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SECTION THREE BUSINESS NEWS TWELVE PAGES V WANT ADS PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1922. PUBLIC BUILDINGS FIGURE PROMINENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION NEWS OF WEEK T HE 1922 building campaign opened briskly throughout the state, with many structures Hearing completion and a large volume of prospective business. Above, leftNew $80,000 union high school at Redmond, Or. ; right Proposed Odd bellows temple to be erected at a cost ot $ZUU,UUU at toe southwest corner oi Tenth and balmon streets, second row, left New general hospital just completed at CorVallis ; right Residence at 304 Est Sixteenth, bought last week by I. N. Bragg from J. W. Bickford for $9000. Third row, left Building on east side of Eighth street. BETH ISRAEL between Flanders and Glisan, erected at cost of $15,000 for; James Muckle; right Residence at 858 "East Twenty-fourth street, bought by Captain Frank Ring for $10,000. Bottom rive room cottage erected in Alameda Park for Lloyd Rheuiholt by yilsie & Thomas at a cost of $3oUU. REALTY BOARD IKES REP ACHIEVEMENT BUILDING FOR AT $1 00,000 '1 Year Just Closed Accounted the Most Successful in the His tory of the Board; Ritter New President With the annua.! election of the Port land Realty board, titld In th assembly room of the Multnomah hotel at noon Friday, that organization closed one o the moot aurceanful years In lta his tory. The constructive effort which characterised the administration of Coe A. McKenna was reflected in .the flnan Ctal report of the secretary, showtn eipenditurea of approximately $23,000 during the year, with a balance of more than Vx cmm on hand, compared with an Uidebt'Hlnetui uf HTM) at the beslu- nliig of the year. Aa oulat&iifltnir achievement of the year wu reported by Herbert Gordon, chairman of the legislative, committee, showing that the Ilralty board was largely responsible fqr the passage of an act by the last state legislature creat ing a tax supervision and conservation rommlmilon for Multnomah county. Through the actlvUte of the commis sion the taxpayers of the county already have saved approximately $900,000. The legislative committee also succeeded In securing Important amendments to the real estate llcenee law, making the act more eff.-ctlve than previously In pro tecting the public from fraudulent dealers. TViv tirr.xT ron ADTERTismo An advertising (amralsm. beneficial alike to the realty profpaslon and the community, accounted for the expendi ture of $2ir.i; the Home Peautiful ex position held at The Audi tor him early In the yrer. railed for an outlay of $3000, covered by the sile of exhibition pace. Two main entertainment Tee tunes rf the year were a dancing party at the Multnomah hotel and an excursion on the steamer Ulue I'.lrd. both finan cially sucreneful. The report of John Martrls, chairman f the membership committee, showed 110 active. 113 affiliated and four asso ciate members admitted to the board during the 12-montha period. The total membership of the board at the close Of the year was 615, according to -the report. 329 being on the active list. 234 affiliate and 12 associate. One of the most Important educational efforts ever undertaken by the board was the series of conferences on technl eal problems and office management eodarte! under the leadership of Harry Beck with, chairman of the advertising committee. So popular were the con ferences that arrangements have been . made to continue the worjj during the current ywar. The appraisal committee, under the chairmanship of rhlltp Fry. adjudged the valuation of 23 properties with an Ag gregate value of tl.7S2.834 during the year, and received fees amounting to ISS4. The committee recommended In Its report that the ee charge of $1 per J 1000 valuation np to 130.000 and 25 cents per tltUO over that amount, be amended to permit of a discretionary - charge where a number of appraisals are made for one person. A minimum fee of SIS la charged for the service of the ap praisal committee. HOME BUILDERS HELPED , Assistance to home builders tn financ ing construction operations was effected In A large number of cases during the year by the mortgage loan committee of the board, according to the report of Herman MoeUer, chairman. Easier money markets and an Increasing ten dency to Invest In real estate mort gage was forecast by the committee's report. It was also recommended that the board use its Influence In favor f the proposed elimination of the tax exemption privilege of municipal bonds. J. D. CDomnell. head of the rental committee, reported an active year, the - chief event being an effort to Induce i i the federal government to dispose of the Id postofflee building site, bounded by Morrison. Sixth. Fifth and Yamhill streets, to commercial Interests. Offl ctals o'f the postofflce department rec ommended the sale of the property. OTxmneir stated, and thai purchase of a block farther south as a site for branch postofflce and federal court . building. Uartiutt Cole made an Interesting re port on the activities of the arbitration committee of the board. W. 11. Ross, mm At 4 3 4 4 "mftm-:- ft i ImBwitellMi fSiffl-bil r 1 a ' lu-. 1:41 W frill SKHMlslBriJ fill "' U I Hi i . ao ffiPS: " (IL '! , gZZr- , ; PTw1 V- lSaJ UMHI I " WWSJWW JMsMsaaJsjssaJ. in'. . fMS rrSSs ' , : ill 5 lirUf OnnWAI I IP ' treairtireT, M. a "Woodcock: N. R. Moore. dill ii SySLrJBi 'Jv KtW uUKVALL 0 Eir?i"v"S; M'll II Pl lX ' I uiX (c -- -jiS Dr. H. a Peraot and Dr. E. W Howard. ifasf!eEfeff ill IHIIif Fj Ji Mt nuoril ML mo e. - - iMmigiaft ROOMFORfORTY i 1 i New Religious School Building ; to Be Erected at Southeast : Corner of Main and Thirteenth Streets. Proposed erection of a new religious 1 school building by Bth Israel syna gogue at the 'southeast corner of Thir- ", teenth and Main etrets. at a cost of ' approximately J10i.0"i. u one of the most Important construction projects an nounced during the past week. Plans . for the structure twi:.g prepared by . Sutton & Whitney ca'.l for a three story i fireproof building with brick and terra " cotta exterior alls. haviiu; a frontage of W feet on lUin and lot foet o .V Thirteenth atreei. -, The new achuol be conrxx-i-d with the synagogue i the cumrr o" TtifUi and Main and will house t-laa rooms, club rooms and a lare auditorium for , the use of children and members of . Beth Israel congregation- Construction work will begin early in the spring, aocordfng to Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, avnd ; the buHdlng will be ready for use In ' the autumn. ' " Members of the building committee la " charge of the project axe : L Ixwengart, chairman; Mrs. A. C Meier. Dr. 8. C Koha. Mrs. & J. Oner.krrmer, Sam Ro- ' enblatt. lxuls jtrf and Rabbi Wiea. More than half of the neoesaary funds . already have been subscribed It was ' announced and the committee plans to erect the building free of debt. Architecture of the new school build lng will be In harmony with that of Beth Israel synagogue., according to H. A. Whitney, and the structure Is de signed to Ct Into poaxible future plans for a new edifice on the site of the synagogue. Capacity ef the school building win be ample for present needs of the congregation. Rabbi Wis stated. REALTY LEASE TO LAST 107 YEARS; RENTAL 1LL0NS thairman of the publicity .committee. Kansas Uity rroperty, I aken Uver snowvu tnat more than lwu columns or . c i i f n oy ocnoenDerg rirm, necatis Pittock Lease in Portland. matter relative to real estate transactions and the work of the board bad been' published In Portland dally newspapers during the year. Carl Wlnt : tor reported that his committee had pre pared 10 Important resolutions for the . board during the year and E. J. Jae- gar, chairman of the civic committee. told of the work accomplished m cwring employment for ex-soldiers. JTTtJI ELECTED FEESIDE5T One of the most Important real estate leases recorded In the United States dur ing 1921 was reported last week by Al bert Schoenberg, president of the Schoen berg Realty & Investment company of Kansas City, Mo. The property leased Tbs election of Ritter as president of comprised a tract 7 by 115 feet in area board followed a solrtted three- at the northeast corner of Twelfth -and cornered contest. Involving the political Walnut streets In Kansas City. The destinies of Harry Ueekwlth acd runs lor a period of 107 years and rrank McCiillls. Pckwlth withdrew oa the eve of the election, and a count of the ballots showed 1 votes for McCrUlls and HI for the successful candidate. On motion of McCrlllis the secretary was Instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Ritter. Other officers elected were: Harry Reek with, first vice president; John IL Martela. second vice president ; J. Logie - Richardson, third vice president; Paul Cow gill, secretary : ii. Lee Psget, treas urer Walter Daly, D wight Hubbell. J. A. Wick man and A. U. Teepe. new mem bers of' the appraisal commif.ee. - Preceding lbs ejection V. K. Taylor presented a handsome gold watch to Cos . A. McXenna, retiring president, as a token of esteem from members of the board. RHAEr RA5CH LEASED Dallas, Or.. Jan. 7. The 1(0 acre W. K. Fharp ranch, located near Parker, has been leased by the owner to O. W. Ph tiler of Vancouver. B. C. for i period of one year, according to an Bouncement mads by Sharp last week. The farm la one of the best la Polk oouaty. months and .calls for an aggregate rental ot 15.S58.000. The property is" Improved with two old Iwo-itory-and-basement brick build lnga. which will be removed to make way for a modern fireproof business block costing approximately $2,000,000 according to Schoenberg. The corner was a portion of a tract of 30 acres pur chased In 1SSS for $7500 by Colonel Swope. from whose heirs jt has just passed by lease to William M. Feder portimity for Improvement which could not be managed otherwise. Ownership of the Swope property was divided amonp; a number of widely " scattered heirs with no inclination to invest in an expensive office building. The lessee of the property could not see his ay clear to put down $1,000,000 for the jpurchase of the tract, and the (107-yeiar lease worked to the advantage of all parties to the transaction. i PORTLAND LEASE PARALLEL A parallel to the Kansas City trans action is found in Portland in the 100 year lease held by the Pittock Block. nc, to the block bounded by Washing ton, West Park, Stark and Tenth streets. The lease was given In November, 1912, by IL L. Pittock to Herbert Fleisch- hacker and expires in January, 2021, the aggregate rental being $8.43u,000. The terms of the lease required the erection of a building to be known as the Pittock block and to cost not less than $650,000. This property was bought by E L Pit tock in August, 1856, for $300. It was a portion of the Lownsdale donation land claim and Pittock paid Ixrwnsdale $1500 for a quitclaim deed in 1869, making the total cost to him $1800. The ground occupied by the Olds, Wortman & King building was secured on a 50-year lease In 1367 by J. White Evans, who afterward transferred his Interest to W. D. Wood and the Portland Building company. Terms of this lease required the erection of a $550,000 build ing. Another 50-year lease af Portland business property was negotiated re cently by William P. Merry inl the trans fer of the use oi the 5Ux is-ioot parcel at the northeast corner of Broadway and Salmon streets from Miss Abbie Springer to Howard Jayne at an aggregate rental of approximately $175,000. Uf Bests ESS CESTE& The 0-acre tract lies In the business heart of Kansas City. It was platted into 144 lots, which now have an esti mated aggregate value of $40,000,000. Rapid tncre&ss of the value of the tract Is Indicated by the sale of 75 lots to a syndicate In 1S5 for $30,000. Feder- man holds aa option, expiring in 20 Tears, for the purchase of the $7x115 foot parcel for $1,000,000. The lease was the culmination of negotiations extend lng over a period of 11 years, Schoen berg stated. Long-term leases are gaining In popu larity, both with property-owners and investor REDMOND 0 L TO BE DEDICATED Institution for Sick Opened on Schedule Time at Cost of $75r 000; Has Modem Equipment FR DAY AFTERNOON Elaborate Ceremony Planned for Public Opening of Handsome Structure Costing $80,000. Long-Bell Company " Acquires Tidolands Kelso, Wash., Jan. Is Several miles of second class tidelands tn front of the Long-Bell Lumber company mill site on the Columbia and Cowlitx rivers were seld yesterday at Kalama by I the state land department, being bid In by the Long-Bell cmopany's representative at the appraised price of approximately $:000. J. W. Butterworth purchased the timber on 120 acres of state land adja cent to his shingle' mill at Shanghai for r. The method often affords op- the appraisement price of $1750. CorvaHls, Jan. T. Completed on sched ule time, the new Corvallis General hos pital costing $75,000, Is now open and patients from the old hospital were moved in January ! For the first time in its history, the city has an institu tion built primarily lor the purpose of caring for the sick and Injured. Just 12 years ago the need of a hos pital was agitated and since that time remodeled residences have, been used, though for several years crowded con ditions made it evident that a larger and better equipped place would be neces sary. The new building Is a three-story structure, 95x36, of red brick construe tion, located at the northwest limits of the city with a fine view of the sur rounding country. EQUIPMENT IS MODERN Redmond, Or, Jan. 7. The new Union I TBe hospital is equipped with rooms high school building at Redmond win rr 40 patients, kitchen, dining room. be dedicated with appropriate ceremonies 1 Landry, nurses' room, nursery, sun par- Frid.iv afternoon evening aiwrHinr ra, ui-lo-ua.ie operating room, ana cue to announcement maria iw. Thnmo. I silent call flash system. A corps Of who prepared architectural plans for the I nursca naa oeeu empioyea lu structure. An elaborate celebration had 1)611 a Lofgren. formerly of the SUverton been planned for tfae opening day by hospital, as superintendent. Misa ixr officials of the school district, Thomas Eren u f eiflter of Attorney David Lo- srtated i b 1 ul fuiuoau. The buildimr is a two storv Ktrnct, organizations are furnishing 55 by 192 feet in dimensions, with ex- 8m?5 , ro?niB;, 60 iar Ye terior walls of tanestrv brick and t of Pythias and Elks lodge have taken stone trimming rw rt tho TiftirtiTi charge of a room each and other or and furnishlne- wa armro-rimarerv jsnt Eanizations plan to provide a library was r,f nnrthcton, m,,,ff, I Aa soon as the weather permits. Prof. mon brick being secured at Bend, tapes- A,U dscape gardener of the try brick at Spokane and cast stone folleBe- "I11 a"i?t ae landscaping of from Portland. The steam heating plant e Broods which are extensive enough is boused in a fireproof structure sepa rate from the main building. Tri PTTOlTlri erWT" llf t V n ,ni11-rtr houses the manual training, agricultural, 1 8treet lea.nK to domestic science and sewing depart-1 fc c ments and physical and chemical labors-1 OPEN POK PATTJENTS tones, besides an electrically equipped j The building Is arranged so that new cafeteria for the use of teachers and I wings may be added as needed. As it pupil a On the second" floor is a large I stands now It Is much larger than the assembly room, library, directors room, 1 former building which accommodated commercial department and six redta-1 but 10 patients comfortably and 12 at toon rooms. Both floors are amply 1 the most. Plans and construction of equipped witn toilet and lavatory facili-1 the building were carried through In ties ana onniang lores. record time. Stock was sold In the Two brick fire walls! traverse the Struo- I tat tnrinr months, the contract let in ture and stairways af"e of fireproof con-1 July and the hospital was ready for struction, enclosed with OricK wails. A I use at the first of the year. direct-indirect Heating and ventillatlng 1 More than 125 people .of this comma- system has been installed and windows I nity are stockholders In the- new hos- are equipped with Simplex sashes. I pitaX Officers and directors are : Presl- Oleson & Srickson, a Pdmond firm, I dent. Dr. R. L, Bos worth ; vice president. handled the construction work. . . A. J. Sexeu; secretary. Arthur Clarke; New Name Chosen for Downtown Building Confusion resulting .from similarity tn the names of the Lumbermen's buQdmg at Fifth and Stark and the Lumber Ex change building at Second and Stark streets was cited as the reason for alter-' lng he name of the last named building to the Exchange building, announced last week by Donald G. Woodward, superintendent of the property. The Ashley A Rumelin bank- and a number of retail shops occupy the ground floor of the Exchange building-"and the upper stories are used for office purposes. HUTS NACGIlT FARM Leisyvaie, Or, Jan. 7. Dr. J. O. Robb recently purchased the Naught farm four miles north of Hills bo ro, on the North Plains road, me farm consists of 60 acres, all under cultivation, and improved with modern buildings. Con sideration announced was $200 an acre. Dr. Robb plans setting out filberts and Kentish cherries, besides keeping a large dairy. Cal Johnson will manage the place. ODD FELLOWS 10 START IRK Oil mnnn nnn Trnnni r MM.UUU mW t Clim Building Tradesmen And Architects Will Join Organization OrtranlxaOon of the Association of Building and Construction of Oregon was affected at a rm-eting of architects, contractors and building tradesmen at the Portland Architectural -lub rooms. Stark street. Friday night. Ellis F. Lawrence, dean of the school of arcfa- Itectirre of the University of Oregon, presided at the meeting, and principal speakers ware Mayor Raker and Slephca L Miller of the University of Washing. ton. A committee of directors was . ap pointed as follows: Rills F. Lawrence, architects : H. F. Blood, engineers; Thomas M ulr, general contractors : X R. Tomlinsoa. electrical contractors; David L Hoggan. plastertag contrac tors; E. A. Chambers, painting coo tractors ; Sara Murhard. plumbing and heating; J. C Bayer, roofing and sheet metal; J. Seed, mason contractors; Frank Ransom, manufacturers ; F. K. , Cook, distributer: B. W. Sleemaa, me chanics: E. C Goody, investments a4 loans: John Bennra. J. M. Doacu. H G. Hanghsten. Karl Livery and 1 toll is Johnston. A representative of the build ing public win be appointed on the com mittee by Governor Okaott. according a resolution adopted at the meeting. Ground to Be Broken This Month for New Building on Quarter Block at Tenth and Salmon. In PORTLAND REALTY BOARD ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT to permit excellent resulta While the hospital Is not situated on a paved street it is easy of access for all the it are well graded XI A. R. Ritter ate Only Aid In Development of California Cities Wonderful progress In the develop- , merit of Southern California was re ported last week by Coe A. McXanna. Ground win be broken this month for a new Odd Fellows temple costing ap- visit to Los Angelea San Diego and proximately $200,000 to be erected on other south coast point. Dnrir.g Che the quarter block at the southwest montb of NoTember :4 W' irumenU m affecting real property aere filed at the corner of Tenth and Salmon streets, ac- Urt houITu LT Ai,ee!e.. McKenn cording to announcement made last week stated, and during December from X0 by Dr. Byron E. Miller, president of the to 25 plattings of proposed new add- Odd Fellows building association. Plans ona w" suhmtoed dally to the ory prepared by Ernest Kroner call for a four story fireproof building 100 by 100 feet In dimensions, of brick and terra cotta exterior. The ground floor of the new temple will be divided into a number of retail shops, ample space being allowed for the main entrance lobby and elevators to the upper gtoriea The entire second floor will be utilized as an auditorium with a specially constructed hardwood floor for dancing. A lodge room 63 by o leet in area with officers and anti- rooms, will be located on the third story and a large banquet halL kitchen and offices of the Oregon grand lodge will occupy the lourta floor. Ceilings of the auditorium and lodge hall will be 24 feet in height, according to the plans, and a balcony will extend around three sides of the auditorium. Furnishings and equipment will be in keeping with the high character of the structure and the building will be used Jointly by Samaritan. Hassalo, Minerva lodges, Ellison encampment and various other organizations of . Odd Fellows formerly housed In the old temple at the southwest corner of First and Alder streeta Fire partially destroyed the old temple building the morning of December 25th and the property was sold last week to the Security Savings A Trust company for $50,000. - The site of the new temple was acquired more than a year ago from the Catlin and Gevurtz estates at cost of about $50,000, according- to L R Carter, treasurer of the building associ ation. The corner lot Is occupied by the old Catlin home and the Inside lot by a frame flat building. planning commission. The bulk of the real estate business . Los Angeles is handled In escrow. according to McKenna. and one title and trust company which he visited was equipped with IS escrow desks, each handling an average of five transactioas dally. The same firm bandied an aver age of 200 title Insurance policies daily. McKenna averred, and the volume of 1 business transacted by other kimllar con cerns was only slightly leas, all property titles -in Southern California being pro tected In this manner. . Pipid Industrial and commercial de velopment of Los Angeles was reflected -in the record of the port, which carries dally payroll amounting to $10,004 per day. compared with $2000 per day three years ago. "The wonder cities of Southern California are purely the product of human energy," McKenaa stated, "the only natural resource being an over rated climatic advantage oves other Pacific coast sections." ; . Bmsnro ossnrAXCE rt.A3rsfcD Corvallis. Jan. 7. The city council Tuesday night appointed committees to work -out plans for a building ordinance, with restrictions ; aa ordinance to apply to buildings tn the business section. law governing licenses of buses, trucks and trailers, and a program for In creased building of sidewalks in the city. Henry Robinson, chief of police, reported $1(0 In fines for December. English Colonial House Is Sold to Ring for $10,000 The English colonial bouse )ost com pleted at tit East Twenty-fourth street -north, was transferred last week from -' Emil - Johnson to Captain Frank Ring for a consideration of $10,000, the traae actlon being handled by J. R. HatgfcU , Another Important sale of residence property reported by Halght involved the transfer of the borne at g2 Stewart drive from Mrs. Sidney Coyle to M. GO lisple, manager of the Gillirple Mortgan company, for a consideration of $H.Ke. Haight announced that he planned to enter upon an ejrgreasrve- building rase- paign during 1922 and bad arranged is eerure the services of El wood Wiles. E. M. Wiles and W. P. Church as assist' . ants In the home building departrnoal of his agency. 1 ! , 4
