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
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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,
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iMmigiaft ROOMFORfORTY
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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