SECTION THREE
BUSINESS NEWS
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ALL CLASSES OF CONSTRUCTION
AUGUST is keeping pace with previous months in the volume of new building construction, according to the record of permits issued, and .with a continuance of the present program the total value of new buflding for ' 1 922 Iwould be well in excess of
$25,000,000. No. 1 Nine-room brick residence planned by; Charles W: Ertz for Walter El. GelinskyVto occupy a site at the northeast corner of East; 1 9th and Siskiyou streets. No. 2 -Building , planned by Tourtellotte & ; Hummell for
Arago lodge. No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at North Bend. Cost is estimated at $75,000. No. 3 Reinforced concrete building. 28x40 feet in dimensions, designed by Carl Linde for the Oswego State bank, to cost approximately
$15,000. No. 4 Attractive bungalow type building just completed at the southeast corner of Lombard and Hereford streets fonthe University Park Library association. The library will be open to the public early in September. Na.5-Spanish
type bungalow built by John J. Damm for Mrs. Charlotte Damm on "a, site "purchased from Ritter. Lowe & Co. at East Flanders and Miramar streets. ; Exterior is of stucco and the roof is of "red tile. Cost was about ;$ 12,000. No. 6 Bungalow
home built at the northeast corner of East 48th and Hancock streets by Camp & Dupuy for CL Ruebush. All rooms .are of good size and there is a garage in the basement Construction cost was $4800. ; No. 7 Rapid progress being made in
thcf construction of .the new' $1,000,000 Elks. Tonpl biding at die outheasl comer of Eleventh and Alder streets; , ?
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Construction Workmen. Eight
Projects Represejiti-Expendi-
ture of $5,000,000.
Salem, Or., Aug: 28. The -present
year has been one of unusual activity
In the reclamation of Oregon's arid
areas, according ' to State Ebiglneer
Percy A. Cupper. Construction work hae
been In progress on eight irrigation
projects representing . an expenditure
- of approximately ' 15,000,000 this' yean
Three of these projects have now been
completed' and three others have de-
: livered water through their partially
constructed system this season.
The other projects probably will be
iinder construction before the close
of the season. These activities do not
include construction work carried on
by the United States reclamation serv-
. " ice on government reclamation pro'
ecta, nor work on drainage districts.
Besides these. Irrigation projects
zow under construction there are 17
irrigation districts In the state wmcn
have completed their irrigation sys
- terns. These projects include approxl-
; rnately 23X.0OO acres of landi while the
total area included in all irrigation
districts in Oregon is approximately
- ; 1U00.000 acres.
'' Irrigation projects completed during
the present year are the Silver xako
Irrigation district in Lake county, with
an area of approximately 7000, repre
senting an expenditure of 275,000 ;
he Fort Vannoy Irrigation district in
Jackson county, with an area of 800
acres, representing an expenditure of
, 925,000, and the Wallowa uistricc im
provement company's project in "Wal
lowa county, with- an area, of 10,000
acres, at a cost of $145,000.
It Is probabTe. according to State
Engineer Cupper, that the- Medford
district of 10,000 acres, and the Talent
district of approximately the same
area in Jackson county, and the Sum
ner take Irrigation district of 6000
acres in Lake county will be complet
ed before the close of the year.
Tha Deschutes county municipal im
provement district of approximately
15,000- acres will be completed la 1923,
ir nwnt tiUb are carried out.
. The Eagle Point Irrigation district
in Jackson .county, wnn ewu. acres,
has disposed of Its bonds, and expects
to advertise' for bids for construction
Afbi irriiratloa system soon, while the
'- Crook county - Improvement district
No. 1, comprising 2500 acres, has com
pleted financial arrangements and is
readv . to Droceed with construction
work at once, " t
Your new irrigation districts have
: been organized tn the state during the
year. Of the four, the Jordan Valley
district in Malheur county, comprising
'a approximately 0.000 acres, is by far
i the largest. This district proposes to
: complete- the reclamation of the , Jor
dan Valley. Carey act lanoa.
- The ether three new districts are :
T The North Side district of zooo cn
s which fwill .receive Its water supply
through the same system as the Jor
Idan Valley district ; the Middle Fork
district of approximately 4000 acres In
Hoed River county, and the Dee Irri
: ' ratios district of -1800 acres in Hood
River county. , k
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Odd Fellows1 Lodge .
rBuildmg Planned
At Cost of $75,000
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Construction work will begin im
mediately on the erection of a three
story building for Arago lodge No. 28,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows at
North Bend, according to announce
ment last week by Tourtellotte A Hum
mel, architects. The building will cover
100 by 100 feet of ground space at the
corner of Sherman and Virginia ave
nues, opposite the site of the new
North Bend hotel. Exterior walls will
be of concrete with cast stone trim
mings and construction cost is esti
mated at 175,000.
The ground floor of the new lodge
building will be divided into space for
five retail stores. The lodge room will
occupy the major portion of the second
and third stories and is embelished
with an elliptical shaped ceiling and
many other distinctive features. A
large banquet hall and offices will be
housed In the second story and addi
tional offices and the lodge club rooms
will be on the third floor.
Oswego Bank Will
Get Under jyay byv
Early .Next Week
Oswego, Aug. 2S. By the. first of
next week work will have started on
the erection of the new concrete or
brick building to accommodate theuOs
wego State bank, which has just peen
organized and will be ready for busi
ness Just as soon as the building is
completed. Unless plana ' are formu
lated for another building to be erected
either upon the Prosser or Red Men
corners, on Front street and A avenue,
the banX will erect its own building on
a lot Just east of the city hall.' upon
which It secured an option 10 days ago
from Matt Ihdsun. The structure will
be one story, about 2Sx40 feet in di
mensions, t
Tentative plans and . a rough sketch
of the building have been prepared by
Carl J. Linde of Portland, and provide
for a. well arranged interior as well aa
attractive exterior. . The entrance
would lead into a comfortable , lobby,
on the right Of which will be the cash
ier's deck, and back of which win be a
consultation and directors room. Back
from this and on one eide of the main
room will be the three tellers cages,
with a -work room at "tha, rear. The
vault, holding the manganese safe.
will occupy-a position In the rear of
the building.
Charles J. Sadllek,' cashier of the
bank, stated that the building' would be
completed so that the bank can open
for business 'by the middle , or last of
October. Mr. Sadllek is showing his
further faith and confidence in the Oe
wego district by buying two. well lo
cated residence lots and. will begin at
once the erection of a modern dwelling
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- TJnderwood. Wist, Aug. 25. A cor
poration recently " organised under the
name of the TJnderwood Investment
Co, with W. W. Goddard. president;
Frank McCutchan. vice-presides t. and
H. M. Isaacs, secretary, has bought
tha water now irom all the springs on
the ' property ' of the God dart estate.
The section alone the White Salmon
river frontage, as well as the section
around tha railroad depot, receive their
supply, from this aourj t
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FIGURE IN PORTLAND'S BUILDING CAMPAIGN AND
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HEW FOUR STORY
APARTMENT HOUSE
TO COST $100,000
Jason C. Moore Now Has Two
Multiple Dwellings Under
Construction on Hawthorne.
Proposed, erection of a four story
apartment house, estimated to cost
1100,000, at the southeast corner of
East 25th street and Hawthorne av
enue. Was announced last week by
Jason C. Moore. Plans prepared by
E. A. Miller and W. K. Toby call for
a concrete structure 88 by 100 feet in
dimensions, containing 52 two and
three room apartments. The main
entrance will be of tile and marble
and living rooms of . the suites on the
upper stories are featured 1 with 'bay
windows.
The building will be heated with
steam. Two passenger elevators will
be installed . and . dumb waiters will
connect the kitchens with the base
ment. Equipment includes a garbage
incinerator, laundry with clothes dryer
and storage compartments for ten
ants. Construction work would start
this week. Miller stated.
Work is progressing rapidly on a
three story concrete apartment house
under construction for Moore on the
quarter block at East 60th and Haw
thorne 'avenue. The building is ap
proximately 100 by 100 feet in dimen
sions and cost is estimated at $190,0001.
Miller A-Tobey also announced the
near .completion of a $12,000 residence
at East 15th and Knott streets for
H. C. Phillips, and a 7000 dwelling
for A. W. . Bartlett at Bast 89th and
Hoyt streets. Another residence
planned by the same firm is just being
finished on Bast 25th near Knott
street for- Victor J. Lanpn&n at a
cost -of $5500. 1
t COX PAH Y . BTJTXD S BAIL WAY
Kelso, Wash, Aug. 28. The Ham
mond Lumber company, which Owns
130.000,000 feet of timber about six
miles east of Kelso, win start logging
this tract next spring, according to
reports based on the activity of -W.
H, Dunn, engineer for the Hammond
company, who ha a crew, of survey
ors laying , out a logging railway
route from the end of the' dike of
district No.S.up the hillside to the
timber. , From thispotnt the logs can
be driven down the Coweeman to the
rafting- grounds at the mouth of . the
stream. This would require construc
tion of about five miles of railway .to
reach all the timber. For a number of
years the Hammond company con
templated a large railway and timber
development project into the Cowee
man country, but this project was
dropped several years age and the
temporary railway will now be built.
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Kelso, Wash, Aug: li-The Braynkm
mountain miii,1 established in lilt,
which has cut out all the timber around
It. Is being moved by W. P. Hart to
Aloha, Wash, where a tract of cedar
timber has been secured. The haul from
Braynlon mountain made operation of
the. mill unprofitable here. , :
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Munson-Taylor Co.
Operations Delayed
Castle- Rock, Wash., Aug. 26. Re
ports of the Immediate operation of
the Munson-Taylor lumber camp near
Castle Rock were not verified by
George Taylor upon his return from
British Columbia, where he has been
in charge of firefighters. The two
older Munsons of the firm are expect
ed to arrive at Castle Rock Septem
ber 1, when plans will be definitely
made. It had been the intention to
push operations on the Silver Lake
Toutle timber holdings to be in readi
ness by November 1, but the immense
loss by fire of the British Columbia
holdings may cause delay of the Castle
Rock operations and the transfer of
the Immediate operations to the Brit
ish Columbia property in order to save
the timber. No definite statement can
be mad until after the conference of
the heads of the company next month.
Bible School Builds
$100,000 Hospital
.- Zhigene. Aug. 26. Eugene Bible uni
versity announced yesterday its Inten
tion of erecting a modern general hos
pital at 12th avenue east and Hilyard
street, near its campus and that of the
University of Oregon. The ground has
Just been etecured. A sanitarium and
convalescent hospital Is to be put up
on a 22-acre tract Just south of town
on Alder street, says President E. C.
Sanderson. The two sites and the first
unit of the general hospital would cost
$100,000. Construction will start as
soon as possible.
Federated, Church
Contract Awarded
Freewater, Aug. 2t The contract
for the building of the new Federated
church in this city has been: awarded
to Charles Scott at a cost of J J 1.000 and
is to be finished in 120 days. The build
ing will be "brick -veneer , and will be
equipped with modern conveniences, in
cluding a pipe organ. The Rev. H. S.
Stover is already planning on a choir
consisting of 25 voices, who will re
ceive special training under his direc
tion. WORK STARTS OJT CAKAL
Bend, Aug. 26. Construction of four
miles -of canal for the Deschutees
County Municipal Improvement dls?
crtct, ' from the dam which is to be
built in-BenJ to divert water to the
present ; canal system of the district;
nas been contracted to Perry Met).
Fuller of Prlneville, by the United
Contracting company. Fuller will have
dirt - moving i by Monday, he an
nounced. His camp will be located in
Red Jtock canyon.. He will employ 60
men at the start.
JABMA3T BA3TCH gOXB
Bandon, Aug. 26. Frank Bullard and
Charles Hartman, O. A. C graduates,
have bought the Jarman ranch, near
Buljards, from Dr. A. S. Bower of Hol
lywood, CaL; the young men plan to
keep 100 dairy cows. - -
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. Woodland, Wash, Ang. 26. With the
new high school building almost com
pleted, opening of the Woodland high
school wul.be delayed but a few days
and will occur Eepytnber It,' -. ;
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TAX REDUCTIONS
TAKE $412,730
FROM 1
Records Show Loss in Assessed
Valuation of West Side
Business Property.
Reductions in the assessed valuation
of property In the west side business
district bounded by the Willamette
river, Yamhill, Burnslde and 12th
streets, call for a net loss to the tax
roll for 1922 amounting to $412,720,
compared with the tax roll for 1921,
according to figures compiled by James
J. Sayer, secretary . of . the . Building
Owners and Managers association. Re
ductions of the assessed value of 20
major buildings and sites In the dis
trict totaled $216,700, according to the
report, and removal of the Salvation
Army property at Sixth and Ankeny
and the Elks Temple property at
11th and Alder from the tax roll called
for a reduction of $147,000.
Property owned "and used by char
itable, religious and benevolent socle
ties is exempt from taxation, and this
accounts for the elimination for the
Salvation Army and Elks Temple prop
erties from the tax roll. The assessed
valuation of the property at the south
west corner of First and Alder streets,
formerly used as lodge halT by the
Odd' Fellows, was Increased' from
421.500 to $28,800. a gain - of $14400,
because the building Is : now used
wholly for commercial purposes.;
Among the important changes In
valuation recorded by County; Assessor
Hiram U. Welch, is a - reduction of
$24,000 on the Worcester 4 building
property ' on the east : side of Third
street between Oak and Pine, which is
given a valuation of $113,000, compared
with $127,000 on the 1921 roll. The
Spalding building' at the southwest-corner
of Third and Washington streets
was reduced $17,000 in assessed valua
tion and a decrease- of $18,000 was al
lowed on the Railway Exchange build
ing; en the south-side of Stark between
Third, and- Fourth streets. - ' . ' ' '
The Multnomah hotel propeitjr was
reduced from $250,000 to $236,000 m as
sessed valuation, a loss to the tax roll
of $14,000. - In the block covered by the
Meier & Frank store. Jot No.' 2, facing
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' bringing- the assessed valuation of the
322 ROLL
THE YEAR'S RECORD WILL EXCEED 25,000,000
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department store property down from
$626,000 in 1921 to $622,000 in 1922.
Assessed value of the Lipman-Wolfe
store was reduced from $655,000 to $642,
000, the $13,000 reduction applying to
a portion of the property at the south
west corner of Fifth and Washington
streets.
Out of a total of 714 lots in the dis
trict bounded by Twelfth, Yamhill and
Burnslde streets n' and the Willamette
river, 74 parcels were given an aggre
gate of $213,700 In assessed valuation
and reductions amounting to $52,400
were made on 12 improvements in -the
district. Four buildings were rased,
accounting for a loss of , $24,280, and
nine improvements added $10,350 to the
tax roll.
The westward trend of the ' retail
business district would account for
the large number of reductions in tax
able value of property east of Sixth
street. Minor . reductions also were
made on corner sites on Morrison and
Yamhill at 11th and 12th streets. Ac
cording to County Assessor Welch a
careful survey of the assessment "roll
showed that west side business prop
erty bore a heavy share of the tax bur
den compared with property in other
sections of the city. '
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Building Season Is I
Largest in History
Aberdeen, Wash., Aug. 26. Shortage
of labor is : causing trouble for con
tractors and many building- construc
tion jobs are delayed because of the
Inability to get plasterers, carpenters
and bricklayers.- Contractors are not
taking any more work than they feel
they can carry through safely before
winter. Altogether it has been an un
usually busy - building season for the
Grays Harbor 'country. The- grand
total of building projects will prove
the season to have been the largest in
thev history , of Aberdeen for many
years. Among the' buildings recently
completed Is the state armory, which
was accepted by the state authorities
this week. Its oost has been nearly
$160,000. Several business blocks, cost
ing from $50,000 to $90,000, are about
finished.- ... Several large warehouses
and. one apartment house have been un
der way. The big port improvement,
which so far has cost $800,000, is de
clared o be finished by the members
of the port commlsaiori. ; j -
' 811,000 TBADE MADE !
. Central la. - Wash, Aug. 2t Trading
by Rufua . Elmendorf of his 100 , acre
ranch . four miles northwest, of " Cen
tral, to .XL - A. Pike for highly - Im
proved' acreage near Olympian consti
tutes a realty deal of 'considerable
marnftnde announoed Saturday by
George J. Galvm, local realtor.; Prop
erty involved" In tha trad nag s v3ua
tlon of $19,000. , j ' -
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RITTER RESIGNS
LEADERSHIP OF
LOCAL REALTORS
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President of Portland Realty
Board- to Devote Time to
Organization in Northwest
A. R. Ritter. president of the Port
land. . Realty .board, - announced last
week that be would tender his resig
nation at a meeting of the board to be
held at the Multnomah hotel September
1,- and the principal business of the
meeting will be the selection of a hew
executive. Bitter was elected president
of the Northwest Real Estate associa
tion at the annual convention of that
organisation held at Vancouver. B. C,
in July, and stated that following his
resignation . from office in the local
board he would devote hi a energies to
Increasing the effectiveness of the
Northwest association.
Hitter's administration of the Portland-board
has been marked by the
accomplishment of a great deal of con
structive work, outstanding features
being the successful management of the
Home- Beautiful exposition . at The
Auditorium early in the ' spring and
participation of the board In plans for
the 1925 world's fair in Portland. It
Is understood that Harry O. Beck with
would be a candidate - for the presi
dency :to 111 out the term ending in
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The Northwest Real Estate associa
tion comprises - realty boards in the
principal cities of Oregon, Washington,
Idaho,. Montana, British' Columbia and
Alberta. There are about 2000 mem
bers on ' Its roll and Ritter proposes
to - increase this number through-- ag
gressive campaign . methods. The pur
pose of the organization is to raiae
the ethical standard of the realty
profession and to affect -cooperation
of its' membership in development of
the Northwest. a- -.-.-.--..;.. - ----
Ritter was one of the representa
tives of the Portland Realty board on
the auto tour of the state conducted by
Mayor - Baker In ' the interest "of the
1925 fair and stated that he: would "en
deavor to- enlist the services, of - the
realtors of the Northwest in making
the exposition a factor in the develop
ment of this section - of the country.
Th 1922 convention of the Northwest
Real Estat association will be held in
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Report Strikes at
. Inartistic Work in
Episcopal Churches
Wealthy donors of inartistic church v
edifices, . altars, memorial windows, -etc.,'
vestrymen who approve them and
bishops and rectors who accept .them,
are gently rebuked in a report, of -the
joint commission on church architec
ture of the Episcopal church, which
win be presented to the General Con
vention here next months , ', t .
"Paying for an altara, a window or '
rood-screen does not give the donor
the right to impose his own taste oa
posterity,-or Justify the rector, war- :
dens and vestrymen In accepting some- ; ,
thing that is bad," says the report.
"Nepotism , In church ' art is aa bad as -neopotism
in church preferment. v.-.
The Rev. Milo U.- Gates, D. D, sec
retary of the commission, who wrote'
the report, tells of a collection of 2500
pictures of Episcopal church edifices la '
all parts of the country which be ha -made,
and adds: .. .......... , - -
, "Anyone t going over thi' collection
will be impressed with the need of Im
provement In our-church architecture
and church, furnishings. . This is some- -thing
more than a matter of art. Her
we face a serious financial loss. It is
evident that millions of money hat '
been unwisely spent." "
Sheriff of Polk : J ;
Countjl&cjiases
Apartment House
... John W"Orr, sheriff of Folk county
and a resident of Pallas, has purchased '
the Elbridge apartments, located-st-
the. corner of 21st and Oyerton. streets
from W.?B.f Stewartfor a considers-"
tlon of approximately $59,OO0. Orr was,
represented i. in , the' transaction ' by
Richard Reiman -of Xallar and - nego-i
Itations tor Stewart were - handled- by "
B. j. Sperry of the F. E. Taylor. com '
pany.' , -.-z ' ;- '
The Elbridge . apartment house Is :
three-story' and basement building; of "
brick eonstractlon. covering. 60 by 100l .
feet of ground space, and contains 13
three and four-room apartments. The :
property is leased for a term' of year
on a basis to bet the owner approxl
mately 10 per Cent on his Investment. .
nZTVMTS TO -BEEP CBEEX .
Sandy, Aug.. 2tyHr.. -and Mrsj
Charles Wheeler hav moved 5 back'
from Denver to. locate on farm at
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