THE OREGON ; SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORT LAND, j SUNDAY MORNING. ' MAY 27. 1917.
PLANS ALREADY LAID
IN BUY-A-H0ME-F1RST
CAMPAIGN FOR 1918
OF
CHIEFLY
QUESTION IS BELIEVED
TO BE NEAR AT HAND
Papal Party Sees No Hope of
Restoration With Territor-"
ial Advantage.
ADDITIONS FOR SPACE
City Bureau Has Passed on
: Plans for Seven New Res
idences to Start Soon.
We Have Put Over the Big
Idea?' Said Harold Jones,
Secretary of Committee.
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twohy1 shops Enlarged.
EXHIBITION IS PROPOSED
POPE IS FOR SETTLEMENT
Contract Will Be x,et Boon for Addi
tion to Woodstock School '
' Thsatre is Bemodslsd.
Flans Prepared for Display In FnsUo
Xtaliaa Government, Kowever, Zs V
Auditorium as an Education
of the Public
alterably Opposed to Oraatlnff
Any Territorial Comoessloaa.
BUILDING
OPERATIONS
SOLUTION
ROMAN:
i TEN NEW HOMES WITHIN RADIUS OF.THREE. BLOCKS IN LAURELHURST I
REPAIRS
AND
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REALTY TRANSFERS, j
No. Amount.
Last week . 161 $183,549
Previous week . . . .' 224 198,613
Three weeks a,go 178 155.674
buiLdino PERMITS. J
Last week '. .' 75 $ 86,741!
L
Previous week 59 20.605
Three, weeks ago 75 113,330
Realty transfers, while large In the i
past week, were mostly records of
transfers long since completed, and
building operations were limited.
Considerable building Is under way
nt the present time, but scarcely any
thing of much slae In the way of new
building was authorized. Many new
repair Jobs were permitted to pro- !
ceed however, and these ran total fig- i
ures for the week to more than three
times the total for the previous week.
A permit for the second Herbert Gor-
v ai Jsoued.
Residences, will Xlse.
The city bureau of building also ,
passed on plans for seven new houses,
and all of these will be started within
10 days.
Permits for two of these, at $4000
u-1 1 , nn, i in v va uy l tl -w i -c 1 a xwtnu
Builders, was issued Saturday. The
, estimated aggregate cost of the others
as $13,250. iimltin a, lotl 'or the
weelt. In residential construction, of
Jl.250.
Twohy Bros., railroad contractors,
are going ahead with plans for build
ing 300 fjeight cars at their shops on
East Fifty-fifth street. To expedite
the work, new buildings are required,
and plans for construction vof two
shone, at an aceresate cost OS. $2000.
have been submitted to the city build
ing department.
Quarters Being1 Enlarged.
-A paint shop, 209 by 100 feet in
almenskns, will be constructed at a
cost of $9000. This will be a one
story frame shed. An extension to the
truck shop, 50 by 70 feet, will cost
$3000.
The Simon Salvage Co. is planning
alteration of the first and second
floors of the building at the northeast
corner of Second and Alder streets.
Larger quarters for their business are
soueht. The work will cost 83000 It
Is estimated.
The Liberty theatre corporation was
issued a permit for remodeling the
lobby of Its building at the southwest
corner of Broadway and Stark. The"
work is now under way and will cost
$2500. The Peninsular foundry was
granted a permit to make alterations
that will cost $3000. M. Q. Rasmus
' sen was granted a permit to construct
a home at 100 Laurelhurst avenue, to
cost $6000.
Sohooj Flans Finished.
The city building department has
finished checking the Woodstock and
trankltn high schools, and plans are
uacn. in me i.anas oi superintendent
or iroperties ivaramore. Contracts
for the Woodstock school addition will
be let first, and Franklin high pro
posals will bo next for consideration.
Candidates Speak
To Realty Members
Twenty-four candidates for city of
fices spoke at the' meeting of the Port
land Realty board Friday. Their
speches were limited to three minutes
each. Among the speakers were the
.six candidates for mayor", including
G-eorge Baker. Will H. Daly. William II.
Warren, E. N. Wheeler, B. S. Josselyn,
Allen O. Rushlight and George Menzel.
, George Stapleton was chairman of the
day. F. E. Taylor, president of the In
terstate Realty association, and Frank
MeCrillis, delegate of the Portland
Realty board, spoke of their trip to
, Spokane, Seattle and Tacoma hast week
' to arouse interest in tha annual mitlnir
of the trl-state organisation.
Motor Car Co. Gets
Stables for Garage
The Portland Motor Car company has
leased the stable occupying a lot at the
northwest corner of Eleventh and Flan
ders streets, and will remodel the build
ing into a garage. Last week it was
nounced that the company had leased
the building under construction at
Tenth and Glisan streets for a sales
room, repair chop and garage, ft The
structure at Eleventh and Flanders will
-be used as a garage for second hand
cars and trucks: The present tenants
give up the property June 1. and sev
eral weeks will be spent in remodeling
the building, which is 50 by 100 feet in
dimensions, before it is occupied by the
,' Portland Motor Car company.
TIPS
To the
Home Owner
Union Abstract Co.
ABSTRACTS OT TITUS, MOmTOAGX,
IVOASTS, 8, 6, 7.
v EXTER!IENCE1D MANAGEMENT
' EFFICIENT CLERICAL, FORCE
PRICES REASONABLE).
412-413-414 COBSETT BXSO.
phones Hain 66 and A-3817.
ellwood 68 B-132S
OREGON DOOR CO.
SASH AND DOORS
General SOU Work
Sfoot Spokane Ave Vortlaad. Or.
General Insurance
BONDS
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REALTY MARKET TO
E TO SHARE
IT IS STATED
Conditions Were Never So
Good, Fundamentally, Says
National' Bulletin for May,
Regarding the condition of the real
estate market during the war and in
the period following Its termination,
the May bulletin of the National As
sociation of Real Estate Boards has
the following to say: .
All indications point to a continua
tion of a favorable real estate market
which began about two years ago.
Fundamentally, conditions were never
so favorable for a good market as they
are now.- With this country the cred
itor nation of the world, and practical
ly all other nations forced to come
here and buy, we have accumulated an
almost incredible amount of wealth,
which must find channels for invest
ment. Prosperity to Remain. '
This will continue while the war
lasts, assuring a condition no less
prosperous "than we now enjoy; and,
after the war, the development of our
own property, wealth and resources,
which have temporarily given way to
outside demands, will keep industry
running full capacity to meet domestic
requirements.
Possibly in some sections, owners
are holding off logical Improvements,
in the hope that a cheaper market
might enable them to build more eco
nomically in the future; tout, when
loss of earning capacity, in compari
son with increase in cost of bulldlne,
is made, the natural result will be
that builders wll tire of waiting, and
before long, no doubt, an added stim
ulus to building, the .like of which as
a general proposition this country has
not seen in years, will begin.
Foreigners Are Investing.
It is interesting to note that In in
dustrial sections, foreigners are in
vesting in real estate more heavily
than ever before. Wlith the establish
ing of homes among the foreign pop
ulation, better citizens are made, and
the money they earn is not hoarded,
to the same extent, to be sent across
th. fnrirncr nwn hi nwn hnmsv his
dependents are brought to tnis side,
Another feature that will support
the market is the inelinatlon of ma.i
: ufacturing and industrial concerns to
: employ war profits in securing their
, own business locations. Recent bi
earnings gives them the opportunity or
' a lifetime to become permanently es
' tablished. They are thus placed on a
1 substantial footing, and in such a
strong position that their future pros
perity is practically guaranteed.
Commercial Garage
Being Constructed
Joseph McClellan has started con
struction of a small commercial ga
rage on Second street between Mill and
Montgomery. The garage Will cost
about $5000 and will be of -concrete
and mill construction. In addition to
fthe garage, the plans provide for a
; machine shop. Thebuilding is being
! constructed for lease. MacNaughton
' & Raymond are the architects.
Bohemians to Be Pardoned.
Vienna. May 26. The semi-official
Frsmdenbatt hints that the former
deputy Dr. Kaczmarek and all of the
ether Bohemian conspirators who were
convicted of high treason will be par
doned immediately after the conclu
sion of peace. Dr. Kaczmarek and
two others of the plotters were sen
tenced t- death, but their sentences
have been commuted to long terms of
imprisonment
CONIl)
GAIN
GROUND BROKEN FOR SALEM HOSPITAL
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Ground has been broken for the new
hospital of the ;Salem Hospital asso
ciation, which la to cost $125,000. The
building: will probably not be ready for
occupancy before fall. V ' 'i' ' ". : p:X,
, The hospital will be located on a
site not far from the state receiving
Fire of the Seven New Homes Under Construction at An Estimated
An active building boom is underway
In Laurelhurst. Throughout the entire
district 10 new homes are actually un
der construction and within a radius of
less than three block's, seven splendid
SALES OF TIMBER AND
T. H. Mitchell, Salesmanager
for W, P, Johnson Co,
Comes to Open Office Here
Klamath Falls Is soon to realise her
ambitions to become the largest city of
that part of the state east of the Cas
cade mountains, according to Mr.
Mitchell, sales manager for the W. P.
Johnson company, who has opened of
fices in Portland.
Completion of plans for the new rallf
road promoted by Robert E. Strahorn
lias aroused tremendous enthusiasm and
hope in the possibilities that Klamath
Falls may become the city of her am
bitions, the largest municipality be
tween Portland and Sacramento.
The W. P. Johnson company Is the
selling agent for the Klamath Develop
ment company, the largest holding cor
poration In Klamath county. This con
cern owns much of real estate within
the city limits of Klamath Falls, the
Weed (California) Lumber company,
and a number of Industrial establish
ments in Klamath Falls. . Its timber
holdings are the largest of any corpora
tion in the southern portion of the
state.
Qorernment Selling Timber.
Stanley S. Thompson has been ap
pointed northwest agent for the W. P.
Johnson company and Mr. Mitchell will
remain with him in Portland for six or
eight weeks.
Prospects for the year in Klamath
Falls are most optimistic, Mr. Mitchell
said Friday. Cato. Sells, Indian com
missioner. Is now advertising the sale
of 675,000,000 feet of timber on the
Klamath reservation, about 35 miles
north of Klamath Falls. The highest
bidders for this timber, whose names
have not yet been made public, say that
if the sale is awarded them, the con
struction of a mill to cut 70,000,000
feet of timber a year will be started
immediately.
Klamath county. In its government
reclamation project embracing 181.000
acres, has the largest and most suc
cessful irrigation plant that the gov
ernment has yet built.
In addition, there are 100,000 acres
of reclaimed land on the Klamath reser
vation, the project being paid for with
money realized from timber sales. In
addition, 60,000 acres are under private
irrigation, and 20,000 acres were re
claimed for agricultural purposes last
year. The county is planning on an
immense showing for Uncle Sam's food
drive this year, Mr. Mitchell said.
Klamath Growing Kapldly.
This spring all plans for financing
the new Strahorn road were completed
when the city voted $300,000 In bonds.
In addition, Klamath Falls gave con
siderable free right-of-way, and is also
giving the railroad free terminals. Some
of this land the city had to purchase
for $50,000.
The population of Klamath Falls at
present is about 6000, and an addition
of a tl.ousand more, due to the new in
dustries and the agricultural develop
ments, is expected within a year, it
was asserted.
Structure which will cost $125,000.
ward. It .will be four stories high and
will accommodate 75 patients. There
will be 40 private rooms and space for
S5 patients In wards. On of tb wards
will be for maternity cases. In addi-
Jtion there will be two surgeries, long
J sun porches on each floor, living; apart
STRAHORN
RAILROAD
BOOM KLAMATH FALLS
residences are underway. These homes
average from $6500 to $8500 in value,
and the total operations represent over
$50,000. The seien houses are on East
Forty-first street, between Couch and
Glisan streets. Nearly all the homos
OUT OF TOWN DEALS
Xexmlston -What is probabfy the
largest real estate deal ever consum
mated In this locality, was completed
with the eale of, 240 acres of fine
alfalfa land by J. T. Hinkle to a syndi
cate of 12 Tillamook dairymen. The
purchase price is $26,000, of which It is
understood at least $20,000 will be in
cash. The purchase of hay bearing
land in this manner is something of an
innovation. The members of the syn
dicate are the owners. of large herds of
cattle which produce for the dairy
needs and cheese factories of Tilla
mook. The growers find that they have
pasture there for eight months but
must have feed for the remainder of the
year. They will operate thetr own
ranch and bale and ship their hay to
their ranches where t may be fed as
neeaea.
Pendleton. A deal Involving the Judd
block on the corner of Main and Court
streets and which has been pending
for some time was consummated last
week. James S. Johns, secretary of
the Hartman Abstract company, be
comes the new owner of the building.
taking It over from F. E. Judd. The
consideration is withheld but is said to
be In the neighborhood of $35,000. The
Judd block is one of the principal bus
iness buildings In the city.
Ontario. Two real estate sales of
more than ordinary magnitude were
made here last week. Wad Canfleld
and J. M. Butler sold to A. L. Sproul
and Jacob Prlnzing their 120-acre ranch
seven miles southwest of Ontario.
J. A. Lackey sold the First National
bank building to A. L. Cockrum. It is
said that the entire building, occupied
by the bank, the Ontario Hardware, the
telephone exchange and the offices and
lodges on the second floor, will be re
modeled. Consideration of this trans
fer was $21,000.
Cr swell. The Creswell Fruit Grow
ers' bank haa exchanged Its orchard
lands of 173 acres north of town for
the Albany hotel in San Diego. Practi
cally the entire 173 acres are set to
ap.)les, there being a few pear and
peach trees. F. A. Garetson, who owned
the hotel in San Diego, was here the
first of the- week and the transfer of
papers v cs made Tuesday morning.
BUILDING PERMITS
J. McClelland, erect 1 atory ordinary garage,
364-300 2d at., bet. Mill and Montgomery;
builder, came; $4500.
Misa Jole Oppeahelmer. erect 1 atory frame
girage, 673 B. 12th.. N. bet. Knott and Staa
Un; B. F. Browne, builder; $175.
Margaret Donlon, repair atory frame
dvg., 529 Mobawk at., bat. Smith are. and
Hudson at.; Ooebran Brothers, builders; $300.
Peatecoatal Mission, erect frame tabernacle,
Powell Valley rood. bet. B. 49th and E. Mat
at.; builders, same; $300.
Carl V. Kelson, erect 1 atory frame dwg.,
1138 B. Madison, bet. 38th and Sth; 8. E.
Pbelps. builder; $1000J
A. F. Hall, repair 1 story frame dwg., 1610
Tillard are., bet. Brjant and Morgan; build
er, same; $-16.
Ben H. Miles, erect l story rrame garage.
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1698 E. Glisan, bet. flOlh and 61t sts.; fi).
V. E. Beach, repair 3 story rrame awg., oju
Chapman, bet. laurel and Bim; w. r . xooey,
builder; $400.
Tlllle S. Nlelaen. repair 2 story frame dwg.,
S08 CoiWe. bet. 6th and Cth; John Westlund,
builder; $75.
Recruit Campaign
Reaches Cemetery
NewTork, May 26. Over in Brook
lyn they believe in not overlooking a
bet. The recruiting forces there have
strung a giant banner on the wall sur
rounding the Calvary cemetery, read
ing: "Wake Up! Tour Country Needs
You!"
ments for the superintendent, snd ad
ministration offices.
The structure will be of reinforced
concrete and tile with brick facing-.
The Spanish renaissance style of archi
tecture will be. ' followed. Robert I.
Tegen of Portland Is the architect.
$50,000.
r.ow under construction in Laurelhurst
are being- put up by owners who Intend
to occupy them Immediately after
completion. The others have been sold,
according to Paul Murphy, manager of
the Laurelhurst properties.
Xolalla. A. T. Cutting has traded his
800 acre stock ranch at Durkee to G.
W. Donnelly for a farm at Battle
Ground, Wash., and 42 acres near this
place, a part of the H. L. Vaughan
donation land claim. The consideration
was $15,000.
Hewberg. W. E. White & Co. report
the closing of two real estate deals
within the past few days, in which
Newberg property and a Yamhill oun
ty farm have been exchanged for Mon
tana ranches. E. P. Dlment of New
berg has traded land at Kalispell and
lots at Rollins, Mont., to E. D. Morris
of Portland for the Laurel Cottcge
property in Newberg, the deal being
a $10,000 proposition. The second deal
is the exchange of the Broughton farm
on the Yamhill river, better known as
the Fred Crawford place, for a 687 acre
stock and grain ranch at Vaher. Mont..'
made with G. G. Bagley. representing
$20,000.
Pendleton. At a price which is said
to be in the neighborhood of $30,000,
James Surgis has purchased the Barn-
hart ranch six miles south of this
place, from the J. E. Smith Livestock
company. The ranch comprises 825
acres of land, of which 175 is in al
falfa, 33 bottom land and wheat and
the remainder grazing land. It Is
about 4000 acres in extent and reaches
from the river clear back into the hills,
including some of the best hay, grazing
and grain land in the section.
Gardiner. It Is reported that Charles
Messey has sold his farm on the Urr p
qua to W. H. Jewett for $14,000. The
farm consists of about 400' acres, the
greater part of it being bottom land
along the river.
Beech Creek. Ernest Kaneaster has
purchased the Earl Brownlee ranch of
160 acres from J. Brownlee. The pur
chase price was $1600. It is also re
ported that J. Brownlee of Goldendale,
Or., has sold his 320 acre ranch that
August Ferg has occupied for the past
three years west of Beech Creek, to
Charles Wood. Frank Holllday sold his
ranch and stock last week consisting
of 480 acres south of Fox, to John
Lovely. The purchase price waa $7000.
RlALTY TRANSFERS
Gertrude B. Dell lnger and bus. to B.
i. Horr. U 13. B. 16. Irrington $
L. It. Saunders and wf. to W. J. Thorn p
aon. U 258 and 261. Ridge wood.
E. J. Glfsan to Benjamin Goodman et
al, U 86. Sheltered Nook
Christian Kausch to G. Phillips, L. 16.
B. 11. Willamette
O. Wabblea and wf. to CVora F. Ber
nolda. La, 3, B. 16, Vernon
Henry C. Lohmann and wf. to Mrs. C
Meyer Huber. L. 3, B. 36. Woodlawn;
L. 29. 30. B. 2, Stanley; W. 33 1-3
ft. 33 1-3 ft. of L. 7. B. B. 292. Port
land C. Meyer Huber to Ilenry C. Lohman
and wf. U 8, B. 36 Woodlawn; L.
29. 30. B. 2. Stanley; W. 33 1-3 ft. of
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10
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10
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10
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la. 7. . a. zuz. fortiano.
! Edward W. Blair to Georgia Blair, L.
j u, is. io, Kossmere .
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B. Rumelin and wf. to I. K. Moore,
U 25. 'M, 'B. 101. Laorelnurat.. ,
.'. !. umj- to Hoy luiij, l,. 12, b. 1.
Ilardlman'a Add
Henry Atwater and wf. to Fred C. Carl
son. L. 7. 8. B. 1. 8yndlcste Add
Thomas Vigars and wf. to Klrln Zim
mermen. !. 19, B. 27, Ladd's Add
West St. Johns' Land Co. to Albert K.
Stanley et aL U. 4. 6, B. 2, Wb It
wood Court
fred Belcher, to B. A- B. Realty Co.,
U g, B. Tr, WlUamette Hu. Add...
Edwin Foster snd wf. to John C. Stan
ton, La, 13, B. 63, IiureUiurst
Ruth B. Bowder and bua. to James
M. McXaughtoo, L. IS. B. 87, Wood
lawn James P. Farr and wf. to Stephen Car
Ter, I 1. B. 6, Spanson's Add
Loleta Rlalsdell to Bdward J. Haeger.
I.. 8. B 4. Weatorer Terracea
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10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
I Peninsula Security Co. to A. P. Lecbler
j w aia, aa o, o. a7. a. uanmi auu...
' Northwestern Trust Co. to Virgil Amend,
L. 8, 8, B. 1. Welleslay
j Fannie T. Montgomery to John Oralewa
kt. L- lO, B. 37. Vernon
j C. A. Robertson to Joe Flglni. E. 45 ft.
VI 44. If. IV, X- V. CVUUU AUU ......
H. A. Itarnall and wf. to Laro RealtT
Co.. Inc.. L. 18. R. 1. Clemson Add. .
10
Clnsepplna Plaaxa and bus. to Antonio
Trigomi. L. 3, B. 34. Tlbbetts Add. . .
John Malone and wf. to Margaret Ma
lone, U 18. B. 12. Multnocnal.
Hough N. Fraxer and wf. to Catherine
C. Ureiner, U 9. B. 4, Lmrrlatoa
E. A. fjindgren to 8. R. Norgren, SOx
100 ft. beginning on S. lino of Wil
lamette blvd., KO ft. westerly from
NW. corner of B. 24. A L. Miner's
Add
1.200
1
850
10
Mexicans, Fearing
Conscription, Flee
Brownsville, Texas, May 2. Con
scription has terror for the Mexicans
When word carae to the border that
; the great American congress had
j adopted conscription the Mexicans
who had fled to this side of the bor
der during the troubled days of Ma-
! dero, Huerta, Villa and Carranza be
lieved the American brand of conscrip
tion would be similar to the Mexican
brand. So hundreds of them fled back
to Mexico.
WeUs-Fargo Will BaiM.
Plans and specifications for a large
building to be constructed for the
Wells Fargo Express company at Sev
enteenth and Overton streets have
been completed. The building; will re
place the present frame structures oc
cupylng the site. The structure will
be 100 by 200 feet, of brick construc
tion, with steel-trussed roof. A por
tion of the building will be one story
high, housing; wagons, and the balance
two stories. Plans provide recreation
and locker rooms for employes, wag-on
room and stable.. - '
BUILDING
OPERATIONS
DECREASED BY
APRIL WORK
Falling Off of 8 Per Cent in
Country at Large Indicated
by Official Report,
The record of building operations
for April, shown by permits issued
in 115 principal cities of the country,
reveals the extent of the chill to this
industry by the entrance of the United
States into the war. In the light of
all circumstances, this decrease may
be regarded as Quite moderate.
These permits, as officially reported
in the American Contractor, total $86,
100,925, as compared with $94,029,102
for April, 1916, a decrease of 8 per
cent. The January statement showed
an increase of 11 per cent. In Feb
ruary and in March totals shrank 5
per cent, as compared with the cor
responding month last year. It Is re-
garded as significant that the decrease
last month was not greater than 8 per
cent. Of Hi cities, 69, or 60 per
cent, record losses, and the 40 per
cent balance how comparative gains.
The total number of permits, 29.823,
compared with 32,288 in April. 1916.
also show 8 per cent decrease.
For purposes of comparison the
statement of some of the cities is
shown in the following table:
April, 1917. April. 1910
Eatl- Eati
No. of mated No. of mated
bldffa. coat. bldr. cost.
HAS $2,4.11.213 440 $1,840,809
cftt
Akron, Ohio...
Albany. N.T.. .
Allen town. Pa..
Atlanta, Oa...
Baltimore.kld..
268
391.600 842
886.760 79
432,455
78
233
811
870
377
CAO
17
S2
870.720
673,647
763.273
193.860
6.837.000
441,413 216
863.819 401
274,879 864
8.O80.0O0 477
939.000 453
664.846 218
Blnchamton
Boatoo. Maaa..
Buffalo.N.Y....
Canton, Ohio.. ,.
808.O0O
453.763
9.624.460 1.033 11.371.600
Clfreland,
O.. .1.303
2.441.600 1.663 2.eJ6.0D3
Columbus. Ohio 324
raJlaa. Texas. 81
too, Ohio.. 184
Denrsr, Colo. . 290
Detroit, Mlch.l,14
Dulutb Minn.. 1S9
Kllsabetfc. N.J. 46
Fort Worth... 64
632.000 393
190. 70 903
216,204 147
809.260 287
6,284.706 1,917
104.372 224
189.9rV 44
247.063 94
190.940 49
1.197.727 201
778.802 76S
1.291.4O0 878
2,700.600 720
647.630 14H
2.024.696 634
1.2S4.6K3 033
1,164.433 20
643.154 136
175,683 104.
1,166.940
194.201
259.370
840.960
8.813,870
612.348
S3.Z434
zii.
-HarriatN.rg.Pa-. 87
873.445
1.091.511
861.674
1.219.94B
1.804. 407
124,027
876.968
8,043,03
842,617
lis rt ford. Coca.. 161
ludlanapoUa . . 641
Kansas City... 362
Lios Angelss .. 6
Manchester ... 121
Milwaukee ... 636
Minneapolis... KM
Nswark, N J 298
New Haren.. . 167
New Orleans. . 86
New York City
Manbattaa .. 89S
Bronx 347
Brooklyn ...1.286
Queens 836
Bicbmond ... 122
o'2f
242,061
8.683.415
1.648.606
8A6
383
8.899,760
1.923.473
8.952.243
2. 394.637
2.462.657 1.818
2,186.666 766
342,314 148
370.9711
Total
...2,986 10,314,558 8.0OO 17.241.OS4l
Niagara Falls. 88
26S.296 76 378.76J
Oakland Cal.. 202
Omaha. Neb... 112
Pasadena. CaL. 97
Philadelphia ..1.837
PlttJiburg.Pa... 413
PORTLAND .. 2H5
Reading, Pa... 64
Rochester. N.T.. 368
Beers mento .. 86
Salt Lake City. 124
San Plego. Csl. 116
Ssn Francisco.: 516
Rcbenectsdy .. 123
Seattle. Wn... 686
3K8.994 300 706.471-
400.360 166 406,83r
256.914 125 189.8U
6.0O9.T40 1,915 6.227.7
1.094.109 482 1.250.76.
S9O.880 617
226.200 131
664.377 410
213.171 102
228.016 133
66.974 151
906,846 629
303,870 154
670.906 814
. R9.655 174
739.650 215
. 1,707,991 754
877.244 238
1,176.989 611
102.563 136
714,306 402
437.76f
2&S.13C
1.168.2m
79,575
260,741
209, 434
2.247. 18f
21A.641
666.510
62.43I
466.7S1
1.003.14$
906.661
1.1X8.467
Spokane. Wn.. 163
Springfield 199
St. Ixmis, Mo. 733
St. Pao.1, Mln. Z33
Toledo. Ohio... 606
Tacoma, Wn... 99
185.1W
Washington .. sis
1,192,08
Toroedo-Proof Paint.
St. Louis, Mo., May 26. A paiii
against which torpedoes fired by s
submarine or other warships will nod
explode is said to have been lnvenUol
by a St. Louis man, whose, name if
withheld. This paint, the Inventoi
claims, will make ships invulnerably
to submarines. - I
: 1
WAR
SHOWN
ST. HELENSiGETS NEW OFFICE BUILDING
Construction of a modern j tt flee
building and motion picture. thWtre
has been started at . St. Helena ly L.
R. Rutherford. - The structure wil ad
Join tb postoff ice - and the MaVonic
This is the final week of the 1117
"Buy a Home-First campaign.
The committee In charge Is well
pleased with the results accomplished
durisfc (he three weeks that the move
ment has been under way. It war not
expected that there would be definite
resuftj this year, but it has been ob
serve, Vhat the realty market was con
siderably stimulated by the campaign.
Tri fact that men like William F.
Woowi.rd, C C. Colt. E. A. Baker, H.
B. Van Duier, Rev; Edward H. Pence,
Ir. Clarence True Wilson. Frank Me
Crillis, Earl A. Clark and Paul C. Mur
phy 'directly interested themselves in
the .work and made addresses before
the various civic clubs upon "Buy
Hom" topics . has apparently made
roary young Portlanders realize that
successful men are firm believers in
hoire owning-.
i rung lala for Vest Tear.
Sext year the "Buy a Home" work
wl) again receive the active attention
of Portland business men. The cam
pairii, will extend through years to
conf.e and the movement will popularise
the old-fashioned home.
Thi "Buy a Home" campaign this
montk has not been local. Instead, it
was iatlon-wide. Forty-five cities, in
stated from coast to coast, have enjoyed
successful campaigns.
"W have managed to put over the
big lBea," said Harold Jones, secretary
of tie "Buy a Home-First" commit
tee Triday. "We did not go Into the
caxiEaign expecting to sell homes. We
know that homes are not bought over
night, like automobiles. We have suc
ceeded In bringing to nearly everyone
in Portland, however, the thought of
th gconomlc and sentimental value of
home owning. This is a permanent
cotimlttee. and we will be on the Job
Just as vigorously next year."
Exposition Xs .Proposed.
Seme interesting plans for the 118
campaign are already being made. The
cemmittee hopes to have an exposition
in the municipal auditorium. A five
rsosi bungalow will probably be con
structed in the center, the work being
dne In eight hours. House furnishers
will' be on hand and complete the
dwelling, ready, for occupancy, in an
cther hour. .
The "Buy a Home- campaign in IMS.
1: Is planned, will run in connection
with the "Buy at Home" movement.
The exposition will not only extol the
values of home owning, but it will em
(hwlse the fact that tbe home builder
anl furnisher can get everything from
najls to a piano from stock made In
Oigon. . A. O. Clark of the Chamber
of Commerce is now working on plans
wth the "Buy a Home-First" commit
ted for the exposition, and Mr. Clark
Is in charge of the chamber's work of
Inducing residents of Oregon to be
come acquainted with their own manu-
facturers.
.
Slackers Make for
Shortage of Maids
n.iim Vi 5. There's a short-
age of maids along the North Shore
today. Offers of 820 a weea sn
board and room, private bath, laundry
and other privileges for a maid and a
cook are going begging at one home.
Applications for employment as
maids hse fallen off from 60 to 75
per cent in Evanston. Willamette and
Winnetka,
"Our applications have dropped off
50 per cent since the declaration of
war with Germany," Mrs. S. Ander
son who operates one of the biggest
agencies for women workers in Chi
cago, declared.
"I am inclined to Deneve mat tne
girls are getting married. They must
be marrying the men who are trying
to evade war service."
Mrs. Helen Gahl, director of the
employment agency at Evanston puts
the blame on the munitions factories,
as does Mrs. E. N. Graham, director of
the Benson Avenue agency.
American Gam Supreme.
Washington. May 28. American
chewing gum has conquered the
world. It has been a tedious process
extending over 20 years but now
the triumph is complete, according to
an announcement today by the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce of
the department of commerce.
Proposed strnrtnre to cost $15,000.
Temple. It wfll. be two stories high
and contain tt office rooms. The first
floor will have a motion picture the
atre in the rear, seating 400 parsons.
There will also bs storerooms. " The
wf'ft --'ft : " , "Y ?r K"" ' - --XwmI
Rome, May 26. (I. N. S.) Vatieaa i
circles are no longer skeptical over .
satisfactory solution of this Romas .
question, and a prelate hasi even pre
dicted that the event that will lead t .
the solution will be almost as sensa
tional as the deposition of the csar.
That the Holy See has long ago dis
missed the Idea of evr recovering th
territories lost in 1(70 nobody doubts
Students of Vatican politics maintain
that the papal dreams of a restoration
lasted while the possibility of s sweep--lng
and crushing German victory ex
isted. Today, however, the papal party sor. ;
rowfully admits that this solution of
the Roman question is no longer prot .
able.
Solution Imperative.
"Nevertheless, a solution of the Ro
man question is Imperative," a wsll
known student of Vatican politics said v
"The farce of the so-called imprison-'
ment of the pope must be stopped -Theoretically,
from a strictly "Vatican
point of view, the pope is a prisoner
On the other hand, the Kalian laws
consider the pope a ruler with royal,
privileges and attributes within tot
border of the Leonine city. Besides. j
i . . . a . i J . f
the exercise of his functions as spirit
usl head of th Catholic church and
the enjoyment of sovereign rights. In "
case he should like to take a walk
thrnnrh that rltv tha arsrrlaon would
render him the honors due to a king.
..a a... . lHHAAAHa
r. laria iiumunr ul innuvviiL vm lit'
ollcs are still firmly convinced that
the pope sleeps on a straw mat and
that a strong detachment of Italian
carabineers guard the exits of th
Vatican.
a or a long time Italian statesmen
have sincerely wished ror a solution
va wio .Willtui uwvavraa v-.i. . v. .
with the dignity of the Italian nation.
Territorial Acquisition Opposed. -.
"Today Benedict XV himself is con '
vinced that a solution must be found.
Apparently the pope recently has been
informed that eVery nation is willing
to support his claims Within the limits
of what Is reasonable and Just. The
nnlv nnTw.aiilt.n ..ems to roma from:
the Italian government, which Is unal
terably committed to a policy of no
territorial concessions. In fact, the
Italian arovernment has; mora than
once shown its willingness to grant to
the head of the church any additional
privileges he may ask for, revise tht
jl.n.tn- hi. . t . 1 1, nA .iiaran.
a av.) ufc.a..fS aaa . , u , w n. as .1 i .
.ulnar falsi frorxlnm Div mm at an
. 1 . . . 1 AHJnMAHa .0 tlAA - ;
allllfj wre 7uijr cuuu wiucuk Kf a vvv.-
000, or even larger, but opposes any :
demand tending to reestablish a alt'
existing before 1870."
A well known Vatican official said
that some time ago a report had cir
culated that the pope planned to leave
the Vatican and repair to a country '
wen Known ior ntr vsmoiicuni.' ai
that time It was also said the plan of
the pope was to visit the capital ot
every oeiugereni nauon ana personal
ly Implore a cessation of hostilities, r
Secret Bread Order
rvr
London. May 26. William Heine--mann.
the English publisher, sent s
telegram saying "Rush secret bread,
urgent." The censor was scandalised,
and summoned Helnemann, confident
of developing a German plot to tam
per with the nation's food supply.
"Did you send that?" asked the cen
sor. Heinemann, unperturbed, admitted '
that he had. The censor and a special
agent of the food controller said hs
had better tell the whole trtuh In
stantly or he would suf f er- most se
vere penalties.
"I will willingly tel! all,' replied
Heinemann. "Secret Bread In the name
of a new novel my publishing bouse
is Just bringing out. My telegram
was addressed to the printer, urging
him to hurry the proofs. Here is s
set of proofs. Glad to have had you
gentlemen advertise It."
The case was dismissed.
Railway Mall Route CnchaiigeA.
Washington, May 28. The postof-
. V. G ucBi Mucin 1 a.. awl aa,A waaava
Chamberlain that It does not Intend
to change the arrangements it has
made for dividing the Portland-Foca-tello
railway mail run at Baker. Or.
exterior will bs of light pressed brick
The building is expected tocost about
about $15,000. It will bs completed ir.
tares months, but the spaoe . has . all
been taken- with loss; term
Ernest Kroner is the architect.