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v NEW $500,000 APARTMENT HOTEL, NEARING COMPLETION, ENRICHES. VISTA.-OF ? UPP.ER;' BROADWAY .4. "Jr:; Jykvk. PORTLAND'S building campaign continues , to gam momentum and tike prospects are excellent for another banner year in 1923. No. I New Sovereign apartment hotel nearing completion on the quarter block at the southwest corner of Broadway and Madison streets. Construction cost is estimated fat $5O0.000V No. 2 -rTwo story concrete building planned by Charles W. Ertz for John Haak ancThis associates on a 50 by 60 foot ite at the northeast corner" of Tenth and Yamhill streets. The building will cost about $15,000 and wfllbe leased under the management of the Metzger-Parker company. No. 3 Five room house in CollegeView addition purchased last week. by Phillip Pope of Reed college faculty from Li J. Cldand for $5500.' The sael was handled, by C; M. Derr and Sidney Ithrop. NoV 4- Concrete building near completion at the southeast corner of West Park and Yamhill streets. The property is owned by Grant Smith and his associates and will cost about $18,000. The upper story has been, leased through the Metzger-Parker company to S. Bering of 'Oakland, Cal., who proposes to operate a dancing academy. . -,r .' v -j ' '';' ' ' ; - '.; ; " i '" y J x ' i t 6 II -.- . :.: -, v-'w---.v.Afvc-.V;-:-xtC4M.4 E OF OFFICE SPACE WEEDED Movement Under Way m Larger Cities of the Country,' Plan Is Undertaken in Portland. . For the first time in the history of office btiildinsr management, investiga tions are being made to determine the office spacA needs of the larger cities of the country, according to James J. iSayer. secretary cf the Portland As sociation of Building Owmera and .Man agers. The first survey was made by :he Building Owners' and .'Manager' association of San Fraijcleco, and wi.ll ere as a basis for similar surveys to be made throughout the ITnited States. A report on the San Francisco survey by E. M. APRlegartb, secretary of the association Inj that city. ai published in the current issuo of the official or ran of the National Association of Buildlns Owners and Managers. The report shows that San Francisco re quires seven square feet of rentable office space for each person residing in the city and that on a csrefui cal culation! of thin increase in population and an estimate of the useful 'life of nrxAiti siniriiirw! the burldinir re quirements for years to come may be definitely determined. PLAN'S FOR Sl'KTET Plans fo a similar survey n Port land have,ieen prepared by Secretary Sayer andrthe result of the investiga tion will be of interest to property own-.-. trn and nealtv brokers handling busi- nesa location. A Burvey of tbe office UUIIUiilS v .. uv week showed few. vacancies and wait ing lista for office space in someof the better class buildings. The increased demand fjr office space during.the last year has been taken care of satisfac torily and plana under way for new building construction in. the businesB district would easily meet the apparent demand for th coming two years. tROES 8C1EST.IFIC METHODS According to 12arle Shults of jChicago, president ofr the National Association of Building Owners and Managers, tn time is ripe for applying scientific methods to the development of busi ness districts. "Th' National Associa tion of Building Owners and Managers is heartily in accord with. any move ment for improving, or , removing de preciated properties in the business dis tricts of the country, Shuhx stated, "but we strongly, urge, that a survey ( be made, either by the .local- building Owners" and Managers' association or oy ine - namurr 01 voniHierce,. or u a joint committee ' representing both or ganisations, so that business districts , , - w - 1 X t T A SURVEY BEING MAD may be rebuilt and extended tatem-jm gently. To continue under present hit and miss methods threatens impair ment of business property " values, be cause vacancies soon chang office boildings Into liabilities instead I as - sets."- -i. - - i ! W. S. G. Dormitory Near Completion Vaahfngton State- Colleges Pullman, Oct 14. Th east wing of the new men dormitory should be completed within the ejct X days, making It pos sible for SO more men to move into the - uuueung. wnxn win greatly relieve ine rooming congesture .-, here. The . west v The dormitory f when completed will . house 219 men and will cost the. com munity -approximately' 1200.000 unfurn- ished. , aocordiinsr' to statistics given ot by .Architect: Rudolph Weaver. - v $40,000 Invested in Sale of Garthwickv Kesidence Addition Sales of residence sites amounting to approximately $40,000 have been nego tiated by the Coe A. McKenna. com pany during the past two weeks in Garthwick addition, according to an nouncement by McKenna Saturday. The 'addition comprises, a large tract of highly Improved property adjoin ing .the grounds of the Waverley Country club. It was platted several years ago and a portion of the tract has been built up with high, class homes. Garthwick is located outside the city limits and is immune from city taxes. Five streetcar lines offer .20- minute service to tiie west side Bosi-i hess district and paved highways plass the property. Considering the late season Garthwick is moving satisfac torily. McKenna stated, and an ag gressive campaign will be continued for the purpose of disposing of the entire addition during the next 30 days. Hundred New Homes Ten Months- Eecord In Ladd's Addition Rapid development .of Ladd's addi tion, is one of the marked features of realty activity in east side residence districts during the paist year. Ac cording to Frank B. Vpshaw, manager of the Ladd Kstate company, more than 100 famines have purchased sates in Ladd's addition since January 1 and now have residence under, con struction. Ladd's addition is one of the few remaining . nearin residence districts and offers -many unusual advantages to the-home builder. The addition is approximately one mile from -the court house and within easy walking dis1 tance from the west side business sec tion. It is served by, five 'car lines and there are a number of schools and churches in the neighborhoods 1921 Record Broken By Realty-SKi for Nine Month Feriod JT. E. Crowe has been promoted to the t management of the city lot de partment of he Frank L. McGvdre company, according . to announcement last week, and celebrated the event by selling a dozen or more choice resi dence sites. ACharies Borders retains his posltkttk as:head of the additions Jook after resales.; : 1 With-- approximately i 1& week re maining la the , yearii McGulre. an ticipates an aggregate , of more than 2000 .sales of; real rsetat during 1952?. Reports of the company's business since January 1? endinff Saturday, showed a total of , transactions in property valued at S4.T29.024.- Sales for the 15 months of 19St totaled 1601. Hat Buildings Are Leaseidof $18,000 -- ." - ' : 4i i . .Two flat buildings at tie- northeast corner of Z2& and Johnson streets were leased last wk by John Shae for the E. M.- EUis company to J. P. Engllsh Th lease runs for ! period of five years and three, months and the aggre gate rental wa .18.on. L-Bott-' build ings are of frame construction. oi be ing of three' stories wttSt rooms and the other twp s-tories with II rooms. .;;-:-o:.xvV BEND BREAKS ALL Housing Shortage Acute and Skilled Labor Scarce in Cen tral Oregon Lumber Town. Bend, Oct. 14. Dwelling construction in Bend has reached its highest point since 1917; Not only were 34 building permits, practically all for dwellings, issued during the past month, the greatest number in several years, ..but 12 were for houses which will cost J2000 or over, and four will cost $4009 pr more. The total value of buildings tor which permits were issued is $47, 155, a remarkably high .figure consid ering that onjly one permit was. for a building to be used for business pur poses. With a number of business buildings under construction and work going for ward on two new sawmills and . other mill construction, it is safe to say that there is more buildingvunder way than at any time since 1917. The activity noted in . dwelling construction would have tegun much sooner had carpen ters and other -artisans been, available and numbers of additional houses would now be going up except for the lack of workmen. Brick layers are par ticularly scarce and houses are not being built fast enough to keep up with lh increased demand. ' Excavation for the new $30,000 Bap tist church building is almost com pleted and the work on the; foundation will soon be started. The Carmody theatre building Is almost "finished as far as .exterior construction is con cerned. Buildings recently completed are the Dragich building, .housing a e'gar utore and billiard -room; the Sawyer & Foley building, occupied by the offices, of the Bend Water, Light & Powi-r company, and the American Ex press company building. Tbe concrete foundation for the third unit of the Shevlin-Hixon. mill has been laid, and excavation is under way for the Brooks-Scanion Lumber company's second mill, .several ;hnndred yards south of the present mill . Tbe new bat tery of kilns for- the--. Shevrin-Hixon company is almost reay for use. WILL TAXE rf EAST Kugene, Oct. 14. A. B. .Mathews, one of Lane county's best known farm ers and son . of , pioneer' family, , is moving from the old ' home place at Pleasant Hill, where he has lived for the past half century and more, to a small tract at Thurston, where he will take it a bit easier for the rest of - his life: Boscoe Hendricks has rented the old Mathews homestead at Pleasant Hill.: FORMER BUILDING RECORDS IN 1922 WHERE THOUSANDS CAN VIEW OUTDOOR THEATRICALS In. 1 i - it A L-Jl i- ' --., i , - . ., ., ,,, ., I "Progress "P1cturel sbowins development In IVashlnffn park, 'where PORTLAND, OREGON; SUNDAY MORNING,- OCTOBER f". t si ' - . . --i,r - 1; rr-i 11;1 k-J ':! ' I 3:.- .:::rrT S' J si U ' j vivi 1 iiii i i if r'aiiir i i nun n in imitiM-nii i-imirm n 11 i m iiwmiin wiliiioiiiaitWfeWfca-iffiiTK Ba Wenatchee Plans Fine Court House At Cost $300,0Q0 Wenatchee, Wash.. Oct. 14. Though onjy $48,000 has been appropriated by the. county commissioners for the court house building fund, it Is believed that the new building can be financed and built next year with the. money that will be available. ' Itiere is bout $150,000 in the present court house fund after paying all-expense of buying the site and patting in foundations. With the $48,000 to be raised by taxation next year.' the fvnd will amount to about 8200.0O0. If the contract is let about Jan. 1 as planned, it is believed that this amount will be sufficient tocarry the work along till the following spring when a further levy will be available. Estimated cost of the completed building is $300,000. Many Transfers Recorded at Kelso Kelso, Wash., Oct. 14. The- last week has seen more large realty transfers than any former week in the history of this community. Among the import ant deals consummated were sale of the quarter block at Second and Ash streets by B. M. Atkins and associates to Senator Frank G. Barnes, and of two lots on Second and Front streets, extending through the block south of the Kelso garage, by Dr. J. Ballard to Senator Barnes. Senator Barnes and K. J. Master purchased the quar ter block at Third and Vine streets from Robert Mitchell, and a lot 40x100 feet at Second and vine streets from J. M. Ayres of Portland. This is cov ered by a frame building which Is oc cupied by the City- Barber , shop and Carl Pettersen's tailor shop, Mrs. H: J Page purchased a lot 25x100 on Second street from H. E. MeKenney, on which she is erecting a building. S. M. Vogel's farm of 80 acres, ad Joining Kelso on the east, has - been sold to G. H. Huthman and G. A. Long - of Portland, who plan to plat the acreage and have it Incorporated as an addition to Kelso. fledimade Building Company tb Expand Plans for the expansion of the busi ness of the Redimade Building- com pany In the California, field were an nounced last week by E B. Charry man. one of the officials of the com pany," on' his return front San Diego. The firm maintains; headquarters and a plant in Portland for the manufac ture of houses and garages. A brandb factory at Los Angeles supplies the market for the company's products at San Diego and other Southern Califor nia points. Cberryman announced an agency would be established at Oak land, to, be' supplied by icargo ship ments from the Portland plant. T BUILDING GUILD TO BE AWARDED Portland Chapter of Construc : tion ' Association to Act at : Session on Tuesday Night. : Presentation of guild certificates by the Portland chapter of the Association for Bnilding and Construction, follow ing a banquet and business meeting of the association to be held at the Multnomah hotel Tuesday night, is the culmination of a program, which has been in. the course of development during the past year by various groups of the building industry. The purpose of the movement is to promote a high er standard of workmanship and to bring about, a better understanding be tween - the construction Industry and the general public. Governor Olcott, Mayor Baker. Stephen I. Miller, dean of the school of commerce of the University of Wash ington, and several other leading edu cators, have been- incited to address the meetin"g. B. W. Sleeman, secre tary of the association, will, discuss the guild movement, and O. G. Hugh son, executive secretary of the Port land chapter of the Association of Gen eral Contractors, will also speak. C. p. James, chairman of the bureau of guilds and craftsmen, will present- the certificates to the nominees who have been selected by association members and passed on by special juries. " 'The personnel of the guild commit tee includes : C. D. James, chairman ; A. E- Doyle anQ J9hn V. Bennes, rep resenting the architects ; R A. Wllll son and B. W. Sleeman, representing labor; D. L. Hoggan, M. W. Lorens aad F. II. Miles, representing the con tractors. The, entertainment wljl be featured with music by Harold Gra ham, Jack Deegan and Ray- Steadtnan. The nucleus of the movement for the organization of building crafts and professions was started at Washing-, ton in June. 1921, and Herbert H-oover;-secretary" of commerce, gave his in dorsement to the undertaking. "If we would, stem the tide tending- to refer every little need ; and demand to gov ernment,? Hoover stated, "action tot meet these demands must arise frorh within the Industry itself." ! TO COYER DEPKESSIOXS Sheridan, Oct. 14. The Civic Im provement club at a meeting last week appointed a . committee to investigate and arrange for the beautifying of two large depression on the east side of). Bridge street where storeboiiaings stood before the fire. Lattice; work will be erected around the rims of the gulches until new buildings are erected. lillliide is being terraced into grnsss CERTIFICATES ARE 15, 1922. ti GARDEN THEATRE IS COMPLETED Beauty Spot h Dedicated to Portland's Flower, the Rose; Attractive Spot for Pageants. A theatre of a housand delights, home ot pageantry pantomime and music, dedicated to Portland's flower the rose such is the huge garden thea tre built this season at Washington parte, f Last year the beginning was made when stumps were pulled and first grading was done. This year the grading was finished, steep slopes sodded and leveler places seeded and by next summer a fine green outdoor theatre will ' be Portland's newest ad dition to recreative activities. The bureau of parks has built the theatre which is part of the public rose garden already , under way . at Washington park. The plan is to make the garden a distinctive feature of. the Rose City, offering the rose in all manner of garden courts, arranging it according to "historical significance, color, grower, botanical standing and merit. The Royal Rosarlans have one of the largest courts la the garden which is to be planted witA roses in October. The Caroline Teat out occu pies a long panel where water features will , enhance the scheme. CKESCEJfT SHAPED Of special interest is the garden theatre. It is crescent shaped and 4s of a series of turf terraces reached by broad walks. The stage is in the east and beyond it is - the ' city; glimpses of which may be seen through the trees of the park, lower down toward Park avenue. A tall clipped hedge with convenient openings will be the background for players and performers. This has been chosen as the most usable .scheme, al lowing all kinds of stage - properties with which to dress up the simple dark green trees. The theatre is unlimited in its pos sibilities as s; place for dramatic and musical occasions. Rose Festival cele brations, will be fittingly given In the theatre. It- may be that a special rose will be named In some simple play or pantomime, the queen of the festival") may hold court there. Magnificent thrones, gateways and other central features for these occasions can readily be built without any -unseemly contrast with the natural background. PLAT, SUGGESTED The Lincoln high school Shakespear ean players might readily use the thea tre for an early summer presentation of !-Mld-summer Nights Dream," which would be a striking evening perform ance, full of elfish mystery and fan tasy. Drama -league players, inter ested in the most, advanced splays, would have a splendid chance to try out the modern stae decoration and acting. - The quaint Art Museum pan tomimes given annually" in the lat spring- would find an artistic setting. ' The children's playgrounds ' will have continual' use for the -theatre. Blue beard, Cinderella, Ala Baba and many other notables will doubtless be por trayed on the green stage and other performances, including, pageants and folk, dancelng, clown revues and pat riotic exercises wBl be given. The theatre as a place for a pageant show ing the history, of Oregon and Port land would be especially adaptable. . For band concerts and glee club and community sings, the theatre offers an Attractive auditorium. Women's clubs, civic organisations, schools, every type of community recreation activity will find, the theatre a vain able addition to' municipal facilities, C. P. Keyser, superintendent of parks, expects that the theatre will be in con stant use by large and' small groups during" the summer season. seats' fo1 future outdoor pageants. WASHINGTON PARK $500f000aii;H6mesi tinder Construction In - Irvington Sites More than $500,000 is being invested in residence v property now under con struction In Irvington addition, com prising the area bounded by East 14th, 24th, Tillamook -.nd Fremont' streets, according to 12. J. Lowe, head :pf the lot department of Bitter, Lows )St Co. Among the important operations' under way- is the erection of an addition to the homo of Emery -Olmstead at the southeast corner of .East 17th and Knott streets, at a cost of $35,000. Many other ' homes, ranging in cost from $5000 upward, are in process of erection in the district. The 200 by 600 foot block bounded by East 15th; 16th, Stanton and Siski you streets was- recently placed on the market by Ritter. Lowe & Co. and six of the 20 homesites included in .the tract already have been sold, A 16 foot private driveway traverses the block for. convenience of home Owners and approximately' $26,000 "has been spent on parking and other ' improve ments. Large Apartment Near State Capitol Is Salem Venture Salem, Or., Oct. 14. Plans for the erection of a modern apartment house on Capitol and ' Court streets. Just across ths street from the state capito! building, have been made public by Warren Armlngton of Denver who IS seeking the aid of local capital In his enterprise. The proposed new building is to be 100x110 feet, -four stories and full basement. ef reinforced concrete and is to cost $21'0,000. The building is to contain ..72 apartments and a large grill room tind is tb be modern in every respect. , . -' Government to Homesteaders' Plan Spokane. Wasb-. Oct. 14 One thou sand acres of land recently classified by the government as stock : gracing lands, has been applied for as home steads, it was announced today at the federal land office. Tbe land is located In eastern Lincoln end Adams counties. Instructions, urging the local federal land office to taks all possible steps' to: complete , pending federal land negotiations were received . this , week from "ytspfcstarvt Commissioner General of Land Office Wickham. The instruct tions urge that reports be made on all pending cases, and that persons with pending claims settle at once. Some of the cases In question have ben on the books - for four . r five - years, it was stated by A. Savage, - receiver. . Chicklet Building : Se for: $40,000 The four story factory and ware house building covering 50 by lOOvfeet of ground space at the northwest cor ner of 14th and Johnson streets, was sold Saturday , by. Simon : Benson . to Louis' Oerlinger for a cash "considers tion of $40,000. The buildins; is of mill construction with .rick exterior and is equipped with a sprinkling system. It is leased to The , Wlnkleman Bag company and was purchased as an in vestment. - -i i j j, . !,.'. HOTEL MAKES PBOGKES9 Maupin, OcL 14. The laying of brick for the cement brick hotel, on Des chutes avenue is . nearing . completion. The building is S0x0. two stories, and so constructed, that it may e added to as necessity demands. Proprietor G. L. Harpham hopes .to have it ready for occupancy in a- few weeks The hotel is 'located In the heart-of Mae pin's business district and-is the fourth fireproof structure to . be completed since the-fire of a year ago - R. SECTION HOC8E8 KISIw Wenatce. Wash.. Oct. . 14. Guth rie & Co.. railroad; contractors are bunding-section houses at the new-ter-mina? They are puttinir up two 24x44 foot buildings to house 40 or 35 section hands: They - are'i also :jamstrucHwg three new IGxSS buitdines for Japanese laborers and -their families and build ing a house for tfie section foreman and his .family. . PBAIRIE SCHOOXEBS COMING Board man. Or., Oct. 14. Four prai rie schooners of conventional type and drawn by horses passed ' through Boardman Satorday. en route from Nebraska,; to Portland, where the im migrants plan to. locate, 1 NEW WHOLESALE Room for Expansion Near Rail Terminals i Is 'Advantage Or- fered by New. District. 5 . A new wholesale and jobbing dls- -trlct is rapidly developing in teiTitory adjacent to rail terminals of the cen tral east aide and many studious ob servers of the. city's growth predict ' that within the next: decade practically V all of this class of business -will be located in this section. Proposed ele vation ? of Southern Pacific main line trackage is an Important factor in ths new development and it is estimated that ths Laurgaard plan for rehabili tation of the west aide-water front ulti mately will result In th removal f more than 100 wholesalers to th east SMe of the Willamette, river. " The recent purchase of the propertv at 340 Est Morrison street by Wad, hams 4; Co.' isr indicative of a desire on the part of wholesale grocers to ret way-- Horn the congested west: side. Hudson-& Gram were among the first to realise the advantage fan, east side location and the Jones Cash store warehouse at East First and Morrison was one of the most important recent acquisitions f the new district. .Mom than 70 per. cent of the retail grocers are located on the east side and ' the time saved tn replenishing their stocks is cited as an important considera tion. . f x ' FKEICHT DEPOTS CONGESTED1 ' kThe east side wholesaler also claims an -advantage over his west side com petitor in facilities for handling out going: shipments, and it is that the volume, of business handled mc easx, sine Weight depOt of the Southern Pacific and O-W. R, & s line haa increased 400 per cent during the past few- years. . Becaus - of -the congestion at west aide freight depots many wholesalers stated that It was necessary - to ' dispatch outgotegr ship ments not later than two hours before time the depots close in the afternoon. A majority of the west side whols 'e located east f Third street between Morrison and JBurnside and are nearer to the east side freight de pots than to those on the west side of the river. - Many of the shippers send their outgoing consignments across the brtdges to the Southern Paelflo ; and : O-W. It N. depots et iast Oak near First Street, the Great Northern and Northern Pacific depots at EastF Third and Belmont, and tl Willamette Valley Southern and P.- R. L. A P. depof at East Clay and East Water 'streets,? thus avoiding- the con gestion at west side shipping centers.., LA8T HANDICAP REXOTED . 'A-vatvVoluni of car lot shipments , is handled from the team- tracks adjoining- east aids freight depots and several thousand feet of additional trackage Js under construction by the Southern Pacific- and O-W. It. & Nr companies. The. recent successful- figlit of the east sidesh!ppers to compel the railroads to absorb the P. R. L. it P, switching charge on East Water street removed .the last handicap to the east I side water; front Joseph Supple was 1 the s first, to take advantage of .this re- d action - and. - as a result . har- been obliged to increase the capacity of hisdock'at the foot of Belmont street 50. per cent. , . ' V PractlcaUy alt of the' wholesale agrl- ' cultural implement business of the city ' is: handled, on the east side. , Seven j : sand and gravel dealers have their ' " plants on the east side to one on tbe west side. Several building material f y-ma are located on the east aide artel ; a : diversity f, other lines of trade are represented ; in r the i new business die tript. rThe advantage of low' ground rental on i terminal trackage undoubt edly f win attract many, new firms to the east side. . . ; , - One of the most important - recent investments, in east side business and mdnstrlal property Was negotiated - by Moritz Thomsen in securing 25 quarter Mocks, all on rail trackage, from , he . S. Pi A S. - railway in exchange .fo the Chamber- of Commerce building. Increasing' activity- in " the market : for industrial wtes and the rapidly grow ing volume of ..building construction in -the feast , side? business district reflect the wisdom of .investment; in. this see- , tion of the city. . . ; ' . ' . 1., Bandon., Oct. 14. A new bungalow of the .Dutch colonial - style is' betnfr built by If. C KurUhal on his ranch at Crooked Creek, " BTJT8 THREE TOW7T LOTH Sandy, Oct- 14. U. K. Dittert .has purchased three : town lots adjoining his property hers from Otto ileinij. CENTER FEATURE OF THE EAST SIDE