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A TREND
PORTLAND'S home building
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for M. C. Thompson, vice president of Swift & Coj No. 4 Home designed by DeYoyng & Roald for N. O. Boder, to occupy a
of house being built at Oswego by the Oregon Ironi& Steel company; the company has erected more than 100 houses of three, four and five rooms each during jthe past year and sold them to clients on
$1800 to $2500. No. 6 House just completed by, L. R. Bailey for George Merwin at East 48th street and Alameda drive; exterior is of stucco on metal lath. No d 'Home of William L. Finley
fjipes ; the place has been christened "Riverby by 1 the, owner.
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CITIES
Hundreds of Permanent Homes,
Rental Cottages, Schools and
Public Buildings Beings Built.
Seaside, Or., May . Seaside is enjoy
ing! a period of unprecedented growth,
notj In the leaat resembling a boom, but
m steady building of homes and business
houses by the citizens of this great re
sor who, believe in the future. A fea
ture of the building activity Js the scores
of homes that are going up in every part
of the olty not for rent, but as' places of
residence for the builders. Of course, as
In all other years, numbers of cottages
are, under construction for housing the
tourUts and visitors, but at no time In
the past bas building construction been
of the solid and substatntlal character
that It is today.
On Second avenue, within a block;
three homes are under construction, any
one of which will approximate an ex
penditure of $5000 or more, and these are
to be real homes of Seaside citizens. The
more pretentious buildings under con
struction at this time -Include the new
965,000 Central school, Royce Bros,
daace hall on Broadway, the apartment
house on the "Prom," erected by George
Steelsmlth, a recent arrival from Port
land; the new Christian Science church
on 'Second avenue, the Seaside telephone
xohanxre buUdlne on Fifth and Broad
way and the virtually completed im
provements at. Oates' . Natatorium.
Building activity is not restricted to
anf part of the city, but extends from
th Cartwrlght Park district on the south
to the surf beach property on the north,
where numerous residences are going up.
A fecent canvass of the city showed a
hundred houses under construction. Dur
ing the year 1931 a total of 13S new
boases were built.
Neither is the building activity re
stricted to Seaside alone. All Clatsop
beaches are enjoying a period of growth,
especially (tn the case of Cannon beach,
where, according to residents, the song
pf the hammer and saw . Is never still,
Suaday r weekday. Seaside visitors to
Kcela last week expressed surprise at
the- great amount of activity coin on
there. Scores of summer., homes are un
der construction, principally by- Astoria
people, i ,
The building campaign is noticed no
where in the city more forcibly than at
the! freight office where, according to S.
P. S. officials, more building material
Is being shipped here at this time than
at any time In the past.i Previous freight
records were DroKen Tnursdav, when
wa cars, principally 'of building ma
. terlals, were received at the local freight
office. Seaside people believe in the fu
ture of their city, and the building activ
ity at this time is not only extensive, but
. or a permanent character.
Eealty Firm. Opens;
East Side Office
Uummen A Rummell have opened a
branch real estate . of f ice at East 39 th
street and Sandy - boulevard to take
of-the firm's business in. Alameda,
Rose City Park and taurelfturst . dis
tricts. Increasing activity in sales of
residence property and building' sites in
thl section of the dry necessitated the
. establishment of the new office, accord-
ins? . .o ouiciais -or the nrm. - f
TOWARD
campaign reflects varying ideals of beauty and comfort, With a general trend toward higher class
Prnnos tnrU far Mount Hood lodse No. 157. to be erected at a cost of $100,000 on a site
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To facilitate service to clients of Bit
ter, Lowe & Coi. the fajrm sales and
leasing department of ther company has
been merged with Its excjhange depart
ment, according .to announcement made
last week by A. R, Rittef, head of the
concern. J. C. Mclnnes, manager of
the farm sales and leasing department,
will cooperate with V. L.i Eddy, mana
ger of the exchange department, under
the new consolidation.
Ritter, Lowe & Co. have won a wide
reputation as dealers In farm property
and announced that during the past three
months many inquiries have been re
ceived from prospective nurchasers liv
ing in eastern states. Negotiations for
several important transfers -are under
way, and the outlook for the spring and
summer months is promising, Mclnnes
stated.
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New Hotel Goodwin
Ready for Opening
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Alterations are under way on the in
terior of the Oregon Annex at the
northwest corner of Paek and Stark
streets, recently taken on 'a lease by
M. L. Goodwin. A spacious lobby with
tiled floor will open on Prk street and
the rooms and corridors of the building
are being re'flnished and palnted. The
building is a seven-story, fireproof struc
ture, erected several years ago on plans
prepared by Sutton & tVhltney, who
have charge of the alterations now being
made. The new lessee proposes to oper
ate the place as the Hotel Goodwin.
Cost of alterations is estimated at about
30,000. i
Firm Makes Leases
On Sandy Boulevard
Development of business property
along feandy ; boulevard ,was featured
during, the past week by four leases
made by H. L. Falrleyi through the
Me tiger-Parker company The store
room and a four room flat! above, at No.
1840 Sandy, was leased to Mrs. Ida Wil
li" as a grocery shop;; ground floor space
at No. 1848 Sandy was taken en a lease
by Ernest F. Wilson for ue as a garage
and repair shop ; a three; room apart
ment at No. 18364 was leased to Dr.
E. Ii. Burns for dentist offices . and
space at No, 1838 was tfiken by Wil
lard Bramble as a barber shop. The
Metsger-Parker company also announced
the lease of a store room at No. 861
North 17th street from Mrs. Ona Watson
to Stober Stober for Use as a meat
market and space at No. "JjlT Hawthorne
avenue from J. H. Harrington to Arthur
Haynea, whoj proposes to operate a ga
rage on the premises. j
Building Operations
at Aberdeen
Aberdeen, Wash-. May Cj Building op
erations on several business blocks was
started in tie last, weekJ four of them
on -Wishkah street. They; will represent
a joint expenditure of 115:000. They in
clude two blocks for the Welsh-Richards
company, a i block for the .Wolff Dry
Goods company and a block for a syndi
cate of local "capitalists. In addition a
tew hotel to cost 8150,000, j the Elks tem
ple to cost $275,000 and. thjt state armory
to cost iz&.tw are among the projects
to be considered for this year. The ar
mory will b completed by 'Jane. Work
on the .two iiclhers wil be started late
In the rummer. New residences to cost a
total of 115. 000 are also! planned and
several apartment houses are on the list
of contemplated enterprises. -
BETTER HOME CONSTRUCTION FEATURES
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Oregon Iron & Steel Company
Starts Aggressive Campaign
for Sale of Acreage at OswegoJ
. Cosy comfort in an ideal environment
is offered home builders at a moderate
outlay of money by the Oregon Iron and!
Steel company on its tract at ; Oswego.
This is only one of the many suburban
acreages, within easy access of Portland
by interurban electric lines, offered by
Portland realtors in lieu of the cramped
quarters of expensive apartment houses.
Hundreds of families are taking ad
vantage of the easy payment plan to
escape the boredom of life In two or
three rooms with a kitchenette, i The ad
vertising columns of today's Journal
hold opportunities Innumerable for es
cape to the big out doors to health and;
thrift and decent living. The opportunity
at Oswego bas many duplicates.
W. B. Allen, manager of the tract at
Oswego, stated that his company had
built fifty houses of three, four; and five'
rooms each during the ' past year and;
sold them to clients on; terms as low as
ten per cent down and monthly pay-i
menta, including Interest, approximately
equal to rent on a city house Or apart
ment, j j
Building cost of these homes ranged
from, $1200 to $2500 and the cost of a site
100 by 120 feet In area ranged from $500
to , $1000, according to location. The
houses are double constructed through
out ; the walls are painted or tinted ; the
houses are equipped with full plumbing.
electric wiring, gas and water connec
tions. 1
Construction cost includes the erection
of a garage, where the owner owns a car.
and . the installation of underground
septic tanks. Many of the living rooms
have fireplaces and kitchens are equlpp
ed with built-in conveniences for ' the
housewife. Plans for the houses are
drawn to suit the ; desire of the
purchaser. j
Rock roads lead from the paved high'
way to all sections of the tract. Much
of the land is wooded with ia light!
growth of fir. maple, dogwood and other
native trees. The advantage of a veget
able garden may be had at a moderate
application of healful .labor. There are
excellent schools within easy j walking;
distance; Local retail shops; supply
household needs and deliveries are made!
dallv from eitv stores.
Oswego is on the line of the Southern
Pacific electric road and the run from
stations on the Oregon Iron and Steel
company's tract to the center f of th
downtown district varies from 125 to 85
minutes. Commutation fares are only
slightly more than fares on city street
car lines. .; J.
$8500 M.O. Thompson
Home Is Completed
A new home has Just been completed!
at No. 934 Dunckley avenue, near AlaJ
meda drive.- for- M. t C: Thompson, vice1
president of Swift tt Co, The house Is of
bungalow design with, five rooms on the
ground floor and two rooms in the upper
story. It occupies a 50 by 100 foot sits
and construction cost was approximately
$8500. .Clifton eV Vogaa were architects
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$100,000 Expended
On Alterations by
Imperial Hotel Co.
Alterations and improvements on the
upper floors of the .Imperial hotel, in
volving the expenditure of $25,000, were'
completed last week and 17 large rooms,
equipped with tub and shower baths,
were added to the facilities of the hotel.
Walls and woodwork of the rooms and
corridors of the our upper stories of the
hotel . were repainted and other similar
Improvements made on the interior of
the hostelry.
Including the remodeling of the ground
floor lobby and installation of the
Knickerbocker restaurant and coffee
room, approximately $100,000 has been
spent on the Imperial during 1922, ac
cording to Phil Metschan, manager of
the hotel. Plans for the work were pre
pared by Sutton & Whitney.
Yakima Bank Plans
$75,000 ; Building
Yakima. Wash.. May 6. Announce
ment was made last week by the di
rectors of the Yakima Valley bank that
work would begin June 1 on a $75,000
building on Yakima avenue designed to
be a new home for the bank. The prop
erty was purchased five years ago for
this purpose. It contains a two-story
stone building, which will be torn down.
The new structure will be two stories,
with a full basement, the whole building
to be occupied by the bank. The Yak
ima fValley bank wafo organized in 1902
and will have completed its twentieth
year when it breaks ground Xor a new
home. The president is O. A. Fechter,
who has held that position sir.ce 1903,
and the cashier Charles Heath, who has
been la that position, for IS years.- i :
: 'ADDITION TO CITT PROPOSED '
i U Grande. May 6. Petitions, are
being circulated asking that a special
election be called for the purpose, of an
nexing a large section Just outside of the
etty limits to Ia Grande. The petition
ers set .forth that the -added taxes will
p only $12 per $1000 valuation, and that
water, light and insurance will he cheap
er, while fire and police protection will
be added.1 There are oetween iwo and
1200 people In the section. u
PORTLAND'S RECORD BREAKING
construction in both large and small houses, i. No. I Home at Surf
at the northeast corner of Commertial and Emerson streets. Nd. 3
site facing Laurelhurst park; planscall tor 1 2 rooms, trve fireplaces
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Dividend Payment
Voted by Farmers
Loan Corporation
A dividend of 7 per cent, payable on
July 1 to ' stockholders In the Farmers
Loan & Mortgage company, was author
ised by a resolution adopted by the
board of directors of the company at a
meeting held last week at the office of
the concern in the Henry building. The
company was organized In 1919 under
the laws of the state o Oregon, with a
capitalization of $100,000, and has paid
semi-annual dividends of 7 per cent reg
ularly since the date of its Incorpora
tion. The Farmers Loan & Mortgage com
pany makes loans on livestock, farms
and real estate and has a rapidly in
creasing clientele in ' Oresron and Wash
ington. ' The company has just estab
lished a real estate department, in
charge of J. O. Fisher, for the purpose
of handling a general Teal estate busi
ness in connection with its loan opera
tions. Directors of the corporation are:
Wilbur F. Jouno, president : E. A. Duh
das. vice president; E. P. Slovarp, sec
retary; William K. McGregor and Dr.
B. M. McLafferty of Seattle, who is at
torney In fact for the company in the
stats of Washington.
Aberdeen Center of
Building Campaign
Aberdeen, Wash., May 6. Total of the
ball ding- permits issued for the month
of . April is the largest ever issued . in
one month in any- year past in the city
with the exception of the year follow
tag the conflagration of 1903. The per
mits issued represented a valuation of
an buildings -of $300,000.; Four , business
blocks which will cost $50,000 each and
numerous : residences . which " will cost
from $2500 to $7000 were included in the
building contracts. ;The promise for the
month of May is equally as good. It is
anticipated that the Elks will have de
cided finally the question of ' whether
or not . they win build their proposed
Ample to cost $175,000. The Masons are
also contemplating the building of a new
temple this ; year. - Throughout : Grays
Harbor county a building boom is on.
Contract was let this week for the Win
ter building at Montesano, to cost $257-
0u0 an Aberdeen firm securing the Job.
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SPEAKER CHOSEN
BY REALTY BOARD i
FOR CONVENTION
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Carlos Marsters Picked to Repre
sent Portland ' in Five-Minute
Speaking Contest at Frisco.
A spirited oratorical contest, which
featured the regular meeting of the Port
land Realty board in the assembly, room
of the Multnomah hotel Friday noon, re
sulted in the selection of Carlos Mar
sters as representative of Portland in
the five-minute speaking tournament at
the annual convention of the National
Association Of Real Estate boards, to be
held at San : Francisco, May 11 to June
3. Marsters was pitted against four
other talented spellbinders and won his
free transportation to the ; convention
after months of hard training.
John H. Mariels was allotted second
place ana the other contestants were
Will It. Ross, who represented the Port
land board at the 1921 convention, at
Chicago; George Walter Holcomb, and
George F. Mahoney of the Coo A. Mc
Kenna company. Marsters Is one of
Frank I. McGuire's headline salesmen
and made a try for honors in the pre
liminary .contest last year. Referees
were Jerry E. Bronaugh. Judge George
W Stanlftnrt and Judn R. CI. Morrow
A delegation of about 60 "members of
the Portland Realty board will attend
the San Francisco convention and a- ma
jority of them propose to make the trip
by auto over the Pacific highway. -Elab
orate preparations are being made by the
board for the entertainment of eastern
delegates to : the convention, whose spe
cial trains are routed through Portland.
Walter M Daly of the Title & Trust
company is chairman of a committee In
eharfre of auto trips for the visitors over
the Columbia river highway and other
scenic driveways : leading out or the
citv. i
An effort will be made to secure the
national convention of realtors for Port
land in 3925, and plans are being made
to advertise the proposed 1925 exposition
prominently at the San Francisco con
vention. More f than 6000 visitors are
expected at the convention this year,
according to Tom Xngersol, secretary of
the national association. i ?
Mortgage Company;
Takes on Salesmen
J, H. MoQuilken and George Hord.
former salesmen with the ' J. L. Hart-
man company, are now In charge of the
real, estate - department of the Gordon
Mortgage company. The Gordon , com
pany has. established oxnees in tne
Chamber oi Commerce building. ;
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ME BUILDING CAMPAIGN"!
Be
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clu Seaside, erected by E. C. Johnson, president jf the Port
kmitf Knilf nr Nft 934 Diinrlclev avenue bv Clifton &. Voean
and oak finish for the living and
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attractive easy-payment plan;
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a lU-acre site at jennmgs
Complete Country
Home of Finleys at
Jennings Lodge
The country home of Mr. and Mrs.
William Lt Finley lias recently : been
completed on their 10-acre tract at Jen
nings Lodge. The house was planned
by Wade L Pipes and is of modern
style based on an early type of English
architecture. The material Is of stucco
and cedar siding oiled, j The , entering
court is oh the east side of the house.
On the west side is a wide terrace built
to the edge of the hill overlooking the
Willamette river. The living room ex
tends through the house with an east
and west view.
One of the- features of the Finley house
is a large study with .concrete floor.
vaulted ceiling and tall,- circular-headed
windows at either end. Adjoining the
study is a concrete- fireproof vault used
by the Finleys for their large collection
of photographic plates and moving pic
ture films of American natural history.
Both study and living' room have large
fireplaces of specially made bricks
The . detail of the house is or spruce.
very simple In design. On the first floor
are the Study, living room, hall opening
onto the loggia with French doors, coat
closet, dining room, pantry and kitchen.
On the second floor are five bedrooms
nd two baths, with maid's room on
the too floor. The double garage nas a
covered way or cloister leading from the
house. The Finleys have f- called , tne.ir
home "Riverby," a name given to; them
bv John Burroughs, which was the name
of his own home on the banks rof the
Hudson river. V - r" . -. -' :
Garthwick Addition
Offers Advantages
For Home Builders
A campaign for the sale of horn elites
In Garthwick addition, located at Golf
Junction station, on the Pi R- I. & P- In
terurban line and at the terminus of th
Sellwood streetcar line, was announced
last week by Victor Af -Johnson, repre
senting owners of the addition. Wilder
Brothers have been appointed , sales
agents . for the tract, according to the
announcement. 1 ; vv r:c 'jrT'j V'-'--,
Garthwick possesses many, advantages
as- a? suburban home district Streets,
idewalka and alleys in the addition are
not dedicated to the publM. :bnt are tor
the use of, -property- owners irt wie ais
trlcti - Buildlnff restrictions have :oeen
worked out for sch site. Insuring at
tractive surroundings ' for each i home
owner. Sites vary from" 13,500 1 to; 20.000
square feet Construction or two nouses,
each valued at $11,800, wttl' he started
Immediately i ibyv the owners -of - th
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MASONIC t TEWPI.B -.YO COST 970.MS
- Central ia. Wash., Mayt I. Workmen
will commence the erection ' of a , new
$70,000 Masonic "temple at the corner of
Magnolia and Pearl streets, this wee.
The old frame structure on that corner
is feeing torn, down preparatory to .the
commencement :-ot thelpew; building.
dining rooms. NL 5 Type
construction cold vary from
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MASONS PLAN TO
Construction; Work
jo n First Unit
to j Begin at Oide; Site Is at
Emerson and (fcjnmercial Sts.
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A. M-, Sproposes to erect a templs costing
$100,000, on a site too by 200 feet in area,
at the northeast corner of Emerson and
Commercial streets. - O instruction work
on thei Initial nnit of t i temple, 70 by.
0 feet in dimensions, will begin Im
mediately, and It is pU nned to lay the
cornerstone with appropriate ceremonies,
during! the session of Che Oregon stats
trrand lodee to be held hers tn June.
" Plans for the new' JMasonlc temple,
prepared by Orlo R. w; Hossack, call
fof two stories and a tmerzanlne floor.
providing ample : space (for lodge, halls,
banquet Tooms and offices land a ball
room 40 by $0 feet tn dimensions.; Ground
space Icovered by the aompleted lempls
would be 80 by ISO fe4t In area. Ex
terior architecture of the building is of
Icric design, with brick (facing- and stone
trimmings, -.v" . 1 v f. , -2
The I first, unit 1 of the r temple; s which
will cost approximately $40,000, will havs
a frontage,, pf 90 f e on Enierson
street and ?0 feet on Commercial street.
The first story will holise a ball room
42 by 62 feet in dimensions,; a club ; room
16 feet toy 48ir feet.1 a spacious en
trance' lobby;' ladies cloik room, retiring
rooms and kitchen. On the- second: floor
wUl be, a lodge room 2, by 62 feet In
dimensions with a large stage, men's
and ladies cloak, rooms and ,a reading
room, i Provision has Men -mads on the
mesranlne ; balcony fori a pipe organ,
secretary's office, record room and lock
ers, i
The site chosen faces! the Korth .Port
land branch library' and Jefferson; high
school ( and is within easy access to two
street car lines. . Mount I Hood lodgs has
more than SOtt.members an the two ad
ditional units t the teni pie -building will
be . erected .: to meet . demands of an
ticipated ' increase Ini ni ember ship. - Of
ficers of s the v lodire are ; Richard 'II.
Tusant,: fW. ' M. ; Edwl E. . Robertson,
a. W. t Alex Englund,
t. W.; Fred W.
Fnke, secretary Membferr of the building-committee
are A; FjjCase, chairman;'
II. A. Henneman and Dr.i I.; I, j Palmer.
' ' BUILDIXG SHOWS
- Wenatchee. Wflsh May $. The last
week ln April frroved ' Suy at the "city
engineer's office. - building permits in
volving an expenditure! of over $50,000
having been Issued. Jt i expected that
May will prove more apyye in permits
than April.? as very teW ,of the larger
building projects have! progressed to
the point V where - perraits .have been
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