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OREGON - SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING,' JANUARY .21, 1917.
BANNER DEAL OF YEAR ,
IS SALE FOR $325,000
OFf-llBUlK:
First Big Realty Transfer s
Purchase of Board of Trade
' Office Structure.
FOUR CAPITALISTS BUY
SCas S. Houser and Three.. Portland
- Ham Take Over .rropertyi Other Biff
Basis Coasnnuaatsd aad Fending.
Seal Estate Transfers.
No. Value."
'This week
4 Last week
.248 $165,799
.219 140,431
.111 255,568
.107 22.91
Previous week. . .
Three weeks ago
Tear ago
224 92.361
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BuUdlaa Permits.
This week 55 88.105
l.at week SO 63,755
Previous week.... 47 78.565
Three weeks ago.. 24 29,895
Tear ago 43 3,650
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By Max H. Sommer.
: Inaugurating a year that promises
to surpass in buildings and real estate
transfers the last two years is the!
deal cloeed at the end of the week by I
Whlch the Board of Trade building is
Old to Max II. Ilouser and three affil-
laiea i'ortJand capitalists lor a re-
.ported consideration of $325,000 spot
. ch. .
Tltle to the property Is vested In th?
Becurlty Savings & Trust company, as
ate to handle the property for lnvet-
-Mint purposes. Tne ouuaing is aoout
-1-1. 1., - i .i,. t i,a
.-.,M,Jt ,.Arn r fourth and Oak Brothers, of Stanfield. The latest ac
!?""1.t.a"t A--'.' ?5iU-h quisltlon la 300 acres of land and 900
streets.
Construction was started
eight years ago by the old Oregon
, TruNt & Ravinaa bank, but before the
1 Structure was completed and ready for
occupancy the financial Institution was
' a financial failure. The ground was
cwned by Dr. Kdward H. Parker, for-
rnerly of Portland, and now of Jos An- u,uuu. 1 ne tract aajoins ana rounas the council. The ocejpancies stipu
; le. who !s atMl one of the owners, out her holdings, known from pioneer lated as obiect lontfcla In the recom-
",Oay lxmbard, the otlier owner, until
' the purchase during tne week, pur-
chased the building and completed the
construction.
Board of Trade.
, XD xransacuon IS p.irpiy ir
vestment purposes, which sianirves
that the temerity that capital has felt
'! a . m i t
k i'" -
IS triLril T7 " I "5
.v-.,r'w--:""':r .i-r-
vrlll see the prosperity in other llns
turned into real estate Investments on
the side. '
, Max H. Houser, who is well known
for his great activity as a grain mer-
chant and exporter, recently took an
OPtJon on the old 'Empress building, at
the northwest corner of Broadway and
Yamhill atreta for 1325.000. .The oo-
f 1lon expires May 1. Associated with
Mr, tlouser in tnis aeai is ornery uim
; stead, of the Northwestern National The exact price of the land Is not
bank. Indications are that the option made public, but approximates $10,000.
will be taken up at or before the end "
of the option period. .LEWISTON SALE ASSURES
Purchase Means Machine Plant. '
Another Seal of the week, the slg-
,in.nn ,v,(..h oonnnt h m.onrfi
1. j ui. . v
by the monetary consideration was the
purchase of 14 acres for a factory site
between East Forty-seventh, Forty-
ninth. East Qllaan streets and the
O-W-. R. & N. tracks, by A. II. Averlll.
of. the Averill Machinery company,
. 'ine iraci was purrnapeo iiirougn mo
srency of William II. Mall, of the real
estate firm of Mall & Van Borstel, for
a casn consideration 01
increased Dusiness neeas ana,mncw
enterprise oi manuiaciur.ng ana as-
aembllng farming and sawmill macnin-
ory prompted the purchase of the site
. - m .
by A. H. Averlll, who contemplates the
erwiyon oi iwu cuuemo uuiiuino.
Al P,resent company has a plant
en Belmont, between East First and
" rlK ueCvd strp,eta- 101?X,200,f'le'
t Which has become too small for the in-
' creasing business
' - Th .1.retvBt,.ctUrAB oa .V
; crete office building. 100x300 feet In dl -
menslons. and the second a one-story
-Storage building, between 500 and 600
' feet long and 110 feet wide.
rii.!.it 9. Tiri-h9.H fmm Trr-
fnan P. Gradon. who st one time was
city engineer In Portland, but now lo-
rated In San Francisco, and Chester S.
: Wright. The tract was bought for
ttt KOI) frnm tha two nnrtlaa. K 47 flrrp
from Mr. Gradon and 8.8 acrea from.
' Th. tract antenna for oo faat iiaiw
r trrtv.avnth and Riiun atrt
" and for 435 feet alone- the O-W. R. &
va w v wa, uv vuiiunigp WI1
, N tracks. The firm of Russell Bros., templated are now on file at the of
who some time ago were reported to b ficeg 0f tn building bureau and pro
looking for a site, holds stock In the vide for a frame structure 100x200 feet
AveriU company, and will operate in dimensions, to be used for an addl
through that company In Portland. It tlon to the planing mill. Another, the
, rHaa a large plant at Masslllon, Ohio, plans for which have as yet not been
and branches on the coast. The Aver- completed, will be used as a paint and
-111 plant employs about 35 persons, and general workshop. This unit will be
eventually will need many more. . 100x200 feet In dimensions. The build-
Twehy Brothers Will Snlarga. lngs will total about $10,000 In cost.
- In preparation for a large extension Rearrangement of tha vtM. nnri
TpO To the 1
l i-TuHomeOwner
aUwood ea B-1323
OREGON DOOR CO.
SASH AND DOORS
General Mill Work
root Spokaas Ave Portland, Or.
J. C. English Co.
Lighting
- Fixtures
S. Xrvtag aad TTatoa Ave.
Factory te Coasusaes
General Insurance
BONDS
McCargar, Bates & Lively
Ycon Balding Main 168. A-2594
ABSTRACTS
t Union Abstract Co.
EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT ;
i EFFICIENT CLERICAL FOKCS
PRICES . REASONABLE,
41M1M13 COUm BUXI. -.
Paeats Mala aad A-3S17 '
rrei
m
Activity in Farms
Promoted by , High
Prices for Crops
Year Opens With Promise for Rai
ral and Agricultural Lands Dor- $
ins Period of Large Returns.
Farm lands seem to be In treat de
mand in thin era. of Vlrh mHi fn
raln nd livestock. The' year has
been notable In rural and agricultural
circles. Many ranches have paid for
themselves on the year's production of
high priced grain and livestock. f
Some of the deals transacted recent
ly and recorded by the country press
are: -
960,000 Baker Stanch Bought, E. J.
Johnson, of Baker, closed a deal at the
J. E. Lindley ranch of about $60,000
when he purchased all the holdings of
the Llndleys near North Powder.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Dorgan have sold
their 1000 acre farm north of Corval
lis and are preparing to leave for Port
land, where they will make their horrid
at 345 Washington street.
Student Buys Baker Xaaeh Fred
I. Entermllle Jr. has purchased a 160
acre farm about 4 Mi miles west
Baker from Mrs. Mary Gardner
tlon Is reported to have been 312,000.1
! The purchaser Is a aophomore at th! !
Oregon Agricultural college, end ex- j
jjipects to operate the ranch upon h!i
meantime his father will bo In charge
or ine property.
This ranch is said to be one of the
oldest In Baker county, and la also
considered to be among tne best.
onr aiooo fmr Ar Th-.
i0jt Wley, of Ashland, has bo'tuhi O. '
8 Butler's four acres of orchn , fi. 5
jy cherries. In Vfest Ashland, mi - ,
a gubstantial residence. As
change, Butler takes Wiley's p'opctv
on Iowa street as part payment. !j-!-
anco on a caFn basis. The deal in-
voives about 34500.
,,..,. (,. .,.. ,.,.,.
already Immense holdings of Stanfield
dhoof Jh' purchased frora '
Matha. Of Baker
Adds Quarter Section. Mrs. Z. C.
Price has bought a quarter eection of
choice Weston land from the 1 T. Mc-
Bride estate for a consideration of
times as the Price homestead, which
"w emonn ouu acres or ine ttnest 1
grain land In the neighborhood. I
Bakav SAneh Ta Hold -Mr. rat
Rummerhays has sold her 160 acre
E. Ran-
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m spnug.
T V. a J 1 1 a
.T a" fV.";:-drn Xr W,""D'
nnv ' tk si:,;.
Bend, to the Brong company, of Port-
land, were completed this morning.
ProP?rl.y consists 160 acres
01 ina wunin 10 miuuies waiK or
the business section of Bend, on ihe
east aide of the river and is one of
tne most sightly sections of property
adjacent to the city still unplatted. ,
'n iraci win Be pianea at once ana 1
placed upon the market early In the
INDEPENDENT OIL PLANT
!
. . . . !
. uenniie action lovira tno insiaiia-
tlon of a pIant for handlln(f ,ndepend-
ent oil In the Lewiston region has been
taU.n by c. w 0reen gn(1 William
Hollingsworth in the purchase from
william F. Kettenbach.P of a B0 foot
frontage on Main street, Lewiston,
ijao
Tne- plan, provlde for erecting oil
; tanks and warehouses at the rear of
t ha nrinnrtw nn voV o a T V a nrnnariv
nnroha.. ham a rinth f ifin fat vtth
- - w - v -ww '-
a 50 foot frontage on tne Northern Pa-
clfIo rIght of way whlcn
provides am-
rnnm y,atBvtkr tAo..
necesssary to handle the business of
-- 7.
I the firm
Tne Tear of tM(J property a(J re
centiy BOught by Frank O. Fletcher
i and Farl Skllleren. of Boise, and a
lease for the Bame ha(J been forwardM
to Boise, but nothing further was
i neard f""" t,5e applicants, and the deal
, for the purchase wa9 concluded by
Green and Hollingsworth.
,
et .ta v.
manufacture of 200 wooden railroad
box cars, Twohy Brothers are planning
the erection of two large machine
buildings and other email shops, the
tntul n pn.t oKnn 9r. nnn
The buildings will" be erected at the
1 nn. hotw.n ir.,V tvft- rtx. - . rr.
oiiv
-pinn. fn. n e ,-. .
erection of a aerlea of smaller anon
iwlll cost about $15,000.
The Improvements are necessitated
hV tha increase in hnalnean an
wnw W"7Z1"; L.JL.ir. -
dally at this tlm to take care of the' lne section cuvenua nn i)eu
car contracta that the comnanv ha. ai. tion la amplified In the reclmmenda-
Ji ready secured and orders expected in
,
The erection and assembling of the
9in r. tt, t-.-
will take about 30 days after work has n,ak worl1 of jnPvlns; jd strue
once started. On account of the.de- tures easier and more enomlcaL
layed shipments of parts which the Property owners have comphjned that
railroad onmnanv riimi.i... -..i lmDrovements to buildings tere pro-
work cannot start ontn a hour Vnw i
j Apartment House Planned,
flans are now being perfected by a
, Portland architect for
a twA ei t
ar.ertTnnt hnnu t a n.
t. N Palmer on M. nnnn.rf, tnnmn
in dimensions, at the corner of Gar-
field and Klllingsworth avenues, in
Piedmont. The cost Is estimated at
$30,000. Plans provide for a structure
ck rt i.. ., . i.
air and Hht reoulnferT'v'n
ina will be set hark is f.. frT.
front sidewalk line. Twenty anart
ments, consisting of 16 three room and
four fou7room suites: 7r n"ed in
the building, which will be of Old Ens.
lish in design, and half-timbered on
the upper exterior walls. The lower
walls will be of hollow tile. ,
Xatass Taken ta Corhett Bullaing.
A lease for a terra of years has been
signed whereby Albert W. Schmale ae.
cures the storeroom in the Corhett '
building, at 280 Morrison street, form
erly occupied by the savings depart
ment of the First National bank.
TPs space is 20x60 in dimensions.
and will be used for a book and period
tcai store. At present Mr. Schmale
conducts such a store at 229 First
street. The property Is owned by the
Corbett estate.
- Whes wrttlng to calling oa adrerttaert.
Create wntioa Its aocraal. . (adv.l
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STOCKYARDS BUILDING NEARS
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SC. " " , Bfc , 'JWulL ' ' ' , ' - - y '
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Livestock Exct
e baildlng, representing an ontlaj of $150,000, trill
five depart:
ts of the Portland
the aesthet
d the utilitarian,
New Buili
g Code
Ready
ubmit to
Councft for Action
Committee on
cvteion 01 iTeseni
Ordinance ComplVes Work of
Simplifying and Modernizing.
The location at hndesirable occu-
pancles that, wlli V
certain districts ll
Portland in the In
d to degenerate
be Impossible in
r future If the
city council adoDtaltts recommendation
of the committee oi revision' of the
present building oBe. The com
mittee has computet the revamping
j of the code, and are low putting it in
form to submit to thl council through
Commissioner Dieek, some time In
March.
section eoverlnl the limiting of
ndesirable occupances Is the fea
amounts to a zoning law If the couu-
ture of the revisin, and really
cil adopts the measurl and wields the
power vested In themttrlngently. The
section provides thatro building can
h chanaed in occu party or erected in
any district without the approval of
mendation are bolUr shops, dry clean-
ing estaDllsnmenis, saoies ior occu
pancy by more than t no animals, pub
lie garages, dog fcoiAas, nospnais,
chemical factories, juni storage yards.
Planing mills ana paenng nouses, in
with. th. Afommendatlon.
the council would (consider the prv
I tests of the people pf the district re-
the locatlorfof any seemingly
.objectionable occupier,
Simplex
h
Ttnu.
Generally the committee has revised
tno codo making It simpler In terma.
more understandable! lss voluminous
and more liberal. Te section regulat-
lns tne admlnistrati'm of the regula-
tlons has Deen cut dwn considerably,
The most radlcali'cnanges. If any
.v.. .liMMxn. .r h
caned radical, are those concerning
the construction ol buildings. The
revised code provide . for a limitation
in the height of bjldlngs to elgut,
atorles, or 110 feet Buildings may
go above this limit if each additional
four feet of height lis set back one
foot. The extreme height of a
building occupying a block under this
.,,t ,.M k. kin ,1.1..
iTXL f" t&J2?
f n " traf' f , tto tor
,an rt" ' 400 i?lnt l0r
a , tltctim 1.
?f Z? r
liberalized in the dasslficatlon of
stresses; Following fcho suggestion
made by the Lumbei Manufacturers'
association, a new grade of lumber
will be created caled the "select
- .
of I Douglas fir.
. "T , 7.Tr
'in i nmnap win n rven nrriHi -
: " Tiona in the matte, of stresses as
. ,ni h a. rrarin 4-ea from laraa
wul D? . "ar T..' . - f?
Knots ana me mosi lurauia yctici.
It will b stamped m such, a new
marketing feature In mis part of the
country.
Idhtlng Better keg ated.
The use of terra cottl is encouraged
by the proposed coJs, while the
stress requirements fr brick, and
masonry are left practically Intact.
Light courts In bulUlngs receives
especial attention. It proposed
that the size of Jhe l!ght courta be
adeauate to the height of the build
Tnis I'111 remedyjthe feature of
the present 'code whfth allows the
same court for an eiglt-story as for
a three-story building.
The width of stam Is reduce
withut a5fectln th
afety require
ments. It was found that the pres
ent code requires a wlth which can
not accommodate moreulnes than six
1 Inches less. Exit retirements are
based on the number Tf people hat
can make the egress hinder excite
ment. A time limit isi also adopted
for the safety of exits In public and
private buildings, dependent on the
size of the structure, tie number of
occupants and the tlmeUrenuired xo?
exit. '!
Obstructions to Traffic Beg-nlated.
i In the occupancy of putlio buildings
there la little change, except it is ln-
identally provided that In downtown
construction contractors mult operate
with le8S obstruction to traJflc. This
has been subject to much cohplalnt.
tlons of the committee. TH regula-
tlons governing alteration and re-
'vamping of old buildings vthln the
Inner fire limits will libehUlsed to
. hibitlve If made In accordanfce to the
present code.
Se vision a Tedious Task.
The codification of the feu-ding or
ainance nas Deen leaious anaiatienaea
with many new questions tiat mod
eLn condi"ons. wcn obtained since
tH enactment of the presenticode in
91 haV9 taT.on rVrT
ls the result ot "Sitatlon for the last
few years. V I
! The committee which had? cfcrge Of
the matter was of the followtig per
sonnel: Horace E. Plummet city
building inspector: J. A, Fouilhbux. 1L
JJ-S.
1UUIB ftUVI a Uikvi wvuuoviit asaaa. a iuui
mer served In the capacity) of chair
man. , l
The matter of a housing), code for
Portland will also be considered by
the council at an early da1te. A code
was submitted to Commissioner Dieck
a few years ago.
New Check for. Hoqt
Plans are now underway by the eon
irregation of the Norwegian Lutheran
- church- of Hoqulam, Wasb.J, for the
erection i a (wobsobi icrapia xji wor
ehip. A site nas aireaay 0900-.pur-
chased at tne corner 01 irteeun street
and Riverside avenue in East aoqniam.
The proposed .temple win gftic this
ideal location. it la planned It build
a wooaen cnurcn.
am
Stockyards company. The building
and was erected from plans by
Farm and Houses
Sold in Portland
Sam Doak Reports Sale of Two Or
egon Farms and One City
Residence Recently.
Samuel Doak reports the following
sales recently made through his of
fice: Sold to W. T. Vaughn, 'of Portland.
10 acres. Improved, near Tlrardvllle,
Washington county.
Bold to J. H. Burk,' of Portland, mod
ern 5 room house and corner lot. lo
cated at 1016 Vernon avenue. For thla
Mr. Burk paid all cash and bought It
for a home.
Sold 10 acres. Improved, stocked and
equipped, located half a mile south
west of "Tlgardville, Washington coun
ty, to Henry Larson, of Canada, who.
with his family, have already taken
possession and expect to make It their
home.
PENDLETON RESERVATION
LEASE SOLD FOR $43,000
Through a deal closed at Pendleton,
the Wright & Wilcox lease and outfit
on the reservation have been sold for
a total of $43,000. A feature of the
sale is that 1000 acres of crop was sold
at a price of (22. SO per acre.
The most of the land was taken by
the firm of Storle & Rltner, and the
leases are in the name of Glenn Storle,
who has become a member of the firm.
Another portion of the land was se
cured by Al Knight, while the Wright
& Wilcox land, on the north aide of the
river, was taken by Lawrence Lieu
all a n.
The land Involved In the deal
amounts to 1E00 acres, and all the
lease are to be transferred excepting
inat to one quarter section, which Is
retained by Joe Wright.
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ABERDEEN CAMPAIGN TO
GET NEW CITY AUDITORIUM
Agitation for a city auditorium at
Aberdeen, Wash., where community ex
hibits of one kind and anothar can he
displayed, has been revived in connec-'
tlon with the annual poultry show held I
a few weeks ago.
The plan of those promoting the city
auditorium plan Is to lease a double
corner In the downtown district for a
term of years and secure subscriptions
that JwiU enable them to build a sub
stantial building, which will take care
of annual exhibitions as they come
along and also provide a place for free
public concerts occasionally, and a
place where ranchers and strangers
coming to Aberdeen may find rest
rooms and such conveniences as are
needed. The movement for a bulldlne-
of the kind suggested Is to take def
inite ronn soon.
REALTY TRANSFERS
Charlotte Woodmaa tad huabana ta
Emma D. 8 tan too. L. 7. R. e. 81-
niona add. a nai
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lummiio Maio to Una. M. Warner.
. B. 3. a. C. Tark 10
. t. uerman et al to JoaeDh r.
VttUa. l. IS, B. 82, Belle Crest.. 10
j. trice ana wira to U. A. Soulta,
W H. L. 10. 11. B. 134, B.
rara
1.000
Wcatern Oregon TruU Co. to Carl A.
ujerae, u. o, B. 2, Arcadia
B. Kennedy to Emma L,. AlUtoek.
'00
10
Cbaa, H. Welah to John T. Albert, I
a, . x, vt-aicDDorongn
Clarence R. Ilotcbkli and wife to E.
10
v. Jennings U. 20. B. 4. Windsor
Hta. . . . . .T aiui
nooeri j. up ion to joon u. Ulllar et
ai. ozxizt teat Dec. in L line of B.
4. Corvallia add. son
aoipn wanauus 10 Ulnca Balzmann.
U 6S, Banner Aerea 1,000
Ptter Mansley and wife to Frank TTarn
br, U 8, 4, B. 10. Lee Bow Park 10
11 ue rrost vo. to Ellaa Isabella
Macy. E. V4 L. 11. 12. B. IS. Boss-
mere 10
w. a. lawyers ana wife to Golden
West Co., N. b. L. 1. 2. R. 3.
Howe's addition la
ugiesDy X wins to Tony Krrllsh et aL
L,. 14. 15. 10. H. S. Henry's 4ta
addition SCO
A. J . Drncgsr ani wire to 8. O,
Itrrln. L. 2. B. 97. R C. Park 1A
a. 4. XToup to Fannl. Troup. L. 6.
o, d ', Aiaen a aaa jo
cilia . -iToap to Fannie Troup, B. y
u 1. o. 0. iio. aun i aaa.: 1 iv.
B. S. Hawthorne's 1st sd 10
lsura M. uammana to frank O. Han
son. U. B. B. 2. Uordon nlsce BO
cuuDetn j. Mooaenoangn and bosband
to wuuiD mf. uresory. a 80 feet of
k iui r f u n a.kn.i i-.k k
eanaers int. vo. to H. u. Frederick-
sea et aL L 17. 19. B. 24. Hrda
Park . . II
4oaepa rnaenowsKi to Anna Posaaow
u, M. y, or B.v 103, geiswood; L.
4. B. ft, St. Johns Park add.; L.
8. B. B Clifford add
Emily J. Bowman and bosband to Nel
lie Henderson. L,. o. B. "m. Forts-
mouth Villa Eztd. BBS
wuiisra A. sellwood et al to Se
curity Savings a Tmst Co.. L. t, 4,
14. IS. B. 40; U 12, 13, B. 83; L.
a n aa s.ii
Title A Trust Co. to' Bamuel " Bnm,
bercer. L. 0. B. 1. Goldamlth's add. 10
wiiiia K. ctrnnrtoa aad wife to
r-ortiana secunues Co.. 1 7. As
cot Aerea ir
is. K, Jona and wife to II. Herbert
SIcnel, L. 13. B. 4. Alblna 10
u. ueroert Klcbel to r. c. MarabalL
13. B. 4. Alblna 10
w. A. Dean ana wire to unle w. Da
vis. L.. S. . al Z. LA naoe Park
add. . . 10
Uottlieb Gabriel and wife to Cbaa. S.
Hears. U O to IS. B. 12S. UnlTersltr
Fark. 10
Eenrr Lydea to Jennie L. HaU. 100
all5 leet bea. at S W. corner of L.
6. B. S, Uberine add..., 10
U. L.. nuer to Marr Leraon. L S. I.
T. 8. B. 2. nUey Park X3o
DOTe-T&ompaoo Oo. to WlllUm F,
Wanda. L. 85. 20. B. 2S. West
Portlaad Park ISO
vera s. ware to Georce Ulena-er. 1.
1, B. 1. Wood lawn 16
w& r. ixr and wife to James Wal
lace, L . 7, B. 21, Lanrelharmt 10
sosanne v. Lonar 1 and ausband to
W. H. Sykes rt 1! L I and N. 10
feet h. 5, B. 124. Camtbera add.... 10
lieo. Rasmossea and wile to Was. P.
Downs, U 13, B. 11. Bossnei.... : 10
wm. tr. uvwaa and wire tv K4. B in
ner, et aL 13 aad 8. IS feet
' L. 14. B. 11, Bosatnere add........ , 10
uant v. Baker and boabend to C.
' T. Camplaa. U SOL B. IS. Waver.
leigh Hta, . . . .. ................. . 1,000
as.rs. .ax. a. viara to at..- at. uara.
1. S, . . 3U0 add............. . - 10
COMPLETION
soon be occupied by administrav
'represents a combination of
Lewis Irvine Thompson.
Eealty Board Starts
Year With New List
Of Active Workers
Portland Dealers Formally Organ
ize With Great Optimism Orer
lrospects for 1017.
The first real business meeting of
the Portland Realty Board since the
election of three weeks ago, when
Frank L. McQulre was duly elected to
the presidency to succeed F. E. Taylor,
was held at the close of the week Th's
meeting marked the retirement of the
committees that served during the last
year, and the inauguration of a new
personnel on the boards.
Chairmen of the committees appoint
ed by President McGutr outlined their
plana for the coming year, and the out
look is for a constructive year among
the realtors. The time was entirely taken
up with plans, and announcement of
committees for the year. The follow
ing committees were appointed:
Executive Frank I McGuire. George
T. Moore, Paul C. Murphy. Frank E.
Taylor, Dean Vincent, Joe Healy. Fred
Strong.
Membership Fred W. German, C. P.
Benedict, Frank McFarland. Charles L.
Wheeler, Clayton Oehler.
Advertising W. M. Umbdenstock, W.
W. Jordon, F. Fuchs, J. M. Ayre". I J.
Barber.
Resolutions Frank McCrtllls, Max
Lueddemann. Earl Clark. C. E. Cun
ningham, George P. Dekum.
Shipping and transportation John
F. Daly. T. J. Baldwin, C. Lewis Mead.
Coe A. McKenna, J. Allen Harrison.
Rental G. O. Rohrer, Frank Wat
kins, Donald G. Woodward. Stanley 8.
Thompson. J. Fred Staver,
Entertainment Herman Vonboretel,
Charles Ringler, George P. Henry,
Philips V. W. Fry. E. N. Wheeler,
Clvl: O. K. Jeffrey, W. A. Flre-
baugh, Mike Clohessy, J. B. Nye, R, F,
Bryan.
Publicity O. V. Badley. A. T. Allen,
R. H. Blossom, Scott Bosorth, W. B.
Allen.
Arbitration George B. Cellars,
"ldaon Walter Gill'
V , fH' r ,h
George F. Brlce. G, F. Peek. X. O. Da
Legislative Herbert Gordon. J. J.
McCarthy, F. S. Fields, Dorr E. Keasey,
Arthur Callan.
Military and permanent highways
O. W. Taylor, F. V. Parsons, Dr. IL W.
Coe. W. M. Klllingsworth, E. W. Mat-
xnews. w. h, h. Dufur. j. D. Nellan.
industrial development L. W. Cro-
nan, M. E. Lee. S. P. Osburn, J. O. El-
rod, J; D. O'Donnell. C. W. Borders,
John Cronan. N. M. Apple, J. E. Shears,
II. G. Terry, John H. Gibson.
Mortgage loans B. Lee Paget. Her
man Moeller, Leroy R. Fields, W. J.
Patterson, L. E. Carter, William Mac
Master, Henry FT tea. -
insurance Merle O. Campbell. J. w.
Weidrlck. John Burgard, George W.
Holcomb, E. J. Lowe. W. p. Honeyman,
Carl R. Jonea
Building code and city ordinances
J. Eeufert. A. K. Hill. Harry Beck-
wlth: W. H. Webb, W. R. Kaser. R. F.
Feemster, W. H. Rosa.
BUILDING PERMITS
West Oreroa Lnmber f alter rnmber dk.
West Oregon Lumber Co.". plant below Llnn
ton; Jacobson Construction Co.. cmllders- HO .
000. ' ' '
Basmns.Sn at Co.. erect 1 atnrr friau ftml.h
factory. Bt. Helens boulevard, between Lake
View and Capitol; builder, same; $730.
Mrs. r. C. Baker, altar 2 storr brick ordi
nary paint and oil store, 229-283 Taj lor at.,
between 1st and 2d; Berts lsen & Jobaoaesea.
auuaers; iuuu.
I. Scalene, alter 1 storr frame dwmJllnr
80S H N. Jersey, between St. Johns ST.. and
us tun; rrea Kuyata, boiiaer: S123.
Helen Miller Sena.: erect 2 storr frsm. dwell.
tne. 1018 Westorer Boad. betwen aUer and
Summit are.; M. W. Lorona, builders; S7500
C. C. BardwelL erect 1 storr frame dwell
ing, en tsucaanan, between Hudson and Smltfe;
ociicer, same; 11 wo.
J. K. Forestel. repair Z storr Cram., stores
124-128 KlUJnrrwortn, between Alblna and
aiisaissippi; builder, same; sao.
Ir. otto a. Blnswanrer. repair Z storr brick
ordinary (vacant), 243 Ererett, between 2d
no Bd: Portland Koonn la. builders: I12S.
U. A. Cottle, repair 2 atory brick ordinary.
WESTOVER
' I
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Beautiful residence Is completed for Irrin R. Sterns? on Westover
V. national Real Estate Associates recently. . Th residence cost f
style. . The feature is the ideal view from a large reranda, taxins;
home is located on Fairfax
s
El
BUILDING FOR 1916
BY
Nearly Billion Dollars Worth
of Applications Filed Dur
ing Twelvemonth.
22 PER CENT GAIN SHOWN
Portland Keeps Apaes With Xrg
Flaoee, Showing Hearty Biz Per
Cent Above Composite Average.
When the person without the mathe
matical type of mind reads that the
building permits Issued in J04 princi
pal cities of the United States for Wis
reached a grand total of 1904,071,701.
it is passed by without much thought.
If building permits in 104 main cities
in the United States shows this amount
of permits filed during the year, it
can be safely said that for the coun
try as' a whole the total of permits
must have equalled at least a billion
and a half dollars.
What Xs 91,000,000,000
Such a sum of money Is going into
construction within a year. But in
variably people do not stop to think
how much a billion dollars la. Juat
for an illustration: A good bank teller
csn count on an average of CO allver
dollars a minute. Working eight hours
per day. how long would it take an ex
pert money-changer to count a billion
allver dollars. On a basis of SCO days
to the year, It would require only 103
years, four months and 22 days. All
of which shows something concrete
and definite as to how much is a bil
Hon dollars.
In other words it would take more
than a year for 104 men to count the
amount in allver dollars that building
permits equaled In the 12-month perid.
permits equaled in the 12 month, period.
Tear Is Satisfactory.
December completes a remarkable
year in building construction. For
each month of 1916 there was an in
crease over the corresponding month
of 1915. The activity reached its mas
imum laat July, when the gain waa
S3 per cent. For several months the
Increase waa slight but 1916 was al
ways on the upgrade side. The closln
month Is modest in its comparative
showing.
The official reports of building per
mits issued in 104 principal cities
the country, aa received by the Amer
lean Contractor, Chicago, total for De
cember $69,663,206, as compared With
$66,508,718 for December, 1915, an In
crease of 5 per cent. The total Is al
most Identical with that of November
and the shrinkage with the approach
of winter is somewhat less than nor
mal. It was a successful closing of s
most successful year.
Increase Zs sa Per Cent.
The showing for the year, 1916. is
altogether satisfactory. The complete
returns received frora 94 of the prin
cipal cities of the country yield an ag
gregate of $904,071,701, aa compared
with $737,989,170 for 1916, an increase
of 22 per cent. Of the 94 cities 74
show gains and only 20 show -losses,
the latter, In moat Instances, being
moderate.
The building permits, ss Issued for
the entire year, in cities:
Ektlmrted Cost Per Cent
aty. :17 1010. GalnLoas
Baltimore . . . .$10.1O2.7O $ T,81.Oft9 88
Ferkeley 1.717.223 1.944.S23 .. 10
Boston and rt-
clnltr
S4.207.0O0
18.137.000
11 2. 830.1. TO
10.M2.Sft5
S3,10S.2W)
430.0.VJ
T. Iftt. 240
4.2n.1.44
4.0.-W.840
Bl.oe7.J10
10.22J 688
748,430
ll.im.444
1.0TO.810
15.034.043
1B.OOS.S4S
22.99.20
S3.a01.000 1
11.7S8.392 11
97.2S1.4X0 . IS
14.025.SM ..
82, 040. SOS 1
184.722 140
4.028.425 44
S.422.519 25
2,64.573 63
B2.235.550 M
2.714,464 277
9C3.249 ..
10,447.408 .
1.7n4.04 14
11.BRS.643 24
12. 472.604 20
14.34U 940 40
Bcffalo
Cblesso
Cincinnati ...
nerelsnd
Colo. Springs.
Colnmbus ....
Dallaa
Denrer
Detroit
Dnlath
23
Kansas City,
Ksns
Kansas City,
Mo.
Unco In
Los Angeles .
Milwaukee ...
Minneapolis .
New Hsrea
N. Y. City .
Oakland
Oniaba
Pasadena
IM lladelphla
PlttKbors ...
Portland
fiacraroento
San Antonio
San Pleco . .
Baa Ft'cIsco
Ran Jose . . .
Seattle
Spokane ....
ft. Ixmts ...
St. Taul ...
Work ton ...
Tacoma
Wichita
6.022. Oftfl
7.104 47
29
l4,fft4.4oe 149.625.r-91 81
6.34S.2W0 B.043.2S9 4
7.226.107
6.3X5.O05
1.494.349
89.444 125
81
2G
1.624.417
4.04 570
13,M4.10
6.801.340
2.1'.4.-S
2 23.4aS
l.vm.SfW
18.-T7.178
845.741
.S04.44S
1. 000.067
15.444. 1
11.128,432
l.iaa.m
1.617.01
i.ena.ooo
14.404.4S4
4 896.845 19. T
1.S95.57S M
1.761.R00 TO
1.2M.9S2 45
13.990.7O4 35
0M.910 67
4.470.455 28
l.B4.77
11.439.S20 88
11.042.S31 ..
1,019.452 19
790.424 106
944.696 104
and fish market. 244 1st, berweea
Main snd Hsdlaoa; J. Ed Young, bnllder: $2nn.
Lewpa Fuel Co., erect open led, 412-414 Oll
aan. between 9th and lotii; bnllW. same; $35.
Allakr Inr. Co.. reaslr 4 story brick ordinary
lodge hall, 245 Morrison, between 8d and 4th;
F M. Boffner. builder: $200.
Alfred Peterson, erect 1 story frame garaae.
.30 Borthwtck. tetween TtlUu and Bharer;
hti11ir same: 8,V.
Mr, lames Forbes, repslr 2 story frame
dwelling. 1179 K. Davis, between 39th and 40th:
Jamea Jndf. builder; $200.
HOME NEARLY
t -i
? 1 vwm-r.
terrace near "WestoTer road.
COUNTRYVID
NCREASE
INDICATED
PERMITS
J - W V .. . a. - I . Aa
Patent Granted in "
- 18701s Recorded
tn J870. It rears' efors'
Washington became a stats.,
Matthew McClung was issued
a patent by the government ta
the homestead which he took
up near Brush prairie. The
patent was Issued wbea Ulysses '
Grant was president. May t,
1170, and bears the signature
of Grant's secretary. Charles
White. The original document.
never recorded, was filed for
record with the Vsncouver
Ht recorder, mors than years.
alter it was sxecutea.
wtttff
Post-War Shipments
Of Basic Materials
May Advance Prices
'
Knockdown and Tallormade Jlonscs
Shipped to Europe From Amer
ica May Affect Values.
There is a feeling that this country
is facing an extended period of higher
prices for building materials.
Ona reason arlven by C. T. Revere for I
the present high coat of building .
the activity in the construction of
ships, but another factor appears to ,
have entered into the situation. In
quiries have been sent here from Eng
land, Russia and France, in the laat
month, seeking to ascertain the cost
of American Industrial buildings, as
well as quickly assembled houses for
employes. The method of putting up
sthod of Dotting up I
and Tf.ctor? Worker.
t. already made is 1
n, and It seems to '
dwellings for mill
by assembling parts
of American orfgln,
have appealed to the rest of 'the
world.
One New York company has already
made shipments of houses of this sort
to South America, and Is taking on ca-
Z. 1 vi. ....
y."E r
to develop with the coming of .peace
Prance recently has sent specifications
r w. u .,A . rM..ri. tl
which are said to Include
mill construction ready for aettlng
machinery on floors "within 10 days
from arrival of material on site, quo
tations to be f. o. b. New York, and
to cover purchaaer into tha summer of
191 6."
It is said to be nearly 109 years
since baslo building materials have
crossed the Atlantic Immediately fol
lowing our Revolutionary war, brick
was Imported from Holland for use In
New York city and Philadelphia. Since
alwaya been considered impractical. It
is believed, however, that thla country
will ahlp to Europe, In large quantl
tiea, cement, brick, ilme, glaas snd
lumber. '
Seven Sales Made
By Local Kealtors
Fred W. German Company Reports
Since First of Tear Selling 3
Farms and 4 Residences.
Fred W. German company report.
inea somo v.-- . In the racific northwest in building
ha. been Imported together 4 with a VPrmUs 1he reCord com1nr mo.
lttle marbl. and tiU but the , port. a- wlth hlI,Id, rmU. aggregating
tion of baste building materials haa
the ssle of a !H acre tract on the Fos- Btata- of international commerce, ac
tor road, near Belle Rose station, on cording to recogniied authorities,
the Estacada line. This tract wss sold 8'nce the Civil war basic building ma
f T us... T tr terlals have aot been able to compete
for J. Fred Kennedy to John F. and wUh he doctrlne b.,,in1 an world
Florence Albright and waa purchased commerce of "what the traffic will
as a home site. The newcomers con- bear." With the devastation of Eu-
template Improvements in the near fu- rope, however, building material houses
ture. I
A four acre tract of land near Bar
stow station, on the Southern Pacific r talking about when they are bet
was sold for the II. F. W. Goetler es- ting even money In the form of Insur
tate to W. F. Johnstone. This tract ance that the war will end by Septem
was also purchased for a home, and Pr 0f this year, and odds that it will
the present buildings on asms will be end during 1917,
own.1 Dd enUred by tb n'W Tanker 1s Ojortunlty. .; "
A 40 acre ranch in the Redlands dls- j Yankee Ingenuity Is responsible, for
trlct, about eight miles from Oregon t liat remarkable tailor-made type of.
City, was sold for Barbara Hefner to construction, stamped "Made-ln-Axner-.
Carl F. and Anna Morrow, recent ar- lea,' which many pioneer concerns are ,"
rivals from Tillamook county. The row manufacturing in anticipation of .
new owners have taken Dossesslon and riiimnlntr bulldlnaa in Europe at the
expect to develop the place into an up-
to-date dairy ranch.
In city property a small home, lo-
cated at 1895 Multnomah street, de- rarts o' his "Erecto" set. In Portland
scribed as Lot 6. Block 7, Summit ad- there are several firm, thst are aald to
dltion, was sold to M. D. Maclntyre for l preparing to manufacture buildings
Edward Otis; purchaee price, $750. of the pot-together type to ship to Eu-
For Annie 8. Edwarda a S room bnn- rope. American companies have al- -
walow, located at 6215 Sixty-third ready found an outlet for this type of
avenue S. E.. waa aold to Thomas H. structure in Booth America. This In-
end Elizabeth Wells, legsl description ordinate demand for the baslo materi-
Lot J, Block 25, Tremont Place. al, w4n m0re than likely boost the.
For Charles and Jan Inglefleld the prices of building materials higher
property at 1571 Powell street was sold within the yesr. -toL.Fl
and Olivette Norris. This one prominent man in Portland, who
property Is Improved with an old 6 knows the in. and outs of building for
room cottage, and is located near the the laat decade, atates that the over?
rqra isciory.
For Kathertne and Pauline Schoel-
helmer a small 5 room house and lot.
located at 29 Went Alberta street, de-
scribed as Lot 20. Block 12. Rtverside
1,1 n . mrAA . A Ann J T. . .1
i vtu, v aa.ua
C. Fay.
COMPLETED
T A
4 '
MA tA A- ' V
A
fit t.V 1
-T-r?r , J' -'. ,::A- . i , .. - -Jl
terraces, which Was sold to the Inter-'
75 0O and Is of the Dutch Colonial
in the river and mountains. The
BUILDING
IN PORTLAND '
ESEMTYEAR
ILL BE SUBSTANTIAL
High Prices of Basic Mate
rials Will Be Automatic
Check on Speculative Mania
AMERICA REBUILD EUROPE
Haade-lJUAAierlcaM Structural Corn
modi ties aad Buildings Hay Be la
Oreat Demand After War.
By Max IT. Sommer.
While there is little cause for ela
tion over the activity of the week la
the real estate market, it is somewhat
encouraging to the optimist, and not
so discouraging to the pessimist, thst
the start of the year Is probably a
I hundredfold better than the beginning
of the year just ceased.
outlook for W17 la opumirtMW
wnen tn- deW credits of the
present year are totalled the volume of
bulldlng and realty transfers will ho.
a great increase over tne last two
twelvemonth periods.
Arm -Chair Theorizing-.
The theory advanced by an eastern
builder to wit: That the building
01 1,08 lht was nipp
T P"lef will
th P1"011 IBtrc,,v
H Probably the most novel
boom of 1906 that waa nipped in the
ill reappear.
in 1917
ever ad
vanced to forecast current economic
tendencies. In fact. It mould appear,
novelty is its only value.
" The fact of th matter Is, that in tha
Pacific northwest there was not even -an
embryonic start of a building boom
, f hr history In construction in 1910.
when the year showed a total of over
120.000.000 worth of permits filed.
A
'ear Previous Seattle reached the hlgl
point in her career, with permit. 1-
h
sued to an aggregate value of $19,000.
000. In that same year. 1009. Spokane
and Tacoma reached the highest "point
In t hf curves. Spokane show Ins: nearly
$9,000,000, and Tacoma a little over
$4,000,000. Vancouver. B. C. received
her greatest building impetus in 191:,
witli over $19,000,000. n
Portland Keeds Srorthwest,
It Is noticeable that Portland has
t,ached the Hgne polnt of aiy city
Coming hack to the outlook for build
lng In Portland during the present
year, it is prognosticated by many au
thorities on the situation that con
struction will necessarily be limited to
the actual healthy Industrial needs of
the city. The automatic check to a
speculative mania Is the present hlsh
cost of building materials, and the gen
eral belief that the present level of
prices In tho basic commodities for
'construction has ss yet not reached thu
height to which they are destined to go
before the nrcrit situation changes.
The arsumrnt for higher prices In
building materials la,founU in the de
velopment antecedent lo the war. The
"S rw? eiVnLeS1 ?tfi
sre ouying even on ine itckiii ma"
level of prices on the general assump-
- tion that the Lloyds know what they
DURING PR
; close of the war that ran be erected f
'with as much dispatch and ease as an
inventive kid can put together the
supply or orrice ouiioings, noteis. tne-
atres will act to prohibit further build- f
ir f this type. Such typeat of con- -
struct Ion are not only a drug on tho
local market, but also are haxardoos
a 1 .
. i rOTTi a spvcuiaiivs poini oi view, m
the face of the present high prices of.
ouuaing materials.
TOO LATE FOR
CLASSIFICATION
RANCH FOR RENT P ERSOKAL
j FROPERTT FOR 8ALE7
1 16ft acres, 7ft acres cleared, balance
rood pasture. 9 room house, dairy
barn 60x100, 2 silos, machine sheds,
hog houses, etc; located on mala
gravel road doe to country town,
church and school, in famous Manor
district. Personal property: 21 fine
Jersey cows, 21 Jersey heifers, to
be fresh this spring, 1 thoroughbred
Jersey bull. 2 wagon., 1 carriage. 1 -separator,
Vi Interest in ensilage cut
ter, 17 head of hogs, 1 horse and bug-
Jy. 1 pony. 1 mower, 2 harrows, 1 disc. -rake,
X plow, all ensilage and feed'
on hand, and small tools. Price 1J6S
for personal property. Rent $69 per
month. This is the beet herd of grade--Jersey,
in the state and will sell to
the first psrty who sees them, "
THOMPSON at 8 WAN,
BI2 Msln st, Vancouver, TfaJh.
F6uKXCTIANOE rcEotce" ian
well improved and eoulpped; Aiti .
.acres in cultivation; value f6B,000;;
went a wheat tarm up to $100,006;
will par difference. E. M, Thorough
man, lit Weat (In it, Vancouver,
, Wash. '
,To TRADE 16 acree of fine land,
I near Proebetel, la - Clarke county. -Icloae
to school, church and store, on
good road, for small grocery, country
store, hotel or boarding house. John
Ducket t, station A. Vancouver. Wash.
Phone Tlf-R. - - - . .
l'OR BALE Cheap Young Alredale
auoerb watchdoc. lovea ehllrlram- r.
i F. Wornom, 1511 Harney, Vancoover, ,
Ul'GiiY lor cow or what kavs ow! "
n-jii, journal.
DILI f (n ,.v.,nn.,.. L.J 1
youT T-195, Journal. .
EQUITY. Spokane ioia for arylhing of '
value. 6-217. Journal. -