i THE OREGON SUNDAt JOURNAL', - PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1911. 7 he HOLD LEAD FOR WEEK No eals in Outside Property Show That Fancy Prices Paid for Orchard Holdings Before, Still Prevail. i : flood Elver Orchard . land wa again th favorite last week with In vestor In Oregon property. Several Important transfer in the Willow Flat district were reported at figures which ehowed that the fanoy prices paid for Hood River holdings for some year back is still maintained. Willow Flat orchards in the Hood River valley were again active in the realty market last week and several fine traoU changed hands. ' A. J. Farrel bought the Job Shepard 40 acres, one of the finest tracts on the Flat The price paid for the Shepard traot, while not made public, is known to be a high, figure, although not more than the plaoe is well worth. Mr. Shepard came here a few years ago. and. by hard work and intelligent method, brought his orchard to a high stated? cultiva tion. 11 '- Another sale was 40 acres belonging to Burt Van Horn, to T. A. Decker, who has bad charge ot the holding of Mr. Van Horn for several years. This sale close out Mr. Van Horn'a Intereete in real estate in the valley entirely. The latter has not parted with hi holdings at Hood River through any dissatisfac tion, but because he is retiring from the apple business. He has also recently old most Qf.jila big orchard interests year travelihg'on a pleasure trip. Job Shepard has sold bis valuable property la willow Flat, in Hood River valley, containing 28 acre, for 111,000. The purchaser i an eastern man and he expects to build a fine residence and make this his home. The same gentle man also purchased of Oeorge Shep ard 10 acres adjoining the above prop erty at a consideration of $f000. Mr. Shepard, Sr., is undecided whether he will remain in Willow Flat, where he owns other property, or locate else where. The numerous friend of the family hope they will remain near Odell. . Thomas Bailey, of the Bailey grocery, ha Bold 100 acre of his farm five miles southwest of Junction, in Lane county, to C. E. Bailey, of Junction. Tom has all his farm land, or about 260 acres, till left, the moat of that sold being pasture land. H, ilL Coney of Albany ha sold hi farm of B5 acres near Splcar to Mr. Bell, recently from Nebraska, for $100 an acre. Mr. Couey expeot to move to Portland for a while, a on of Mr. Couey being in buslnees college there. A real estate deal of considerable Importance has been made during the past few days by the Western Exchange, which sold 400 acres of fruit and farm land, three and four miles south of JSugmie, to five Seattlo men, for prloes averaging over $05 an aero, making; the total consideration over $86,000. The p:-'-"ors, whose names are withheld for the time, were in the city this week, looking over the property, and being sat isfied closed up the deal. A crew of sjurveyora was sent out there today and began cutting the tract Into acre age. It will be put on the market for fruit raising and truck gardening. It is land of an unsually good quality for fruit raising. Engineer L, C. Rogers is engaged in platting the Sunflower dairy farm on the Lewis and Clark, in Clatsop coun ty belonging to Frank Busch, and in a 'short time the enUre property will be offered for nale in email tracts. The ale will include all the farm Imple ment and herd of fine Dutch belted cattle. ' A A White, la doing things up in the Cascade country. He has founded & new town to be called White City, somewhere above Cascadla, and Whit Spring will be the name or tns mineral nrlnK8 at the place. The plaoe is de clared to bo an ideal one in a neat little valley near the old toM gate, three mile from Cascadla Mr. White has bought considerable property, it is said, and is In a position to make things go. Manr small farms are being carved out of the territory lying east of the second Sandy bridge north of the Base Line road. About BOO acres have been sold out in 10 and" 15 acre tracts at nrloe ranging from $75 to $185 per acre, Another large tract, known as Banner Acres, haa also been sold out and the wtinlA rountrv is being developed to uch an amazing extent that it will oon be one of the thickly settled sec tlon of eastern Multnomah. Investor are seeking opportunities over there and are offering big money for whole farms. Charles Nlelson was lately of fered $15,000 for his farm of 150 acres, mi oroiira You are exposed to the danger of loss in finding out too late that the title of property you contem plate buying is in a knot unless yon first secure the protection afforded by a certificate of title. In vestigate. Cal) for book let TITLE Title and Trust Company, & Trust Lewis Bldg., Company, Fourth lK;anoV; 4th and Oak. Send booklet Oak Name .'J Address . . f.at..,t v m hmmmA ..'i-Vi...... , ; iitipiii if m . -mmmmSm .a . , i i ii jiliil Ifiwiis ; II: r - h, Ml-H2A,v'v--'Js A. v.-. ..,-:;-l-'-N:.:x' 1 mi-,, Ty--,.- " ' .... , ! ' ; , . Putting up the Bteel frame of Pantages new theatre at the northwest corner of Seventh and Alder streets, the former site of the Lyric - The buUdlng-laao be a typical playhouse, of fire proof construction, and will be used exclusively for vaudeville. of whioh only 40 acres are in cultiva tion S. L. Scroggtns this week purchased Charles Draube's 68-acre farm two miles west of Sheridan, the considera tion ' belnk $7000. Mr. Draube expects to invest In more land in this or Folk county. A-mt TTalter B-oswurm. the real estate man, reports the sale of the Elvle Jacobson tract, consisting of 74 acres and sit uated north of Buxton, to J. M. Ken nedy, of Holbrook. Multnomah county. M. Lemmer has sold his farm of 100 acres, a few miles southeast of Leba non, to R. E. Schram and wife; consid eration, $6600. Mr. Lemmer and family have moved to this city. Forty acre belonging to the McCul loch ranch, about 2V4 miles north of Ontario, has been sold to Nellie S. Therms, of Iowa. The 40 sold is on the north end of the ranch and Is un improved sagebrush land, but has a perfect water right. ' Brown & Taylor made the deal, the consideration being JS900. The purchase was made tot Miss Therme by W. W. Cox before he left Ontario. One of the most important real estate transfers of th season was recorded Tuesday when J. A. Trench, a well known Enterprise resident, purchased the E. O. Makin farm on Prairie Creek, paying $27,000 therefer. The farm constat of 720 acres, 400 acres being under irrigation. The place is well Improved and has excellent buildings. The pur chase price Includes 1 shares in the Farmers Ditch company. A a part of the purchase price Mr. Mukln took the French residence property In this city at a valuation of $6000, Mr. French retaining a lease on the same for a period of two years. Mr. Makin gives immediate possession of the farm. Another deal reported today was the nale of the Curt! E. Hanford farm to Henry R. Derenleau. The Curtis farm consist of 160 acres of tillable land and is well Improved. The crop was not transferred and will be harvested by th original owner. The price paid was $4800, or $30 per acre. The price received by Mr. Sanford for his quar ter section is somewhat remarkable when It la considered that he filed a homestead entry on the land less than lx years ago. The land is situated five miles north of Enterprise. Chris Chrlstenson. a new arrival from Chicago, after visiting all sections of Oregon, decided to take up bis residence at Woodburn. He purchased a 16V4 acre tract of choice fruit land from John Loser, about three-quarters of a mile from the city limits of Woodburn and will improve it and plant part of It to fruit. He will build a fine $2000 residence on the property at once. Mayor to. Sign Ordinance. (United Pre Leaned Wire.) Ijos Angeles, CaV, July 22. Mayor Oeorge Alexander announced today that he would sign the ordinance permitting peddler and hucksters to cry their wares between 8:30 a. m. and 6:30 p. m. Declaring that the hucksters would "yell their heads off," members of the Merchants Exchange threaten to Invoke the referendum against the ordinance, Hemenway May Be Named. Former United. States Senator James A. Hemenway, who went down In the Democratic landslide which swept Indi ana four year ago, may be named for rrpresentatlve by the Republicans of th First Indiana district. REGOJrtAir, TITtnRSDAf. ALLEGED R EftLTV ' SWINDLE IN (NOT One .Involved in Tangle 0e: nies Knowledge Of Pea? tures.of.Deal. EVEOUDGE jS' PUZZLED McGinnflntlmates It'WlirB1IUrd JTaak to Be Jast to All In De-; elding O'Donovafc, Dwyer,' ? McCarthy -Case4 ' J TEAROFF COUPON .Apew i ir I V ( ' Two of the largest t.nd finest apartment houses In Portland, erected by Morgan, Fleldner & Boyce on Ford street, south of Washington. These buildings represent an Investment of approximately $250,000. CITY AND COUNTY TOTAL $5,000,000 Immense Volume of Money Is Being Invested; County Ex pending $1,000,000 Pipe Line to Cost $1,000,000. The governments of the city, county and school district, ar Investing an im mense amount of money in new con struction of various kinds in and around Portland this summer. Public Improve ments to the value of more than $5,000, 000 are actually under way In this city at this time. Projected improvements for which the money has already been provided to the value of full $500,000, may be Inaugurated at any time. The county of Multnomah Is expend ing $1,000,000 in a new court house and probably $150,000 additional in new buildings at th county poor farm and the county hospital. The Portland school district Is build ing a $600.0000 high school and making additions to grammar grade schools and erecting new grammar grade school houses to the value of about $100,000 more. The new Broadway bridge to cost $1,500,000 or more; the second Bull Run water pipe line, representing an invest ment of over $1,000,000; fire engine houses and other and smaller building projects bring the cost of the city's new construction propositions well above $3,000,000. Bonds have been voted for a new city Jail to cost $150,000. Preparations are proceeding as rapidly as possible toward beginning the construction of a $500,000 auditorium. The people hav voted bonds to the amount of $2,500,000 for a public dock system, although from th present progress of tha dock commis sion. It Is not probable that any of this money will be expended during 1911. The. expenditure of this vast sum of money during the next few months by the various governmental agencies of Portland, together with the huge sum going into' all classes of new construc tion by private builders, lnsurts a con tinuance of prosperous conditions and plenty pf work for some time to coma Woman Adopt Her Own Son. . Chicago, July 18. Mrs. "Vernon 1 Sawyer, 8201 Parnoll avenue, adopted her own son before Judge John E. Ow ens in the oounty court yesterday. The boy, Edward, 10 years old, was given in adoption to Edward E. Nason of Hammond, ma., when l year old, a ter the death of his father, whole nam was Hobson. - . ; M. I Igoe, attorney, 'appeared in court and told Judge Owens that Mrs. Sawyers desired to regain her boy and that she was In a position to support him. ., ., , Mr.. Sawyer's Butband 1 a ticket gent tor the Chicago, Reck Island at Paclflo srallroad at the Thirty-flrat street station. MP V M ENS sjBHBBsaHHMgl BUILDING ACTIVE AT THE BEACHES Number of New Cottages Have Been Erected Re cently at Gearhart. Building nctlvity at the various beaches Is now Increasing as a result of the warm weather of the last two weeks. Peopte who purchased lots last year are building beach homes this season, and the Oregon coast la attracting new fam ilies literally by the hundred. Several new cottage have been built at Gearhart Park on the high bank over looking the beach and the ocean. The building lots In the woods near the meadows have attracted several build ers of beach homes, while others prefer the open meadows. With mild winters It Is believed that Clatsop beach will become popular with cottage and bungalow owners both win ter and summer. The hotels at Seaside and Gearhart are open all the year around which enables families who wish to spend a few week In the winter at tho beach an opportunity to secure ac commodations until the cottage is opened. Clatsop beach ta easily reached from Portland, and a fast train service makes It possible for the Portland business man to spend the week end with hi family and return Monday morning without loss of time. Families from as far as Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma and Butte are spending the summer at Gear hart. and many Seattle people find It more convenient to spend the vacation time at Clatsop beach on the Oregon coat than to go to Moollps, on the Washington coast. IN WE E. I Mills, sales manager for Laurel hurst, haa sold his elegant home at Westmoreland, and will build a new res idence in Laurelhurat The property jold by Mr. Mills Is a two story, nine room house, occupying a quarter block at East Seventeenth and Bybee streets. Th house cost about $7000. Th place was sold to E. J. Rohrbacker of the Auto Pump company for $16,600. Besides bis home place In Westmoreland, Mr. Mills also sold last week a on and one half story bungalow, located directly across Bybee street from bis reldenoe to Jur. Wood for a consideration of $4500. Mr. Mills Is now having plans drawn for a large frame dwelling, which he will build at the come.- of Hassao street and Peerless Place, on block from th Bandy road entrano to Laurelhurat, A German expedition will go to China to make meteorological observation with free ' and captlv . balloons and kite - " "j MILLS SELLS HOME STMOREIAND REALTY HOLDINGS BEING IMPROVED: INVEST MILLIONS More General Construction Work in Progress Now Than at Any Time in Past Five Years. That these owners and operators in Portland realty who ordinarily cut more or less of a figure in the market are ngrosed with improving their hold ings and thet this condition is largely responsible for the inactivity in high grade property, is the opinion expressed by a number of the cleanest brokers on the street A look about town. In al most any quarter, will convince the casual observer that this must be true. There is no denying that there is more general construction work in progress in Portland than at any time In th past rive years, tms win noi hold true, however, with the central business section of the city, but it i true when the greater portion of the west side and the near In east side are considered. In other words, capital that hereto fore has found its way into real estate investments is being diverted to new construction. One of the best posUd architects in Portland said last week that there is more building in progress , --aw" In this city than at any time in its his tory and that with the single exception of Los Angeles, more money is going into new consructlon here than in any city on the coast. Million Being Invested. Taking Into consideration the build ings by the county, the school district, the city of Portland and construction of other classes by the city, warehouse and business building, hotels, office buildings and apartment houses, Port- Is I & - i J ! 1 "v. I - .1 I VENTURA DESERVES YOUR CAREFUL INVESTIGATION WHY NOT COME OUT TODAY? This is a section of the city possibly you have never visited. Until youj ' have seen this ble for you value we are offering at such 'an ex traordinary low price. The same rea sons that have landers are this summer literally put ting millions of dollars Into new con struction. That such a condition could affect seriously tha market In the more expensive downtown properties is no more than natural. AotMty in residence property , fur nishes a notable contrast W the prevail ing quiet in ail other classes ot realty. In residence districts, lots and homes are changing hands continuously and without any apparent falling orr in numbers. The people of Portland are buying to satisfy their wants for homes. As a jisual thing, these people are not the moneyed claes that buys the higher grade, near in homings or that build In that district, and this of itself tends to prove the assertion that the men of large means are paying more attention to improving their present holdings than they are to acquiring ad ditional property. One of the . best posted orouers in town declares, however, that he sees an improvement on in nonson, not that it is here but that it is coming and comlna- soon. He says that for six months past. It haa been impossible almost to interest men in any piece or property who heretofore were known to be constantly in th market for an in vestment, but that now he notice a return of interest among several form er heavy investors who are looking into various offerings with the avowed pur pose of investing, provided prices meet their Ideas of values. Suburban properties of all kinds art in good demand, especially country home sites and small acreage tracts in th Immediate vicinity of suburban ca rllnes. This might be expected, for the summer season Is the time when neODle ret out Of town and become at tracted by the delights of country life. such as is afforded in au me piciur esqu country surrounding Fortiana. BURLINGTON'S STREETS WILL BE IMPROVED By the time the work of dredging th channel of Willamette slough at Bur llngton Is completed, Portland's new in dustrial suburb will have many modern improvements. With the channel dredged an additional six feet there will be approximately between Zt ana 26 feet of water at Burlington, which, It is thouarht. will safely float the larg ert vessels that cross tne joiumDia river bar. While the work of dredging Is pro gressing during the next 0 days, the streets will be Improved, which will Include rradlnsr and sidewalks. The electric light plant 1 already installed, and water la ready to be turned on. With the improvement completed ai Burlington. North Plain, tne metropo lis of the rich Tualatin vaney country, will be only IS miles from deep water shipping. The products of the mill and forest from that section or uregon win find water transportation as well a real transportation adequate for all time to come. Tributary to North Plains, and direct lv on tha route of the United Railways from Portland to the sea, are more than mo oon acrefc of fertile oll and S,oo, 000,000 feet of atandlng timber. This vast timber belt alone offers room for sawmills and shingle and tie mills. Tt. F. Bryan, representing W. D. Jel llson. the owner, has sold to Charles R. Eastman of the White Motor Car com pany, and George A. Steele, a 240 acre fruit ranch -located near ta Grande, in Union county. The consideration in volved in the deal was In the neigh borhood of $40,000. Nearly half the tract Is set in bear ing apple trees of standard varieties. The remainder of the tract is under cultivation. It is the intention of Messrs. Eastman and Steele to set the remainder of the place in the best va rieties of apples with the expectation of developing the beet and largest com mercial orchard In eastern Oregon. property it is impossi to appreciate the great made lots In other UNION COUNTY FRUIT RANCH BRINGS $40,000 additions valuable wifl eventually make these lots valuable. There is not an addition in the city within a 25-minute ride that the lots are not from two to five times the price we are now asking la Ventura Park. PER MO INTEREST rAN abstracts LOT 110 TAXES I FREB WIT EVERY LOT TEST EAST T2UC8 Keep in mind, too, that in Ventura Park water will be piped in front of every lot and the streets will be surface graded. This tract is beautifully situated and has a commanding view. There will be 100 lots sold at this price. If yott hesitated on the first 100 lots we soldyou lost. Don't delay acting this time. The first 100 lots were sold quickly. There's A Reason Come Out Today and See y i: 'iz s 4O4.40B T.BW1H ST.9CI. : MamniUT.T. ass. A-U4. SALEM'SiBUILDII CONSTRUCTION IS FORGING AHEAD Total Value of Work Now Un der Way Is $500,000; New Wing to Capitol and Ma sonic Lodge. i New construction to the value ef more than $500,000 Is actually tinder way, or about ready for the contractor's figures at Salem. Among the finer structures under way or abowt ready to begin at the state capital are the tot- lowing: ) Masonlo lodge, $1,000; new wing t the state bouse, $100,000; armory, M 000; Carnegie library, $25,009, and brewery, $100,000. . The Salem Journal of a recent date comments on the 1911 construction budget for the Capital City as follows: "With definite assurances that toe Masonic Temple will be constructed by the Masonlo lodges of the city on their site on the corner of ' High and , State and with many business structures al ready under process of construction and business men making plana for the erection of others before the building season is at an end it is certain now that the present year will go down In tne history of the city as the greatest building year of them alt Additional Building-. - From the members of the state board comes the cheering news that just as soon as the state architect can prepare the plan, and it will not be long now before he will have them completed the work of constructing the additional capltol building will commence. The block lying Just east of the state house grounds has been secured as a site and It is a handsome one. The legisla ture appropriated $160,000 for the pur chase of the site and building. Another fine building which win be erected and upon 'which the- construc tion work will be commenced soon la the armory building which will cost about $40,000. This building will be located on the ground Just back of the Hotel Marion, and Its erection will mean the improvement of the block be tween Ferry and Trade streets. The library committee is waiting for the plans for the Carnegie library building and when work commences upon It In the next month it will mean still another public building for the city. The money, $26,000, is here and as soon as th committee receives the plans back from Andrew Carnegie's sec retary, contracts for the erection of the building- will be awarded. leaking Bapid Progress. The construction work on the brewery building of the Salem Brewery associa tion is going forward at a rapid and satisfactory pace. Upon its completion the city will be able to boast of one of the most complete brewing plants in the northwest. This building, together with the machinery, will cost between $76,000 and $100,000. Work on the White A Son building on State and Just west Of Commercial la progressing rapidly, and the same Is true of the Inglebart building which is - m nn Ta.lfth in prOCe UI CHHliruouwn vm street near Stata Both are two story brick buildings. White & Son will oc cupy all of th lower floor and part of the upper of their building and the re mainder will be used for office roonvu The lower portion of the Inglebart building will be used for store purpose and in the upper story there will be apartments. Clarence Hamilton contemplates build ing a three story brick on his property near the McOllchrist corner, and this will mean another fine structure for the city. It is estimated that It will co,t about $76,000. :.s -( Clearance Sale At Becker's Suit House now in progress. 140 Fifth street. '-. 1 PARK, DIRECTIONS TO TRACTS Take Montavilla car to end of line. Our automo-' biles will meet you there-. and take you. to the tract. ..'! ' I I ' ;'v.'.,.,.i