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raHTLAND HEIGHTS
GETS HEW SCHOOL
Board Decides to Erect Fire?
proof Structure at Twenty
First and Spring Streets.
COST MAY EXCEED $60,000
THE MORNING OHEGONIAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1912.
Request tot I'm of Buildings to Hold
Women Suffrage Meeting I-
led-r Course on Social
Hrgicoe Declined.
A nv firet-proof school building,
e.stlnr bMwwi ttO.OO and .00,
aeon Is to replace the Almaorta public
acbool at Tweaty-firet and Bptiag
streets, on Portland Height. Tbla ras
the decision of to Board of Education
at Its ousting In ths THford bulging
last night.
I. K. r'lelscanar. one of tha nembers
of tha board, assured a large delega
tion of clttiana and tasparers present
that the Ainsworth tcboo would bq
toe next one rebuilt.
R. V. Eabln bad strong objections to
tha raouildiBg of the school, as he (aid
tbe budget was cot large enough tq
meet the expense. Ha a14 (hat' while
the budget was ftJS.SOt. the board bad
already voted to expend tiii.iij of
mis for new buildings, additions and
repairs to old" structures. and . that
ttitre- was. therefore, not enough money
reliable with wbicb to build the new
.tin worth school.
geboot Declared l aeanltarr.
Property owners, however, including
I. Lang. Rufus Holman, A. B. tjlauasen
and Attorney H. H. ftorthup, declared
that tha school Is unsanitary, and that
while It Is comparatively small
school. It Is overcrowded. A woman
present said tha small children are
obliged to naa two roams which are
neither well heated nor well venti
lated. Mr. 8a bin said that matter as once,
taken op by tba board, and voted upon,
but that It was decided conditions at
the school were not such as were In
juring the health or aajtr. pf tba chil
dren. He pointed out that Ibe entire
school district must be considered, not
one particular locality.
Pxoportg ownera urged their point
by saying that when tha budget was
made up they understood the Alosworth
school would be the first new ona con
structed. U. t. Munly, another mem
ber of the board, said before the budg
et 'was voted ' upon by 'the taxpayers
there waa no dissenting statement by
any member of the board, and that he
thought there waa a tacit understand
ing that the building would be built.
Catrac.a Blda Opened.
Bids for general construction work
t Crrskon. Montarllla and Weston
cbools sera opened, the, prices ranging
Irom 1J1.8 to .... The, Olds were
as follows:
Brayton Engineering Company. Crea
ttta. 4 a; Montavllla. 133. ti: 'Wes
ton. HT.ST7; all three. S;.s; Crest on
sod IVestoo. Hi. 8(3: Uontavllla and
Creston. "ll.J4: aloatavllla and Wes
ton, lit. lit; . F. Campbell. Uontavllla,
17.i; VI. G. Clancey. Creston." I U.
U3;' Montavllla. ?.: Weston. U4.
; Freeman ac Fprague, Creston, U.
W. Moouvnia. Us.lsO; Weston. .
: J. F. Hand. Creston. Ji : Mont
avllla. 131. ;5I: Weston fll.f: Johann-
sen at "flits, ,:.; N. G. Patterson.
Creston. I J.; R. u. Powers. Creston.
IJ1.000;' Weston. 10.0; Steele A er
telson. ' Creston. 124. 122; Uontavllla,
tls.212: Weston. S;.42i: E. B. White.
Creston. I3.:; Uontavllla, 22.401;
Weston. 117. 11.
Plasablea; Bids Received. I
The blda for plumbing on these three
schools were as follows:
William Moorehead. Creston. f if 97:
UontavllU. ;: Weston. 12122. -
Uuedy Brothers. Creston. f 4S:
MonUrUla. I4S3S: Weston. 2117. '
IMvtrdi 4t Uerrigan, Montavllla,
IJtfSt: Weston. t:J.
WlllUms Begs Company. Creeton.
11244: Uontavllla. S4t7: Weston. fi28.
A request from Mrs. Albert Ehrgot.
on bebsll of the College Woman's Suf
frage League, that members of ' tha
league be permitted to speak at the
high schools on woman suffrage, and
to organise) auxiliary leagues, waa de
nied by the board. Mr. Fletfchner said
he did not think It wise t take poli
tics into the schools, although be said
he la In favor of woman auffrage. The
request of a safety rasor firm to dls
trioute athletic pamphlets In the
schools also was donieJ.
Two members of the track team at
Jefferson High School and three mem
bers of the team from Lincoln Htrh
School will go to Berkeley. Cel.. to
participate In an athletic meet there.
The board yesterday authorised the
principals to excuse these pupils. who,
are lo go at their own expense.
table le Begreecat Beard.
Ft. L. feabln waa appointed to repre
sent the board at te annual meeting of
th Multnomah County School Board at
liresham April I.
It was decided not to improve the
grounds of tha Buckman school, be
cause of the proposed extension of
aney road from Its present terminus
in the city southwesterly to East
tturnslde street. The road probably
will pass through the school property.
The b'jsrd declined to include In the
curriculum of the Portland schools a
course on social hygiene, although ex
pressing Itself In sympathy with the
work of the society
Samuel Hill, president of the Home
Telephone Company, was given permis
sion to offer the pupils prlxcs for es
ssys on the telephone situation In Port
land. '
Eva Jenkins resigned as assistant
at Irvlngton school, and airs. Jennie
ttushnell Fa appointed In her place.
Ulss Ella K. mllb was appointed In
Mrs. Bunnell's place.
LIGHTING CONTRACT GIVEN
fx)Hlpment on Three Bridges Will
Provide for Decoration.
The lighting and bridge committees
tf the City Executive Board, yesterday
in Joint session, voted to award the
contract for Installing lights on the
Morrison-street bridge ' to the North
west Electric Engineering Company,
for 12127. The contract for doing the
work on the Hawthorns-avenue and
i.urnlde bridges aas awarded to the
West Coast Engineering Company, for
15149 on the Hawthorn god 1447 on
(tie' Burnslde.
When the equipment Is installed,
lighting facilities will be bad. 'pot only
for adequate lights for traffic, but an
elaborate systsaa of decorative lllumln
tlon will be supplied. The plan was
started to make the brldgrs over the
iivr an attractive frature during the
Rose Festival. Eika' reunion and other
sreclal events thst are scheduled for
the season.
Jjiitiitii'ip't'W7T
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BIBSHB
Surrounding the. principal
lies the land now on sale by the
TqwRsites
Tbe lots around tbg stations qffer op
portunities to the merchant, mechanic
and manufacturer not excelled in Oregon.
Population in the Powell Valley has been
increasing rapidly. This increase will be
more marked because of the systematic
activity of the new Mt. Hood line and
jfreatly improved transportation.
Necessities f life outside of what land
produces must be pupplifiij-clothinf:, gro
ceries. housefumUhinjrf. implements, lum
bar, hardy r, tinware, etc. Herf are. n
fcllent, ppeninpg for hardware stores, tin
shops, blacksmith, shops, flour and feed
stores, stores of al kinds that are, life to
rural town. Here the manufacturer has
the advantage of cheap land, excellent
transportation, closeness to Portland.
Here is a true opportunity to buy lots be
fore values became high, and share in tbe
increase. Those wh.o invest, pow will be
repaid many fold.
Poultry
No better climate was ever giren for
poultry than the cool, equable atmosphere
of the Powell Valley. The te.-t for live
stock is excellent. Here are found tbe
finest dairy cows and horses that can
be raised. Poultry has been domiciled
with this group for centuries, where they
thrive conditions are at their best. No bet
ter soil for fonltry can be found on the. Pa
cific Coast. Well drained, rich loam, with
some gravel.
Three hundred carloads of egs are
shipped into Portland yearly am price;
rarely fall below Coc.per dozen; ftQ.000
pounds; of frozen poultry come tp the
Portland market each year. Cold storage
eggs and frozen, poultry are shipped into
any city only when the local supply can
not Till (be demand. Wb. tbP market
In Powell Valley there is nq gamble with fortune. The conditiqns are so favorable that success is
certain- prices
so easy that the crop
leave a surplus
SPECIAL TRAIN SUNDAY? APRIL 7th
To Pleasant Home and Return. Reduced fare, 2 geis. leaye Montayilla Station f ff qq4 kifle, and
East G'!!an Streets, at 1:3Q P. M. To secure ticket call at office pf LTmbdenstQpH karspn, 236 Oak Street, or
CAI.LWRITEmEPHQNE--SENO COUPON
Be one of the first tP investigate the ppportunitj the fertile PoyeH Valley and its fapicj? certain
veiopmfnf Plfer tQ me man Qi gnigrprise ine ngine
UMBDENSTOCK & LARSON GQ 286
contn?cte4 stations of the ''Mt. Hood line" Rockwood, Base Jjine, Ruby, Sresham, Crillis, Pleasant
IJnibdenstock & Larsqq Company.' That at the stations is divided into lots, the acreage adjacent into
for poultry and eggs established, with the
certainty that npthing f Jse will ever take
the, place of these food stajilesj ajd hat
fresh supplies always have the. preference
over the cold storage varieties, poultry,
ranches in the Powell Valley will produce
immediqte gnd. !arPe returns.
Here the combination favorable cli
rriatf, good soil and certain markets as
sures success. There can be no danger of
over productipn. Eggs and poultry are
on tbe ascendant rather than showing any
decline as production incrpases. The de
mand is growing faster than tbe supply,
plainly shown by the increasing prices
Fpr an investment there is no ptber in
dustry so satisfying as poultry. It is
the poor man's opportunity; he can eith
er devote his entire time, secure inde
pendence, oc by making poultry an ad
junct, materially reduce bis cost of living.
Powell Valley for fruit is as richly fa
vpred as the more advertised fruit sec
lions of Prcgon. Hfiire are found condi
tipns requisite q successful fruit culture
proper soil, climate, drainage (water
and air) all that is necessary is man's
enterprise to take advantage of Nature's
fVOfS. -
Volcanic asb, basaltic soils, loams, red
ohot clay, are admirably fitted for pears,
apples, cherries, plums, prunes; tbe lighte
loams for peaches, the more gravelly soils
fpr berries. Climatic conditions arg es
pecially favorable, long growing season,
.with immunity from frost, sufficient sun
shine to develop Jhe high color, sufficient
coolness to develop texture and flavor.
Vith Portland markets within an hour
and the East wanting all fruit that can
be shipped, tbe Powell Valley, orchardist
with intelligent effort can lpok fqr as
sured success.
are paseq on wnap
returns will pay
teleplipne for reseryatipn, Main
The netting for thriving towns; for prosper
ous small farms; for profitable chicken
ranches; for country homes of the well -to
do; for picturesque sportsmen's camps;
for ummgr cottages pf the pleasure seeker; for the
reducingpiivingexpcBnse home of the wage-earner,
ACRES AND LOTS SUITED FOR ANYONE'S
PURPOSE AT LOW PRICES AND ON EASY TERMS
Apples will pay $250.00 per acre
Pears will pay ..... 300.00 per acre
Prunes will pay. 75-PO per acre
Cherries will pay 100.00 per acre
Eeaches will pay. 200.00 per acre
While fruit trees are maturing, ground
between the rows will profitably produce
berries and vegetables. The dinner crops"
materially reducing the expenses and
swelling the general fund. Profit on
strawberries average from $150.00 to
$2p0.qq per acre; the blaekberry, raps
berry and loganberry produce equally
well.
Vegetables
Fpr quick large returns, the raiding of
vegetables, trucking, gardening, surpasses
all other farming, but the market must be
cjose and demand large. Here again js
the Powell Valley favored. Portland's
257,000. population lies at Powell Valley 's
doorj 51,400 families wanting potatoes,
egbbage, pgas, asparagus, etc. mmense
quantities of vegetables are now imported
from California, some because fhey are
early, but the greater part because th
territory surrounding Portland is not rais
ing sufficient for its needs.
Powell Valley has soij stated for all
vegetables, has climatic pondjitions favor
able to. growing parly and late varieties,
has transpprtation facilities to put prod
uces in Portlaud wjthin an hour, and has
oyer 50.000 families tp feed.
Nowhere else is a better opportunity
pffpred tp he trucker or gardener to
gain a livelihood, to amass a competency,
to build a sure future. At present prjees
Potatoes average.. $300.00 per acre
Onions average. ........ $0Q.0Q per acre
Cabbage, "averages, 500.00 per acre
Tomatoes average ....... 250. OP per acrp
Cauliflower" averages 350.00 per acre
Asparagus averages..... 400.0Q per acre
pelery 'averages. ........ 350.00 per acre
tne luq wiH proauce. iney are so reaauuMic fmu iphup
for the land before
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Wage-Earner
City conditions have radically changed
the last fen years. The wage-earnpr, be
he clerk, bookkeeper, superintendent, man
ager, mechanic, laborer, or anyone occupy
ing a subordinate position, faces certain
conditions which are rapidly growing
tighter. Year by year living anc expenses
increase, while wages and salaries do not,
at least in the same proportion. Higher
food prices mean retrenchment and often
hardship. Perjqds of business depression
reduce earnings and often eat np small
savings.
The wage-earner is , being perpetually
ground. Below him is the steadily in-f
creasing cost of living, above him the cer
tainty that be will retain bis present ppsi
tiou and salary only so long as his ef
forts and ability last. His only salvation
is to secure a piece of land, which will
produce the necessities he is now paying
someone else high prices for;. which, if he
devotes his entire time to, will release him
from his bondage, and which is so located
that tbe grpwth of the city will greatly in
crease its value.
Powell Valley offers just sueh an oppor
tunity. Here are acres rich in all natural
conditions'; productive ' acres that will
greatly reduce his cost of living; respon
sive acres where the same effort bow
used in. the office, mil or factory, will
make an independent home; acres so in
line with Portland's growth that, in the
not distant future, they Will be part of
the pity and valued at city lot prices.
To the wage-earner the Powell Valley
offers release, pffers the solution of the
"future at forty." Now is the time to act.
Suburban Homes
Portjand is like the schoolboy out
growing bis clothes, growing larger by
leaps and founds. Tbe same spirit that
has built up the countryside, pf other cities
is rampant here.
Many prefer acreage to city lots. Pure
air,' outdoor life and country sports are
the contract period empires anq
seeiier igr 3 ppMny pyme.
Oak Street
Hpme, Scenic, Cottrell, Mabery
1, 2, 5 and 10-acre traces.
wanted for the children. Parents want
a garden, a berry patch, a Jittle family
orchard, green lawn, country quiet rather
than city hustle, and a location close
enpugh the city that business will not
be interfered with and city pleasures en.
joyed. ' V ,
The prime factors are q,uick transporta
tion, appealing country, , and close-in acreage-'
. '
Here again Powell. Valley is to the fore.
No section near Portland offers greater
advantage for suburban homes, for tbe
rich and poor alike.
Stretches of woodland, sylvan dells,
rolling meadows, silvery streams, rugged
eanyons, snow-papped mountains, good
roads, ever-present Mount Hood, offer
seekers for a change of scene, for a mod
est or magnificent country home or a
temporary Summer cottage, or an all-year
residence, locations fitted for any taste
and to suit any pocketbook.
Sportmen's Camps
All that goes tp make.pamping life a
pleasure fish in the streams, game on the
slopes, forest-covered hills, magnificent
canyons, convenience of civilization with
in reach of the wild all are found in
Powell Valley, the land of outdoor de
light. '
Nowhere else in Oregon can there be
found within so limited an area the pleas
ures this yalley bas to offer the man or
woman who is looking for real enjoyment
and who can appreciate tbe wonders of
nature. .
The Ppweil Valley hills are Portland's
picturesque West. Primeval beauty is one
ol thpir great attractions. Railway lines
are in daily operation to the hunting and
fishing grounds. A short ride conveys fhe
pleasure-seeker to the pampjng site on
mountain river, lake or stream.
For ware? we
ticket for special
Pleasant Home Ex
de
cursion, Sunday, April
7th. Price, 23 pents per
round, trip tjcVe.
Name .
Business Address
' "Regidepce
To UMBDENSTOCK LARSON CQ.,
' 286 Oak Street ' '
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