 120.000. The pur
chaser of this parcel was not made
public The price is said te have been
122,800,
, Apartment House lte, '
Sixty feet of frontage having a depth
of 100 feet located on' thv south ''
of Hall street between Fourteenth and
Sixteenth, was sold last Wednesday for
111,500. ,The purchaser was John Mil
ler and associates and th. conveyor
Haul. Buby. It Is understood that this
property was purchased aa a site for a
modern apartment house. - .
Lot e, block I, In Russeire addition,
which Is located Just west of th. old
exposition grounds and oa th. south
side of .Washington street was sold by
D. C Anderson to Andrew Gordon for
220,000. Th. property Is improved with
a large three story frame building.
William Rsldt who has Improved a
large amount of property In Holladay's
addition and In the vicinity of Killings
worth and Union avenues, has sold to
Lillian J. Mitchell an improved 60 foot
lot located at the southwest corner of
East Sixth and Wasco streets, for $21,
760. Th. Improvement consists of a
four series flat building which was
erected there by Mr. Reldt about two
years ago.
A. R. Rice has sold to W. W. Richard
son and associates; two modern dwel
ling houses oeoupylng TOxlOO feet at
the northwest corner of East Seven
teenth and Knott streets. Th. oonsld
eratlon Involved in the deal was $17,-
000.
Booker Rons. fold.
Jennie E. Wlnstock has purchased
from Christians Becker a house and
lot located on the east side of Twenty
second street between Irving and John
son for $12,000. -
Th. property at the northeast corner
of H sight street and Klllingsworth
avenue was sold last week for $10,000.
The purchaser was John M. Plttlnger
and th. seller Edward R. Conlff. It Is
described as lot 1, block $, Piedmont
T. 8. McDanlels has taken title to
lots t, 6 and 6, block 2, Brush's second
addition. The property Is In the vi
cinity of East Twenty-seventh and Di
vision streeta and Is improved with a
number ef small dwelling houses. The
consideration Involved -was $9200.
W. S. Bridges has sold to A. F. Pet-
sel lots 7 and t, block il. Carter's ad
dition, for $5000. This quarter block
is located at the southeast oorner of Elm
street and Montgomery Drive, Portland
Heights.
The Lanreiharst company has sold te
T. 8. Townsend lots IS and It, block
2, Laurelhurst for $6600.
8. V. Cobb has purchased from the
Rood River Orchard Land company a
house and lot on East Fifteenth street
near East Washington. Th. consider
ation was $0600. a
MaSd 67 ACRES SELL
Consideration In Hood River
Deal Is Said to Be
$100,000.
(Special Dlinateh ts tie Journal.)
Hood River, Qr May 20. The largest
real estate deal of ths season was con
cluded yesterday when the Hood River
Mineral Springs company cam. Into
possession of the 17 acres ot land com
prising the B. R. Manning property of
27 acres and the Warren Wells property
adjoining, consisting of 40 aores. It
Is reported that approximately $100,000
Is Involved in th. deal. A large por
tion of the Manning property, on which
a chalybeate mineral springs is located,
Is in beating orchard, and the receipts
from the property now secured by .the
mineral springs company ware said to
be $13,000 last year.
A heavy timbered canyon crosses the
40-sere Wells tract through which
flows a stream. The company proposes
at one. to clear the underbrush In this
canyon and pitch a large number of
tents for campers. Permanent im
provements will be begun at once and
It is expected that in a short time the
public natatorlum will be completed.
The swimming pool will be approxi
mately 76x100 feet. The property on
which the springs are located is at an
elevation of about 100J feet The park
ing and boulevardlng of the grounds
Will bo begun at once and' preparation
made for the main building, to be used
as a hotel and resort
The directors of ths eomnanv sav
they propose to expend approximately
$200,000 in the Improvements snd If
the present plans are carried out the
hotel will be a reinforced concrete
building, fire proof and of 125 room
capacity.
Th. property is two and one-half
miles from Hood River. The mscadam
road leading to th. grounds winds
through th. Hood River gorge, a most
scenic highway.
Is the -business ' of the stone mason
doomed; to extinction? Are we soon to
see no mors -the white capped mason
witn nis mauet and chisel as he fash
I Vis the rough block of stone Into the
key that holds the arch, or slowly re
duces to Its proper dimensions the huge
corner stone of the village ohuroh or
the courthouse, the laying of which by
the local Masonio lodge was attended
by such Impressive ceremony!
While we may not expect stone ma
ions to btoome as eoarco as the pro
verbial hen's teeth, there is every rea
son to predlot that 10 years hence there
number will be so small as to oause
the craft to almost lose Its Identity, It
is said.
And what Is It that is destined to
bring about so vast a cbangeT ' Simply
the growth of the manufacture of ce
ment in this country and In Europe.
a wo raota tell the story.
. Xtstory of Trade.
Cement works were not known In this
country nntil the year 127$. Up to that
date all the cement uaed in the United
States waa imported from England and
Qermany. Twenty-two years later, or
in 1000, we ware making $0 per cent
of all the oement used in the world.
Since that date the industry has grown
marvelously.
There are three kinds known to th.
trade, of whidh th. Portland Is th. most
familiar, so called - because It hsppens
to resemble a certain kind of gray rock
found on the island of Portland off the
English coast Portland cement was
first made In England in 1825 and it
was not until (3 years later that the
first cement works were, established at
Copley, Pa.
Output BmaLL
So late as 1890 the output of the
few plants In this country was very
small. In 1811, only 18 per cent of
all the cement used'here was of home
manufacture, the remaining coming
from abroad. After that the whole sit
uation underwent a rapid change, and
the United States now supplies th.
trade of th. world.
No man knows how hold this valu
able material may- be, for the ruins of
ancient Rome are solid masonry, laid
with oement made from volcanlo ashes
mixed with lime and water. Ths
ruined cities of ths Aztecs in Central
America also contain ancient masonry
laid with cement and walls built of ce
ment and rubble. As we know it the
material la a mixture of lime, silica
and aluminum. These elements in the
right proportion have tha remarkable
property of cohering until the product
finally becomes as hard aa stone. Lima
is obtained by burning limestone and sil
ica with aluminum is the natural prod
uct ot common clay.
The ease with which this material i
bandied makes It desirable. - It to la far
cheaper to handle crushed rock and oe
ment than it te to handle great blocks
and slabs of heavy atone. With eon
erete, a new abutment for a bridge
can be poured and molded Into shape In
a single day, whereas It used to take a
gang of skilled stone masons, all of a
month to build it By this means also
a good, substantial house can be mads
in 14 - hours. ".; ; r :?y ; (.'
' ICaktiif Crushed Stoae. '' . ' '
. Most of the old flagstone quarries
have long since been abandoned and a
majority ef the out stone quarries have
been turned into the manufacture of
crushed stone for roads and concrete
works. Walks constructed of cement
are not only cheaper than flagstone, but
better. Concrete everywhere is taking
the place of masonry. . Likewise the
concrete mixer is taking the place of
the stone mason. , ,
REPORT ACTIVE CALL
FOR SMALL HOLDINGS
.It Is. said that the garment workers'
strike fund will exceed $2,000,000 by
next 'July. More than 110,000 persons
belong to the union. : ,
The realty firm of Knapp Mackey,
which operates largely in suburban
properties, report an active demand for
small holdings with a good list ot sales
Closed during the past It days. '
Ia Ardsnwald this firm bss sold H
lots to the following buyersi Mrs. James.
Neeley, 4 lots, $1400. Elmer Blddlnger.
two lots. $800; Lillian Wynoook, two
lots, $1000; Wallace Mailer, three lots,
In MarysTllie subdivision, five quar
ter aore tracts have been sold as fel
lows: H E. Prulk, $860; C T. Fisher,
$600; Axtel Matson. $500y John Cullen.
$800; Emeriok A Flnlayson, $476. Six
aores, located In section 82, township
1, south range 2 east was sold te O.
G. Farm an for $8200.
What Water Will Do
OITM essssdmsnte made ia the Wirtei Me valley skew that int.
gotten durtag ths dry eases set easy lassMssr the ere, bat results t
eeteaadlag Incseasis as fellows:
On Same Land
Without Irrigation With Irrigation
WSW AW W WA
A11V4TJUO.O. V ,VJV
Corn.;
up to 7lf
--5L- Increase f'ffik
Onions;
jptol43$
Potatoes:
Increase,,
xjptol80y
Copyright J. BL H.
Investigate this before deciding where to locate. Tor particulars
ean on the Willamette Valley Irrigated Land Company, HARTMAN 4k,
THOMPSON. Sole Managers, Cham, ef Com. bldg. (Ask for Mr. Harteg.kn
For the first time in years, all hut a
few of the chairmanships of the Im
portant committees of the house of rep
resentatives are now held by southern
Democrats.
Charlotte Olebratos.
rRMrtal rrtinatch to Th InornfiL)
Charlotte, N. C, May 10. Charlotte
was filled with visitors for the carni
val celebration to mark ths anniver
sary of the Mecklenburg declaration of
Independence, a document said to have
been promulgated here on May - 20,
1776, nearly a year in advance of the
declaration of independence signed at I
Philadelphia.
I f LJ C
The .
Industrial Town
on the
NorthBank
Soon to be the PAY ROLL CUT
Journal Want Ada brine; results.
Land Clearing
Loses
Its
terrors!
Our chief aim in promoting the new" magical
CHARPIT method of clearing stump lands is to
end that horror which many people have of buying
-raw Oregon Und,L
From the beginning land-clearing has meant'
racking, killing toil. And the' word has gone abroad.
Now that it is changed let the word be spread
, broadcast that Oregon's most perplexing land prob
lem has been, solved--solved fully and completely.
Today, and from now on, out goes the 4-foot
stump without hard work, powder or much expense.
Simply take a mattock and a match and CHAR
PIT it. v ..,
- Moreover, the CHARPIT knack is simple and
easily learned. If you had no experience you
couldn't learn how to milk a cow from a written
description; not without practice It's easier to
learn to CHARPIT than fo milk a cow. -
It makes a lot of difference to some people
whether they take on an obligation of, say $400 (on
easy terms) for ten acres of prime raw land, or say
$2000 for -ten acres of -cleared land.
CHARPITTING makes the difference between
$400 and $2000 an immense sum compared with the
cost of taking away those stumps yourself.
And if youH look into it you will say that
CHARPITTINO Is really more like fun than work.
It's twice the fun playing golf is and half the fun of
going fishing.'
So you can get your prime raw land and clear It
at your will and without cash no matter what your
age or strength way be. If you buy the higher
priced clear land -that-$2000 purchase price must be
paid, with interest, within the time limit.
We have made the most successful use, ourselves, of CHARPITTINO on our Immensely fertile
district in BEAYER HOMES at "
mEBL
AMD
And we are able to put the MAN PF WAITED MEANS on an orchard or garden tract that wfll
give him EARLY INDEPENDENCE.- ' s ' '
i ' Our district is an hour's runrdown the Columbia near Coble. Products can be shipped to Portland
by rail or water at small' rate brought on by competition.
No more fertile land can be found anywhere plenty of good water for all purposes, good roads,
stores, churches close at hand, school 'open full season, beautifully located. This district meets, the DE
MANDS OF THE MOST EXACTING HOME BUYER.
For this we are asking today $25, $30, $35, $37.50 and up to $80 per acre. And you can make small
payments monthly, quarterly or at longer intervals if you wish. , '
In tracts of 5, to, 15, 20, and up to 40 acres. V
We want you to arrange with us at once to see this land
F7B. ttdLiBROOK GO. -$!&5$M
MVI-isaiga Ic I vlaa? 8 miles cast of Portland, on the main line of the
. - 'T. North .Bank Road, 10 miles west of The Dalles.,
HVVir Te I rlaa? Is n rcsPonsc to the economic demand that calls J
If Lyle had not been throttled for 30 years
It would today be the largest city between Portland and Spokane.
Wrinf Fc Rnrlr rif 1 vlia? ne of e greatest areas of fertile
YYIiat IboaCJl Ol lyiC., ar productive orchard -and farm
lands directly tributary to any single city. This immense area has no other gate
way but Lyle no other outlet but Lyle. , ,
Wliaf F1qa? LyJe as me of railroad facilities Is an important ,
VY flat lbt; railroad junction point. It has the best steamer land
ing on the riven it has immense waterpower right at its gates; it has several new
brick and concrete business blocks already contracted for; it has an active Com-1
mercial Qub, cement sidewalks, piped water, graded streets, new, railroad station
coming, new overhead bridge, new life, new energy; it has every advantage that
goes to make a big city and . v ' 4 'yr
Lyle Will Be a Big City, Soon, Too!
Better go up and see Lyle before the best plums are picked. Prices of. lots range
from $250 to $750, improvements included, easy terms. Take North Bank train'
any day, 9:55 a m.; return home 7:45 p. ml . $
Free Illustrated Circular
and full details on request
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Keasey, Humason & Jeffery
Dealers in Land .
2d Floor, Chamber of Commerce Portland, Ore :