REALTY HE
m ah ip nnnnnccn.
Committee's Report on the Ex
. ' change Project: Deals .With
: issue at Length; Meeting to
. 4 Be Held Monday. ;: .-
, v Th detailed plana for operating ft
' real estate exchange have been worked
out byjthe executive committee of the
Portland Realty . board and were sub
mltted to the board In the fonn of ft
. rsport at Its regular weekly meeting at
tfce Portland hotel flast Monday, . ;
' .-While ft comparatively email number
. of brokers agreed 1 to become members
of the proposed exchange It li believed
that a majority of the dealers' will fall
in line following tomorrow rntetlng
of the realty board,' when the plansub
mitted by the executive committer will
. come up for general eMscusslon. The fol-
lowing la the full report of the'commitH
tee: . .',r,:V,::.'"5,.-'
"We advise, ths adoption of the mul
tiple plan of listing, which worka out
-as folio we: A member who baa an ex
' elusive selling contract ,on ,a piece of
' property and wishes to list it on the
exchange, will fill out ft listing card
provided for that purpose and send It
.to the exchange, The exchange secre
tary will then make copies of that list
ing, leaving off. the name of the list
ing member, but giving it ft number In
stead, which number this - particular
listing will retain thereafter. A copy
of the listing Is then made and sent to
very member of ths exchange for his
exclusive uss and ths propsrty remains
listed on the exchange until the ex
piration of the time limit of ths con
tract, or xi n til ths property is sold or
withdrawn. .v " '." -;V
The advantages of this system will
be apparent to all board members. For
example, a member having a call for
property in a certain district can refer
to his file and see what is listed on the
exchange, and If a suitable property
appears there, he . catt quote the same
to his client without further trouble.
When he has made' this quotation, In
order to protect himself be will imme
diately send, the exchange a T. D.Q.,
which means "this day quoted," giving
all necessary details, Including name of
trie client, and this notice shall be filed
In the exchange office so that if a sale
Is effected . to that particular client
and , the' broker is the first
'one "to. quote "him ho will be en
titled to his proportion of the commis
sion'. . We recommend that the commis
sion be divided on the basis of 50 per
cent to the selling dealer, 46 per cent
to the listing dealer- and 5 per cent to
the exchange. ' ,
. Settlement of Disputes.
"In ths event that ft dispute should
arise-between members In regard to the
payment of commissions or other realty
matters, it is suggested that an arbitra
tion committee be appointed, consist
ing of possibly three members, one se
lected by each party to the transac
tion and the third, by these two,
"For the present, jywing to the cost
01 uisinouiing listings aauy, we recom-
mend that a distribution be made twice
s week.
"Ws believe thst all members of this
board will dtslrs to become members
of the exchange, but membership in
' ths exchange Is optional, but Is restrict
ed, however, strictly to members of the
Realty board In good standing.
''If this exchange should grow, as
ws have every reason to believe it will,
It will be necessary to employ an assist
ant secretary, who shall devots his en
tire time to the work. There will also
be required a stenographer and ft separ
ata offics, so that it Is not Improbable
that ths expense will reach perhaps
$209 per month. .Ws do not think It wise
to Incur any such expense to begin
with and therefore suggest that ths ex
change pay our present secretary a rea
sonable salary to start ths exchange
and get It In running order in his own
office for ths present. By beginning
. In this way, ws believe that ths estab
llshment of ths exchange and its main'
tonancs will not cost over 1125 ner
month, although there will be soms lit?
mat expenses requirea in securing au-
fillcstlng machine and other necessary
tems of equipment, . . 1.
Cost of Membership.
"To cover the cost of running ths
exchange, ws recommend- thst ft mem
bership fee of S2 be imposed. Also
monthly dues of $2. . This last item may
not be necessary In case that exchange
fees are sufficient to cars for current
expenses. The income of the exchange
wilt ds composed of S per cent commit-
Inn tn ul tA ,h.A...i. h ...
.w W . W.VW ...WV .til SfUQil ,.tV W
change, and also a listing fee of 10
cents for each listing will be charged.
"The real estate exchange and the ex
clusive selling Contract ara practically
Inseparable, and ths two must bs worked
together. With the . establishment of
this exchange all objections ' herstof ore
made to granting exclusive contracts
should disappear. Ths usual objection
to giving an exclusive contraot la that
ths owner deslrss to place hla property
In the hands of several brokers. If ths
gsnt desiring to sscure this contract
can -tell the owner that his property
' Will ' be' listed on ' the exchange and
tnerorore accessible to all trie best br ok-
srs in ths city, hla objection' Is no longer
tenable. If an owner should not desire
this his property bs listed on the ex
change the clause In ths oontrsdt which
tans for so listing it can bs struck
out. Ws believe that the establishment
, of this exchange will have a tremen
dous effect In stimulating realty busl
peas in . this . city. : -. , ... -. i -.
60 Members Xsaulred.
"The foregoing. is merely-sn outline
of ths plan which has been put into suo-
. ressrui operation in many other cities,
If it should be decided to start ths ex
change here, there will be many details
to be worked out carefully, but it Is
- executive committee to start this sx
Changs as soon ss fifty (60) members
Sign up io it. - Thereafter if any mem
bar desires to make suggestions, they
can be made to the executive oommlt-
tee in writing and ..taken up at the
proper time. . : - j ,i
', (Signed) "8. N. STEELE. .:
, . T. PARKER BRTON, '
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, .jf . , ' ,; fC. H. : LEHMAN. Z )
WmTWS' ' CHAFING
NORTH BEND, OR., DOCTOR
; ' FALLS HEIR TO $100,000
" (Special to Tbs Journal, t ' v t
Marshfield. Or., Jan. II. Or, Hollis
tar; a physician of North Bend, has re
ceived word that he has fallen heir to
ft fortune of $100,000 left him by an un
cle who was, a New Tork banker and
Who recently died. Dr. Holllstsr has
been practicing in North Bend for some
years snd is well known throughout the
county.- 1 , s
SITE CtliJnRblEO ...
BY SCHOOL BOARD
Purchase of Entire East More
i land Block Made From the
Ladd Estate. M
As the sits for one of the first of
the new fireproof brick and concrete
school buildings to . bs built In this
city, - the scnooi - board, at lis last
meeting, confirmed the purchase of the
entire Eastmoreland block No. 81, In
accordance with the offer f. of F. ,N.
Clark, selling agent for . Ladd , Estate
company owners, :4:,Xi;v. : i
.This Is In accordance- with ths' recent
policy of the school board which aims
at acquiring in advance large building
sites at first cost, direct from the orig
inal owners. In. this way many diffi
culties are eliminated, much time la
saved and the large extra expenditure
usually necessary in buying a site, lot
by lot, from Individual owners, is ren
dered unnecessary. . In ths present case
the fact that ft very largo number of
homes in Eastmoreland will be occupied
early, next year, made - It clear to the
board that a new school for the dis
trict should be built without delay.
: The Eastmoreland block is (10 feet
long and Is situated In a commanding
location between East Thirty-fourth
Elegant new home of Charles
and East Thirty-fifth streets and Rex
and Lambert avenues, and is within
two blocks of the terminus ' of the
Eastmoreland ear line. To the south
within one block Is the Crystal Springs
boulevsrd and one block to ths wsst is
Reed College place, the 90 foot center
parked boulevard leading to tne main
entrance of Reed college.
The area of this school block Is II,
000 square feet, which places It among
the largest of the sites that have been
acquired for school purposes. It is
stated that In Eastmoreland alone there
are sufficient large building sites to
accommodate 1200 families, so It is ap
parent that ft school building of the
largest sises . should bs taxed ' to ca
pacity with pupils sxclusively from
this district.
TS
Explained Why So Many So
- Called Fireproof Buildings
. Destroyed; Journal Safe.
Did you ever" notice. In the reports
of the big buildings destroyed by fire,
what a large portion of the fires Origi
nate In basements T" remarked ft well
known Portlander, while dlsousslng the
destruction last week of ths Equitable
Life building in New York.- "Yet how
simple it would be to confine these
fires to ths basements Where they orig
inate, if the elevator shafts were
stopped at the first floor level Instead
Of carrying them down to the basement
floor, as is dons In 99 out of every 100
buildings in the country." .
-The published accounts of the 'fire
thst destroyed the Equitable Life build,
lng last Monday stated that ths elevator
shaft acted as ft perfect flue carrying
the fire with lightning speed to the up
per floors and putting ths f lamss be
yond ths control of. the firemen within
0 minutes after the fire was first dis
covered. The report of this fire was
Identical with that of nearly every big
building that has been destroyed in this
country for years where ths fire origi
nated In the basement Always the
f lamss leap up ths .elevator v shafts,
(drawn by ths upward draft, setting firs
to ths woodwork on each floor and
making It practically imposslbis for the
firemen to- lombat the conflagration.
Nearly every big building in Portland
has this defoct of elevator construction.
One exception, however, to the general
rule in this city will be The Journal's
nsw building, which Is under construc
tion at Seventh and Tarn hill streets. In
tnat structure ths elevator shaft will
stop at the first floor level, and ths
only communication with the basement
will bs by means of stairway. The
stairway In the new Journal building
sxtsndlng from the third floor up will
be snclossd In ft concrete stair wall with
automatically closed fire doors at sach
floor landing. This will render It prao
tlcally impossible for a fire to travel
upward from floor to floor, as all com
munication will bs shut off, and ft fire
in ths bssement of ths pew building can
be absolutely confined below the first
floor.
. The ; Journal building will be more
nearly fireproof than any othsr build
ing in Portland because of this arrange
ment of the elevator shaft, and the fact
that ths staircase Is snclossd In a eon
crate well. In addition to these prscau.
tlons, the minimum, amount of wood is
to be used in the building, the door
frames and wtndow frame being prao
tlcally the only combustible material to
be used In Its construction. -
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W, King of OldB, Wortman & King,
BARLEV SELLS AT A
Lew) s ton, Idaho, Jan. 18. The record
price of 2.10 per hundred for barley,
was paid this week by C. Weifigerber,
proprietor of the Lewiston brewery. The
central Idaho and eastern Washington
barely crop way sold this year at prices
ranging from 11 to $1.70 per hundred,
the bulk of the crop having been sold
before the prices passed the 11.60 mark,
The purchase made by Mr. Welsger
ber comprised the crop of William Von
Berge, of Camas prairie, to whom was
awarded the grand prise on barley at
the National Brewers' association con
vention recently held In Chicago. Mr.
Von Berge received s cash prlxfl of $100
for the excellency of his product and
the distinction attained brought him
flattering offers from all of the big
breweries of -the United States. Mr.
Weisgerber was one of the first bid
ders to enter tha field for the Von Berge
crop but the competition arising from
itern breweries forced the nrlce UD to
the $2.10 mark before the safe was fin-
ally made. The price paid establishes a
new record "for Darley throughout the
central iaano ana eastern wasnington
sections.
FRUIT CROP SAVED
FROM REAL DAMAGE
Wall Walla, Jan, IS. That fruit
was' not damaged a particle by the cold
snap that has lust ended is the opinion
of all the fruit experts of the walla
Walla valley. The .trees were in fine
conditions, the shd being- driven well
Jnto the ground by continued chilly
weatner. ana mere is oenevea 10 nave
been absolutely no damage done, al
though this is the coldest winter the
valley has known for several years.
'There was no damage done to fruit,"
says District Fruit Inspector C. L.
Whitney, who has looked Into the
matter. "Not even peaches have been
hurt, and I believe that there, will be
an unusually good crop of all kinds of
fruit this year. The trees wers In un
usually good condition, and I have no
fear about the cold, weather. There la
but one thing that could damage bow,
end that la a late rroat next sarins:. a.s
this valley Is quits Immune from this, I
feel confident In predicting ft big orop
this year."
The report that peaeh trees were
killed by the sero weather Is found to
be absolutely without foundation. Trees
of all kinds came through in good
shape, and are now In good condition
to withstand any further weather that
may come. The January freese Is the
coldest of ths season, as a rule, and
now that It haS been passed there is lit.
tie uneasiness on ths part of the fruit
grower. . "" ' : - '
Order How, ne-Uay-Old OUoxjs,
- . -' 2" ot - Spring Deliver .
RECORD ARODND $2.10
:2SnW:rr::- ,:s':
Acre Fonltry'- rearms -'
JF: ,(Wi Teach rioul the 1 ,
'Business. Cooperate 1
m , in buying and selling.,
nostrOTS oo. - 1
l 108-J Spalding Bldg. . V
ita. . Portland, - lf , I
JVj"- Oregon, ' gr y
H. Bagley, East Twenty-fourth strt,
East Ninth and , Multnomah,
Building Permits
Oay Lombard, repair fireproof rein
forced concrete office and store-building,
109 Fourth street, betwsen Btsrk
and Oak; builder, Hurley-Mason com
pany; $200.
Mrs. Madge Williams, repair frame
dwelling. 426 Sacramento street, betwsen
OffoceiT Bill tliBiBKliit
Do You Want to Reduce YOUR Cost of living?
Come
LIVE
end of
near Thotopon.
TTnlon avenue and East Sevenths build
er. A. Rollroan; $160. .
O. W. Oerle. erect one story frame
office, Howthorne sveous, betwssn East
Thirty-first and Thirty-second; builder.
R.B. McFarland; $400.
Frt(
Vita A Russell, reoalr seml-flrsnroof
saloon, southwest corner Burnsias ana
Second streets; builder, William Otcbsr;
iiooo. - '
E. B. White, erect one and one-half
story f rsme dwelling. Elliott svenue, be
tween Jtsircn ana central park; Duuaer,
same; so. .--v-
J. Allison, repair ons and one-half
story frame dwelling. 824 East Twenty-
rourtn street. Between ocnuyier ana
U.....I.. k..iu.. f-i Tii n.j . , 1 rt
D. Rott, repair one and one-half story
frame dwelling, 488 Mason street be
tween wintn ana Tenth; builder, u. tr.
reaerson;
C. vv. Michael, electrical wlrina- for
one and one-half story frame dwelling.
136 East Seventy-second street, between
Oliean and Hassalo; builder, same; $45.
H. Falman, electrical wiring for one
and one-half story frams dwelling; 104
Kasi Bixiy-eignm street. Between un
san snd Flsnders; builder, ssme; $25.
Rabuck A Crum. erect two story or
dlnary stors snd apartments, East
seven ty-secona street sna nrty-nrth
avenue: builder, asms: $8000. '
W. W. Amburn, srsct one story frame
barn, 186 East Eighty-sixty street, be
tween root ana tiawtnorus; ouiiaer,
ssme; $200,
Star Drilling Maohlne company, erect
one story frams building, East Four
teenth street, between Clinton and 8,
P. railroad; builder. Peters Manufactur
ing company; $4600. '
Sara E. Tonsey, ereet one and one
half story frame dwelling, ' Delaware
avenue, between Holman and Portland
boulevard builder. D. Cheney: 81626.
H. F. Froh, repair one and one-half
story xrame aweinnc. ozo rourteentn
street ana cole; builder, J,
J. Bus;
$100.
. & ai.ci mJHt . cv. uno via,, j . I Klliv
a weuing, usst isineteentn street. De
tween Brooklyn snd Tibbetts; builder.
O. W. Oilbert: 81600.
J. A. Patterson, er(ct one story frame
dwelling. East Nineteenth street, be
tween Brooklyn end Tibbetts; builder,
O. W. Oilbert: 81600.
A. Benson, erect footings and base
ment retaining wall for 12 story fire
proof steel frame hotel building, south
went corner of Seventh and Oak strsets,
builder, Sound Construction A Engineer
ing company, $10,000.
American Investment Co., repair two
story frame dwelling, 1285 Twelfth
street, between Ainsworth and Holman;
builder P. O. Marks, $100.
Plttock & Leadbetter, erect one fire
proof steel frame sign board, foot of
"out Sunday: wtyH show you
and SAVE in this beautiful tract. Take the . Parkrose car, at-the Yj
the Rose City Park line. No fares collected on the new: line Sunday. . . .
Belmont street on river front, builder,
Psdflo Sign Co., $100. t . . i r - ' ,
- Hertsohs r Bros 1 rspftir three , story
?illl oonstrusted stors arid warehouse,
04 Pine street, between Fifth and Blxtlt,
builder, E. Melton. $300.,- , ?
T. Miysgema, repair frame barber
and Everett; builder.. B. Williams, $50.
,;agar nutcnuaon, repair two iwry
frame store, West svenue between Di
vision and Sherman; builder, 0.1 Wt BU
sell'; $3000. ..,- '
Unltsd fltstes Cashier Co.." erect one
storv frame building, .Columbia boule
vard. between Derby ' and ' Fenwlck;
builder, Portland Concrete Pile company,
$1000. '. :,f . t ,
J. c. - Ottle. erect' one and one hair
story frame dwelling, 1361 Kerby street,
between Ainsworth and Simpson; build
r, Clinton Bros., $2000. - -
F. W. Wascher. erect one stonr frame
dwelling, (4$ Rodney avenue, . between
Russell and Knott; builder, sams, $45.
unaries . ewsnson, - srect - ons siory
frame barn, 1133 Delaware avenue, be
tween Jessup and Ainsworth; builder,
sams, $500, Vf ' . i
Sterling Trumsn. srsct one : Story
frame - dwelling, Esst Thtrty-thlrd
street, between Kelly and Lavtna ave
nue; builder, R. Y. Freeman, 6U.
Irish Ladles' .Endeavor society, re
pair two story frame building, Fifth
street between Sheridan and Arthur;
builder. I. Lyaen. $600.
Beck Investment Co.. repair frame
stors, J4 Oak street, between Seventh
and Park; builder, WV X -Buckner, $90.
Mre. Davis, erect one story irama
bam. 1136 East Twenty-seventh street.
between Emereon ana Kiuingswortn;
builder, a. v. usrung, xbo.
Mrs. F. Aliesrsm. reosir one story
frame shop, 84$ Market street between
East Third and Union avenue; builder,
Frier Metal Co.. $6.
. S. Sllvsrfleld. reosir two story brick
stors room. 28 Morrison street, between
Fourth and Fifth; builder, Relnhart &
Riepl. 12000.
Otis Brooks, srsct one storv frame
barn, los East sixtietn street, Between
Gllsan and Flanders: builder, same. $50.
C Lv Woods, srect ons snd ons hslt
story frame dwelling. East Forty-first
street, between Fremont and Klickitat;
builder, sams, itooo.
L. H. Lentch. electrical wiring for one
story i rams dwelling, is K.euy street
mi liner, umi. iiv .
Carl Olson, electrical wiring for on
story frams dwelling. 391 Holland
street, between Rodney and Williams
avenue; builder, same, 811.
F. BicKis. repair one story . rrame
stors, 14 Ask street; Duuoer, m. j,
Beisnsr, $(00, ....
Wataon. renalr three story brick ho-
t.l mnA atnraa. - southeast corner Sixth
snd OHsen streets; builder, H. a Ross.
I1S7R.
The Macleav estate, erect four story
ordinary warehouse, northwest corner
Nlneteentn ana upsnur sireeie, ouiiuor,
Hurley-Mason Co., $36,000.
H. O. Wllles, erect one story frame
dwelling, East Thirty-ninth street, be
tween foweii ana rrancis; ouiiaer,
a Lane-. 21200.
Mrs. Schoolman, repair one story
frame grocery stors, 76 First street.
between Artnur ana juaaer, imuaer, a.
V. Born stein, $1(0.
ESTMENT
ft LONG TIME LEASE
An Investment syndicate headed by
Qeorge T. Moore, ft local realty oper
ator, has secured long- tlms lease on
a lot at the northeast corner of East
Thirty-fourth snd Belnont streets as
site for ft three story combination
store and apartment building. The
ground floor of ths projected struo
ture, work on which is about ready to
begin, will be divided into small shops
and each of the upper floors will be
arranged into two and three room apart-
ments with private bath. The esti
mated oost of the building is $16,000.
Plans have been drawn by Architect
W. H. Cowan for ft two story brick
apartment house to bs erected for M.
snd C Llnebaugh at the northwest cor
ner of Chapman and Mill strsets. The
building will cover a 80 by 100 foot
lot and will contain 33 two room apart
ments. Ths improvement is being
made under the supervision of M. E.
Lee, agent of the Linebaughs.
PARKROSE and explain how.
SECURES
OLDEST HOUSE IS
V: III IIEMSEY
' .! ' : 1' ' - w2"siesisBjssjBssess4ssSBlsj ,j . rf, .,.-,
Structure at Bloomfield Said
to -Be, More Than 250
. Years Old.', '
One of the oldest bouses, If net the
very oldest residence ,1a ' the United
SUtes, is ths Cadmus , homestead In
Bloomfield, N. J.. according to the New j
Tork Evening Post.. '"V:' Xiyd 'rr i
This ancient structure is said to be .
mors than 350 years old. " The builder. .
Thomas Cadmus, settled on the Faseaio
river In, 1634. He received - from the
English crown ft grant of $000 acre of
land extending from . the ' Paasalo to :
Eagle creek. In the center at this tract
he built In I6S7 the house which af ter. ;
wards became famous "Washington's
Headquartsrs." . .-..'('.- "
Ths oldest house in the stste or new
York is that built by Frederic PhUlpse,
who, at that "time was one of the richest
men on the American continent '
Ths Fhlllpae manor house, as It Is
now called, was built near Scarborough,
on the shore of one of the bays border--lng
the Tappan Zee, and later, in 1884.
he erected a grain mill at the mouth of ,.
ths Pocantlco rive while the promo
itory mill law was sff sctlve to prevent
tne maaing or sewing ox riour bjwoo
In the state except on Manhattan island.
This monopoly Is recalled by the seal
of the city, which displays ths sails of ft
windmill and two flour barrels. V
What la nrobably the oldest house in
Connecticut was sold recently and will;
be replaced by ft modern homestesev if
i. x -.laoa htillt mnn than 800.
years ago at Orson Farms, which Is
reported to be the only house that the
British left standing when they crossed
from Long Island and burned every Deo
itabls structure between the sound ad
Danbury. -. .
T
DOES PORTLAND INJURY
"The American Contractor," trade
paper published In Chicago, puts ' the
k,itM1n Mnnttt taanibl in
-OArtlsnt. lut vur at 217.000.000 Of
I UIUHIV VI. uvaw'.
more tnan sz.ouu.vuu tese ua
actual sum. Whon ft mistake of this
uud u Anna mftA. h mn tmnnrtant an
. ..... ... . . i , it..
authority as the American Contractor,
It is airncuit to ever overcome iv nu
the probability Is now that In every
statistical table printed throughout the
country of the building activities of
1812, Portland will suffer by this mis-
sbvST
ln tn tha tmarlnrl Tontrset- .
or, Los Angeles led all other Pacific
coast cities with a total of $23,000,000 ,
of new construction- for the year nd -ft
8 per cent gain. San Francisco's to
tal was $31,000,000. Portland's true
figures were $19,152,373. which was a
loss of about f 1,700,000 from the to
tal nf ibia.
County Clerk Flies Candidacy. .,
(gpwtal te The Jonrnal.V
Eugene, dr., Jan. 1$. The first nom
inating petition for the April primaries
in Lane county was filed yesterday by
County Clerk Stacy M. RusselL who
seeks renominstlon at the hands of the
Republicans. Mr. Russell is serving his
first term, having been elected in 1910
on the Republican ticket by large ma
jority. you can
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