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CITY S FIRE LOSS :
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FOR 1919 IS BUT
Rate Reduction - Saved Policy
T Holders Over. $200,000, Ac
cording to GrenfellV. Report.
".Policy holders of Portland h.V
been caved over $200,000 by a ,rV
duction in rates of,9.Viper cent. .by
' the insurance companies, fire losses
for r the fiscal1 year that ended De
eember 1 totaled $562630.52, four
Uvea were lost , and 20 violators of
city fire ordinances ,. were convicted
In court. According- to Fire Marshal
Edward Grenf ell's ' annual report
'.that was filed Saturday with Com
missioner Blgelow.
" , On the basis of an estimated popu
lation of ' 2$,000 the" per capita loss
amounts to $1.69i Grenfell points out,
however, that advance in cost of' labor,
materials and . merchandise is respons
tble in a major degree for the per capita
- Increased loss over 111$, which amounted
to $1.34.
tJrenfelt likewise saye the department
is forced to carry a loss of $104,924.80
caused by fires in boats on the river.
River boats tare under federal control,
the city not being . allowed to inspect
.them. Six fires broke out on the river
d urine; the past year.; The greatest Toss
resulted front the' Beebe dock "fire, which
' oHo-lnated in a gasoline launch -on the
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'.One hundred and ninety-two buildings
were wrecked during the past year, ex
: clusiye of docks and wharves on . the
.water front. Orenfell says cooperation
of the dock commission and water front
committee has been responsible for the
removal of several buildings 'from the
'water front, which were among -Portland's
worst fire; hazards.
Fires in dwellings totaled 806 for the
year, with an estimated loss of $101,
826.65. Defective, flues called out the
department on 187 occasions,
t Orenfell characterises 'Portland's re
cent national . fire prevention day as, the
greatest public demonstration,, of . the
year, , '. Fire,, hazards were, displayed id
all 'downtown windows,' fire squads or
ganized lt all high schoOle.artd frequent
talks were given to grammar school chil
dren a part of the big , work of, the
local department In educating the public
along lines of safety.. The fwe preven
tion '-campaign, as? carried on by the
Emergency .Fleet 'corporation in the
shipyards, reduced fires to a minimum.
A Toss ' of only $81165 ' was sustained
from S fires in various' yards over the
city. ' .," j -, Sr'i V
' New Centralis Frra
, Centralla, Dec. 20. E. S. Robinson of
Tacoma,- head Of the firm of E. S. Rob
- Ineon Co., yesterday announced the
signing of a leaBe, which ' will mean
another business house for Centralla.
The Tacoma firm will open a tire and
, accessory store in the Central building
Mxt Monday. J. Van Bevers will be
local manager.
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Wrecking;of Hotel A ;
At South Bend Wn.,
.Brings Litigation
f South Bend, Wash' Dec to. -F, O.
Mcintosh,. a real estate -dealer,' has
brought suit against Otto Mau, house
wrecker,- to compel htm to comply with
an agreement ..made concerning the dis
mantling the " famous old Willapa ho
tel building,' erected by the Northern
Paeific railroad in pioneer days' of this
city. ' The building was a model struc
ture. f the- state at that time, but was
never used, standing vacant until it
went' to the wreckers," -
" Mcintosh and Mau -recently put $So0
each in a pool to purchase the old build
ing, with the agreement that 'Mclnjtosh
was to receive one fourth of the profits
from the sale of the marketable build
ing material. Man did the wrecking
and, according to Mcintosh; has - sold
more than $3000 worth of the material,
without making a division of profits. ,
Mutual Creamery Co.
Plans the Erection of
New Plant at Eugene
Eugene, Dec. 20. H. T. Welser. local
manager, of the Mutual Creamery com
pany, announces that the concern win
erect a $75,000 plant here in the spring.
Efforts are ' being made to secure the
cooperation of farmers, that the plant
may be supplied witii 40,000 to 50,000
pounds Of milk per- day. The company
proposes to manufacture condensed
milk, cheese and butter, besides' shipping
cream to ' Portland. ,
' An option has been secured on three
building sites with trackage. ' An . effort
will be made to sell Stock in the com
pany to farmers . living in this viclnty,
but it is announced that erection of the
plant Is not. contingent upon the pur
chase -of these securities. Headquarters
of the company are at Salt Lake City.
Building Program at "
Los Angeles for 1920
Los Angles, Cal. . Dec.'-20. Building
permits in Los Angeles for October passed
the four million mark by nearly 'a guar
ter of a million:, dollars v and the
prospects are that the total for' the year
will now be close, to' $25,000,000. More
than two million dollars of .the total
value of 'permits iri October represented
housing, there, being 499 permits for
one-story frame dwellings and 91 permits
for' two-story frame residences and flat
buildings.
Chicago Builders
Break All Eecords
Chicago, Dec. 20. Permits for the
construction of buildings to cost $90,000,
000 have been Issued by -the Chicago
building - department, so far, In 1919.
The chiefs building inspector estimates
that in spite of the higher cost of con
struction and the building strike last
summer, . this, year's permits will sur
pass, in value of buildings to be con
structed, those of 1918, a record year,
when $113,000,000 worth of permits were
Issued. Permits for buildings to cost
$17,677,000 were issued by .the depart
ment in November.
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BUILDING OPERATIONS
THROUGHOUT COUtffRY
SHOW A BiG INCREASE
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Gain of 20 Per ' Cent for. First
Two Weeks of December Over
Similar Period Last Month.
, New construction work throughout
the United States during the first, fort
night of December has been going for
ward at 'the rate of approximately- $60,-
000,000 a week against $50,000,000 a
weeTc ' during November, an increase of
20 per cent. The volume of contem
plated building operations for the early
part of December is approximately $90,
000,000 a week, according to the best
reports obtainable. It is interesting to
note that during the past two weeks
more contracts have been let for 'rest
dential buildings than for any other
Class of structures, with business build
ings coming second.
Labor conditions are more generally!
stabilized than they have been for.sev-.
eraT months, but there Is still a great ,
shortage of materials and this is re
tarding building operations. Manufac
turers of materials that enter into build-1
Ing construction are unanimous in stat
ing that the present shortage will not!
be overcome for an indefinite period.
While present prices of materials have
been responsible Mn some measure for
the restriction of building operations,
it is the concensus of opinion among
manufacturers of building materials
that as soon as general labor conditions
become stabilized, building operations
will go forward at a greater rate than
they have during the past four years.
The unprecedented high price of lum
ber for building purposes Is attributed
by mill operators in Oregon and Wash
ington to failure of the railroad admin
istration to supply cars for prompt ship-;
ments to the markets of the East and
Middle West. Local rail shipments are
similarly interfered with and the result
is a chaotic market.
During the past month flooring has
been selling, f. o. b. mill, at anywhere
from $55 to $74 per thousand feet. There
is no set price, according to officials
of the - West Coast Lumbermen's asso
ciation, the buyers offering premium
inducements for shippers to get stock
on the way. to their yards.
Celling has been eelllng at prices
ranging from . $40 to $58.50. Common
boards have been selling at from $25.50
to $34.50. Two-inch .dimension has been
bid in at a range of price from $24.50
to $32.50.
So serious is1 the car shortage situa
tion that many mills have 'been forced
to close - down, indefinitely.. Strenuous
efforts are being made by members of
the West Coats Lumbermen's associa
tion t6 secure a sufficient number of
cars to handle the immense 'volume of
business' offered. ""Appeals are being
made to congressmen and senators from
Oregon and 'Washington and to officials
of the railroad administration at Wash
ington. No "reduction in price of lumber
products is .anticipated until the car
situation becomes normal, "
Elliot Plants Prune Orchard
; Dallas, Dec. 20. Fred Elliot purchased
the 100-acre Ewing farm, two miles east
of here, last week. He has a tenant on
the place and proposes to plant 80 acres
to prunes.
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Portland. Building:
Owners Will Spend
Christmas in South
'. Four -members of the Portland asso
ciation of Bulldingr Owners and" Man
agers will spend1 the Christmas season
to California; ' W. C Alvord, manager of
the Failing estate, sailed Thursday noon
on ' the Rose City and will spend two
months motoring In California. FrantoH
E.' Hart, special agent of the Spaulding
estate, left on Thursday night for Saw
Francisco. ; He will spend about- tw
months In-Hawaii. Mrs. N. D. Sllva,
manager of . the Chamber of Commerce
building wll make a two weeks visit in
Los Angles. . . , .
James J. Sayer, secretary of the asso
ciation, also left yesterday for Sacra
mento and San Francisco, where be will
stay for two weeks. On Monday, De
cember 22. he will speak at a luncheon
meeting of the San Francisco associa
tion of Building Owjiers and Managers
to be heldat the Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Sayer will report to the San Fran
cisco association on the Pacific North
west conference of building owners and
managers held hi Portland last : month
and will extend to them an invitation
to attend a Pacific Coast conference
to be held in the spring in Seattle.
Recent Transfers of
Philomath Farm Land
At Reasonable Price
Philomath, Dec. 20. Ray Lance has
fer of 120 acres on Soap creek, 12 miles
southwest of Philomath, to J. W. Duck'
worth of Hermansville, Mo., .for$11.000
cash.. The farm is well suited for stock
raising and there is a considerable acre
age of fine bottom land. The sale was
made by Henry Ambler.
This agency also announces the trans
fer of 120 acres on Soaop creek, 12 miles
north of Coryallis, from A- R. Collum
to Ray Lance for $15,000. The sale In
cludes livestock and farm Implements.
Crook County Land
Sold to Stock Men
PrinevUle, Dec. 20. An association of
stock raisers headed by Frank May of
Walla Walla closed a deal last week
for the purchase of 13,000 acres of graz
ing land near Post. The tract adjoins
the Bonyview ranch and was owned by
J. N. Williamson and Will Legford.
The new owners will stock the ranch
with registered Hereford.
Heppner Ranch
Brings $26,000
Heppner, Dec 20. E. P. Berry of
Lexington recently purchased the Wil
liam Hughes ranch, located one mile
south of here, consideration being $26,
425. The ranch consists of 600 acres
of wheat land and 45? acres of pasture.
The former owner was H. T. Hill of
Monmouth. Alex Green, the present
tenant, will remain on the place until
the 1920 crop is harvested.
Eight big passenger liners, delayed by
fierce winter storms, arrived at New
York Thursday with 17,000 belated pas
sengers. ,
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OVN-YOUR-HOME DAY
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WILL BE JANUARY 17,
FRANKLIN'"
National Thrift Week Will Start
off With Campaign, for Hornet
y Ownership in Portland.
At a special meeting of the executive
committee of the Portland Realty Board
Friday afternoon O. H. Skolhelm was
appointed chairman of a committee to
take charge of Portland's participation
in ;"Own Your Home" day, January 17.
The celebration of "Own YOur Home" day
opens the National Thrift week Janu
ary 17 to 24 inclusive. Very appropri
ately the eight-day thrift campaign -begins
on Benjamin Franklin's birthday. -All
classes of merchants, building
supply dealers, lawyers, doctors, and
others' Interested in the establishment
of homes will participate in the "Own
Your Home", celebration. Work in con
nection With National-Thrift week -will
be In charge of the Y,- M. C. A., and
Skotheltn will cooperate with the local
organisation in the appropriate observ
ance of "OwnYureHome" day.
Portland tJdhcern
Buys Philomath Mill
Philomath, Dec. 20. The property oi
the Beaver Wood Products company.
Including, land and buildings, water
power, machinery and stock on hand,
has been eold to the Oregon Wood Prod
ucts company, a Portland corporation.
This mill has been in bankruptcy for
several months. It is fully equipped
for making handles of all kinds and was
last used for. manufacturing broom han
dles. . The new owners have not . fully
matured their plans for operation, but
it is expected that the property will be
opened up in a short time.
Interstate; Realty-
Official Optimistic
The year 1920 will be the most pros
perous in the history of the Northwest,
according to E. B. Arthaud, president
of the Interstate Realty , association.
Arthaud is a . resident of Hoquiam,
Wash., and is spending the week end as
the guest of Paul A. Cowgill, secretary
of the association. He declares there
never has been a time In the history of
Oregon and Washington when so many
inquiries were received from prospective
settlers in the East and Middle West.
$.32,000 Buys Ranch
In Umatilla County
Pendleton, Dec. 20. Mrs. Eliza C. Jol
11 ff of Minnesota has purchased the
Canie L Ferguson ranch, located one
mile west of Adams, for $32,000. Mrs.
Jollff will be Joined by her husband in
the operation of the property. Several
other Minnesota farmers have made in
quiries for farm land In this vicinity.'
BIRTHDAY
Xmas Goods
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Realty; MenRepqrt
-Activity -in Sales
At Cottage Grove
Cottage Grove. Dec 20. One of the
most. Important real estate transfers of
recent date was announced last week in
the sale of the B. S. Swengel, hard ware
store to W. L.-DarTay of Walla Walla.
Wash. -Darby also acquired the beauti
ful Swengel residence 'In the transfer,
consideration for both properties being
$25,000. The Swengel family have been
residents ef Cottage Grove" for .the past
eight years.- j;.;' i
Re cent farm sales reported by local
realy dealers Include the transfer' of the
10-acre farm of Joe Snider. located west
of town, to M. Burkett for $4500, and
the sale of 1J acres improved with a
house and barn, belonging to Charles
Peak, for $$600. The John Bader house
on West Main street was sold last week
to WUliam Han for $2200,
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F. W. Jones. Ranch '
Philomath, Is Sold
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Philomath, Dec .20. F. W. Jones of
this city has sold his ranch, about a
mile from town, to, Henry Reese, saw
yer for the Smith t Standford sawmill.
Jones bought the place several years
ago from Philomath college. It was a
part of the McClain tract, deeded to the
college by Samuel McClain. He has
made Improvements, erecting -. several
new buildings and making a fine home
out of the place. The place contains
24 acres, and the price received by Mr.
Jones was $5600.
Hotel and Business
Blocks at Marshfield
Marshfield, Dec. 20. A E. Adelsper
ger and his associates are reported to
have purchased the J. W, Bennett prop
erty and adjoining' lots, giving a total
frontage of 200 feet on Broadway. The
price is said to have been about $50,000
and plans are under, way, for the erec
tion of a modern hotel on the premises.
The Bradley Candy company .will build
a business house , on Broadway In the
spring and an apartment house is
planned in the same neighborhood.
Spokane Bank. Buy Building
Spokane. Wash., Dec 20j For a re
ported consideration of $210,000, the Fi
delity National bank of Spokane has
purchased the Marble ' bank building,
which It occupies, and the three-story
brick building Immediately adjoining it
to the north. The transfer was made
by an Investment corporation, organized
by the Union Trust company. The deal
represents the biggest transaction in
Riverside avenue real estate In recent
years.
Curry County Ranch Sold
Gold Beach, Dec 20. Will Walker has
purchased the A. H. Gauntlett ranch at
Pistol River, consideration being In the
neighborhood of $25,000. Added to his
present holding this gives Walker one of
the finest ranches in Curry county.
. . Heppner Ranch Transfer
- Heppner, Dec. 20. J. F. Lucas- has
sold his 900-acre wheat ranch on Hepp
ner Flats to Jeff Jones for $50 per acre.
Jones' Is one of the big wheat growers
ot that section.
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PRESIDENT WILSON
Senate: and House 'Give Their
" Final Approval of Bill ;of
' ( Oregon Member ' .
Washington, Dee. 20. U. F. PresU
dent Wilson tonight, had before him for
signature the McNary bUU extending
for another year the powers of the sugar
equalization board. Final approval was
given the measure by house and senate
oday. Attorney General Palmer want
ed the bill passed, so sugar- , profiteers
would be prevented from Increasing
prices. .
A compromise with the ' Louisiana
sugar growers brought about final pas
sage of the act. The .house, in extend
ing, the board's powers, provided? the
licensing of sugar dealers should con
tinue also.
To this the Louisiana representatives
strongly protested, but finally agreed to
a proposal that the licensing system, as
far as the domestic crop Is concerned,
shatl end July L -
The board is ready to continue Its
work, and the action of congress, it. is
believed, will secure an adequate sup
ply of sugar. Power Is given to com
mandeer or purchase any crops neces
sary to relieve shortages.
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Borders Wins Verdict
A jury In Judge McCourt's depart
ment of the circuit court Saturday
awarded Judgment to3. W. Borders In
the sirit for $15,000 damages brought
against him by Walter E. D'Nelly.
D'Nelly charged that Borders assaulted
him physically In a San Francisco hotel
some time ago and he demanded $15,000.
Boarders brought evidence to show that
D'Nelly had been paying attention to
Mrs. Borders.
Talent Sheep Ranch Sold
Ashland, Dec. 20. The Ashland Man
ufacturing company recently . trans
ferred 3140 acres of land without tim
ber. In the Nell Creek district, to Wet
born Beeson, a sheep raiser of Talent.
Bee won sold a portion of the tract to R.
Brown.
' Stanffeld Odd Fellows Bnjld
Stanfleld, Dec. 20. The local lodge
of Odd Fellows has accepted plans for
the erection of a modern business, .block
and a campaign Is now on to raise nec
essary funds. The building will - cost
$25,000. " .
Lebanon, Land -Sales .
Lebanon, Deo. 20. Jerry Coryell has
eold his fine farm near.Crowfoot to Mrs.
Ida Parsley of Idaho. .Coryell, has pur-jl
chased a 10-acre tract on the Albany)
road from K. T. -Shaffer and.-wtll re
tire from farming. ' -i
' Clubhouse at Spokane University
Spokane. Wash., Dec. 20. A. IS..' Mel
drum, president of Spokane university.
announces that a new club house .capable
of housing 500 student boardera'wlll be
built by the university early In the
spring. The building will cost approxi
mately $50,000
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