THE . OREGON. SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTL'ANP, , SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3 1911.
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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.
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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. .
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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
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