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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-16

THE democrats in congress scrv~
cd Mr.. Roosevelt ) ends excel
lcntly when he needed them The
comfort he offers them is the Of
fetal assurance that they arc un-
fit To be intrusted with powrc.
What base ingratitudc indeed.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-16
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Introducing celebrated joint debate between Bryan
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Also long and varied program Of the most popular
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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-16

NDTE for Mitchell Stevens for
Joint senator and Robert a Turner
and Joe Watson for representa-
tlvcs. They stand for bank guar
antcc act, hotter moral social. in
1cllcctual and financial conditions.
IT is no wonder that the demo
cratic candidates for office in Kitti
4as county arc finding such favor
in the eyes Of the public voters.
They are all competent and quail
fed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
GIGANTIC
CASH DEAL
IS CLOSED
PACIFIC MUTUAL BUILDING is
SOLD FOR $543,O0O
BOUGHT BY PHILIP L. WILSON
FOR INVESTMENT
One of the Best Buildings in Los An-
geIes-New Owner Will Make
Numerous Changes and
improvements

Coming as a challenge to the doubter
and in answer to the call of prosperity
perVading the city of Los Angeles is
the consumma ton yesterday of the sale
of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance
building for a cash consideration of
$543,000. Philip L. Wilson of the Schu
macher-Wilson Realty company is the
purchaser.
This is the largest transaction in Los
Angeles realty this year, and may be
considered as a significant mark divid-
ing the past period of financial strin-
gency and the future of unbounded
prosperity.
basement, with steel frame, concrete
and brick structure, covering the en-
tire lot at the northeast corner of Hill
and Third streets. The lot has a 'front.'
age of lis feet on Third street and 12O
feet on Hill street. The building is
one of the best in Los Angeles, and at
the time it was built was the most
magnificent. Its location at the mouth
OF the Third street tunnel, with the inn
provements now in progress on Hill
street, will make it one of the busiest
corners in the downtown district.
Changes and Improvements
The new owner will make number
of changes and Improvements as soon
as the lower floor is vacated by the
Young Womens Christian association,
which will occur within a short period,
when the association moves to it's
handsome seven-story building immedi-
ately across Hill street.
The deal was made by the Burck-
GWynn company and Mines & Parish,
representing the buyer and seller re-
spectively.
The property has been in the hands
of the Burck-Gwynn company for sale
since the decision of the Pacific Mutual
Life Insurance company to build an
other home office building more suited
to it's needs. This realty firm reports
that a number of handsome offers We're
made the Pacific Mutual to purchase,
none of which were entirely acceptable
on account of the peculiar laws gov
erning the life insurance company,
which necessitated it's declining any
offer except for cash or its equivalent.
Ideal Office Building
The building just sold is one of the
most beautiful in the city, the archi-
lecture and general construction be-
coming in every way an ideal office
building. The last transaction in the
building was shortly after the fire at
San Francisco, when the Pacific Mu-
tual purchased it and moved it's head
quarters to Los Angeles. The lot upon
which the building stands originally
sold for $30,0O0 and is now worth ten
times that amount, it is said.
The life insurance company, with its
enormous volume of business, found
the building inadequate to it's needs as
a home Office, and therefore decided
upon the erection of new building.
which will be ready for occupancy at
the northwest corner of Olive and Sixth
streets by July l. This building will
be one of the most attractive in the
= will h0 q ahCnl1fRlN
fire-proof. contain more underground
fire-proof vaults and storage room
than any other building on the Pacific
coast.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
POMONA ORANGE GROVE
is SOLD FOR S31, 800
RedIands Orange Grove Goes to East
erner for $25, ,ooo-saes of
Ranch and Citrus Fruit
Properties

A twenty-acre orange grove facing
Cucamonga avenue in Pomona, and
known as Thornycroft, was sold by
Mrs. Caroline S. Wood to Ernest
Brooks at reported price of s31, 800.
This years crop of oranges, estimated
at $4,000, was included, also a frame
residence.
Rev. d. H. Gillar of Redlands has
sold to DR.. John S. Marshall of Cleve-
land his sixteer-acre orange place on
Barton avenue at reported price of $25,-
600. A fine residence, first class water
service, including pumping plant, were
in the deal. but this years orange crop
was reserved.
At San Jacinto a Northumberland
ranch west of town was sold by j. b.
Maxwell to E. A. Barrows for $50 per
acre. II. w. Lord bought from Charles
r. Siverts a frame residence and two
and a half acres of land on Montrose
avenue for $500. j. Carmichael sold a
new residence on Fifth street in San
Jaeinto to p. j. Guidinger for $500 cash.
A twenty-aere navel orange grove
near Cucamonga owned by William
Waddell, was reported sold last week to
William oliver of Los Angeles, at $lS,-
600: CITY property figured in the deal.
Ten acres of full bearing navel or
anges near Duarte were traded by H.
r. Smith to Charles Baldwin for his
residence at 705 East Orange Grove
avenue, in Pasadena, the deal repre-
senting values to $4,000.
Among late transactions at Riverside
was the sale of a twenty-acre alfalfa
ranch facing California street extension
bv A. Nixon to John Dillon of Pasa-
dena. The price was $4,000.
At Glendora a ten-acre navel orange
grove was sold by J. FL. Strine to n.
w. Converse at stated price of $500.
The trees are four years old. There are
no buildings, but the buyer will erect
a frame house to cost about $4,000 at an
early date.
bought from Thomas Mckinley a TO-
scre ranch south of Pomona, all grain
land, at reported price of $500 per acre.
and will erect a frame residence and
make the place his home.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
NEW COMMERCIAL HOTEL
WILL COST S250,000
San Diego Residence Sells for $4,000.
Building to Have Costly Improves
ments-Eastern Men Make
Two Purchases
: 4,ecial to The Herald.

s. .,ecial to The Herald
SAN DIEGO, March 21.-One of the
best deals of the week in residence
property was made through the agency
of Mertzmann & Hickey. when the
property at the northwest corner of
Thirteenth and A streets. known as the
Clarke place, was sold to David Adams
for a consideration of $4,000.
improvements on the New York
building, at the northwest corner of
Sixth and D streets, to the value of
$12 900 are we'll under way and 1t is ex-
pected will be completed by April l.
Plans for 200-room commercial hotel
to be built on the north side of the
block bounded by B, Seventh and
Eighth streets, and to represent an in
vestment of approximately $250000,
were discussed by the directors of the
San Diego Consolidated Realty COM
pany at a meeting held last night in
the company's offices in the Union
Building.
Lots G and II, block 1856, Horizons
addition, were sold to Sherwood Wheat
on, a wealthy easterner, who has made
his winter home in San Diego for some
years past, for consideration of $7050.
A modern five-room cottage located
on the southwest corner of Albatross
and Robinson streets was sold to an
easterner whose name has not been
given out, for the sum of $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
EXTENSIVE ACREAGE
SALES AT BEAUMONT

Extensive sales of Beaumont lots
and acreage have been eonsummated
during the past week, the total reach
ing forty-two acres of grape and fruit
and fifteen residence and business lots.
Added stimulus has been given to the
purchase of grape lands south of the
railroad section by the announcements
that the supervisors of Riverside
county have asked the Beaumont Land
and Water company to dedicate land
for a new county road, extending east
and west for nearly three miles
through their property and joinins. on
the east with another road leading to
a famous summer resort in the san
Jacinto mountains called Strawberry
valley.
The company has acceded to the re-
quest of the supervisors, as 1t is theif
fixed aim to aid in every way the
movement that has made RiVerslne
county famous for its highways. Since
this announcement buyers have shown
a preference for the low priced grape
and fruit land in the neighborhood OF
the. proposed road, ranging from $50
to SIPS per acre, whereon water can
be developed by driven and aug wehs
at reasonable depth. Most or the puy
ers are contracting to have their land
planted to trees and vines before the
ink is dry on their deeds and Los an
geles seed houses and nurserynen re-
port heavy demand for thelr STOCKS
from Beaumont.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
PASADENA PALACE MAY
BE SOLD FOR $155,000
Magnificent Home in South Pasadena
Is completed-$25, 900 Bonds Are
Subscribed to Erect Gram
mar School

A report has gained currency that the
w. L. Porterfield property on Washing
ton street, Pasadena, is to be sold. 1t
is said that an eastern millionaire has
offered $155,000 for it, but no transfer
has yet been recorded. The grounds are
$50 feet on washington street and COW
er about seven acres.
A magnificent home has just been
completed in South Pasadena for @.
Lawrence Stimson. 1t Is situated on
Oaklawn park, west of Hotel Raymond,
and was built at cost of $4,000.
South Pasadena has succeeded in
marketing an issue of $25,000 school
bonds through J. II. Adams & Co. OF
Los Angeles. The bonds bear interest
at the rate of Az per cent a year. ma
ture serially during a period of twenty
years. and were taken at a premium OF
$31. The state was bidder for the
issue, its offer being par.
The premium received is inconsequen-
tial, but the fact that the bonds were
able to command any price above par
is encouraging in view of the repeated
unsuccessful attempts to sell them dur
ing the last few months. The sale may
be taken as another straw indicating
steady Improvement In the money mar
ket.
The proceeds OF the bonds will be
used TO erect a grammar school build
ing In the western part Of South Pasa-
dena.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
ACTUAL HOME BUILDERS
BUY ACREAGE NEAR CITY
A. Minck Purchased Five Somerset
Acres on Wednesday and PloWed
and Planted 1t Next
Day

The demand for small farms close i'll
increases daily, the purchases being
made by men who are actual home
builders. In the Somerset Acres sales
are reported to be especially good. In
that section sufficient water for irri-
cation and domestic purposes is given
free, and this fact is, it is said, particu~
larly attractive to the investor.
Emil Firth, the real estate man, says
that he sold five acres on California
street to A. Minck last Wednesday and
that the next day the purchaser was
busy plowing and planting the land to
onions and potatoes.
Firth reports the following sales:
Two acres to Lille Ramsey on
Eucalyptus avenue, south of Center
street, for 5000; two acres to William
Renschen at Railroad and Cornuta ave-
nues, $1,000; one acre to A. d. Sprinkle
on Center avenue, west of Woodruff
avenue, $400; one acre to X. Plepen-
stock on Cornuta avenue. north of Cen
ter street, $3.50; one acre to Mary +.
Woods on Eucalyptus avenue, north of
Railroad avenue, $780, two acres to
Newell G.. Smith on Eucalyptus avenue,
$1,000 one acre to DIR. Ida NJ Wooley on
Cornuta avenue, north of Railroad ave-
nue., $425; one acre to Miss Anna Clith-
eroe, adjoining above, $425; one acre to
Horace G. Alley on Eucalyptus ave-
nue., south of Washington avenue, $4OO;
two acres to o. M. Fee on Cornuta ave-
nue., $3.50; three acres to Award Wynd-
ham at Eucalyptus and Railroad ave-
nues, $500; one acre to Truman b.
Albro, Cornuta and Railroad avenues,
500; lot on First avenue, east of
Mailman avenue, in Crestmont tract,
to A. E. Totten for $780, on which the
purchaser is erecting a two-story resi-
dence aS bungalow on Pacific avenue,
west of Vermont avenue, in Sunnyside
Park addition, for $500 to Jennie M. Ell
liott; half acre lot on Long Beach
boulevard to D. r. Jones, $780, half acre
on Pine avenue in the Belle Vernon
tract to the same purchaser, 1915; half
acre on Euclid avenue, east of Long
Beach boulevard, to H, A. Bond, $3.50;
one acre on Burton avenue to Robert
Sherwood, 500; a 50-foot lot on Madi-
son avenue in the Figueroa Boulevard
tract to Miss Alice Rodtke, 5000; fifty
feet on the same street, between F1gue-
roa boulevard and Hoover street, to
Miss Therese Loeschke, $500, and vari-
Gus other miscellaneous sales,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
ORANGE GROVE TRACT
ACRES SELL FOR $1,000
Oak Street Property Is Sold for Four
Thousand DoIlars--House and
Lot on Fifth Avenue
for $65o0

Harbert & Butterworth have sold to
e. nj. Wattron for James Deal, in their
San Gabriel Orange Grove tract, two
and a half acres on the corner of lei
Canine Real and San Marco street,
the property being improved with
two-story house. The consideration
was $6000
The same firm has sold for Nellie
Johnston to DR.. John Wenner of Mu-
rietta Hot Springs property at 1914
Oak street, the lot being 40x14O feet
with a six-room modern house, for
$4,000 This was considered big bar
gain.
Harbert & Butterworth have sold to
Mr.. Hildesheim the two-story house OF
nine rooms, lot 50x150 feet, at 1888 Fifth
avenue. The house has an east 'front.'
age. The cost was $6500.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
S OF THE REAL ESTATE WORLD
ARCADIA is ATTRACTING
NUMEROUS PURCHASERS

Arcadia is attracting many purchas-
ers and the popular community is set
ting rapidly.
The Mccarthy company reports sales
of three lots in it's new Orange Grove
tact at Arcadia as follows: Benjamin
Sutton, lot 10, block 2, size 50x134 feet,
price $500; Julia M. Pendleton, south
half lot 13, block 8, size 50x100 feet
price $500; also in it's Greater Los An
geles tract to E. E. Keeler, lot As, block
4, on Sixty-seventh street between
Main and San Pedro streets, size 40X
1885 feet for $500; house and lot a. block
G on Sixty seventh street near South
Park avenue to r. Kingsbury for $2500
In their Orange Grove tract this
company has sold to Frederick Cop
sius lot %, block 8, size 50x12S feet,
for 1915
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

1856 more, and when the doors are raised,
throwing the corridors into the assem-
bly,, room is provided for 9S5 people.
The floor of the central class room
at the rear will be raised to a level
with the stage in the assembly hall and
separated from the assembly by large
we'll deafened door which may be
raised, thus converting the entire class
room into a stage.
The basement will contain two class
rooms, gymnasium, sewing, manual
training, domestic science, dining,
lunch, teachers rest, janitor's, furnace
and fuel, bicycle and toilet rooms.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
To Build Reservoir

John D. Clark the cement contractor,
has commenced work on the construc-
ton of a storage reservoir on the j. w.
Calkins ranch at Sespe, Ventura county.
1t will be constructed of cement and
hold 100000 gallons. About 700 bar
rels of cement will be used for the pur-
rose. ]. Harrison Lull is manager of
the irrigation system.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
TWO BIG TRACTS ARE
SOLD FOR $4,000

Two big deals in acreage were made
last week by j. w. Woodwork q Son
of Pasadena.
One of them involves the transfer OF
900 acres of the property known as the
Films place for $25,000, and the other
was the sale to J. Frank Jackson and
L. B. Youde of the Wallace property
of SO 1~3 acres for $4,000. The Elms
property is at the north end of Fair
oaks avenue i'm one of the most slightly
sections north of Pasadena. The Wall
lace property adjoins that purchased by
Ware
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
Changes Library Plans

Changes are being made by Architect
Burnham at Long Beach on the plans
for the Carnegie library that is to be
built in Pacific park The suggestions
of the library board were brought out
by the fact that Carnegie's representa-
tive insisted on certain exterior plans,
The board will probably advertise for
bids In A April.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
MODEL DESIGN OF
PUBLIC SCHOOL
UPLAND STRUCTURE TO SAFE
GUARD PUPILS
Building to Be Erected for $4,000
viii Eliminate Many Death
Traps In Case of
Fire

Plans and specifications have just
been completed by Architect A. c.
Smith of this city for a magnificent
public school building to be built at
Upland, San Bernardino county, at a
cost of s3S, 900. The work of erection,
which is to commence Immediately,
will be done under the architects direct
supervision. A site has been secured
in the northern part of the city of Up
land, and comprises five acres.
The building will be about las feet
square and will contain ten class rooms
on the main floor and two in the base
ment, with a combined seating capacity
of 700 pupils.
A novel plan has been followed by
the architect in spreading a school
building of this size over the ground
in one floor and basement, instead of
carrying it to two stories. 1t can be
readily seen that this is an excellent
idea, eliminating many tiresome steps
and. above all, making safe exits in
case of fire.
The foundation is to be of concrete
and the basement walls up to the
water table are to be built of selected
cobblestones laid up in colored cement
mortar and tuck pointed. The water
table, base of pilasters, window sills
and caps are shown in artificial stone.
The walls of the main story will be
of blue brick laid in black mortar; the
cornices are galvanized iron and the
roof covered with composition roofing.
The interior will be plastered with
hard wall plaster and the finish for the
front entrance, assembly hall. halls,
offices and library will be selected slash
grained Oregon pine, and all other fin
ish of vertical grained Oregon pine.
The principals office, private offices,
library and assembly hall will be on
the main floor, with wide and con-
veniently arranged corridors connecting
main front and two rear entrances.
Lighted from Above
The assembly hall will be located in
the central part of the building and
well lighted from above. 1t is separ-
ated from the corridors by large sliding
doors which slide up. When closed the
assembly has seating capacity of 400
l. &c.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
ro RuIId at Ocean Park

At Ocean Park two frame residences
are to be erected on Ocean Front near
Zephyr avenue by A. d. Moss, who re-
Gently moved there from Old Orchard
Beach, Me. Moss is a railroad presi-
dent.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
MANY WILL ATTEND
BIG CONVENTION
LOS ANGELES MAN TO PRESENT
LEADING QUESTION
State Realty Federation at Sacra-
mento to Frame Bill to Punish
Fake Real Estate
Dealers

Los Angeles will be to the fore at the
convention of the State Realty fedora
ton at Sacramento next month, as
probably the most important topic on
the program will be presented by a
most efficient official of this city. Pros
ecuting City Attorney e. j. Fleming
has promised to prepare and present to
the convention bill designed. to pro-
vide adequate punishment for takers
and fraudulent agents and dealers IN
real estate, whose nefarious schemes
for deluding the unwary and inexperi-
enced land buyer are giving the city
unenviable notoriety and rejecting to
some extent upon the real estate busi-
ness.
The realty board has emphatically in
dorsed Fleming's proposition, and its
secretary, Herbert Burdett, who is also
executive secretary of the state organ
ization, is devoting considerable effort
and time to investigation of some OF
the more daring and conspicuous Of
tenders, but finds it almost impossible
under the present criminal law, to stop
the practices.
Proposed Amendment
Former State Senator II. S. G. Nc
Cartney is another local man who has
promised to attend the convention and
explain the proposed amendment TO the
state constitution, to be submitted to
popular vote next November, which
proposes to place the brden of state
taxation wholly upon the public utility
corporations, relieving them, however,
of local taxation. Prof. Carl Plehn of
Berkeley will be invited also to discuss
the same subject he being chairman of
the commission on revenue and taxa
tion, of which Mccartney is member.
1t is believed that there will be a
sufficient number of delegates to the
convention from Southern California
to warrant the chartering of a special
car, and the members of the federation
in Pasadena, Riverside, San Diego,
Hemet, Long Beach, Santa Barbara
and other nearby cities have been asked
to join the Los Angeles board in the
excursion, which is proposed to leave
Wednesday evening, April Is, arriving
at Sacramento in time for the opening
of the convention, and returning on the
following Sunday, in time to partici-
pate in the welcome to the battleship
fleet.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
PAYS S2O8,0o0 FOR
BIG ORANGE RANCH
LARGEST DEAL IN HISTORY OF
ORANGE INDUSTRY
Redlands Men Acquire Control of
Whittier Ranch at Mound City
Which Produces $4,000
Year

A big orange ranch of 200 acres at
Mound City belonging to w. F. Whit
tier has been sold to A. G. Denman and
A. G. Denman Jr. of Redlands. On the
property and included in the deal are
two packing houses and full water
rights. The price reported is about
$20S. 900.
This ranch has been on the market
for several months, but the owner re-
fused to sell it except in one piece.
Several offers were made during the
past few days.
All the property is not planted to or
anges. There are 165 acres bearing
navels, sweets, Valencia lates and ST.
Michaels. The remainder is taken up
in the packing houses and in vacant
land. There are full water rights, 208
class A of Bear Valley Water COM
panys certificates and POI shares in the
Bear Valley Water and Pipe line stock.
This ranch has been listed at $1,000
an acre for the orange producing land,
making $1S8,000, the packing houses,
other improvements and the vacant
land taking up the remainder of the
value
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

The beautiful nreproof HOTEL
GREE, in Pasadena is worthy OF q
visit
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
Produces Twenty Per Cent

1t is said that this is probably the
largest deal in the history of the or
ange industry in California. The ranch
has been producing on the basis of
something like 20 per cent of it's value,
or about $4,000 year.
w. j. Melville has purchased the e.
Fl. James orange grove at Bryn Mawr.
The property comprises ten acres and
the trees are ten years old. The con-
sideration is understood to be about
$40, 1000. Mr.. Melville has already be-
gun to build home on the place. This
structure will cost about $4,000. This
is the third grove he has bought this
year.