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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'
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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
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' 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
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. 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-
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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,
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$40,000 Apartment
Building' Is Planned
At Sixth and Hall
t
A three story and basement apart
ment building of masonry construction
will be erected- for D. Lefbrteh on 60
by 64 feet of ground space at the north
west .corner of Sixth and Hall streets.
according to plans prepared "by 'Claus
sen & Clausserf. " The building win
contain 12 apartment suites and i$ 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
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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.
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BUILDING DEMAND
EXPAND
QUARTERS
A Tt - MORNING, OCTOBER .
-House planned by Fenner Construction, company for Arthur Sherwood, to be erected oh a view site
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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
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22, ' 1922.
rornerDen ooraon. vonsuueaon cose was approximately aoj.wv. io. u new
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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
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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;.,'! ;
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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
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DEVELOPMENT
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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"
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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-. '
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' ' - 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 -
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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
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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.
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- j 1 Type ; of. Dwelling-
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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
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