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Newspaper Page Text13 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORT LAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 13. 1913. OVER 100 REALTY MEN AND FRIENDS JOIN JOURNAL TOUR Cafalcadfe Will Start at 6:30 6'Clock ; Tuesday Morning on "Way to Victoria Convention. .- 5 ROUTE TO BE VIAVVANCOUVER Stop for; Night Witl Be at Shef- --. ''. a I - I ,! j ion, ron Angeies ana inuna Beine Reached Wednesday. - - w . - i More than 100 realty dealers and their friends will Jofii The Journal aut totir to Victoria Tuesday morn ing; The cavalcade wiir start from The; Journal building at :S0 o'clock, pass along1 Broadway to Union ave nue; and thence tdi Vancouver, Wash, and on to the convention city. Officials of the Portland Kealty board are determined that this city shall lecd all others In . the Northwest In attend ance at .-the. third annual convention of 'the Interstate ReaHy association,- to toe held at Victoria, B. C Thursday. Friday and' Saturday. ; The automobile tour, undertaken .with the cooperation of The Oregon Daily Journal, was planned as an - extra Inducement to realty dealers and members of their families to attend the convention . : , ' 1 The route chosen foe the auto! tour., as Indicated on the accompanying map, goes .via Vancouver. Chehalis. Olympia, Port Angeles and ferry to Victoria, the return being- by way of Vancouver,' B. ' C. i ISeattle and Tacoma. TUESDAY WIGHT AT SHELTOJT The Journal scout , car. a Patterson Light Six from the Louis E. Obye Mot - tor company, made the run over .the route last week and posted the road with big- ,'red arrows advertising the conven tion. Arrangements were made for the th, n,,rnn Hl,a t Inn at Shelton, 18 miles beyond Olympia. oa Tuesday night. There is an excellent hotel at Shelton, containing - 60 - rooms, and the business men of the city have planned a dance and ' entertainment in honor of the realty men. Lodging at the Shelton hotel ranges frnm II trt I2.KOand an excellent . meal Tna be had for 75 cents. The hotel Is a flreproor butidirur or concrete construc tions and Is strictly -modern In all Its ap pointments. The dining room -Is large and well lighted, the lobby is cosy and attractive and the rooms are all eom- ..... wll .'MtllntAI - . J . , An early start will be made from Shel -ton and the entire day taken on the run to - Port - Angeles, j where the party Is scheduled to arrive at 6 p. m. About 15 miles beyond Shelton the first glimpse is had of the Hood canal and -for 47 miles the way, winds along the shore ef this arm of Fuget Sound. "The scenery along th canal is unexcelled In mag nificence. The blue waters are; clear und transparent and the gravel beach most Inviting.. i - . NO CHANCE TO 8TEAT There are numerous Motels and camps along the way where lunch may be pro cured at moderate cost, . There are also three good garages snd filling stations. Numerous trails lead from the highway back Into the mountains, which rise abruptly from the Hood canal. These are all well marked and there is not the slightest chance for the tourist to go astray, n-iaon. esuna s, uucxaousn, unn- non -and Quilcene are good .places, to stop for lunch or for air. water, gas, oil or-needed repairs. At the latter place , the road leaves the Hood canal and runs due north to Maynard. " There la a steep hill at Maynard ' and a new road de ... tours around It to Sequim. Either road may be used at this place, the hill road" being somewhat shorter and commonly used by tourists, f sj - From Maynard to Port Angeles, about 40 miles, the country 4s well farmed and the road Is in fine condition. The Olym pic range rises to the left and a fresh breeze from the north brings the tang of the sea. - The realty men are sched uled to arrive at Port .Angeles at 6 o'clock and proceed by ferry to Victoria. Dinner -may be secured either at Port Angeles or at Victoria. V CAW TRANSPORT 48 CARS J The Canadian Pacific Railroad j com pany will have a boat In watting capable ' of handling 48 cars and passengers will also be carried over - Wednesday1 eve ning, arriving in" Victoria at about 7:30. Here the realty men will be met by the reception - committee of the Victoria Realty board and assigned to quarters In the best hotels of the city. Elaborate arrangements have been made for the entertainment of delegates and. their friends In the convention city. The new Hotel Douglas will be opened for the first time Tuesday morning and will be turned, over to the- visiting dele gates. The Empress hotel and other high class hostelrtes have also heem requisi tioned tor the convention.. Prices are moderate, ranging from S2 per day. up ward. Many special featureshave been added to the program as published In last Sun day's. Journal. The five minute speak ing contest Wednesday evening win be enlivened by a three round bout between tWA huVTV.! chta f. I.t.n.tl.l pute and there are several excellent mu sical numbers en' the program for that evening;. -S:r' k- ' ..., f Visits will - be made to the famous . sunken gardens and to the astronomical observatory, where the realty men will be given an opportunity to- study the . canal system of Mars and the topog raphy of the near side of the moon. Drives over the excellent roads of Van couver island are also planned and the visiting delegates will witness the Inter national water tournament at the Gorge, where contests In water polo, swimming-diving-and wrestling will be pulled off , between professionals from the Domin ion, the United States and Australia. RETURN" TIA SEATTLE l Following the convention the ' realtors will make the run to Nana 1 mo. ferry to Vancouver, spend several hours as the General Insurance BONDS McCarguv Bates & Lively Yeo Building Mala 168. A-2694 LINOLEUM AND CORIC TE.INGS . COSX FLCOa FHODUCfS CO. tt BEOADWXI, ZTEAB ' TATLOS SCENES-ALONG ROUTE WHICH PORTLAND.REALTY DEALERS WILL FOLLOW TO VIGTORV n . .-.u. a. a ; i .-j . . 1 t'"' ' fruests of the Vancouver Realty board and take the road for home, via Seattle, Tacoma-and Olympia.-! - J The Journal scout car found the roads In good condition over the entire" , route and hundreds, of , car are passing over all sections , dally. ..." Between Vancouver; Wash.; and Woodland ; there are jtwo places where slow v going ia necessitated by construction work 'now In progress, but these slight detours- are well-marked and the road is hard and firm. At Kelso autos cross the bridge to the. left sidfi of the Cowlitz river, and. cross back again at Castle Rock. . The road on the east side of the river is being re paired and is closed to traffic. The west, side road la In "good condition except for about a quarter of a mile of sand oppo site Kelso: ;' ; v----. r- "';;'-. From Castle Rock to Tenlon the roads are excellent and, are paved most of the way. ; From Tenlno to Olympia, 15 miles, there are. some rough: spots In them'a cadam. but any good "car can make 35 miles with comfort. This stretch of road should be hard surfaced. ' It will .doubt less call for more profanity than all tjie rest of thetrlPfl' V; ; .. r 'From Olympia on to Port Angeles the road Is of hard gravel and clay, sllghUy rolling most of the way, with a few hills. The steepest hill is at Maynard an this one Is negotiated, dally by scores of cars of every make and breed.- -' Maps, banners and badges will be fur nished realty! dealers andsthelr parties at The Journal office Tuesday morning. There-are, several vacant places In cars and " their 1 owners will carry , any who may wish to go but have no cars of their own. The whole trip will Cost about $35 per car, including ferriage, garage hire, gas 'and oil. : ; : ; . ' 1 , Chamber Takes Up I Question pf Labor Investing J S u r p 1 trs Believing that the worklngman 'will be a more important factor In Industrial development - In the near future 'than ever before, the , department ' of Indus tries of the Chamber of Commerce has decided' to take up consideration of ways - in ' which the laboring man can Invest, surplus, wages in' the .stocks of the corporation for r, which he", works, thus placing himself on a .partial owner ship basis. : 4 - . . . The board; of directors of ' the .de partment of industries at its last meet ing discussed : this phase of. industrial development, which Is an outgrowth of the war labor spirit. W. H. Crawford, manager of the .'department, is now getting opinions from various Indus trial . managers : In ; this -district 'as to whether they believe the plan feasible at" this time, - f - ----- - -Big Yakima -Orchard Deal ' - . Takima, Waslw July 12. Ira , Cleve land, representing the American " Fruit growers, Inc- has closed the deal for the purchase, of the E. W. Rosa orchard of 64 acres In tne Buena district. . The pur chase price was $800 per acre. Including this year's crop and the orchard equip ment, v This ia the largest single deal the big corporation iias made to date; but it has options on some orchards that will run above this figure In the totals,' both otl acreage and , money paid. The cor poration expects to take over 1000 acres and will control the croj c-f ; the coming season ana market it: through the1 Grow em" irvlce company f tbl city." 4tl V 3? t 4 - - , REEDSPORT REPORTS MAMY NEVV BUILDINGS E New, Towns on Lower: Umpqua River In the Midst of an Ex i tensive Building Campaign v ; . Reedsport, ; Julyli.Many; new" build ings -are In the course of construction in: Reedsport. Lck of . material t and ' a' shortage of labor Is . delaying .work to some extent. In several cases the tmfld- ihg was stopped pending- the arrival, of needed material. - ' ; The new theatre built by C K. Ed wards has. been opened . to the . nubile but there are Btmome finishing touches iu w inmie, jc. w. jTanKiua naa com pleted a large ' dance hall..: . The Klein building is about finished and the lower floor will be occupied by a hardware and furniture store, while l,the second storyu is finished as modern capartments. The hew home of ; the Frst. Baak of Reedsport is completed and is occupied. 5 Ni Brown, proprietor of the Umpqua hotel, has finished a new - apartment house which; will be used as an addition to the hotel. Dabney Brothers of Port- UND R CONSTRUCTiON FACADE FOR NEW MASONIC TEMPLE : iH '' 'lHffl' pra ffEggpi" Sfflh .'. Ir.7 Architect's design for front of structure being erected , for Sunnyside lodge 1 ' 1 , - already having been began. Construction work has started on the new Masonic temple to be erected by Sunnyslde lodge No. 163, A. F. and "A. n Its property on the southeast corner of East Thirty-ninth street, and. Hawthorne avenue. The .building .will be a two-story brick, j occupying a. ground" space. of 60x92 feet-along Haw thorne . avenue, and set back from the property line- leaving ample apace for parking and lawn between the sidewalk and building. - v The -first floor will be .occupied by banquet room, club -rooms and kitchen and 'so - arranged : that most , of - this floor : can be thrown ; Into one room whenever occasion may require. - ? : The main- entrance to the lower door 5 j SUfCTSCY AUUHl It AN Al MO J'. c Ail - mm """" ! ' 'J ... s?. 1 irsiwviLi V. W m -' V V 'a& 1 7w snntU?? rkJ i V"" state of;AP Si WASHINGTON flWjt PORTLAMC rlt Above, left to rtoht Along Hoods canal; Empress hotel, Victoria. Center. ' left t fright Lighthouse? at- entrance lo Victoria harbor; map showing, ' route1 of Portland realty dealers' trip to Victoria. Below Paterson Light Six, supplied by Louis E." Obye,- which served as Journal scout , car to plat trip. K '. 1 ; ' - . ,k '. ' - land are bblldfng a - row of business buildings; which ; wiir be sold or rented, , A new bakery has been started in a temporary building pending the erection of a suitable structure,: and a building for a laundry Is being erected. ' A Iarse schoolhouse to meet the -needs of the in creasing population is being built and will ;.be finished this summer.v -, ''' i The Reeasport hotel ' has been over hauled, a new dining .room- built - and about 20 rooms added. ",The 'Reedsport postof Cce 1 is 'now in : a .new structure adjoining the - Lyons store, where the malL was formerly , handled. New resi dences and cottages are . being put up in different parts of town. r - . . Deal-' In . Oregon City Property ; ' Oregon' City, July 12. The deed for the -' property .at Seventh and ' Main streets formeVly ; owned by the Frank Jagger ' estate has : been filed in the of fice of County "Recorder VJNoe, the purchasers named in the deed being Hugh '. S. Mount, George H. Brown and- W.-1. Fi .Harris. The property consists : of all rof - lot ' 6- artd - 'the south half of lot 6 of block 241 The consideration wast $49,999. . . This ' is the proposed site for the ew - building to be erected for the' Bank of Commerce.. will be from Thirty-ninth street, while a second entrance will be fronv the main lobby" on .' Hawthorne avenue. On the second floor', will be .the- lodge rooms and library, the. main, entrance to which will be - by . means of a -spacious ' stair way leading: from the lobby on Haw thorne avenue. -. ' .- - , . The lodge room proper will 'be 40x60 feet, with double sound proof walls, thereby - eliminating noise of traffic from the street below. The building will bemused by Sunny-side- lodge No. 16$. A. F. and A. M., and Sunnyslde chapter No. 128.' O E. S.- Provision, however, will in the arrangement of the rooms to ac- W' ""wr g i n r BRJTISH COLUMBIA WESTMINSTER T LBLAINE BEUJMGHAM BURLINGTON Victoria MOUNT VERNON STAHVVOOO MOUNT mm lOiut ak Vancouver City, wast, tjmm Vigars Builds Home For David -L. Rich Ground was broken Saturday for the erection: of a handsome - new home In Laureihurst for David I Rich. Plans call, for -the expenditure of about $8000. The bouse-i was designed and is being J built . by the Crossley-Vigars company. Plans for other homes t in the Laurel hurst addition: are being prepared by this firm according to Mr. Vigars. . t Soft Hammer "" . A Section 'of bronze bushing stock makes an admirable' bronze ' hammer, which is .useful for work about the sheet metal parts of the body and fend ers. .- By threading a steel bar, running on a nut and then placing another nut on the outside, .the head of the hammer is firmly retained. .. Julius Sinner, -caretaker of the Ameri can Smelling company near Parral, Mexico, was shot- in the legs last Sun day, . held : for ransom, and released on payment of 600 pesos." v .' on . east side, excavation 'work i - i , commodate some of the -higher degrees of Masonry t The proposition' is being financed largely by the members of the lodge, although any member' of. the Masonic fraternity-is eligible to subscribe to the building fund. - Certificates of indebt edness, bearing 4 per cent Interest, are issued for each $50 subscribed and paid Into the building fund. The campaign for funds la under the direction of p. W. Hawkinson. ' - .- ;V,i:-. . ' j -: ' The - building was designed and Is being! built by O. F. Sunde,. under the supervision of ; a , building committee consisting of J. H- Rankin, J. OPitt, C C. Stout, A. X Frawley, R. L. istout, H. L.' Day and Herbert Gordon. s. va I1 'in 1, n.ini T . ? .'y.i V. : lilt in fin- 1 ! NEVS PUBLISHING CO. PLfiNS NEW: BUILDING AT FIFTH AND. MAIN t t Land Valued at Approximately $50,000 purchased .by Pub lishers of Daily ? News. i The Portland News Publishing com pany, publishers of the Dally News, have entered Into a contract for the- purchase of property at southwest corner Fifth and Main streets, upon which they will build a two-story building, to be used as the future home for the News. i The property fronts 60 feet on Fifth street and - ISO feet on Main and has several Irregular Jogs on the south and east lines, having a gross area of 8000 square feet. V - ' i , The corner piece, 60x70 with irregular depth, was acquired from S. A. Arata And the 30x100 on - Main ' street ' was bought from Waldemar H. R. FInck. The assessor values the two pieces at $49,750, and while the exact purchase prise Is not disclosed, it is said to have been close to assessed value. .j- ,A new building , will rise on this cor ner as soon as title passea Jki im provement such . as contemplated will give Fifth street values quite a boost and. will probably result In speeding up the time . when the two solid blocks owned by'the Corbetts and Failings, be tween Yamhill and Salmon streets, will be used for commercial purposes, i The deal was negotiated by W. R. Webb, with offices in the Teon building, acting for the News and the owners. . : ; 1 - Building a Fireplace hxplained in Simple Terms in New Booklet i A fireplace of field Stone could be made by almost any campfire follower who loves the glow of an open hearth ana is wuiing to be painstaking. ; The chief difficulty In construction does, not Be in receiving abundant draft, as is frequently supposed, but In observinr the right relation between the sise of tne nue, and the sise tf the opening Into the j room. A second vital oon-. Sideratlon Is tot lnstalt a, "smoke shelf or. "smoke chamber" which is the only preventive for a smoking fireplace.'' r Different designs in brick, stone, tile, are shown in "Making a Fireplace." by Henry H. Saylor, a book In the technical department of the publlo library, j . Fac ings and mantels, fireplace accessories, and even building the f ire are discussed, as iwell as suggestions for mending poor fireplaces. 1 Eitter-Lowe Company Handles Homesites in Irvingtbn Ad dition v -; vs i" . . ;"i:VP ; j Sales of 200 choice building sites lo cated between East Twelfth, Bast: Four teenth. Tillamook and Fremont 'streets, in the Irving-ton district. will be han dled by; RItter, Lowe Co for the Ellta G. Hughes esUte ; Negotiations for - selling homesites ; belonging to the estate were completed last week by Earl J. Lowe for the company. ' - j ' All street and sewer improvements are completed and assessments paid, ac cording; to Mr. Lowe, and the sites' will be offered at attractive prices. Several prospective builders are already - plan ning to purchase property In this section of the Iryington addition. - Mitchell-Eippey. Co. Establish Quarters . s. i r . , B. B. Mitchellnd O. B. Rlppey have opened offices fia the Henry building and propose to enter upon an active campaign in the sale of residence and farm - property. Bh members i of the firm are .members or , the Portland Realty board and are well known In this UKy , Big Farm . Ssle at Analone Asotin,' Wash.. July 12. P. R. Berts has purchased from George Ruddell 2160 acres of pasture land on the Grand Ronde river in the Anatone section for 140,000. The place Is fenced and has a house and several outhuildlngs. . Mr. Be via will devote the acreage to raising livestock of standard breeds, and has placed his three . sons, Robert,! Gordon and Major, in charge of, the property, : Old Lebanon - Firm" Change i;" ; Lebanon. July 12. The third interest in the corporation of Everett-Kyie A Ep perly, owned by Mr. Kylei has been pur chased by G. A. Epperly and Mra Kp perly. The business Will continue under the same firm name and Mr. Kyle will retain - his half Interest in - real estate owned by the company, j George H. Ran die, bookkeeper of tne concern for sev eral years, has taken a similar position with the Lebanon cannery and J. R. McKnight, bookkeeper at the cannery, has resumed his former position with the Crown-Willamette Paper company. ,;' f . -! .--Vs'K ; Transfer to Forest Grovei Farm f ' Forest Grove, July 13. B. P Fruit has sold bis ranch of 6S acre in the Kansas City section, three .miles northeast of here, to C. Eslinger, consideration being 110flt. , 4 J HOff orasHip, IS: ESSENTIAL TO NATIOH'SWELFARE ' ' 1 Reports to National Association : of Real i Estate Boards Shows Decrease in Home Owners. HIGH PRICES WILL CONTINUE Persons 'Contemplating Building : Homes Advised to Do So at Once; Cost May Be Higher - Fred BJ. Taylor, executive commit teeman of the National Association of Real t Estate Boards, - and Paul C. Murphy, director of the National "Own Tour Home" campaign, re turned last week from attending the annual convention of the association at j Atlantic . City. Mr. Murphy read the f olio win r renort at the SDecial meeting of the Portland Realty Board in ; tne Crystal room . of the Benson hotel, pBTiday noon: The convention of . the . National As sociation of Real Estate Boards held at Atlantic. City was unusually Interesting this year on account ; of the great amount of " work done by the associa tion for the government during the war period. - The program of the convention was participated in by a number of the prominent realtors having charge 'of government work at Washington. Irv ing E. M scomber, vice president of the housing corporation, took up tne suo 4u) a? "rinM rtal Mtata nav an ade Quate return? If not, how can realtors help the situation 7" Mr. AiacomDer, realtor from Toledo. Ohio, is doing a M-a d..l tnnri mnivintr thla nrohlftm In the department of labor at Washing ton, c- -.. J.' B. Tracey, realtor from Louisville, Vv..anil manafrfr of real estate divis ion of the United' States Housing cor poration, spoke .on - the question oi "Some real estate , problems of the TTnitjut- setataa Httuninr . cornoratlon." Mr. Tracey explained the general policy of the Housing corporation ana its difficulties In instructing the various projects throughout the country. wmiam TRV ' RhmnAn. realtor . from Washington, D. C. and ex-manager of the real estate and commandeering oi viBlon of the'- United States Housing (nrnnfutlnn. i sooke on - ""Some observa tions In : government housing , abroad ii at hnmM. His address was un usually Interesting, as he compared housing conditions In Europe with those In America.. .There were; many other (nMinv"-iifnniinfli bv bromlnent realtors on the national situation. The entertainment lurnisnea oy aihihk nv hmni wiii unusually attractive. . 'Fred E. Taylor; executive committee man from Portland, " and myself, at tended the banquet, given by the Los Angeles board - in ' honor of President Garland, -wnicn : was atienaea ny prominent-members and past presidents of the . assocl aUon. -. Thla was a very brlUiant affair; Mn Taylor Is regsrded as one of th b's mm of 'the national n.wiitinn and baa made a great many frL.il. amnne nai . nreaidentS and the vnamtumi. - TTa'waS' Dlaeed on 'the nominating committee ' that elected Mr. Weaver of- wasrungton city pr dent of the association for this. year. m.: HirafriAnaf VYww Ytrar Home cam tpalgn "v has been.' great success from put on campaigns and 1663 cities have become interested to tne extent oi m in, innuirUa for orranizlns: local 'cam' palgns. The cities that have already n vimnalnu Include -the larcest cities - in the country ' and represent a larae percentage oi , xne popuiauon the .United states." ne cuin .u.iauI in ! Hffrnt states. ; ,wav . - - - : 1 Building permits - for .the month of April and May in many ciues ox ui United SUtes " where- campaigns - have iua atartaui iKsv' an' enormous increase Over-' the corresponding months of pre vious years ana. a maraea improYcman ever the - cities not ; putUng. on cam paigns. : " ; 'J" ' ' ' . , . ; Oyer : S.OOO.000 posters were printed and distributed throughout . the country and 200,000 stickers for envelopes, let terheads, i etcwere circulated.. Our publicity department has circulated articles on the merits of the movement to V 14.26& newspapers throughout the country and to 168 building trade maga zines, many Of the ; latter class being supplied with specially illustrated arti cles. The movement has attracted some .'Ki.SMt financial, nolltical and VI Wl wAB - educational : men of the country, who have 'written a vast amount of mate rial: on the. subject, t ...jnrflnr fi nation wide , Own Tour Home campaign we divided the country Into Llo districts. In each of tiitricti aooolnted a regional director, ' whose function - was to coop erate with, the ' government In having "Own "Tour Home campaigns started. All these 10 directors appointed were realtors. ' This proved to do a wonow . ...i. hrAurtit our eovtrn ment In Washington in touch with each district throughout tne country. ; Twill give you a brief outline of what .... .mniinTiril bv one of our direct ors, Mr. Putman. which In a measurs applies to them an. r, -rmmn reu- bama. Mississippi, - Oklahoma and Ar kansas. - He i was successful In getting the governors of au mess states o issue special proclamations setting aside an "Own Tour Home" day In each state. He i arranged if or meetings in various capltaf dUes. where appropH aU programs were carried out, and the meetings were attended by a very Urge number - of people, some of them run ning as nign as lour ana ti" in number. - 1 ' " ' w. kavi a. atatlatidan gather data relative to the Increase or decrenseinj the number of people, wno ownea inr own homes in the United Htates during he past 20 years. wWe found that home ownership has been decreasing In this country at the rate of three per 'cent for each 10 year period. In France but 20 per -cent f the people ilved in rented properties, w In this country In 1890 12 per cent lived in rented homes. In 1910 55 per cent, and at the present time probably about 68 per c-snu This men ace toward tenantry. If extended, is a most ominous sign of coming disaster. If today but 43 per cent of the people aye" in their own homes, with the same decrease 20 years, hence but SS per cent will do so. ' - "... ' Ym One can readily see that the landlord class is Increasing and the home own ing clasg is decreasing. This is a very dangerous situation, and if continued, will, tn my opinion, bring on single tax or some other form of confiscation of real . estate. I firmly . believe that a wider -distribution of real estate is essential to our national .-well"., being. ranee would never have stood Uie enormous ahuna of th . inn mi She did If each Individual t,mA nn hun fighting for his own home. One of the big problems confronting v "----'-v. wunuer in me .cast, as ell Aa In this locality, is the element o uvuuw ,uv?r tne possible reduction In prtce of labor, and building materials. When In the Bat last January Ntho general Impression among the larger ....uumciurera oi Duilding material was that prices would Mminn. n gradual decline. Later when I returned vo wasnington In March their -Impression had changed and they were looking for the then prices to remain for some time. - I found the same men of a slightly different opinion when in Phil adelphia on this trip. The general Im pression is that prices In a great many of the building material commodities wiu go nigner. 1 A. OUMtlrtnnalMl waa mw a.. v.. . U " -- j wtsi, vut ujr uiv National Federation of Construction In- uusmes to 1400 leading manufacturers of building material asking for their Opinion on the price level. Ninety-three wni stated mat they believed the present price would be maintained or gO higher. I Will rlva vmi a fan, lai-v brief reasons for this viewpoint Prior to the world wae wa n. celvlng In . tiehuM tn n. a.a commodities manufactured In Europe, iquBnuy our supply of commodi ties was kept up to a normal baals. Since the world war started the demand for our commodities Increased tremend ously, and instead of receiving com modities in payment we received money nu create, naturally this has created' a shortage of .commodities in this coun try as well as Of raw materials, and as lOng1 aS We COntimiA If! Wl mnnatf Or L O.- IT B in Hull Af nmmnlll lAa tnm our exports,. . our commidltiea become scarcer and. therefore, prices will have a tendency to become higher. There Is. on account nt tha war a great shortage of labor in Europe. That shortage reflects in our country, be cause, just as stated, they cannot send u commodities in exchange for ours. We will, in this country, have a short age of labor for -some years on account of , the great amount of commodities necessary to oe manufactured to sup ply our own consumption, as well ss that of Europe, therefore, labor la bound to remain high, which, sa you all know, determines to a very large -degree,, the price of commodities. . i I, personally, am of the opinion that you will be able to buUd cheaper this summer than you will next year. The demand on the Northwest for lumber iur wie next tnree, rour or rive yeara will v. . . . I. . i. , . . . . . .. twum. du (icai iuki ib iiara 10 can mate the volume with any degree of accuracy and I look for a higher price in lumber Instead of a reduction. My advice to anyone contemplating build ing a home is to build now, as it will certainly be some years before there will be an appreciable reduction in the cost of construction, . I wish to impress upon you the Im portance of familiarizing yourselves with the real estate situation as it ex ists today - throughout the Fast. The real estate market since the first of the year has Improved wonderfully all through the eastern section, of this country, and la bound to reflect out In, the Northwest during the coming fall. If the brokers, as well as the property owners, will .become familiar with ihe business conditions of the East they will realise that the value of everything la on a new high price level and will remain so for some years to come. "In -this country the value of every thing has advanced except that of vacant property. Anyone offering prop erty xor saie at tne same price it was worth in 1917 Is making a great -mistake,1 as a dollar today will only pur chase about one half the commodities It would buy In 1917, therefore one should receive twice as much today for prop erty as asked two years sgo. Honeyman Hardware Company Plans New Ten-Story Bui lding Negotiations were closed last week by the Honeyman Hardware company for the purchase of a half block on Olisan street, between West Park and Tenth. The property belonged to the Burkhart estate and adjoins the site of the Honey man company's present warehouse. .Plans are being prepared for a ten story building 100 by 200 feet in dimen sions to be erected on the . newly acquired tract. Expansion of the bul ress of the -firm necessitates much ad ditional floor , space and it is a!nfl planned to add three stories to the seven-story warehouse now in use. BUILDING PERMITS O. W. Hardint, eraet tnt, 204 TC. B5th ff. between K. Hoyt and Pact fin, builder, . mums 10O. v - , . - Mrs. Peterson, rrpalr rendenee, S80 Fi,n between FeMeoden and Trumbull, builder. I.. K. Walker; 8100. Mary K. Swan, repair cra, 288 E. Ift'.a between salmon and Main, builder, g. Dalvij lfll( - , " II. I.unted. r-palr reaidenne. 6620 06th eft. S. E. between 66th and 67tb at.. ball(lr. aame $76. fierrtte ratUen. repair arhoM and hall. 1005 Smith are. between Burr and Buchanan, builder. ante; SI 50. H inula n and Berelan ehnreh, repair rhtirnh. ISO E. 20th between K. Morrison and Belmont. builder. Harry Butonko; 1100. 'K. TotnliniKm, erect arae, 11S5 B. Oak be tween 89th end 40th. builder, aasne; $225. 11. A. rflenrn. repair office. 12S1 Maridei between Boundanr and Bween, builder, B. K. O. W.- Weet. repair stare and ttatm. 12T firand are. between Morrisoa and alder, builder. C. R. Grore. erect shed. 2000 Tillsmonk be tween 82d and 84th, builder, name: $20, Buth Helmar, repair renidenee, SAS K. Tt lor between. 18th and 14th. btiildr, eame; itiin. n. nin noeenoerc, repair resilience, Ji t)4 E. tth N- between Killinanworth and Thur-h. builder; eame; 50.i . C. tr. Khtnan, repair residence, I0-S4 K. 8d nt. between ilae and Ash ., builder, same; 78. ' Andrew M. onnsne, repair dw.)Hn, l)1 TthbetU between 2tb and 81st, builder, ssmet 828. K. T. Bonton. erect tarate and shoo. 270 V 12th between Hawthorn and Madison, builder. same; 8OO0. i. n. fewnmone, arect reddence, 8 Ixlnc ton between 17th and 16th, bniider. seme; e BVV4 j V. . m i . I. ... aaa . . . . 1 .-- ' - r , ' a i a , onn 1 ueiw-en Uarket and Mill, builder, same; 8100 ' Cheater C Ilee. repair residence. 1274 lltk St.. builder, same; 850. Mrs. A. J . uaruon. repair residence, S78 Y. 86th between Stephen and Harrison, builder same; 82BO. ' H. C. Melby, erert carafe, 1844 E. 29th tween Tollman and Bjbee, builder. V. B. Bailer Co.; 8250. Paatfio Braes eV steel foandiy, erert foondry, 218 E. 7th between E. Salmon and Tarlor sts.. bollder. aame; 88000. ' H. C Metb. erect residenee 1144 V. en.. between Tellmaa and Bjrbee, builder, L. R. Ba'ley J. Hedberr. erect itrsre, 842 E. 12th at. IV. betweeo, FaUlns end Bhaeer. builder, rame B. P". Pond, ereet reeldenca. 447 R SNth r between Tillamook and Thompson, builder, same; Charles TV Kinasley, erect residence, 413 Reaelawn . between Union and E. fith. hniiH. er. H. Jacobwrn; 81800. toy Htn Back, repair atorea and hotel,' 240 Tamhill between 2d and 8d. hu.M.r v it Brandea; 8175. Moos lodce, repair dsnre hall. 189 4th be tween Taylor and TamhiU. builder, JicUorn. 1 O. Beraer. erect wnodshed. 5 V 1.v, . K. between Sharer aDd . Mason, buiider. um-. 880. . ' ' Kred n. Thomas, renafr Taa4dati see .... between Garfield and Union are., baslder, w. o "lfr, iiuii. Mrs. K. 3. RuTmus. fenair ' rsM"nre r -, Iron between SOU and 21st, bu:: ; r, $100. V ' - .-. ;. - -.. 5 .