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THE MOUXnSTG- OREGCOSTAST, TTJBSPAT, JAJsUAJTS: 1, 1895,
EAST OF THE RIVER
Tlie Tesid.en.ce IPart of Portland. At
tractive Home Sites.
IMPROVEMENTS DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS
T3at
ine System of Scorers and. Electric .Lights The Modern
Business Bloclcs 2ecently Erected The Pressing
Domand for a. Central Bridere.
PPROXDIA.TE figures
give the East Side
nearly three times the
area, of the "West Side.
East of the river with
in the new limits fixed
by the recent addition
to the city by taking
in new territory there
are 28 square miles,
including the river
front, -while the West
Side has but 11 square
miles. There are 12
miles of water front on the East Side,
reaching from the extreme south end at
Sellwood, and terminating at the north
end at St. Johns. If one should start from
the Morrison-street bridge and travel en
tirely around the city boundaries on the
East Side, by the time he should have re
turned to the same point from which he
started he would have gone 2S miles.
"Within this territory the population is
cbout 23.000, and it has greatly increased
cince the erection of bridges, and espe
cially free bridges. Of course a consider
able portion of this expanse of territory
is sparsely settled, but it is rapidly filling
up each year. Some of the big tracts that
liad remained intact for a great many
years have been opened by platting and
Improvement. ThebigXadd tract, on Haw
thorne avenue, has been platted and is
being improved on an elaborate plan. The
Guarantee Company has expended a. vast
sum of money in improving the tract be
tween East Twentieth and East Twenty
eeventh streets, making heavy cuts and
Jllling up deep ravines. In the newly ac
quired territory on the peninsula toward
the north there has been a quiet and con
stant development In the way of buildings
and opening streets.
While the erection of home3 on the East
Side has been somewhat slow the past
year, there has been much more done in
this line than any one would suppose, and
to obtain the necessary evidence one must
Isit the various districts. It will be found
that in the matter of small homes a large
number has been built. About the same
facilities in water, light, fire protection and
police found on the West Side are afforded
on the East Side. A complete system of
electric fire alarms has been introduced,
connecting all the engine-houses, and, on
the whole, the property districts are fairly
well protected. A recent addition to the
fire protection on the East Side was the
placing of a fine chemical in Holladay's
addition and a hose company at Sunny
side. Without doubt some of the outside
districts now asking for protection would
be favored, but the commission Is without
the necessary funds and cannot supply
the apparatus. It is alleged that the East
Side is better supplied with electric lights
than the West Side, and there is no ques
tion but it is well favored along this line.
The number of school children on the
East Side already nearly equals that of
the West Side, while the East Side school j
facilities are ample. The district this
year erected two schoolhouses, one at St.
Johns and one at Portsmouth, besides
making extensive improvements and en
largements. The East Side will share
with the city the advantages from Bull
Run water, arrangements having been
completed for this purpose. Eventually
the entire East Side from Sellwood to St
Johns will be supplied with this water.
"Unquestionably the East Side as a whole
has profited wonderfully by consolidation
in securing free bridges and ferries, a
splendid electric-light system, water facil
ities, fire protection, and in all things
which go to make up the advantages of a
preat city, although a considerable por
tion of its territory might yet be called
suburban.
With consolidation the East Side secured
two free bridges and one ferry, but the
people are not all satisfied and are work
ing diligently for another one. It may be
said that the free-bridge agitation was
the most potent argument for consolida
tion. Lack of sound judgment resulted
in placing the main free bridge where it
doe3 not accommodate the greatest num
berof people. Theoutcomeofthlsfailureto
locate the main bridge in the central por
tion of the city is discontent over an un
just discrimination by which in the cen
tral portion of the city property has de
creased in value, and this has caused a
demand for another bridge located where
it will accommodate the whole city. Until
this bridge shall have been erected, the
full advantages of free transportation
cannot be fully realized. It, however, can
be ascertained approximately. Recently
an official count of the footmen and vehi
cles crossing on all the briages and ferries
over the Wlllumette was made by the
bridge commission, with a view to leasing
the Morrison-street bridge and making it
free. While the count was continued for
neven days, it was not completed on the
Madison-street bridge for the reason that
it was out of order and closed for four
days while the count was In progress.
The result of the count was as follows:
time It was built It was thought
to be in advance of the times, but
the investment has proved a paying one.
All the apartments have been rented al
most from the day of Its completion.
Charles Logus erected a four-story mod
ern brick on Grand avenue and East
Washington street at a cost of $50,000, but
owing to the location and the want of
free transportation across the Willamette
in the central portion of the city, It has so
far proved an unprofitable investment.
When there shall have been, however,
an end to the unjust discrimination in
the matter of tolls, the owner will realize,
on the money he has invested. It Is a
handsome structure, and a credit to the
central district. In early days Joseph
Burkhard acquired a half-block on East
Burnside between Grand and Union ave
nues, at a cost of ?1S00, property now val
ued at $50,000, it being situated on the
street leading to Burnside bridge. Mr.
Burkhard has just erected on this ground
a fine three-story brick, costing 510,000.
It has a frontage on East Burnside of
ISO feet and Is 100 feet deep. The build
ing is constructed on a modern design. It
is provided with a heater, which Is locat
ed In an annex in the rear, and every
room in the block is heated from this
source. It is the finest and most expen
sive structure of the kind that has been
erected on the East Side during 1S34. Just
opposite the Burkhard building on Grand
avenue, the Rodney sisters have put up
a small two-story brick at a cost of
$4009. The Field brothers were the first tc
erect a brick block on East Burnside and
EastThird streets. Itcost$40M. On the cor
ner opposite the Field building is a small
brick put up by Mr. Harris, at a cost of
52000. Both of these buildings are occu
pied by various businesses. In upper
Albina C. H. Hill erected a two-story
modern brick on Williams avenue and
Russell street at a cost of $10,000. This
is a handsome structure and a credit to
the vicinity. Dr. L. M. Davis is complet
ing a two-story brick in Lower Albina at
a cost of $S000. At Portsmouth, Francis
I. McKenna has completed a brick build
ing at a cost of about $5000. This is the
most pretentious in that vicinity. J. A.
Logon erected a considerable building on
Union avenue and East Alder in 1S93 for
popular rents, and has succeeded in keep
ing It pretty full of tenants most of the
time. It cost $SC00. Mrs. R. L. Haw
thorne's wooden building, on East Mor
rison and Union avenue, cost $1000. All
of these new buildings represent an out
lay of $193,000, which, considering the
dullness of the times, is a good showing
along this particular line. A number of
buildings are projected, which will be
erected when the stringency of the times
has passed away.
CHURCH BUIIDIXGS.
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Route Taken. 5" 3
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3 :
Steol bridge 2,0TT 480
Burnslde-street bridge. 34.C71 7,743
Morrison-street bridge 4,00 1,082
Madison-street bridge
(three days only) 4.000 1.S0O
Stark-street ferry. 2,583 25
Albina ferry (live days only) 18,565 1,462
Total 57,516 12.051
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The showing, although incomplete, is a
remarkable one. and should the result for
one year be figured from the above state
ment the sum total would be startling. It
indicates with unmistakable certainty that
the East Side is rapidly becoming the resi
dence portion of the city. Construction
of a central bridge would throw a consid
erable proportion of this enormous traffic
back to the central portion of the city,
where It logically belongs. Unquestion
ably free bridges have been the means of
inducing considerable Inevstment on the
East Side, principally In the way of
homes, and no better proof of this can be
seen than the tin-bucket brigade which
crosses the bridges and ferry to the West
Side in the morning and returns in the
evening on each working day of the week.
Purchase of the Madison bridge induced
construction of a number of extensive
warehouses at the eact approach. It has
always been maintained that the low
ground of old East Portland would event
ually furnish the sites for Portland facto
ries. This will doubtless be realized only
whon the central district has been placed
on an equality with the two ends.
Some of the A'civ Churches on llic
Eu.st Side.
NDICATIVE of the growth on
the East Side is the erection
of church edifices. Along this
line there has been unusual
activity the past year. Tak
ing advantage of cheap mate
rial and reduced price of labor,
church societies have put up
a large number of buildings
of this kind. Chief among
them, and most pretentious in
size and cost, is that of the
Westminster Presbyterian church, erect
ed on East Tenth and Weldler, in Holla
day's addition. Erected on a plan drafted
during the prosperous times of 1832, when
the cost was estimated at $12,000, the ac
tual cost did not exceed $S000. In finish In
side and outside the principles of harmony
of color in arrangements and design are
closely adhered to, and the architect and
workmen jointly produced a house of wor
ship of exceptional beauty and complete
ness. Next in cost and importance is the
building erected by the United Brethren
people on East Morrison and East Fif
teenth, at a cost of $5000, in a unique but
beautiful design. Its appearance on the
outside is certain to attract attention.
The Third Baptist church of Upper Al
bina dedicated a building recently which
cost about $3500. Modern methods were
used in the construction of this edifice,
especially on the inside in the arrange
ment of the auditorium and gallery, by
which nearly COO people can be accommo
dated, although the building is compara
tively small. On Union avenue the United
Presbyterian people have erected a church
and parsonage at a cost of about $5000 on
plans somewhat different from those
usually adopted, but the effect is
excellent In Upper Albina the
Christian denomination has put up
a house of worship at a cost of $1500,
which is a neat structure and will seat
about 400 people easily. On East Eleventh
and East Everett streets the Second Sev-
enth-Lay Aaventists dedicated a new
building December 16, which cost about
$1008. At Sunnyside the Methodists erect
ed a building costing $1500, and the Congre
gatlonalists have a building under way
that will cost $2000. At Woodlawn a
United- Brethren church and Christian
church Is In course of erection, each to
cost about $1000. The Episcopalians have
put up a new building in Upper Albina at
a cost of $1000. Three new churches have
been erected at Mount Tabor. One is the
Presbyterian church, on the motor line,
and which cost $1500. The other two in
Mount Tabor Villa are the Methodist
and Baptist costing $1500 each. An Epis
copal chapel has also been erected at
Lents, Mount Scott, the terminus of the
Portland & Mount Scott railroad. Me
morial Evangelical church was erected on
East Eighteenth and Ellsworth and at
a cost of S1S00. The Independent Evangeli
cal church, built on the corner of Madison
and East EiRhth streets, cost with the
parsonage $iu00. These 13 churches men
tioned represent an outlay of $3S,SS0 in ac
tual cost, to which must be added at least
$10,000 in labor donated and material do
nated, which will bring the cost of church
erection and extension on the East Side
to very near $5$.0M.
ter material was used and better work
manship employed in its construction. The
improvement of the 11 blocks cost 57500,
but the improvement will last sufficiently
to justify the expenditure. Property-owners
on this street have made great sacri
fices. The street was improved a few
years ago with gravel, but it proved a
miserable failure and wore out within a
year. Then the street was widened to 0
feet Involving sacrifice of considerable
property and some money. Upon the heels
of the widening came the expensive im
provement which has just been finished.
Four blocks on Union avenue, connect
ing witn East Burnside, similar to the
Grand-avenue improvement, have just
been finished, and measures are being
taken to still further improve Union ave
nue about a mile northward. There is lit
tle doubt that the kind of improvement
used on East Burnside street and Grand
avenue Is the best for the East Side, where
the general traffic Is not so heavy as may
be found on the West Side, for the reason
that it costs less and lasts longer than
any material that ha3 has yet been used.
All improvements under contemplation
will be made with timbers 6x6 or 5x3. In
Albina the only permanent improvement
completed during the year 1S94 is Missis
sippi avenue, work on which was com
menced in 1893. It extends from Lower to
Upper Albina, and is simply an old-style
plank roadway. A few other streets have
been graded out In Albina and down on
the peninsula, but work of this sort can
not be called permanent Improvements.
East Stark street for a distance of 21
blocks was improved with planking and
elevated roadways through the central
portion of old East Portland at, a heavy ex
pense to property-owners. There is a dis
position to make Improvements on the
East Side, but progress along that line
has been retaded by stringency in money
matters. Some important street Improve
ments for 1S95 are under contemplation,
which will be developed as the year pro
gresses. Streets which have been county
roads have been condemned and placed
under the control of the city with a view
to their improvement.
In this connection the extensive boule
vard system laid out by the old city coun
cil of Albina may be mentioned. It is
still in an undeveloped condition outside
of the $45,000 expended in grading the
Willamette boulevard. Should this sys
tem of boulevards, laid out on an elabo
rate plan, be developed as contemplated
it will provide a beautiful driveway of 15
miles within the city limits, but the cost
of the improvements contemplated will
run up Into the hundreds of thousands
and this contemplated heavy cost post
pones for some time the development of
the boulevard plans, unless the enterpris
ing spirit of the property-owners should
take hold of the matter. It may be stat
ed that the cost of actual improvement
of streets on the East Side the past year
has not exceeded $100,000.
Construction of sewers on the East
Side has gone forward constantly for the
past two years, resulting in the estab
lishment of several independent sewer
districts. Principal In these districts is the
famous Sunnyside conduit, built of stone
and brick, from the river to almo3t the
city limits, at a cost of $124,000, extending
through and accommodating a great ter
ritory. "Next in Importance is the terra
cotta system accomodating another
portion of the East Side, costing $6S,937.
This sewer system is in the most thick
ly settled portion of the East Side, and
there has been great activity since Its
completion in putting down laterals for
domestic connections, a work that wiil
go on until the houses are nearly all con
nected with the main conduits. The first
sewer system constructed on the East Side
was the one on Holladay avenue, at a
cost of $23,16S. Recently a terra cotta
sewer was put out down south of the
Holladay conduit. Sewer construction in
Albina has been somewhat irregular. In
early days, a large terra cotta sewer
main was laid through the heart of old
Albina from the top of the hill to the
river, and the laterals have been all
connected with.thls one. So far it has an
swered very well. The main conduits,
with the secondary sewers, or connections,
represent an outlay of $294,087. The fol
lowing is a recapitulation of the amount
of sewerage constructed on the East
Side, taken from the surveyor's books:
Sewers constructed on the East Side
Lin, ft Miles.
Brick and stone sewer 19.S72 3.77
Terra-cotta pipe sewer 93,777 17.76
Side take In a considerable portion of the
suburbs, there yet remains just outside
beautiful and attractive suburban dis
tricts reached and made convenient by
the numerous railways extending into the
country.
OLD MARYLAND HOMES.
Total 113,649 2L53
Total cost $234,0S7
Principal Items of cost
Sunnyside sewer $124,000
Holladay-avenue sewer 23,1(8
East Oak-street sewer system 6S.S57
The majority of the sewerage on the
East Side has been constructed since Jan
uary, 1S92.
When it is remembered' that two years
ago there was little or no sewerage on
the East Side, and that this enormous
outlay has been made recently, some idea
of the tax on property may be obtained.
The improvements In this line are per
manent and will answer for the next 20
years. The great objection to the East
Side regarding an absence of sewers Is
disappearing.
ELEJC3IOSY:tAK.Y AXD OTHERWISE.
BUSINESS BDH.DIXGS.
The Modern and Handsome Bricks
Recently Erected.
Erection of business buildings on the
East Side for the past two years has been
somewhat desultory and slow; still there
have been a number of tine blocks pat
tip recently, the construction of which In
volved considerable expense. The Brown
brisk, on Hawthorne avenue and Grand
avnue. cost $$0,000. It is 104x&9, and five
stories, and modern in design. It Is
the only building on the East Side
provided with an elevator. At the
STREETS AND SEWERS.
The Complete ami Costly System of
Sewerage.
Cfciy J'HBRE has been but little activ
rTli' ity in the improvement of
streets witnin the past year,
although the little that has
been done has been of a per
manent character. In the
early history of the East Side
gravel was used, and thou
sands of dollars was expend
ed money which was practi
cally thrown away, as such improvements
have failed In nearly every instance to
meet expectations. East Burnside street
which connects with the Burnside bridge,
was improved for a distance of 24 blocks
with timbers 6x6 laid on heavy bearings
closely placed, at an average cost of a lit
tle less than $100 per lot While some of
the work was indifferently done, on the
whole the improvement Is an excellent one
and gives promise of lasting between six
and eight years. On Grand avenue for a"
distance of 11 blocks the same kind of lm-
i provement was adopted, except that bet-
Some of the More Prominent Institutions.
HE Patton Home, of Albina,
was organized about six years
ago for the purpose of fur
nishing a home for friendless
old people. In accordance
with the will of the late Mat
thew Patton, who donated
the ground on which the
building stands. For a time
the institution was under the
management of the Ladies'
Aid Societyof Albina, through
whose efforts a building was erected, but
with consolidation its management
changed, and it is now controlled by the
Patton Home Association, the board of
trustees having immediate charge of the
property, while the ladles of the organiza
tion have the inside management The
directors consist of Dr. J. J. Fisher, presi
dent; W. O. Forbes, treasurer; John Mock,
Dr. X. S. Spinney and Captain W. II.
Foster, who have worked hard to make
the Institution a success. Recently a
large annex was erected to the main build
ing, which will greatly increase its fa
cilities. At present there are 12 inmates,
all of whom are contented and comfort
able. The institution is supported by sub
scriptions, donations, and at the last
meeting of the legislature it received an
appropriation of $2500, which enabled the
building to be enlarged. Applications are
being received constantly for admission
to the Home from different portions of the
state, but the facilities have been limit
ed, and these applications have been re
fused. The directors believe the work is
a worthy one.
The Boys and Girls' Aid Society se
cured a building on the East Side on Haw
thorne avenue, where it has ample quar
ters, and its work has gone forward suc
cessfully. The Refuge Home has also
moved to the East Side the past year,
and is doing its work In a quiet way.
The other institutions on the East Side
are the Portland hospital, the Baby Home
and the Magdalen Home, which have
been established some years.
After extraordinary exertions a new
building was erected on East Sixth and
East Salmon streets by the East Side de
partment of the Y. M. C. A., at a cost of
about $3000. It is a two-story frame, and
designed for the work of the association.
It has a gymnasium and audience-room
on the first floor, while reception, library,
amusement and reading-rooms are placed
in the second story. On the whole It is
well equipped for its particular line of
work for young men. It has a flourishing
class In athletics which meets twice a
week. Besides this are the various winter
classes in writing, penmanship, arithmetic,
music, reading and the common branches
by which a young man may obtain a fair
knowledge of the rudiments. The reading
room is well supplied with latest daily pa
pers and literary periodicals from the best
publication houses in America. The in
stitution is a credit to the East Side.
While the city boundaries on the East
Frederick Douglass Visits the Place
From. WWcli He Ran Away
Dr. John Williamson Palmer has an in
teresting paper on "Old Maryland Homes
and Ways" In the December number of
the Century. The article 13 beautifully
illustrated by Helmick and Castalgne,
who show themselves In perfect sym
pathy with the spirit that pervaded the
time. Dr. Palmer says:
If one might be frisked by the mere
magic of a wish away from the vulgar
scrambling and the din and all the heart
less impertinence of this impatient time,
back to those ways of pleasantness and
paths of peace which were the familiar
conditions of old Maryland, he might
choose to find himself trundling in an an
tiquated gig through the long, dim stretch
of woods, and the double colonnade of
locusts and beeches which formed the ap
proach to the "great house," and ended
in the graveled drive that belted the noble
lawn from five to seven acres of close,
clean sward, dotted with firs and cedars,
and terraced from end to end. Here stood
the sturdy domicile, broad and square,
built of bricks brought over from Eng
land in the ships that came for tobacco.
It was flanked on each hand with offices
and strung out to the very edge of the
woods with outbuildings kitchen, dairy,
ice-house, overseer's lodge, and the "quar
ter" for the dusky colony of slaves. This
latter might be either a group of cabins
or a single, spacious tenement of logs
or stone, affording one big sitting-room
below, floored with earth, and rude dormi
tories, bunked and blanketed, above. On
the ground floor the negroes loved to lie
around the great hearth, with their feet
to the fire, and to sleep that sleep of in
souciant beatitude which was broken only
by the familiar cry of warning: "Some
fool-nigger's heel a-burning!"
In the distance was the clumsy windmill
for the grinding of the maze, which was
presently to find itself transformed and
famous in coquetries of johhny-cake and
pone, and flap-Jacks flattered with golden
butter; and beyond, between the willows
by the creek, glimpsed and glanced the
rippling silver of the bay, with its sleepy
coves and inlets dotted with canoes and
barges, and with the slender spars of
pungies In among the cuddling little isles,
where Sambo tonced for "eyesheters"
In the sun, and the larger fisher took his
finny treasure from the weir.
Here was a land flowing with mlnt
juleps and blooming with delectable dam
sels. Mistress Rebecca Lloyd, beautiful
and gracious, greeted the new-coiner
with a winsome courtesy on the broad
piazza, and the grizzled butler, who had
"toted" his young missus around so long
that there were still times when he for
got himself and called her "honey,"
brought you the beguiling beverage on
a silver salver engraved with the family
arms, and was distressed if your straw
refused to draw. That broad piazza was
burned, with the rest of the noble house
of Wye, on March 13, 1871, when a Brit
ish marauding party looted the planta
tion and the mansion, and carried off
plate, jewelry and watches, swords, spurs,
sashes and cocked beavers, muffs, tur
bans and tippets, wigs, and embroidered
waistcoats, plumed hats and cardinals
the whole splendid plunder of brave ap
parel and dainty bedeckings. The fair
Rebecca has long since been choired
among the angels, and the grizzled butler
sleeps with his toes turned up to me
mint; but when I crossed the lawn one
kindly day In last December, I was greet
ed as graciously by Rebecca's later kins
woman, and conducted into the great
hall, which never y$t, whether in the par
ent house or in. 'Una, Was big enough for
ths hospitalities it has-', uarbored , Th&
.grand old manor house gave (its body to
the flames, but its soul survives in. Jhclater
mansion, wherfeitjs traditions of. courtesy
and kindness arc-piously cherished.
Near the site of the historic domicile, a
fragment of which still remains, stands
the beautiful structure, impressive by its
proud simplicity, which invites the way
farer today in the name of eight genera
tions of Maryland worthies who have
kept house there since Edward Lloyd I,
the Puritan, In 1668, set up his son Phile
mon to be lord to the manor of Wye and
master of Wye house Incunabula ma
jorum. The main building of two lofty
stories, including the hall, drawing-room,
parlor, dining-room, and chambers, all of
noble proportions, is connected by corri
dors with one-story wings, in which are
the library on one side and the domestic
offices on the other, presenting a pleasing
facade of 200 feet, looking out upon the
lawn and the leafy avenue, and over the
woods to Wye river and the bay.
In Governor Lloyd's time there was a
certain steward, or bailiff, at Wye, one
Captain Anthony, of St Michael's, at
one time, master of a bay craft in the
service of the governor. This man was
the owner of a likely negro boy who es
caped from bondage, and by his remarka
ble powers, acquirements, and address,
became known to the wond as Frederick
Douglass. In 1881 Mr. Douglass, being
then marshal of the District of Columbia,
was moved to revisit the scenes of his
childhood and his thrall, and one day
found himself on the porch of Wye house,
where he was received by the sons of
Colonel Lloyd, their father being absent,
with that courtesy which is extended to
every stranger who finds hi3 way thither.
When he had made known the motive of
his visit, he was conducted over the es
tate, from spot to spot, that he remem
bered and described with all their child
ish associations; here a spring, there a
hedge, a lane, a field, a tree. He called
them by their names, or recalled them
by some simple incident and all the glow
ing heart of the man seemed to go out to
the place as he passed from ghost to
ghost as In a dream. And then a strange
thing happened; standing mute and mus
ing for a while, he said, slowly and low.
as one who talks in his sleep: "Over in
them woods was whar me and Mars Dan
useter trap rabbits." "Mars Dan" was
the governor's son. Was it the man's
haif-playful, half-pathetic sense of the
grotesque incongruity of the situation?
Or was it glamor all the tremendous sig
nificance of a phenomenal life compacted
Into the homely reflection and phrase of
a barefoot "darkey?"
He plucked flowers from the graves of
dead Lloyds he had known, and at the
table drank to the health of the master
of the old house and of his children, "that
they and their descendants may worthlly
maintain the character and the fame of
their ancestors."
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We are fully cognizant of the fact
that owing to the prevailing competi
tion in the Piano trade in this city,
that In order for us to- get business and
make sales, we must do a "little bet
ter than the other fellers."
We certatoly have the largest stock
of high grade Pianos from which to
make a selection. We are incorpo
rated under the laws of Oregon, with
a capital stock of SI'jO.OuO. We own
the four-story building which we oc
cupy, the entire four floors being de
voted to the music business, embrac
ing Pianos. Organs, sheet music and
musical merchandise of even descrip
tion; and we do an extensive whole
sale as well as a general retail busi
ness. Correspondence respectfully so
licited. Address
THE WILEY B. ALLEN GO.
211 pirST STREET
Portland, - - Oregon.
stABU5HE!
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BRAXCII STORE :
235 Commercial Street, Salem, Or.
HOiii THE 3nIL.E B. KLLEN CO. SOLD 7Z
12 XWJ2TY SCENUS:
FISGHER"
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Xews Indeed of American Girls.
In London we talk of the upper ten;
in America it Is the four hundred; and
recently we hear strange tilings of the
younger members of the four hundred
that Is to say, among the weaker sex.
It is said that plutocratic heiresses like
Gertrude Vanderbllt, Pauline Whitney,
Edith Shepard. Orme Wilson and four or
five other girls, whose families will soon
be paying small fortunes annually in in
come taxes, do not believe in the rights of
property. On the contrary, they are very
radical young ladies, and have come to
the conclusion that this social system of
ours Is all wrong. They have recently
formed an organization for the purpose
of passing resolutions to that effect.
These heiresses style themselves the
"Downtrodden." They meet regularly for
general debate and discussion. Were they
to express their opinion In certain places
they would be in danger of punishment
as anarchists. All the Vanderbllt young
ladles are remarkably radical, and go in
for all manner of unconventional opinions.
Miss Consuelo "Vanderbllt thinks there
should be no prisons. Miss Whitney Is an
ardent advocate of women's suffrage.
Miss Edith Shepard thinks there should
be a law against some people having so
much money while others have none at
ail, and so on. '
The first time Mr. Brown
sees a "Fischer" advertise
ment, he doesn't see it
Inc second time he sees It,
but thinks he doesn't see it,
and won't even look at it
x2f
The third time he becomes
conscious of its existence,
and it leaves a faint impres
sion on his mind.
Tne lourth time It occurs
to him that he has seen the
"Fischer" advertisement before.
11.
12.
The eleventh time he sees
it he wenders how in thun
der any firm can afford to
advertise so much during
these hard times.
The twelfth timo he nees It
he thinks, "Well, b'gosh!"
there must be something
pretty good about that
"Fischer" piano.
13.
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14.
The thirteenth time he is
suddenly struck with the
idea that the "Fischer" is
the best piano on earth.
The fourteenth timo he re
members that his daughter
has been wanting him to buy;
a piano for a long time.
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The fifth time he reads the The sixth time he sees it
"Fischer" advertisement all again, and turn3 up his nose
through and thinks, "Oh, at it.
bosh!"
The seventh time he reads
it through again, and won
ders why he should be tan
talized by having it stuck
under his nose all the time.
The eighth time ne says.
"There's that confounded
thing again," and wishes the
whole thing was in purgatory.
The ninth time he catches
sight of It again, and he
wonders "if the 'Fischer'
amounts to anything."
10.
The tenth time he sees it
he admires the pluck of the
firm, whoever it is, that can
so persistently keep on advertising.
15.
The fifteenth time he
thinks perhaps it would be a
good idea for him to buy a
"Fischer" some day.
16.
The sixteenth time he
reads it all through again,
and makes note of the
agent's address, "The Wiley
B. Allen Co., 211 First
street''
18.
17.
The seventeenth time he
looks at it again, and feels
wretched He would like to
buy a "Fischer," but can't
raise the money these hard
hard times.
The eighteenth time he ab
solutely cusses his ill luck
for being so hard-up that he
cannot give his daughter one
of those celebrated "Fischer"
pianos.
.
20.
19.
The nineteenth time he
discovers that he can buy
on $10 monthly payments,
figures on standing off his
grocery bill and henceforth
have music in his house.
The twentieth time he In
forms his daughter that he
has bought the best piano in
the world the "Fischer."
He makes her happy, and
the' old codger himself Is
tickled when he thinks what
a bargain he got at The
Wiley. B. Allen Co.'s Music
Store, 211 First street
THE WILEY B. ALLEN CO., 211 FIRST STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON.
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Can't Afford Not to Send Them.
A Slip that Cost Him $230.00
IT HAS A FINE REPUTATION THERE.
The Dalles, Oregon, December 26, 1894.
fife.
v a e. 1
PAOF. A. P. ARMSTRONG,
Portland, Oregon-,
Dear Sir : My son Henry and mj' daughter Alice will enter your school on Wednesday, Jan. 2nd. Henry is to
take the business course, Alice the shorthand and typewriting. I intended to start them in the fall, but thought I
could not spare the money. I have come to the conclusion that I can't afford not to send them. When young people
reach a certain age it is hard to keep them interested in school. Besides, times are growing better every day.
I want Henry to get a usable education. One must have this in these days, to make any headway in the
world. Alice is to fit herself to make her own living, if it ever becomes necessary. I have always been sorry I did not
send my son Frank to your school before he took charge of my saw-mill on Puget Sound. His education dees not seem
practical. Last summer he lost 5230 by a slip in commercial law, in making a lumber contract. He also got his books
tangled, but a young man employed in a bank over there (a graduate of your school, by the way) straightened them
out at a cost of &40. I want Henry to make sure of a business education first, so asto avoid such blunders. If he
wants to go to college afterwards, all well and good.
The Portland Business College has a fine reputation here. All I ask of my children is to accomplish as
much as other pupils of yours from this section have. If they do not graduate this season they will return next year.
I think this an excellent feature in your scholarship; and your tuition rates are very reasonable. Yoa may send reports
of their progress every two weeks, and oblige. . Very truly yours,
T?nrroa Oregoxiax : You mar nrint the above in the soace reserved for this school on the " college pasce " of the New Year's
The letter reached inc this morning, and hits the nail squarely on the head, to my thinking. Hastily, A. P. Armstrong.
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