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A Million Dollar Corporation
The Grants Pass & Rogue River Railroad
Company, a $1,000,000 corporation, is building
thirty miles of standard gauge railroad, connect
ing with the Southern Pacific main line at
Grants Pass, Oregon, extending southeasterly
across the Rogue River Valley, thence crossing
the Applegate Valley, and bisecting the Will
iams River Valley.
The Land Company of Rogue River is the
Land Department of the Grants Pass & Rogue
River Railroad Company. This Company owns
large acreage of the best fruit and farming lands
along the line of this railroad, which it is now
selling at wholesale prices.
"We now offer to you the unusual opportunity
of buying lands at strictly wholesale prices, in
the most favored deciduous fruit district in
America, where values will treble and quadruple
upon completion of this railroad.
This is not a new country; it is not a raw coun
try; it is the most beautiful and productive part
of the 'State of Oregon. The valleys along the
Rogue River and its tributaries, the Applegate
and "Williams Rivers, have long been settled; as
early as '49 it was a great country where some of
the most successful placer mines of the West
were then being worked. From this it has grown
into a dairy and livestock country, and is today
rated as one of the best dairying districts in Ore
gon. The advent of the railroad will instantly
change this into a commercial orchard and in
tensive farming district unsurpassed anywhere
on the Pacific Coast.
Apple Is King
The Oregon Apple is now King of the decid
uous fruit world. The country bi-sected by this
railroad is as good as the best Apple land in the
State of Oregon, and is surrounded by the fa
mous Apple growing districts at Ashland,
Grants Pas3 and Medf ord, the latter point hav
ing taken sweepstakes prizes at the Spokane Na
tional Apple Show in 1910. These valleys have
the same identical conditions as to climate, ele
vation, soil fertility, and all the other attributes
that have made this world-famous fruit belt.
Being in the heart of the Siskiyou Mountains
and near the dividing line between Oregon and
California, with an elevation of 1,000 to 2,000
feet and a few miles from the Pacific Coast, it
has the softening influence of the Japanese Cur
rent and the humid atmosphere requisite to the
best fruit culture; it escapes the intense heat of
a California Summer and the incessant rains of
an Oregon Winter, and is unquestionably the fin
est all-year-round climate in the north temperate
zone.
Business Opportunities
Aside from its largr land holdings, this com
pany offers exceptional business opportunities
to the Capitalist, the Banker, the Merchant,
the Manufacturer, the Laborer and .the
Home Builder in the Townsites along
its right of way, which for many years
has been the main- avenue of traffic for
logging and lumber teams, mineral teams and
the haulage of the products of the farms and
dairies.
These Townsites will develop with wonderful
rapidity, and supply a country already fairly
well settled.
Mines and Timber
Surrounding these Townsites are billions of
feet of the finest Oregon Fir and Sugar Pine
yet untouched. Mines that for many years have
worked with light machinery for the reduction
of their ores for team haulage, will soon be de
veloped to a commercial basis, and thousands of
tons of ore now lying on top of the ground will
be accessible to railroad transportation.
We are not inviting you to go to Alaska, Al
berta or the arid. lands of some of our inter
mountain States to carve out and build an em
pire by hand, but to a beautiful country with a
salubrious cDinate, fine alluvial soil, vast timber
and mineral resources in the mountains that
rise on all sides, many beautiful streams with ,
almost unlimited water powers, and a whole
souled, hospitable people eagerly awaiting the
coming of transportation and industrial develop
ment. We invite you into a country close to the
great trunk line of the Southern Pacific Railway,
the main North and South artery of travel be
tween Seattle, Portland and San Francisco,
"The Road of a Thousand Wonders."
Capital and Energy Needed
All this section needs is capital and energy.
To such the reward is more prolific here tha.n
anywhere else in the world. To the man with
big money or little money, to the man who wants
to start a Bank, a Factory or Store,, to the man
who wants a thousand acres, or a ten-acre fruit
farm, we say to you, we are here with the goods,
at a price and under conditions that spell PROF
IT. Extraordinary, Unusual PROFIT. .You
will never have as good an opportunity as you
have right now to get into this country on the
ground floor; our holdings will soon be sold to
sub-dividers, or investors, and every foot of land
in this country will rapidly advance in price.
We have no time for the idle inquiry, but to
the man who means business, the man who wants
to get in on the ground floor, while it J.asts, we
will do everything possible to present a clean, in
telligent understanding of the facts.
AH applications for land or townsite property, or in ref
erence to agencies should be made to the Land Department,
No. 407-409 Spalding Building; Office Hours: 8:30 to 5:30.
If yon are in the market for a farm, a business location,
city lots or acre tracts, also those -who are interested in se
curing an agency or position as salesman for the Company's
properties along this new line of railway, fill out accom
panying coupon and mail to or call at 407 Spalding Building,
Portland, Oregon.
GRANTS PASS & ROGUE RIVER RAILROAD CO.
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Graoits Pass sk Rogue River Malfcoad Co,
40S-410 Spalding Building, Portland, Oregon
RAILROAD HELPS LAND
MOOT l(OOI x:itiuc I-IXE
ADDS TO KEALTY VALVES.
"ro-rwrt That Tralna Will Soon IV)
Manning A rou es Intern and
Mlmalatr lrl.
Prospect that train will b running
over tie Blount Hood Electric Railroad
two has stimulated Interest In ral
ratal In East Mulnomih County and
Increased the value of land. Whipple
Bros, have platted 1 acres of bench
land overlooking the Ball Run reser
voir and power plant. It also afford
a view of the valley and Mount Hood.
The county road bisects the tract, and
will eooa become the main highway
to the country beyond, making a pic
turesque drtv for auto.
The tract la piatted Into subdivision
of from to acre, and a portion of
the land I now cleared and In culti
vation More than 100 acre lie on a
splendid level bench, with deep soil
free from rock or gravel. Tbe re
mainder Is covered with fir trees, and
will be sold a site for homes. The
elevation la feet, and the land Is
well adapted for raising fruit and gar
den truck.
All along the road to Mount Hood
activity In real estate la noted, and
city resident and newcomers ar
among the most prolific buyers. A
tract known aa the YVaespe bench. ly.
I.-. beyond the Sandy Klver. which waa
sold last year to an Eastern syndicate,
will be occupied this Summer by set
tlers from Minnesota and North Da
kota. These newcomers will have suf
ficient meana to develop extensive or
chard tracts,
1 oUdwlsc Is a liat of recent sales
reported by the Mount Hood Land
Company:
K. n. Reader t A. EgnehL S3 acres at
Cberrrvllle.
Mt. Hood lAnif Comeanr to Bxroir A.
Farlow, of Wallowa. Ur. acres Bear
Dover.
ML Food Land Company to A. vr. Bot
kln. of Portland. Or, fr.Hi acres near Alma
I. T. Kan to r. U Mck. of Minneapolis.
Mtnau. so acres near Ftrwood.
J. T. m.l to H. Kohlrowa S3 acres
In Resaer s Aonltloa te Cherryvllle.
TV. T. Kustrr to W. C. Wheeler, S acres
aeer Banar.
V. B. Tapp to rleorre If. Honey, of Park
River. f. tX. 110 acree aesr Cherryvllla.
Frank A. Cole to a resilient of rertiand.
Or., leu acree east of Marmot.
Oeorye A. Oerry t W. A. Carter, Port
Ian!. Or.. 40 acree near Alma
lira rred Pavte te Vt Hood Land Com
pany, ao -Toa aer ctierrvviiie.
B r Hart te Dorothy K. fVaitoa. 10
acres Bear Dover.
BEACH HOTELS GET HEADY
Preparations Made for Sammer.
" New Cottages for Gearbart.
With fprtng already here and Sum
mer not far away, Portland people who
expect to, lire at the Oregon beaches
this Summer are thinking about their
Summer cottages. Reports from Gear-
hart park Indicate that building has
commenced la good shape and several
new cottages are In tb course of con
struction. Mere than 1 ar to be
erected this Spring.
Weekend excursions In the Winter
months served to attract many persons
to the seaside and the Hotel Oearhart
haa been open continuously. With the
best of prospects for heavy tourist
travel thta Summer effort ar to be
mad to mak the seaside resorts as
attractive aa possible. At Gearbart
th natatorium will be one of the fea
tures and automobtltng. driving and
horseback riding on tha long stretch
of hard, sandy beach will continue
to prove attractive to Portland teople,
as well as strangers from the cities of
tha Northwest who Journey to Seaside,
Oearhart and other resorts along tb
Ore-on co-
MONEY OUTLOOK GOOD
FIXAXCIAL SITUATION" IS USE,
SAYS WILFRED SHORE.
Money Easy In East and. in Europe,
bat Politics Jihonld B
Watched Closely.
That the financial situation gener
ally Is good with nothing unfavorable
apparent In th future. Is the opinion
of Wilfred Shore, of Wilfred Shore at
Co.. representatives of Spencer Trask
aV Co.. New York bankers. Mr. Shore
has Just returned from a trip to vari
ous parts of th Paciflo Northwest and
consider local conditions good.
"Money In th East and In Europe Is
very easy." he said, "compared with
elsjht months ago. and much better
feeling prevails. But while more op
timism Is apparent ther la a very no
ticeable Inclination on the part of
financial Interests to be discriminating
with regard to th character of In
vestments and loans made. Bankers
throughout th country ar watching
the situation more closely than in years
past and this very fact acts aa a strong
support to tbe general financial condi
tion.
"Bankers In th East are open for
desirable Investment. V Ithin the pant
few week we have purchased In behalf
of Spencer Trask at Co. U.EOO.000 of
Tacoma a per cent water- bonds- Dur
ing the last two year thl same firm
Invested close to $6,000,004 cash In bond
Issues pertaining to th Pacific North
west. ITevlous to two years ago mis
firm had never spent a cent here.
"On of th firms In Holland whose
Interests we look after has In the last
It montha Invested 1500.080 In the Pa
cific Northwest. Previously this com
pany had not invested here. At the
present time we have a letter from one
at our foreign clienu a bo baa 100,001)
to invest through us. Just as quick as
we produce the desired outlets.
"These few facts will perhaps tend
to show that the Northwest Is receiv
lng the attention of large financial In
terests. The development of business
fh general along very conservative
lines is noticeable. There is a pro
nouncd tendency toward Investment
rather than speculation, and I think
that this tendency will become even
more apparent.
"Two things which should be care
fully watched are the effect of the Su
preme Court decision In the trust cases
and the political developments of the
coming Fall and next year. It Is al
most Impossible to expect otherwise
than that political matters will be pro
gressive. "Coming In on the train from Idaho
I met crowds of tourists from the East.
All were bound for Portland, and there
was a remarkable appearance of good
will toward this city and faith In its
future. I think at present conditions
here are on a very substantial basis
judging from my observations In other
cities. Portland's impregnable geo
graphical position alone will assure Its
future development."
Cook at TaylorvJteport Sale.
Cook Taylor have sold the west
half of two lota at the northeast cor
ner of East Forty-fourth and Thomp
son streets to J. A- Erlckson for $4000.
This property includes two moaern
residences. The adjoining lot. occupied
by a modern residence, was sold by the
ssme firm to Seth W. Macey for 13500.
In Irvlugton. Roy Weinsteln bought a
house and lot from A. nuisen ror
ixioo. o. H. Bosserman bought two
lota In Rossmere for $1800 as an investment.
J. n. Harlland Bays Home.
T. J. Leonard has closed negotiations
for the sale of his home built on East
Eighteenth street near Thompson to
John B. Havlland for JSOOO. The house
Is a modern eight-room residence and
was bought for a nome. The new own
er ba taken posseasion,
MDSIER LAND PLATTED
TRACT OF 2400 ACRES TO BE
PLANTED TO APPLES.
Orchards to Be Developed and Sold
In Small Pleocs Town Being
Built on Land.
The Rood River Orchard Land Com
pany, which owns $500 acres In the
Hood River and Mosler "districts Is
placing on. the market a tract of 2400
acree of apple land five miles south
east of Mosler. This tract will be
known as the Mosler View Orchards
and will be planted and developed by
the company, which will turn It over to
purchasers at the end of five years,
when the orchards will be self-sustaining.
The soil is a rich, deep, volcanic ash,
which is particularly well adapted for
apple culture. The company has
bought the entire output of one of the
largest nurseries in the Hood River
district. The varieties to be planted
are Tellow Newtowns, Spltsenbergs and
Ortleys with some Arkansas Blacks as
pollenlzers. Three-year-old roots with
one-year-old buds are to be planted.
The company Is starting nurseries of
Its own in tbe Mosler View Orchards
and will have 60,000 trees ready to
plant yearly.
A piece of $0 acres of this tract has
been platted for a townsite. A store
has been opened there, and a hotel and
a number of residences are soon to be
constructed. Roada are being built and
neral improvements are under way, a
force of GO men being employed on the
various operations. The company has
a monthly payroll of $3000 which will
soon be increased.
The company has a capital stock of
$500,000, of which $360,000 Is paid up,
there being SO stockholders. The offi
cers are: President. W. A. Flrebaugh;
secretary- and treasurer, J. H. Devlin;
vice-president and superintendent. .A .
L. Firebaugh; second vice-president, L.
D. Flrebaugh. Devlin & Firebaugh, of
Portland, are th selling agents.
- "There Is every Indication of a large
settlement of Eastern people in Oregon
this vear," said J. H. Devlin yesterday.
"We are receiving constant Inquiries in
our office for apple land. The Com
mercial Club at Hood River has proved
that an Oregon orchard in full bearing
will produce a return of 13 per cent net
on a valuation of $3000 an acre."
SMALL FARMS
are always made profitable by adequate transportation facili
ties. That is what is selling our acre tracts at
NORTH PLAINS
. If you are in search of a few acres where the soil is suitable
for berry or fruit farms we have something to interest you.
North Plains, on the United Railways, 22 miles from Port
land, is the new town that has been selected as the metropolis
of the Tualatin Valley, the richest section of Oregon. We still
have town lots and acre tracts left. Particulars regarding
North Plains at office of
RUTH TRUST COMPANY
235 Stark Street, Corner Second.
Trains leave from in front of our office daily.
Gas and Electric Fixtures
CAJf BE BOUGHT OB"
The H. T. Drennen Lighting Co.
dOft-408 E. BETCUrSIDB ST.
Cheaper Than Any Place in the City
Phone East ltd, B SIS1.
Opes Evenings b T Appointment,
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