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'Know Greater Portland'
Slo'gan of Realty Board
For Civic Development
A campaign of education In the many I
trilling: advantages of Portland as an
industrial center and as a residence
city has been inaugurated by the offi
cials of the Tortland Realty board.
Believing that a thorough knowledge
of Greater Portland by citizens o the
town will result In stimulation of civic
pride. Increased faith In the future of
dustrles. members of the Realty board
dustrles, members of the Realty Board
and other civic clubs have united
Whole heartedly In -the campaign.
Much stress has been placed on the
esthetic values of Oregon scenery as
".viewed from the Columbia river high
way and tho hundreds of miles of paved
boulevards extending in every direction
from Portland. Volumes have been
written on the equable climate of the
Willamette and Columbia river valleys,
the ideal environments of Portland as
a home city have been lauded to the
ekies and Justly so.
But how many residents of the city
re familiar with the 17 beautiful parks
and playgrounds within approximately
70 square miles comprising the x:lty
proper? How many know the number
and location of its schools and churches?
Of equal Importance, how many resl-
dents of the city have visited its indus
trial centers, where hundreds of mills
and factories are turning out products
equal in quality to any produced in the
world?
The members of the Realty board are
convinced that this knowledge is all too
meager. They believe that Inspection
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OOLONIAL HOME or 11 room.. 75 100 croandf. I.irlnf room, hall and dea
in ok. dining room in mahogany. Large kitchen, butler! pantry, 4 bedroom a
on ucond floor, 3 on 3d floor. Hot water heat, garage, aplendid versodaa from
ach floor. Price 916,000
AtaNIFIOENT STUCCO RESIDENCE, 100 by 200. on on of Irrington'i
finut corner. $80,000
BEAUTIFUL ROOM RESIDENCE, 63 W by 100 corn r. 3 fireplaces. 3
bath, double garage S11.S0O
HANDSOME HOME of, unusual character. 100 by 180 com 922,000
ANOTHER SPLENDID HOME, 10 room and eleeping porch, many fin fea
ture. 90 by 100 frontago on treet. 25 by 100 extend through to other
treat 920,000
A MAGNIFICENT EAST SIDE VIEW PROPERTY, wonderful outlook over
entire city, fin residence and ground j... SI 6,000
I would aporaclaU an opportunity to rt you whether for a ft room bungalow
r a ratlowica of IS or mora room. That house are Man only by appatntmant.
HR5 HARRY PRICE TAIMER
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HILLS AFFORD MANY VANTAGE POINTS FOR ATTRACTIVE HOMES
of the plants of local Industries by
thousands of consumers would result In
greater patronage of these concerns.
They are confident that first hand
knowledge of the number of men on the
payrolls of Portland industries would
inspire confidence in the future of the
city and promote home ownership.
The first of a series of excursions
to points of interest in Greater Port
land will be a trip to the plant of the
Portlfhd Woolen Mills at St. Johns
Thursday. The plant will be open to
visitors from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. and op
eratives familiar with the work of each
department will be In attendance as
guides. Visitors may take the St. Johns
streetcar or go by auto to the plant.
Members of tho Realty board and other
civio organizations will meet at the of
fice of tHe secretary of the board in the
Henry building at 2 p. m. Thursday and
go in a body to St. Johns.
All are welcome to join the excursion
and those wishing to go who have no
cars may Becure accommodation by ap
plying to Secretary Crossley at room
201, Henry building.
The work of conducting the educa
tional campaign will be In charge of the
industrial sites committee, consisting of
three members of the Realty board and
three from each of six other civic clubs.
Members of the committee are :
Portland Realty board Coe A. Mc
Kenna, chairman ; Fred W. German, R.
L. Yoke.
East Side Business Men's club L. M.
LAMES
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TRADED, BY H.GORDON
FOR ROSEBURG FARM
Dr.. Byron E. Miller Now Owns
Group of Eleven Houses Bought
as an investment.
One of the most important realty
deals announced during the past week
was the transfer of four houses in the
Laurelhurst addition to Dr. Byron E.
Miller from iferbert Gordon. As con
sideration Gordon received a farm of
110 acres at Winston, near Roseburg.
There are 40 acres of prune orchard
on the place and other high grade im
provements. By the transfer of his residence prop
erty to Gordon, Dr. Miller recently ac
quired five houses in the Laurelcrest
district, and now owns 11 modern homes
in that addition. He states that the
houses were purchased as an invest
ment. Lepper, U. D. Maxson, II. A. Calef.
Kiwanis club John D. Ripley, Paul
H. Sroat. J. A. Finley.
The City club R. R. Clark, E. T.
MiBche, Sinclair A. Wilson.
Rotary club W. J. Ball, George C.
Mason, J. W. Vogan.-
Progresslve Business Men's club-
Bert Richards, Alfred A. Ross, S. L.
Eddy.
Ad club George L. Rauch, A. G.
Clark, W. S. Stock.
The primary purpose of the committee
was to secure industrial sites at re a
sonable prices for mills and factories
wishing to locate In Portland. This
work will be furthered In the belief of
the members of the committee by the
educational program outlined.
Local Ohines.e Buys
Valuable Canby Farm
Canby, Nov. 22. The old Robert Arm
strong farm In Gribble Prairie, five
miles south of Canby, was purchased
recently at referee's sale 'by Lee Wah,
an American born Chinese from Port
land. Bids were started at $12,000 and
the property was sold for $13,600. The
farm consists of 113 acres, of which 65
acres are under cultivation. There is a
good house and other buildings on the
place and three acres of English wal
nuts. J. J. Sandsness, local realty
dealer, negotiated the sale.
Kelso Community Club
Kelso, Wash., Nov. 22. With more
than 100 members already signed for
Kelso's new Community club, which
plans to build a large clubhouse In the
central part of the city, organization
of the club and completion of the
building is. assured. A minimum of 100
members was set and It now is certain
that 125 or 150 members will join. The
building will be financed by each mem
ber taking $100 worth of bonds. Last
night at the regular weekly meeting
T. F. Flsk was Instructed to prepare
articles of Incorporation. E. M. Adams
is temporary chairman. Friday evening
November 28, a site for the clubhouse
will be selected and permanent officers
elected.
An extensive deposit of coal, in some
places 233 feet thick, has been dlscov
ered In North Manchuria. ,
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HOUSES
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23,
HOTEL
ALTERATIONS COST
OWNERS $200,000
Fifty New Rooms Witlr Shower
and Tub Baths Being Fitted Up
and Changes in Arcadian Grill.
Alterations under way on the Mult
nomah hotel will add 50 new rooms,
equipped with tub and shower baths, to
that famous hostelry. The new rooms will
be divided between the six upper floors
of the building and are being completed
in units which will place the whole
number in commission early In the
spring.
Floor space for the new rooms has
been acquired by cutting up sample
rooms and halls. There still remain in
the hotel 40 large rooms available for
sample room purposes and for meetings,
private and public entertainments and
conventions.
The chief alteration to the hotel is the
remodeling of the Arcadian garden Into
a spacious and restful dining room. Re
moval of false work on the ceiling and
around the pillars adds to the spacious
ness of the room and gives a height of
16 feet. Ornamental capitals on the
pillars will be fitted with indirect light
ing equipment and the whole interior
will be decorated In silver and gray
tones.
The floor will be of cork tiling and
there will be ample space for 450 per
sons to dine and dance. The altera
tions will be completed before Christ
mas and the hotel management proposes
to rechristen the dining hall with an
elaborate entertainment. The room Is
77 by 87 feet In dimensions and Is said
to be the largest of Its kind on the
coast.
According to E. V. Hauser, manager
of the Multnomah, the cost of the alter
ations now under way will be over
$200,000. The changes were undertaken
to accommodate the Shriners' conven
tion in the summer of 1920. Mr. Hauser
has contracted to Bupply 300 rooms to
house the Imperial council of the Shrine
during the convention and extra facili
ties will be added to take care of sev
eral hundred other guests.
Officials of the Shriners' organiza
tion declare that this ts the first con
vention at which their imperial council
has been housed under one roof, and
the facilities offered by the Multnomah
hotel, they say, furnished one of the
chief Incentives for bringing the conven
tion to Portland. The convention will
be held in June, the same week as the
Rose Carnival.
Garrett Buys Ranch
On Poorman's Creek
Jacksonville, Nov. 22. W. O. Garrett,
a resident of Jacksonville for thepast
four years, recently purchased the
Mankins ranch on Poorman's creek and
will improve the property for general
farming purposes. The place consists
of 1400 acres, a large portion of which
is cleared and suitable for grain and
alfalfa. Mankins will move to the old
Garrett farm on the Little Applegate
river.
Packing Plant at Albany
Albany, Nov. 22. The new packing
plant of the D. E. Nebergall Meat com
pany, which was destroyed by fire last
June, will soon be completed, having
been entirely rebuilt. The new plant
has doubled the capacity of the former
one, and Is modern in every respect.
Every step in the work of reconstruction
has been approved by government In
spectors, and all mept products passing
through the plant will bear government
I Inspection.
N THE heights districts on the west side. 1. Panorama of
business district from Portland Heights. 2. The Irving R.
Stearns residence in Westover terrace. 3. The L. R.
Wheeler home on Montgomery
residence at Hillsdale.
CONDITION ON COAST
Portland Makes Gfin of 447 Per
Cent Over October of
Last Year.
Reports of building operations through
out the United States for the month of
October indicate that Pacific coast
cities are participating in the general
construction activity. Statistics from
175 of the nation's cities show substan
tial gains over the previous month,
September, while the gain over October,
1918, was 447 per cent. Only 10 large
cities showed losses for the month.
Among these are Baltimore, Bayonne,
N J. ; Detroit, Krie, Pa. : Lowell. Mass. ;
Tacoma, Wash., and Springfield. 11L Ot
the Coast cities Los Angeles led with
1572 new buildings, valued at $4,125,
696, a gain of 2278 per cent. Sacramento
came strong with 170 buildings, value
$399,994, a gain of 2242 per cent: San
Francisco, 470 buildings, value $1,345,
408, gain 333 per cent : Portland, 883
buildings, value $1,422,005, gain 273
per cent ; Seattle, 1190 buildings, value
$1,434,440. gain 12 per cent; Spokane.
183 buildings, value $118,034, gain 658
per cent. Tacoma's loss was 43 per cent.
The American Contractor, which com
piled the figures, says that while it is
not in line with the facts to say that a
building boom Is on ' throughout the
country, "it is worthy to note that dur
ing recent months In practically every
city many projects are In the process of
construction."
The following table shows activity by
months for the years 1919 and 1918:
Per
No. 1919 1918 Cent
Month. Cities. Value. Value. Gain.
Jan. ... 182 $ 23,869.215 $27,291,218 M2
Feb. .. 153 82,058.828 21.680,314 4R
March . 169 64,084.325 86.529,620 77
April .. 185 84.914,008 44.518,828 91
Maj ... 168 112,678,640 51,764,746 110
June .. 158 134.726.715 47.793.12 182
July .. 162 140. 474.662 43.424,768 22
August . 153 160,947.233 43,819,383 267
Sept. . . 160 137,023.736 85.976,845 281
October 175 155,516.860 28.417,115 447
Low.
Kelso Sawmill Transferred
Kelso, Wash., Nov. 22. 'The McLane
Fir Products company sawmill on the
west side of the Cowlitz river here was
sold this week to the Thompson-Ford
Lumber company, which has been oper
ating the mill on a lease since early
this year. E. J. McLane was owner of
the Fir Products, company and acquired
the plant during the war. J. R. Thomp
son -and J. R. Ford, owners of the
Thompson-Ford company, are practical
millmen and have made a great success
of the operation of the mill. The plant
has been cutting about 50,000 feet of
lumber dally and employs a crew of 40
men. The loading platform at the rail
road Biding on the east side Is also
included in the transaction.
Klamath Falls Men
Proposed Many New
Building Projects
Klamath Falls, Nov. 22. D. O. Wil
liams announces that he will build a
three story fireproof structure on two
lots recently purchased on Eighth street,
one' block from Main. fW. F. Kopka
plans to build a three story brick block
on property owned by him on the op
posite side of Eighth street from Wil
liams' site.
Four brick store buildings are now
under construction on Main street and
others are planned. The shortage of
housing facilities is being met by the
construction of a score or more of resi
dences and indications are that a more
extensive building program will be ini
tiated In the spring. -
1919.
Drive. 4. The S. S. Montague
Scheurcrs Buy Powell Butte Ranch
Prineville, Nov. 11. After an extend
ed tour of the Northwest in scorch of
a location, Mr. and Mrs. Scheurer, for
mer automobile stage owners here, have
purchased 120 acres in the Powell Butte
country for $16,000. This is a modern
farm property in a high state of culti
vation. The Scheurers have also ac
quired 80 acres adjoining from Frank
McCaffrey at $100 per acre and 80
acres from Herman Meyer at the same
price. They have purchased 835 fine
ewes to put on the place and plan fur
ther extension of their flock.
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Heights Residential
Districts of Portland
Distinguish the City
As a home city Portland ranks first
among the cities of America and of the
world. The miles of hiRhlands within
easy access of the business center of
the town afford an advantage possesed
by no other city. The development of
residence districts on the west sider
heights is a distinguishing featuro of
the growth of the town.
Extending from Willamette Heights
on the north, tKrough Westover Ter
races, Kings Heights, Arlington Heights,
Portland Heights and Council Crest,
there is a succession of beautiful resi
dence sections overlooking the city and
the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
On clear days the snowcapped moun
tains of the Cascade range are constant
ly in view from the windows and door
yards -of heights homes.
It wps tho advantage of view which
first attracted home builders to the
heights property. Transportation prob
lems were soon overcome by the con
struction of paved streets and boule
vards and all sections of the heights
district are connected with the down
town section by streetcar lines. Expan
sion of the city through Increasing pop
ulation has forced the development of
additional west side acreage and each
year hundreds of new families are
building homes in the ideal heights environment.
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It is a neighborhood where values are stabil
ized ; where there are found many of Portland's
finest homes and best schools. It is reached in
seven minutes over either the Steel or Broadway
bridge and without passing through the con
gested waterfront
Lots at 25 Below Pre-War Prices
We have been authorized to sell at these prices by
the English syndicate owners because quick liquida
tion is desired. "
See Holladay's today. Note the large level lots ; the
park; the opportunities the property holds for proper
display of a home and for beautiful landscaping.
Call on us for information-
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Prices of vacant proprrty In the
heights residence eettJon have alwaya
remained witnin reasomiDip umu ana,
considering tho pecullnr advantages of
location, are as low as any in tho city.
Many transfers of heights property have
been made during the past six months
and the movement is gaining momentum .
with the Increasing demand for better
class homes.
With its miles of beautiful residence
streets and parkways set to roses,
shrubbery and shade trees, the heights
district is one of the chief show places
of the city. Tho district is especially at
tractive as a well developed residence
district, with homes well Whln the
means of the moderately well to do.
Westover Terraces Is one of the latest
sections to be developed In the heights
district and a dor.en. or more houses
ranging In price from $10,000 to $30,000
are now under construction in this ad
dition. Te property was developed into
a series of terraces from a barren hill
side at great expense and Is being of
fered for sale by the International
Realty associates.
Transfers of property on Willamette
Heights, Portland Heights and Council
Crest have been reported In Increasing
volume during the past few months and
considerable building is In progress In
these sections.
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