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THE . OREGON. SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTL'ANP, , SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3 1911. 10 Jayfon Building; First and Taylor Streets, Being Remodeled Sees Great Future for Central Oregon MONEY CAN BUY Ten Years Prom Now Deschutes Swtien Will Rival Willamette Valley, Den-lares Dr. William Dcveney Makes Tour. t Portland's Rapid Growth, De mands That Builders Keep November Shows Biggest Gain ,.of Year; Permits for Eleven Months Total $17,56,644; , Samein 1910, $16,165,782 Pace With Times, Says T B. Wilcox Before Board. BEST STRUCTURE ILDIilG n . ! OF PRESHJT YEAR JAYFMLIO'S ' " ii mi' i i. m. nun n-.imiiN n ne w good -mmh, ? , A , v'1 Is K P trl U -fed i 1 - J 1 fv H --j "' 7 It I . It ' ss?uwt$m N , 1 " - " " 1 -;A -S:'i' ; rjw TTop picture Cougar butte In Hampton valley. Center picture Wild spot la Deschutes canyon, taken from window of car going 30 miles an hour. Lower picture View of Deschutes river, taken from rear of train going 30 mllea an hour. ' After a 30-day trip by rail and auto- TnofJile ' through central Oregon, during which ha traveled nearly 1000 mile, Dr. Wmiam Deveny returns to Portland .nn enthuuiaEtic booster for that part c Uia state and confident that 10 years Jieocftithe valley, of the Deschutes vlll rival the Willamette valley for the abmidanca and variety of Agricultural and horticultural products. . , "Twenty .years ugo,? Bid Dr. JDeveny, " whll telling a representative of The Journal of bid eastern Oregon "tramp," "I traveled over portions of Kansas and "Nebraska, where the soil and formation ls very similar to that of large see- tions In central Oregon. At that time "I would not. have paid 50 cents an acre "for land In those portions of Kansas and Nebraska, Everybody; thought ; It vwas worthless and nobody wanted it at any price. Much of that land is now . worth from 1100 to 1150 an acre and Is among the most valuable agricultural glands in those states. The same thing is going to happen with reference to ,tthbse sections in central Oregon Where the land is thought to be worthless, - Bapldly TiiUng Up. ; J ."The Deschutes valley is fast filling ,np with settlers who are taking up these 2 so-called desert lands, and in my opinion 'they are going to strike" it rich, Much STARTED SOON j Nation Wide War to Secure ; Permanent Cottage Homes for Flat Dwellers Proposed; t Architects to Submit Plans. Every achitect in the United States is to be invited to assist in bringing about the transformation of their coun-, ,try from a nation of flat dwellers to a nation of cottagers, according to an an nouncement made in Chicago- recently. Criticism of the life of flat-dwellers was voiced by Thomas W. Mawson, landscape architect and associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects, who was shocked at tho proportion of Chicago's population that lives in flats, which he declared to be hideous, un homelike and. veritable fire traps. He suggested tho English "cooperative cot tage" plan a a means of bringing about an improvement. Believing that the united efforts nf American urchitects will solve the ques tion of the low cost home for the sal aried man and wage-tanner, the man agement of the Clay Products and Per manent Home Kxposltlon, to be held nt the Chicago Coliseum, March 7 to March J2, 1912, announced thnt cnh prizfs would be awarded for the bt-rt plans, t'our priaes were offered $500,- first priae; SG0,'. second prize; 1150, third prise; 1100, fourth prize. Awards are to bo made on the fourth day of the exposition by a committee of competent Judges. Arrangements were made providing that' tbo plans should he submitted to the editor of the Urickbullder. 85 Water street, Boston, Mass., official publication of the archi tectural 'trades. ' k Brick CottagSs Planned. The plans are to bo for a brick cot tage costing from 11600 to 5OO0. Kcon tuny, sanitation and protection against fire are to be considered, , ns well as nn-hltctural beauty lit Judging the Nationwide war against the "firebug trust" and u crusade ' for permanent homes was started when it was an- nouiiced that tho mamiftjrtur,!ers of clay products would hold an exposition at the ir.u'Diro Colintum, March 1 to 13, 1812. in addition to starting a campaign to of this central Oregon country; Is 30 JO to 4200 feet elevation, but tlio soli is rich and it is. comparatively free from rocks." Mr. Devcny spent a greater portion of his Ume in motoring through country to the east and southeast of Bend and Prineville, and in this sparsely settled and little developed section of the state he found many things to Interest an ob servant traveler. lie tells of seeing in this country a potato field from which over 600 bushels to .the acre' had been taken. He was particularly struck with the fine celery, watermelons and onions grown there. 'At one point." continued he, "I saw the finest onions that I ever saw in all my" wanderings. Fine Celery Served. "At Prineville, my fellow traveler and I were served with native grown celery far superior In : flavor and richness to anything produced In the gi'eat celery sections of the Mississippi valley,'' rcverywnere, ur. ueveny on his east ern travels was taken for Colonel Wil liam Cody, and wherever he "went it wassoon noised about that Buffalo Bill ha'd come to town. His flowing locks, iron-gray goatee and widebrlm felt hat led the natives to believe that the cele brated scout and showman was In their midst. ... reduce the annual fire loss from M00, 000,000 a year to a Minimum the clay workers declared that they hoped to teach lessons In sanitation and further more show to .their neighbors that their trade is not so prosaic as at first glance It might appear. Thousands of things of beauty and commodity, not commonly associated with clay but are nevertheless products of It, are to be exhibited at the expo sition, ' Works of Art. The exhibits are to be made as at tractive to women as to men. Pine works in ceramic art will be displayed and an opportunity will be given to see how pottery is made. t Unique methods of houso-buildlng homes proof against the Incendiary are to be demonstrated. One of the most unusual features of the exposition is to bo a display of furniture made en tirely from clay. - Clay manufacturers. nrM,nr.a builders from every part of' the United States and from some foreign coun tries are expected to attend the expo sition. No special Interest or faction is back of the project; its scope is to extend to every branch of the clay In dustry, which la the world's third larg est mineral industry, being exceeded irmy uy coai ana iron." ENGLISH MISSIONARY VrCTIM OR jSSAULT (Publhmers' Pres laed IVIre.t Teheran, Dee. 2.-Misfortuno see,ms strangely to dog the footsteps Of Miss Ross, an English medical missionary in Persia. Willie traveling alone near Abadch, in the province of Tars, Miss Ross was brutally attacked and robbed, arriving at her dwelling on foot, after loHing her equipment. Th outrage was of such a serious nature that represen tations were made to the Persian gov ernment by the British authorities. The Persian government agreed to compen sate Miss Rosa for any loss. sustained, but so far the offenders have not been arrested. Scarcely had the lady recov ered from tbls attack) when-she was robbed again, this timo while proceed ing from Abadeh to Bhlraz. Her escort bolted, leaving her at the mercy of a large party of robbers, oh whom the whalebones forming part of her cos tume exercised a peculiar fascination. They removed then one by one, and returned the garment to Miss Ross,, who has now reached Abadch. . V : ;, J1" M I", ,i .H.j-,;...'.,'..., Men's Suits and 0'Coats 1 uko elevator and save .money; $27.60 to t30 suits and overcoats for. J18.76; 122.60 to 25 values at UU6. Jimmy Dunn, room 316, Oregoniati building. Cooking bunkers. . Coal S. at Kdlefsen's ; jQynua.want afla bring results,- The weekly luncheon of the Realty Board last Monday was one of the most Interesting meetings in the history of that body since its organisation four years ago. The address or Theodore B. Wilcox was' full of confidence In the future and a veritable bugle call to the realty men to stand shoulder to. houlder in the fight to' make. Portland j lue xurgtfHL vny uuu mv icauius yvi via the Pacific coast. Mr, Wilcox related much that was of Interest to his hearers about his early life in Portland, In fact, throughout the address he was delightfully reminiscent. At times the thoughts of the speaker eeciied to dwell wistfully on the time when, as a young man scarcely out of his teens, he was already planning a business career that was destined to bring him wealth, power and the confi dence of his followmen. Bad Faith la Portland. The speaker told how as a young man of 20 he strolled over the wooded .hills back of the city, one afternoon,' and coming to where is now King street, he turned and surveyed the splendid pano-vl rama spread out before him, and thenV and there ha determined to build his home on that spot Twenty years later he moored in bis handsome King street residence. "It was only within the past half a dozen years," continued he, "that 1 could bring myself to Invest in Portland real estate. While in New York four years ago, J. J. Hill told me that rail roads were to be built at once Into central Oregon. I then realized for the first time that Portland was to become a great city and upon my return to Port land 1- paid a little more attention to the offerings put up to me by my realty broker friends. After a few days think ing it over 1 decided -to buy the . site of the Imperial hotel at Seventh 'and Stark streets. rThat property as it stands represents an investment of a little more than $400,000 and pays 8 per cent on the cost - Best Kone Too Good. " y Mr.' Wilcox emphasized the fact lhat the best building that money can put up Is none too good for Portland. He said that hs first instructions to his architect, when about to begin the erection of a building, is to specify the best material and require the best con struction. "In .other words, I want to see a small piece or tne very rinest portion of New York or Chicago picked up and set down in Portland," contin ued he. :' When I paid $250,000 for the corner at Blxth and Washington streets, some of my friends told me that I was crazy, that I could not Improve it and make it pay a fair return on the Investment. These psople were never so mistaken in their lives, as the sequel will .show. The 12 story building on that corner cost $326,000 and is as fine a building as there is in the country. My total investment in that property is under $600,000, yet it pays 6 per cent on $1, 260,000. Now-you will understand why I believe in Portland real estate aa an investment." Mr. Wilcox told his hearers that he sold 4 per cent -Union Pacific bonds to Invest in Portland realty, and that he regarded It as one of th wisest of his actions in spite of the fact that U. P. 4's are held in very high esteem by in vestors. ... Beea Great City. Mr. Wilcox's address before.the Real ty Board i recalled a remark made by him three and one-half years ago while discussing with a representative of The Journal his then recent purchase of the lot at the southeast corner of Sixth and .Washington streets. He had Just paid $250,000 for the property and when asked if he did not regret having two years before refused to buy the same parcel when offered-to him for $150,000, replied as follows: "Two years ago I did not consider that corner worth $150,000, now I, know that it is worth more than $250,000. Two years ago I was not certain that Portland would ever become .nTore than a second rate city, J am now certain that it is des tined to become one of tho great cities of the " country. Two years ago there was -no North Bank road, with its i steel bridge across the .Columbia; Port-1 land had not been selected by the great meat packing; industry, us its- Pacific ; headquarters,) the government had not; begun to dig the Panama canal. These 1 great developments make it practically j certain that Portland will grow and prosper as will no other coast city."' Peter Hedstrom. erect two torv frame dwelllnnr. East Oak cttrnAt. )ia. tween Thirty-ninth and Forty-first; builder, - same, $5000. F. J. McCann, erect, one story frame Shed, East Second street, between Pine and Oak; builder, same, $200, T. A. Sutherland, erect 'one and one half story frame dwelling, East Fifty third Street, between East Madison and Salmon,bullder R. S. McFarland, $2600. Doc Damello. erect one story seml flreiroof cleahing establishment. Grand avenue, between Yamhill and Taylor; builder, Hickman & Lewton, $6000. H. K. . Witham, repair , one and OneJ nair siory rrame aweuing, sixty-fourth avenue, between Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth; builder, J. H, . Fisher, $150. Robert iB. Beat, erect two and one half story frame dwelling, East Tenth street between Stanton and Siskiyou; builder, same, $4000. P. W, Swetnum. erect one and one half story frame dwelling, Tlhbetts street, between Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth; builder, same, $3000, William lscneec,'. repair building, Montgomery street, between Fifth and Sixth, builder. William Volts, $150. J. M .Wallace, repair brick stores and apartments. East Belmont street, between Thirty-seventh - and Thirty eighth; builder, same, $10,000. George A. Koss, erect ? one and one half storv frame dwelling, Kast Forty sixth street, between Stephens and Har rison; builder, same, $3000. J. P. Kofold. eroct . two story frame dwelling, Skldine-re street between Ninth and Tenth; builder, same, $3400. George L, Baker, ertc two story frame dwelling, Kast Twenty-eighth street be tween Iloltfiite and Long avenue; build er' same, $2000. W. J, Dunlap. oreet one and one half story frame dwelling, 10at Forty fourth . street, between HlHkiyou and Stanton", builder, same, ' JS-100. William Durf JlngtMP. orect two story frame dwelling. Kast Forty-third street between Siskiyou and Klickitat; builder, same, 33000, - , H. P. Palmer, repair two'nnd one half story frame dwelling, 487 - East Twenty-first street, between Thompson and Hrnzee: builder, Bert IS. Boloe, $50. George Wi Walker, eroct one and one half story frame dwelling, Kast Uurn sldo street; between Thirty-ninth and Forty-first; builder, same, $4000.' ;.V , L, DeLuchi, reipsdr one . Htory frame duelling, jill Klls worth struct, between Building Permits K !, I fe'-l."" r - -: . t fin i In Dayton building as it will appear aftered and an additional tetory put on. The structure aa it stands is a three story building and is located at ths northeast corner of First and Taylor streets. Fifteenth and Sixteenth; builder, -J. N. Cottardl. $100. It. kVThurman. erect one story frame dwelling, 6208 East Sixtieth street, , be tween Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth ave-i nue; builder, same, $260. Mrs. Frame, repair one story frame dwelling, 481 Chapman street, between Clifton and Myrtle; builder, Walter-R. Thorn, $800. ' Ueorge jl. uunmng, repair two story frame undertaking parlors. 35 North Seventh street, between Ankeny and Burnsida; builder, A. W. Horn, $1000. Dr. Holt Wilson, repair -five story fireproof concrete building, .Fifth street between . Burnslde and : Couch; . builder, James I. Marshall Mfg. Co., $2000. Dr. A. C Smith, repair two story frame store. Sixth street, between Burn side and Couch;, builder, Victor. Carlson, $100. E. W. Scripple, repair one story or dinary brick building, $25-7 Fifth street between Clay and Market; builder,. Peter Ell. $119.60. ' -v:-' S. I,. Selling.' repair brick restaurant 161 Grand avenue, between Belmont and Yamhill; buiidor, same, $100. . BOY PROVES IT PAYS TO STICK TO SOIL The "back to the land" movement has a strong supporter in uimer Mowara, a lad living at (24 North Kdison street, St Johns. In a practical way be has shown' that It pays to stick to the land, even where the land be but part' of a town lot In June Elmer planted to Early Rose and" American ; Wonder potatoes a frac tional town lot 60x75 feet m size. He cultivated the land well and last week dug the potatoes. When the task was finished .young Ho wati counted 69 sacks of spuds, all but four of which 'werrtccasIon marketable as rirst-ciass siock.-.ai mar ket price the crop is worth. $80. If a hot water bottle be held ag-lnst a porous piaster xor a lew minutes n will enable the latter to be removed from flesh with ease. Take your Queen Quality fronts to 167 3rd. Free kerchiefs. THE TIES ARE '. -Righttothe Center Sf1- :- ; COME PUT TODAY and see , the improvements that are being: made. "The cars will be run 1 ming soon. In the meantime, we will meet you all day today at the end of the line and take you out in one of our autos; , , . - , , NOW-IS-THE TIMEthe best time to invest in Parkrose, .while the prices remain so low that - you can make your "acre pay' for itself - . . . : YOU CAN yGET a tract in Parkrose all. cleared ready for your garden in the Spring, or you can get one that is covered with' beautiful trees and shrubs, if you want that. Take your choice. . A PARKROSE TRACT WILL SOLVE THE HIGH COST OF LIVING FOR YOU GROUND FLOOR8 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ii lis .n it. -a -UH1-1 M- . Frank Dayton, owner of the; property, and M. H. Lee, who recently took a 20 year lease of tho building, have had plans drawn for remodeling the struc ture and putting on an additional story. The estimated cost of the improvement He Was So Old and Slow, He v Said, Folks' Wouldn't No tice Him, Chicago, Dee, 2 The first person to be admitted to the James C. King -home, Garfield boulevard and South Park ave nue, will have his ' name inscribed on the books of this institution' for the aged. . He. Is Marquls.de Lafayette Wil liams. 95 years old. The dominating reason given by Mr. Williams for desiring to enter the King home was lonesoneness. ie saia nard- ly anybody would speak to him on the street - because he was old and slow. The two Joys of his lonely life-were to play checkers, with himself in his room and to vlsi t a certain bench in Lincoln Park, where a squirrel that knew him would climb up his leg and bury its nose in his vest pocket, searching for peanuts, which always were ; there, ; - , , Christened by Prench Hero. Mr. 'Williams grandfather, David Wil liams, , and i the American revolutionary hero, General Lafayette were close friends, and General Lafayette, on the of his visit to the United States in the early part of the last century, christened with his own name the grandson of his old f rlehd. The first ; Inmate of i this newest of Chicago's home was born on a farm near Saratoga. N. Y., In 1816, the year after the battle of Waterloo was fought The larger part of his active Ufa was spent in the steamboat and railroad business. He was a conductor -on the first pas ALL LAID AND THE RAILS Phone and auto .will call at your home." Or take the tiose City Park car, ge I off al end of line. "Autos will be there all day to take you to Parkrose Office.- ! Phone Main 208 or A-2050. After . a, ?n. phone -tract office, Tabor 2457. I j' y ifTy vr rfr is $30,000. As altered the ground floor will have "three store rooms on First street and one facing Taylor. The upper floors will' contain 25 rooms each and will-be operated as a hotel. It will bo known as the 'Dayton." senger train which ran on the New York Central railroad. The engine which hauled this train was . exhibited at the Columbian, Exposition In Chicago In 1893. - . ' ost Money In OU rields. The money Mr. Williams accumulated In the transportation business was lost in the Pennsylvania oil fields prior to 1850, when he came to Chicago. For 17 years he solicited traffic in Chica go for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Eighteen years ago he lost his wife. They had no children. Mr. Williams' friends gave a luncheon in his honor and took him to the homo in an automobile.' , TOO MUCH FOR FUEL (United Press leased Wire.) Washington, Dec. i. That the United States government Is "held up" and made to pay exorbitant prices for coal and oil for fuel Is the charge made by Brig-; adier General J, R. Aleshire, quarter master general of the army, In his, an nual report now made public. , .By law, fuel supplies for the army must be purchased under the bidding system, the lowest bidder getting vthe contract'. General, Aleshire says?- that under the present system, bidders com municate the amount of their" bids to one another, and trade agreements keep ing up high j rices are thereby main tained. "' : : ' - " " ' -' " "-' " ' As an example' of the excessive'priceg demanded and obtained under the bid ding systems. General Aleshire cites the case of ; the transport Burnslde, oper ating between the Pacific coast and the Philippines.. On one occasion' it was necessary to coal the Burnslde under an emergency without asking Aids. In open market, coal was purchased at $3.60 a ARE BEING PUT DOWN GOVERNMENT PAYS s4f ' cityMkJ imomniio FOURTH AND STARK STREETS iJl7??her hxiil&8 record was real, ly of the sensational nature. In that the b ggest gain of the year was made.VIt also developed that tho new construe- tlo1 ??r 1911 wm Bt lest equal and probably f will surpass that of 1910- ac?h6i0tal tot the Bonh was $2,012, 85. One year ago, the same month developed new construction to. the' value of $1,119,206. As will be-seen, the gala wag nearly, $900,000. or a . fraction over 80 per cent. One of the surprising fea tures of the -permit record for 'the month is tho fact' that Portland's total fell only about $200,000 behind the com bined permits issued for tn eiHo r iLos Angeles, Seattle SpokamJ and ,Ta During.Novcmber "there were 661 per mits Issued as against 422 in November last year, -' For the first 11 months of this year. permits nave been Issued authorising buildings valued at $17,861,844. and for the same period In 1910. the total was $16,165,782. - The increase Is nearly II, 760,000,' or practically H per cent. City Building 'inspector Plummer ee-V timatcs that the value of December per- , w mj uuunu sa, uuu, uuu, xne total for 1910 was $20,886,202. There are now In the offim of tha building Inspector on file plans for six fireproof 'structures which will be per mitted some time this month, that will provide for a total expenditure of ap proximately $2,000,000, leaving $1,000, 000 to be made up of Dermlts for resl. dences and smaller durable buildings. The permit record during the past year leaves little doubt that the total value of December's permits will exceed the sum estimated by the building inspector, 1 For the first time this year the "vol ume and value of real estate transfers exceeded - that , of the corresponding month of 1910. During tin) month there were 1C06 transfers filed for record and the property described as sold was valued at $2,303,450. Last November the figures were 1246 transfers and $1,538,346, making an ' Increase of 0 per cent, . ' . . '. ... ' Bonk clearings for the month as shown by the report of the Clearing House association' amounted to $60, 487,651.80, as' against $45,076,(51.83 for the same month one 'year ago. The In crease in 'round numbers was $5,600,000 dollars, or 12 per cent For the first 11 months of - the year the total, clearings amounted to $612,000,000, - and for all of 1910 the' total was $472,000,000: The Increase thus far amounts to about 8 per cent," and for the year will approach 20 per ant-? v r, a ton, . for 400 tons, x Previously, the army had paid $5.Z5 per ton for the same grade -of coal,', under the bidding sys tem.- Four hundred -dollars was saved on the one purchase, and "it is esti mated that by buying regularly in the open market $9000 a year could be saved In coal" purchases!, this vessel alone. Similar conditions 'prevail on the At lantic coast and also in the. purchases of anthracite) coal for use in army posts. General . Aleshire asks . that congress giye him authority to- use his discretion In .'purchasing fuel, so that, the govern ment, may-escape the present, system of excessive) prices,; Such authority has already been granted to officers of the navy," department. " .' ;,'..'''-:., " -. :. 3 . NOW ,1 V Si' ;'-',.'. "Cl'ld ..' .4 -i'.-'i ' ' ' '
