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TICKETS AT OFFICE. COME SUNDAY.
"F YOU QO to the store for every morsel for yonr table
and give a large percentage of yonr hard-earned dol
lars to a landlord besides, bow do 7011. expect to ever -'
get ahead? How do yon figure you'll achieve that
financial condition where you can at least cease to
worry" about the future? If your income is an ordi-'
nary' one, and even if it might be called large, as salaries,
go, you must take mighty good- care of it to be much ahead
in ten years by this system. Custom has established . this
'pay-rent-and-buy-everything" system till people have be
come satisfied with it; but why be satisfied when you can
do better? '
An acre at Madison Villa is the secret, and, having, bought,
' you will own something which will not only increase tre
mendously in value, but produce all those little delicacies you
are buying now..' You can keep your chickens, a cow, raise
fruits and vegetables of every kind. The soil is amazingly
' f ertilef and is all clear, having been under cultivation for '
years, so all this work of stumping,, stoning, etc., which is
necessary elsewhere, is done I '
The saving to you in rent and groceries will reach hundreds
of dollars annually, and the real beauty of the proposition is
that 15 minutes (commuter's fare 5 cents) on the Oregon'
Electric completes the trip either way. In this way a man
can continue his work in town and enjoy as quick means of
transportation as he could have in any. district where lot
prices compare at all with Madison Villa ground per acre.
Madison . Villa acres are closer, measured' by minutes or
miles, than Sunnyside Irvington or the Rose City Park dis
trict, where the prices of lots equal, double and treble this
ground per acre. But don't lose sight of the fact that these
tracts are very limited, and that nearly two-thirds of the
block is already sold. There were only 80 acres originally.
These tracts have the same relation to the center of town
today as hundreds of blocks sold at similar prices twenty .
years ago, and which have since become the equivalent to as
many fortunes. I have watched all this development, and
there must be a repetition, unless Portland stops growing
right where it is.' Just think of the millions of wealth this
but recen wilderness has developed into, and realize that
ninety per cent of the fortunes were started by the advanced
value of some piece of ground. The remaining
Madison Villa Acre Tracts are $550 up ---Easy Terms
Madison Villa is the closest-in acreage proposition in the, city; so close is it that the vicinity is literally covered with platted residence tracts
all of which are certain to return generous profits. You are under no moral obligation to buy. after going out to inspect; we just want. you to
see and you will understand the possibilities. Free tickets at this office for trip; if you cannot come, write for maps and fuller information.,.
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EAST SIDE WANTS
IE CITY
MO
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Estimated That $500,000
Needed to Provide Ade
quate Water Mains.
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SERVICE FALLS BEHIND
Growth of City Greater Than Au
thorities Can Keep Pace With.
Continued Building Opera- '-"
tlons ia.AU Directions. J;
The extraordinary building activity on.
the Bast Side In all directions emplia
sizes the need of rhore water mains. This
demand for water comes from practically
every suburb for a six-Inch to a 24
lnch main. It Is estimated that J500.000
would not purchase and put under ground
the pipe that Is now being called for on
the Bast Side.
Only a portion of these demands are be
ing met by the Water Board, and only
such mains as are absolutely needed can
be laid, while the other petitions are
simply allowed to ptla up and be filed
away.
A 34-lnch main Is wanted to serve the
territory between the Sectton-llne road
and Sellwood. Including Waverly-Hlch-.mond,
Kenilworth district and Sellwood.
The latter district has started agitation
for a pipeline. Owing to the growth, along
and between the Milwaukie road and the
Willamette River there is already a water
shortage that is being seriously felt by
the residents. The cost of this pipeline
would be very great, end there is no
money available. At Montavilla a pipe
line was aBked for on Villa avenue, but
had to be denied for want of money.
Center addition and Montavilla both are
growing rapidly and must have water.
Center addition Is building northward to
Rose City Park. In the Vernon tract, the
Irvington addition, the old racetrack, and
polnta on the Peninsula and "Woodlawn
all are asking for water mains, but cannot
get them for the same reason.
If the four sections on the Mount Scott
district are annexed, which now seems
probable, -It means that the district will
demand Bull Run water, as the local
company cannot supply the present de
mand and Is not Inclined to spend money
in enlarging its plant with the prospects
of annexation In the near future. In Cen
tral Bast Portland and Albina the va
cant lots are being built over rapidly, and
more water will be used In consequence.
It Is the general Impression that the sec
ond pipeline cannot be built too soon,
and that some provision will have to bo
made to meet the demands for these
line.
East Sid Property In Demand.
East Side property continues to be in
demand, and the transfers of the past
week have kept up to the average in
spite of the approaching election, which
is absorbing public attention. Two blocks,
45 and 48, in Sullivan's addition, on. the
Sandy road, were sold for $16,000 to I. C.
Sanford. This was the largest sale made
on the East Side the past week. In Bast
Portland, Frederick Hoffman bought the
west 33 feet of lots S and 6, in block 238,
for 4K.
La. Swett sold to A. D. Cleveland a,
parcel of land on the Base-line road on
the corner of the N. D. Oilman donation
land claim for K000. Another acreage
sale was that of four acres by O. C.
Yocum to James P. Andrews for $600.
The tract is in the EX B. Davidson dona
tion land claim. A considerable number
of acreage transfers were made the past
week for parcels east of Mount Tabor.
This class of property has become very
attractive to Portland Investors.
In Central Albina E. L, Cooper bought
lot 7 in block . for $3500. Frank Clark
bought a quarter block in Walnut Park
for JS500. John F. Kerrigan bought" lot 4,
block 153, In Central Bast Portland for
J. J. Fltigerald purchased the north
half of lots 15 and 16. block 17. In John
Irvlng's second addition, for $6500. The
sale Includes a modern house. At Mount
Tabor, one and one-half acres were sold
to El H Farlngton for $3)00.
In Piedmont. El E. Meyers bought lota
' 4 and 5. In block 4. for $3000.
Sales have been made in Vernon, "Wal
nut Park. North Albina. and all points
down the Peninsula every day. Founda
tions of new dwellings between Killlngs
worth avenue and Columbia boulevard
are going in all through the territory. W.
C. Peddlcord, in his talk before the Penin
sula Rose Festival Association Tuesday
night, declared that the Peninsula was
destined to hold a great population and
also be a great manufacturing center.
Mr. Peddlcord urged the advantage of in
viting visitors who come to Portland dur
ing the Rose Festival to visit that portion
of the city.
In Walnut Bark and Piedmont, where
there la a building restriction, the visit
ors will see some of the finest homes on
the East Side. If they extend their trip
to the Vernon tract they will also find
a section rapidly building "up with at
tractive homes.
Movement In Apartment-Houses.
There is quite a movement in the erec
tion of apartment-houses on the East
Side. A number of this class of build
ings are being put up and others are
projected. Fred Page is having plans
drawn for a modern one on the corner
of East Burnside and Eighth streets, to
occupy the quarter block. It will be a
building of pretentious size. P. Gevurts
has signed a lease for this building for
10 years. It is to be completed by Dei
cember 1. Plans are 4elng drown for a
four-flat building for T. J. McNamee,
of six rooms each, o cost $8000, to be
built on Grand avenue and Oregon
stroet
Judge Otto J. Kraemer is having plans
for a four-flat frame building on Oregon
and Grand avenue. : Otto Kleeman has
prepared the plans for a two-Btroy flat
tor Peter Zimmerman, to be erected on
Bast Twelfth and Burnside streets, to
cost $6000. J. J. Horsky has let the
contract for a two-story fiat on Union
avenue and Schuyler street, to . cost
$6600. Mrs. Barnes has commissioned
Architects Goodrich & Goodrich to pre
pare plans for an apartment-house to
be built on Benton street, in McMillen's
Addition. It will be -built of concrete
blocks and contain 20 rooms In all.
Architect Morgan has completed plans
for a building for G. F. Cummins, to be
built on Union and Ains worth avenues,
to cost $5000. It will be two stories. The :
lower rooms will be for business pur
poses and the upper portion for flats.
Mrs. J. B. Comstock Is having? plans
drawn for a four-flat frame building
of five rooms each, to be built on the
northeast corner of East Sixth and
Weldler streets. i
C P. Barrett is having a $7000 two
story frame building built on the cor
ner of East Burnside and Twenty
eighth streets. The lower, portion is
for business rooms and the upper for
dwelling apartments.
Break Ground for Tenement.
Walter Thomas Mills announces that
ground will be broken for the com
munity tenement buildings on the
ground secured south of the Powell
Valley road, at Kenilworth, come time
In June. Mr. Mills has the general
plan of these buildings already pre
pared. He has several acres, which
take In the ravine between the Powell
Valley road and Kenilworth. Part of
the ravine will be used for a lake.
The general .plan is for a series of
buildings that will house about 100
families, who will have the advantage
of purchasing all articles of household
use at wholesale prices, and who will
be able to live at a minimum cost
When the ground for the first struc
ture Is broken Mr. Mills expects to have
the Mayor and other prominent men
present to launch the enterprise with
appropriate ceremony.
The Danish Aid Society will erect a
home on the Bouthwest corner of East
Nineteenth and Stark streets, where a
lot was purchased for a site several
months ago. The home will occupy
65x60 feet, and will be two and a half
stories. Plans have been prepared by
Wilson Travis for the special needs
of the society. The building wlllcon
taln meeting halls, ante-rooms, cloak
and lounging rooms, together with an
auditorium and banquet room. The
Danish Aid Society is an old Portland
fraternal organization, and Includes In
its membership many.' of the pioneer
citizens of Portland.
The stone work of the Methodist
Church South on Union avenue and Mult
nomah street is progressing and will soon
be completed. At present the tower, a
massive affair, is being finished. Very
soon the woodwork on this structure will
be started. The church is being built
of cut stone, and will be one of the most
expensive edifices erected on the East
Side, and will probably be completed this
Fall. Work on this structure has been
in progress for more than a year. The
cost will run above $60,000.
At Vernon the Second United Brthren
Church is being completed at a cost of
$3000. It will be ocupied in a few weeks,
but the formal dedication of the church
will be held during the sessions of an
nual conference at the First United
Brethren Church. At that time dedicatory
ceremonies will be conducted by the pre
siding bishop. .
Will Build Carshopa.
It is announced that the Portland Bail
way, llght & Power Company will shortly
proceed with the erection of its car shops
in Sellwood. near the Golf Links, and is
perfecting title to the land between Linn
and Ochoco avenues, en East Thirteenth
street, by which it will have control of
all the land to the Willamette Jtiver. A
third rail will be laid to the new shops
so that cars 'on the north division, which j
have a narrower gauge, than those of the
O. W. P. line, can be taken to- the new
shops for repairs. It Is considered prob
able that repairs of cars or the Cazadero
and Oregon City lines will be made at
these shops, which will necessitate the
employment of a large torce of men. Res
idents and property-ownecs in Sellwood
are pleased over the prospects of hav
ing this large plant located there, which
will mean much for that portion of the
city!
At Sellwood there is a substantial pro
gressive movement in all lines of build
ing and In street improvements. When
the addition to the schoolhouse is finished
the building will contain 18 rooms, which
Principal Strong says will be occupied
by the end of September of the next
school year. The building of the proposed
sewer system for that s :burb, between
East, Ffteenth street and the Willamette
River, will give it additional conveniences.
Property values In Sellwood are advanc
ing in proportion to the progress of the
suburb. Along East Thirteenth street and
Spokane and Umatilla avenues business
buildings are being erected and a $20,000
hotel will be starter on Umatilla avenue
this month.
Hlgh-Grade Houses Built.
On June 1 work wilt be started on the
new, residence of M. F. Donahoe, on the
southwest corner of Sumner street and
Garfield a'cnue, .n Walnut Park. It
will cost $10,000 and will be one of the
most pretentious structures erected on
the East Side for some months. Archi
tect Faber has prepared plans, and the
foundation will be built to support a five
story building. For the present it will be
two and one-half stofles. It will be built
of cement blocks. At one corner will
stand a three-cornered tower. Architect
Faber is preparing plans for .a concrete
residence, to be built on East Ffteenth
and Multnomah streets, to cost $9000, for
Donahue & Hardin.
Mr. Faber also is preparing plans for a
home for himself' on Garfield and Alns
worth avenues, to cost $5600. It will be
40x66 and contain nine rooms. All the
heating and lighting whl be by electricity,
which will -tfe supplied by a storage bat
tery. Energy to run the dynamo will
come from a Holland Dutch windmill, to
be erected In the rear of the house on a
massy stone tower. Its sails will have a
sweep of 32 feet and the mill will de
velop from eight to ten-horse power.
Whenever there is a breeze, electricity
will be generated and stored for future
use In the house." This will be the first
dwelling of this kind built in Portland,
and will be in every way original. An
electrician Is preparing plans for the
electrical system.
AS IT LOOKS TO FRIES
PRESIDENT OF REALTY BOARD
VISITS CALIFORNIA.
Says Resources of State and Coast
Are Practically Limitless, With
Oregon In the Lead.
H. W. Fries, president of the Port
land Realty Board, has returned from
a two weeks' trip in California. He was
in San Francisco when the battleship
fleet arrived and is enthusiastic over the
spectacle presented by the warships when
they entered tlje harbor and swung to
their anchorages. Mr. Fries was enter
taine;' at the Bohemian Club and by
other organizations of the Bay City, and
was taken on an automobile trip through
part of the Santa Clara and San Joaquin
Valleys. He returns to Oregon convinced
that this state has many advantages
unea.ualed anywhere on the Coast, ?ut
at the same lime believes that the whole
Pacific Coast Is the garden part of the
world. He said yesterday:
"I found conditions in California much
the same as we have here in Oregon. We
need more population and more money to
develop our resources, which to my mind
are practically limitless.
"I went on a tour of the San Joaquin
Valley out to the neighborhood of Fres
no, where I found the irrigation of the
lands bringing the most satisfactory re
sults. They have there their immense
raistn industry built up under irrigation;
we have here our apples and prunes to
offset that product. I was convinced
without a remaining doubt in my mind
of the importance of irrigation, for thou
sands of acres of land brought Into pro
ductiveness were there to bear evidence.
Value of these lands has been doubled
and trebled In the last few years.- The
lands I passed over on this trip are
about the same as our own Willamette
Valley as to fertility, and in comparison
are about equal, except we have the
advantage in climatic conditions.
"I find that In realty circles there is a
great movement in lands over on the
Oakland. Berkeley, Richmond and Ala
meda sides of the bay. There are thou
sands of acres in the foothills country
yet to be Improved, and dealers said to
me that acreage In these sections is in
good demand at Increasing prices.
"As for the City of San Francisco, I
observed many things which Impressed
me most favorably. In the first place,
the burned-over district is being built
up ' In a perfectly marvelous manner.
There are, of course, many blocks on
which little if any effort has been made
to rebuild ;substantlal structures, but at
the same time the number of class A
buildings completed or under process of
construction is so great as to simply
amaze one. ' Values for property in the
old . down-town section . keep up, but
realty dealers report less movement In
that character of Investment than in out
lying lands..
"The fact that leases were made for
business sites along Van Ness avenue
and on out to Fllmore street for several
year terms has retarded the filling up
of the old business district, but business
is bound to return to the burned dis
trict very shortly, especially in whole
sale and retail merchandising. Probably
Van Ness avenue is destined to remain
a retail business street, but it will be
come what Polk and Filmore streets were
before the . fire.
"One matter that Is engaging the at
tention of realty men just now is an
effort to have the Legislature amend the
laws of the state, which, now permit
leases to be made for only 50 years. It
Is urged that the term allowed be in
creased to 99 years which, ' it Is held,
will attract building on a larger scale
than Investors now care to undertake.
There is a large amount of property of
fered for lease in the burned section of
the city, and already many merchants
are looking for sites in that district.
"There i a state realty federation,
with ' headquarters in Los Angeles, and
with members In nearly every Important
city and town In the state, the object
of which is stated to be to insure square
dealing and prompt attention to seekers
after information. The San Francisco
member is the Real Etate Board, which
has nearly eveTy prominent real estate
firm in the city enrolled on its member
ship, and it Is doing much for the up
building of the city and its surround
Death on Congo River Steamer.
BRUSSELS, May 23. Dispatches re
ceived here from the West Coast of Africa
announce that the steamer Vllle de
Bruges has been sunk by a tornado on
the Upper Congo. Six Europeans and 43
blacks were drowned.
The Star Brewery's famous Hop Gold
beer is unexcelled in all respects and is
highly recommended for its strength
and health-giving qualities. Orders for
bottled beer receive prompt attention.
Phone East 46. Home phone B1146.
1ETZGE
ACRE TRACT
The greatest bargains ever offered to the people of Portland. Thirty minutes
Srom the heart of the city on the Salem electric line. They are worth twice
what we ask for them. Eide out and see for yourself. Just think of it, only
$200 Per Acre and Up
The best land in Oregon on which to raise vegetables, fruit, berries or walnuts.
A trout stream, springs and good car service. Don't delay; secure one of these
tracts before the price advances. Be sure you are on Metzger tract. ,
PRICE Sj2M and up per acre, according to location.
TERMS 10 per cent cash and 3 per cent of the pur
chase price per month.
INTEREST 6 per cent per annum on deferred pay
ments. ON CASH PAYMENTS a discount will be allowed.
For 'particulars and beautifully descriptive plat call at our Portland offce, 226
228 Front street, or at Metzger Station. All cars and trains stop at Metzger's; ;
HERMAN METZGER -
OWNER i: ; .; vV v
Office Phones, Main 474 A 1374. Agents and Phone at Station, Pacific 2019.'
"THE TWIN FALLS COUNTRY"
(1,000 ACRES CAREY ACT
LANDS OPEN FOR ENTRY
UNDER THE TWIN FALLS
SALMON RIVER PROJECT
AT TWIN FALLS, IDAHO
JUNE 1ST, 1908
Registration Books Open May 25, 1908
Registration Books Close May 31, 1908
Drawing Takes Place June First, 1908
For booklet giving full information write
R. M. McCOLLTJM, Secretary
Twin Falls Investment Co., Ltd.
TWIN FALLS, IDAHO,
Sole agents for sale of land and water rights.
Carey Act, Lands can be located by power of attor
ney. Blanks Furnished on Application.
All deposits for drawing1 must be by certified cheek.
Beaverton-Reedville
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THE PASADENA of OREGON
Ourlarge body of Tiighiy improved landed ten
miles west of Portland, station in midst, are with
out parallel for beauty of location, richness of soil,
freedom from gravel, poor or cold soil.; An ideal
locality for Home or investment. Over half of bur
purchasers have bouhf additional' lands since.An
inspection of properties will substantiate our every .
. claim. Call or' write for further information to
The Sfiaw-Fear Company
245 y2 Stark Street.