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Newspaper Page Text-. THE I OREGON VSUNDAYIfJOURNALPORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING;4KDVEMBERCl6,ll919; " HOMES BEST IN WORLD Government Official Declares the Housing Conditions in United States Superior to Europe's. SANITATION BETTER HERE Layout of moaei lowns ot uer many and England Not So Well Planned as Those of America. An excellent appreciation of the merits of American home building methods is contained in a recent communication to the National As sociation of Heal Estate Boards from William E. Shannon, manager of the real est te and commandeering divi sion of the bureau of industrial hous ing and transportation during the war. By order of the president, both the bureau and the corporation functioned under the department of labor, directed by Secretary William B. Wilson. Through the efforts of Shannon and Ms associates, the government purchased real estate at war industrial centers at a great saving and housed employes of war industries In comfortable, sanitary homes, in determining methods of con struction and layout of residence dis tricts, Shannon was opposed by advo cates of European ideals and accom plished his purposes-only through the cooperation of Secretary Wilson. AMERICAN HOMES BEST "The reason that America produces the best small homes is that America Is tne only country mat maKes a ousmess of scientific home building." according to Shannon. "It is in this country that you will find the home of the modern savings bank, the modern trust com pany, the modern insurance company and the realtor: All of these assist that benefactor, but misnamed man. the (inoculative builder. In giving homes to all the people American homes, with rea! windows, wide doors, ventilated cellars, roofs with air space and modern sanitation. "My main reason for looking Into Eu ropean housing conditions was that T had heard so much about, building homes In this country 'by the mile and selling them by the foot that I really believed at that time that we were all wrong In our home production. I now make the positive statement that whether they are as now, semi-detached or detached homes this country produces the best built, best ventilated, brightest and most com fortable workmen's homes of any of the countries which I have seen, and that this country sells these homes, with rare exceptions, on the safest terms for the occupant's good of any country in the world. EUROPEAN IDEALS "The personnel of the United States Housing corporation was as high as in any bureau of the government. It was i 'EW TODAY A NEW ERA IN t INVESTMENTS HAS STARTED LAND, neglected for so many years, has now begun a price increase that in due time, will reach the price level of other things. Wise investorsare pickingup thegood things .in local ities with an as sured future where lots are priced at half Bay a lot be fore land raise. their value, like they are in osirelhurst On a $.1,200 lot you can pay $100 a month and when you get ready to build '"The Laurel hurst Way ' finances you. Investigate. Ask for free literature . 270-12 Stark St MALL & YON BORSTEL BARGAINS Alberta District 1058 E. 7tb street north, 6-room cot tag. Price $2400. Terms. Furnished House 1068 Vernon avenue. 5-room bungalow and garage; close to car. Price J3200. Terms. i Irvington 50x100 8-room modern house, 616 E. 11th north. Price $600. Terms. Montavilla 60x114. 5-room bungalow, modern, in Montavilla. Price 82600. Easy terms. Mall & Von Borstel lt-4 SECOND STREET. INCOME PROPERTY HALF VALUE $0 acres Commercial Orchard ; 40 acres choice. . Unimproved- cordwood will pay for It. Near Lyle on Columbia river. Under peculiar circumstances I offer this at 817,500. Terms. Might consider some city exchange. D. I McLeod. Principal, 204 Porter et, city. VRITES SHANNON LAURELHURST HOME SOLD TO H. I fcr'S23 v. ?rij.i WH wm lit-.- mnrm pi---- m. Mr, iir i-Tiriiiirmnimi.i iimi iifmni UMirrin-ii'i Uii awrimirn 11111 ITH'mTlTTr House at 1101 East Davis street, Laurelhiirst, purchased recently by II. A. Itabbitt Ainsworth Leslie. The home is valued at $11,000 and the sale thn Paul I liipnliv Ileal! v oOmriunv composed of men who were successful leaders tn their respective businesses and professions, but with exceptions ama teurs in the business of industrial hous ing. They were in the main full of the oretical European ideas, always looking to England and Germany for example and not realizing or appreciating the fact that the American-born industrial work er resented being patronized by his em ployer or subsidized by his government. "With the exception of the secretary, the director and those of the engineering profession and . the constructors, they seemed to think more of what Germany had done and what England was going to do than what America had already accomplished, which made it doubly hard for the experienced realtors to di rect them into the right channel. 'Long before I entered the bureau of housing I had lost all leaning toward government control of the home. From personal observations I was of the opin ion that In Europe it had a tendency to kill incentive and-had gone far to pau perize the masses by retarding new en terprises and holding out false hope of ultimate home ownership. GEIIMAN SYSTEM BAD "The entertainment of Impractical theories, no matter how well intentioned and honest the motives may be, does not make for practical and successful pub lic administration. Those of my friends in the housing bureau with whom I could not agree were, as I have stated, very much smitten with the European hous ing' idea. "Now. as to this beautifully painted picture of European housing which they had in mind, and of which so many peo ple write and talk and so few really know about. I desire to state that the German system would not be permitted by the independent, self-thinking, self respecting American workman to exist in this country. "For this country such a system is wrong, the layout is wrong, the design is wrong, and its long payment plan, which in some cases is as much as 50 years, is for no other purpose than to keep the citizens from owning property in fee. In the question of housing, we have nothing to learn from Germany XEff TODAY Johnson-Dodson Company New Subdivision Principle Addition Just on the Market REASONS WHY YOU OUGHT TO BUY NOW FIRST PORTLAND'S GROWTH ON EAST AND WEST SIDES IS NORTHERLY, THIS PROPERTY IS PRACTICALLY A STRAIGHT LINE CONTINUATION OP WEST BROADWAY. SECOND THIS TRACT IS ONLY IS MINUTES' CAR RIDE FROM BROADWAY AND WASHING TON STS.. HAVING 3 CAR LINES. THIRD IT IS PORTLAND'S NEWEST CLOSE-IN SUBDI VISION AND IS CENTRALLY LOCATED. FOURTH THERE WILL BE NO WAITING FOR CAR LINES, HIGH SCHOOLS. WATER, GAS, ELECTRICITY. MAIL DELIV ERY. THEY ARE NOW THERE. FIFTH IS SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY THREE OF PORTLAND'S FINE, WIDE BOULEVARDS ALL SET TO MAPLE SHADE TREES BY CITY OF PORTLAND. SIXTH TS EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE WEST SIDE. VAN COUVER. PENINSULA INDUS TRIAL CENTER AND ST. JOHNS. SITUATED BETWEEN THE WILLAMETTE AND CO LUMBIA RIVERS. SEVENTH IS NEAR PORT LAND'S BEAUTIFUL AND PRACTICAL PLAY GROUNDS THE PENINSULA PARK. EIGHTH THE LOTS ARE LEV EL AND ARE COVERED WITH BEAUTIFUL NATURAL TREES AND ARE BEING SOLD 50X100 TO AS IjARGE AS 155X220 FT. SIZES. GIVING YOU THE OP PORTUNITY OF INCREASING YOUR VALUES BY IMPROV ING YOUR OWN PROPERTY. MAIN 8787 Johnson-Dodson Company 632, 633. 34- NORTHWESTERN BANK BUILDING. PHONE MAIN 3787. except that which would be bad for our citizenship. EGLISH HOUSES SOT SANITARY "In England I found rather a differ ent state of affairs, the manufacturer taking the place of the government, but with about the same results. The mas ter,', with great show, appears as if he is desirous of having 'his wgrkmen' own their homes, generally in the hollow, while he lives on the hill, but the very small monthly payment, spread over years of time, keeps the man from se curing his home tn fee because death, accident or a convenient strike throws him out. "The architectural exterior effect seems to be considered by the English philanthropist far more Important than the interior comfort. The roof must be just right, otherwise it would be un sightly from his home on the hill. A thatched roof in Ann Hathaway style is considered Ideal, though it permits of only a 2x4-foot bedroom window, but the occupant must not complain, because this is architecturally correct and his cottage has been sold to him at much less j than cost, with an interest rate far less I than current. A cottage built so close I to th ground that It could not have I cellar ventilation is raved over as a I thing of beauty, though it gives the ocu pant tuberculosis by living in it. It was matters of this kind that the I realtors of the housing corporation ob- I jected to being forced on the industrial workers of America. AMERICAX CITY PLA5J BEST "The street layout of the English "Vil lage Beautiful" for this country is also all wrong. Their design is to have many blocked streets for the purpose of seclu sion, and those that are open must be as crooked as possible, even where the top ographical features of the land do not demand it "This ancient and un-American scheme was very much favored by a group of landscape gardeners of the bu reau who renamed themselves "archi tects and town planners.". These so-called "town planners." from the appearance of their own designs, must have secured their experience in this work from old books on landscape architecture published by the monks. Their plans were mostly of the de Medeci period, when towns were built for de fense, when steps were on angles and curves so they could be defended with the weapons of the day from the rush of invading hordes. "They did not appreciate that Benja min Franklin planned a town in this country not designed for defense but with straight broad streets so that God could purify every corner with his sun ', and fresh air, and they did not seem to j know that later came the great French engineer lEnfant. who, assisted by Washington and Jefferson. Improved the plan of . Philadelphia in the .design of the nation's capital by putting in diag onal avenues. From that date to this America has broken away from the Eu ropean Idea of town planning and' I think it is safe to say that we are not going back to it. Pleasant View Farm Sold Freewater, Nov. 15. Elmer Hopkins of Pleasant View has purchased the A. Sharpe ranch on the Walla Walla river above Milton for a consideration of $5500. TTEW TODAY ATTRACTIVE BUSINESS LOCATIONS This office has listed Innumerable locations, wholesale and retail, and is in a position to advantageously locate any responsible establish ment A FEW FROM OUR LISTINGS I AUTOMOBILE TIRE OB AC CESSORY COXCERS Fine brick building on good Broadway corner ; 3-year lease ; reasonable rent. I CONFECTIONERY LOCATION- At Portland's busiest transfer point. Store-room 17x60 with full basement ; 325 per month. t WASHINGTON STREET We have one store location near Fourth, one near Fifth and one near Broadway all on Washing ton Street. Long leases and reasonable rent. 4 FINANCIAL AND BROKER AGE DISTRICT Several very desirable ground floor brokerage locations ; also second floor locations for large concern. LARGE WAREHOUSE TRACKAGE Very convenient Suitable for wholesale concern. or storage warehouse. Long lease if de sired. Portland's Available Basinei Loca tions Cam Be Obtained Tarn laslde Property Dealers GROUND FLOOE . HENRY BLDG. A. AINSWORTH Ainsworth for his daughter. Ann was handled by i. Delahunty c a of Grubmeyer Leases Quarter Block at Fourth and Yamhill The latest change on Market Row is the lease of the quarter block at the southeast corner of Fourth and Yam hill streets, by Fred Grubmeyer from the Brook estate for a 10 year period. The entire corner is occupied by the Central Market building, tenanted by between 20 and 30 merchants. Grubmeyer is a Seattle broker, but was formerly located here and was one of the original tenants of the Washing ton public market, later operating the Vista market at Fourth and Yamhill streets. He announces that the lease was acquired as an Investment and that there will be few if any changes, among the tenants of the building. Real Estate Company Has New Department The Metzger-Parker-Ferguson com pany announces the establishment of a house department to take care of the growing demand for residence property. A. Padden, formerly with the Frank L. McGuire agency, has been secured as manager of the new department Three salesmen, will assist Padden in his work. The Metzger-Parker-Feriruson enmnanv has specialized in leases and sales of inside business property and maintains also a farm sale department Dobner & Dobner Open Realty Office Dobner &. Dobnrr, a new realty firm, recently opened offices in the Henry bullding and are engaged in a general real estate business. The firm special izes in residence .property and, accord ing to A. Dobner. manager of the con cern, an increasing number of sales re ward their efforts. Dobner was for merly connected with the Western Fluff Hug company and prior to that venture was a well known realty operator in Portland. New Labor Temple Planned at Spokane - Spokane, Wash., Nov. 15. Announce ment was made at a meeting of the sectional Central Labor council by Andy Olson, president of the Labor Temple association, that an effort will be made for a new drive for funds with which to build a $150,000 labor temple in the city. It is estimated that approximately $35,000 has been thus far subscribed. Sheridan Land Sales Sheridan. Nov. 15. K. B. Lawson re cently purchased 460 acres adjoining this place from F. M. Compton, local repre sentative of the Balfour-Guthrie com pany, the price paid being abopt $15. 000. Lawson will engage in stock rais ing. Several other sales of farm land in this vicinity have been reported dur ing the past month. New School at Pilot Rock Pilot Rock. Nov. 15. The bid of Pet terson & Kalle of Portland was accepted for the construction of a new school building here and work will start imme diately. The building will cost about $32,000. HEW TODAY West Slope Mt. Tabor LOT BARGAINS 83100 on 57th st, between Yamhill and Taylor sts. : all street imps, in and included in price. $1450 ; terms. 76x100, on 56th st. between Yamhill and Taylor sts. ; all street imps, in and included in price, $1400 ; terms. This' is a beautiful location, only 2 blocks south of the Mt. Tabor car line, close to the west entrance of Mt Tabor park, and sheltered from the east winds. These lota are actually worth double the price quoted. Buy before prices advance. CLEVELASD-HEXDEBSOX, CO, SIS Railway Exeh. Bldg. Main 6751 RIVERA RIYERDALE AND DUNTHORPE LARGE AND SMALL HOMES in these beau tiful residential Kectionn. WATERFRONT PROPERTIES nd otben, with boating, bathing and moorage facilities. BUILDING SITES from 1 to 10 arres. 20 minute out on West Side. OTerlooktng riTer, with wonderful riewa aod U city con veniences Br resident who specializes in this district TURNER Main 86S OFFIOE: 1006 KPALDINO BUILDING RESIDENCE: PALATINE RD., RIVERA REALTY MEN MOURN UNTIMELY PASSING OF FLORIAN FUCHS Well Known Real Estate Dealer Dies Suddenly of Heart Dis ease; Resolutions Passed. Plorian Fuchs, a well known member of the Portland Realty board, died of heart disease at his office in the Cham ber of Commerce building Monday after noon. Funeral services were held at the Dunning chapel. East Sixth and Al der streets, Thursday at 2 p. m., and the body escorted to Sellwood crematorium by friends and business associates. In compliance with Fuch's expressed wishes the funeral sermon was deliv ered by Charles Schnabel. legal adviser and friend of the deceased. KxpreS' sions of respect for their departed mem' ber and condolence with his family wer voiced in resolutions passed iby the Realty board at the meeting Friday noon, iuohx 'paves a widow find a young son. residing at 630 Belmont avenue. lie was o- years old and had been resident of Portland 23 years. He was a member of various benevolent organ iz&tions and had been engaged in the real estat business during the past 15 years. Woman Marries Two Soldiers as a Favor Baltimore, Md. Upon admitting that she married, two soldier-husbands within a period of five weeks, Juliette Hansonn, 21 years old, was held under $500 bail for action of the grand jury by Mag istrate Ranft in police court, in the pres ence of her two husbands. The girl Is said to have told the police that she mar ried her second husband, Private Wil liam C. Robinson, who is now at Camp Holabird. as "a favor." Miss Hanson was arrested after Harry Amman. 33 years old, had made a com plaint at the Western police station. Ammand said he was Introduced to his wif . last June, and after a 10-day court ship married her. He produced the mar riage certificate. Miss Hanson said Robinson told her that he obtained a furlough to get mar ried, and that if he didn't win a bride he would be put in the guardhouse when he returned to camp. The girl sym pathized with him and, it was said, mar ried him just "as a favor." Principle Addition Street Improvement Shade trees are being set along Ains worth avenue and Portland boulevard In the Principle addition and other street improvements are under way in the dis trict. The addition was recently placed on the market by the Johnson-Dodson company and is being handled in home sites ranging from 50 by 100 foot to three-quarter acre tracts. The addition is located three blocks west of Penin sula park and is served by St Johns. Kenton and Mississippi avenue car lines. Advise Farmers to Use Wood for Fuel Washington. D. C. Many farms have available large quantities of timber, fallen and otherwise, which the farmer can profitably convert into fuel for the coming winter if he will provide himself with the necessary power - operated dimAnf a larrfl amount of labor re- i in nrnfi rinp firewood has kept many farmers from using wood for fuel. I but with the high prices for coal it be hooves the thrifty, larmer to consiaer ihe advantage of investing in a wood eawing machine which will make it pos sible to utilize much timber on his land at a relatively small expenditure of labor. Prineville Timber Land Sold PrineviUe. Nov. 15. The Rogers Lum ber" company has. added to its large hold ings of timber land in ine country trib utary to Prineville by the purchase of 25,000 acres in the Blue mountains irom the Oregon & Western Colonization com .o r, fii Rnr ennrwn now owns 60.000 acres of standing timber in this vicinity. Though no definite announce ment has been made it is understood iKsi miiiK will he onerated bv the com pany at Prineville in the near future. Haines Hanch Brings Record Price Baker, Or.. Nov 15. More than $200 an acre was paid to Arthur Polley by Tt B. Kenyon for an 80 acre ranch, and thereby a new record for land prices in the Haines neighborhood was estab lished, according to word received in Baker. The ranch is located on Rock creek. W. H. Haynes of Muddy -creek Is also reported to have bought 200 acres from Davis Wilcox for $24,000. This land is also located near Haines. After testing steel underframes on its cars for several years an English rail road has returned to iron ones, as they are said to be less liable to corrosion. SEff TODAY ASTORIA Naval Board Recommends Naval Base for ASTORIA Ultimate cost, $7,500,000.00. 2500 acres of land required. Importance of Columbia Rivae recognized at last. Utlliiation by the goYermnent of this immense waterfront will force more Industrie to Young's Bay the Industrial Center of Astoria. Taylor's Astoria at Smith's Point on Vouns Say U the center of the greatest activities at the mouth of the river. ' Nearly four miles of streets In Taylor's Astoria will be paved next year to meet the growing iemand for more building location. The Astoria Spirit Is making a great elty at the mouth of the Ootumbta River. O. W. TAYLOR 100't Fourth St., Portland, Oregon FOR SALE Modern seven room house and choice corner lot, 635 Broadway, the center of Irvington. $1500 cash and balance in monthly payments of $75. R. J. O'Neil, Owner 717 Board of Trade Bldg. COZY HAWTHORNE HOME fix v . V - V: 7,1;;: t J - ; 225-2S5 IS IJ House at 4327 East Forty-second stree for $4650 cash through th October was the busiest month in the history of the Hawthorne Realty com pany, according to Jessie B. Bicln. man ager of the company. The number of Inquiries is constantly increasing, she says, and November promises to be a better month than October. The firm began operations about one year ago and the proprietor h&s demonstrated her ability as an enterprising business wo man. Dr. C. A. Thornton Buys 10-Acre Home The . 10-acre suburban home formerly owned by T. S. McDaniel and located on the Powell Valley road, near Llnne mann Junction, was purchased this week by Dr. O. A. Thornton for a summer home. The property Is well improved with a modern seven-room house sur rounded by a beautiful grove of Ore gon's natural trees, bearing fruit and attractive buildings. Dr. Thornton does not expect to reside on the property until next spring. The transaction was handled by the G. CJ. MeCormie com pany, and the consideration is said to have been $6500 cash. Mr. MeCormie reports a strong demand for this class of property from recent arrivals from the Eastern states and also Canada. BUILDING PERMITS Nickum A Kelly, repair nhop, 101 E. Water between E. Alder and Washington sts. ; builder, C. W. Van Stone; $225. H. .lohntton, erect garage, 8036 50th are. S. E. , between E. 60th and 61st: builder, same; $75. Klizabeth Pe Gidio, repair residence ' 521 Pat ton road: builder. J. Thomti Jr.; 380". Ry E. Woodruff, erect garage, 1830 E. Glisan between E. 4 7th and 4etb sts.; builder. Creston Mfg. Co.: $70. Anton 8echtem. repair store, 715 Powell be tween E. 20th and 21it; builder, same; $25. . C. S. Jacks, construct walls. 612 Jefferson between 20th and 21st: builder, J. A. Melton company; $4000. Mrs. J. II Gallagher, repair residence 480 E. 27th st. X.. between Thompson and Brasee; builder, same: $150. A. M. Springer, woodshed, 1372 Macadam: builder, same; $25. E. D. Miller, repair store and residence, 7130 T. 51st are. between Foster road and 72d, builder, same: (500. J. B. Fletcher, repair residence. 7 2 Tiogo between Fe9enden and Seneca; builder, B. F. Belleu; $300. E. O. Bond, repair dwelling. S54 E. 52d V between Broadway and Halsey; builder, Edwards coDipatiy; $260. Baggage Sc. Omnibus Transfer company, re pair warehouse, 55 N. Park between Couch and Us vis: builder, Edwards company: 1 2 HO. sniel Ferguson, erect wox.hfd 1526 - Oat miif between Lombard and Wiiiamette bird.; builder, same: $25. F. C. Beach, erect residence. 0218 Dirision between 2d and 68d: builder, same; 250ll. P. J. Farrelly. erect chicken house. 1072 E. 29th N between Alberta and 8utnner; builder, same: $25. NorthwesUrn Electric company, repair store room. 21 Albina between Lonng and, Hirer; builder, same; $770. J. M. Bowles, erect garage. 886 Taylor be tween 39th and 40th: builder, same: SI 50. Herbert Gordon, erect office. 285 Oak be tween 4th and 5tli: builder, tame.; $40,000; lot 4. block 5, Portland. John J. Whitley, erect garage. 124 9 E. TfEW TODAY Parrish, Watkins & Co. Est. 1867. Frank E. Watkins, Manager Member Portland Realty Board Real Estate, Rental Loan and Fire and Automobile Insurance Agents Correspondence Solicited Second St. Phone Main 14 New Irvington Home! 660 Klickitat st. Corner, 10 rooms, enameled and papered, dou ble garage. 3 toilets. 2 fireplaces, all floors oak. Carpenter work day labor, old scale. See this before buying. It will pay you. Open today. S13.500 S2500 cash, balance 9125 monthly. E. J. MAUTZ East (031 or Marshall last IRVINGTON NEW 684 E. J8th N. Oak floors throughout, enameled and papered, complete basemen C 2 fireplaces, tiled bath, 6 large rooms, garage, full cement driveway, guar anteed heating plant, would cost 2 per cent more to duplicate. Fine op portunity for small family, $9000, fleO cash, $7$ monthly. Open today. E. J. MAUTZ East till. Marshall 1881. '-""TVminwirr-i. , ft- ji D mn ifnnTTTiTTnrrirnrir 1 n i t rerentjy purchased by C. F. Miller e Hawthorne Realty company. Among the important sales of recent date handled, by the Hawthorne com pany was the purchase of the houBe at 4327 East Forty-second street by C. V. Miller for $4650 cash. The house occu pies a 100 by 100 fool tract and Is of modern construction. The principal de mand in the district is for five room bungalows and the purchasers are largely eastern people coming to Port land to make their homes. Alder between 4Cd and 48d: builder. Crescent Mfg. To.; !100. A. ;. Ogden. erect garage. 1205 K. lOlh N. ho; ween Ainsworth and Hoi man; builder, same; $25. Carrie Bangle, repair dwelling. !3Bn K. 23d t- X. between Dekuni and Highland; builder, William Highland: $4 00. K. M. ;ilson. erect garage, 2198 Gugrn St. between 8Sth arid Hflth ; bulkier, same; IWO. E. M. Jlenon. repair rcoidim-e. 21 80 Eugene at. between SSth and KtHli; builjer, name; $50. J. A. Thompson, repair smokehouse, 5928 E. Sflth between Csth and HOt-h; builder, same; $500. Addle. Hance. repair dwelling. 1511 Minne ota between Bryant and Buffalo: builder. H. F Plough; 7 5. Fourth Preubjrtenan. erect billboard. Front between ;ibbs and tirorer; builder. Max Leh berg; 75. Philomath Realty Active Philomath, Nov. 15. Ueal estate In this vicinity is becoming more active than It has been for some time. Charles Rhodes, from Modoc county, California, pur chased a ten-acre tract north of town from Rudolph Fisher for $1500 and will improve it and make it into a comfort able home. Dr. Fisher bought the five acre tract from M. L.. Weekley in the McClain tract for $850. This is a young orchard that will soon be in bearing. Dennis H. Stovall purchased the 17 acre pasture tract adjoining his beautiful home at Kernwood for $1100. William Keene of Kent has purchased a home In the north part of the city which he will improve. W. S. Ross sold his resi dence on the Kings Valley road to Nor ton Carter, prominent ranchman, and purchased one of the houses of the Hum mer estate. W. C. Barclay of Sheridan has bought the Wilson place on South street and will soon become a resident of the city. IF YOU have Portland's welfare at heart, then open vour home to visitors attending the Pacific International Live stock show. You cam do this by listing your vacant rooms with the housing buVeau in the Liberty temple, telephone Main 313. Comfortable rooms at reason able prices requested. Adv. !fFW TODAY CHOICE Investment! PAYS 14 Why worry about what to do with your mony when you can (ret a safe, sound and paying in vestment like this. A modern flat tiuildinn in select, dose-in loca tion. Occupied by permanent, long lease and high class tenants. Never vacant. Price $14,000. Terms if desired. Dcyi't fail to look this up at once. A. K. HILL CO. 215 Lumbermen Bldg. Dependable, Competent Stenographers and Notary Quiet Office for Dictating CAROLINE R. CASEY 832 Morgan Bldg. Main 5246 Quinn & Patch CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS Hi OBGEOX BLDG. PHOJfE BROADWAY t73 $10,000 CASH and a mortgage back for J 10,000 at 6 per cent will place you tn possession of one of the most desirable income prop erties In the city. Property could not be duplicated at pre war prices for less than 130,000. This will net you over 16 per cent on your investment. I. 8. SCL UTAH, 440 Heary Bldg.' PENDLE TON BUI THAN ANY PAST YEAR, Forty-Three New Buildings Un-.; der Construction in City and -Hundreds of Men Employed. - Pendleton, Nov. 15 Buildings aggre gating more than $500,000 In value ars In process of construction here.. A building program unequalled In any past year of the city's history is now under wty. Forty-three structures ranging-In price from $3000 to $150,000 are beini built and about 400 building trades me chanics are being given employment , Chief smong the projects under way ar the Collins flour mill costing $150, 000; the Kike' temple. $130,000, and Kt, Josephs academy dormitory costing $60,000. There are besides nearly , 40 residences costing from $3000 to $11,009 each, in various stages of completion., Repair work estimated at approxi mately $100,000 is also taxing-the local labor market. Officials of the Central Labor council declare that out of- total of 757 union men in the city S&& are affiliated with, building trades tin ions and til are employed. In proiortion to its population Pen dleton is spending more money for building operations- than any other town in the state, according to statisticians among local building operators. Much additional building is planned and with greater supplies of materials and labor being miide available the city's present record bids fair to be surpassed dur ing the winter. LDING OPERATIONS GREATER froposed Naval Base r At Astoria Creating -Real Estate Flurry Astoria. Nov. 15i Assurance of a na val base involving an initial outlay of J7,:00.000 in the Vicinity of Astoria ha already had a stimulating .effect on thsV realty market. Industrial expansion ha ' kept up a steady demand for residence) property for several months ahd there -have been several Important transfer . of inside business property. As an Indication of his unbounded ' confidence In the future of the city, A, : G. Spexa-rth closed negotiations last, ' week for the purchase of the Fulton Dement building on Commercial street, for a cash consideration of $40,000. The building occupies' a site 50 by 100 feet in area on Commercial street between Kleventh and Twelfth, and Is considered one of the most desirable locations In the city. The property was purchased ;. , from W. E. Dement of this city. John C. Dement of Los Angeles and Mra. C -W. Fulton of Portland. Newcomer Settle at Woodburn Woodburn, Nov. 10. A large number of homeseekers have recently arrived here from the Middle West and' the northern tier of states. Many farm tracts In this section have changed hands at the sellers' prices and the lnf dications are that values wjll soon go v. higher. By spring, it is fully expected, the number of homeseekers will be . ' greatly augmented. Business Change at Spokane Spokane. Wash.. Nov. 15. J. L. Smith, ,v fnmoriv rmnin't ed with the Crescent , department store, ha purchased a halt Interest in the Kmporlurn Dry Oood company from Henry D. Kay and W. B. Reed, consideration being reported at $20,000. Smith announces that the Em porium company will be reorganiaed January I and that the store will be) : remodeled at a cost of several thousand dollars. HEW TODAT SEVEN-ACRE BARGAIN Willamette. Oregon, j acre In eultl vation. 4 rr.om houne. 'Out building, familv orchard, bearing berrlea and small" fruits, 'A acre grapes, 2 acres' strawberries: :.c fair to Oregon City: :iOe to Portlsnd. This Is a real bae- rain. J1350. or u.O cash, balance 12.&0 per month. A. W. ESTES . tot CHAMBER OK COMMERCE 100x100 fi. W. Cor. E. 17th and E. Atfc 81, $4500.00 TERMS . Might take some trad. J. J. OEDER 4 Graad Ave. H Cor. E. An tea J St. $9500 Splendid Investment on cloae-ln yist side property, one double flat and 6-room aeml-modern cottage ; income $10.') per month ; would easily stand tin advance In rent up to $120 per month. Terms.. $2000 cash, balance suitable terms. 0TT0 & HARKSON REALTY CO. 411 Chamber of Co mm ere ABOUT Id PER CENT NET ' A large six-flat building, Wert Bida,' In flrKt-clans condition; lot &24x2Vas -five bath. i Total Price $6500 , fleet CASH, BALANCE TO SCIT " ; Gross Income $720 yearly: leasee, how. ever, sublet for $1102 yearly. Fred W. German Co. 7It Chamber of Commere - 1 , OPEJf SUNDAYS '. MORTGAGE LOANS We loan our own money on improved city property. Quick service and liberal loan. , F. E. Bowman & Co. , ei Cham, ef Om. Qlr. '"' ,.