AFFIRMATIVE ARGUMENT FOR SIX MILLION .
DOLLAR ROAD BOND ACT EXPLAINS WHAT
Rllll PFRMITS
I new site for steeu phant I $
ITALIAN RESIDENCE FOR DR. H. G. PARKER
VERY
: CAN BE EXPECTED AND WHAT IT WILL COST
Proceeds' From Bonding Measure Will Insure Construction
r ; of Sfate-Wlde Network. of Highways That Will Make
- for General Development and Progress of Oregon,
SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH
MARCH SHOW A
Increase 150 Per Cent Over
Last Month, and 25 Per
Cent Over March, 1916.
RESULTS OF WEEK . LESS
In Its affirmative argument for the
IS.000,000 road bond issue to d printed
In ths voters' pamphlet the Joint com
mittee of the senate and house sums
up the value of good roads in general,
and discusses what the $6,000,000 bonding-
law will accomplish, a follow:
- yill hardrsurface 600 to 600 mile of
designated roads. '
Will obtain money for road construc-
tlon at a less rate of interest than in
any .Other way, aa state bonds at the
.present time will tell at such premium
that the rate of interest will not ex
ceed S.83 'per cent.
Will exploit Oregon' great natural
.attractions, her beauties of mountain
and dales, her lovely lakes, her inter
minable forest, and her mllesof coast
line summer resorts will become bettet
known, more accessible, and assist to
make- Oregon the playground of
America.
Will airoimsn muanoin, wnicn are
now a third dimension depth to
'some of Our roads.
Will provide good roads for no great
er coot than we are now paying for
poor ones.
- Will insure thr.ee highways across
the Cascade mountains and a like
number td the coast.
Will open up the vast John Day coun
try and divert over that route at On
tario the travel from the national high-
: way. j
Will connect with Washington's
highway system north of Athena and
over the Interstate bridge at Portland,
,.and with California s highway system
at Ashland. In this way we will be
able tOemake use of the immense high
way investments of our sister states.
Will provide roads of inestimable
service in case of war. The desig-
:' bated roads are today costing fortunes
n A nnnnHu Tit, AAmnUt.
. ing them these county funds will be
available for other important lateral
roads,
"First Comprehensive Program.
We have, .talked good roads for 60
years'. We have spent .millions filling
mud holes- We are in "the third place
in- population and commerce among the
coast states. This bonding proposition
is the first1 comprehensive road pro-
gram ever submitted to the people. It
.-will complete the roads without in
creasing the burden of general taxa
tion. , The Question herein submitted is
? whether the state highway commission
hall in the next five years issue 16,
. 000,000 In state bonds for the purpose
, of hard-surfacing designated roade, for
wnicntne counties prepare the founda
tion In accordance with the require
ments of the commission.
. The act thus submitted to the peo
, pie la one of several-road measures ap
proved by the legislature of 117. The
other road laws which beoome opera'
tive without submission to the people.
umit engineering costs, Insure compe
tition in paving and other road con-
' tracts, reorganize the state highway
commission, reform road building pro
cedure, . provide additional revenues,
'and generally safeguard expenditures
t- of road funds. Including proceeds of
the proposed 16,000000 bond Issue.
Proper Safeguards . Afforded.
These measures having been passed
by the legislature and approved by th
governor are closed Issues. They are
now the operative acts under which
road construction will be carried on,
regardless of whether or not the bond
: Issue is authorised at this special elec
tion. Should this 1 6.00 0.00 Q. .bond is
sue and the highways designated there
in be approved, there will have been
-: provided comprehensive provisions f or
construction of highways; road con-J
- u uwivu imfo ueem axavnoaraizea;
federal aid and cooperation secured ;
the cost of efficient engineering will
have been minimized, and cooperation
between state,- government and coun
ties, together with genuine competitivo
bidding, will have become a reality; the
-acquirement- of funds for. road, con
struction at a low rate of interest and
a method of, paying both Interest and
, p rind pa f tate bonds out of current
revenues already Imposed will have
- also been secured, and thi without ad
ditional burdien and with proper safe-
"Ufcrds-to the general taxpayer.
Boada Designated.
. The only designation of post roads
r forest roads Is contained In the
t bonding act now submitted to the peo
ple. If the bonding .bill is rejected,
the designation of post roads and for
est roads will also be rejected. Then
the state highway commission and the
V government authorities will have com
plete power to expend the post road
; and forest road money, amounting to
I3.63S.661. 10. in any part of the state
upon roads of their selection.
It should be clearly understood that
the onerquarter mill tax, the receipts
. , xrora motor vehicle licenses, and
noney from the sale of bonds to match
the Shackelford act will be available
, to the commission and will be ex
pended by the commission regardless
. of an unfavorable .vote by the people
on me oonaing act. . Bhould the bond
ing act be approved, 16.006,000 will be
available for hard surfacing onlv auch
roads as are designated therein as hard
surfaced roads. The post and forest
roads designated In the bill will be
constructed by cooperation with the
xeaerai authorities and the coition nn v
' able by the state will be secured bv
.- the sale of suoh amount of state bonds
as is seeded to match the federal al
lotment.
; ThxougTi nnderstanding Urged. '
With these necessary legislative
enactments provided, the voter need
root hesitate to indorse this, the most
meritorious piece of . statewide ' g-ood
' .toad legislation yet offered. The is-
' sue should be looked squarely In. the
' face- and without prejudice. There. Is
nothing reprehensible in lending the
- credit of the state to provide a neces
sity, it is sound business when that
necessity is a paying proposition. Prl
rite individuals do not hesitate jto use
their credit , when they can see a rea
sonable return on the money borrowed.
Neighboring states have authorized
bonds and are building roads. Why
should not Oregon do the same and
provide for a cooperation between
state And counties, in which the coun
ties are to provide the grade and the
- state do the paving!
i If we are to 'bold our own with that
' progress that should characterize the
Pacifio coast,' If Oregon is td be put
on a par with California and Wash-
iagton. We roust take this first con
struetlvs step in the building of atate-
, wide good roads, roads that are pass
abla for S65 days of he year and not
: a quagmire part of the time. V- 3
Under the plan submitted to tbavot
r f r buH"-"r ri "Serrated in
this act; the farmer has . everything to
gain and nothing to lose. According
to a complication by the state tax com
mission, agriculture In Oregon pays
on approximately 28 per cent of the
total taxable property, timber and
lumbering on 19 per cent, cities and
town on 41 per . cent and public util
ities on 14 per cent. . Designated as
they are to meet the requirements of
the state as a whole, these main
through arteries-will be built from city
limits to city limits, the cities alone
having authority over city streets.
They will serve not only the agricul
tural district through which they
pass, but will also serve centers of
population the principal market
places. They will be market roads as
well as through state roads not lux
uries. Multnomah adunty, which pays
not only 40 per cent of the total
amount of the one-quarter mill road
tax but also the same - percentage of
the -motor vehicle license, has relin
quished all claim to expenditure on
any part of this 16,000,000 on the roads
within iUs boundaries, yet the passage
of this measure will greatly benefit
Multnomah county in that its hard
surfaced roads already built will be
physically connected With these other
roads and bring it into closer com
munication with other centers of pop
ulation.
Ho Increase of Taxes.
As a complete answer to the argu
ment put forth by opponents to this
bill to the effect that the issuance of
the $8,000,000 in bonds will become an
added burden to the general taxpayer,
we Tespectfully, submit the following:
We have ascertained from the see--retary
of state that the income from
the present quarter mill tax is $220,000
per annum; that the income from auto
licenses upon the present number of
automobiles at the increased licensed
rate will be $310,000 per annum after
1917; making a total of $530,000 per
annum to be used in paying interest and
principal of bonds. The above funds will
be sufficient not only to pay the in
terest and the principal of the $6,000,-
000 bonds authorized by this act, but
will also pay the Interest and princi
pal of the $1,819,280.55 in bonds au
thorized to meet the government road
appropriation. After paying these
bonds there will be a surplus of at
least $2,793,402.68.
Increase la Automobile
Since 1911 the Increase in the num
ber of automobiles In the state of Ore
gon has been 33 1-3 per cent per year.
With the completion of good roads this
increase will naturallybe larger. How
ever, we have not taken any increase
into account but have based our f ig-
u res on the present number of auto-
iuuuucb. xd proui ui ineao iigures wo i
have prepared a table showing the
amount of Income and the amount re
quired for bond Interest and principal
each year. The bonds to meet the
Shackelford appropriation as well as
the paving bonds must all be Issued In
the next five years. For the purposes
of this computation we have estimated
that one-fifth of the bonds to meet
the Shackelford appropriation will be
jooucu vcbuu TOi, ilia uuuuiuf re
quires that not more than $1,000,000 of
paving bonds shall be issued in 1917
and not more than $2,000,000 of addi
tional bonds. In 1918. We have as
sumed that an additional $2,000,000
will be Issued in 1919 and Jl.OOCT.OOO in
1920, although a part of the bonds
might not be Issued until 1921. In
making this computation ws have as- I
sumed that all, of the -bonds Issued in
1917 will be issued on July 1 and that
all of the bonds Issued thereafter will
?,,!Ul2t? tVttLJA b!
lssued later in the year the Interest
charge for that year will be corre-
spondingly less. No allowance has
been made for Interest on th larVa
balance which will be on hand all 0f
the time during the life Of these bonds.
which ranges from $383,116.89 In 1917
to $2,793,402.66 in. 1945. This money
is certainly worth 4 per cent to the
state. If the money is to be carried
on hand. Interest should be computed
and added to th abova halnnro -,i.i.
wm fr.nr.il. .v. ?l
will increase the balance by the fur-
ther sum of $817,248.81. If It is not
carried on hand It will -either be used
in constructing additional roads, in
constructing roads in lieu of the Is
suance of bonds, or in maintenance.
cost ox soaa oonstraotion.
This is not a $50.00-0.000 bond nro
position ae claimed by advocates of
bad roads. It is a $7,819,280.66 road
Investment, to which will be added by
the federal government the sum of
$1,819,280.66. What will .this monev
do: The $6,000,000 will hard surface!
600 miles Of road 10 feet wid whlr-h I
in . our ownion is all of the road the
counties wll prepare for paving. To
cloud the issue opponents estimate
1600 miles of post .roads will cost
$12,00 . per mile or $18,000,000. and
600 miles of forest roads' will cost
$10,000 per mile or $6,000,000. Does
any .pne honestly think the state and
federal government will build such and consumer, vote for the - grange
roads in the national forests? The measures, for you one and all are In
farcts are that only $3,638,561,10 Is Crested in the development of the
available for post - and forest roads. i&,rta!-Le&"
foTWwfi vASiJVT
foj- by house bill No 21, which already
Is law. The post roads and forest
roaas can oniy cost S3. 856. Ill), notl
n.ift ftoa Th n.avino- win E
000,00. not $16,000,000 . The counties slnc nd as this argussent
are required to prepare the road on'ras true tnen u ls equally true nbw.
T -' . w v.a.K 1' I i-A b - U .
grade with foundation and drainage.
ready for oavlnr.. In mmv rnimtj.o
the roads are on grade and well drained
and th cost of preparation will be
less than $600 per mile, and not $10,-
qo, ea suggested ty the advocates of
muddy roads.
Elghway COBualsslon'g TIew.
Believing that a statement from the
commission declaring its policy with
regard to letting contracts will be of
interest1 to the voters, we addressed
a communication to the commission
requesting advice' as i to what policy,
if any, had been adopted, y From .the
answer of the commission we quote
the following:
"We recognize, th propriety of your
Inquiry and therefore hereby authorize
you on our behalf to say that this
m58io i,,JiblHm'6ynF h.ld
Nsotatta? ' fcdopted th blowing
"Whereas, there exists in the public
mind an Impression that undue profits
have heretofore been made by pa v 1ns
SsTTt WS"fSV m v thi" Important part of tie state's busl
Th?1.! "JSI J?-? Ueas that same care and attention
ciii forbi on aU ;kn typ
pavement, in open ana xair competition
and to award contracts to the lowest
responsible bidder who will be required
iiV.ai?0Lild 8Uf Relent guar-
" "Bif further Tesrived.-thetria the
tained the highway oommtsion wii;
prooeea to do the. work itself by fores
fcfe J-jA -m S WWlkfB ir "f J 1
- . - v - - f . TT': c "'ill
ygaKBeastssisft
Work lias already been started on
on Cumberland road, Westover
tares of the house, is shown in this illustration. Architects Sutton A-
Contractor W. M. Lorenz is in charge of the construction.
Oil Cans Will Have
Lots of Adventures
Must Cross Pacific Four Times and
Will Then Be Made Into
Toys and Bullets.
A. trainload of soy bean oil. in five-
gal Ton cans passed through Portland .a
few days ago on Its way to San Ftan-
clsco. At that port the oil is poured
into tank cars and shipped east to be
made hito sowp.
An interesting account of the history
of these tin cans is told in the last
issue of the Standard Oil Bulletin.
According to this account the cans as
they passed through Portland had al
ready made two trips across the Pa
cific, and. in altered form, are due
to make still two more trips.
A Japanese -firm buys the
where they are dumped beside the rail
road track. A crew of 15 men. operat
ing saws and rollers, reduce the cans
to sheets of metal which are baled
and resbipped to Kobe and Yokohama,
Tar)nrl
Some of the - cans come home to
roost. In Japan they are transformed
into brightly painted an soldiers
monkeys, choo-ohoo trains, and othei
toys Cor American children. Others of
the cans have a less cheerful mission.
They are melted down, , put tho-ouh
various processes, and converted into
shrapnel and other implement of de-
gtruction.
Postoffice Brick Contracted.
A contract for 900,000 common brick;
constituting the 'entire brick contract
for the new postoffice, has been
awarded to the Oregon Brick & Tile
company, which operates a plant at
Beaverton.Charles I. Moody, president
of the company, announces that he will
also figure on all the fireproof ing for
the buuding.
""count after the purchase and lnatal-
htion of its own navine- nir.t "
The above resolution Is intended as
a frank statement to the pu'blio of
what our policy will be. If there is
Wttlng which is not fully covered t
t? . r' .i"!
iue question.
We mav summarize our ilan ss
I follows: We shall demand and en-
deavor to acquire for the state fuil
v-1"8 f terX lUa-r, of public money
expended. If the bond issue is adopted
wo shall, so far as possible, commence
work In everv countv In whth work
1 1. to tw Anna at tH. Mriu.t fvihu
I moment. We -shall not favor one
county or locality over another, but
to the various sections of the state.
wtti, va uw ueai tn our aomiy. Be iaur
B. BENSON,
W. U THOMPSON: -'
E. J. ADAMS.
The personnel of the highway corn-
mission is such that the voters can
trust it Implicitly and can be assured
that duty Intrusted to it will be
weU and faithfully performed.
Grange's Attitude la 1912.
and one of the very best appeals that
was ever brobght forth .was a very
concise and forceful arjrument for the
I grange measures, which provided for
a bond issue and' was brill ted in the
1912 DamDhlet. oaee 11. from whlcn
we o'uote u follow:
. Business men and farmer, oroducer
anent roadC built eoonomicaily
and scientifically.
1 Spence, Sk&w, Ieody, Mason, commlt-
tee urcgon Biaie grange.
I . Conditions have chanarnd but v-v
I . . , .
la9 vnssage or inis dui we beUe"e
will accomplish the construction of
ood Permanent roads, economically
enuuuiy cunt.
14 19 our ope that when .the votes
1 are cWIiteQ mere wiu do aot only
a majority but such a STeat number
in favor that Oregon's fame aaa pro
gressive state will be maintained.
Selfish Interest JDenied.
Replying to the unreasonable state
ments to the effect that any special
I interest inspired this good roads move-
we, me members or your legis-
lAtiy committee,! who are-taxpayers
fcnd loyaJ citizens of Oregon, do here-
by assert that such statements are
Positively untrue and wholly without
foundation. Our sola aim is to pro-
vide for Oregon good roads and to see
dollar's worth of road Is ob-
tallied for every dollar expended It
is but taXr to "evs that the members
of this highway commission; appointed
by our chief executive, will give to
to, m
v
men in high, esteem among the people
of their respective communities, -
W. t. Wood, E. X. Cualck, JuUen A.
IV' WiSk
Clark, William XL Oore, O. Lauf gaard.
(committee or tne no us a. , r
the construction of this ten-room residence for Dr. JIarvey G. Parker
Terrace. The glass-enclosed porch ,
t
ARE CONTAINED IN
IL
E
Fe& Are Reduced, Engineer;
ing Requirements Altered
and Wording Simplified,
The new building code ls divided into
five parts: 1, administration; 2, con
struction of buildings; 8, occupancy of
buildings; 4, occupancy of public prop
erty; and 6, fire protection and pre
vention. . In the section of the code dealing
with administration, the committee has
reduced. the number of words and sim
plified the divisions. One important
change has been made. Under the pres
ent ordinance, a building permit be
comes void If work Is discontinued for
six months. The new code Increases
the life of a permit to a year.
Pencil drawings will be permitted
under the new code for work which
does not cost .over $1600. for work
costing over $1600, plans must be In
delibly rendered.
The present ordinance requires spec
ifications Indexed for all work costing
over $1600. The new code changes this
limit to $3000.
A reduction has been made In the
amount of work for which fees are
charged upon the Issuance of a permit.
No fee will be charged upon a permit
for work costing less than $100. Under
the present ruling, the minimum fee is
$1' and 5 a permit ls required for all
work over $25.
The board of appeals will be main
tained as at present, with the excep
tion that the check required to be sub
mitted with an appeal will be for $5
Instead of $10. This check, will be re
tained by the city if the appeal ls not
granted, and returned to the sender If
the appeal ls granted.
Definitions Axe Better.
AH definitions in the section of the
code dealing with the construction of
buildings have been made more com
plete and definite. ' The only important
change made in the meaning of any
word ls that which limits the height
of a basement above grade to five feet
instead of sight feet, as in the present
coda
This change might be of considerable
Importance if the housing regulations
were a- part of the building code, but
with a separate housing code In force,
this change will not be of material difference.-
The purpose of the change ls
to count a story where people live and
work as a story when the construction
ls well above ground. The only object
of having a high limit Of a basement
celling above ground is to retain a
rpeular atnrv of o.buildinar Without
having It counted, basements are not
considered in determining the number
of stories in a building.
The height of buildings under the
new code is limited to eight stories.
or 110 feet above the street line. Build
lngs must also be set back one fobt
from the lot border for every four
stories of height. This provision is
made in the interests of light and ven
tilatlon both In the buildings and In
the streets.
Engineering Boles Changed.
For . the benefit , of architects and
engineers, the parts of the ordinance
dealing with engineering requirements
have been rearranged and greatly clar
ified.- Kach material used in the con
struction of buildings' Is fully treated
In a separate tract. For example, all
the requirements for wood qoonstfuc-
tlon are to be found in Title IX; all
for steel regulations in Title VIII.
This arrangement should be appre
ciated by architects and engineers.
Under the old code, It was necessary to
read practically the whole volume to
find the requirement for any one ma
terial. . ,
Engineering regulations have rbeen
thoroughly modernized. This state
ment applies particularly to the sec
tion dealing with . reinforced concrete.
Tne provisions or tms section, rouow
closely a joint report which was made
in July, 1916, by a committee appointed
from the American. Society of Civil
Engineers, the American Society of
Testing Materials, the American Rail
way Engineers'" association.' the Port
land Cement association, and the Amer
ican concrete institute. The men Who
served on this committee are leaders
of their professions in the country, and
had been working on their report for
over eight years..
; ' .Eigne Stresses Allowed.
la wooden construction, tht new
code will allow; higher stresses than
formerly. Portland now allows, more
stress on Douglas ' fir than any other
city In the United States. Lumber in
terests made -representations :- to the
committee "drifting .the code, 'and
agreed to grade lumber for bulldlnss
I TAN
Changes
NEW
DING
COD
which is one of the attractive f ea?
Whitney designed the building.
Herbert Gordon Will
Build Brick Factory
1 j
Small Planing Mill as Side Line
Will Finish Lumber for Apart
ment Houses.
Preliminary plans were filed Satur
day for a two-story brick factory
building to be erected at East Thirty-
sixth street and Sandy boulevard for
the Gordon Manufacturing company,
Herbert Gordon, manager of the Law
yers' Title St Trust company, is head
of the new concern which bears bis
nama This company was formerly
the W. II. Thompson Wire Mattress
company; and its principal product Is
spring mattresses.
As a side line, Mr. Gordon plans to
Install equipment for a small planing
mill In his new factory, and will fur-;
nlah his own lumber for a number of
apakTLmeoi, nouaes na ut oiuicuug tu
the city. One of these apartment
houses, to cost. $45,000, ls now under
way on Eleventh street, between Mont
gomery and Harrison streets.
,
Downtown Location
Acquired by Bakery
Charles C Swann, manager of
Swarm's Angel Food Cake shop at 459
Washington streot, announces that he is
about to enlarge his industry and in
crease the amount of his output. For
this purpose he has leased 3600 square
feet of floor space at Tnird and Wash
ington streets where hie will establish
a modern bakery. The- retail store at
459- Washington street will be' main
tained. The property leased ls owned
by the Warren Packing company.
The new bakery vill have four large
ovens, three of which will be operated
entirely by electricity. The product of
the bakery will be shipped to Ban
Francisco and the east, where a market
has already been established.
Tie lease was made through the
agenay of Leon K. Buliier.
Plans for Hospital
Will Be Beady Soon
Plans and specifications for the first
unit of the $13,000 tuberculosis hos
pital to be built at. Salem will be com
pleted by Monday. They are being
prepared by Architects Hough taling
and Dougan. The first unit ls to con
sist of a one-story frame structure 213
by 32 feet In dimensions. It ls to be
equipped with steel lockers, shower
baths and modern plumbing.
The second unit of the hospital, a
two-story brick and concrete building
two stories In height, which will con
tain a dining room, win be ready for
the contractors kLter. Plans are also
forthcoming for alterations to a 25 by
18-foot wing to thd main building.
Sales at Hubbard.
Thirty acres of home sites near Hub
bard, Or., have been purchased by two
men of Hubbard in the last few daya
Adam Mishler bought 20 acres for
$2200. The remaining ten acres were
taken by A. D. vvoirer.
especially to conform with . the in
crease of stress allowed.
The wind pressure which the de
signer ls rea ui red to figure has been
reduced from 30 pounds to 20 pounds
to the square. foot.
tinder the beading of '"masonry con
struction." a reduction has been made
in the thickness of the walls required.
so that in aoroe cases eight-inch walls
mav be used where, under the present
ruling, 12-inch walls are required. The
tables regulating tne tmckness oi waiis
in the new code are less complicated
and much easier to understand than
the tables In the. present code.
Hew Classification Made.
Buildings, under the new code, will
be divided Into seven classes'. 1,. abso
lutely fireproof; 2, ordinary fireproof
construction with steel rramewonc; 9,
ordinary fireproof construction with
reinforced concrete framework; 4,
seml-fireproof: 6. mill construction; t.
ordinary masonry construction: and 7,
frame construction, classes 4, 5,- e ana
7 are left practically as in the old code.
In the grading of buildings according-
to occupancy one great change has
been made. . A new general class has
been created, to be known as "assem
bly halls. . Under this head there are
various groups: 1,' theatres; 2,. motion
picture houses; S, assembly halls
proper; 4. churches. The requirements
of i the various groups are graduated
in accordance with the hazard to which
occupants will be subjected Theatres
are considered th most hazardous
group, and are 'individually more or
less hazardous, according to their stage
equipment and - scenery- and t the
number of people they will accommo
date. Churches form the least haz
ardous group. ' -v"-'
Bealty Trassf ers Show Only Oaln U
Weekly' Statistics "vJ-ith Xocrsase
of 3 r Cent. -
vostxlsjtd aunanraraioTS.
Bo. Value.
This week 59 61,765
Z.ast week ;.. 88 85,300
Previous week.,.'.. i 4. T 30,605
Three weeks ago.. . . 81 57,sao
Tear SjCo..,. .-..... 63,018
JtEAt. ESTATE TXJUrSTZSS.
Ho. Talus.
239 f 87,979
233 85,300
.1...Z13 108,133
941 183,439
...... 247 134,918
This week
Xriurt week
Previous week...
Three weeks ago.
Tear ago
An Increase of 150 per cent in the
value of building permits Issued for
the month seems too good to be true,
in these days of war and Intrigue, but
that . is the percentage of gain regis
tered In the month just passed, over
the previous month. There were 661
building permits Issued In March,
1917, and their valve was $87,973.
inuring the month of Febru;', 1917,
there were 267 pormdts issue: with a
total varus of $210,660. Figu.j It out
for yourself.
Permits Issued in March, 1916,
amounted to $420,560. This gives
March of this year an Increase of 25
per cent. Incidentally, this ls the
first months in many that has shown
an Increase over the 'corresponding
month of the previous year.
Activity In real estate ls , not so
startling. With a total value of $459,- the gold, platinum and other rare
70s, transfers for the month just com- metals from the black volcanio sand
pleted show an Increase of 33 per cent deposits of this region. It has been
over the month of February of this known for 60 years that this sand con
year, but a loss of 40 per cent from tained gold, but it is in auch a small
the value of transfers filed during percentage, so finely divided and so
March. 1816.
-Weeks' Basalts XVess.
' Results for the week just completed
are much less encouraging than tho
for the month. Building lermits filed
.,,.( .v .v ...rfl,
1. : 'T'
vfoi week, aTJd 6er cent les. than
fSe loss ta rTal estate transfers
filed for the week was 84 per cent from
the same week a year ago. The only
raln sn0wn in the week' realty and
building statistics Is a gain in the
value of transfers for the week over
the value of transfer last week a
gain of 3 per cent.
Kealtors Plan to
Put Over Westover
AI1 Members of Realty Board "Will
m t- r-m-l c.ll
ft - A a tu viau'r-su
Residence Sites.
The International Realty Associates
bought Westover Terrace because they
were convinced that no other city in
the United States gave such promHe
of growth and development during the
next five years. This is one of the
Inspiring things that N. J. Upham,
president of the corporation, told the
Portland Really board at their weekly
luncheon Friday.
The meeting Friday was for the pur-
pose of putUng th final touches on
I- i. ir, l.T.hir, th- i. r,f th
$1,000,000 property on the hill. Every
rnlrrvw of th board win Darticioate
in the big selling campaign, which is
to be launched Immediately:
Several dealers who addressed ' the
meeting, among them F. B. Taylor. F.
N. Clark, L.. A. Cronan and Arthur Cal-
lan. are convinced that an aggressive
campaign to dispose quickly or tne lzs
lota available on Westover Terrace
will quicken the realty market and
start values booming.
REALTY-TRANSFERS
t(U Estate Ox to darvnee I-' Elnaoo,
U 15. B. 17, WHtmorlnl..........$
Arthur J. Helms to Irene A. Helms, I.
4. B. 1. William Add. No 2
Cltlcer Bank to T. J. Delano. It. 11, B.
7. Ek-mlngfvi ..v.
franklin J. DIjatio to Portland ' Hard
ware Co., Inc.. L lO. B. 6. Ermlngtoo,
11, 16. R. 7. a-mlngton
V. K. Peikert and wf. to W. 8. Sinea, I
10. B- 6, Clemsoo Add
Edwin V. JitnM and wf. to Elizabeth
M. Smith. L. 2. B. 2. King's Second
Add -
S. H. Morris and wf. to Ella Y. Cald
well. Lk 7. 8. B. 1. Vernon
Battle K. ESterr to. Frank L- Freebwg.
8. E-. 14 of N. E. W of Sec. 7, T. 1
8., R. 1 E
Ladd Estate Co. to Clarence L. Hlnson,
It. 4, B. IS. WetmoreUn4
W. A. Fish burn and wf. to O. H.
, man, part 1 B, B: 8C. WaTerllh I1U.
Joseph W. Cmigblln to Frank Uetiooda,
U 41, 44. 4A. 4H. 49. Verdanta...
fibertff to A. L. Orson, t. 7. B. 11. Ina
Park a
A. B. Carlock and wf. tx 8. Elliott
Finch. I- 1,2, B. 5. Bldremimt
B. W. CbandlPr snd wf. to l. U K tin
ders. L. 203. 270, 271, 272, 273, Eldgs
wood j.
Oregon Realtv Co. to U L. Eaondera, tt.
25S. 201, Ridewool....s.. .;
7oeph L- Fearry to May Punn, L. 16,
B. 7. Suranyslds
Ceorge J. Borbys to Fred Wertli. N. SO
ft. L. 15. B. 1. Cooper's Add
J. C. Mitchell and wt. to II. J. Gla
ronilnl. It. 18. B. 2. Stewart Park
Tb Umbdeiistsck A Larson MmnebnUd
erV Inv. Oo. to Frank Uollamby, U
19, B. 2. Cnmbn-laml
J. II. Ok-raad and wf. tr Cbarlotta jftot.
"A," and N. 14 ft. tt. 1, B 4,
UaUory Add.
Ben Bteslaad and ban. to N H. Marks,
L. 12, B. 5. Oxerasland
0. K. Wadrey to Bertha Wandrey. mid.
H ofA. of U 7. 8, it. 13. Lincoln
Park Annex
If. M. "Hanp and wf. to Fred W. Ger
man. L. 23. 25, B. 9. Villa Hllf.
Citizens Bank to The North western
00
10
10
10
J.000
10
430
2.6001
1
2.798
ess
10
10
67
10
CM
1,490
2,500
Tniat Co.. L- 7, n. 8. vemoii
Ixmlsa IV: Vee to Dong-las Land Co.. !.
15, Torgler's amd Woodstock's Sab. of
B. "P." AlMna Hotnaotead
B. T. Krlry aod wf. to Madcw , Kane,
Xj. 4. B. as. aoss uty Tara
Madzc J. Kllae and boa. to
fiimola. It. 4. B. 28. Hose CItT
ft. Scott rark temerry Corp, to Har-
ry a. imrnii. aomuiistrator, a iac,
sottoB Sancet. said cmxtery., ,
EnjrMiis V. Bldt and bos. to N. O.
Pike, tt. 9. B. 3, Hancock St. !d.... -
0. Vi: KorkrttS to Bertha tCsckrlt, It.
t to 10, B. 13. Berkeley.,...........
Anna B. Brlkson and bo, to Uada M.
Lefroota, U 20, 20. B. 19, Arleta Park
No 2
Brte B: Rankin to B. U Otartla L 6,
6. 7, B. 19. Carson HU...... . . . . . .
Geurgs Hartang and wf. to LydLa
- ktaasnutn.-. 14. B. IS. North Irrinr-
Con. L. 29. 30, B. 1. PeoLoouiar Add.'
-Jdkt-a M. Barntt ot al- to Bridget O,
,i. Harnett, acres la sec is. X. t a., :
R. 1 B. ............v.,...,X......
BrJda-rt C. Harnett to John M. Bsmett.
7 acres, fa bw. IS. T. 1 ISS, 1 H....
10
KO
10
30
10
' 10
HUGE MINE PROJECT m '
IS TO BE LAUNCHED -V
IN CENTRAL OREGON
Portland Mer
er Gold and Platinum From
Deschutes.
Xrabably the most ambltlousr mining
project conceived of late -years is that
which is to be launched Immediately in
the Deschutes canyon, in Deschutes,
Crook and Jefferson counties -by two
j Portland men, W. UL Bard and C. W.
Clapp- Their enterprise ls to recover
I combined with Interfering agents that
I no serious attempt ha been made to
, separate it. '
i Bard is an attorney and Clapp. a
et"urKlt- Tny t?ve
that they have perfected a process that
will separate the gold and also the
Pjatlnunu both i read ily and inexpsn-
slvely. The process is .a professional
". .e7..ntvtJv?n uttna.
in
formation that it ls akin to the cyanide
process- now widely In use In ffold
mines,
Was a Big Problem.
In perfecting a process to recover
the- Dreclous metals from this black
I sand. Bard and Clapp declare that they
have solved one of the most perplexing
of metallurglo problems.
The sand is of volcanio origin. It
was carried, according to the opinion
of Mr. Clapp. by the prevailing west
wind of the region into what was at
the time either a lake or an arm of
the sea. Later through 'some geolog-
leal change, the water was drained
, away. An en ou sccummaiea idoui mo
bottom of the deposit, and after the
Deschutes river had cut a gorge; the
oil .was set afire, either by lightning.
vojeanic heat Or the action of radium.
. V" uwi V.. "".V5""5" " 'ww
to have volatilised the precious metals.
"""7, ' " .
"Pf1"1 m"s' olslntergrated In time
' lter centuries of erosion.
uwwn worxo.
' Mining experts who nave been ove
me oiaca anu uej) goia
t was Ilr01 ODtaloea l "a na -pp s
"ie aemouiruuu mui saia o
have stated that there Is more gold in
this region, known as the Redmond
fold district, than In all the rest of
the world put together If It can only
be separated.
On both sides of the Deschutes and
Crooked rivers, from Cline Falls, four
miles from Redmond, fo the mouth of
the Metollus river, there are bluffs on
both sides of tnese rivers. In some
places nearly 1000 feet high. Mr. Bard
""T0""""'":
posit will average 1,000,000 tons to the
acre.
Other Metals round.
Beside the gold and platinum, which
will be the principal products of the
Industry, there have been found also
considerable deposits of selenium, tel
lurium, thorium, iridium and ruthen
ium. All of these metals are rare and
some exceedingly valuabla
Ruthenium ls urged as an alloy with
steel in making high grade tools, such
as surgeons Instruments. Iridium is
used for hard bearings and tips on
fountain pens. . v
Californian Bays Farm.
A, V. Hendrlckson, formerly a farmer
of: the Chehalem Center neighborhood,
who has recently moved to Portland.
,norti that h ham sold Mm farm, with
( Stock, Implements and household goods
to a buyer from Los Angeles. The par-
Chase price was 6&oo.
Odd Fellows Buy Bank Bunding.
The First National Bank building of
Sumptef, Or., has been purchased by
Sumpter JUdge Xo. 162. I. O. O. F. The
price was $6&0. The second rtory
wnicn is aiso ine top aiury, will De
fitted as a lodge room. ,
BUILDING PERMITS
West Oron Lnmhr contnany, rrK-t 1 stori
frama dwvllHig, on H. Hrins' roed. st th?
torn to Western Oregon Lumber Compaa's
Dill; 8. Sjfnof. boUder; KS.
Waat Oirron lArmltrr ctr pafrr, erect 1 etorf
frtme dwrllins;. on St, Helens' road, at turi
to western ureroa ljn.air ucmosays miilj
S. Synnea. builder: MOU. T
AJ- U11W mlttm atflP hrtiV MMfln.p.
stores. 2GO A1W.. bet. 2d and'4th; UaabT L
Urbertsnn- bailders; fSOO.
JVestemf Cooperage eooifgr, altev frame
foe! bouse. Willamette bird, and Burr St.;
Western Coooerace mmntar. bollders: tMM.
10 1 U. G. -Utley. alter 1H storr frame back
i porch. -ISIS E. 10th st., N.. bet. Buffalo aod
10 icadrona: tmJhler. same: tuon.
A. J. Cartwrlsht. erect 2 storr frame Attril.
i inc. 120G K. tcs .tt.. wt. i&. sts sad K.
20,4t: builder, eaaie; S0O.
t TTm-n a Grant alter S efnre fMm. Aw-tt
Hope to Recov- ' W .
.uo'inf, r k. 14W st.. net, neimoa aaa Main'
Sopfclt A. 1 Jta P firestoa, bnilder; 100,
It Park.. 10) Ken r. Klreeo. erect 1 story, frame furae.
1283 E. Flanders, bet. 42d and 43d; Jobs P
Preston, bulkier: i2W.
110! . Mr. Kchaf fer. jrpalr t story -frame dweUiiur.
1 637 'Gretwond ave.. svHUi of Oladstoae; . U.
O. T. noluctaw. repair 1U atftrr seml-fire.
proof dwelling. 741 Multnomah, bet. 21st and
100.
Keee
BehnsatMa, erect
rarage, Sa Ooinrriat- are., bet. ' Fnarer and
ralllur: H. A. Wliliame. betlder; J279. ' . .
William Corafbot, alter 2 storr frame ef.
nces, t Lewie, bar. Lorn-lag and Slveri bui:d
er. same ; f. . - , . .,- -
Max Ksffmao, wreck 2 tot frame dweTV
ln(- Northmp. bet. IStb and 13th: O. K.
aoso Cltr Wreekine ooienenjr, eoBtrmeloni;
J. W. " Jrinmnn. erect 1 etarv fjeiiM Jwri.
Inr. 130S Mobil, ket. Lotnbari akd BaUale;
x R1,7r x . -
1 W Si'r J ,
I m
This map shows the 10.47 acre site
recently acquired from the llol
brook estate bj the Pacific Coast
Steel company, and also the tract ,
acquired by W.'T. O'Brien. It
. is expected that tlie steel - com
pany, . which now operates plants
in San Francisco and Seattle, -
. will establish a plant on this site.
Linnton Tract Was
Bought by Company
.. At Fair Appraisal
Price- Paid by Pacific Coast Steel
Company Agrees With As
sessor's Valuation.
The Paclflo Coast Steel company, ,
now operating plants lrt Ban Francisco
and Seattle, may establish on also in
Portland "as soon as ths situation set
tles." It recently purchased- from ,M.
I Holbrook, trustee. of the Holbrook
estate, a tract of a little more than 10
acres near Linnton. Although ths
price at which this land was purchased
has not been mads public, it is known .
that It was over stated in the first.'
reports of the transaction and that
the consideration wag a fair one,,
agreeing with County Assessor Reed's'
appraisal of the tract. , j
The piece of land . acquired by. the
Pacific Coast Steel company is con
veniently located for a manufacturing
plant, chiefly because of adequate rail
facilities. The river, for a consid
erable distance out from shore. Is
shallow at this point, and extensive
dredging operations would be necea-.
sary to enable vessels to land thora
Landowners Would
Reclaim Big Area
In the Peninsula,
Petition Asks Iav to ' Spena
$200,000 to Drain Bottom Land ,
Between Sloughs.
A petition filed la the county court .
for permission to organize Peninsula :
drainage district No. 1, has for Its 61 11-
raate purooae the reclamation of l.
acres of rich bottom lands between the
Columbia and Oregon sloughs. An ax-,.
penditure of $100,000 ls anticipated n:
the reclamation project.
Ths petitioners, who are the Virtual
owners of all the land, are C C Colt.
W W. Downard and R. H. Brown t
the Peninsula Industrial Co., by R. H.,
Brown, vice-president; the Greater -IVrtland
Realty company, by J. . V.
Beach, president; the Union Meat com- -pany.
by C. C. Colt, president; 'and the ,-
Union Ktock Tords company, by vVU
llam IL Daughtrey, president.
The netit loners agree to pay all toe
expenses incurred in the reclamation
and will taJie up bonds which they pre-5
pose to issue. The reclaimed lands are :
to be first used or agricultural pur?,
poses, although industrial sites Is ths
final aim. 4
r
rnjpn To the
A I-TkJHomeOwnef
Battwood 62 -
OREGON DOQR CO.
SASH AND DOORS r
Osasral sUU Work ; r
root Spekaas At4 rortlaaa, Os
J. C. English Co.
v; Lighting, .
Fixtures
. trrlar trnlea Ava,
faetory Ooasasset ,
General Insurance
M BOND SIM.
McCarcar. Bates Lively
Yso Braiding Msin f 168. ; A-2S94 I
: Union Abstract Co. ;
EXPERIKMCED MANAGEMENT
EFFICIENT CLEKICAI, i'Q&CA i
PRICES REASONABLE. i -.
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