Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-08
ELKs' PROPERTY
GROWS IN VALUE
PASADENA LODGE FINANCIERS
PLAN WISELY
Raymond Avenue Corner Nearly
Trebles In Value In Eighteen
Months-EIks VIII Have
New Temple
Pasadena Agency,
IL North Raymond Avenue.
Telephone Main 1147.


PASADENA, Feb. 7.-Ground was
broken today for a store building on
the fine corner owned by Pasadena
Elks opposite the library park, where
in a few short years the antered herd
expect to erect a magnificent temple
for their own use. The present struc-
ture will be only a temporary one, 300
feet by IS feet, affording room for four
stores facing on Raymond avenue, and
will be a frame building to cost some
thing over $4,000 and when rented will
be an income producer, which the va
cant lot has not been.
The Elks hold their present splendid
quarters on five-year lease and are
planning to move into their own new
building from their rented one. Some
time ago members of Pasadena lodge
formed a building association with a
capital stock of 100000, it being esti-
mated that this amount will he needed
to erect the new temple and pay for
the site.
The stock was taken up quickly and
now every six months 10 per cent of
the amount is being paid into the
building fund. The stockholders pro-
pose TO erect a handsome temple upon
a portion of the lot for the exclusive
use of the order, and then to erect a
business block upon the remainder of
the property, say about 50x75 feet. for
an income producer. The plan shows
that the financial side of the local
lodge is being as we'll looked after as
is the social and benevolent side.
Grows Rapidly in Value
The handsome piece of property at
the corner of Holly street and Ray
mond avenue on which these improve
ments are being made represents in
itself a very creditable bit of financial
engineering. The corner is 75x1S0 feet
and was bought year ago last August
by representatives of Pasadena lodge
of Elks for $11, 500.
A week after the papers had been
passed the new owners were offered
$1,000 more for the property, but would
not sell. One week ago the owners
were offered $27,500 for it, and again
refused. About the same time Pro-
fessor Bragdon and others purchased
a vacant lot nearly opposite. but not
corner lot, at a rate per front foot
which shows the Elks' corner to be
clearly worth 100000. When the Elks
bought the corner eighteen months ago
they We're offered adjacent property at
about the same rate
The leaders in the movement felt
sure that the purchase would be a good
investment, but were naturally timid
about specializing with the funds of the
lOuBe. IL lHey HdQ DOuEHl, the safe Oh
the extra land today would give the
building fund a larger start than will
several years of subscriptions slowly
contributed by the members.
Discuss Charity Ball
One Of the leading questions for de-
bate at the meeting of the Women
Socialist union yesterday at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Whitehead was Should
We Have Charity Balls" The ladies
became quite sarcastic in their refer
ences to Pasadena's annual ball, soon
to be given at the Hotel Green, and are
said to have concluded that charity
halls are all right for the reason that
they give the rich something to do, a
chance to provide for dressmakerS and
florists and after the fun is all over,
give the money to the poor. "What
would the rich do without the poor?''
were the last words in the debate. An
other local topic of interest offered for
brief discussion by the members OF
the most unique of all the Crown City's
clubs was What shall we do with
Pasadena's colored' people?" Here the
conclusion was in three words, Leave
them alone" Women's clubs ano
strikes came in for consideration dur
ing the course of the meeting.
Three Times Mayor
Secretary and Mrs. D. w. Coolidge
a. lew llltHuS lOHlBnl a.
their picturesque bungalow on Soutf
Mentor avenue i'm honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. r. Casey Of Ashland, Oregon
who are their guests for a few weeks
Mr.. Casey is a brother-in-law of Sec
rotary Coolidge and is the postmaster
at the Oregon town, his office being
known as the best office in Oregon. Tit
postmaster is delightful man to NEE
and from all reports political hustler
He has been mayor of Ashland three
different times and appears to have
discovered the long lost art OF growing
I'm popularity i'm spite OF his office
When first mentioned for that position
he won over his competitor by seventy
votes; the next time he ran he received
three times as many votes as his op.
ponent and the third time no one could
be induced to oppose him, and he re-
ceived all the votes
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