SECTION THREE
BUSINESS NEWS
TENPA
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WANT ADS
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 5, MM.
PORTLAND MADE
TRAIN TO CARRY
REALTORS EAST
Local Shops Turn Out de Luxe
, Equipment for Excursion of
150 Business Men to Chicago.
REALTORS OFFER
FRE SERVICE TO
WORLD WAR VETS
Portland Board Would Make Ap
praisals Under Soldier Bonus
Law; Membership of Women
Deferred.
Main Street Parcel
Sold for $11,000
A parcel of ground with a frontage
of M feet on the north side of. Main
street near Fourteenth was sold last
week by A Baling as administrator
for the estate of Mrs. & Burchard. to
Mrs. M. Peterson for a consideration of
$11,000. There are two frame dwelling
houses on the site. The purchase was
according to
REALTOR BUYS IRVINGTON HOME
To Resurvey La
La Grande. July !. A a a raring
reached by the city commission this
week to have the entire city resurveyed
this summer. Inaccurate surveys In the
past have caused a great deal of trou
ble ta setting grade stakes and doing
other engineering work and permanent
monuments will be established to make
future work easy.
The finest train that ever rolled
oat of Portland will leave Union sta
tion at 11 a. m. Wednesday, carrying
160 Realtors and business men to
the annual convention of the Nation
al Association of Real Estate Boards
at Chicago. The train will consist
of 10 brand new coaches, manufac
tured in Portland car shops, and
placed in commission for the first
time by William McMurray, general
passenger agent of the Union Pacific
system, for the special use of the
Northwest delegation of Realtors.
Five Pullman sleepers., two diners, a
library, and observation car and two
baggage cars will constitute the equip
ment of this train de luxe. One of the
baggage cars has been prepared with a
waxed floor for dancing. Other special
features include a barber shop, bath
rooms, a manicure artiste- and a stenog
rapher. A section of one of the baggage cars
has been partitioned off for use as a
press room and composing room for a
daily paper which will be published
under the supervision of Fred O. Brock
man, secretary of the Interstate Realty
association, with the assistance of Dud
ley Westler. The press and other print
ing equipment is furnished by A. B.
Carlson, who will have charge of the
mechanical work on the paper. Three
regular editions and two special editions
will be published each day of the trip
The Portland Realty board has se
cured 30 by 50 feet of floor space in
the' Auditorium hotel at Chicago as head
quarters for the Oregon and Northwest
delegation. The walls of the room will
be hung with pictures of Oregon scenery
furnished by the Chamber of Oommerce.
Thousands of gallons of Oregon logan
berry juice will be provided to slake
the thirst of visitors and an abundant
Supply of elaborately printed circulars
advertising Portland and Oregon will be
distributed, from the headquarters.
Special advertising features for the
Atlantic-Pacific Highways Electrical ex
position will be taken along by the
Portland realtors. More than 5000 bronze
pins bearing the legend "Oregon 1925"
have been turned, out by a Portland
manufacturer for distribution at the con
vention and an equal number of artificial
rose buds will go with the 1925 emblem.
Thousands of real roses, fresh cut every
day. will also be distributed.
One of the best advertising features is
a booklet dlscriptlve of the Northwest,
printed In colors and prepared under
auspices of the Interstate Realty asso
ciation. Publication of this book cost
the Interstate association $4000 and con
tributions toward a still larger sum have
been .secured, by the Portland Realty
board to defray the expense of other
advertising material.
Frank Branch Riley will accompany
the excursion as a guest of the realty
board and' will address the convention
on "America for Americans." The Port
land Realtors quartet consisting of
W. A Zimmerman, Willis Bowes. Carlos
Marsters and O. O. Sletton, will voice
praises of the Pacific Northwest with
numerous specially prepared exposition
and Northwest realty songs.
Stopovers of from eight to 12 hours
have been arranged for the realtors'
excursion at Salt Lake city, Denver and
Omaha, Local realty boards in these
cities have prepared elaborate entertain
ment for the visitors, including banquets
and auto trips to points of scenic in
terest. The. train will arrive at Chicago
in time for the opening of the convention
en the morning of July 12. The conven
tion closes July 15, but tickets on the
special train are good for return In 90
days, and many of the delegation will
extend their stay in the East
Special Interest Is attached to the Chi
cago .convention by real estate men of
Portland and the Northwest through the
success of Fred E. Taylor of Portland
as president of the national association.
During the past year the membership
of the association has been approxi
mately doubled and the fact that the
convention wlll.be the largest gathering
of business men ever held in the United
States is attributed largely to his efforts.
Advance hotel reservations indicate that
there will be a registration of 10,000
delegates.
9-Story Apartment
House Built in East
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Ore of the largest apartment house
projects undertaken In recent months Is
a nine story building capable of housing
169 families, under construction at
Rochester, N. Y. The enterprise is be
ing financed by S. W. Straus A Co.. who
have underwritten a first mortgage of
C per cent serial bond, issue of $2,225,000
for the promoters. JThe value of the
land, building, equipment and furnish
ings Is. given at $3,400,000. The build
ing will be of steel and reinforced con
crete construction and the lower story
will be used for retail shopa
New Bungalow Being Built
Melalla, Or.. July 2. Clyde Engle is
laying the foundation for a new bunga
low. .Albert Engle has sold his farm, lo
cated seven mile east of Moiaila. He
has purchased and moved into the house
recently owned by A P. Mosbberger.
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"BUILDERS OF HOMES"
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Apartment house at Twelfth and Taylor streets transferred from Wein
hard estate to Enos Betteneourt.
Transfer of the Villa St Clara apart
ment house at the southwest corner of
Twelfth and Taylor streets from the
Weinhard estate to Enos, Betteneourt
was announced Saturday' by O. W.
Bryan, who handled the transaction.
The price paid for the property by Bet
teneourt was. announced as $175,000.
The Villa St Clara is a five story
and basement structure with a frontage
Alterations Planned
For Store of Eastern
Outfitting Company
Architect's plana have been completed
for the reconstruction of the interior of
the Eastern Outfitting company's store
at the northwest corner ' of Tenth and
Washington streets. All fixtures and
equipment of the store will be removed
and replaced with modern furnishings,
according to Joseph Shemanski, man
ager of the company, Readjustment of
the various departments of the mercan
tile concern will Increase available floor
space approximately 30 per cent, She
manski stated.
Show eases, cabinets, counters and
other equipment have been ordered from
Portland factories and so far as possi
ble all materials used in the reconstruc
tion of the store will be of local manu
facture The Eastern Outfitting com
pany has been engaged in business In
Portland for about 30 years with a con
stantly Increasing volume of trade.
MODERATE
Plans Show Arrangement
signed for Occupants'
Convenience.
De-
The Sun House Building company,
which recently opened offices in the Ald
ington building, is meeting with encour
aging success in the construction and
sale of five and six room houses ranging
in prices from $3000 to $4500. A five
room cottage now under way for Mrs.
E E. Paisley, at 129 East Fourteenth
street north is one of a type which has
been highly favored by clients of the
company.
The five rooms on the ground floor
are well planned ; there Is a full concrete
basement with laundry trays and fur
nace installed ; the living room is graced
with a handsomely built fireplace ; the
kitchen is equipped with the usual built
in conveniences; all wiring and plumb
ing are of modern standards. y
All ground floor rooms are finished
with hardwood floors and the house is
double constructed throughout. Substan
tially built for convenience and comfort,
this cottage will cost the owner approxi
mately $3406.
49 Homes Planned in
Wilshire Addition
The J. J. Hartman company reports the
sale of 49 building sites in Wilshire ad
dition during June The addition joins
Olmstead Park and Alameda Park on
the east and is about four blocks from
the Broadway carline. According to
A H. Hickman, sales muunr nt th.
company, 45 of the parcels sold during
m Hiuuui were purchased by private
builders and four purchases were made
by contractors.
Building Home at
Beaverion. Or., July J. Vasile Opris,
of the fur department of the Meier A
Frank company, Portland, is erecting a
modem bungalow on his lots in the Wil
ft the highway Just east of
Beaverton.
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of 100 feet on Twelfth street and 70
feet on Taylor. The exterior is of white
brick and the Interior is finished in
mahogany. The building contains CO
apartments of two and three rooms
each.
Betteneourt formerly owned the Rose
lyn apartment house at 110 North
Twenty-first street which was recently
sold by Bryan to H. Moumal for 140.000.
East Side Property
Placed on. Market
For Factory Sites
Albina Square, a tract of approxi
mately 26 acres of filled ground bounded
on the west by Goldsmith street on the
north by Gage street and on the East
by Gantenbetn avenue, will be divided
into industrial sites and offered for sale
by the Portland Realty Trust com
pany. Liberal terms- will be given new
industries wishing to locate on the tract
according to officials of the selling con
cern. A deep gulch formerly crossed Gold
smith street at this point and the ground
In the neighborhood was unsuitable for
building purposes. About 10 years ago
the street and adjoining property was
regraded, and since then. Albina Square
has been a favorite resort for amateur
baseball teams. A spur from the O-W.
R. & N. tracks crosses'' the property.
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E. EL Paisley at ISM Em Fourteenth street north .
Type of house which has proved
Cooperation of the Portland Realty
board with the state commission in
charge of the allotment of loans to
ex-soldiers will be offered to Gover
nor Olcott, chairman of the com
mission, as a result of action taken
by the board at a meeting in the as
sembly room of the Portland hotel
Friday noon. The board voted to
offer its services free of charge In
making appraisals on the valuation
of property on which loans are asked
by ex-soldiers and sailors in Mult
nomah county.
The law requires that the commission
appoint three appraisers in each county
In the state and provides for a fee of
915 for each appraisal made. It is estl-
j mated that mors than 7000 applications
ror loans wui be made by veterans in
Multnomah county within a few months
after the commission begins operations,
and the task of properly appraising so
great a number of properties could not
be handled by three men. according to
officials of the realty hoard.
effect a saving of 315 to each veteran
receiving a loan under the act Accord
ing to C. V. Johnson, Oregon real estate
commissioner, the soldiers bonus law is
flexible enough to permit of the accept
ance of the service offered by the realty
men. Johnson stated that organizations
of real estate men in other counties of
the state would be encouraged to make
similar 'offers.
Proposed amendment of the constitu
tion of the realty board, waking- women
real estate operators eligible for mem
bership, will be taken up at the first
meeting of the board in September. In
troduction of the resolution resulted in
a livery debate in which the members
were about evenly divided.
Those favoring the adoption of the
measure insisted that inasmuch as
women have equal civil rights with men
in Oregon, they should be accepted on
equal terms with men as members 6f
the board. Commissioner Johnson re
ported that licenses have been issued to
70 Portland women under the real estate
license law.
The board voted to defer action until
the first meeting of the board In Septem
ber. A committee was appointed by
President Coe A McKenna to investi
gate' the status of women in other
boards at the Chicago convention.
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at East Thirteenth and Thompson
by Frank K. Watkins
Lowe
Co. tor $7500.
Prank E. Watkins of the firm of Par
riah Watkins. closed a deal last week
for the purchase of the handsome Italian
chalet at the northwest corner of East
Thirteenth and Thompson streets from
W. C Alvord, consideration being an
HOME SITES SOLD
AT BARGAIN PRICE
Liberal Terms for .Quarter Acre
Tracts Prove Lure to Home
Builders in S. W. Portland.
The unsold portion of Carson
Heights, consisting of 150 quarter
acre tracts, will be placed on the
market this week by Frank I Mc
Guire. Carson Heights adjoins Ful
ton Park on the south and west and
was platted several years ago. The
property is owned by Piatt dt Piatt
and the McGulre agency has been
instructed to offer it at less than 10
per cent of the prices originally
asked.
The addition lies between First and
Eleventh streets in the southwestern
section of the city. Taylor Ferry road
passes through the sou them portion and
streetcar lines are accessible from all
the tracts. Streets are graded and city
water is available.
McGulre stated Saturday that 25 extra
salesmen would be secured' to handle
Carson Heights and other vacant prop-
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Equipment Heat
Or Only
Provoke You?
A heating plant needs a certain
amount of upkeep attention..
Often what appears to be serious
trouble is only something that
needs adjustment or a minor re
placement. Let one of our men be your
"trouble shooter." Minor repairs
ind adjustments will nnf ex.
pensive and will pay for them
selves in labor ana fuel saving.
We are specialists on Steam
Vapor and Hot Water Heating.
We will gladly
a plant
for your new home.
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Heating Co.
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PORTLAND CONSTRUCTION CO.
SUCCESSORS TO FANCHKR-McLEAN CO.
DESIGNERS BUILDERS Mg-B.it Lewto Bldg Bdwy. SMS
TO THE HOME BUILDER
Oar specialty is boilding homes and financing the homebuilder.
Dozens of hones built throughout the city by as is our best
advertisement.
Economy consistent witb the best workmanship is our idea in
homebuilding.
Hundreds of plans on file for your inspection.
Let as submit you designs and costs.
"SUN -HOUSE" BUILDING CO.
Builders of Fuse Hin
216 ABOfGTON BLDG. MAIN 101S
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from W. C Alvord
Bitter,
nounced at $7500. The noose is a two
story structure with cement stucco ex
terior and tile roof, occupying a site
TS by 10 feet In area. It was built
about nine years ago by P. EL Bowman.
The sale of the property last week
handled by Bitter, Lowe a Co.
rte tvIsmA few mmlM with hU
Durinr the oast month $0 lots have been
sold by the Arm in the capital tmi
addition. Residence districts in the south
western section of Portland are largely
on rolling ground and command a fine
view. The soil Is suitable for gardening
and many r amines are taxing savanna
or the liberal terms ozxerea to
homes! tea.
for
Beaverton. Or.. July 2. F. O- Haas
of Portland, recently of North Dakota,
has traded his Portland bungalow to w.
Newton for his nine acres south of
Reedvtlle and will make his home here.
The consideration was $5000 in each in
stance. LENSCH BROS.
841 PROMT mllT &. W. Ooe
BOLE AGENTS FLCHHER BROS.
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SHINGLES
ALSO STAR-a-STARS
MACf 2599 AUTO. A 2599
Ideal Automatic Cement
Blocks and Brick
Far AU Balldimg Pareosss
Ornamentals of AU Kinds
nit work guaranteed. Prices reasonable,
PETER SCHLUNG
SI E. Kniiagsworth Wdla. SM
Boynton Furnaces
Oar SpecUl System of SOYFTTOM PIFgkSM
FURNACES
A SUCCESS
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J. 0. BAYER FURNACE CO.
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BUY
FIXTURES
Wholesale
1 Chain Drop f 1.25
S Light Drop l3. 75
lS-lach Bowl . S6.50
ELECTRIC WLBUro
RELIABLE
ELECTRIC
uirioir AT RUSSELL
EAST 3686
C. J. KELLY
PLUMBING, HEATING nd TINNING
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1259 Belmont St.
PORTLAND. ORCOON
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SECURITY
Storage & Transfer Co
STORAGE PACKING MOVING
SHIPPING REPAIRS
RENTALS
f Money Loaned on Goods in Storage
53 Fourth Street, Opp. Multnomah Hotel
PHONE BROADWAY 3715
Acme Lumber Co.
Retail Dealers in
Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Mouldings and
Building Paper
WE HAVE WOOD TO BURN
x Give at a call and we feel satisfied
can meet
Columbia 341
JONES LUMBER CO
Established 1859
MAIN 277
Office and Retail Yard, 291 Fourth St.
Mills, South Portland
BRAHCH TARBS Forest Grore, Oregon; Gresaem, Oregon
A BOARD OR A TRUCKLOAD
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The Original Plaster Wall Beard for
Walls sad CeBings
Fire retardent; strong; easy to apply. Can be painted,
tinted or papered.
PLAIN OR PANELED WALLS
TIMMS, CRESS & CO.
Sole Distributor.
LANN ING & HOGG AN
MASON. PLASTER CONTRACTORS
HIGH-CLASS STUCCO
A SPECIALTY
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515 Henry Building
Broadway Mtt
OUR PRICES -ARB RIGHT
ROETTGER
HARDWARE CO.
BUILDERS' HARDWARE. PAINTS,
CUTLERY. TOOLS, SCREENS,
SCREEN BOORS, ETC
1M EABT RILLING 9 WORTH AYENCE
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SALES
your requirements.
1420 Willamette Blvd.
Why not help this poor fellow oat by
betiding a borne of your own. whicb
you can for about the same amount
you are paying in rent, thereby turn
ing an expense item into an invest
ment, and we will be pleased to help
you solve this important problem by
giving you a price ou your complete
louse Diu, inducing lumoer,
windows, moulding, shine lea.
doors.
hardware, paints, oils and wood.
We can also deliver on the lob at
nae. uearnarc. Astoria ana tjaimoo
Beach from oar mill connection at
Warren ton. Oregon.
G.A.Morrison Lumber Co.
PORTLA1TD, OREGON.
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MillandLumber
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Lumber
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General Mill
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SELLWOOD 597
B-1563
Second Street