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- 'l'"-' ' ' . . V ' ' '1 ;, " u ' , .PORTLAND, OREGON,; SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12, 1922. ' ' 'k - J; V V - ' ' ' t 1 1 ' . " 1 . '. ' 1 " .. 1 ! . . v . , ....... . ..... ..... ... ' ".. J :"' ' ... . .... ... ..... ... ........ ...... . , . ..... . . ... ... . - , - . ., ... - j-.. - . i ,v; WESTOpK EIUtCESiHOME, LURES FINANCIER AJETTER 31 YEARS RESIDENCE AT LEADING HOTEL . : i : B ETTER CLASS RESIDENCE "construction feature Portland's building campaign and plans now maturing indicate strong activity in this field during the corning year, 1 No. 1 Amos M. Davis Memorial High School building recently completed at Aumsville at a cost of $30,000. No. 2 House planned bv DeYoung & Roald for Dr. F.' M; Brooks, to be erected on a site at No. 258 Albemarle Terrace. 'The site is one of the most attractive in Westover Terraces and-construction cost of the hcuse is estimated at $12,000. No. 3Home -Tecently completed for Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Downing at No. 300 Fairfax Terrace. The Downing have lived for the past 31 years at the Portland hotel. No. A -Pine Tree theatre and store .building1 adjoining recently completed at Klamath Falls at a cost of $ 1 65,000.; An organ costing $25,000 will be installed in the theatre. JnJo. 5 Residence just completed at a cost of . $30,000 on Tenvilliger Heights, overlooking the city and the-Willamette river. The house was erected by J. Wj McFadden for Coe A." McKenna. No. 6 Apartment house; containing four five-room suites, recently 'completed at the southeast corner of. East 1 4th' and- Thompson streets for Mrs. Marie Jrncer i ayiory i ne puuaing was oesignea oy vnaries w.jcjtz ana cosi was approximately ;p,uw. f ': 5; ' " "i s : Vv x'yir ; - -" ."- J' " ,-. ' - g ; fc ?r . 'gN- -''-LJr - " r -kw::::::"? J 1110,000 TOTAL RENT ON FIRM'S 1ES! ' Continued Motility in Demand ? , for Downtown Locations Re l. v fleeted in Record of Week. Public interest la the peneral elec . Hon, musio week aa4 the livestock ex position apparently; served as a stim ulus rather than a retarding influence - in the. local, realty market. Continued . demand for' locations in the west side business district Is S reflected In leases , aggregating $110,000 in rentals reportjj ed during the past.week by BL.Ia Met . ger of the MettgWsr-Parker company. Assuming . that a ' strong demand for . retail shop space is a sound basis for .larger realty .transactions, Metzger . predicted. Increasing' activity In busi ness property during the coming year. A five yaar leaee.oa 2500 square feet f space itn-tho fltzpatrick building at . Ninth, Oak and. Burnside streets to the 'Royal ;Typewriter j company of New , "Sork was one of ' the most important of the firm's transactions for the week. 'According' to Manager Rues and Qen eralSales Manager Clausen of the Royal Typewriter companyv the. loca tion was chosen aa being in the path, of the westward trend of the west side business district. In the same building leases were -dosed iwith the Patterson Auto Accessory' t company; " nd with the Wagner file, company, which has " been located at Ninth and Stark streets . for the past 10 years. ' A lease on 9000 square feet of space In the new one story building under -construction for, Samuel Gellert at the northwest corner ofrNmth and Everett 'streets, was taken PUi rough the Metz- ger-Parker company by the Air Com ; pressor & Equipment company, which has been located i for a number of .years at Broadway and Couch streets. A fire year lease -jalso was ' taken in -this building by (he Wolfe " Electric company. Signing! of leases by the Pacific Automotive .Service company : and the Auto Trimming 4 Top Shop ; completed the rental of space in the sOellert building, though ground has ot yet been broken for. its constmc- !( tiOlt. ; , --'"v - '. . ' ' - A.. Altman, former Spokane business - man. leased 2500 square feet- in the ' Park and Yamhill ! building.. Altman represents a number of Eastern lines of men's clothing, slid will operate a --retail store at the new location.-' Mets- ger also reported at lease to the PJ J. Cunningham stationery icompany by the Equitable Insurance company - of - Kew York, i coveHng 2000 square feet Ton the ground floor of the Commercial j block, at 14 Washington street, r i .Student Architects ; ; Given High' Honors , University .f Oregon. Eugene.. Nov. n.--Flv students - in h- university school of architecture ,re - granted first .awards in' the special awards 4 Friday, according to Dean K. F. Lw ;; rence. Joseph Jacobberger and Charles 'Jkmes.!' Portland architects. were -- Judges. ' Those included In the awards 1 are ; George "Wolff and T. Phillips. ; both 1 of Portland : C Irwin, James Bradway. both of Eugene, and tX.Wn- lon, Woodland. Waih. . . - -S ; ..' m ' ' - Zn. BEtlTO HrSHlD "stelsor-.Wash Jov. It. Dr. E. C. 'Backett is rushing remodeling and en : targing of his hospital on Second, street ' with all possible speed. The building H frame structure and the capacity i g the -hospital will be almost . trebled fey the. e-'argrement.. A modern oper ating room will be built.' - fcvJAy.aii.;:. ,l-ba M , - iSi s " ' ft 4000 H HOMES SERVED WITH GAS Fl Home Building. Campaign Re sults in Many Important Ex tensions of Company's Mains. Steady Increase in the 'population of the city is indicated by the addition of more than 4000 new accounts to the domestic business of the Portland Gas s Coke company during the past year. A survey Just Issued by the company showed a total of 62,581 miles of gas mains and an increase -from 68.751 to 72,845 in the nuteiber of accounts dur ing the past 12, months, and it was esti mated that an aggregate 'of approxi mately 20,000 people are being served by the new gas connections.;- v - On account of tho large volume of residence building during the year, the gas company has been obliged to, in vest a large amount of money In ex tension of its mains. The first and largest district xtension was to W1I shire addition.. lying north of Fremont and east of 33d atTeet. This mala was extended to include the - territory ad jacent to KUlingsworth avenue and a large number of new customers .were secured. Another important: extension was made to Community. Acres, lying east of- Wilshlre along Cully road. . The first district .where high pres sure was : necessary ia the extension main ""was in the,: J3e!lros district. From this addition -operations were shifted to the Darlington tract. ' di rectlyt' east of 3 Errol Heights. Exten sion of mains to North Parkroee .was of major importance., and extension to Fairview came naturally as a result of gas service to the Cedars and the county poor, farm..' .Mains also were laid . to Osborn Acres, .-lying along Sandy boulevard west of Fairview, and to Plympton Acres, located between Powell Valley and Section Line roads east of 92d street, .v, One of the most attractive districts for the gas company to enter, accord ing to its officials, was Lake Grove, which ' lies -on the north . bank of Os wego lake about three TmBe.. west fJ Oswego. -This district has a large number of high -class homes. Exten sion of mains Along Progress lane puts the company well on the way to ile ti ger and it Is planned to serve this community with gas next year. - SCHOOI COSTS $3M ' - Mentesano Wash.,' Nov. 1L Plans for- as addition 1 to the - Montesano school building to cost between $30,, 000 and 935.000 are under considera tion by the school board. At present, according to Eldridge Wheeler; super intendent of schools, the building, is -so crowded that imore than 75 children have to be housed in churches and- else where. Vernon A.Vernon of Aberdeen. who drew the plana for the original ouiiaing, -are preparing plans for this new west wing. . ; RECORD I YEAR Aumsville, School t ; House Dedicated to Pioneer A. M. Davis " Aumsville, Nov.:" ll-The -?Amos :M. Davis memorial high school was dedi cated last week at a public meeting which filled the school auditorium to capacity. " Cost of t the bunding was approximately $30,000 and was shared by school', district No, H , and Mrs. Amos M. Davis, who contributed about two-third of the construction cost. The building was dedicated in memory or Amos 1 M. Davis, who passed away about 0 years ago. - c State Superin tendent Churchill, County Superintend ent Mary L. Fulkerson. Mra- A. 3l. Davis and Mrs. A. P. Speer,. chairman of the board of . directors, were the principal speakers at the dedication. ; The new high school is a two-story and .basement concrete structure, (0 by 10O feet in dimensions, equipped .with a steam cheating system, a cafeteria, shower baths. radio : apparatus -and motion picture, machine. - There are 10 classrooms and two large assembly rooms, besides an auditorium which will eeat 300 people.- -,-i - -j New Building at Prineville Started PrineviBe, Nov. "IV Work on Prine ville's seventh new :. building In the business district was begun Monday when contractors started to haul ma terials for the Robinson & Clifton building. The building will stand north f the Prineville. Drug company on a lot which has - been vacant since the frame structure on It was , destroyed by fire in the summer of 19 H. The building . will consist of two stories, the first containing two store rooms and the second being devoted to 1$ office rooms. - It will be of mission style architecture and brick construction,- Plans were drawn by Ormand Bean of Portland. : ... Manufacturer Moves To Larger Quarters The Metal Specialty company has moved into .new quarters at No, 285 Hawthorne avenue, where their plant has been equipped to handle a general sheet metal and tinning business. Mem bers of the firm are' E. A. Saadberg. formerly with the Northwestern Hard ware Steel company, and H. J, Sand berg, formerly with the Grand Sheet Metal works. 4 - TIE -PLAlTT' OFEBAYES I . Ridgefieid. WaeK, Nov.. it, The Lewis River Boom & Logging com pany's tie loader on Lake river at . this place. Inactive for some time, resumed work Thursday for a abort run. About 40,600 pieces wilt be loaded into cars for shipment for the Union Pacific system, to be distributed at various points. The railroad ties are cut by mills on the east fork of Lewis river, driven - down the- river Into large booms near here, rafted and'towed here. The run will last for-about two weeks and furnishes employment to about 29 oea . " " HOWARD AUTO CO. LEASES SITE FOR SALES BUI Structure to Cost; $110,000 to Rise at Northwest Corner of 13th and Burnside Streets. What is believed to be the largest lease transaction ever, negotiated in Portland, for automobile sales and service quarters, was concluded last week when nhe finishing touches were given the deal which has. been pending for soma ' time between tae Howard Automobile company -of San Francisco and the Henry Welnhard estate, call ing for the . erection of an $110,000 building at the northwest corner ; of 13th and Burnside streets. ' Construc tion activity has already begun and it is estimated that the new building which will be - a four-story reinforced concrete structure covering a corner 125 by 1H feet,rwlll be completed in AprtL-:'. -.. :.'-.-.; .;':;.'"- The lease, which Is 'said tb call for reutals -of approximately : $250,000 over a 19-year period, , was negotiated -by Chester A. Moores and the F. E. Tay lor company, in cooperation with Strong &,Ucissughton. under whose direction the new" building .will be erected. SPACE IS XXTEXSIVE - ' The . Howard Automobile company Js said to t be the largest distributors of autamoblles' in the world, having sell ing -privileges on the ' Buick car for practically all f the , Pacific coast territory. 'Its new Portland home Is to be the largest building north of San Francisco devoted exclusively: to the marketing of one make of motor car. The total area of the building will be 55,000 square feet. .,..., The salesroom' is to-be 125 by . SO feet la area, with all modern appoint mejits. while the-L service, department, also on the ground floor, will have the same. area..:, entirely -devoid of pillars. There is to be an ,xit through the block onto 14th street, as well as one on the 18th street aide of the building. The second floor ia to be utilized for offices, used I car salesroom and - the parts department.' the third floor for storage and the . fourth floor for the shop. There will be a? passenger elevator and two small parcel elevators in add i tticn to an 8000-pound freight elevator. Ore feature unique on automobile row will be railroad trackage on 13th street, where -carload shipments may ; be un loaded. - MJLJfS AKE ISDOBSEiy r , R.a F. -Thompson, general i manager of the Howard 'Automobile company, woo cam" w x-urciaira rrom oan j-Tan-cisco to consult -with: Claude A. Sic Gc of the came company, with refer enee to"certain f ea lures that are to be incorporated in the .new- building, says h is extremely well pleased with the plans . that have been perfected for 1 the new building and that he believes we corner oi uia ana iiurosiae is ideally situated wltb relation . to the motor row- along .Burnside street. " During the past few years the How ard Automobile company -has utilized two buildings,, one at 12th and Alder for its sales activities and its offices and-another at 14th and Davis streets for service and storage. The -new building at ; 13th and -Burnside, -which ia to house 'all of its departments, will provide more than three times the floor space in the present establishments. University Grounds To Be Parked With Flowers and Shrubs - Willamette University, Salem, Nov. 1L Beautiffcation of the Willamette university campus so that it will com pare favorably . with . the . Capitol grounds, and the. State hospital 'gar dens,' has been provided Iy. President Carl Gregg Doney and a committee of three has been appointed to look after the work. " Paul Wallace f and Mrs. Aschel Bush.are to superintend' the landscaping while Mrs. John Winkle, former ; su perintendent - of the Oregon state' penitentiary, has charge of the artistlo decorations. The plans call for the removal of the rosebushes and ferns around - Eaton , and Waller hall and 5 shrubbery of various , kinds will be substituted. The lawn has been reseeded and resodded where the stu dents have . worn the grass7 .away. ' Much of the beautiful shrubbery has been secured, as. donation, . from the Washington nursery company' at Top penish. Wash., whose directors and' ex ecutives are alumni of Willamette uni versity. ".The' remainder has. been pur- chased by the trustees, at cost ? or .le nated by members of theJumni. - With the installment and completion of these Improvements Willamette university eampusj- will . compare: favorably .with any campus on the Pacific coast. Last year over 500 feet ,.f. ;water;:pipe;; do nated by . Paul - Wallace, . head of i the Salem .Water- company. Salem, was placed on the State street side of th campus, the (0 trees be twee a the side walk and the culvert were removed and over1 2000 rosebushes were planted and the intervening' space sodded and seed ed for lawn. : - . . ' ' t4,M PAID FOE' UDT 1" - l Aberdeen, Wash.. ,.Jov. It Sale of a lot at Broadway and Wishkah street in the business heart of , the city to Ralph Wade of Tacoma for a consider ation of J 40.000 is, one of the big deals of real 'estate made here in, several months. Wade is a young capitalist of Tacoma who came.r lierei recently r- to took ; over the port" improvement, ;be came convinced that the harbor has a big, future, and . the investment .followed- There is .a prospect of building a hotel on the site though Wade -says he plans a .business . block earlx in the spring. - J V1-" - - ; KEDFRD ABM OR Y J " ; -Medford.i Nov. It. The cortractor's outfit for ') construction -i of .Medford armory arrived here this week and excavation -work started on the site at Bartlett and Third street. Investment in the armory by the etate, county and city will be $80,000. - A stage attached to the drill room -will invite- coaventtoas and other large gatherings." Kitchen. mess, office, and social quarters also are provtueo. ' . ' " ' ' . , . MATERIAL COSTS AND WAGE SCALES ADVANCE SHARPLY Nationwide Building Construc tion Campaign With Easy Money: Market Responsible. , Increasing activity ia the nation wide building construction- campaign of the past year, accompanied by wage advances in , the steel J industry and other basic- industries, has given -k decided upward trend, to the, price of building materials ' and the general level is now approximately 17 per cent higher than in March, 122. Metal roofing has Increased 40 per cent in cost during the past' 90 days. Elec trical fixtures have taken a sharp rise during ; the same period,- .and ' many other materials have been similarly affected. - . ..The b'ulldln program f Portland and . the Northwest - will not suffer a setback on account of higher price levels, . according ,r to representative heads - of the construction . industry. On the contrary, those in close touch with the situatioii are decidedly opti mistic tor the future. andHarrison A. Whitney ' predicted - last .week- that 1923 and 1324 "would , equal or surpass the . current - year . in the volume . of new-'- construction. The;. hew . upward trend of construction J costs would probably continue ..for several -months and take :, a - drop to lower levels : In 1924, Whitney stated." " -. Conferences iu betweeif ?representa Uvea of the building trades Unions and contractors associations have been set for--this' week to consider proposed ad vances', in . wage ' scales.- - It . is -under' stood that plasterers and brickmasons are asking- for an increase of approxlf matelyt 10' jpef cent., and , that other trades will : ask increases 'at the- ex piration of existing eon tracts. Scarcity of skilled mechanics hasy proved : a handicap tb the industry in many sec tions of the Northwest, Including Port land, and .modification - of rules gov--erning apprenticeships Is proposed by the Association , of Building and Con struction to remedy the situation. ; ,; - Improvement -: ln credit 'conditions throughout the " country S during the past six months . offsets"' In. a, large measure: the effect of ' increased" costs In the,. building Industry. In prosper ous communities of the" Pacific Coast mdney Is available on easy terma for new construction, .and loans' through out the country are rapidly approach ing the peak period of J920. . - IXBIAN IAP8 AULOTED 'Montesano, Washw. Nov. 11. Advices from Oak viUe state that . the 300 acres of r the original government farm at the Oakville Indian reservation have been- alloted in 20 acre parcels to a number of the younger Indiana. Those who -served in' the World -war received first consideration. .W- B. Sams, Indian superintendent made the allotments. . ' ,V ' - - : 1 Domiing Home Built 0n)V Westover After 3l"Yeaf s ? al Hotel rifter )ll:;yeini' residence at . the PorttMd - hotei,. Mr an Mra; F.j O. Downing recently moved, to their new homel at 200 Fairfax terrace. - Down. lng moved into the Portland hotel ten days:'! before- the .official opening r in 1891.!! and .was - married there shortly afterward. . The new home U one of the most attractive on Westover Terracea The j: house is of ' picturesque-- design, executed Jn stucco on metat lath... The home was designed by Wade Pipes, and ita site commands' view, of the city, rivets and mountains, f - - ' Downing' gave proof of his faith in ths growth of Portland and -the value Of its real 'estate s an Investment when he -purchased the iquarier.-' block at the northeast corner f . Park and Aider streets, in 1904 and, two years later erected Hhe Medical; building v ? SrsTitles to Washington. State ' Olympia, Wash., Nov. II. Jovernor Louis F. Hart has transmitted to State Land Commissioner Clark V. Savldge selection list - No. .45 -received - from the general land - office ' at j Washington, which conveys title, to 'the state to 050 acres ' of land V which, had' been selected by the' state laixl department in, lieu of lands due the common school grant of this : state.; ' Thei lands: are lor cated ih Jefferson. Whatcom and : Kit titas counties, some being valuable timber ? lands. ; "This leaves ; Iess than 7000 acres, unapproved out of 125.000 acres that; were. pending. three years ago iwhen Attorney - General - Thompson and! Commissioner ; Savldge- secured a decision in the supreme jcourt. f j this state which removed objection t4 the further clear listing of lands - on the part of the - general : land office ;mt Washington. Some of the lands clear listed since that . decision . had been pending, since- 1900, ... j., . . ,' ' Klamath Building " : . Projects Finished - " . h J Klamath Falls, 'Nov. ' ll.AThs Pine Tree theatre and (he Hart building, ad Joining it, have just 'been -completed by Klamath Falls and! Sacramento capitalist at an approximate cost of $165,000. The general; contract ' was handled by Parker Banfieid. of Port land: and practically all j of the work was handled by Portland ; firme. Total area' covered by 'the - two buildings Is 65x114 .feet.",' The office Structure has five, stores on .main .floor and eipht office suites on eeconrf i floor. The theatre seats 750 people and an organ costing $25,000 has been installed. ' " " ACKF, -SOLD Lebanon. ' Nov. -11. Mrs. Anna'.B. Gorman last week sild 58 acres of farm land located v five , miles - south -. of Lebanon to Hrold -Tyler-of Waterloo for . a. cotx Teratjon of $5000, Mra Gorman, - widow" of the late Michael Uormarv is the proprietress of the Cot tage hotel of thi Wiy. i SCHOOL OF MUSIC TO USE S25.0Q0 ' FOR AUDITORIUM .' ' . t 1- : ' licit, of Funds Prevents Com- ' '' -r. ;i ' ...'...-... . ; pletion of , Concert Room jn New. Building on Campus.' 1 . University of Oregon, Eugene. Nov. 11. Completion of. the Interior of the assembly room of the new music build ing .is essential to the proper function ing of rnjuslc classes and would offer a proper avenue; for the expenditure of funds accruing from the. $10,000,009 endowment' campaign. Lack of money nrevented finishing the assemblv room when the-balance of the building was completed . and approximately . $25,000 must be raised to make the room avail able' for concert ' purposes,' according to - Dean John J, Landabury of ths school tt- music. . - There is no adequate auditorium on the campus' for .concerts,, recitals or laboratory work,' and as a consequence a music center of any sort is lacking. viuara Han, ths Methodist church and the. Woman's building may be used for concert-purposes, but the use of either of these .auditoriums requires moving a piano, and the moving charge puts a needless expense upon the music - de partment. - - -. ; - i--,. ' -J ' . The auditorium building auditorium has a seating capacity of 700 and the balcony is so planned that it will not cover the, seats on the lower Door. The main; entrance is on the west side of the auditorium and opens from the royer. s Dressing - rooms will be im provised from the pac allotted for the '.lounge, from, which a : glaaa en closed porch leads db-ectly to the stag. Color scheme and furnishings of th auditorium have not . been "chosen, f- Dr. Landsbury proposes, that the building shall become an open musical forum- for the state and that its use shall not be limited to the university or to "the city .tff Eugene. Following the completion of -the interior of the ... . . j i .. , auditorium - xne grounaa ,wuv music -building will, b parked and, a wide driveway constructed to the mala eptrahce; ; i-f,.' .'-" - p . ,', , C BUT RTRAlfDOS FAEM Wfnlock. Wash.. Nov. 1L--Mr. and Mrs., N.. Ci Sears have bought the A. Strandos farm and vriU take possession immediately. . The farm contains 40 acres and om small buildings which will be torn.-down to -make place for a - modern residence, -dairy barn and several sheds and outhouses. This tract of land adjoins another 40 acres on the west.; which la also' owned by Mr.r and Mrs. Sears. and ; it Is their intention to make tills ranch one "o the show-farms of Wlnlock and they Wlli esiauusn meir xmimikb sua ioovs I the Midfield hard W this fam. .