SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST, 13, 1D12. il PACIFIC COAST Ironed In Belgrade. Nicholas pulled out the money. , "Were," he said, "I will pay your ex penses In connection with ths hat Now bsnd it back to me!" . , "' nd. 8va had to obey.; , , V . "' According to a court decision an oil company In California may $ost a loca tion notice on a tombstone and sink a well within 10 feet of a grave. , - ,-. . . . . For dispatch carriers In the German army there lias been adopted a type of speedy automobile with unusually high wheels and wlds wheel bases. . S Although Parliament Is. Ad journed,! Political Agitation of Chancellor's Pet Schemes Continues Unabated. .Building Operations Increase , Over Those of Last Year . Except at Oakland; Port 1 ..land Near, Top. JUT! OREGON TJTJDA7 JOURNAL, PORTLAND, 'Si. OIGUlflD - DIVIDED. - . ' ..CI -1.1 H..p.. t jJ":;.j I- !. P ,:A.: , , '. .: ' . K 1 '..-- L--r -'it . - : Every lanroJPaelflo ' coast city with the single exception of Oakland shows a sabotantlal growth In building oper ation" during July when compared with the totals tor the same period one year. go. - Throughout the country. . construc tion U on the Increase, according to re port! made by the heads of building department! to Construction News of Chicago. This is somewhat unus ual tor mid-summer, and taken as a whole, the record Is more satisfactory than tor a long time past As , usual Portland occupies a con aplcuoua position well toward the top ot the list, being far ahead of such cities as Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Baltimore, Seattle "and New Orleans, New York. Chicago. Philadelphia end Cleveland ahow losses, while ( every other large city In the country came forward with Increases. Of tha- 48 cities given below, 36 show gains and 1) losses. The total Increase was 10 par cent - Tlg-nre la Detail. The figures In detail are as follows-. 112 1911 Estimated Estimated Cities-. Cost Cost New York (Boros Manhattan and Bronx) S10.741.8S4 $11.771.M Chicago 10.265,800 11.800,000 nos ton caietro. -District) 4,1(9,000 4,289,070 8.706.258 1.823,104 949,4(8 2,124.479 1,9(4.906 718.108 2,388.441 1.863.066 1,374.940 1,268,888 1,626,000 (71.500 1.011.937 615,670 (54.968 709,300 741,(38 267,250 663.751 766.899 1,416.670 1,471.236 434.868 282,720 818,5(8 889,417 (41,600 2(4.285 400,410 1.234,025 208.985 92.340 (03,800 483,215 294,643 23.475 (09,794 276,125 613,580 84M60 175,000 Philadelphia .... Brooklyn ....,. Los Angeles ... Milwaukee Ban Francisco .. Itatrolt 8,486,800 8.862,534 3.(86,014 8.088.478 2,4(2,715 2.088.2(5 INewark 1.9)4,286 Cleveland ...... 1,828,201 Ft. Louis i.TZ4.e ortland, or. .. l.m.m lchmond i,si4.09 uffalo 1.818.000 ndlanapolla .... 1,290,613 ttsDurg v l.iea.Mi ulsvlU 1,076,610 1,089,(61 971.214 931,166 888.977 889,896 884,398 879,965' 879.941 781,909 688,4(0 673,425 662,192 645.820 687.980 618,(50 869,829 481.015 4(8,6(0 4(4.010 432,883 422.(88 417,923 379.296 876,745 874,2(0 347,700 815,4(0 .286,681 274,875 259,865 Atlanta .. Cincinnati Jlochester iBan Diego f... . , Bt. Paul . 4 . . . . (Kansaa City; . Minneapolis .... Washington, a. O 'Baltimore , iHouston 'Springfield, Mass .Worcester T Seattle ........ Toledo ......... JIartford Omaha ixniiutn pes Moines .... Denver Columbus 'Birmingham .... Pueblo !2ew Orleans ... Albany New Haven .... Xtallaa , .... r ... , I Cedar Rapids... ;8acramento Bprlngfleld, I1U . Jacksonville .... 1 fio 2RK 1DU,4UQ Totals 377,013,320 889,614,808 Of the larger cities. Milwaukee made the heaviest Increase 222 per cent; with Newark and Indianapolis second and third, the former 178 per cent and the latter 122. Other important cities showing gains were: Boston, 40 per Jeent; Brooklyn, 7; Pittsburg. 17; Clncin jattl, 87; St Paul, 84; Kansas City, 17; (Toledo, 146; Duluth," 130; Birmingham, '41 and Albany, 36. Beoord of 60 Oltleai The following, table, complied by the 'American Contractor, of Chicago, shows the building of record of 60 leading American cities for the seven months ndlng with July 31: Jan. 1 to Aug. 1. 1912. Atlanta 3 4,664,01 Baltimore 4,465,281 Birmingham .. 2,243, 266 Buffalo ...... 8,448,000 Jan. 1 to Aug. 1 1911. 4,000,881 6,371,886 1,902,001 6.664.000 1,086,4(0 48,691.100 7,294.966 10,076,620 2.829.236 8.788.782 8,642.876 1,000.214 11,973,261 1,617,711 1.304,808 1,369,693 823.0(0 8.802,660 6.171,500 6,729,071 13.379,677 915,173 8.965,666 7.195,111 9,911,055 779,208 8,539,341 6,644,566 2,092,086 70,313,070 n,7R4,634 3 5,125,697 109,223,301 4,011.773 3,722,573 1.474.894 Cedar Rapids.. 1,056.460 Chlcago Bl. 154,200 Cincinnati 4,972,(26 9,034,903 3.025.005 Cleveland Columbus . . . . pallasr-.;.;7.i Denver pes Moines... Detroit Duluth Fort Wayne,. Grand Rapids. 8,168,920 8,416,029 1,452, 315 14,426,466 1,(29,063 1.578,670 1,409,035 780,820 (.322,636 (,141,947 7.012,064 18,299.283 arrlsburg artford ndlanapolls .. ansae city.. ios Angeles.. anchester 1,162, 33 MeniDhts 8.702,256 iilwaukea ... ju.uii,z lnneapolis .. 7.178,806 ashvllle 709.143 ew Haven... 8,236,138 ewirk 7.368.S2S ew Orleans.. 2.491.897 Manhattan ... 80.566,038 rooklvn 25.!I38,8S1 Ironx 24,622,289 Jew Tork. . 131,USZ,UU9 4,794.707 2,077.969 1.315,010 22,K0fi,005 6,613,732 10,297,393 7,626,976 4,677,541 13,613.168 1,6R0,153 14,880.998 807,160 68-S.328 01.9!iS 1.569,720 8.832,905 1,476,736 2,978.860 i Oakland umana Paterson Philadelphia... rlttsburg ortland 27.2S1.S30 6.713.159 10,958,679 fi.24S.823 5.500,526 11.623.S22 1,320,395 13,061.120 1.131.334 922,100 48R.078 2.32S.370 l.K78,fi55 1.409.S21 2,805,565 Rochester . . . . L Paul...,., Bt. Xouls ,Ban Antonio., Ban Francisco. Pcranton i Bhreveport . . , " South ffBend . . . Bpokane Toledo ,VIlkesbarre ., 1 Worcester . . , Total $424.6S5,61 $387.r,65.r,Cl III. this table. New York shows a gain f 20 per cent; Chicago, 5; Detroit. 37; Zxs Angeles, 13G; Mllkaukee, 3 i ; Hart ford, 89. In the south such cities as At lanta, Birmingham and New Orleans toads large gains for the period. , : al 100 YEAR OLD VAGRANT ASKS JUDGE FOR JOB I ; Pittsburg, Aug. 17. Joseph Bobln on, 100 years old, walked into the Cen ter avenus police station and ssked Judge Aipern to find hjm a job. "I'm tired of being a vagrant, Judge,"' aid ths centenarian. "Right now I haven't a place to sleep. I slept out doors last night and I'm getting along to that tlma of life when it's hot the fceat thinT In the world to sleep out." Judge Aipern suggested that Robin don had worked long enough and ought to take a "rest - Robinson, who years ago was one of ths best glass cutters in the south side factories, said: "In spite of my years X believe I can come back and cut glass sis wall as any man In the business." "I , Isava sever seen a "come-back' snaka good yet" remarked Judge Al- 2snirwhO'nt!rncriTlobfhson"oVer to the authorities at fliarsnaiaea, ins county bom. ... j; A'" 3 Owners of Property Agree to Improvement Steps and Subscribe Expenses. At a well attended meeting of Morri son street property owners in tho par lors of the Portland hotel last Tuesday night, an organization was perfected, having for its object the Improvement of the street. The concensus of opinion at the meet ing was that Morrison street Is essen tially the retail thoroughfare of the city, and that the only reason It lags behind Washington street is because cf the Inactivity of the property owners. Attention was called to the fact that Morrison is the longest street in tho city, reaching from Mount Tabor to Kings Heights, that It Is the most Im portant outlet for residents of the east side to the weet side business district, and that the recent opening. of the street through to Washington and the proposed paving of that section of the thorough fare has put It up to the property own ers along the street to demonstrata to the merchants of Portland that It Is the real retail street of the city. It was voted at the meeting to light that part of Morrison street from Twelfth to Its Intersection with "Wash ington, to cut the shade trees, to widen the sidewalks, and to secure a franchise for the Portland Railway, Light & Power comnanv ovir th' utra frr.m inrv.i 1 16 ChaPman. that some of the Wash- 1n.tnn m... . -... uW, may us rouiea over Morrison. The organization of the Improvement association was effected by the elec tion of H. C. Wortmnn, president; Julius I Meier, vice president; R. H. Strong, secretary, and Emery Olmstead, treas- urer. An executive committee was named, composed of the following: Robert Smith, Dr. E. C. Brown, Julius L. Melor, R. II. Strong, Alma D. Katz, Emery Olm stead, R. J. Gray. The lighting and Improvement of the street will be In charge of R. H. strong. C. It. Korell, and Owllyn Jones. Practically every property holder present agreed to contribute to a fund to defray the expenses of the organiza tion. The plan agreed upon for raising the nerepsnry funds contemplates that each property owner shall pav 815 for each 50 feet of frontape on either side of the street, the sum thns raised to carry on the work of the organization for six months. BIG TRACT ON 0. E. RY. Messrs. Harlan P. Gardner and Al fred C. Oleon, the former from Alberta, Canada, and the latter from St. Paul. Minn., yesterday purchased 120 arres of fine land near Portland on the Oregon Electric railway. The Jand has never been fully cleared, but Is the best of soil fo fruit. Messrs. Oardner and Olson are-lde awake business men and In vestigated a considerable portion of the northwest before making the purchase. They have already begun to clear the land and will Immediately put it In a hlsh etate of cultivation and set a ma jority of it to choice varieties of fruit, and also build a fine home, which will be In plain view of Portland Heights and Council Crest. The purchase price paid was between $18,000 and 319.001 The land was bought rrom A. F. Frow ing through tho agency of J. K. Smith. John Carlson of this city, dosed a deal last week for the purchase of n 68 arro farm located near J'Jllley on MORRISON ADVANTAGES CITED IN H NORTH BUY If & - - - sbw " i ; rtr & yt M Tl 1 I ' ,,Jf ..M-XV.sw. T .;-;v.:-y.y.:.v.-.v: s v.ry-.y... ...... .v r'k ' a ffssijwg;.. tTTiiiinilltM'a'w sIssbV ' mm' .i.y-iX-'.- rfv.MMfrt '-s.-s.-jm six . Warehouse under construction by Portland Gaa & Coia Company at Second and Flanders. Store and npartmenti, Second and Clay atreett, built the Southern Pacific- railway. The property was sold by John Boese, also a resident of Portland for a total oon slderatlon.,of $10,000. PLAN LOUISE RESCUE - Plang have been drawn by Architect Charles il Elliott for "a two and 'tons half story building which will be erected at Oreenburp, near Metiger station on the Oregon Electric road, and which will be known as the Louise Rescue Home. The house will cost approximately 110,000 and will have ground dimensions of 40 by 60 feet On the ground floor will be located the usual office rooms, cooking departn&nti nuraery, -surgery and reception room, while on the second floor will be located 24 private cham bers and six baths. The house will be competed "afioTTr6aTlr'"'fOr trcenpsncy 1n about four months. ALAMEDA PARK LOTS AND RESIDENCES SOLD The Columbia Trust company reports sales as follows: To R. S. atreeter and A- W. Clark, lot In Alameda Park, 81260; to M. J. Wilkinson of New York clty, lot In Alameda Park. $1050; to John Crawford of Butte, Mont., two lots in Alameda PHrk. $1850; to Bessie Mc Glnnts, three lots In Alameda Park, $2500. V , S. F Anderson to Clarenoa V. Green, lot 3, block C, Beaumont, wbjch Is Im proved with en attractive six room bun galow, consideration waa $4600. W. J. Uunlap Jr. to W. It Miss of Bt Paul, Minn., lot 18, block 13, Beaumont, which Is Improved with a coxy one and one half story house; consideration $4600. APPETITE WINS MEAL AND 50 CENT BONUS Philadelphia. Aug. 17. "Jimmy" Ryan, a miner, of Mahonoy City, has set a record here today in eating. Ed mund Byrne, a restaurant keeper, trust ed him for a meal and this Is what the miner ate: Nine large beef sandwiches, three Swiss cheese sandwiches, ffre raw to matoes, three ears of corn, six cups of coffee, four fried eggs, two slices of ham and five glasses, of water. Byrne gazed at the stranger's bill, and, putting out his hand, said to the husky miner:"" "Here, partner, -take this half dollar with you; you may need It A man with ytSur appetite IsMlkely to grow hungry before morning." The miner pocketed the coin with a bow and went off whistling down the street By John M. Osklson. I know a man In a financial house who Is fond of epigrams. He brings me a handful every three or four weeks and lays them on my desk with an air which seems to say. "Can you beat "ewl" I can't and often I borrow one to point a moral I want to draw. The other day he hammered out some tere sentences under ths heading of "Judgment." They are colored by self interest frankly; he Is a broker, and he wants orders to 1uy and sell stock. He wants more business. Nevertheless, there la wisdom In his words If you consider that they aim toward an Ideal, rather than point a safe path to the beginner. "Don't try to borrow Judgment," he opens. But for a lonu time the fresh man In the school of Investment must do this, very thing. "Think for yourself," Is trite and true, but I would not suggest that you h.ipten to "throw away the crutches of other people's opinions." tr a l 1 1J I F OR GREENBURG t . : Saving and Investing for the Thrifty 1 It 1tX.fil.ia HWWWWtWI mi fit tLtlwjJjr by David Penny. J. Paul Jones to Build $1000 Residence on Montgomery Drive; Other Homes. One of the finest of the many pro jected new homes for the Heights is tho two and one-half story structure which will soon be under way on Mont gomery Drive, near Patton Hoad, for J. Paul Jones. Plans of ths building, which Is to be of the Dutch Colonial type, have been completed and work on the superstructure will be under way In -a few davs. The structure will cost $8000 to $10,000 and will be finished In hardwood and hand-rubbed white enamel. William Durfllnger, the home-builder, has closed a deal for the purchase of a group of six lots located on Prescott street, between East Eeventeenth and East Nineteenth streets. On the six lots he plans to build five attractive, up to date residences. Architects Emll Schacht & Bon, have comploted drawings of a very handsome 12 room residence which Is to be built on East Ninth and Multnomah streets for William Shepherd. The house will have ground dimensions of 60x48 feet, which provides ample spaoe tor unus ually large rooms on both floors. The entire lower floor except the kitchen will be finished anij floored In oak, and the second floor wil be finished In hand rubbed. Ivory enamel. The living room will be 19x31 feet and the dining room and library each 16x16 feet Featur ing the entrance hall will he a wide and massive stairway of oak and ma hogany. The building, Including garage of the same general character, will cost not far from $12,000. E. Z. Ferguson, president of the Ala meda Land company, Is having plans drawn for a large JO room residence of the English Domestic typo which Is to be built on The Alameda, near East Twentv-slxth street in Alameda Faik. The ground floor will have exterior walls of brick veneer and a shingle ex terior for the second floor. English half-timbered finish will be used In the gables and dormers, nearly nil of the lower floor wljl be finished in East ern Oak and selected Oregon fir. The house will cost approximately $10,000. W. F. Krumbeln has let the contract for a modern, two-story eight room residence to be erected on Tillamook near East Sixteenth street The exter ior will be shingled with English half timbered gables and dormers. Oak and white enamel will bs used In the Inter ior finish. Hers Is good writing: "The deter mined man wins. Not on account of etubbornness, but because he ploughs througti goes to the bottom of a prop osition gets ths -facts." The sooner an Investor learns to do that tha better for his bank account "The man who has lost confidence In his own Judgment Is a sorry sight." 1 don't believe this Is true In 60 per cent of the cases It could not always be true except for a very few, those who are exceptionally well equipped, by brains, financial Instinct and train ing, and wide Information. . "Fear and doubt are stumbling blocks." Not It., making Investment on the contrary, they spur the investor to find out more and more, and the more hs knows the better will be his choice. Epigrams of finance are interesting, but dangerous. Inspiration has small value In the business of making dol lars grow. Seek light, and yet more light diligently and with patience. It will pay. -J -fiS- HANDSOME HEIGHTS HOI IS PHD aussBBssasssMiwnaQX I 'IB IV . S 1 lr ll (B the International News Set-rice.) , By i-.iUHp Everstt . r . London, Aug. 17. Parliament has dls perscd and ths politicians have scat tered all over the country to enjoy 'a well earned vacation, but in ths press political' agitation goes on with undi minished fervor and it is as usual ths measure, accomplished and planned, of Lloyd-Qeorge, which supply ths. am munition during these otherwise dead months. Like a threatening cloud in ths horizon hangs the chrfncslloc's intended revision of ths Domesday Book, but di rectly overhead and effecting us all la the labor insurance law, which ooms partly Into fores a little over two weeks ago and which will be In full fores In October. Against this measure, which for campaign purposes was originally hailed with ldud cheers of welcome even by the most bitter opponents of ths liberal government, the whole conserva. tlve press Is now using its heaviest ar tillery. Xw-Bx easting is Saeonrajred. Bo unscrupulous has one sensational paper, the Dally Mall, been In the choice of its' arguments, that It has repeatedly encouraged Its readers to break the law of ths land. In the meantime the fact that It has come to the knowledge of the people that the paper In question doos not prac tice what It preaches, has- deprived its arguments of much of their force, for while It has encouraged its readers to refuse to pay the weekly Insurance preQ&ims demanded by the law it does not want to be fined Itself for break ing the law and enormous posters all over Its premises are informing all Its employes that they must fulfill ths re quirements of ths law or leave their Jobs. The fact is, though the conservative press has succeeded In creating consider able bitterness among the people against a law which keeps them out of want and Insures them medical attention while they are sick, the opposition to the measure, which has been praised and is being Imitated all over Europe, Is rap Idly disappearing, and but few violent agitations In the press would have dis appeared entirely long before this. NICHOLAS WEAR E HAT 16 YEARS Cettinje, Montenegro, Aog. 17. Nich olas, king of the smallest realm In Eu rope, is accused of loving money too well. Three of his 'ministers, Gattallo, Jurjlevlex and Jovanovics, complain that he is so stingy he refused to go to Moscow because the czar did not give him all the money he recently asked for. lie gets $200,000 a year from Russia and $100,000 from Austria. "And yet," say his ministers, "we never know what he does with the money, for he cannot be Induced to render an account 1$ certainly does not spend It on his clothes." When his beautiful Helen mnrrled Italy's kins;, 16 years ago, Nicholas bought a silk hat, which he wore until this summer, bringing it out on his many visits at foreign courts. Seeing It looked very shabby, he gave It to his native valet, Sava. Sava had it Ironed and went about In it with great pride.' The other day the king saw him wearing the hat and asked him where he got it "Your majesty gave It to me," was tho answer. "What? I gave you such a nice hat? How could I have been eo- foolish? Give It back to me at once. It will save my getting a new one when I go to Vienna In the autumn." The poor valet protested that ha paid ths equivalent of 10 cents to have It Dark and Chilly Eveninas mean that you will need additional lighting fix tures and supplies. Also the fireplace may require new. furnishings,- such as Spark ScreefiSi Andirons, Coal or Wood Grates. Be sure to bring meas urementa of fireplace .opening to assist us in se curing the proper size ap pliances. M.J.VValshCo. 311 STARK. Both Phones. PACIFIC IRON WORKS TmUCTTTBAI. STEEl tCglTECTUBAIr ntffi X mux ed late Delivery . Portland Or. SAM FOR IDEAL BUY AN PAKSRO Give, your family the healthful benefiFofbi roomy pounds. , A home In Parkrose Insures plenty ofjfreen grass, trees, flowers and fresh air. The children can have an abundance of fresh, home-grown fruits and vegetables, with milk from your own cow, and wholesome, fresh eggs from your own chickens. . i . Best of all, Parkrose affords the free, happy home life which Is so important to growing ; chil dren. Investigate Parkrose today. There's an acre or half acre for you, and the terms are so easy you can get It right now. Slauson-Craig Co. 304 Oak Street Opposite Commercial dob I, C Ort6s LTKIs) Ms Bays riltjr OssmI Am Tom Vi '-Taawsaadssf dollars ara if wartsd ich year In . The stats , sf prasraa tstralghtentns; out titles to preperty (that ha-va been bungled by Inoompa tent and poorly equipped abstracters." ild W. C Saunders, secretary st regbn Association et Title man srday, "and to, prevent this tb ron Aeseclatlsn ef TlUa .saem'bas rreed not t6 reeognlis aay mam ompaay who has aot a fully -antpped Lbstract plant. The assoelatloa mst '.'be Commercial Club. s(uioo in tats eaunaers. '"iTOUDlsr -i ily occurring secaaps sons lifted ahsuacter haa made a le through lack of records andqulp- aitd it moasfMejgStTpsd. People Ur&Atr -Halai . TEAR OFF AND MAfL COUPON y ' TODAY X..J V ALTAM Activity continues in ALTAMEAD. You can still get a good selection, but the best lob will not last long. Remember, lots in ALTAMEAD have alleys. Sidewalks are in. It Is where you would like to live, and we will build for you on small cash payment. Go out today and look it over. There will be salesmen on the ground. Phone for auto engagement and we will call for you, and it will only take an hour to mate the round 'trip. Telephone Main 937, A-2693. Western Oregon Trust Co. 272 STARK STREET A Beaverdam Lands 12,000 Acre sj 7 gardens Large tracts fresh water tide land prairies havs been reclaimed, hy means of dikes and ditches. Rich, peaty soil. Ideal for dairying. Espe cially adapted to grass and forage crops and to cultivation of celery, onions potatoes, small fruit, etc. You should see the crops now being grown 'by families who purchased lest year. Enormous yields indicated. The futura possibilities of this land re almost beyond conception. Sub divided into farms of all slses and sold on easy terms, permitting pur chaser to earn deferred payments from return of-crops. Lands located st CI atskanle; Oregon, between Portland and Astoria. 8. P. & S. Ry ami DOBl transportation. - -au ur write hlumbiagricultural 6p HOME UFl? ACRE IN sUbbbWI I.T0.WASTE? If ytra are careless In ragard to title mat- money which should be used to ed ucate your children may bs spent In litl- Jatlon. You can't af ord to risk It. Guard against possible fu ture compllcatlona hy the use of thA n.-. th yes - snteed Certificate of Of X'i'- invesugate. Jail for booviat. sr ASTD '1'JtUUT ooifPAirr th ft Oak at it4 : mis thub Si T&UVf Portland Bend your J free booklet. 1 Neme. Address . TRUCK and DAIRY FARMS ur puritcuiars. BOB IS WIS Bururcara M