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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1907)
44 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTXAXI), JUITE 23, 1907. 1 etween t he R ivers Within N the ext Five Years Study the picture below and it will convey to your mind the probable outcome of a small investment at University Park Big"ProfitsinRealEstate Big profits in real estate are not results of acci dents, but of mature judgment and carefully planned investments. First, seek the location where people are likely to congregate for homes, employment or business. Second, buy on the street where the great er number of people are likely to travel. It matters not what brings the people to a place or a street, peo ple make .values. Navigable Rivers - Navigable rivers give employment to men at points where commerce is exchanged between land and water facilities. University Park lies between two rivers navigable to the commerce of the world, and where freight trains will exchange business with ships. Score a point for this advantage. y Factories Factories bring and support large numbers of persons. Real estate values increase in a factory district in proportion to the number of persons em ployed in the factories. The highland at University Park is surrounded by factory, wharf, warehouse and commercial opportunities. See the location of the Stock-Yards, lumber mills, drydock, warehouses, flour mills, woolen mills, shipyards, ironworks, box factories, and many smaller concerns too numerous to mention. SHOWING UNIVERSITY PARK AND VICINITY Railroads Railroads bring population to terminal points, To factory sites and to shipping points. 'All the rail roads in the Pacific Northwest have trunk lines into University Park, and must necessarily bring a big influx of population, which will help to make big values. Score another point, please. Columbia University Right in the midst of this wonderful hive of in dustries is a high-class residence district, where the great Columbia University is located. Such institu tions always bring a cultured, high-minded class of people. Here elegant homes are springing up and home surroundings are beautiful. This forms an other attraction that helps to make high values for real estate. , University Park Has everything that goes to make a great city. It has two rivers, navigable to the commerce of the world; the O. R. & N. R. R., the Oregon & Washing ton R. R., the Portland & Seattle R. R., the Southern Pacific R. R., all now under construction to Univer sity Park. It has mills, shops, factories, the Colum bia University, a beautiful city park of 30 acres, the best soft, cold water on earth, magnificent scenery, four great boulevards, electric arc lights, electric streetcars, and is increasing in population at a won derful rate, iWhat more could you ask? PRICES AND TERMS Now that construction on the railroads and stockyards has been commenced we have decided to advance prices one dollar per front foot July 1, 1907, and prices will be in creased from month to month as the various industries advance toward completion and population grows. Present prices $11 to $14 per front foot. Terms 10 cash, balance small monthly installments, without interest if each installment be paid on or before due. Phone Woodlawn 239 Office at UNIVERSITY PARK STATION on St Johns Electric Line