OREGON- CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, FEB 12 1914
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DILLIN&HOMD
When the stranger comes into a
new locality, with the intention of
buying real estate and making an in
vestment, his first step is usually to
look up a reliable real estate firm.
Not only does this apply to a strang
er, but to the local public as well, for
it is to this class of men that the
public must look to for the sale and
exchange of property.
Clackamas county being a land of
opportunity, where property is con
stantly increasing in value, offering
inducements to the investor it is but
natural that we would find reality
dealers here to supply the wants of
the people. And standing as one of
the leading and progressive realty
firms of Oregon City is the one com
posed of S. 0. Dillman and A. C.
Howland.
This firm conducts a general real
estate business in all of its branches,
having for sale farm land, fruit land,
timber land, improved and unim
proved real estate, together with a
choice list of city property. In fact
they can furnish the investor with
anything desired in the realty line,
and their large list embraces many
bargains which could not but help to
appeal to the man seeking an invest
ment. Their real estate business is
supplemented by an insurance agen
cy, composd of reliable and trustwor
thy companies.
- This film will in the near future
move into their new home at 8th
and Main streets, where they will
have a large and well-equipped office,
and where they will welcome the new
comer to Oregon City, and where the
surroundings will indicate the wide
awake and progressive methods of
Dill'man& Howland. It can be said
that this firm is strictly reliable in all
business dealings and can bo relied
upon to the fullest extent.
The Prosperous ana Progressive Town of Gladstone
Years and years ago Rudyard Kip
ling the great English poet, while
touring the Pacific Coast, took a day
off, and went fishing in the Clackamas
river a most natural thing for Kip
ling or anyone else to do. Evidently
Kipling's luck was good, for he im
mediately went home and wrote a
poem, in which he sang in his most
elegant, style, of the grandeur of the
Clackamas and the joy of whipping
its turbulent eddies for the gamey
trout.
townsite. The junction of the Clack- ment,' with curbings and sidewalks
amas and Willamette Rivers on the
south and west, picturesque Chautau -I
qua Park (one of the "beauty spots"!
of Oregon) on the east, and a forest
of stately firs on the north, are the
natural boundaries, which 20 years
ago Hon. H. E. Cross the "Father of
Gladstone" chose when he laid out the
present town.
Gladstone's growth has already
ben steady throughout the twenty
years since its dedication. There have:
been few so-called "booms." Each!
have been completed and the nice
part of the Gladstone street work
system is that the work is all done
by Gladstone people. While the street
work was progressing the council
granted franchises to two telephone
companies, and" also to the Portland
& Oregon City Railway, the proposed
line between the metropolis and Ore
gon City which when built, will pass
through Gladstone.
The town boasts of a first class
truck farms in and adjoining Glad
stone, and their produce always finds
a readay market in the metropolis.
And there are still others who com
bine both, that is they have their
business or professional practice in
Portland or Oregon City and operate
small farms, too, or at least have
some little "hobby" on the side, which
proves both interesting and lucrative.
For instance Prof. L. A. Reid is prin
cipal of one of the large Portland
schools. He lives near Gladstone.
school, with grammar grades and a and whiles away his idle moments
muskmelons on his 5 acre tract and
last year found a ready market for
his melons. C. f . Hagerman a rail
road man of Portland, living in the
center of Gladstone, carried off first
honors at the Marion County Poultry
show a month or so ago and was given
a beautiful silver loving cup for his
exhibit of blooded poultry. This, too,
is a "side issue," but like the other
illustrations goes to show that Glad
stovie is more than a mere suburban
town.
Northwest of Gladstone is the J.
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A Good Laundry
Oregon City has a good laundry,
where work of the highest standard
is turned out at moderate prices, and
the service will compare with any
laundry in the country to be found in
a town of this size.
Why Not Investigate
Are you thinking of coming West
to invest in land? If so, why not
come to Clackamas County and inves
tigate the resources here, and see for
yourself the great possibilities that
exist for th eman able to purchase a
small farm in this thriving community?
The exact location of Kipling's
jaunt is known only to Kipling.' Thu
probable location, if the averments
of the people of Gladstone can be
taken at face value, was about two
miles north of Oregon City, where
now lies the city of Gladstone, nest
ling against the east bank of the
beautiful stream which the English
writer has immortalized. For,
reason the Gladstonians, the spot
where now their thriving little town
is located would be most likely to in
spire Kipling or any other world-wide
celebrity into a burst of song. There
fore, the Gladstone people, with
slight mental leap, conclude that Kip
ling sang, not only of the swirling
Clackamas, but of the stage setting
for the Gladstone that was to be.
Certainly the citizens of the little
own, which today is a thriving busy
little suburban city of 1,000 people,
cannot be accused of being presump
tuous, for a prettier, more ideal spot
could not have been chosen for a
year has seen just a little more de
velopment than the previous twelve
months, and in 1913, a remarkable
record of 43 new homes was made.
The present year promises to be even
better year in the era of home-building.
In 1909 the little town jumped
from the infant class, incorporated,
elected officers, and began to transact
business in the right way. Since that
time civic accomplishments have been
many. Notably might be mentioned
the building of a city water plant;
In what was considered a rather deli
cate procedure at the time, the city
floated $20,000 bonds to install the
pumping station, reservoir and a sys
tem of mains was installed, using the
Clackamas River water which comes
direct from the mountain tops through
practically a virgin country. That
was two years ago. Today the plant
is practically self-supporting and in
another year will be paying interest
on the investment. During the past
summer three miles of street improv-
twp year's high school course, a First
Christian Church, which is in a thriv
ing condition, three grocery stores
a drug store, and a large laundering
establishment. One of the other
"centers" is the office of the Glad
stone Real Estate Association in
charge of Percy A. Cross, local man
ager, where the large holdings of
the Association, consisting of several
hundred lots in the very heart of the
little city are given the personal at
tention of Mr. Cross.
A large number of Gladstone people
are in business in Portland and Or.
gon City. This is because they pre
fer the suburban life, when they can
enjoy all the modern conveniences of
the city life, with suitable transpor
tation facilities. Gladstone is a five
minute ride from Oregon City, forty
five minute ride from Portland and the
town is located on the main line of
the P. R. L. & P. between the two
points. There are many other folks
however, who own and operatesmall
Also might
Gray, for-
Parkplace
raising fine grade celery,
be mentioned Prof. J. W,
merly principal of the
school. Prof. Gray wisely specialized
in onions this year on his 4-acre tract
in Gladstone. With a threatened
onion famine for 1914, staring the
public in the face, needless to say, he
sold his whole crop at a fancy figure
a week or so ago. Again: H. E. Cross,
a pioneer attorney of Oregon City,
owns a 5-acre tract along the river
front in east Gladstone, 25 years ago
set out in peach trees. Fruit from
this orchard won first prize at the
Lewis and Clarke Fair several years
ago. The trees are still bearing and
last season hundreds of boxes of lus
cious Crawfords were picked. At the
same time 25Q bushels of oats were
threshed in the orchard, while the
year before Mr. Cross raised 700
bushels of potatoes on the same tract.
Prof. Brenton Vedter, one of Clack
amas County's school supervisors.
makes a specialty of canteloupes and , county.
M. Holwell fram, which is generally
conceded to be one of the finest little
produce ranches in Clackamas county.
The Howell ranch is famous for its
celery, but other fancy market pro
ducts are raised, and in the summer
months Mr. Holwell's men make daily
trips to the Portland markets, where i
"Better Prodouce" is always recog-1
nized and given preference. j
Perhaps the most picturesque places I
in Gladstone, excepting the famous
"Gladstone Park" and the city park
which adjoins the river frontage, is
"Bungalow Row" which lies easv
along Arlington and Clackamas Boule
vard. Here are many beautiful little
bungalows built along the river bank,
all fine little homes owned by pros
perous and progressive citizens. Dui
ing the last three or four months at
least nine new bungalows have been
started in this vicinity, which before
the coming summer is over will be
one of the prettiest spots in the
In every community there will al
ways be found a store which is the
leader and best representative busi
ness house in that place, and Glad
stone is no exception to that rule, for i
the store owned and conducted by Mr.
R. Freytag furnishes sufficient proof
of that fact. Starting about eight
years ago in a very modest way, Mr.
Freytag has gradually increased the
scope of his business until today his
store holds high rank among the mer
cantile establishments of Clackamas
county. . While the business was
originally started as a grocery store,
the growth of the town and demands
of his trado were such as to enable
him to add various other lines to his
stock. In doing this he was forced
to seek larger quarters, and each year
has been marked by a new addition
to his store until now the quarters
occupied comprise several thousand
feet of floor space, and present a re
markable contrast to the original
store.
Progress has been the "watch
word" of Mr. Freytag, and the pre
ference given his store shows that
the people of Gladstone appreciate a
merchant of these qualities. The pro
gressive methods of Mr. Freytag is
enabling him to build up a general
merchandise establishment whicn will
keep pace with the growth and de
velopment of the community, and will
long stand as the leading and most
popular store of Glastone. Enterpris
ing in his business methods, reliable
in all his dealing and public spirited
in nature, Mr. Freytag possesses those
qualities which make him a man of
the highest type of citizenship.
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GEO. L STORY
The gentleman whose name heads
this article is one of the prominent
attorneys of the Clackamas County
bar. Mr. Story came to Oregon City
in 1893, since which' time he has lent
his best efforts in the advancement,
and up-burlding of this community.
He has many time3 proven his ability
as an able lawyer, and has done his
part in bringing the bar of Clackamas
county up to its high standing. Mr.
Story is a native of Oregon, and he
has always had the utmost faith in the
great possibilities of his home state.
As an attorney, and as a citizen, Mr.
Story enjoys a high reputation and
numbers his friends by the score
throughout this community.'
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Harvest Time in Clackamas County
PORTLAND RAILWAY LIGHT 4 POWER CO.
AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN DEVELOPMENT OF CLACKAMAS CO.
To prepare an industrial edition
of Clackamas County, setting forth
its resources, progress and develop
ment, and refrain from giving proper
credit to the Portland Railway, Light
& Power Company would seem most
invadious, especially when the results
through this source have been so far
reaching and so evident.
The electric road of this company
reaching into Clackamns County has
acted as an advance agent for the
progress and development of the com
munity through which it runs. Mo
dern houses, schools, chdrches and
factories have sprung up all along
the line, forming settlements where
modern stores are conducted with a
general appearance of a continued
business activity.
This company maintains a thirty-
minute service between Oregon City
and Portland, affording the citizens
easy and rapid transportation into
Oregon's metropolis. In point of ser
vice, it can be said that the company
has spared no effort or expense in
bringing their service up to the high
est standard of efficiency. The em
ployees are courteous and obliging,
and the rates all along the line are
most reasonable.
Ihe Portland Railway, Light &
Power Co. merits the highest words
of praise for their enterprising efforts
The management of the Company are
liberal in their views, always willing
to aid with any enterprise that will
benefit tho community, and the opera
tions of this company hae been an
important ractor in the growth and
development of Clackamas County.
Clackamas County, the gate-way
to the Willamette Valley! Clackamas
County, the first to the big markets
of the world!!
Clackamas County adjoins the city
of Portland with its 250,000 popula
tion, with its transportation lines, and
its merchant ships, and has first
chance in supplying the residents and
the tourists who are attracted to visit
the city, with the food surfs which are.
used in large quanities.
When the Panama Canal is open,
the products of this section will find
an additional outlet, and cheaper
transportation which this new avenue
of traffic will afford. Markets which
have hitherto not been available, and
have been unknown to Oregon, will
become patrons for Oregon products.
Clackamas County farmers will be
first to the market.
In the last ten years great strides
have been made by farmers in Clack
anfhs County, better homes have been
built, better stock has been secured,
and better business methods have
been employed in the managemene of
the farms, and farm land has increas
ed in value beyond all imagining.
Farmers who are out of debt sel
dom offer their farms fQr sale, un
less a price is offered which is in ex
cess of their expectations. In most
cases farms that are for sale are those
on which for one reason or another
the owner has been obliged to place
a heavy debt, places which have been
allowed to run down and to become
imporished by the ill health of the
owner, a lack of understanding of
Nature s laws and demands, or wil
fully slovenly farming. Farms where
the owner is obliged to depend upon
tenants, who in many cases have
neither their own interests nor those
of the owner of land sufficiently at
heart to make their work pay, are al
so found to be for sale.
F. B. MADISON
GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION OF
CLACKAMAS COUNTY GIVES
IT VARIED RESOURCES
Clackamas County, of which Ore
gon City is the chief business seat,
is a sloping parallellogram of the
most varied productiveness. The east
ern border of the county traces its
way through the lower snowfields of
Mt. Hood and along the ridges of the
Cascade range. Lying over the east
ern third of the county is a rich belt
of timberland, which yields splendid
lumber products. Next to this is a
grazing country, and then as the
lower levels are reached comes the
great agricultural country, and that
makes a part of the productive .Wil
lamette Valley. Some of the land
is best suited to fruit and nut trees,
while the balance is devoted to di
versified farming and the culture of
berries and small fruits.
Of recent years Clackamas County
corn has become famous along the
Pacific slope, and has found ready
sale in California. Wheat is also an
important product of the county, and
averages a yield of GO or more bushels
to the acre. Potatoes of extraordi
nary yield and size are grown on rich
soil; and much of the lower lands
along the Willamette and Clackamas
rivers and their tributaries are dev-
oica 10 trucK gardening the year
round. Irrigation is unnecessary in
all sections, there boing plenty of
moisture in the ground from running
streams and springs. . The farming
season never ceases, owing to the
mild winters, and rotation of crops
keeps the Holds productive.
The Key
Since the geography of the world
was known the fact has been gener
ally recognized that the Pacific North
west holds the key to the whole trade
of the wide Pacific. Transportation
alone was needed to make this key
useful. We now have the transpor
tation in abundance, and by leaps and
bounds our Pacific trade is growing at
a rate unparalleled in history.
F. B. Madison holds a place among
the real estate dealers of Oregon City
and is deserving of a special mention
in this edition. Ho conducts a gen
eral real estate business, embracing
farm land, city property and subur
ban homes, each of which possess ad
vantages and attractions of their own.
Ho has a large list to choose from,
and is able to furnish the investor
with any kind of property that is de
sired. Mr. Madison not only has a choice
list of property of all kinds, but his
dealings are strictly on the "square
deal" plan. It is not his intention to
mis-represent property to the pro
spective buyer, but merely to describe
it's merits and value. , And by adopt
ing this method he has established
the confidence of the public, and has
been very successful in his operations.
The office of Mr. Madison will be
found at 216 Seventh street, near the
S. P. depot, where all business trans
acted with him will receive prompt
attention, and will bo looked after in
a satisfactory manner. He is reliable
in all business transactions and his
aim is to please all those who entrust
their business with him.
E. H, COOPER
Was born at Lewiston, Penn., on
a farm and at the age of 15 moved
with his parents to Osborne Co.,
Kansas, where he lived on a farm for
12 years. In September 1890 came
to Oregon and settled near Mulino,
and took much interest in Grange and
Farmer's Alliance, working for the
betterment of farm conditions.
In 1897 he moved to Oregon City,
and for several years served the
people in a public capacity and for
the last 12 years has been engaged in
the real estate and insurance busi
ness, at the present time being en
gaged principally in fire insurance
in which business by representing
the most reliable companies, who
settle all losses justly and promptly,
and by courteous treatment of his
policy holders he has built up the
leading insurance business of the
city. His policy holders motto is,
"We're Insured with Cooper. We're
all right."
For nearly 5 years he has served the
city as collector of water rents, and
has been for a longer term clerk of
the Woodmen of the World, the lar
gest fraternal order in the city, hav
ing a membership of over 500 members.
THE CITY DRUG STORE
A PIONEER INSTITUTION
The City Drug Store, located at
411 Main street bears the destinction
of being one of" the pioneer business
houses of Oregon City, always main
taining a reputation for faithful ser
vice and honorable dealing. The bus-
iness is owned and conducted by Char-
man & Company, who carry a com
plete line of pure and fresh drugs,
sundries, toilet articles, patent medi
cine, and in fact the stock embraces
everything usually found in a first
class drug store. In the compounding
of prescriptions, the house enjoys an
excellent reputation, and has estab
lished a broad patronage in this
branch of the business.
The City Drug Store in every re
spect meets the requirements of u
modern pharmacy, and merits it's
representation among the. many sub
stantial and high class business
houses of Oregon City. Mr. Charmah
is one of our city's most prominent
citizens, ' always having the welfare
of this communFty at heart, and is a
man who is 'ever willing to aid with
any enterprise that will help to ad
vance Oregon City and Clackamas
county.
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Charman Block Electric Hotel
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ANNEX
THE ELECTRIC HOTEL
OREGON CITY'S LEADING HOSTLERY
There is probably no line of busi
ness more important to any city, and
viewed with greater interest, especial
ly by the traveling public, than that
of the hotels. So, using this logic as
a standard, leads us to bring into
prominence the Electric Hotel and the
Electric Hotel Annex of Oregon City,
both of which are under the proprie
torship and management of J. J.
Tobin.
The Electric Hotel proper is a three
story building, devoted principally to
the accomodation of permanent guests'!
while the Annex is given up mainly to
the accomodation of transient trade
and commercial travelers. Both the
houses enjoy an ideal location, and
are provided with every convenience
to assure comfort to the guests.
Probably the greatest feature of
the Electric Hotel is the dining room,
for it can be said without fear of
successful contradiction, that the
meals served can not be surpassed in
the state for the price. The dining
room is celebrated far and wide for
he excellence of its cuisine, always
being provided with the 'best the
market affords.
Mr. Tobin came to Oregon City
from Meriden, Conn., fibout seven
years ago. He has met with remark
able success, and has demonstrated
what can be accomplished by an en
terprising spirit, progressive methods
and a mind full of energy. He has
far more than doubled the business
since he took over the hotel, which
is the result of valuable experience
in the hotel business, together with
giving the public the best for their
money. Thus the Electric Hotel and
Annex stand as the best representa
tive in this branch of enterprise in
Clackamas county. Personally speak
ing, Mr. Tobin possesses those quali
ties which go to make good citizen
ship. He is a member of the B. P. O.
E. lodge, a wholesoul good fellow and
his pleasing personality has won for
him friends by the score.
Oregon City Pantorium
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Crowing Corn in Clacknmas County
Seven years of successful business
operations, during which time it has
stood as the leading representative
of its line in this city, is the record
of the Oregon City Pantorium, owned
by Mr. F. Champion. The business
was established by Champion and Fal
lansbee, and conducted the same until
the death of Mr. Follansbee, Mr.
Champion taking over his interest the
ninth of last December.
At this establishment the public
can get their clothing cleaned, dyed,
pressed and repairtd, the house doing
both ladies' ajid gents' work. During
the existence of te Oregon City
Pantorium, it has established a repu
tation for work of the highest charac
ter, at most reasonable prices. A
specialty is made of French and dry
cleaning, and all work done by ' this
establishment is guaranteed to give
satisfaction, and by this method of
doing business has resulted in the con.
fidence of the public and a liberal pa
tronage which is ever-increasing.
The quarters occupied are located
at 416 Main street and are provided
with every facility for the operation
of the business on the most modem
plans. Mr. Champion endeavors to
please his patrons in every way pos
sible. He is a man of a public spirit
ed nature and has many friends in
this vicinity.-
Shively's Opera House
An enterprise not to be overlooked
in . the publication of this industrial
edition is that of the Shively Opera
House. This theatre affords the
public a chance to see many good
plays that come to Oregon City. It
is provided with every facility that is
required to stage a play brought to
a town this size, and has been the
scene of many high class productions.
Mrs. Shively and daughter also
conduct a millinery store, at 801
Seventh street, which plays its part
innhe thriving business district on
"The Hill." Both mother and daugh
ter are highly esteemed and have
many friends in social circles.