ONISTTRUCTION work wrll beekn immediatelv on a eroub
; "streets. No. 1 House
iThe site selected is at the intersection of Iron Mountain boulevard
below is shown the power and
merits, each heated bv el
ectricitv.
apartments. Cost is estimated at
REALTORS RAN
SALE OF CITY'S
TAX LIEN
Company Prdposfed by Portland
" Realty Board to Market 3000
Parcels of Residence Property
Tentative pdins for the organization
f a corporation amonfc members of
the Portland Realty Boar;d for the
"Jpurpose of marketing approximately
93.000,000 worth of residence lots held.
fry the city on tax and assessment
Itens were prepared last week br a
committee of nine prominent realtors.
Proposed methods for the sale ot the
property will be presented this week
to" the city commissioners, according to
announcement Saturday by the presi
dent of the board.
. Acquisitions of tax Ue&cfiroperty by
the city have been accumulating for
several years and an aggregate of
thousands of lots scattered '"in all
sections of the city is held from the
tax rolls. A committee headed by
Commissioner C. & Pier Is in charge
e this property, and at a recent meet
fag! of the realty board the council ap
pealed for the assistance of the real
tors !r disposing of the property toJ
private purchasers.
COMPACT TO BE RGAXIZED
The plan outlined calls Tor a cor
poration capitalised at 25,000, with 250
hares at $100 each? Organizers of
the corporation . named In the report
'of the realty board committee are:
Paul C Murphy, Henry Fries, Fred
W. German, Coe A. McKenna, Frank
McGuh-e, Joseph M. Ilealy. Dorr E.
Keasey. Dean Vincent. A. R. Kitter
and Henry Beckwlth. aH members of
the - committee. Purchase of . -stock
would be open to all members of the
poard. ; 1
"It is proposed that the corporation
enter Into a ccmtract witl the , city
for the sale of all- property hld for
delinquent taxes3 and assessments,
Each lot or parcel would be appraised
by experts appointed by the realty J
board and offered at a price agreeable
to the company' and the city commis
sioners.
iREFEREJfTIAIi BIGHTS GITEW
Purchase of the property wouW be
.' pen to all legitimate ...buyers.' with
provision that the immediate previous
. wners be given preference it they
Choose to retrieve title . prior to the
public sale. All regularly licensed
real estate brokers would be .given an
pportunlty lo participate In the sale
. tat a fair rate of compensation;
According to A. R. Ritter.- who In
troduced the motion, calling for the ap
pointment of the realty board commit
tee, the method of sale to be presented
to the city commissioners would pro-
, Tldo !ror. return cjf the property to pri
vate owners as- quickly as possible.
. ears being exercised to protect the In
terests of tho city and the public.
520,000 Business
Building; Planned
' V plana for a one-story .brick and on
. rreto building to" occupy ,ui Irregwlar
shaped" tract with 100 feet frontage on
. i Sandy, boulevard at Bast 24th street
has been planned by Charles ' VT. Erts
. fc Charles H. Fox, and. construction
.i- la under way. .The-building will bouse
iveretail shops; and -two apartments.
The comer store space has been leased
to a drug firm." '. "-.
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- STATE TO SPEND $175,000 ON
designed by O M. Akers for Mrs.
heating plant
All buildings of
W. ri. Kobmson is owner or
$20,000. No. 6 Men s 'dormitory an No. 7, adrninistration
Colorado Company
Leases Space Jot
Coast Headquarters
Approximately 2500 square feet of
storage space on the third floor Of the
warehouse building recently built at
the northwest- corner rof Park and
Flanders streets- has been leased by
the, Gates company of 'Denver, tire
manufacturers, as Its Pacific North
west headquarters. The property Is
owned by EL D. Van Dersal and the
lease was arranged by Chester Moores,
local realtor.
After a survey of the Pacific North
west field, H. O. Keibig of San Fran
cisco, Pacific Coast manager of the
Gates company, 'decided that the com
pany's wholesale business in Oregon,
Tashington and Idaho could be han
dled to best advantage from Portland,
and last week's, transaction resulted.
Charles Combs has been called from
the factory at Denver to take charge
of the Portland branch and has moved
here with his family. '
Women Realtors Plan
Series of Lectures
lI
At the regular semi-monthly lunch
eon of the Women'sRealty Board Fri
day noon at the Oryron grill the prin
cipal address was delivered by C. V.
Johnson, deputy state real estate com
missioner. Recent cases illustrating
the problems that the commissioner's
office is called upon to solve were cited
by Mr. Johnson, who answers queries
propounded by the women realtors. - T.
B. Xeuhausen, president of the board,
announced that an address by a promi
nent speaker on real estate subjects
will feature the board's luncheon guth-
erlngs during the Iwmfer. At the next
meeting, to be hed Friday; November
10, W. B. Shivery, chairman of the
legal committee of the Portland Realty
foara ana author of "The Realtor's
Legal Handbook," Will speak.
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Community House to
Rise m South Bend
South 'Beiid. Vash.. 1 Oct. 28. -The
Leber brothers, well-known members
of a large pioneer South Bend family
and .prominent : In various ' business
enterprises here, have announced their
intention of constructing a combina
tion pleasure building in the city. ' It
will feature a skating rink, a gym
nasium, a swimming tank, a dance hall
and a banquet room and will be buil
especially . ror tne youtn ana : business
men of the town who will use it some
what as a Y. M. C A. The building
Will be 100 feet square, two stories
high, of modern frame construction
and will be built in the heart of the
city. It wilt be regarded more as a
'community institution than as a striet-
ly commercial enterprise, since these Is
a dearth of good amusement tn the idty
at present. -
$37,498,030 Filed
As Assessed
s Salem, Or, Oct. 28. -The total as
sessed value Of property on the tax
rolls tn Marion county this year is
t37.4M.03O. or 3 8.560 in excess of last
year, according to figures made public
py uscar steelnammerv county as
sessor. Farm lands, assessed at 19,
493,125, form the- bulk of the total as
sessed valuation of -the1 county. : with
improvements on ; farms adding an
other ?2.48,Ei5 to theSTt rolls. r
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of five buildincs as the nucleus
Harold D. Gill, to be erected
and Edgecliff Road No. 3
the group werje designed by Houghtahng & Uougan. No. 4 Kobmson apartments; recently completed at tast Zd and jyiadison
the property. lo. D me-story concrete Duuaing at cast znin
SIX FIREPROOF
APARTMENTS ARE
TOTAL IN CITY
Fire Hazard In Hundreds of
Frame Hotels and Apartment
Housis Danger to Life.
The sense of security afforded by
the fireproof hotel or apartment house
is an integral asset to the . tenant.
He meed not await the test of con
flagration to prove ; the efficacy of
steel and concrete" as a protection for
his life and nrooertv. but is renaid
tor his caution each day and night in
freedom from tne fear which haunts
the dweller in a. building of flimsy con-
In epite of fire losses amounting to
hundreds of thousands of dollars annu
ally in apartment houses, and notwith
standing tne advantage of lower insur
ance rates in fireproof buildings,
records- in the building inspector's
office show only six fireproof apart
ment houses out of a total of 222 in
the city. Of th balance 16 are semi
fireproof, 146 are of brick exterior with
wood framework and 154 are of. com
mon frame construction.
HIGH CtASS COJfSTKireTIOy
The Ambassador apartment house.
recently completed at Sixth and Madison-streets,
represents the highest type
of fireproof construction In the city
and equal points of structural excel-1
lenceare found in the new Sovereign
apartment hotel nearing completion at
Broadway and Madison streets. These
two buildings are examples, both in
construction" and' equipment, of the
higher standard now demanded by dis
criminating patrons of multiple, dwell
ings. The public in tne larger cities
of the country Is becoming educated
to the advantages of the fireproof
building construction and this advance
in Intelligence means the rapid elimin
ation of the frame apartment house. ,
The danger of loss of life and prop
erty which stands as a constant men
ace to the tenant dt a poorly ' con
structed apartment? house was! well
illustrated in the Eaton Court fire.
at 11th and Yamhill streets, which re
tailed In the death of four people on
the morning 4of August 7, 1920. The
rapid spread of the flames was ajded
in this instance by an - open elevator
shaft surrounded; by a circular wooden
staircase. Interior of the building was
of wood construction and even the par
titions pa the two top,, floors were of
wood. . '
FIRES CAI7SE HE ATT I.OSS
The . ease with which fire spreads
through the apartment bouse of ordin
ary' construction was well illustrated
In three recent fires, subsequent to the
Elton Court disaster the May apart
ment fir In June, 1921. the Zumbro
Court fire on September 18, 1922. and
the 'Orandesta aportment-fireln tne
early .no-urs or October 9th. 'in , eacn
instance.1 according to Fire Marshal
Gren fell, the fire started In the base
ment 'and worked - its way .: rapidly to
the upper 'floors of the building.
Absence of fire stops along lines of
plumbing extending between floors af
fords an easy avenue for smoke and
flames and where suites are identical
on tife floors of the apartment bouse,
with bathrooms laid tn tiers, the aper
ture about - the : plumbing creates
draft whlcn to a short interval will
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDA
ERECTION OF,
for an institution for .the empldymehTof Ae blind The site chosen
on a site facing Talbott Road
Two of a group of five buildmgs
btiilding of the state institution
for
carry a fire from the basement to the
top story or roof of the building. Hood
over kitchen ranges frequently are con
nected with a thin metal' vent extending
through the attic to-the roof of the
apartment house. . Fire in a kitchen
on a lower story naturally follows the
vent, and with the melting of the thin
metal the flames find contact with
wooden floors and joists, quickly
spreading to all parts of the building.
BETTER BUILDINGS DEMANDED .
In fireproof buildings apertures
about the water and plumbing pipes
are filled with concrete and the re
quirements for this class of construc
tion afford protection from the spread
of flames from one floor to. another or
between adjoining suites on the same
floor. While rules of the housing code
are generally enforced " by the build
ing inspection department, there is no
ordinance requiring fireproof construc
tion in multiple dwellings and tne rec
ords show that more than 60K families
in the city are housed in apartments
of wooden construction, while approxi
mately 15,000 rooms are contained in
more than 300 frame'! and mill con
structed, hotels and rooming houses.
The keen demand for suites in the
Ambassador and other fireproof apart
ment houses' and the number of appli
cations already received for quarters
in the Sovereign hotel indicate an
awakening of the public' to the danger
of the fire hazard and an appreciation
of, the advantages afforded by modern
high class construction. -
Tire Corporation
Leases Space for
Retail Salesroom
Negotiations were closed last week
by officials of the Columbia Tire cor
poration with Fred IL RothcbUd for a
five-year lease on, 2000 square feet -of
ground-floor space in the Lowengart
building at the corner of Broadway
and Bumside street. The tire corpo
ration proposes o open A retail shop
at this location for the distribution
of automobile tires and tubes to be
manufactured at ' its plant nearing
completion at' Mississippi avenue and
Columbia boulevard. i -
The space leased has a frontage of IS
feet on Broadway and 65 feet on Burn
side street, with 64 feet ot show win
dow spacft. A driveway from Burnslde
street will lead to a service station at
the rear of the showroom.
Manufacture of tires and tubes In
1C sixes will begin at the Columbia
Tire corporaOQn plant about Decem
ber 1. according to Alfred A. Aye. gen
eral sales manager of the company,
The plant has a daily capacity output
of S00 tires and 500 tubes. Branch
agencies for distribution of the com
pany's products have, been established
at several towns In Oregon and Wash
ington. I
Apartment' House
Will Rise Kelso
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Kelso', WasbV Oct. 28 Grover I.
Thornton and Senator Frank Q. Barnes
of Co wilts county have bad plana
prepared . for ; a modern apartment
house at the- corner of ; Second and
Cowllts streetav The structure will
be 60 by Jt)0 feet,- three stories . in
height, above the grade floor. It will
be of brick construction and will con
tain 27 apartments. Plans have been
completed by C H. Brlstow, Portland
architect.: and. call for .,a ' building of
colonial type, The contract will be
awarded In a few days. Construction
cost is estimated, at $59,000. . .
Y! MORNING , OCTOBER
INSTITUTION; FOR
overlooking thecityand, surfoundmg xalley
being erected: tor the new state
ana 3anay ixmicvara, pianncu
the blind, j . :t . W;-"" '
Popularity of High-Class Sub
urban Residence Tracts Is
Shown in ladd Estate Sales.
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The movement of Dunthorpe home-
sites during the Inst five months fairly
relects the eteadily increasing demand
for high class suburban residence prop
erty. This highly improved view acre
age was placed on the market by the
Iadd Estate company May 15 and a
report on the addition issued last week
by Frank B. Upshaw, manager of the
property, showed 13 sales aggregating
$54,000, with a large list of prospective
buyers lined up j for the autumn and
winte season. - 4
Duiithorpe is reached by a;20-mlnute
drive south along the paved River
roaJ. The sites are wooded with maple,
nr4 ana aogwooa -ana. range Lrom, one
quarter acre toj two acres in area.
Eight miles of asphalt bound macadam
driveways lead jfo- all sections of the
tract at easy grade. ,Bull Run water,
gas, electricity and otligr public util
ities are available to every site. The
addition is close to Riverside school.
Quick transportation to the west side
business district Is afforded by tne
Southern Pacific red" electric carline
and by motor bits between 8 a. m. and
11 tsn TV TT.
Seven new bouses, Aggregating in ex-l
Ceseu. OI )8a,uvu in consu-ucuun cusi a
n AAA . . . . ' 1
being built on Dunthorpe sites, wade
Pipes designed tne home being erected
for Morris E. Crumpacker on Iron
Mountam boulevard, near . Edgecliff
road.' Jamieson,; Parker prepared plans
Tor the house being, built for William
II. Anderson on Edgecliff road near
Greenwood road; Maurice, Whitehouse
la architect for Percy A. Smith, whose
new borne is under way at the corner
of Greenwood road and Iron Mountain
boulevard, and i Jacobberger & Smith
were employed iy J. C. Beatty to de
sign the house under instruction at
Greenwood road and Pacific highway.
Other nomebuSlders with houses un
der construction are:
II. G. TJoi
never.
Edgecliff road near Greenwood road ;
Mortimer H. Hartwell, Mears avenue
near Greenwood;- road;: and Arthur
Sherwood. ' Iron Mountain boulevard
near Greenwood ' road. s Besides the
houses sew being built at Dunthorpe,
sites have been purchased by the fol
lowing business and professional men
who propose to bulla tn tne spring ; ur.
H. T4 Parsons. t' Henry .W. .Wesslnger,
PhillO Hart, J.: V. G. Posey. . Stanley
Smith. H. W. Bates and John C. Van
Etten. Three of the houses nnaer con
struction are being- built by the Pbippa-
Van Etten company. f:rr j--, .'.,. ,,'.
Centralis,' Wash- Oct 2S.--Q TJ.
Salts. president -of the. Washington
Cancer Institute announced today that
the new two-story brick building being
erected one mtUs south of the city -will
be. ready for oocupancy. about November-!-:'
Th structure, is being ; erected
at a cost of )i approximately $50,000.
Eaulomentwlll be ' Installed W a few
daya and - will accommodate 'about . 50
patient - . t , ,, , r.. ' j
BRISK DEMAND
20, 1922.
EIIPEOYIENT OF THEBLIND
for die institution isSa tract of I
institution tor the employment ot
vuancs w , ioi v. 4
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STATE BM OF
T
VALUABLE REALTY
Oregon State B anklpg Depart
ment Offers Several Parcels
of City and , Farm Property.
Among the assets of the State Bank
of Portland, which, suspended opera
tions 'February 16, are a . number of
arcels of industrial and residence
property in the city and ; a large
amount of farm land in Western' Ore
gon and Western Washington. In the
process of liquidating the assets of -the
bank the 8ta,te banking department
already has disposed of a -considerable
amount of its realty holdings and of
fers the remaining parcels at prevail
ing market prices. ,
One of the most attractive offerings
made by the state banking department
is block 10, Sherlock addition. . The
property is bounded by York. iVersteeg,
Roosevelt and y 21st streets and Is de
sirable as a site for warehouses or
manufacturing plants. Ralh-oad track
age runs to the property from west
side terminals. The block is leased to
the Emerson Hardwood company.
Another tract with potientlal value as
a manufacturing Bite consists of" 17
acres located in South Portland, with
1265-foot frontage on tRe west" side
of the Willamette river land extending
westward to tne Southern Pacific
tracks. The Harbor Realty company
owns i a third interest in - the property
and the remaining' twothlrds Interest
Is held in trust for a charitable instl
tution by A., L. .Grutze. trust, officer of
the Title Trust company. 1 r
One half of block 16, North Portland,
offers advantages for wholesale or
warehouse operations. Th block is
adjacent to the properties of; the Mont
gomery Ward company nd the Ameri
can Can company. It j la unimproved
but Is served with railroad trackage.
Among the. residence properties Is a
tract of. 4.T. acres on East Stark
street, adjoining tAurelhurst on the
east. . Farm - lands - are ' offered - in
Clackamas, Xouglas, Uncoln and other
counties In, ' Oregon and f: Klickitat,
Clarke and Pacific counties in Wash
ington., . .t ' t.. i
Seai(ieHotel
loseMbyemberl 1
--- Seasidey Oct,- 2s. -RaJther! than face
months of heavyl expense, .wlth pros
pects of smaB patronage, : the Hotel
Seaside wili be closed by the manage
ment November i for I the f winter, ilt
will be reopened .April! 1. During the
winter a new hardwood! floor for danc
ing will , be laid 'in th dining : room.
and other Improvements will be made.
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LAND HOLDS
FOR
! acres fronting on East Glisan
designed by Wade Pipes fbt Maurice Crumpacker.
the bimd.- 1 he building above,
streets at
, uc wuvivuc vu wuuum jv .viou.u
tv.k3
Electric Heaters
Installed in New,
Apartment House
The Robinson apartment house, re
cently completed at East 23d and
Madison streets.- is the. first -apartment
house in the city to be heated by elec
tricity and the experiment is j being
watched with : Interest, by -owners of
multiple dwellings and hotel property.
The heaters, were , Installed' in each
apartment suite by t the Portland Rail
way, Light .A Power company. An
auxiliary furnace In the basement
heats the hallways and supplies the
house with hot water.- , t- . , - ' A
The apartment house Is a two story
structure with exterior walls of stone
tone stucco. - It Is 46 -.by 76 . feet Hln
dimensions and contains 10 two-rom
and two three-room apartments. The
building was erected by W. H. Rob in -
son on a site purchased from Kitter.
Lowe & Co. 'Construction was ap
proximately f 25,000. --
Assessment Data
For Columbia Ready
Warren. 'Oct. -28. The Columbia
county assessor's office has just com I
pleted compiling data for the 1922 as
sessment and gives the total valuation
for 1922 as S16.461.220y or 1416,000 mors
than for 1921. , This increase is due to
Improvements, as there has been no
raise In land values. There are 16,660
acres of land Wider cultivation and 125,
944 .acres susceptible 1 of cultivation.
There are 1823 horses, 8903 cattle, 1248
sheep and . goats, -971 hogs .and. 225
dogs assessed. Soldiers' exemption
shows ,125,400. This does not cover
public utilities, which is expected to
be about 13.000,000 more by the stats
tax commission. ' f
Aberdeen to. Vote
Oh School Bonds
.' -Aberdeen, "Wash., Oct.! 28. Bonds In
the sum of 8100,000 are to be asked
for by the board of education? in va
special election to be caiieo oeioretne
close of th year. ; The money from
the bonds. If the plan carries, win be
used ' In building a Junior high school
and in the 'erection . of ' grade school
buildings. At the - present . time - the
high school Is overcrowded and the
junior high, school, is an absolute ne
cessity In addition to the "Aberdeen
pupils , Coemopolis -has added Its 4ZUOta
of high, school students by the decision
of the- Coemo polls board of education
mads early this year-to abandon Its
high school on account of the exces
sive cost. The increase in the .num
ber of pupils in all or the schools of
Aberdeen this year is between 200 and
400. The - Increased ; population In
Aberdeen has demanded a new school
building almost every year In .the past
five years. . Three new buildings' have
been added the past two years, besides
a number' of movable buidlnga.
street between 84th and 86th
is the industrial scnool anct
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BETH ISRAEL TO
HOUSE STUDENTS
Work to Start on Thfete I Story
Sunday School Building Ad
joining J2th Street Edifice.
A three-story Sunday school annex to
Temple Beth Israel Ur called for in
plans recently; completed by Sutton A ;
Whitney, and construction work on the
building will start at tan early date.
The building will be et, concrete 'with;
brick and terra cotta exterior and; will '.
harmonize architecturally witb the -,
temple. J v.
. The site of the Suifday school annex
is the 60x100 .foot lat at the -southeast I
corner of 13th and Main streets, ad- v
Joining the - temple property on ithe
west.! The ground floor of . the
building will contain a large auditorium
equipped with a stage. A kitchen and
rooms for ladles' organizations also
will b- the ground floor.
- The two upper stories -wfll be used for
class rooms and will be equipped with
furniture and special facilities for Sun-
day school work. Temple Beth Israeli -
congregation Is one- of the oldest and
most prosperous religious organisations
In ithe -city, and,;- according - to Rabbi
Wise, the erection of the Sunday school
building is essential to; meet - the de
mands of an increasing membership. ;
ilidgefield School ;
. Bids Are Rejected
1AuVl.
- Ridgefleld. Wash4 Oct' 21. -AU Mids
for the purchase of the-schoo mouse, a ;
frame building, in district Na 14, five '
miles north of here, up for auction ;
last Saturday, were rejected, t on lc -
count of being too low. The property r
consists of two buildings and the di
rectors have decided to Aise one of
them as a play shed for the hew school.
An attempt will be4 made to ; dispose
of 4 the original schoolbouse by auc
tion. The new, structure, a frame one
room' building, has 1 Just . been' com
pleted at a cast of about -13600. A
basement community hall is part of the
building, which will be dedicated by '
its community with appropirate exer- '
cises some time - next - week. , Mrs. ,
Esther Hatch Is teacher and George
J. Ungemaeb, Edward X. Taylor and
F. M. Hatch comprise board" of
rectors, s . . ;
BTJTS OARAGE .
- Ions, Oct.- 28 H. J. Biddle of Uspp
ner has purchased the building In lone
formerly. occupied by the .Independent
garage and will conduct tn automo
bile; repair, shop. - The building, will
also be used as an automobile salesroom-.
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