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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1908)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, ATRIL 26, 1D0S. i - K i J J ) .1 m PORTLAND) .The MM CITY 9 vLW.v 'x' ' I 1p sfovM neuer 6e lnder- w-f -TV Where the beauty of lawns, parks and driveways will never be marred by the unsightly of buildings upon its broad . avenue prospects. Stop Off at Eossmere, The Beautiful, and See STREET IMPROVEMENTS ARE IN Take Eossmere Car, Third and Yamhill Streets. hn W. Cook George K. Clark Manager General Agent 336 CHAMBEE OF COMMERCE MAIN 5407 A 3252. AGENT ON THE GROUND AFTERNOONS EAST SIDE HAS NEW RECORD r More New Buildings Under Construction Than Ever Before. STREET WORK LAGS BEHIND liurchrs. Schools and IIok-Is ltcing Supplied to Meet Pr-mand f thti Kapldly Increasing Popula tion in the llig District. Every section of the Bast S dc is build inn up. April finds more dwellings under construction nnd enlnrprlsos under way than durinfr Htiy of tke 12 months pant. If the City Engineer could handle all Hi street improvements wanted, there would be more than double the, present amount of pavements under way. Orouml was broken this week "for the "hrlsttan Hrothers' bustnoss college, in Jlolladay Addition, to cost 35.tW. A hotel to cost KO.OUfl. Is projected at Sellwood. Motley Is bein? subscribed for a fcS.OOO t'onsreaationsl Church at Sunnyslde. Also Rround was broken for a t""athollc school and chapel at Highland tho tirst of the week, to cost Jio.mo. On the Peninsula It Is proposed to open and Improve a wide tlinrouKhfuro connectinir Killinssworth avenni with St. John. This plan Is hems worked out by the movement for opening connecting streets. Piedmont proposes to xpend 12S.0U0 for hard-surface pavements duritiK the year. In a portion of the auburb of Montavilla, in the preceinct 60, there Is a movement on foot to improve all streets. Thera Is not a section of the Fast Side where there Is not a progress ive movement of some sort. Property owners have the utmost contldence In the city and are willing and anxious to make lennanent Improvements. Whole ad ditions' are bolmr paved with crushed rock. "While large sales have not been the rule ren-ently. real estate men report residence property In constant domaiy. Hotel for Sellwood. Plans are being drawn by George H. Klkerton, contracting architect, lor a three-story frame botel building St)x90, with full concrete basement, on Umatilla aveaue and East Thirteenth street, in the auburb of Sellwood. The cost is esti mated at tW.OtU. The hotel building will rontain S3 rooma, single andon suite, and ela-ht baths. There will ha an ample dining-room and also a grill. It la desired to complete the building this year. This Is the most pretentious buildiiiaT to be erected in this growing auburb this year. It ia understood that the plans are belna; drawn for the new car barn and camion's clubhouse at tho Golf jutnks. and that work will start on these buildlnas within the next few weeks. The movement for the proposed sewer system for West Sellwood is progress ing, and bids fair to be carried for ward. Real estate dealers announce a constant demand for residence prop erty In thia suburb. The street im provement movement started in Sell wood some time ago Includes all unim proved streets, and ia working- its way along. There was a rumor afloat tho past week that the Portland Hallway, Light Power Company may build a new line south from the Brooklyn branch on East Twenty-third street through the I -add farm to a connection with the Sellwood line on East Thirteenth street, but it could not be verified. Such a line has been talked of for some time, but It never assumed a definite form. It WOUld Open lip the La.til farm nrt the great district south of the Southern Pacific carshops. and at least has some attractive possibilities. However, the wish may be father to the rumor. Ground Broken for College. Orouml was broken the first of the week for the building for the Christian Profilers- College on Grand avenue and Clackamas street. The building will be three stories, besides a cement base ment. It will have a frontage of 110 feet on Grand avenue and 60 feet to Clacka mas street. Plans have been drawn so that an additional w!ng may be built oxS0. when needed. J. Betlly & Co. are contractors for the grading. Ten-year Ito'.d bonds amounting to tSO.'nX) have been placed on the market by the college cor poration. With the means secured from those bonds and also the bequests to the building fund, the necessary funds will bo raised to put up the building. It will be an up-to-date business college. At Vnlvcrslty Park Black & Kerr have started work on a two-story flat and frame structure for K. ii. Filter, on Iiawson and Fisk streets. The cost will be J5000. A. C. Ruby Is having a JSrtOO barn erected on the Sandy road, noar Kast Seventeenth street. Architect Pchacht has drawn plans for a S10,0"0 frame building for Charles O. Slgblin on Kast Sixteenth and Alder streets. Work has been started on a two-story frame school and chapel for St. Andrew's parish, on East Ninth, between Alberta and Wygant street, to cost $10,000. W. Cameron will have a $50Crt two-story dwelling erected on Hancock street, near East Twenty-third, to cost SaOfO. The old race track in Upper Albina Is disappearing. Buildings are being torn down. A contracting firm has a camp on the grounds and Is grading out the principal streets. Hard-surface pave ments ure to be laid in this tract. It Is to -be thrown open for residence pur poses. Before this is done, however, many thousands of dollars will be spent in improving streets, laying water mains and sewers. The city has built up on three sides of this tract of land and now it gives way to tlie march of Improve ment. Spend Nearly Half-Million. T. J. Jones, school architect, has much work on hand. Foundations for the eight-room school house orr- Habersham street, near Section Line road, and the Peninsula school are both well along. Also the addition to the Sellwood school has been started. A new school build ing will be erected on block 10, Central Albina, recently acquired, to relieve the Highland and Thompson school houses, both of which are overcrowded. At Woodlawn will be started soon on an ad dition to replace tho old part which has been condemned. For the new high school for the North East Side, costing $2."0.uk, the Board of Education Is asking for competitive plans. It had been reported that the location for this high school house might be changed, but It is announced that the site pur chased in the Patton tarct will be retained and the high school house put on It. Effort is being put forth to vacate some streets adjacent to the site so as to in crease its dimensions. Mr. Jones is re ceiving bids for providing the East Port land High School with tire escapes, also for constructing stone and concrete wall and steps on the grounds of this build ing. v What will he done with the Tents school house remains to be seen: it is over crowded, and space In the assembly hall on the third floor Is being used for reci tations. It- will be a problem to solve when It comes to enlnrge this building. Some people think it will have to be con demned and replaced with an entirely new structure. School facilities in the vicinity of Woodmere, which is midway between Lents and Arleta school houses, will be asked for. There Is a growing section here -too far from either of these buildings. Homes are springing up ail through this section. The Board of Edu cation will be asked to secure at least a block foo the site of a school house. llig Movement on Fenlnaula. Between North Albina and Killings- Betweei rortliavi of residence and factory property. The Kenton tract recently platted, form ing a townslte, is proving attractive property. In addition to the Gray brook tract, between 300 and. 400 acres were recently acquired in the Mary E. Knott tract. Six blocks have been platted, which will constitute the busi ness section, with building restrictions. Owners of this tract are looking to the future, when business locations will be reuutred. ' George F. Heuser. who Is looking after thia property, says that details for Improvements of streets have not yet been worked out, but will be ready in about two weeks. Lots are being sold even before the street grades have been set. In the Lovelelgh tract, of the Brong Steele Company, behiff part of the Love farm on Columbia Slough, B0 lots were sold last week for $:io.O0O. which is considered a remarkable showing. It is predicted that 20.000 people will live In proximity to the Switt packing plant on the Peninsula and the kin dred manufacturing industries that are to be established in that neighbor hood. In order to prepare for this addi tional population in the immediate vicin ity of the manufacturing plants already projected, besides tho population all over the Peninsula, the Peninsula Develop ment league, representing nine push clubs, has secured a 10-mimtte schedule on the St. John car line during rush hours. It is considered probable that flic company will soon make schedules for the entire day. It can be seen from the car line that already a great move ment is going forward on the Peninsula. Vill Build $25,0OO Church. Rev. J. J.- Staub, pastor of the Sunny side Congregational Church, said recent ly that the canvass for funds for the now edifice has gone forward sattsfac torily. A committee of 20 prominent Is granted by all experienced travelers to be the most magnificently located city in the world. Its scenic environment is surpassed nowhere. Artists cannot do the work justice and it is with extreme difficulty we have finally secured a naturally colored painting of this panorama. A HANDSOMELY ILLUMINATED VIEW OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND. FRAME IT OR KEEP IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE FREE This beautiful water color painting, by one of Port land's best landscape artists, reproduced in a half tone of very large size, is the only correct and com plete vieAv of the city that has ever been shown to the people of Portland. Landmarks and the principal points of interest are brought out vividly and almost any section of the city, with which you are familiar, may be located instantly. This big picture is un mounted and may be tastily framed and placed any where, in the home or office. It is more convenient than a map for locating the different parts of tho city. It should be in every home and every offica and may be secured from us without cost, either by calling in person or mailing the attached coupon, By calling, you may have the picture without folding or rolling. ' TJfOF,I7TVFHP A twiU d0 ?ou a lot good to ride out on the East Ankeny JLIIAJJCjI l JL iB 4 JL car, any day, today, if pleasant, and get a Springtime view of BELLE CHEST. BELLE CREST IS THE BACKBONE OF THE PENINSULA This Coupon will bring; it to you. ' THE JAC0BS-STINE COMPANY 148 Fifth Street, Gentlemen : Please mail me one of the handspmely illuminated views of the City of Portland, without charge. Name Address Only one picture to a person. TEAR OUT THIS COUPON AND MAIL IT TODAY. 1Kb Largest Subdivision Operators on the Pacific Coast 148 FIFTH STREET PORTLAND, OREGON members was appointed two weeks ago, and they have secuocd subscriptions of nearly ISOOO. The dimensions and style of architecture of the new church will depend on the amount of money avail able. Besides the money raised, the church owns two lots, and the old building on Bast Thirty-fourth and Tay lor streets, which property is worth over j000. Mr. Staub said not a shovelful of dirt will be turned on the site of the new church until the money has been secured, so It can be completed and dedi cated free of debt. The new church will cost about 26,000, and will be modern In every respect, and provide apartments for the clubs and young people. The Bassam Paving Company, re cently organized, with a capital stock of $25,000, has been given permission to lay its pavement on Hancock street, between Kast Twenty-fourth and Twenty-seventh streets, as a practical demonstration of its work. It lays a hard surface pavement of crushed rock and conorete. While not ready for announcement of location, AV. H. Mall sold a business location for $15,000, and altogether for the week sold 130,000 in business and residence property. For building and for investment, residence property is the attraction at present. Other Sales Reported. In Albina, Ivoulse TVelnhard sold to Cecilia, Clayson lot 11, block S2, for ISOOO. Also in Albina, Cecilia Clayson bought lot 12. block 32, for J3000. H. C Bruening bought lot , block 8, Al bina, lor $2900. One-half of lot 1. block 52, Albina, was sold to B. E. Cogswell for $1100. At Glencoe Park, Lucena E. Melby bought part of lot $, block 2, for $2000. John N. Klein sold lot 1. block 25. , Creston. for $8003, with house. Thomas js. Wallace bought two lots in block 8, East Irvington, and lot 10. block 1, Wild Rose addition, for $3000. In 8unnyside, C. Arthur Ward bought lot "O" for $1000. Ole Nelson Horsfeldt bought part of block 15. In Albina, for $3,500. Robert Sylvester Hull bought a half block In Vernon for $2500. In Albina Homestead, Gertrude Drinker bought of J. H. Baylor lots 6 and , Nock 28, for $2300. Joseph Conway bought three lots In block 1. Arleta. with house, for i$il01. Architect Otto Kleemann has drawn plans for a new flat building for Dr. Louisa Anderson. Mr. Kleeman also is preparing the plans for a tenement build ing for Mrs. S. C. Holt, to be erected on Nartilla and Salmon streets. The cost will be about $7400. 18 NUTS TO THE YARD ENGLISH WALNUTS :and: ROYAL ANN CHERRIES TWO BITES TO THE OIERRll Strictly as an investment, eliminating the growing and marketing of crops, you cannot equal the security and profit offered in the purchase of one of our tracts. A city or suburban lot, for advancement in speculative value, depends on many combinations of development and growth. Everything must come your way, to your location, to the particular selection you have made from the many locations offered. You are advised to locate this way, that way and the other way. Each one is presented as the only one, the real one, the sure thing. The purchase of a 5 or 10:acre tract of planted "Walnuts or Royal Ann Cherries giyes you an actual value, something to depend on, something to fall back on; development and growth within itself, production within itself, income within itself, profit within itselr. A planted 5-acre tract on terms of $100 cash and $15 per month secures you a property that within the next few years, as a speculation, will bring you two or three for one. Mind you, you cannot purchase a 2-year-old planting today for double the price we now ask. Our price includes four years' care. Ere that time passes Walnuts will rank with Apples in interest; the demand cannot be met only by you and others who now invest. , . . Being the largest owners and planters in Oregon, your location with us at tracts the limelight, places you first for consideration. Our expert care will meet the investigation. Our present price insures your profit. Our properties are in Yamhill County, "the "Walnut County." We visit them any day with you, leaving 7:40 A. M.f returning 5:40 P. M.. Sundays included. CHURCHILL-MATTHEWS CO. General Selling Agents. 110 SECOND STREET. Sells Hood River Farm. Captain H. C. Coe. of this city, through the agency of Devlin ft Flre baugh, has sold his Hood River prop erty, known as "Jerlco Farm," to C. B. Nesblt, also of Portland. Mr. Nes blt Tias spent considerable time looking Into the fmlt situation In the North west, and he thinks the opportunities In pursuit of horticulture are best served in the Hood River district. Valuable Masonic Heirlooms. MONTESANO, Wash., April 25. (Spe cial.) When J. E. Caldar. the real estate dealer of rthls city was made a Master Mason last week by Wynooche Lodge, No. . A. F. and A M. of this city, he became the possessor of several valu able Masonic heirlooms which have been in the Calder family for many years. One Is an apron which was made by Mr. Cftlder's grandfather over 75 years aga. he having prepared tho lambskin himself. It was given to his son Josepli I, in 1870. and now to the present pos sessor. Another memento is the certifi cate issued to the first J. E. Calder, at testing his membership in the .Royal Arch Masons, bearing date of tfvTacua. N. Y., September 26. 1S, it having been given to Mr. Calder six years after he came from England. The most unique bequest, however, is a Royal Arch Mason's apron, made of fine white silk, with the emblems and secret letters of both the Chafter and blue lodge painted upon It in symbolic colors of the ancient institution. Mettger. Jeweler, optician. M2 Wash. PUBLIC LAND OPENING 245.000 acres of irrigated Government Land in Bip Horn Basin, Wyoming, will be thrown open for settlement May 12, under the Carey Act, affording opportunity to secure an irri fCHted farm at low cost on easy payments. Only :J0 days' resi dence required. Report containing official notice of the draw ing, maps, plats, and full information sent free on request. IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT ROOM 406, 205 LASALLE STREET, CHICAGO. ACRE TRACTS These ON THE SALEM ELECTRIC LINE As an Investment or for a Home Tracts Are Unequalled. Only 30 Minutes From the Heart of the City The Oregonian Thursday, April 23, in an article on the first page, states positively that the Oregon Electric Railroad will gridiron the Willamette Valley with 301 miles of new lines. A" rapid rise in prices of all Willam ette Valley property will be the result. All kinds of fruit and vegetables can be raised to perfection on this land. Pure, sparkling water, living springs and shady nooks. This is soil, not gravel. Take the cars today at Jefferson and Front streets, ride to Metzger Station. Stroll around the tract and see for yourself that we are offering the greatest bargains now on the market. PRICE $200 and up per acre, according to location. TEEMS 10 per cent cash and 3 per cent of the purchase price per month. INTEREST 6 per cent per annum on deferred payment. ON CASH PAYMENTS a discount will be allowed. For particulars and beautifully descriptive plat call a our Portland office, 226-228 Front street, or at Metzger Station. HERMAN METZGER, Owner