The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, October 22, 1922, Image 21

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Newspaper Page Text,1 , - i fr rT" SECTION THREE BUSINESS NEWS ESTABLISHMENT' of small' community centers .with retail shops, tennis courts ami private driveways is advocated Dy; the architect who platted Bungalow Gardens, a seven-acre tract overlooking the Willamette river at South i Piortland. j NoJ Resi dence at No 183 Royal Court in Laurelhurst. planned by D. M. Crooks for Frank Hilton of the 'Hilton-Daniels company, to cost $6500 No. 2 Seven-acre tract of hillside property on Southern Pacific electric line west' of Slavin road at Julia and Richardson streets. Dlatted for t'.icf romnlcfi.fi at a rmtht Sl to be erected by Ae Baptist' 4U i.,x"f.&;:::i::::::::v,l MOO CHURCH Community Gymnasium j and Other Special Features Called for in Plans for New Edifice. " A new church. Sunday school and pariah house, representing; a total in vutment 9f 83,0O0. has been planned by F. Manson Whit for the Baptist organisation at Arleta. Immediate construction, of the main church edi fice is proposed, together with the erection of the gymnasium, kitchen, heating: plant, basement ' for the Sun day school annex. The initial contract calls for the expenditure of 940,000. The main auditorium will have seats for 550 people and provision has been made for a Chorus of 60 voices. The rymnasiuKi, 37 by 68 feet in dimen sions, with a. 16-foot ceiling, will be used for church services pending com pletion of the auditorium, and the old church will be altered to serve tempo rarily the seven , departments of the Sunday school. ' " ,; The architecture of the A r leta church Is of colonial design, with exterior walls of red brick. A square tower and belfry rises above the - main en trance. The building: will cover 100 by 137; feet of around .space at the south east corner of East 64th street and 4tth avenue: Building Brisk on. " Strang's Addition A group of 17 bungalows are under construction en Strang's addition, a 10 acre tract located south of Franklin high school at- Eaatf 0th street , and Powell- Valley ; road... The tract was platted several years ago by. A. Jessup Strang, 'who bequeathed the property to the First Congregational church at Salem. : C Guy Wakefield took over the: sale of the addition in-April on behalf of lila sisters F. 1 ; Wake Held, who purchased it - from , .the Saiem church. The addition offers many ad vantages to home , builders aad Is be ing: sold on easy terras. - Houses under construction rang In cost from 3 000 totfSOOO. i ' vt ' Architect Offers New KnitaiL - rt7nkjuS .development of a seven acre tract -located o' the : Southern Pacific electric ( line west of Slavin road was announced Saturday by WUliamBnie, a architect with offtceala .. the .Ex-t-hang building. The acreage Is owned by Mrs. V. A. Kof tea. No. 1164 . Second street and is mostly hillside property. The atUn prepared by Brace calls for a. winding. -driveway. leading. from Slavin road, supplemented y a "series f paved auto u drrvewaye serving some 26 aitee into 'which the. tract, baa been divided. - Three small parks, two tennis courts, . three stores, an , auto filling , station and & station . 6a the Southern Pacific - e)eetrV -line v are among the special features of the tract, which .has been chrtstened Bungalow gardens. .1 4 ,::v.i , BIDS m DOBJHTOaT" '. ' Whrtman : College, - ? Walla - .Walla, yash-. Oet. - 21. Bids' ' for.- tb ; con atrttctioa; of Whrtnaan'S new men's dor mitory .wlU be cailed for within- the next iBsonth, according: .to - President a. B. I Penrose The dormltorjr'' will be a structure :0 feet in length, with accommodations r or 100 . Whitman raeik, . . , . . . . ; TO BE BUILT FOR ARLETA BAPTISTS RTTNCAT.OW OARHKNS PRESENTS a erouo of bungalows, tennis courts, shops and private driveways, i.txxi.tor.otto trickson. mavor churci at Arleta.:,TTie buildm $60,000 Cash Paid For Investment in North End Building The four story warehouse, occupying- 5J by 100 feet of ground space at ! No. 428, Flanders street; between 10th and 11th, was transferred last week from Blumauer & Hoch o Frederick V. Holman for a cash consideration of ap proximately $60,000. The selling firm leased the -property for a long term from thenew owner. Both sale and lease werenegotiated by Jf. Fred Sta ver and E. J. Daly. Holman i the owner of other warehouse property . In North Portland and bought the Blu mauer & Hoch building as an Invest ment.' The building was erected in 1908 by Ralph Wllllama for the American Druggists syndicate. It is of heavy masonry and embodies the best fea tures of warehouse construction. In 1919 the property ws purchased, throifeh, J.. Fred Staver, by - Blumauer Sc. Hoch and has since been occupied by the firm's wholesale busirtsa. Real Estate Women Entertain Friends The first of . a series of monthly en tertainments arranged by .the Women's ReaRy board! was heldL. Thursday eve ning at 212 j North 20th street. The guests of the occasion were the 7 new members of ? the '-board, the charter members acting as hosts. An informal card party and dance served to attract a large attendance. In the receiving line were the board's officers, Mrs. T. ' B' Neuhausen, president ; Mrs. Mary K. Lent, vice president : Mrs. Alvin Johnson, secretary, and Mrs. Emma B. Keller, treasurer, assisted by Miss Lillian B. Carter and Miss Elisa beth Adams. Five hundred was played, the prises being awarded to Miss T. E. Fety and Mrs. Caroline Child, and to C y. Johnson rand Frank Johnson. Mrt. C S. Dunning and 'Mrs. L H. Zemp presided over, the punch bowL The board's next entertainment will occur about the middle of .November. Exchange of Wheat Land Made in Deal MUten. . Or.V Oct, 31. A big ' real state deal was put through here re cently when T. O. Goodman of Cmapine gave bis alfalfa ranch, in the Hudson Bay country and 10 acres of land with residence to Mrs. Laura F. Adkins of Heppner In exchange for 556 awes of wheat - land ' in Morrow county. ' The deal', involved ' 846.090 worth of prop erty aad was made- through the Farm er's Brokerage of Milton. Mrs. Adkins I then sold the Umapine property to N. J. VanEkike in South Milton for his residence aad lots. She will live la Milton , so, as to give her children the advantages : of Columbia college. Beayerton Mayor -Building New'Home f ."?. . --VSr . , I ' '. ' . Beaverton, OcC 21.-r-Otto Erickson is just completing aa 11-room stone-tone stueeo home! on Erickson avenue at a cost f $11,000. and' when finished tt will r be', en ef the - most beautiful homes in H Washington county. The sixe of the dweUinr is 30x50 feet. .iErickson. who is the 'live wire mayor of Beavertoiv received the : indorse ment t the Beaverton Commercial dub at its last meeting as Its candi date "for reelecUon this faU.1 - , n- . BTr -FAAc."AnrTI8TX3rT,-.: Lebanon, Oct 11. D. Cormier this week purchased from John Klammer. a farm lying across the South Santiam four miles southeast of town, consist ing of 159 seres. Cormier makes the purchase ; as an invest nt and will have -it cleared "of timber. ( ot Dt&vtTtQn' Lo. D ommoaore apartment nouse. nearmz completion ai L-ucTeua sureei, . . ',.,!" m K JfcfJH $40,000 Apartment Building' Is Planned At Sixth and Hall t A three story and basement apart ment building of masonry construction will be erected- for D. Lefbrteh on 60 by 64 feet of ground space at the north west .corner of Sixth and Hall streets. according to plans prepared "by 'Claus sen & Clausserf. " The building win contain 12 apartment suites and i$ es timated to cost 840,000. Claussen & Claussen also announced plans for a one story and . basement building. SO iyy 101 feet in dimensions, to be erected'for E. E. McGinn at the soifthwest corner of 23d and Lovejoy streets. The building will be of brick and concrete, construction and is esti mated to ooet 815,000. $65,000 Apartment Leased for $30,000 The Commodore ' apartment house; Hearing completkmeat a cost of 865,000 on a 60 by 100 foot site at No. 81 Lu cretia street, was leased last week by the owner. Herbert Gordon, to J. P. English- and Marion F. Moore.' The lease runs to January I. 1998. and the aggregate rental was ' announced at $30,000. The building is of brick and concrete construction, three stories and basement, and contains 26 two: room apartments.'. . , i - . Lane County's Land; Valuations Increase Eugene, Oct. 2L The assessed, valu ation of the property in Lane pounty is : 831,556,854. or 8928.134 more 1 than last year,! aceordtog- to the totals of the county r$Ua announced by Assessor Herbert! Walker. This does not include public service property. 8,235 acres of landiare eoatatned in the county. It is valued at 816,291.130. Of this,. 134, 307 acres are tillable and are valued at 85.S36.710. There are 453,423 I acres ef Umber land worth 86,640.180. i . ; - - r j . Tait Hotel Lease. Sold for $20,000 The lease and furnlkhlngs of. the Talt hotel, a hostelry ef 60 rooms locat ed on 12th street between. Stark- and Barnside, baa been, sold by J. C HUl to Maybislle Olaen' for a consideration of 310.000. Muw Olsea . is an experi enced business woman and has every confidence in the future of Portland. The Tait hotel is white pressed brick 1 buflding; -- and : aD rooms j have outside exposures. The transaction, was bandied tbrouph . the George T. Moore company byjiirs-'M. Burks. PORTLAND, OREGON, V SUND NEW - METHOD "OF HANDLING HILLSIDE COMMUNITY by William Bruce.J - No. 3- BUMG.Ur5W CABfttNS FIRM TO In Order ta Have More Space for Exhibit, Matot Construc ; tion Co Secures New Offices Increased demand for new. dwellings has resulted in expansion f' the'quar ters of the Matot Constrtictionr' com pany and. the concern has acquired a lease on' offices in the Morgan build ing which will give it double the space formerly occupied in ttoe Henry, build-: ing Besides the conventional business office the firm has installed a display of: samples of building- materials which will " make ' it possible for clients to makeselections without loss of time. According to A. J. Matot, president of the company, contracts have been made H or 113 houses during the last year. 38 of which are now under -construction: The 'company employs 168 men: and itapay'roll averages '310,000 per month, Matot stated that his firm is the largest home building ; concern In the city and, the houses constructed vary in type and cost from the modest bungalow to bouses costing from $10. 000 to $15,000. .' The same care and attention: are given to the small home? as to the ex pensive dwelling and the Matot method requires the same high, standard, of construction and uniform : selection- of materials in all its building contract. The duplex apartment bungalow was Originated by the Matot company and a wide variety of plans for this type ef dwelling have been, prepared by skilled architects la the employ bf the firm." ' Residence Rise-. on Starkweather ; Acres " Popularity of Starkweather Acres with suburbans home builders is proven by tfeeAncreastngr smmber ef dwelilngf under construction on the Uract. ; The property was origtnaily owned by H G. Starkweather, who announced last week that .an . additional i four acres with frontage on the Willamette' river bad been platted in quarter acre' par cel. Starkweather ' Acres is located one mile sof th of Oak Grove and abou nine . miles south of Portland on the main River road. .The ground is roll ing end lightly I wooded withs oak an5 fir. - Electric car' service . is ' avaiiabk and a water district will be organized. Jnark-weather stated. -A. BUILDING DEMAND EXPAND QUARTERS A Tt - MORNING, OCTOBER . -House planned by Fenner Construction, company for Arthur Sherwood, to be erected oh a view site ' PoFTVMD ..." - - 4 . Carbon Paper Cot Moves Factory to Its New Building The Stenno Carbon Paper Manufac turing -company,; formerly . located at No. 1422 Sandy boulevard,-has moved to its new factory building at East 22d street and Sandy boulevard. The new factory building is a- roomy struc ture containing 8000 square feet -f floor .space. .The firm, is a reorganisa tion, of the Stenno Carbon Paper com pany and has a capitalization of $100, 000. all of which was subscribed by local investors.. -The new company is the only, con cern west of Chicago engaged In the manufacture of carbon paper. Its of ficers are : H- H. Ward, president ; George L. - Koehn. general manager ; F. K. Thompson, production manager ; C. K. Bland, sales 'manager. RealtyMarket Keen In L la, dd s Addition .,; Increasing demand for residence property in Ladds addition was ! re ported last 'Week by T. 0 Bird and other .brokers handling hgmes In that section- of the - city. Bird announced the sale of the Copperthwalte home at Xo.1 405 Larch : street to' Mrs.; Althea Johnson for a cash consideration of $6500 and-the Leonard Schad house at Xo. 403- Larch street' to Captain Charles Sanders ' for a consideration of ap proximately . $000., Bird also stated that he had opened a campaign for the sale of the 15 remaining homesites In Sandy Road place, on Kast, Everett and East Flanders streets near Kast 84th. The tract was platted in IMS by tie Hoffman interests and aU, Im provements are in and ; paid for. ' - Upshur St. Tract Bought:for'$5dOO An irregular shaped ; tract of land, comprising r. about 11.000 square,, feet, at the southwest corner of ' 20th - and UpShvr streets was-, sold i Friday i by Mrs. .Oella Menges to Mrs. Mary .J. Woodward for- a consideration '' of $5000.' -The transactions-was handled by Wakefield. Fries it Cto. . -C SELLS FOB 6S666 . ' . ; - Lebanon, si Oct.1 i 21. Bonnie - : Doon ranch., consisting of 13 'acres of walnut orchard, -w as sold last week iby Miss Helen : Crawford to, E.-. X.Eades , of Joplitv Moi fori- a: consideration i, of $8090. Miw'Crawferd formerty. was an "Instructor in Oregon -.- Agrienltural college at Corrallis. ' ..- - - v . , . - ' BTJTS STETJAKT HOVXSTJEAD . "Springfield, Or. Oct. : Irt Steuart purchased the old' homestead from "hia mother. Mrs. IL' Stewart, on Ist Main street.; It includes 91 acres in cultivation.. - , ";"" , - ;UJg -1 i I'll. Jtrx J 22, ' 1922. rornerDen ooraon. vonsuueaon cose was approximately aoj.wv. io. u new "-"".''-A :mi-iS i? fy IS k-v TAX LIEN LOTS Sale of 3000 "Parcels of Prop erty to Home Builders .and 'Return to .Tax .Roll Urged! To protect its bonded investment ia district improvements the city of Port land during- (he past four years has purchased at -delinquent tax - sale ap proximately SOOO parcels of property scattered . from St. Johns to Sellwood and from council. Crest" Park to - the eastern city limits. Improvement bonds outstanding against, this property ag gregate in. excess of $2,000,000. accord ing to estimates of . city officials, and the interest which . the city is obliged to . pay runs 4n excess of 8120,000 per year, or . approximately $330 per day. . The item of interest on the improve ment bonds is not the only expense ac cruing to the city en account of its tax Hen real .estate .holdings. Removal of the property from the tax -roll re duces very materially the sources of revenue for the county and the city and delays the improvement of thou sands of desirable sites with V new homes..' . ,--. -. -. PBOPEKTT OFF AX BOLL ': 'y ' Some of the lots held by the city have been in its possession and .off . the tax rolls for more than three years; Sev eral proposals to take o vet the prop erty and sell it for the city have been put up to Cormnissioner -S, C. Pier, chairman of the-committee in charge of the city's tax lien lots, but so far no progress toward ; the sale of the home : eites has been announced. : " Ata recent meeting ! of the Fort land Realty board immediate action ia freeing the. city; government from, the heavy burden ' involved . by the posses sion of its lax lien .lots was urged upon the commissioners: The following com mittee was appointed to confer with the city commissioners relative to the sale : H. G. -Beckwlth. chairman ; Frank L. McGwre. PaniiC Murphy,, Coe A. McKentia. Fred W. German, A R. Rit teriDorr EL Keasey, Henry' Fries. Jo seph Healey and Dean Vincent. ' . COT3fftTTEE MAKES SALE PL A3TS , The committee of real tprs met Fri day and outlined -tentative plans for a proposal to be handed to the city com missioners, p A i Joint, meeting, of the committee and the city commission ers will I be held Mondav. ' Arranre- Lmenti have oeert made. It was stated. to furnish- title -insurance policies with all deeds to property sold and suits to quiet title have been instituted by - the ctty in many instances. . - - sale of" the .3000 viots held by the city would ejtiminate -the necessity , of ptatung new adcntTons, many of then? outside th,e - city limits, and - the; in stallation . of paving and - other irav prove men ts- already completed on ,the city's holdings. iftirv.-.i-.-'.i;.,'! ; :'f'ff - '- - - - - --t'i' "i S- BriLDIXO PBOGBAM GOOD i Aberdeen.' Wash.. Oct,- 2L Although the regular building season la practi cally at an end -a new era for -faB and,wlnter work, has been started with the- plans drawn for a large four story warehouse, a two story -business block and a botet besides several residences which 5 will cost 'from $500 to $lfi.eoo each. ;The craftsspen; "who have' been busy all - summer And local achitects who are having a.11' they can do sbow the prospects inthe building line few the fall and winter are very promising:, -: COST PORTLAND ff EACH DEVELOPMENT WfiW !-Pa.--r vv, 1 3 HA . Middleton Farm on 1 ; Powell Valley Eqad Platted for Homes Robert Confrey, head of thai addition department of , Ritter, Lowe Co..' announced Saturday the platting of CO acres - of the old Middleton Arm. - 3 Vi miles east of the city on the Powell Valley road. The farm is one of the best improved properties along this thoroughfare within; a short . distance of the city and will be offered to' home builders in tracts of frsm one to five acres, suitable for garden and or ehards. - ' ' i" ; . . ' The new tract .'has been christened Middleton. and when the 60 acres has been disposed - of,- -the remaining 40 acres, including the old .homestead, will be platted. A portion tf the ground la level, other parts ' are - rolling and there Is some view property in the tract.. Streets will "be graded immedi ately and water mains laid. Gas. elec tricity an -telephone service , also Is available. ,- v--i .' . J :.- 1 - ; $200,000-BuUding Planned for . High I School Use at Bend Bead, Oct. $l.-Construction of a new high schoor building for Bend within the" next year: was forecast at at a meeting of the school board this week, the .directors declaring that an increase ' in - the poputattonuint propor tion. to that of the past year w4Umake the new, - building necessary. ' The ten tative Dlsn ll Jit HM h nrMirrr hlM school building; for a grade school, and buuq larger ouiioing just north of the community gymnasium, which may be turned over trf th ,etnra: Atr for operation. It Is now being operat ed by the American Legion post. The Held school building," now a grade school. Just south of. the gymnasium. - ,WU1VI UJfttl, i. Jiiarketing of bonds for $200,000,- the ai.-iuuus ituwu ine carrying out OI te nian would - renniro ;wfil .iu. next year according to Clyde M. Mo tkaymemoer ot tne-ooard and county treasurer. Grade teachers now. each have six too - many pupils in; their charge.' - according sto, Sunerfntendn G. W. Ager and this condition, with the expectation of a still greater num ber , of pupils - to- care for next year, caused the directors to begin planning for a new.huflritnv aK Viet A e" ---.ar- , aav WB WUUftCi election f of the Bend .district i will be neia iovemoer 3. : Elma's New, School Equipmbnt;Accepted E3ma. Wash. Oct ST. Th m-r aa. tional rooms in the high school build ing at Elma and the additional equip ment, heatinsr - iml - vntiBtin - v-s,. been accepted and paid - for by - the scnoot Doare, of which the, members are :a. . i. caJiow chairman ; Vi. U. Cot: and Bvrsn. rtnAr-rtii -Atwtn-m The E3ma school district Xo. 118. voted oonas ot siwo tor theser improvements. The' board feela v mil'mH.eiA .- a proud -of. thn educational- fiHmi.. f the distrieti believing- there U. no dis trict of its size to; excel it-with its corps of . teachers equal to the ' best-. ' - j -' x ' . "'' m Ti ' ' - FLAX' SAXIT ABUT Q '. -- Aberdeen, iWasb., Oct.,l Worlt has been started here on .a sanitarium to Lbe built by local capitalists headed by ur. C T. Btruth, regular, graduate and osteopath. - The buUdin g is - to tee tlie first union- of a- larger . structure- and first cot will ta $15,000. j - - a SIXTEEN: PAGES ; WANT "ADS " m X)unthoipe. , r No; 4-fHouse -"'1 1 . 1 n sisssss- Jo DOTE: ANNEX AT COST 0FS35.000 Building Planned; for; Site Ad- - Joining Cordova Hotel jat 12th and Jefferson Streets. if. Pallay, downer of,, ttoe (Cordova hotel at 11th and Jefferson streets, has anhounced plans'' for the erection ofa thfee-story and basement anneLx to ti hotel ' on the quarter 1 block f at tne northeast corner of 12th andj Jeffei-l son. -me sue was recently purchased by Pallay from the Heed Institute' for $2ti000 and the proposed anne4 la esti mated to cost $85,000. . . j . J. Plans for the hotel annex prepared by F, Manson White call far a re info reed concretestructure, $7 by 100 feet, in dimensions, faced with cream colored - brick. ; The lower floor will contain the manager's apartment, hotel dlrimg- room and kitchen,' . a motion picture .theatre and three retail shoos. The two upper stories will.be divided into 30 two-room suites each equipped wih private bath... , i - .. ; Architecturally "the annex w It -be a duplicate of the Cordova hotel. Use of the lower floor" for a theatre Knd re tail shops is a step in the stekdy com-f mefclal development ot llth street, "i "X ;. . i 'i-1 I Contractor Breaks Eecord for Speedy ; UonstructionWork v'PrlneviUev . Opt. - ZV !Ar record -for prompt work . in building construction was-made here "Saturday when John Hedetrom, Portland v. contractor, re ceived the contract for the G. M. Cor- nett: building at 9:45 a. .m.. and 1 minutes later had men at work clear ing away the debris of the old! build ing at the southwest corner of Fourth an 4 Main streets, and preparing for the new construction. The i new i buildina wlH accommodate two stores on the greumr floor and offices on " the sec ond. It will, be of" concrete and) stucco' construction -and will contain an mod ern, conveniences. - ' i . Satisfactory progress la being made. oni the , new hotel ; building by John ' Hedstrom,-who has a large force of masons at work and several corners of the ; building' are already in q!ace. Blasting- away of the old concrete walls ef ithe Comett -building, j destroyed by fire,- and the preparation for the new ' walls . attracted .much attention last week, .The contract for the Robinson! A pilftorf boUdlng was recently let in Portland. ,K - Bmldihg Colonial! - j 1 Type ; of. Dwelling- '-4,-:' 1 - 1 A colonial 'type dwelling planned tv! D. : M. Crooks is 'being erected at No. 183 Royat Court, in Laurelhurst, for Frank Hilton of ' the Hilton-Daniels Realty .company by .Hagerman A tc Farling. Interior arrangement of the! structure sin keepiag rwlth the ai-i tractive architecturaj 3l, Con-' strwetien cost is estimated at i'tJU. - ' PALLAY i