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V KIICTIOII FOB iBETTEl) FEEUIIC AMONG DEA LERS THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21. u-iiMuma-juj'a flu. 111 "l. ' .. J..i...io.m .. 1 " 1912. 7 WITH 1 91 1 RECORD V INTREAire SEH1 Permits -Issued Since First of Operators' Who , Have Held rear xo -vaiue or $600,000 ' Aloof for Year or Two Now f? - - l ' Very Few Large Permits Issued So Far Enter Field, Though" Trans actions Not' Great. Building construction ao far t this A decidedly better feeling ! gaining ss2! ir"3i A'.v?. ? ss ana otnere interested in city property aa to the local realty situation, it ta not so much because ol actual business done and transaction reported aa It la becaua of the entrance into the mar ket of operatora who for year or two have held aloof. : . . '. v c J tor present activities there la no doub that' they are more numerous , record of January, 1911.. At the cloae u me ouwmng inspector's office yea terday noon, ; permit had . been Issued since the first of the year to the value of a little, over 1600.000. ' The total volume : of permits Issued In January. 1911 was 1990.618. The month sc, far iiaa orougnt forward very few large permits, while last week's high record .n ... - i. - -... I rr" ...;. "" r mn I'."! ana out rman They were at this time lt v.ar took out n n.! w-ri.- V 11.7 . 1 "wr Business aisirict wnicn in fo a A2??lL?SlVtPUl! ylv? " of money are increas- Hn tW k. . T """if V" I" owei-iing in numoer. At the same time sub. t'f.t'Uwe.r up f 01 ?.00 v. . The largeei largeat transaction renortad' lat eek waa the deal Involving the Buena Another Mrmli lim nn v. 4 w , MW "Hill day for the earn amount waa taken out by tha Bollam Investment company and provided for tha alteration of a three atory building at Fourth and Davis atreets. ' .' ,. The Allen Blnkler company haa Juat begun the erection- of four handsome dwelling houses In the large east side residence restrloted district, .Each of i no ouuaings la to cost 15600. One Is to be erected at Hassaln-aiKi v.ant Thir ty-seventh, another at East Forty-sec-ond near Klickitat and one each at "Wasco and Hassalo near East Thlrty- ' Another handsome residence provided for last week la that of J. R. Nelson, Which he Is to build on Fremont street near uicnigan at a cost of $6500. ' , . Many kesidenoe. ' s A A permit waa granted to B. H. Ing ham for an f 8000 two atory frame Duliaing which la under construction at Page atreet and Alblna avenue, lower AiDina. . George A. Brown haa broken ground on itaieign atreet near Sixteenth on a two story brick building to cost I4S00. - A permit waa granted to Lea Frieda ror tne alteration of a four atory brick building located on the weat aide of irtn atreet between Oak and Pine at a cost or 16000. mm beacon investment company procured a permit last Wednesday for ins erection or a frame building on East Ninth atreet near East Mill, wincn win cost 6000. On the same date a permit was la. aued to L M. Andrews for a two story frame residence which he Is to build on East Market street near East Sev enieentn ana which will coat $8000. lesser Improvements. - Permits were Issued to the follow ing Duuaers for Improvements valued at $3600 and less: 3. A. Becker, a frame store building, : Kllllngsworth and Michigan avenue. ' 13000 . T i. A n.all f wA w ' , ., . I i; ILTt Tw;nt;rf.;;V::r""u"rlVta apartmenta. located at the eouth- $3000. ' Theo. Iilndeloy. SU atory dwelling. IP r " ' tV f i "5 1 U - i ill I - ' " ... .' - ' - 1 : J " - f --' j ' " 0 h I '- ' ". MSIUlSiffci Bank and store building erected by B. H( Baker fit Alblna and Kllllngsworth avenues. e-2 r5 Seven etory family hotel under construction at Lownadale and Yamhill streets by Judge Rufus Mallory. completed structure wUl cost about 1150,000. .Nebraska atreet near Corbett, $2000, T. U. Anflerson, one story frame cottage, sanay Road, -near Ii avenue, $3500. Patrick As Hunter, one etofv fmm Imperial 1 east ' corner of Twelfth -and Harriaon atreets and a 382 acre tract on Palatine bllL Just west and south of Rivervlew cemetery. The Buena Vista apartments. which, were, built last year by the firm Of Trowbridge & Stevens, was sold to i. H. Huddleston for $75,000. and la tiyn Messrs. Strowbiidge & Steven ..oKn"1 f-wwimo na uraaee, took from Mr. Huddleston the river $3250. H. EJ. .Bauer, m atory cottage. East . stevenieemn, near uomg, $2000. jonn Kussell. two atory residence. East Thirteenth street, between Knott ana e tan ton, iz&oo. front acreage whihe waa valued at $95,000. No announcement haa as yet been made anent the development of tne acreage, but as It Is located In the center or a District wnicn naa neen very active In the last year or two, It Is altogether likely that it will be sub divided soon and put .on the market In auburban home sites. lodge to Build. The apartment building was a five story structure covering, a 60x100 foot lot and containing 36 two and. three room suites. At a recent meeting of the Royal Arcanum, Oregon Council No. 1582, It waa vntAd tn hutlr) anmatlmA thla vm. Another large garage la to be erected a three story building for Its own use LARGE GARAGE TO BE . BIT, COST $15,000 and that of other councils. A commit tee waa appointed and Instructed to select a centrally located site for the In the vicinity of Twenty-thTrd and Washington streets, plana havlne- been prepared In the offices of Clausen & Clausen for such a structure and the building and plana waa formulated to contract let for Its nrprtlnn Tll mil, t40.000 tn nnv fnr thla nmiurtv Dunaing wm occupy the triangle at I Charles Rice and associates took tne intersection of Twentr-thlrrt and I title last week to fractional block an Washington streets and Cornell Roart I in McMlllen'a addition. East Portland It is to be a two storv brick buildine-. I The naroel la In the form at a trinno-1. sWltH- an Interior of heavy mill con-1 and is bounded by Cherry, Qulncy and iruoiion. rne main entrance will be I Haisey streets and is equal to about irom tne Twenty-third atreet front The five and a half lots. The consideration oecona noor wiu De reached by an In-1 Involved was $33,000. A deed was put on record last week transferring from J. H. (Lucky Jack) reterson to tne city zsxioo feet ad Joining the city property at Second and Oak atreeta; $36,000 waa given aa the consideration. Buys 80 Aores. Another deed of importance filed last week . conveyed from Russell Smith to ciine plane from Cornell Road. Its es timated: cost la ,$16,000. The entire j building will be occupied, by the Win- AuiornoDiie company, 'vmcn naa a I iv year lease or the premises. BUY SITE FOR SAFE Fi R. A. Hume, $0 acres lying just eaat of Rose City Park. Consideration $1.- 000. R. P. MeClag and associates bare purchased from Mary Helple a portion of the Jacob Wheeler donation land claim, located one and a half miles east of Mount Tabor. Consideration $35,000. W. C Erwln baa purchaeed from Henry Pape a house and lot located on East Twenty-third street between Til lamook and Thompson streets, for $7,- z&o. L. E. Stetnmets has sold his Waver- Ielgh Heights residence property to Emma C. Baker for $6000. School district No. 1 has purohaaed from Mary F. Hanna three lota In Woodlawn for which $6000 waa paid. An unimproved parcel of land lo cated at the northeast corner of Orover and Corbett streets In South Portland was sold last week by F. Q. Walsh to A. Wolfman and associates for $4000. TWO LARGE REALTY DEALS ARE REPORTED D. B. Hanson closed a deal yesterday for the purchase of a 60 foot lot on Fourth street, 60 feet north of Burn side. This property waa owned by the Marshall Estate and was aold through the Oregon Realty company lor $46,000. It waa reported yesterday the block bounded by East Third, Union avenue. Balmon ana Main atreeta had been gold to a local investor for $126,000. Thla - block la known as the Italian gardeners' market and belonga to an association of Italian gardeners.. WTO AT LINN TON Plana are maturing for establishing another safe factory in the Portland district. The Johnson-Bradford Safe company has recently acquired a five acre tract of river frontage at Llnnton and a local architect is now at work on the drawings for two factory buildings to be erected on the site. One is to be 80 by HO, and the other 60 by 140. The larger structure la to be the main - factory and jwUl-be -equipped with the necessary machinery for the manufac ture of burglar proof and marine safes. In the smaller structure will be lo cated the foundry and the converting machinery. , If the present plana of she company are carried out, Portland will have another safe factory In operation before the end of the year. IF AN INVESTOR you are naturally Inter ested in choice mortgages, We have a -list of good loans varying in size from $500 to $50,000 which can not fail to interest you. Don't you think it would be a good plan to drop. in for a, little chat with the head of our mortgage de partment and have him keep you on his list? Hartman & Thompson . HANKERS ' Chamber of Commerce Bldg. . 10 per cent downand a small payment per month secures you a 0 or lU-acre tract, set to orchard, at West Stayton Marion County, Oregon. ' ,( On easy terms, small tracts, ideal for , poultry: BERRIES or ' : DAIRYING . :.' ' ; , : ,- ' - , '' . . -. ' - -" r . ; - y . . ,., " h . .; . Call at Y Chamber o! Commerce Bldg. No trouble to tell you all about itv You should. Investigate this before deciding. Willamette . Valley Irrigated Land Co. KAKTMAH h THOMPSOW, ' Managers . , Managing Director BUYS QUARTER BLOCK; PLANS IMPROVEMENT Dr. Charles E. Stolte" has sold to Messrs. Porter A Conley of Porter Bros., railway contractors, the quar ter block at tha southwest corner of Williams avenue and Clackamas street for $15,000. The parcel la unimproved but It Is understood that the new own ers contemplate aome substantial im provement for theslte, work to begin some time this summer. CHEAP HOMES IS ARCHITECT'S PLAN If a little chalk be rubbed on a file before filling ateel it will prevent chips sticking to the file to scratch the work. Woman Designer Works on Problem Confronting Poorer Classes of the Country. Marlon Griffin, Chicago's only woman architect and a firm believer In equal auf frage, la working on a plan whloh she hopes will be a step toward solv-, lng the problem which Thomas Maw' son, a noted English architect, pointed out aa confronting the people of that city, Mrs. Griffin la designing what ahe believes; will prove the Ideal low cost home. She Is working on the plans of a tlve room brick bungalow In which la to be combined the merlta of beauty, prac ticability and moderate cost The plan la to be entered In the competitltion started by the management of the Clay Products and Permanent Home Exposi tion, to be held at the Chicago Coli seum, March 7 to 12. "Ihe Idea of the architects through out the country giving their combined efforts toward a solution of the low cost home problem appealed to me atrongly," said Mrs. Griffin. "I agree with Mr. Mawson when he aaya that the modern American In a city la a cave dweller. Flata are hldeoua and are anything but "homey.' "From among the hundreds of plans that will be made In this competition it Is certain that there will be enough satisfactory onea to give variety to the home buildera and it ahould reault in ultimate improvement in the ap pearance and comfort of reaidencea In the suburbs." Mrs. Griffin is a graduate of "Boa ton Tech" and waa the second Ameri can woman to take up architecture aa her pursuit in life. Miss Hayden, who won the prize at the Chicago World's Fair, wss the only womsn architect in the country when Mrs. Griffin got her; degree. "Architecture Is essentially a woman's work," she declared. "The domestlo quality lof architecture Indicates that And you would be surprised to see I how readily contractors are willing to accept the word of a woman architect when tbey find out that ahe knowa her work." Not only doea Mrs. Griffin design VOLCANIC STONE IS LOCATED; BUILDERS PRAISE MATERIAL Deposit .Situated Fifty: Miles South of Portland in Marion 4 , County; Quarry 'Already Is Opened, It Is Said. Grand Pacific searching Oregon over for a good quality of coal, and locating - a large body Id Marlon oounty, which he pur- chaaed last summer. H. S. Brlnley now finds that in addition to bia coal meas ures he has 1809 acre of volcanlo tufa, which (a characterised by geologists. architects and buildera aa an excellent material for use in various form of house construction. Mr. Brlnley, who la a mining engineer of many years' experience, believes that he has uncovered a depoalt of atone that will rapidly come Into popular fa vor aa a building material. Geologists say that tufa is composed or una sand and dust ejected from vol canoes. The stone is of a warm grayish tint. lighter than most woods, and work? aa easily aa moat wooda that are employed in house construction. . It haa been submitted to a number of architects and builders in Portland, Seattle and Los Angeles, all of whom have pronounced It admirably adapted to building construction. Mr. Brlnley haa in hia office in the Teon building number of samples of the material which were, cut out with an ordinary saw. These samples of the? material show that It can be worked into any shape desired by the ordinary ineth ods used in working wood. By actual demonstration It has been shown that its ultimate crushing strength is 1S( tons to the square foot The deposit is situated about B0 miles south of Portland in Marion county. It covers about 1S00 acres, and haa a known depth of ltO feet A quarry has already been opened on the property. and atepa are being taken to develop It Mr. Brlnley is preparing to put a IV4 mile spur track connecting the quarry with the logging road of the Sllverton Lumber company for the purpose of bringing the cut stone to this market More than 20 years ago a monk be longing to St Benedtct'a abbey at Mount Angel, Or., built a house of tufa taken from the deposit owned by Mr. Brlnley, and this house stands today in as per fect condition as when built In 1898. houses, but she also extends her field to the designs for the things which are put in them. Many beautiful Chi cago homes are fitted with rugs, tapes tries, embroidered linen and Interior decorations which were originated by ner. Free Lodging House for Tramps. (United Frni Leiied Wlre.i Ban Francisco. Jan. 20. Chief of Po lice White la to lay before the super visors a proposition that If carried, will maxe wnite more famous than Coxev. The chief proposes a municipal lodging iiuuee iree lor noDoes. Loulslana'a next governor will be ae lected at the Democratic primaries next month. The contest is a spirited one between John T. Michel, candidate of the "regular organlaatoln." and Judge Luther E. Hall, candidate of the Good Government league Democrats. PACiriC IRONWORKS BTTUCTTTBA& STES& ASCKXTEOTTTBAZi ZSOS Immediate Delivery : Portland, Or. EVfeRY MAN AND WOMAN HAS THHE LONGING FOR A HOME BORN IN THEM. HERE IS THE ONE BEST PLACE IN PORTLAND TO BUILD. A SPOT WHERE CONTENTMENT REIGNS ALL YEAR 'ROUND. Come to ALT MB AID wm This is the sea son of the year when one takes comfort in a home the long Winter evenings by the fireside. Are you living In Your Own Home If you are a rent payer, you are m wrong a man who can af ford to pay rent can afford to own his own home. Come and Talk With Us CHEAPER NOW THAN THEY EVER . WILL BE AGAIN Today CByl 3 ES Apiece and Lots Are pM50 Upwards Altamead will build up faster than any other section of the city, and every struc ture a beauty and thoroughly modern. Don't let it be said that we have pleaded with you in vain. Remember, there 'is but one crop of lots, and the harvest will soon be over. Buy now, while the price is low and the selection the best. Come to our office an auto wilHake you to the property any time you may select. Don't put it off, but come today but if for any reason you can't come today, come tomorrow or any day, but don't delay too long. Prices are sure to ad vance soon. TITLE TO THIS PROPERTY GUAR. ANTEED BY THE TITLE & TRUST COMPANY OUR LOTS HAVE ALLEYS THE SMALL AMOUNT OF $10 CASH Will secure a lot, in this ideal sub division, and a small monthly payment is ail that is required. Another street car line will soon touch Altamead Addition and then lots will go soaring. ;,. ' " . .V.; 'K" ' You buy a lot and we will help you build a nice bungalow. GERIM ; REALTY TRUST CO. 284 Stark Phone Marshall 3832 A-5615 i j L tat to Fort George Must Be Com pleted Early Next Fall ' i ancouver Frovlnoe, Jan. & The management of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway haa Issued peremptory instructions to Messrs. . Foley, Welch 8tewart, railway contractor,, that the mala line between Tete -Juane Cache, 60 miles west of Yellowhead Pass and Fort George must be completed early next fall. The railway oon tractora have passed 'the com munication on to the varioua subcontractors ' who - were re cent(y awarded work and who are now engaged freighting In auppliea . over sleigh roads and establishing camps with a view to making a start at con' structlon work as soon as p6 slble. They are confident of their ability to complete the work within the time specified. 1. tit .-. f- (ff Construction of the western ' a portion of the unfinished gap " , between Aldermere in Bulkeley ' i a Valley and Fort George will 1 n alao be rushed. Mr. P. Welch, ' a member of the contracting ,v firm, will leave Vancouver on 1 Monday for Prince Rupert to confer with Mr. B. B. KelUher, : chief engineer, in regard to thla ' " portion of the contract. On Mr. 1 , Welch's return the names of the successful subcontractors will '! .be announced. r' : : sr ' Kay Hurry Vancouver Una. A, a The rapidity with which tha 41S mile gap is to be finished : haa a direct bearing -oa con--- . structlon to Vancouver aa the - a Grand Trunk Pacific haa agreed to finish the main line before 3 undertaking the construction of its proposed branch line , from v, Fort George to-: this -city-.rHUn--leaa the agreement la modified , s two yeara are likely to elapse ; . before the railway company can . '". 4 get around to the last inen -tioned project. - .x "1 . 1 The railway policy of the pro vincial government,, to. be made publle within a few weeks, is said to embrace provision for assistance for V railway from Vancouver to the Peace river' district via Fort George. . The ( decision of the government aa to which of the varioua eom paniea and ayndieates submit ting offera ahall be favored ' with government, aid will be J awaited with Interest. Should ' ' . the Grand Trunk Pacific be Itv. ' the running a . contingency questioned In well Informed clr ' cles its attitude towards the - Fort George-Vancouver branch. " may be changed, for the build ing of both the main line and " the branch line could be carried ; on almultaneoualy. j , . ' ORT GEORGE is the geo-r graphical! and strategic commer cial center of British Columbia, Canada's largest and richest prov ince. - V All railroads buildinir through the Peace River or Central Brit ish Columbia must go through FORT GEORGE m order to maintain water grade. " Therefore FORTGEORGE must be a great railroad center.," ' . , - ; FORT GEORGE is at the junction of the Fraser and Nech aco Rivers; s with 1100 miles pf navigable waterways. . "- r, FORT GEORGE is the supply point for an immense " territory rich in agricultural, timber and mineral resources," and will be able to compete with- Edmonton and eastern cities forthe trade of the Peace River country, as well as the ' wholes Of ? Central land Northern British Columbia. With the opening of the" Pan- ama Canal freight rates to FORT GEORGE will be lower than to Edmonton, thus making? FORT GEORGE a great wholesale and x jobbing center. " . , , FORT GEORGE will be one of. the largest cities in the west - An enormous development will take place during 3912. , You can learn of wonderful in vestment opportunities and open ings for business, etc.; by sendine your name and address for a free copy of the "ii. C Bulletin of In formation." Costs you nothing-1-write today. , , Natural Resources Security Co., Limited Joint Owners and Sola Agents FORT GEORGE T0W.NSI1I 413 Bovver Building Vancouver, B. "C
