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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21.
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1912.
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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
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' 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
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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.
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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.
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Bank and store building erected by B. H( Baker fit Alblna and Kllllngsworth avenues.
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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
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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. ;,.
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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.
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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
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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