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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 17, 1915. REALTY AND BUILDING NEWS OF THE WEEK IN AND NEAR PORTLAND SALES AND HAPPENINGS IN THE ' REALTY WORLD BIG BUSINESS REVIVAL . PREDICTED THIS SPRI NG 1G Three big projects,' each of which will tand out In the future as having had a, decided bearing on the develop ment of Portland from realty and In dustrial" standpoint, came to the atten tion of the public during the week Juiit cloned. '. Thi flrat concerns the proposed In terstate bridge, which wheft construct-' ed twill serve- to erase the hampering tnfjunnce of5 the Columbia on trade between this city and southwestern Washington. Bids for the great ll.T50.OU0 structure were 'advertised for; the first time, marking the en trance of the scheme Into the last stage preparatory to actual construc tion.. .' i The second big project concerns - Portland- Industrial life. A strong bid; to-. maintain Portland's supremacy s a wtMsat exporting tenter was made when the public (locks commission de cided to sMk for the right to Iswue $ 900,000 . bonds for the erection of a munlclpnl wheat elevator and ware house with a E.00.000 bushel capacity. The third big project revolved round ; the proposed $500,000 Job of ellrninntln grade crownings of the O-W. 11. & N. on .the, east side through a regrade and construction of via ducts. Irians for the work are almost finished and once they are accepted nj work done, Portland will have won a distinction of being among those , cities where the menace of grade crowing In non-existent. .Little change Is noted as regards realty operations. A number of deals fir reported but none large. Build Tng operations show an Increase with a promise of considerable activity as soon as the weather settles. Among the projects known to be under way are' Included the construction of no less than three good 4ied buildings, all -of tivhlch probably! will be an nounced within the next two weeks. These Include an apartment house ; which will cont something over $50. 0n. It' will be erected south of Washington mreet. near the downtown district. The largest inside contract let in the northwest for some time was awarded last week, when the $60,000 Job of plastering the Meier Sc Frank store was given out. Although little . mention has been mode of It, Oregon won a distinct vic tory fpr home -product during the week, when the supervising architect "", at Washington. In awarding the con- tract for the proposed $97,000 Medford -: postoffJoe recommended Oregon stone. r This precedent for the use of Oregon prodoeifs can be used with good effect later when the time comes for award ing contracts for Portland's $1,000,000 : postofflee and the federal buildings being considered for Pendleton and t The Dalles. Booklet Explains Assessments. : A booklet explaining the means that will be used in Multnomah county to reach conclusions regarding the value of buildings for assessment purposes has Just been compiled and issued by Assessor Henry E. Reed and can be secured by applying at his office in the courthouse. The book is of Interest to every tax payer and goes into the matter of as sessments thoroughly. One of tho striking statements' made in summar ising property values hits hard at the peculator and realty boomer. H ays: "It IN the homely but Indisputable truth that that community enjoys tho greatest commercial stability and is freest .from monetary tightness and - distress arising from unemployment in which real estate Is bought and Mold on the basis of its productive value In normal times." - In t.he booklet Mr. Reed discusses factors of value of new buildings, de preciation, rentals as a guide to value, building factors, land value maps, methods of arriving at land values, rules for lots, of varying depth, the Somerst rule, computing values of lota LATE RURAL REALTY School May Qt Monty. indications are that, the Washing to school fbr the deaf at Vancouver will receive an appropriation of $40. 000. for the construction of an addi- , tlotal building. The state board of coifctrol has made the recommendation. Governor Lister favors It, and it Its believed that with such backing the appropriation bill will be indorsed by the legislature, ., Vffl Clear Property. v Preparatory to putting a large tract of land belonging to the Hempel ea- tattt near Wheeler on the market, a cpntract has been let to clear the property. It is estimated that 30JJ.- ,000 feet of timber is standing on it. The property later will be sold In acreage, tracts. . Will Add Story to Hotel. - Stockholders of the Hammel hotel at AlbanyUiMve Just authorized the com . plctlou 'of the sixth story of the hos ' telry for the reason that increased business warrants the addition. The i work will b started immediately. " I . Will XJse Bay Xabor. Going on the theory that Wasco ' county i should look to the welfare f the unemployed of Its own neighbor hood ' the county commissioners last Journal Want Ada. mealty JCotes. t The real estate market never offered ; better opportunities to careful buyers, ' Head today's Real Estate Want Ads. " '.Want well improved, stocked and equipped farm, about $10,000. bandy tft Portland. Will put in $6000 cash and unincumbered $4000 homer. Want Seattle! property for $17,000 improved farm, 30 miles from Portland P. O. , Want well improved and well located , farm, about 20 acres, for unincum bored modern seven room home. Want . auto as part payment on fine culti vated acreage at Hillsboro. C. D. 8trow,j 614 Stock Exchange building. ' , Wheat land. Nine hundred and sev enteen acres of wheat land: 81? acres cultivated. No rock soil 10 to 30 feet ' deep. Running spring and two wells; ' hog tight fence; new house, barns. granaries, 87 individual hog houses and . v other outbuildings, one and one-half miles from railroad station; 600 hogs ' and nine horses: price $6,000, incum brance - $17,000, seven per cent, four . years. Will trade for Portland prop erty ;that will at least carry itself. bee Mr. Parker. : The Fred A. Jacobs company, 269 Washington street. Swell bungalow, $100 cash. Five . room new bungalow, fine - fireplace, bookcase, beam celling, enamel Dutch kitchen and two large, airy bedrooms, large living and dining room, doubly built and finely finished, cement flo'jr 'and ' laundry trays, concrete front porch, brick pillars, fine fixtures and shades, ready to move into, close In on . east slue. Price a snap, $2800; $100 i-asb. and $l per' month. Grussi 3russi & building. ' Holds. 326 Board Of Trade without comer Influence, and the same with corner Influence, The reason the booklet was issued he says is to show taxpayers how as sessments are made and on what basis. With a hope he can secure Intelligent cooperation in the work of securing equal taxation, i Bortonia , Hotel Bold. The sale of the Nortonia hotel prop erty to Charles Frasier of this city by" S. Morton Cohn, a $260,000 trans action, was formally closed during trie week when the deeds were passed and recorded. The actual sale agreement was signed about four weeks ago but deeds were not given until the ab stract to the properties involved were gone "over. ' In the sale , considerable property was Involved. Among the tracts ac cepted by Cohn was the $60,000 cor ner at Ninth and Davis, occupied by I the Baggage and Omnibus Transfer company, and a, number of close is? lots on the east side. Assessed Valuation Fair. The . school board has Investigated the two blocks- bounded by Fast Eighth, Tenth, Morrison and Belmont streets, ' owned by the . L.add Estate company and offered recently as a trade school site, and finds the prop erty is paying taxes on a fair valua tion. The property was offered to the school district for $8.'.,000. One block is assessed at $28,178, the eeond at $24,200, 'trMkirig -a total of $52.:t78. ,- Under the present system of assess ing, those who buy properly shoull re member that an owner who tries to sell his land for more than double Us assessed valuation, either is attempt ing to get more than the property is actually worth, or is cheating the gov ernment by securing an under tseess- ment. . Will Uphold City's Supremacy. An action- which if carried through will mean much to uphold Portland's supremacy as a grain exporting Otiuvr was started by the dock commission last week when it decided to ask the city council for authorization to issue $900,000 bonds for a Kite and coii.striij tlon of a big grain elevator and -v-n re house. The elevator, it is estimated will cost half a million dollars ond will have a 600.000 bushel capacity. Under the plan proposed the bonds will be paid out of receipts, and the public will not be called upon to psy a cent toward the project. This itsult will be attained by getting wheat ship pers to agree to pay a specified rental The bonds can be authorized only by putting through a charter amendment at the next election. Ground Tloor Xeased. The ground floor of the Columbia building, at Washington and West Park streets, haa Just been leased through H. G. Terry to J. B. Birdsall. The property is owned by the Realty associates. - Mr. Birdsall is a cigar store man and will establish a store in the build ing. Another section will be given over to a cafeteria and a small sec tion on the ' West Park street front age will be the quarters of a barber shop. The cafeteria .will be operated by R. J. Griesel, "and later he expects to install a dairy lunch counter in the basement. . To Maka Cleaner City. Actual steps toward makinir Pnrt. land a cleaner appearing city and at the same time a city wher the fire risk is- lesser, were taken last week when the public works department or dered the wrecking of four old build ings, one on Fourth, one on Front and two on Second streets. The order was issued under the provisions of the nuisance ordinance, which gives the city a right to hare removed, renovated or wrecKed all structures that dilapidated. are TRANSFERS AND SALES week decided -that renovation of build ings of the county farm shall be done "by day labor and only those employed shall be Wasco county residents who have families. The work will be done undr tho supervision of Architect C. J. Cran dall and win give work to about 10 men ror several weeks. JThe county farm tract was pur chased recently from The Dalles City Park association, buildings and all it consists of 44 7it?.VbI? ilDd Just beynd the city limits of The Dalles. - Sratatorlum Plans Nearly Beady. .iiiougn construction of the nata torlura at Pendleton, which th Up association will build and present to the city, will not begin until late in the spring, plans are raoidly near- Ing completion. Last week J. O. Con vil, superintendent of parks in Port land, who will supervise the construc tion or, the big swimming tank, was in Pendleton meeting with the natatorium committee. Good Bonds sell Tract. The Columbia highway is directly responsible lor the sale of th nin acre Shere place near Hood River. Th tract was purchased by Mrs. A. Mar tin from E. I. Whltemore. She stated that as soon as she was assnron tht the highway would be completed she ueciaea 10 purcnase the tract as a summer home. "Work on University Building. The concrete work itt with the construction of the adminis tration Duuaing at the University of Oregon is completed and ,the granite base is being laid preparatory to start ing brick work. According to officials the three story building will be fin ished In May. Bays Pine Bottom Zand. Qeorge Loerpabel of Mohler, in the Nehalera valley, has purchased 20 acres- of fine bottom land from Ru dolph Zweifel, and which will b add-d to his other dairy properties. The con sideration was $6000. The land Is partly cleared and all of it la in pas- Mark Banna Buys Parm, : The Oak View farm near Newberg, a tract containing 30 acres, was pur chased a' short time ago by Mar Hanna. The consideration was $g&00 The farm is a mile from town. Bauch Bear Hopewell Sold. A price of $16,150 was paid by J it-"- V.T cre ranch near it " u c , e property is known as the Hopewell place. " Wayerhansexs Bay, Timber Tract. ".. The Northern Pacific ; Rotiwr I pany has Just sold to the Weyerhauscr ' company 3,377.15 acres of timber land . MtlTMiiiiwirn-iift)nnt-iiiirmiiriiimiiiiwMiMBniiiMMiiniiiMiiwim in the eastern, part of Lane - county, the purchase price -being $16,88o.7D. The Weyerhausers already owned many thousands of acres of Iiane county timber. Hospital Hearty Beady. The St.. Elizabeth - Hospital at Baker will be ready for occupancy by the middle of February, providing the present building rate is maintained. Floors are now being installed afi'l doors hung. The remainder of the work is complete. Will Erect Bank Building. The First National bank of Spring field has just purchased a lot of land from the iJice Land company at tho corner of Fifth -and Stain streets, on which it will erect soon a banking building. The estimated cost of the building, including the site, is $30,000. Building Ball at Hermiston. Work will" start immediately on the construction of a 40 by 80 foot con crete building at' Hermiston for E. M. Sanders of Prairie City. The building will cost JiOOO and will be used as a picture theatre and a public hall. Buys Hear Gates. C. H. McCurdy of Portland has closed a deal for a tract of land near Gates and has already left Portland to take possession of his property and mane it ms nome. Orders Jail Built. The city council at Florence ordered the erection of a city Materials are already at -han-i. has jail The structure will be of brick, and will have a metal roof and cement floor. REALTY TRANSFERS John Daum and wife to dimes M. An dreseii, L. 0, B. 19. Hawthorne's First addition ...a lo iioe tenwtery Ass n. to Dora Ban ister fcE. J L. 79. Sec. "O," said wmetery 75 Wilhelm Oluoii and wife to John Stoog, I-. 1, 3. B. 18, Multnomah 3,000 Boy C. White and wife to Herman Wit- tenbecher. L. 7. B. 17, Vernon 1,900 Ida K. Buhler and Liubaiid to Nordby Craven InT. Co.. L. 5. B. 152. Hh City Park ; 10 1 A. Peters and wife to Jesse T. June, L. 0, 10, 19. 20, 21, 22, B. 17, Ij. 15. 16, 17, B. 20, Portsmouth Villa Annex No. 5 . 10 I. A. Petera and wife to Jesse T. Joik L. 19, B. 8, Mallory addition 10 Mattie At. Benson U. Edward Magoe 1 4, S. Vj L. 5, B. "F," PorUmouth Villa Kxtd 1,573 Pacific Land Co; to A. C. Mclntyre, L. 9, B. 5, Murraymead 10 E. H. Westenfehl and wife to lJUian M. James, iU 4, B. 8, Hyles addition 14 Aiieusta M. Uansou uid husband to . Jennie Selberg, L. 6. B. 110, Irrine- ton 10 W. E. Pifrr and wife to Geo. F. Gren U 17, 18. B. 130, Tnierelty Park 600 Geo. 1. I-ent and wife to John S; Howe at ul. L. 3. B. 2. Ma::delina Park 200 i.uwurth I'lckel and wife to Harriet li. Welch, L. 17, B. 6S. I.aurt-Ihurst . . 10 Henry Warnock to Clyde H. Billl. L. 5. B. 4, Wilburton 10 Crown InT. Co. to IJzsie Dalelelsh L. 2, 13, B. 7. Parkhurst 1.2S0 oeo. l,. eteeisniitn ana wite to w. H. Sykes, K. 14 U 3, 11. 4. Norti Port- lafid 10 Same to same, L. 14. B. 21. Central, Albina 10 The West St. Johns ind Co. to Carl Keckleis, L. 17, B. 5. Vbltwood Court 275 Alice Mary Biftsonnett to Geo. Baabe. L. 13, B. 19,"Elberta 10 Leander Martin et al to E. M. Rowley L. 6, B. 1, Tbayler 600 Same to B. W. Bowler. L. 5. B. 1. Thayer 600 Mary Ueynolda to W. B. Straw. L. 7. 8. B. 3, Sewiekly sedition .s. 1 Hose City Park Ass'b. to A. E. Allen. j. 8. B. B. 139. Rose City Park 1,000 tSira Hassler. Murray and husband to the AieironniiTan idt. a: inn. uo.. u. z. B. 38. Belle Crest 10 I. B. Holsman and wife to pamnel S. Thompson. S L. O. B. 10. B. 2. Howes addition 6.000 Monroe Lowe and wiie to J. w. Maruno- lich. L. 22. 23. B. 1. Corona Park.. 430 Pacific Land Co. to Win. 11. Banes et al. N. 37 feet L. 14. B. 47. Vernon 10 Edith B. Rayburn and husband to John K. Bmklngham, L. 3, 4, B. 5, Bay. ' burn Park 10 M. O. Faulk and wife to Martha E. Poehler 1.. 45, 40, 47. 18, B. 174, CniTerelty Park 10 Grace K. Irahoff to J H. Imhoff. I 5, B. 1, East Portland Hts 3,000 Same to same, land beginning 260 feet E. and 40 feet N. of SW. corner tract conveyed, to B. Boeschly, dated May 13. 1873. which rner is NW. cor ner of what was called ,D. Tlbot . 11 . r" tract, being a point 5 chains 58 links S. from Sff. -comer of what was ' Lois B. Kerns tract 3,000 Grace E. Imhoff to J. H. Imhoff. L. 1, 2, B. 19. Kenilworth 1.O00 Gertrude' Patton McNalr and husband to Matilda Patton Knapp. L. 1, 4. B. 9, First Electric addition.. i.:. 300 Richardson-Sharkey Co. to E. A. Tierce L. 5. 6. B. 62. Waerly. 1,650 Delia Klrby aod husband to Ellen Fran cis Meaner et ai, iari l,. l, a, iuj. East Portland . 1.2C0 John F. CbeldeUn to Lihie Throop. L. i 11. 12, B. a. Hannums rub. L. 1, 2, " . 3, 4. B. 1; L. 1. 2, 3, 4, B. 26, Joseohine 10 Central Trust & Inv. t". to Susie M.- : , , Parks. L. 7f B. 3, Colonial Hts. (as- , slicned to John W., Baker)... 2.500 Fcrtland Realty & Trust Co. to Geo. E. Weller L. 3. S. 21.3 feet U 4. . ; , 4moi,ilit Plat B. 5. Uilhams Second - addition 1.400 Clinton A. Ambrose and wife to Vera J YVnlratt. IL 6. 7.- B. 9. Sub. L. 23 to 27. Glenliawa Park - 10 Marr Benner to J. W. t ady et al L, 23, . B. . WUlametta - 800 lrvin K. Weitiel to Mary J. Wettxel ri " , 'pi"- . " - - . House addition 10 Big Plastering Contract liet. ' E. C. McDougall has been awarded the contract, for plastering the Meier & Frank Co.'s 14-story building by the Dmwiddie Construction .company, gen eral contractors.' The estimated cost of the work is something over $60,000. Thomas. Finn has taken out a per mit for the erection of a $2000 resi dence at 11 Kllpatrick street for O, IS. Uoodwin, . Tne structure wm . be a story and a v half high and of frame construction, . J'J V ljT , . A , X 1 1 - - 2p ri ' iL, - ; -ell- r, Of , ,- - . v , - 1 . :.,; - l,rztuiu, 1 K fll;H HI ftfl liifflM 4 ' ' Top Fifteen thousand dollar residence just completed by F. E. Bowen at Nineteenth and Klickitat streets. The structure is two stories high, contains 12 rooms and the interior is finished in white enamel with Circassian walnut trimmings. The baths are all finished in tile, and floors of the apartments are done in oak. " t Bottom Plant of the Pacific; Soap gan, operations last week. Its presence in Portland Is due to the Security Development company. It represents an investment of employed. DECEMBER BUILDING RECORD ENCOURAGI KG Not only did Portland lead every city of the Pacific coast in building activity during the month of Decem ber, but she was the fifth highest city of the United" States. Incident ally the figures showing the building record of the 67 leading' communities of the nation, as presented by I the Construction News. Indicates that Portland and Seattle are numbered among the cities , which show an In crease In activities as compared With the corresponding month of 1913. As compared for the year, building oper ations for 1914 were only 9 per cent lower than for 1913. ! The only cities leading Portland during December were Chicago. Pitts burg, Boston and New York. Seattle stands seventh on the building list. Only It and Portland show gains for December as concerns Pacific coast cities. Total Value Shown. The total rvalue of building permits for the 67 cities reporting is $291146.- 805 for 7728 structures, which shows a decrease of 43 per cent in the value of building aa compared with Decem ber of 1913. On the Pacific coast, Portland's building record for December of 1914 is' $1,601,335, an increase of more than $900,000 -over -the value of permits -for December of 1913, "or a" percentage in crease of . 149. Seattle . shows values of $1,298,165, which mark an increase of , 136 per - cent -as compared to the corresponding period of the 'year prior. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland,- San -Diego and - other'. Pacific coast cities are far. down the list J San' Francisco -recqrd for the month was $717,000 . and -LtOs Angeles followed with $651,000. Oakland's record I was CONTRACTS LET AND Oregon Stone Prevails. The agitation for;the use of Oregon stone In - federal buildings erected within the state lines apparently has won out with the supervising architect at Washington, and a precedent Is es tablished which will have its effect in securing the same consideration in the future. The case at point is in con nection With the awarding of the con tract by the government to the Sound Construction company of this city . for the construction of th proposed, post- office building at -Medford. The con tract calls for a $97,000 structure and specifies that sandstone will be quar ried from the supply near- Pioneer, Oregon, ' l.' , '. ." -There has been, considerable agita tion for Oregon stone.' A 'short"! time ago the civic organizations of Albany passed resolutions favoring local stone and this in the face of the fact that foreign, stone is going into its federal building.. The Portland - Chamber . of Commerce and the - State Manufactur ing association also demanded Oregon stone, among others. . r . Begrade Plans JTearly Beady. Plans and ' estimates for r the: pro posed , viaducts . and - regradVs proposed by the 0-W R. & N. have. 'been prac tically . completed by public works, de partment engineers, and they will soon be forwarded to the city council for consideration. The first wo tit on which bids - will be asked probably, will be the Holgate street viaduct, r The entire cost of the improvement is placed at $600,000,- The company will pay 60 per cent of the cost of the-viaducts, the property owners 20 per cent and the city, 20 per cent. On the regrade work the company will pay all. Bids Qpened fox Poartn" Tim. The city 'council last week iopened bids f for the ' construction of " the proposed Eighty-second and Wil low ;.' street sewer. William j Llnd was - the lowest . bidder I for the reinforced. concrete :: type of , con struction and jGiebisch & Joplin -for company at East Forty-fifth and $278,000 and Tacorca registered $43,000 in permits. Of the larger cities Chicago and Pittsburg enjoyed the greatest activ ity, trie former snowing an increase of o per cent In December and the latter of 277 per cent as compared with the same month a year ago. Other cities widely scattered bad enormous gains, including Louisville, 37 per cent; South Bend, 261; Colum bus. Ohio, 132; Dayton, 43; East St. Louis, 67; St. Joseph, Mo., 11; Allen town, Pa., 109; Reading. 188; Passaic, N. J., 37i4,Omaha. 45; Denver, 903; San Jose, 1; New Orleans, 36; Rich mond. Va., 24; Lawrence, Mass.. 172, and Troy, N. Y., -435. LotMi Are Shown. The losses affect a large section of the country, beginning with New York city with 89 per cent, Boston, 27; Buf falo. 73; Detroit. 24; Saginaw. 23; St. Paul. 28; Minneapolis, 54; Milwaukee, 55; Cedar Rapids, 48; Dcs Moines, 67; Davenport. 37; Kansas City, Kan., 79; Lincoln. 26; Springfield. I1L, 22; Roch ester, 60; Syracuse, 25; Worcester, 49; New Bedford. 69; Brocton. 86; Elisa beth.. 76; Newark, N. J., 90; Hoboken, 88; Scrantpn 15; Wilkes Bar re, 18; Al- toona. 37; Akron, 63;TYoungstown, 73; San Francisco,; 63.; Oakland, 75; Los Angeles, 70; San Diego, 57; Berkeley, CaL, 68;' Pasadena,. 65; Spokane, - 70; Tacoma, 61 ; Baltimore, .-2 ; . Atlanta, 21:. Nashville 14; -Savannah, ;.Z3; Char lotte, N. .C-, 89; Chattanooga, , 80; Bir- minsrham.1 73:' Portland, Me.. 38. - - :j The total, building operations, for the year for 68 cities shows the value of permits for il914 at -. $634,177,323, as compared to - a - permit valuation of $697,594,916 .for 1913. , . . . JBUIllDINGS PLANNED the monolithic. XInd's bid. was $148,-' 639 and Oiebiach & Joplin's bid- $161. 894. This is the fourth time bids were opened and unless protests of citizens stop proceedings early .action on the bids is expected. ' . ; Bids for Oreat Bridge. Bids are being advertised for the construction , of the proposed $1,760,- 000; interstate bridge to connect Van couver and Portland, by the. interstate bridge- commission. - The olds-will -be opened at 2 p. nu February 23. "This follows ; the . approval . and acceptance of the plans prepared by Waddell & Harrington -and associates, of Kansas City, .- v ' . -j . - ; . -. There are 10 forms 1 of proposals ranging from manufacture of super structure to embanking .work.. The steel work win be 5000 feet in length. and, including approaches," the bridge will be 12.000 feet lonav- . Plans and specifications are at 'the of flees of -the commission In the Wor cester building. Plans Being Bevlsed. As a result of a failure of the city and Frye and company -to agree in regard to original, plans of construe tlon of a market at Third and, Yam bill,- the . plans are . being . revised in Seattle. According to imormationVre ceived. here the company intend . t invest $35,000 in-a fireproof structure: Reinforced concrete, it is said, will be employed, i It. is . believed that the new plans will be completed by. th last of this week and submitted to tne city building .department early next- week for - approval. -, The plans. It is said, provide for a refrigerating piant. xoe floors will be tiled. . Bank Plans Om Soon. - Although no definite promise : has been given, officials of the First Na tlonal bank are expecting the arrival of. plans for the proposed $400,004 bank building, some time this month: The structure ' will be erected at the southwest corner -ot , Fifth and Stark Halsey , streets. The plant be efforts of E. J. Condon, of the about $10,000. Fifty men are streets, on the site now occupied by a four story brick building. This structure will be wrecked. some time this spring but the date will not be decided upon until the final approval is made of the bank building plana XTatatorltun Planned. A syndicate which owns four acres of land opposite the Multnomah club property at Chapman and Salmon streets Is planning tp build a public natatorium. on the grounds, accord ing to Ivan Humason, who beads the organization. Plans for the propose! project have been under consideration for 'two years. Mr. Humason is au thority for the statement that the na tatorium will be under construction earlly in the spring provided plans do not miscarry. Bids for Sotel to Be Asked. Bids for the construction of the $100,000 Simpson hotel at North Bend will be asked next, week in all proba bility, according to Architect Tourtcl lotte of this city, who has charge of tne wor.. Plans, were completed sev eral weeks ago and have met with the approval of those who are backing the venture. The hotel will be on-a of the most modern in Coos county when it is completed. School Unit Plana, Within . the next six weeks It Is expected that plans for the proposed first unit of the Kennedy school will have been completed by F. A. Narra- more, .superintendent of . school prop erties. The unit will cost about $40,- 000 and will be similar to the recently orected Fulton .Park school. The ul- . , . . . . . . . . ' &. innate coai . ot: ine ;Biruciure win us $115,000. Will Buid Besidaace. George' Foreman has been commis sioned to erect a $3000 frame dwelling house in Rose. City JPark for Clarence Wheeler df the Powers Furniture com- -pany.' The house will be two stories in.heighth and will be built on a site V64e East Forty-seventh street norm. mil Cost $3500. 1. L Fenton of 135 East Twenty- ninth": streets has Jaken , out a perta? to "erect at. 1037 Clackamas street a story and half residence buildins whieh, it is -estimated,' will cost $3500. Frame construction will obtain. Besidence Being Built. L ' A frame residence of an estimated cost of $3600 is being erected at 12 tEast Forty -first street by G. Guistlno of -496 - Marguerite avenue, xne struc ture will be one story high. Work Ii Oommenesd. J. - C. Walker has begun struction of a- two story " building, at 895 Broadway, Meadow ' Parte addition, for the con residence ' in the his own use.: The building Is of frame and its estimated cost is $2700. Contracts Are Awarded. j D. Cutriethas been awarded the con tracts for the construction of a frame residence building one story- high at 829 Dunekley avenue, in the Alameda Fark addition. The structure- is be ing built for W. I,; Stewart of 37 Broadway and. will cost $2800. - Permit Taken Oat. F. H. Wright has taken out a per mit 'for the' erection, of a " one-story t franco residence building which will cost $1000 land will be . erected imme diately at J809 Drummond. street. - Building Xs Planned. A two story building "at 1130 Mad ison "street Will be erected" immediate ly under the supervision of Architect C W.' Erta for D. Falangus of Clif ton. Or. The building will cost $2300 and will , be of frame construction. Plans Beariy Btady . Plans for. the constructionof three bridges which will be built soon by Multnomah -county on the Columbia highway at an estimated cost of $40, 004 will be completed this weelc The plans are being prepared under the J. O. Elrod. of the Eirod Heal Estate company, who recently invested $400,- 000 in southern Oregon timber lands, has returned to Portland following; a month's business visit In California, convinced that the next few months will witness a big business revival. I along all lines. As regards real estate, he says, In dications point to only ne thing continuous expansion of the market, with consequent Increase in building. Incidentally he Insisted OrVgon should work harder for more good roads, the "prim requisite for the upbuilding of the community." n "Everywhere I went."- he said yes terday. "I found people generally opti mistic. The feeling of optimism, I might add Is in itself a great stride toward improved conditions. Add to this the fact that conditions have grown better during the last two months, and you will readily realize what progress is being made. Sales Are Increasing. "In Los Angeles and Ban Francisco I talked with a number of the big operators and the majority of them told me that their sales had been bet ter 'during the last month than at any time during the last year. In short, not only the man who thinks, but the fellow who guesses, knows that the bottom has been Teached, the turning point made and the upward swing be gun. "A market moves always when opti mism is present. The pufttio in gen eral Instinctively bulls' the markets and the occasional buyer simply re fuses to buy even the best kind of stuff while the 'bear element pre dominates. "San Francisco naturally is plan ning to enjoy something better than a good year owing to the big exposition And right here let me say that the California realty men are on the job and are counting on that fair. They look for and are working to secure the sale of farm lands to visitors, par ticularly fruit lands and acreage. Ore gon ians should not lose tho oppor tunity to ahaxe in this bssincss. Ef forts should be put forward to Im press the thorough goodness of Oregon from the investors standpoint. We should concentrate In this matter. Little Speculation Expected. "One reason why I figure on added activity in realty is on account of the big crops last fall and the high prices. Although it is not generally known. good crops in the east and middle west nlwH.va mean more families moving westward. When there are good crops farmers in the east sell out to some other ranchman and come west. And ihv ar the men we need. "There will be very little speculating supervision of State Knglneer Bowlby. Bids will not bo caUed for until Feb ruary, however. Concrete will b the material used in construction. Besldsnces Bains; Erected. Two frame residence buildings, on adjoining lots at-926-28 Regents Drive. In the Altamead additios, are being erected by D. J. Mahoney. The struc tures are each two stories high and will together cost $9000. Contract tm Awarded. E C. J. Morterud has been awarded the contract for the construction of a single story frame residence at 61 J East Fiftieth street north. The build ing is for Wanda Bletaw of 23 East Twenty-sixth street. ; ' One Story BnlMing. A one storv frarrfe residence build ing which will cost approximately $2000 Is being erected by IL and J. Gord at 741' East Sixty-sixth street north. A. Wyman has been awarded the PRACTICAL INFORMATION - For Home Owners and Builder Union Abstract Co. EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT EFFICIENT CLERICAL, FORCE PRICES REASONABLE. 411-412-413 COBBXTT BLDO. Fionas Main 66 and A-3817 Oregon Heating Co. Incorporated STEAJC A3TD HOT WATZB HEATING Office Fhone Marshall 3728 Hirjbtt Builders' Exchange 207 Clay Street. Portland, Or. J. C. English Co. Lighting Fixtures E. Irving and TTnloa Ats. Factory to .Container HARDWOOD FLOORS nnunsHED, zatd abb fzbtbxbb. PORTLAND HARDWOOD FLOOR CO Inc. Wholesale and Retail 187 West Park St Masonib Temple Bldg., Portland, Or. Call for Estimates. Main 8428, A-5428 SHOPE BRICK CO. Will remodel your fireplace so It will give as much heat as any stove; using the same amount of fuel., T7BXEB STBICT GU ABAHTBE 303 E. Morrison St. Phono East 1835 General Insurance BONDS McCaxgar, Bates & Lively Yeon Building Main 168, A-2694 . R. Kibler A BelUble Bnildsr. v , Get my estimate before yon build. 1104, E Tamhlll St. -v Phone B-2786, H In Oregon during 1915. What we want ; is 'new money, and the eastern farmer '.: moving west is the man ho' brings It. He is an investor, pure and simple, and better still a stay-tn-the-country sort of investor. Speculators- well we hava'? too many of them already and at the . present time they are overloaded. They U bought too much and now have lots of property and no cash. But the incom- ; ing farmer will want land, and ho will have the money, and because the other fellow needs It means that the new- comer will get hts land at a reasonable A price.' . . , ' Good Boaas Build Country. In this connection Mr. Elrod rim ' out strongly as the champion jf:good, rflfldfl ami tnATA nf tJtAm . f'linrui ta.lf. V 1 ing properly built highways as the -"prfme requisite, for the upbuilding of a community, ha said: 'I ttever realintrd , what a wonderful factor Rood roads play in maintaining -the value of California lands until I-" got a visualized example of their good at Los Angeles last week. A, friend"? Of mine asked me to go out to his ? orange grove, 67 miles away, ,4 1 had 1 an appointment for 2 o'clock In' ths sfternoon I said I could tiot go for that reason. . ' "'Don't worry. he said, we will be j bark for lunch.' " . "We were". We got into-his machine,: struck a road running fulo the coun try that was built like a pa.ved street and bowld along at a 40 mile-clip.", "And here is tho contrast; Yoater- . day I took ny machine and went oat . to a ranch of ininc 13 miles out -of Portland. It took me juxt as long to negotiate tho run as my friend did in. Ixjs Anselc! with five times the dis- " tatice to travel. "The wear to my machine was great- : er and the journey positively unpleas ant. " Cut you seo they do things' in ' California. They rcallao that good- roads niciuj something. The ba man In Oregon is the fellow who sees that": good roads cost is absorbed In tho 3a- ed value they give bis property. When1, onco the property owner gets that fact' established, tireon Is going ehe-ad.; faster. Sh will give tourists, road which will allow them to see our won-, dcrful scenery; she will give our farm- ' ers roails that will tillow them to haul, their crops to market at minimum cost and Oregon will grow. .- - .v "Scenery in mmlht-rn California" Is a Joke as compared to Oregon, but peo ple travel far to view it. Why? Simp ly beeauHe tlione people have the roads,; and have unid and concentrated : In inviting outsiders in and tlicn attend.-: ing to their wants. Thousands upon thousands of auto tourists will visit California during the fair, "and tnany will come to Oregon if we Insist upon it. Let's get busyr' , . ; -. . contract fur the erection of a residence for Mrs. Mary Hunter at 155 Royal Court. The building will be of frams construction, a story and a half, nigh, and will cost $4200. i s ... BUILDING PERMITS 3 Chetter Kelloeir Itefaalr 1 torr frama dwrlilns. ltt East Main t.. betwa SOta- and i Slut; builder. G. M. t'lmoa; coat $40. CUrenee . Vh--!r Erect 3 atory framv . dwrillBi. ft40 7th at. S.. hetrr 8(antoa ' and Siskiyou; tmikter, Geo. .W. Konaua; eoat ; $3T'V). i. I. r.rkhlll Reoatr 2-tory frame e ing. l'H3 K. WaAhlnpton betweea X. W. eoroe : 35th; bnlider. V. . Cyrwa: mat $250. Geo. MeUrn Erect 1 atory frame saraea. Ai e ftd betveu Ab and Stark; 11Wm; , eot $0O. M'. H. MorHvwa Repatr 2 afore fi-ama flTrelJlns, 510 le at., bmeen E. lltk sad ; L'. 1Kb; builder. Waldel Br.; coat t20. Chaa. LnMr Itrpalr 1 utory frame dwell-1 Ins. ,VM Stafford at., between Atbtna and -Rirbt: biilldpr. V.. B. Wllllann: rrml . MultnnuiHB Hotel oiDany UepeJr S fWT hotel. 4!t N. ,-h1 .. betwpva Ash tn( Ila; builder. Bingham tc Wielley; cut 3TM. Kalamine Iron Doors and Hollow Metal Window aCanofsctured by J. C. Bayer Furnace Co. Fhone Mala 461, A-4461 raOKT ABB MABXZT BTS. ' Beaver Board TIMMS CRESS & CO. 184-6 SECOKB ST POBTXABB . Phonss Main 2033 A-8033 Mar. 3718. A-2U Jhe QregonHomeBofldcrs O. K. JEFFERPresV i; ; M Build you a home on terms like rent.' Any part of the city. - . . ' 1330 H orthwes tern Bank Bldg, i em A Perfect , House-Heating System Economical to Operate Portland Gas & Coke i. Co. M. L. KLINEl Wholesaler FAULTLESS Plumbing &jieating Supplies 84-86-87-89 PBOWT STBEXT Phone Mala 1605 THE Morgan Wallpaper Co. WALL PAPER 230 Second SU. Bet. Salmon and Mala, The Cheerful Home U the Electrically Lighted Home: SEE . T78 Rector Syst M.J.WALSH CO. Bota Phones. . , ' 311 Stark St. S