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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1912)
iITE SUNDAY OREGON! AN. rOlUXAXD. APRIL 7,1912. 1? SCENERY ALONG AUTO ROUTE NOW BEAUTIFUL Hoed River City and Valley Resident Are Awakening to Splendor of Natural Wonder Lying on Pathway to Tneir Doors. Jt """" ,i;-j..---v - . ' A mv i ,) 1 ; ..si - x : ' i O 7r j&airScaj- ?criJa?s ySzzmmer jYcra r s wa A irr - 1 -4 ft 'I r J4-I I 1 H I- . visit. P1 in I- . "i V - f ; -' ' - " "' ' v . " .. j. , -'- "" " " ... - , - : n i Mf -T-i ' TT r " "" . I 'tlU-r i;-- -r-.t s.-srcs: f- .j -' . -w . v ay Mzanr one. ' J TYPICAL HOMES IN ALAMEDA PARK ALAMEDA PA THE TRACT OF OPPORTUNITY IS AGAIN ON THE MARKET Make Your Rent Pay for a Home In Alameda Park ALAMEDA PARK Is an Ideal home spot for the man of moderate means. The park has a 10-minute car service and is just 18 minutes from the shopping center. The municipal improvements include' gas, water, electricity, seer system, sidewalks and curbs. The entire addi tion will b hard surfaced during the next four months. ALAMEDA PARK Is an ideal setting for the home of the man of wealth. It commands an unexcelled view of the whole city, and as the center of the most exclusive restricted residence section of Portland. Prices range from 30 to 50 per cent lower than in surrounding additions far less desirable. ' Terms, 10 per cent cash and aa low as 1 per eent a month. We Will Help You Finance the Building of Your Home. Come in and Talk It Over With Us. , COLUMBIA TRUST CO., EXCLUSIVE AGENTS Office, 84 Fourth Street, Board of Trade. Tract Office, E. 20th and Mason Streets, at end of Broadway car. Take Alameda car on Broadway line. Private automobile service from office. - iV--v'V- HOOD RIVER. Or.. March 50. (Spe cial.) Cntll this Spring th resi dents of the City of Hood River and the Hood Hirer Valley nerer bare realized fully the beauty of the sce-nery f the proposed route of the Portland Hood IUtt automobile highway and nhat it will mean to the community. The donation of R. Benson, the Inmber tnan. who, by spending tlO.000 on con vict srork. 1I1 clear the way around the hitherto Impassablo barrlT, Shell Kock Mountain, has created an Inter eit and an enthunlasm among Hood River people. Before. It was Dot known mat a passable automobile road ran from Hood Klver to a point bevond Vlen:o. a ltttie station on the O.-W. R. .V., about four miles this side of Sh.-ll Rock. But Ith the discussions that have been aroused by Mr. Benson's donation and the proposal to make the entire distance, between here and Portland passable for vehicles this year, cltl stns have Investigated the proposed route. Seeaery la Beautiful. One who has never bee-n over the route can form but a poor Idea of the cnte crandeur. The traveler will al ways have before his view the Colum bia. In pUret broad. Its waters a. placid on quiet days as those of a lake, and In other spots, where the gorge's sides close In. a rushing fathom-deep mass of turbulent eddies. On the op posite sides can be seen the towering cliffs and the canyons of little streams that find their sources among the mow-capped peaks of Washington. Often the crass on the Oregon side of the river tower above the wayfarer to a helrht. In places, of 100 feet. tcores Df waterfalls along the route splash Ihelr spray on the upturned faces of the traveler. In places the highway. In a gentle accnt. rises several hun dred feet on the side of the gorfc-e. -and views miles In length present them selves up and down the great North western waterway. Passengers on the O.-V. R- Company's trains, who catch but a fleeting glance of the heaped-up won Ura of nature, art delisted by tie. scenes, but the highway over which the Pullman cars and coaches travel never rises to a. level from which the long stretches of the Columbia and the jagged edges of the gorge may be seen. Nor do the passengers have time to grasp comprehensively the beauty of any one scene. To them It la llko look ing at flying series of pictures shown by a movlng-plcture machine. The wayfarer along the highway will have time to make a study of the grandeur be looks upon. Ra ackers t'se Read. Within the past two weeks several Hood River autolsta have traveled In their machines as far as Mitchell'! Point, a spur putting out from the range that borders the Hood River Valley on the west and which rises above the river to a, height of more than 1000 feet. They have found the road fairly good. Indeed, tills high way Is used continuously by ranchers, who have cleared portions of the nar row basin between the Columbia and the cliffs. Homestead settlements may be found dotting the base of the gorge all the way to the east side of Shell Rock. Mitchell's Point forma a kind of a gi gantic stairway of two steps. The road way passes along the bench made by the first, as it rises from the water edge of the river and directly beneath the second, one of the most Imposing spurs along the Columbia. At the sum mit of the roadway here, Juft opposite the entrance of the Little White Sal mon River to the Columbia, on the Washington bank, a splendid pano ramic picture may be had. which opens up more grandly and more gorgeously to the bolder traveler who dares to climb to the top of the second step of the point. The grade leading- down to the water level of the canyon on the west side of Mitchell's Point is rather precipi tous and probably too much for any but high-powered motors. However. It Is proposed to take the. road through what is known as the Post Canyon on the west side of the spur. A road leading np this canyon will connect wltii reads la the Hood Klvtr Valley already built and will carry the auto-i mobile tourist through ttve midst of the orchard belt. flower Are PleatlfaL Beyond Mitchell's Point the roadway Is comparatively level, running for the most of the distance to Its terminus, at this side of the base of Shell Rock, through thicket of dogwood, wild cur rant bushes and cottonwoods. The beautiful flowers of these shrubs are already blooming there and a drive over the present highway offers one of the most delightful outings In the region. In the neighborhood of Vlento a number of little streams, that rise at the top of the gorge and come tumbling over Its sides In series of waterfalls, cross the highway. Each pool has Its number of trout that are awaiting the opening of the fishing season to make delightful the day's outing of some angler. The greatest expense of building the highway will be met with when the route la opened around Shell Rock Mountain. For more than a half mile along the right of way of the O.-W. R. t N. tracks the steep side of the mountain Is a mass of sliding stones, from a few Inches up to a foot or more In thickness. These stones must be cleared away and retaining walls of greet strength built 'to prevent elides from burying the roadway after It Is built. Mr. Benson has donated the 110.000 for the purpose of carrying out this task, and It Is thought that by applying convict labor tho work will very nearly be completed. It Is urged by a number of Hood River cltliens, who have Investigated the route that an effort be made to secure the permission of the railroad company and 'cross the railroad at either side of tho mountain of loose stone, running the highway over a trestle work between the railway track and the river. Hesse Cesnsaaada Klae View. An Insight Into the prophecy of Le Roy Armstrong In his "Hagafi Pon," a story recently appearing In Sunset and which dealt with the Columbia River road of the future lined with hundreds of Summer homes, may he had when one takes a peep at the residence of C. W. Parker, a handsome log bungalow built beside. the proposed highway Just beyond the ramparts of Mitchell's Point. Mr. Parker has passed his life In newspaper work. Ills work haa taken him all over the world, but of alt the spots that he has seen, he says, he Is most pleased with that In the Columbia Gorge, which, he says, be haa selected as his Summer home. The log walls of the living- room have many windows opening out on terraces and from which one may look to the west for miles down the Columbia. The view presented at sun set Is particularly gorgeous. In Sum mer time the sun seems to drop out of sight In the very center of the gorge. Mr. Parker- believes that It will be but a short time until the Columbia's banks will be dotted with many such homes. The Columbia will be the Western Hudson. . CHERRY OUTLOOK BRIGHT Dalles Growers Plan to Market Im mense Crop This Season. THE DALLES, Or April 6. (Spe cial.) The raising of cherries, apri cots and peaches has been greatly stimulated by the announcement that the California Fruit Cannera" Associa tion haa contracted for the entire crop of Royal Ann cherries grown within a radius of six miles of this city dur ing the next four seasons and fruit growers have been acquiring new ter ritory and planting thousands of trees. The association will soon begin the erection of a large cannery here to employ between 200 and 300 people and Is making arrangements with growers for having 30,000 apricot, 60, 000 cling peach and 25,000 Bartlett pear trees planted It is estimated that 850 tons of Royal Ann cherries will be marketed through the Califor nia concern this season. Nearly 100. 000 Royal Ann trees have been planted within the six-mile radius of The Dalles. R. D. Fontania. who has charge of the Oregon Packing Company's plant in East x'ortiana, a concern retcnuj taken over by the California company, will have charge of the local plant. Conditions In all of the orchards of Wasco County are reported excellent and Indications point to the greatest fruit harvest ever known In this section. BLOW DESTROYS OPTIC Workman Accidentally Strikes Car penter With Hammer. Clarence Miller, a carpenter, is at the Good Samaritan Hospital recover ing from an operation In which his COTTAGE GROVE FARM IS NOVEL EXPERIMENT Place to Be Conducted hy Telix Ourrin Will Be Tenced, but All Visitors WiU Be Welcome After They Have Registered. CiTTAOE GROVE. Or, April . (Special.) A decided novelty In the way of farms Is what the ex tensive experiment station to be es tablished here by Felix Currln will be. The farm will be securely fenced and all visitors will be required to regis ter, so that In case any damage Is done It can be traced by the register. The farm, which will be somewhat In the nature of a park, will be open to everyone, and the object of the experi ment will be to give everyone -the ben lit of all discoveries made there. Mr. Currln recently purchased 11 acres of land on Knox Hill for the pur pose of turning it Into the unique ex periment station and park. Ha al ready has 50 different kinds of grapes and 400 varieties of roses being pre psred for planting. In return for. sam ples of Cottage Grove grain, the United States Government has agreed to fur nish Mr. Currln anything he wants In the tree line for experimental work. Almond, fig. walnut and persimmon trees will be planted this year, and the work will be greatly enlarged aa . i - . nn . i. nrnhahla that ex periments will be mad with grain next year, ana Mr. uurrjn win iun"" "i this tract of land the great work he has done with grains on his Walnut Avenue farm. The Government. In offering to trade trees for seed grain, said that th Wil lamette grain contains superior qual ities that cannot be secured anywhere else. Many of th trees will be lft there and be trimmed for park purposes, Mr. i n ' - h.l r mr t e mAlra the Dlace on wher families csn go and pass a whole day rusticating U they wish. The place will be made as Inviting as pos sible for those who wish to pass their time this way. Mr. Currln has made the statement that he contemplates spending as high as f 100.000 on the place. f W yrA J j x gv .4pt It? I f I Felix Carrta, Cottage Grove Ei sterlmeatal Farmer AY So Makes Marked Sneeesa. left eye was removed, as the result of Deing etrucK Dy a namroer inai a ioi low workman was wielding. Miller was working on a building on Sixty-seventh street near the Foster road, Friday, and with his partner was engaged In putting braces under some Joists. While thus occupied his com panion attempted to force the brace with a heavy blow of his hammer. He missed his aim, however, and the In strument flew out of his hand and struck Miller square In the left eye. He was taken to the Good Samari tan hospital and It was found neces sary to remove the Injured organ the same night. Miller lives with his wife at 7141 Forty-third avenue. 2 COUNTIES JOIN IN FAIR Coos and Curry Will Erect Joint Plant at Myrtlo Point. MARSHFIELD, Or., April . (Spe-1 clal.) The Coos and Curry Counties Fair Association Is being formed for the nut-Dose of holding an annual fair ; and livestock show at Myrtle Point The people of that city last year held ! a stock show and there was so much , Interest that It was decided to make a permanent organization. An option ' has been taken on 17 acres of land ! within the city limits. The price is slightly more than 5000 and the Myr tle Point people have already sub scribed 14000. Others are being solicit ed, as It Is the Intention to raise 110.- 000 for buildings and a half-mile race ( course. Coos County has not had a regular county fair for some years and the stock show held on short notice last year demonstrated the possibilities. Myrtle Point is the most centrally lo cated city for holding a gathering of the kind. The Southern Oregon District Fair will probably be given to Coos County next year, following the turn of Eu gene this year, and by that time the new County Fair Association will have fine accommodations. nomah County Judges. The aKair will be Informal. Seattle Bond Issue Upheld. SEATTLE. April S. The decision of the Superior Court yesterday that the IS0O.O0O of bonds voted by the citizens In 1911 are valid, onens the way for construction of a line connecting Rain ier and Ballard, extreme points of the city, and passing through the business center of Seattle. The court swept aside every objection raised to the validity of the bonds. Deputy Brings Two Prisoners. Deputy United States Marshal Beatty arrived yesterday from Klamath Falls with two prisoners. Henry Drew, charged with an assault, and Frank Victor, charged with selling liquor to Indians. Deputy Marshal Dukes arrived yesterday from Pendleton with Luclen Williams, an Indian, charged with hav- lng sent obscene matter through the mails. Norwegian Hunts Alaska AVbales. SEATTLE. April 8. The Alaska whales will be sorry to learn of the sailing for the North from Seattle to day of Lieutenant Sigurd Blick, of Chrlstianla, late of the Norwegian Navy, who has been engaged by a Barnhoft Island whaling concern on account of hia remarkable marksmanship. Wild shots are expensive. Blick, In his whaling cruises oft the coast of Ire land, mlsBed but two whales out of 384 fired at. LOW C0L0JMST FARES. Only one more week of colonist rates. Apply at Canadian Pacific Office, Third and Pine (Multnomah Hotel bldg.), for full particulars. POSTAL LEADS TO ARREST Officers Follow Strange Clew In Lo cating Ii. B. Thornet. When United State Marshal Scott went to Klamath Falls, six months ago j to arrest Dr. John Grant Lyman, a prls- I oner who escaped from the Federal au thorities of California, he took posses slon of the personal effects of Louis B. Thornet, Grant's nurse, who had at- ! tempted to get him out of the country, j A 11 UI 1IC L U1BKWC' mm 41 i.e." wo.a swallowed In the forests and moun tains of Southern Oregon and no trace of him could be found. Among his ef fects was a postal card from bis mother In Massachusetts and this was for warded to the United States Marshal at Boston by Marshal Scott. This postal card eventually led up to the clew that located Thornet In New Mex ico and bis arrest on Friday. Thornet is under indictment In Cali fornia on a charge of aiding a Federal prisoner to escape and he will be taken there for trial. D0WNARD SUCCEEDS GOOD Secretary Union Meat Company Re signs to JEttablish Own Business. W. W. Downard has been appoint ed to succeed J. C. Good as secretary of the Union Meat Company, from which ( Mr. Good resigned a short time ago to establish a packing plant of his own , here. . ; Mr. Downard has been In the employ , of the Swift Interests In different cities for many years. He came to Portland from Edmonton about two years ago to take a position with the company as credit man and office manager. Attorneys Plan Annual Banquet. W. A. Peters, a Seattle attorney; B. D. Townsend, assistant special United States Attorney-General; Wallace Mc- Camant. W. D. Fenton, R. T. Piatt, Cir cuit Judge Morrow and Ralph E. Moody will be the principal speakers at the j sixth annual banquet of the Multnomah j Bar Association members, to be held . at the Multnomah Hotel Tuesday night, commencing at 8:30. The banquet Is tendered to the Justices or the Supreme Court ei Oregon and the various ilult- 1 21,000 SETTLERS IN THIRTY SPECIAL TRAINS ROLLED ACROSS THE BEAUTIFUL PRAIRIES OF Western Canada LAST WEEK TO LOCATE ON THE SPLENDID LOW-PRICED WHEAT FARMS OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY Nothing approaching the present immigration to Western Canada has ever before occurred on the North American Continent. AMERICAN FARMERS Last year 130,000 farmers from the United States bought and Ideated on these lands, and, on reliable information, it is estimated that $200,000 will go this year. WHY DO THEY GO? BECAUSE the last ten years has demonstrated beyond question that WESTERN CANADA is producing the finest quality of hard wheat grown on the American Continent. This fact has been proven by this wheat taking first prize wherever exhibited for the last seven years, the last exhibit being in New York City in October, 1911, and where Canadian farmers won first, second and third prizes on wheat against all American competitors; BECAUSE statistics show that Western Canada pro duced the largest average yield in America. BECAUSE these highly productive lands are selling from $10 to $20 per acre on ten years' time, which is many times less than land of equal quality can be bought any other place. READY-MADE FARMS The Railway Company has. a few selected, ready-mada farms, with house, barn, well, fences, and from '50 to 100 acres in cultivation. If you have your own horses and imple ments, $500 cash will put you in possession with nine years to pay the balance. We are running regular excursions to inspect the lands at reduced rates. Write us for dates. Get our Booklets. They tell you all about it. Ide-McCarthy Land Co. General Agents, Land Department Canadian Pacific Railway Co, No. 2 Lumbermens Building-, Portland, Oregon