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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-19

RWAILES idea that the League of Nations a fire de-
M partment is good. In the recent big fire the United
States lost 81 900 Gin batle and the financial
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-19

The Portland chief police say that short skirts etc. make
women vamph But Cleopatra long skirt and she was
1,ckoned as considerable Of vamp in her day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-19

If Major Whittlesey talks like he fought he will max
I, kp notice
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-19

RwAIES idea that the League of Nations is fire de-
MI partment is good In the big fire the United
AVA States lost 81 900 Gin batte) and the financial
cost % billions Governor Cox favors averng such das
efs the future by uniting with world fire department Mr.
Harding opposes the plan and favors relying the justice of
he peace another fire should get started That's the
nutshell. If the Harding logic is sound PendletOn
property mistaken in wanting better fire truck
All we need is fireman's helmet for Joe Parkes
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Louis Seibod of the counys foremost journalists says
prominent Harding official at PEORIA Ill., told him that
Illinois $360000 being expended keeping the col
ored solid for Harding and Coolidge The writer
ports Tennessee and Kentucky Harding workers
promising patronage social recognition at the white house
their campaign for coored votes that the way to conduct
an America First" campaign for the presidency?
Mt Miller is not professional eocuonist but he is SIM
cea minded intelligent speaker who will talk fairly and insult
no one will be worth while to hear him tonight at the Ar
cade.
The suggestion for from Helix to Waua sort
of Walula highway needed is sound Such road would be
Of benefit Umata county and to Eastern Oregon and
the would be light compared with the proposal for high
way from Umatia to Wallula.
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The Portland chief police say that short skirts etc. make
women vampsh But Cleopatra long skirt and she was
1,ckoned as considerable Of vamp in her day.
~~~~~~~~e~~~~~~~~
Major Whittesley talks like he fought he will make them
tke notice
Womans rosy complexion S750000000 during the past
year asserted figures available what costs men
shave but they have spent billion cigarettes ana c
fars which OF course are necessities.
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LITTLE CHANCE OF
BIG BREAK IN RENTS
Realtors Declare Price Cutting
Movement Merely Applies
to Small Suites.

There was much disquietude among
owners Of residential property last week
when word went forth that c. T. Silver.
exporter Of automobiles and owner OF
several small apartment houses. had re-
duced the rents in some OF these houses
from 25 to 80 per cent. Fhe first inti-
nation OF Mr.. Silver's decision was given
In an advertisement published In THE
NEW York HERALD last Tuesday Mr..
Silver followed the advertisement with
at 100 West Fifty-seventh street which
contains suites OF two rooms and bath.
was five-sixths empty.
Mr.. Silver declared that other prop
erty owners are In a similar fix and
will be obliged TO follow the price cutting
lead set by automobile manufacturers
and makers OF other commodities. His
view. however. was not shared by real
estate men who are In close touch with
renting conditions. They warned the
tenant against taking too much comfort
from Mr. Sllver's action. declaring posi-
lively that there will be- no immediate
rift IN the era OF high rents OF actual
housekeeping apartments.
The realtors pointed out that there
has been n decided overproduction OF
the type of non -housekeeping apartment
contained IN Mr.. Silver's property on
West F1fty-seventh street When He
housing congestion was at Its worst
and tenants were frantically accepting
anything that offered a prospect Of pro-
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lection from the elements few shrewd
builders began converting old apart
ment houses and dwellings into small
suites as rapidly as labor conditions
would permit. Their Investments yielded
profits far beyond their own expecta-
lions, and the golden flood continued
until the general public became aware
that this form of housing yielded the
quickest and most lucrative returns.
Then property owners all over town be-
gan transforming their houses into hives
Of small apartments.
Douglas L. Gilman, who handles
many high class apartments, declared
yesterday that the rent cutting move
ment will not extend beyond the sphere
of the small apartment. There Is OF
course, he said, a natural shading Off OF
rental prices at this time Of the year.
But on this particular occasion. he
added. Il will be checked by the demand
for housing, which still exists and will
continue until the congestion in medium
priced apartments has been offset.
Mr. Gilman admitted that there are
many vacancies to-day in high class
apartment houses, but he added that no
single owner has so many OF these
vacancies as to Brighten him into re-
ducins rents materially.
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WILL SELL All LOTS
NEAR YONKERS LINE
B. L. Kennedy Offers Sites in
LOwerre Summit Park
on November II.

Bryan L. Kennedy has been au-
thorized by the Gardens Residence Cor
poraton to sell All home sites at
Lowerre Summit Park at an absolute
auction without reserve to the highest
bidders on Wednesday. November II.
In the Vesey street Real Estate Ex-
change
Situated just north Of Van Cortlandt
Park and just over the city line ID
Lowerre Summit Park. a section Of at
tractivs rolling country, laid out in wind
ing roads with fine old trees. making an
ideal setting for any type OF dwelling.
Lowerre Summit Park Is situated
upon O ridge, which attains an approxi-
mate elevation OF 800 feet above the
Hudson River. which Il overlooks on one
side and commands n view OF Tibbetts
Valley on the other. u is served By
two railroad stations on the property
and Is within easy walking distance TO
the Van cortlandt Park Subway station
al 242d street and Broadway.
The property TO be sold is surrounded
by houses of the better type. both aA
10 architecture and cost In the mids,
OF this property there are at least fifty
attractive brick and stone dwellings OF
moderate cost, enhanced by their set
ting among beautiful trees
AS the population OF New York Is In
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at Scarsdale. y. Y. Ghs charming stucco
dwelling. which In the main favors the
Spanish mission type. includes a number
OF architectural details suggestive of the
English country house, such. for ex-
ample, as the easement windows with the
Tudor arch. the diamond PANIED upper
ssshes in the shallow bays. and the
elliptical eyebrows that break the
brown stained shingled roof. Being
square, it was necessary TO secure the
additional room by charging the
ground plan rather than building on
another story, which would have de-
stroyed the proportions. And since Mr..
Lansburgh's house occupies a plot Of
some three or four acres this seemed the
only logical thing to do.
So Mr.. Lang, taking the original de-
sign as a unit. built on a new dining
room 5 by IS to- the left OF the main hall,
which opens straight through the house.
adjoining the library, with a buffers
pantry and service portion at the back.
The latter extends some nine feet beyond
the wall of the main part Of the house,
making room for a servants porch. Off
the dining room was built a charming
breakfast room. nearly II by II feet In
size, with a hexagonal bay filled In with
basement windows that open full length
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TRACTION LANDMARKS
TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION

Tho car barn properties OF the inso
vent New York Railways Company. ,c
Fourth and Lexington avenues betwee
Thirty-sccond and Thirty-third stree
and on the west side OF Madison avenu
between Elghty-fifth and Eighty-s ixtl
streets, will be sold Mt auction on the
steps of the New York County Court
House by Joseph p. Day on Tuesday
November Q. 81
Other properties Included In the sale
are 4o5 10 4i5id East Tenth street. 704
to us East Eleventh street. together
with 2 Dry Dock street. consisting OF
buildings OF various sizes. on a plot i25x
7Si75xa4.exSfx22.1x irregular. with
Immediate possession. An interesting
Offering In the downtown section Is that
Of the three story warehouse, e5x1O5x
Irregular. at 10 and IT Front street,
which II 70 be cold. with immediate
possession.
Chance 20 Buy Two Family Houses
An unusual opportunity for the honne-
seeker and Investor will be given at
the auction sale of twelve two family
houses in the Bay Ridge and Borough
Park section of Brooklyn TO be held by
Mr.. Day on November Il in the Brook
Ign Exchange. The houses are on the
south side OF F'ifty-thrd street between
Eleventh and Twelfth avenues, and have
recently been completed. They are near
the Ffftieth street station of the West
End subway line and near schools aud
churches. Each apartment on tho upper
floor has a separate entrance. The
houses are modern In every respect
with separate shower baths. steam heat
and hot water supply. The lots are
256xl0o.ls and the houses are brick and
stucco. Tho front porches are glass
enclosed.
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN.

Price recession on commodities OF
which there has been surplus owing
10 curtailed buying has caused a tempo
rary lull in the buying OF houses In the
suburban field. Persons living m un-
satisfactory city quarters and crying out
against high rents have postponed buy
Ing their home TO some extent because OK
the expectation that the prices Of houses
will soon take big drop. II would re-
quire considerable space TO explain 90
this class that they will undoubtedly be
disappointed In respect to the looked for
fall In prices. Meanwhile these pr0cras-
tinators wilt be paying top notch rent
rates. unmindfui OF the fact that whero-
as real estate was almost tho last TO
yield to the upward trend OF prices T.
probably will be the last 10 succumb 20
the downward trend.
The house shown In the accompanying
picture is situated In thriving and
progressive community. thirty minutes
from Broadway. Manhattan. The COM
munlty Is served by two railroads. and
street CIR line runs four blocks from the
Mouse There are also graded schools
and n high school near by. The town IN
noted for lts trees, giving Il COM
munlty scenery seldom equalled In this
section OF the country. The location Is
on high ground.
This house, like others similar TO II
in tho Same development, Ia on n plot
toxion The house contains six rooms
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to the sun and light and air. The new wing
Is balanced at the other end by loggia
11x30 feet, extending the width of the
living room and opening from 1t.
The arrangement of the sleeping floor
remains much the same. except. for
sleeping porch over the loggia ard addi-
tionaf bedchamber and baths, of which
there. are Ave OF the former and three
OF the latter.
The house. originally butt of hollow
tile, succeed. retains much he sam,
appearance despite the increased ac-
commentators supplied. AS 1t Is to-day.
the main entrance, though trifie. OF
centre. is balanced by the extensions, and
the window grouping forms particu-
lsrly pleasing exterior treatment The
roof was raised bit to allow OF a Sec
ond dormer eyebrow being inserted. a
touch of yellow was added to the stuccc
to give a soft warm tone. and the roof
stained brown to harmonize.
Adding materially to the appearance
OF the house Is the planting. consisting
OF tall spike shaped spruce trees and low
bushes OF cedar and box trimmed in
conical style And while the house
itself Is not heavily shaded. the estate
boasts Of great arboreal beauty.
An open air breakfast room Is uni
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-31
ARCHITECTS COMMEND
NEW APARTMENT HOUSE

A six story apartment house is near
ing completion at the southwest corner
of Amsterdam avenue and 10th street
which has been inspected by a commit
tee OF the American Institute Of Ar
chitects and pronounced one OF the
most advanced OF its type In New York
city. 1t was designed by George r,
Pelham. architect. and Is owned by the
SO Amsterdam Avenue Company, Albert
Sokolski president
The floors are laid out In three. four
and five room apartments. with rooms
averaging l5x21 feet. The windows are
six Inches higher ihen the legal recuia-
tons require and the ceilings also are
in excess OF the laws requirements 81
nine feet. being ten feet TWO inches,
this height being adopted 10 increase
ventilation.
All walls and floors are soundproof. a
feature heretofore employed only In the
construction of the costlier typo of
apartments. such as characterize the
development OF Park and West Epd
avenues.
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yersally appealing. and in this case u
has been made particularly attractive
and livable. although not great sum
was spent on It's treatment. The floor
is covered with black and white linoleum
In semblance of marble. Tho walls are
natural finish and the trim a soft Colo
NAL buff. The breakfast table and
chairs are also painted buff with narrow
lines OF green and a bunch OF bright
flowers, on the seat. The circular table
TOP beneath the glass cover is decorated
with a border OF gay blossoms, and
sprays OF yellow forsythia filled the
blue glass bowl when the photograph IN
the illustration was taken. Looking
through the easement windows into the
English park surrounding the house pro-
v.des an unsurpassed view. and together
with the al fresco atmosphere OF the
cool, artistic interior forms refreshing
and unusual environment for the hrst
meal of the day. y morning grouch
under such conditions would be crime
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BRIDGEPORT0S WAR TIME
HOUSES TO BE SOLD

A 500 foot block Of dormitor1es and
404 single and muiti-family houses
erected during the TO house the
munition workers In the Remington
Arms Company war plant. In East
Bridgeport. Conn. will be sold at public
auction for the East End Realty Com
pany by Joseph p. Dag on Saturday.
November 81 The majority Of the bull l.
inSs have slate or tile roofs and are In
prime condition.
These houses arc near the great war
plant OF the Remington company and
are within two miles OF the heart OF
Bridgeport Several trolley lines ruin
through the district The big war plant
was sold this year by Mr.. Day to the
General Electric Company.
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creasing at the rate of 100000 a year
and about $4,000 are crowded out OF
Manhattan each year 70 make room for
business Lowerre Summit Park offers a
solution to those contemplating building
home most accessible to New York.
There Is certain TO be the greatest build
ing boom in history.
This will create demand for lots
and will greatly increase the price OF
these choice home sites. Lots are cheap
to-day. Just as houses were cheap three
or four years ago. and people who
bought houses a few years ago can sell
to-day a substantial profit. Those who
-buy-lets now win seil ina year or two
at. a profit
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or suite. Directions are given the MEM
bers of own your own room clubs on
the refinishing of furniture, redecorating
OF walls. the making Of draperies and
instruction on what constitutes good
lines in furniture. what kind of rug to
buy OF make and what Is most salts
factory in wall coverings.
Realty Bank Aids Home Builders.
Real estate men of Boston have
worked out what they believe to be a
practical solution Of the housing prob
lem for Boston and it's suburbs. Their
plan Is to have persons needing houses
build and own their homes. and in this
the effort of the Real Estate Cooperative
Bank. owned and operated by the real
estate interests Of Boston. will help
families to finance such an undertaking.
For a long time there has been the
greatest difficulty In obtaining loans for
home building purposes. as savings
banks and trust companies OF Boston
have been as shy about advancing money
for this work as New York institutions.
The Real Estate Cooperative Bank Of
Boston plans to remedy this condition.
None Of the officers OF the real estate
bank receives any salary or emolument
of any kind for lbs, work IN this connec-
ton, and the officers and directors are
all members OF the Boston Real Estate
Exchange, which organized and spon-
sored the new institution.
Portland Rent Committee Quits.
I Claiming that without legal power Il
cannot obtain satisfactory results. the
rental investigation committee OF Port
land, Ore. appointed some months ago
by Mayor Baker to try to adjust rents In
apartment properties. has asked to be
relieved OF its duties. The report to the
Mayor requested thnt the committee be
discharged because Of It's inability TO re-
iicve the high rent situation. Mayor
Baker has agreed to discharge the COM
mittee and plans TO take UP q new line
OF attack on the rent problem
Oh, Those Lucky Mexfcans!
Notwithstanding that Little Mexico
Tamplco, has increased its population by
at least 1000 within the last three
weeks. Mexican families are said to BIZ
| able to obtain quarters at rentals as low
as so cents a month. The newcomer:
are Mexican laborers. who have beer
working. during the summer and ar,
moving to Tampico TO take up their win
ter quarters. The situation has reached
point where there are more Mexican,
| than Jobs. Tho Mexicans' mode of liv
| ing enable them TO pass through tho
| winter on the money they saved from
| their summer wages. a house In Littl,
| Mexico costs practically nothing as ten
ants club together In paying their ex
| penees.
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HARRIET sIssoN GILLESPIE.

britain fascination always attends
Iteration OF an old house, for the
brk is Invariably in the nature of an
pertinent, and while II would be con-
|lry to human nature not to indulge In
kasant and anticipatory speculation as
the result the house Is frequently
piled in the process.
So many things enter into the opera
n that nine times out of ten the al
alton proves disappointment rather
hn a delight. 1t may come about
Tough the failure of the architect to
|ccessfuily visualize the ideas Of the
fner, or 1t may be he was so hedSed
but with restrictions that the result
doomed to disappointment from the
rt. Then. too. while house of the
ttage type might have gables and
|ngs added with picturesque effect and
Rn an elaborate dwelling of distinctive
|Eign might be successfully altered. a
|ise in which the original unit Is un-
'nprcmisinsly square offers unimagi-
bile difficulties to the architect who
bays the task.
All the more credit, therefore. is due
gene J. Lang for the interesting trans
tmetion of Percy Lansburgh's home
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and Is substantially built OF seasoned
lumber Tho arrangement is both coy
and artistic. Tho other houses In the
development vary 10 pleasing degree
In architectural design and outside
treatment.
Inside. the finish IL In chestnut trim
with double oak floors. The large
porchss are available for use IA extra
rooms IN the summer season and may
bt closed IN with glass In the winter In
such a way as 70 provide permanent
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SECOND FLOOR Plan

sleeping quarters. The bathroom Is ex-
ceptionaliy large and the house II fitted
with large number Adeep closets.
The dining room has n beamed ceiling
with Dutch shelves This finish eno
prevails In the living room and library.
The house Is lighted by electricity and
has gas service also. The heating plant
Is steam. The cellar is high, and there
fore dry. The laundry tubs are IN the
basement. -------..-- -------. o. --
Tho architect ard builder have s'riven
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bronx transactions.

Rilpat-ick & White sold for Lawrence
Davies s0i East, Fordhar1 road. 6oxt5S.
with a one family dwelling. TTrS prom
erty will be improved with tvso. story
business Building a.
r. Osborne Smith, Inc, sold for J.
Cohen tho dwelling 80 East i7Tth street
70 Nathan Suchman.
Bennett e S@xelstein sold for the
Brook Avenue Reel Estate Corporation
the nat at 1918 Brook avenue. toxi0o.
The new owner will add stories to tho
building -
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George +. Read & Co. resold for Anna
Blum the six story loft at 1855 Franklin
street. adjoining Greenwich street,
2ox7O. to the Nucoa Butter Company.
which will occupy. The property was
owned for many years by the Dimick
estate. who sold 1t TO Frederick Brown
through Read q Co. Mr.. Brown resold
IL "a few days ago. ~ r rtc
" Harry levy. sold to the tenant for
Reader & Solomon the four story loft
at 1863 Reade street 2o.6xi9. I'D, --
The World Wet Wash Laundry Com
pany bought from the 71i717 East
Eleventh Street Realty Company the
three story front and FIVE story rear
building at 227-229 Mulberry street.
50x10o.
Actor Sells West side House.
The five story residence OF Wilton
Lackaye, the actor. at 2s1 West Nine
tieth street has been sold. The prop
erty occupies lot 17x10o Frank c.
,Haubert OF the orfice of c. II. vogler
was the broker.
VIII Build standard Oil Building.
C. TT Wills. inc, has been awarded
the general contract for the twenty-four
Story brick, limestone and terra Gotta
office building. 1s2xt59. TO be erected at
500 Broadway, 1875 New street and
Ia Beaver street for the Standard Oil
Company Carrere a. Hastings prepared
the plans and estimate the cost at So
800 900. Jarrett & Chambers have. the
contract for foundation work d"
Plans Penn Zone Improvement
Asa site for six story loft building
with stores and showrooms, Max Cod
has leased from Robert e. Simon The
old buildings. on plot 75x100. at i27 TO
1871 West Thirty-third street. The lessee
intends 20 dernolish the present build
,ngs and to start construction work i'm
| med.ately The deal was consummated
through Feinbers s Refs W,
/ fn.the. Dwelling Markets.
J. :. Maxwell sold for Banton Moore
the three story dwelling at 6i7 West
,ssth street. i5xlo0.
Isabelle @. Torrens sold 20 Salvatore
Arcidiacano the thres story dwelling at
AS Pleasant avenue. i5xi0o.
4 Anna A. 81. Dennerlein. OF VT Risco.
! sold TO Harriet r. Jarvis the Three
story dwelling at sis East io6th street.
jg5xf00.
George r. Archer. the tenant. bought
from Ida Grant the four story dwelling
az so7 west Eighty-second street.
20x1o22.
Anna x Hays resold 70 Elena Rionda
the four story dwelling at 454 West 1921
street. ISx1oo
r,william T. Norton sold 70 Katharins
T. Brown the four story dwelling ar-slo
West. iJ9th street. l5r100 -,
/, urist & Herrick sold for the Doris
DsfJen estate 20 a client OF II Teifair
Smith: the three story dwelling at 70
Perry Street Extensive alterations and
improvements into apartments will be
made.
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COT TASt. ON PLOT
5Ox 100. PRICE: $4,000.

b. construct the houses compacty to
conserve heat. The communication Ia low
and tho price OF the houses Is reason
able. making the buying proposition one
that appeals TO the thrifty.
As the majority OF buyers arc inter
ested in making cohparisons between
the rent they have been accustomed to
pay and the overhead" or carrying
charges" OF the property they elect TO
purchase. the following tables will DO OF
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Total !. ................. tSb.9O
Readers desiring further Information
as 20 location or details OF the house
ara invited 10 communicate by letter
with the Real Estate Editor OF THE
Nrw YoSK Imam