PORTLAND OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1920.
REALTORS PROPOS
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IN U. S.
TAX LEGISLATION
National Association of Real Es-
v tate Boards Organize to Direct
; ttave to West Coast.
, Much of the best brains of Amer
lea gathered at the thirteenth annu
al convention of the National Aaso
elation of Real Estate Boards at
Kansas City the first week in June
The eightee hundred delegates rep
resenting: 10,000 realtors in 200 cities
of the United States and Canada
were men and women keenly alive
to the necessity of an immediate so
lution of the economic ' problems
which vex the nation. '" - ?
"Cooperation was the ' keynote of the
convention" according to- Harry Beck
with of the Fred A. Jacobs company,
-ho returned from Kansas City Friday
morning and addressed the noon meet
ing of the Realty Board. "The spirit of
the Realtors found voice in -the speech
of John Fletcher, vice-president -of - the
Fort Dearborn 'National Barflc Tof Chl
cago, who led the discussion of present
day problems.
WOKK IS SOLUTIOJT OF PROBLEM.
"The " solution recomemnded said
Beck with, "consists in getting back to
normal production, 'Don't investigate.
Don't thortase. Don't agitate. Don't ideal
ise. Work I Work! York!' That message
quoted from Fletcher's address sums up
the solution as he saw it' and as the
Realtors of America see it." '
,Tbe conevntion went : about Its busi
ness methodically and plans outlined
for future activities were along progres
sive and constructive lines . Congress
. was memorialized to - amend existing
legislation so as to remove the income
tax, from interest on real estate mort
gages placing these securities In a class
with government bonds. Eight bills af
fecting real estate interests presented to
congress during the past year were re
viewed, particularly the Calder and No-
land bills which are . designed "to en
courage home ownership and to stimu
late the buying and' building of homes,
and to create a standard form of invest
ment , based on building association
mortgages. . -
HOUSING COJfPITIOlTS SERIOUS.
Housing conditions in eastern cities
are immeasurably worse than in Port
land, according to Beckwith, and rents
are much higher in Denver and Kansas j
City; than in this city. f In. New , York j
City out 'of approximately six: million;
population only 300,000 people are home
owners and the realty dealers and busi
ness men of the metropolis are making
every effort to promote home building.-
The Metropolitan Insurance company!
announced tnat it wouia loan up to su
per cent of building costs on homes
valued at less than $10,000, in any, city
in the country. In New York the com
pany has arranged to loan up to 60 per
cent of the building cost, upon the rec
ommendation of the city's housing com
mittee. :: - ' . - -, '
"There is only one solution to the
rental problem in Portland," said Beck
with, "and that lies in the construction
of more homes and apartment houses.
Unless the summer months are spent in
building the winter will find us face to
face with the worst rental, problem ever
faced by- the city."
REALTORS ENDORSE ZOKlKG.
Tne convention, expressed aisprovai or
city, state and. national legislation pur
porting to offer relief for, the housing
shortage and other economic ilia After
reviewing a great number of these
measures the Realtors declared that
they were for the most part political
propaganda and not even seriously in
tended to remedy existing evils by the
men who framed them. -
The Realtors endorsed the soning of
residential, business and industrial dis
tricts in cities and the east offers many
splendid examples of coning, according
to i Beckwith. The Portland delegates
Joined In this endorsement , but con
demned the soning plan outlined for the
city of Portland by Charles . II. Cheney
and the city planning commission as un
scientific and inefficient. In most east
ern cities,; Beckwith said, soning opera
tions had been carried out by local Real
tors and business men familiar with the
needs of their citiea - $
liJCSD BCREATJ ORGANIZED. '
In his address Vice-President- Ferris
pointed to the, fact that since 1880 the
production of corn in the Untied States
has decreased 14.4 per cent ; wheat pro
duction has ; decreased 28 per cenr and
beef i production ; has decreased 25 - per
cent inspite of the great Increase in
population.' Reports from realty dealers
in Middle Western and Eastern States
showed that millions of ' acres of; farm
land had' been sold during' the past six
months and that former owners are
turning their attention to cheaper land
In western and Pacific coast statea ,
The national association organized a
land bureau and. wilt Immediately begin
a campaign of land settlement. Fred
W; German, president of the Portland
Realty board, was appointed vice presi
dent of this bureau to represent Oregon.
Attention of the assembled 'realtors was
invited to the millions of acres, of idle
Hands in Oregon and other Northwestern
states and climatic conditions,, richness
of soil, good roads and excellent ship
ping facilities were offered as induce
ments to eastern farmers.: f-r
TATXOR WINS EOXOB OX STERTT. : ,
The work accomplished by Fred ' Ek
Taylor in organizing the Interstate
Realty association won the hearty com
mendation of the national association
stid was. In a large measure, res pons!
ble for hie election, to the presidency of
the organisation. Several Middle West
ern states are working out real estate
license laws patterned after that framed
by the Interstate association and passed
by the Oregon legislature in 1919.-
Following the Kansas; City convention
- jV r. Tayior? .ram . j. uowgm. FV W.
German, I. G. Richardson, Frank TJp
shaw. F. O. B roc km an and Frank I
MoGulre of Portland, accompanied by E.
B. Arthaud of : Hoquiam . and other
Northwestern delegates. - went to Chi
ease to attend the Republican national
convention. They will return this week
by way of Minneapolis.; making several
stops at Montana towns to organize real
estate boards. -
REFORMS
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New metbod of construction offered by Newton C Ganntt promises to reduce cost of building modern homes
from 30 to 50 per cent Right, front elevation and floor plans of boose costing 9700. Ijeft, front eleva
tion and floor plans of bouse costing $850. , T -
Newton C Gauntt, 708 Irving street.
offers architects' plans and - specifica
tions for moderate-priced homes that
promise to save the. builder from 30 to
60 per cent of the amount required to
finance ' construction under ' ordinary
methods, r Several of Gauntt's houses
have been erected here and at Astoria,
and ; are not only comfortable and
staunchly built, but present an unusu
ally attractive appearance.
The . method of construction ' called
Sale to Be Held in
Chfihalis of Timber
And-Cascara Bark
Chehalis, Wash, June 12. A sale is to
be held June 12 at the courthouse In'
Chehalis of timber and cascara bark in
Lewis county, at public auction, begin
ning at 10 a m. Tracts offered are as
f ojlows : . Timber on 80 acres, appraised
at $125, now under lease, on the North
ern Pacific 11 miles southeast of Che
halis. Timber on 120 acres, one and a
ha'f miles east of Pe Ell, appraised at
$11,102. ; Timber on about 160 acres' 11
miles northeast of Centralla, appraised
at $14,118.70. i Timber on 40 acres ap
praised at $875, and on 80 acres ap
praised at $275160, both tracts 15 mUes
west of Chehalis. Timber on 120 acres,
appraised at $6967.25, subject to ease
ment for right of way f Tacoma East
ern Railway , company and' the state
highway for a state road, one mile north
of Morton.. : - ; ..' - :-
Cascara ' bark appraised at $224, 12
miles east of Centralla.. Purchaser must
remove bark ; before November 1.' 1921:
trees must be cut 18 inches above the
ground, , leaving, the unpeeled stump.
Cascara bark worth $124.50. appraised
at 2 cents per pound, , 12 miles east of
Centralla. ; Conditions as to removing
the bark are the same as above tract
Sells His Orchard to
Purchase Newspaper
Dee,' June 12. -Colonel" C B. Compton
sold his apple orchard last week to C.
A. McCammon of Sheridan and is look
ing for an -Investment In an Oregon
newspaper. Colonel Compton saw serv
ice in the Philippines and after the war
was' over' put in 11 years in newspaper
work at Manila. . He purchased his or
chard, tract here" several years ago and
has been a successful operator. Comp
ton enlisted for service in the German
war' and was etationedrln Texas. -
DaltonBuys Meyer's
Residence at Rupert
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: Keating, June 12. James Dalton. ybho
owns several ranches In the Powder
river, valley, . recently purchased the J.
F. Meyer country home at Rupert sta
tion on the -electric line between Port
land ' and Oregon City. He came here
from East Tennessee about 25 years ago
and has been remarkably successful as a
rancher, .Mr. and Mrs. Dalton will take
possession of - their, new home in time
to assist in entertaining Shriners at the
Portland -convention. . r
$500,000 Hotel for :
. Lewiston Planned
Lewiston, Idaho, June IX Plans are
being prepared for the erection of
$500,000 hotel here this summer. Sub
scriptions : to $300,000 of stock in the
hotel, company have been placed, with
local people and loans have . been ar
ranged for to cover the balance of the
building expense. The hotel will be
operated , on - a cooperative basis. ,
HOMES ON SMALL
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for in the Gauntt . system may be ap
plied to any type of frame dwelling of
any dimension desired. - In the plans
shown, prices ' quoted Include r cost of
all - material except the bath plumbing.
Simplicity of construction, according to
Gauntt,. makes it possible for two car
penters to --erect- the five ;- room-house
shown in less than two weeks. - '
All of Gauntt's plans and. specifica
tions are copyrighted and will be fur
nished housebuilders during the next
few months at - nominal .cost. Though
Brewery Building
In -Pasco i Will Be
Used as Ice Plant
Pasco, Wash., June 12. The Church
Manufacturing company of Kennewick
has Just closed a deal with the Olyra-
pia Brewing company for the. -purchase
of the large brick brewery . building on
Columbia street, which was closed when
the state went dry. . The Church people
will use the building for - the' manu
facture of Ibe. cold storage and as a
distributing point for their manufac
tured products.- Ice will be manufac
tured Just as soon as the ice plant can
be overhauled and an experienced man
secured to operate It. The Cox In
vestment company, through" whom tha
deal was made, declined to make the
consideration known. The Cox Invest
ment company also reports the sale of
the old Nolte building, on Lewis street,
which was formerly occupied as a sa-,
loon, and which is now occupied by
the City cafe and a poolroom, to Wal-J
ter Mae. : The ; consideration in mis
deal is also withheld. ' Mae will move
his poolroom into the building and - will
conduct a, first-class " rooming , house
upstairs. . .....
Emergency Hospital
Is Soon to Be Built
: In Town of Morton
. Morton, June 12. Dr. A. W. Bridge
of Eatonville has just closed a deal for
one of the best business sites In Mor
ton. ' buying from Homer Johnson s-100
feet frontage on Second etreet by? 200
feet deep. He will erect thereon a mod
ern -emergency hospital. He already has
a similar institution at Mineral. These
two will be used for emergency pur
poses In rendering first aid, while the
splendidly and completely equipped hos
pital at Eatonville will continue to be
his main institution. ; ;
Dr. Bridge will begin construction of
his - Morton hospital just as quickly as
he can let the contract. He will main
tain in connection with it aa ' auto
mobile ambulance which he Baa ordered
for Morton. Dr. N. W. Newell of Ta
coma will be in charge of the Morton
hospital. , j i . '
Half way Fire Loss
Difficult to Handle
Halfway, June 12. The business men
of Halfway, who ; were ' losers in the
fire last Thursday, are meeting with
fire' Insurance adjusters In an effort to
make a settlement, but in at least one
ease the differences are "hard to 'ad
just. The xire -'maranaj. - nas recom
mended that the town council condemn
what remains of the Pine Valley Fhar
mancy building, owned by Mra. Minnie
Lloyd, but the adjuster wants ' to .re
pair the building.; C. L Lansing ' has
decided not to engaged In the garage
business again, and Dr. L N. Sanders,
who - owned the Jtjuildtng, will; not re
build at present. - Lansing, carried only
$3000 insurance on his - stock, and the
insurance on the building was. only
$2500. " ..--.'- k .
INVESTMENT
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the Gauntt houses are not like "ready
cut" and "put together" houses on the
market, all materials are cut "to re
quired lengths at the mill and furnished
the builder ready to put in place. All
waste , of material and tlabor is elimi
nated 'in- the new-' method of construc
tion proposed by- the architect. : . '
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A complete house in built, standardised. 4-foot sec
tions. - Heady .to place and bolt together. The sec
tions are easy to handle and a KEDIMADE can be
erected by one man and a helper. Previous building!
experience or expert mechanic's knowledge is not,'
necessary In erecting It. .
- Attractiveness
KESOfASX houses' are substantially made and
look the part. They are attractive
- m any community. ,
Reasons for Oar-Low
Ten pay for no middlemen or agent's profit. Tom
pay for no high priced labor, no wasted lumber, no
wastea time or .mistaaes. :
Tha 100 Hoasa Is Always aa Asset : ' t.
Though built for permanency a EEDMABE Sec
tional House can easily be taken down and moved
which offers an opportunity of resale at a good
price. This item of resale -value is one of the
strongest arguments for a HfSIMADE. i
There Is no better, more economical or more satis
factory way of getting a first class house than the
"RE DIM ABE" way.
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TITLE INSURANCE
V NS APPROVAL OF
REAL ESTATE
Advantages of Title Insurance to
" Buyereof.Real Property Shown
'in Address by Warrall Wilson.
' The advantages of title " Insurance
to purchasers ; of real estate ' were
explained at length by Warrall Wil
son, president of the Washington
Title & Trust company of Seattle, -In
an address befOre the -Portland,
Realty', board Friday;, noon ' at the
Portland hotel. The, advantages of
title Insurance to realty dealers in
preventing endless delays due to
conflicting opinions , of . lawyers ,; on'
abstracts of title, have long been rec
ognized. Without title Insurance the' buyer of
a piece "of real estate takes the risk
of any flaw that may afterward appear
in his title, it was - shown,, while by
availing himself of the insurance offered
by 'the corporations authorized by the
state to' engage In such business he may
avoid any risk whatever. The- pur
chaser- of property, holding an insured
title is protected for all time against any
attack on the validity of his title, and
this assurance passes to subsequent
purchasers upon approval of the Insur
ing company. .
While title insurance has been1 com
mon in " New York, Philadelphia and
other : eastern cities for many years, it
is comparatively new In Pacific " coast
states. The value of the insurance de
pends, of course, upon the financial
standing of the company selling' the pol
icy.. For the protection of the public
legislation,' varying in' different states,
requires the deposit of a portion of the
premium received -in a permanent fund
to defray losses due to imperfect, titles.
In Oregon the legislature of 1908
passed a title Insurance law requiring
companies handling . such insurance lo
set ' aside - a permanent fund varying
from- $15,000 to 950,000, according to the
population of the city in which business
is transacted. ' This fund, together with
10 per cent of the premiums received on
title Insurance, must 1 be used for no
other; purpose than ! to ; meet possible
losses to holders of insured titles. : r ;
"The law provides that when the , total
amount of the fund set aside for this
purpose reaches $100,000 no-further ad
ditions shall be required. Should public
safety at some future date require, a
larger.; fund : the law may be amended
to suit the needs of "the period. About
60 per cent of the property in Multno
mah county is held on insured titles, ac
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cording to Robert Et. Smith, .president
of the Title Trust company. - v
The Washington lsw requires pro
tective " funds ranging from $10,000 to
$150,000, according to populations served,
together with a percentage of the pre
miums paid. - Am aggressive campaign
has been instituted by companies doing
a title, insurance business in the two
states to educate the public, in the ad
vantages of the system. The movement
has the - hearty support of the realty
profession.-- . . .-." "
Strong Demand for
Portland Heights
Homes Under $7000
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The . E. A. Cranston home, "at 640
Raven view , - drive, Portland heights,
was sold ' last week- to Beulah r Bridges
Fear, r The property transferred - con
sists of lot 1, block 1. Turner Heights
addition, and a modern six-room house.
Consideration was not announced, but
the property is conservatively valued at
$6000. The deal was handled by Mrs.
John Brooke.
Another transfer - reported by - this
agency last week was the sale of the
six-room house on lot 3, block 1
Greenway, ,by Nancy Bates to James
and - Hattie "M. Grieg, consideration
being $5500. Mrs. - Brooke ' reports a
strong demand- for small - modern
houses valuel at less - than $7000. .--
Work Is Started on ;
Big Irrigation Canal ;
In Medford District
. Medford. June 12. The building: -of the
great irrigations system of - the Medford
district is under way with. 100 men and
many teams - already employed, and in
another week the force of laborers will
reach 260 and the number of teams will
be about 200. The Rogue River Valley
Canal company, which has charge Of the
construction ork.- is advertising all over
the state for nore men and teams, and
expects to soon have 00 men at work on
the 60 mllea'ttf. ditch and in constructing
the huge Fish lake and Four Mite lake
storage dams.;
94,874 Acres Under , :
Crop in Lane County;
Farms Number 2367
Eugene, May 12. Lane county deputy
assessors have practically completed the
compilation af farm statistics and have
turned into the assessor's office figures
showing a total of 2367 farms, compris
ing 803,898 acres, the majority of which
is in the hands of owners. ' .The crop re
ports show that wheat is the leading
crop, there being 26,448 acres devoted to
this cereal, while oats cover 23,112. The
total - area given , to agricultural and
horticultural crops is 94,874 acrea
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TtnninTTPF) BUILDH,G
EAST ELEVENTH and MARKET STREETS
ACTIVE MARKET IN
CA BY FARMLAND
Ernest Piper: Place Sells for
$20,000 anl Many Other Sales
Are Made In Past Week.
Canby,' June 12. The largest real
ty :deal puled off here for' some
months was the sale of the Ernest
Piper place of 12ft acres, two miles
north of Aurora, to John Smolnlsky
of Eureka, S. P., for $20,000, the
sale Including the livestock and ma
chinery. . .The place contains a splen
did modern up to date bungalow,
and good outbuildings, a large hop
dryer, and all are lighted with a
Delco lighting system, while water Is
supplied by a pressure system. Ten
acres of the place are panted to hops
and about -20 to wheat, clover and
potatoes. , Only about 50 acres are
improved.. . . , ',
Geoorge Thompson of Payette," Idaho,
has purchased the Ed -Graves farm of
40 acres, five miles south of Canby, on
Gribble'a prairie, paying $10,600. The
place is highly improved, and has a fine
modern bungalow, ;; besides , good out
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' Wallace Wright, his sister. Mrs. Edith
and the latter's husband, who
Griffin
came here recently from the south, have
purchased the V.. G. Jones farm of 40
acres, four and one-half miles southeast
of Canby, on Mill creek, and have al
ready taken possession. The price paid
was $8000. The new owners will engage
in truck farming.., They have traveled
over considerable Of : Oregon and in
spected many properties, with the result
that the Canby district appealed stronger
to them than any other.
W. It Lucke has sold his splendid
dwelUng property on the east side of
the railroad In Canby to Ole Bather of
Needy-for $4000, and possession is be
ing given this week, the former moving
to the P. I Coleman property tempo
rarily. It is the intention . of Mr. Lucke
to build himself ' a larger dwelling on
the west side of the railroad some time
this fall. All th above sales were made
through J. J. Sandsness of this city.: .
J. A. Cobb of Portland has. bought
the W. H. Cochran place of 65 acres,
in the Macksburg district, and already
has a deal on for a. sale of the same.
The consideration was not made known,
but It Is believed to. have been between
$7000 and $8000. " ,
In a deal between principals, all being
neighbors, George Newtown sold - his
place of 24 acres in the: Macksburg
district to Rudolph Klaus, who gets the
buildings and 14 V4 acres, for which he
paid $2700, and Phil Scheer 10 acres, , at
$2900. :-r ..
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PORTLAND, OREGON
Implements company, sold two place,
known , as the Wallace and Jleylman
farms. 'of 10 and 20 acres, respectively,
to Frank Hein of Portland, for $50(k).
Mr. Hein will move onto the farms at
once. He is a brother -of Andrew Hen
of this place. '
Rev. N. E. Freberg has sold his Canby
dwelling property to Mrs Anna Turn
bull, a recent arrival in the city.
Gus Gronquist has Just purchased the
10 acre farm of 11. J. Garness at Bar
low, paying $3000,- and took immediate
possession, following which Mr. Games
departed for Ketchikan, Alaska, where
he has mining interests. O. K. Warren
has sold his 10 acre place at Barlow to
his neighbor across the road. Sherman
Stuwe, consideration being $3000.
$600 An Acre Is
Paid for Gilchrist'o
Tigardville Farm
The west half of the.J. I Gilchrist
$4-acre farm at Tigardville was soli
last week to Mr, and Mrs. Ilenvan
Bremer for $600 per . acre. The land
transferred ia 4.U in cultivation, has
a complete set of modern buildings. Ii
exceptionally well stocked and equlppeJ
and has long been regarded as one of
the most attractive farm properties In
Tualatin valley. Aa part consideration
the -GllchrisU received the highly im
proved 10 acres known aa the Hideout
place, located In the same neighbor
hood. -
All parties to the transaction were
represented by Samuel Doak. Am on,?
other recent acreage transfers reported
by this agency is the exchange of a
highly improved 10-acre tract at Tl-
,onlBf!0v.T JTiKJ,JZ
1U acres nvnr ocrLim iuuhp .
to Merman Bremer. Each parcel wan
valued at $10,000.
Brookings Townsite
Is Being Platted;
To Be Incorporated
' Gold Beach. June 12. The C. : O.
Lumber company of Brookings in South
ern Curry county, is platting the BrooU
lnga townsite and will apply to Vm
county court for the right to make it
an incorporated township, according t
J. H. Owen, general manager of the
company. If the plan la carried out.
Brookings will be the only Incorporated
town in the county. The company alo
contemplates the erection of a lare
general merchandise store and a col i
storage plant. A modern church edifice
will be erected for the use of the citl
sens of the town.
Several of the directors of the com
pany, most of whom are Eastern capital
ists, were at Brookings recently and it is
reported the company will construct m
railroad to their redwood holdings In I1
Norte county, California. The propose i
rOad would be about 15 miles long and
a bridge across 'the. Chetco will be nec
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