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Newspaper Page TextTHE-SUNDAY OBEGOSIAy. PORTLAND. OCTOBER 4, 1908. : - 1 i 1 lM0CEAMMlgg: Wl M01E i - -- - ( t . ,-,!;", ..." - - . . .. - p-"8- - : - S j O . : - , - - - r - . , - , I A ' -" r' " -v .---i., , v V V- M Uyvll- " " " 7j ' ' ' .'2 : ; w 1 '" " 'wy . Hundred, of people in Oregon and nearby eS have alrea is the time to purcnase yours, as iois ai uic jjiwcm. - All streets are being graded; mountain water and electric lights will be brought to every lot- a magnificent hotel, equal to any on the Pacific" Coast, will be erected; a large Eecreation Park, containing more attractions than any in the West, and covering 23 acres, is now being installed: the largest plunge in the world, 500 feet wide and 1000 feet long, is being built; over $50,000.00 has been expended for the machinery alone to do this work, and all improvements will be brought to rapid completion. v;0wc nf RAVnnmAN PARK, showinc the beautiful scenery and the splendid bay and ocean beaches, which are unequaled on the Pacific Coast.- In addition, we are showing the best scenery and beaches in California and the Northwest, giving you the opportunity to see what we really have. ' These views will be given every Thursday evening at 4oo Sherlock building, b3y2 llmd street, at 8 P. M. You and your friends are invited to attend. POTTER-CHAPIN REAL1 PHONESA 4724, Main 7324 COMPANY 5 14 CORBETT BUILDING REALTY DEALING MAKES NO STOP Campaign Has No Effect on East Side Sales of Lots. ACTIVE BUILDING GOES ON rilU Arp Followed Promptly by the Erection of Factories and Ware house Better Streets In All Parts of Residence District. Apriwirli of the Presidential election has small effect on the sale of residence litta on the East Side, according to deal era. In some directions there has been an Increase. However, aa Winter ap proaches there Is a slight decrease In building permits. Several projected build ings near ths east end of BurnsWIe bridge are being held over for the present. TV. H. Mall A Co. report a dosen sales pendln. ranging from 1 to 110.000. which will be close up within the next ten days, and Mr. Mall says that condi tions continue giod. K. B. Holhrook & Co. report that during August they sMd M lots In Irvington Park Addition, while the sales In that addition for September will go above that figure. In the Jones more Addition and In North Mount Tabor thers were numerous sales and new houses are constantly springing up. Through Central East Tortland and Al bina no "to let" signs are to be seen. Vacant houses ara not of a desirable class, and the better class of houses do not remain vacant long. In Irvlngton. where so many lot have been sold, at tractive and high-class houses are being erected. Many Buildings Vnder Way. JCew buildings projected and under wsy en the East Side foot up to a large sum. The wholesale house of Parlin Oren dorff. which Is being erected on Belmont between Water and East First streets, is to cost JSOAW. It covers half a block and will be four stories In height. The ware house of Pevlln A Wallace.. on East First and East Yamhill streets, two stories and basement, covering a quarter block, will cost IJS.OM. The agent for the Western Mectrle Company, who came to Portland last week to dispose of the halt block owned by thrcompany on East Yamhill street, between Eut Second and East Third, will recommend that the property be retained, and a building likely will be built The block Is to be tilled tip to grsde. se will the helf Nock owned by Fisher. Thorsen & Co. alongside the elec tric company's property. These tills probably will be followed by buIMlr.gs. For tiie East Side passenger depot for the Southern Pacirtc Company, to be erected on East Moirleon and East First streets, the fill has been completed and Is -now ready for ths building. Plans have been drawn for the depot by the company's architects, and it only now re mains for the company to order the work to start. It will cost tSVHV The lorr dock of the Portland Railway. Light 4t Power Company at the east end of Madison bridge is being completed. Its eot will be about t.. It is neejed for the handling of freight. The three story brick for S. Selling, on Belmont street and Grand avenue, is also nearing completion. It will cist. when finished, about fca.OA In Holladay Addition work Is progressing on the hospital building of the Homeopathic Association. One wing Is being put up at present at a cost of about $l'io.V The Oddfellows building, on East Alder and East Sixth streets. eostlr-w-nesriajiiOiaPit t'oa. Coal et thus t4i.dia. loots MP I fii),- onft. and there are several projected In bast fortiana costing muuui iw,wv As soon as a tenant Is secured, J. C Alnsworth will erect a building on the corner of East Ankeny and Grand ave nue, where he recently bought a quarter block for $27,500. Completing CollcRO Building. The college building of the Christian Brothers, on Grand avenue and Clacka mas street, will be completed and dedi cated November . The cost of the whole plant will be about t'.ttX. It Is a thsee-story structure, erected according to plana suggested by Brother Andrew. It will be a miniature banking-house and general business Institution. For the East Side it will be sn institution of great value from all points of view. At the top of the building there Is a hall that will seat loflO people. It Is provided with an ample stage and gallery, and It will be used by the college students and oth ers for entertainments, lectures and dances. Those who know say It will be one of the finest halls In the city, and the finest on the East Side. It is an nounced that the present building Is but the start, and that In time another structure, perhaps on larger plans, will be erected lster on the east side of the block, when the number of stu dents warranta the cost of the second structure. The present college Is a building that harmonises well with the surroundings of splendid homes and well paved streets. Making Permanent Improvements. '"Cheap street Improvements are near ly as bad ss no Improvements at all," declared John P. Sharkey, in speaking of the amount of first-class street Im provements under way on the East Side at the present time. In accordance with this policy Mr. Sharkey Is making permanent improvements in the Waver lelgh tract. In the southesst. at a con siderable cost. He reports that 30 lots had been sold In that tract the past few days. A contract tvlll be let this week for 3000 shade trees, as soon as it has been decided what kind of trees i - . ci- . 1. n -n& YtThfil rit.trirta Are omr .... on . . - -' being improved with hard-surface pave, ments, and more is in prospect. Hartman & Thompson report the sale of three lots In Rose City Park to "WV B. Dunlop. who will erect a 30OO dwelling at once. George Bracher, who recently bought ground In Rose City Park,' Is hav ing en 8-room house costing $4000 erected in that addition. Ten other lots in this same block have been sold to prospective home builders. W. A. Lovett, of the Pa cific Christian .advocate, bought In this section and has his house nearly com pleted. B. M. Carr, who bought on the corner of Wlberg tne and Hancock Street, Is having a $3000-dwelllng started. Mrs. H. A. Young, of Oak Point, Wash., purchased the residence of John Bcklund on Larrabee street, for tSOOO. W. E. Ellis bought lot 7. block 15, and a 7-room house In Albina Homestead, for 1.15(10. Rev. F. A. Emerson, who recently came from the East, purchased a lot In Rose City Park and has Juat let the contract for the erec tion of a home. Mrs. Helen H. Thomas purchased of Elizabeth Bigman lot S and north 20 feet of lot 9, In block 60, Irvlng ton, with house, for 180. Fred T. Liseo purchased a half block In Park Addition to Albina for $2500. In East Portland,, Joseph Howell sold a por tion of lot 4. In block 1S4, to Addie Hoff statter. for $3000. In Central Albina, Lewis Jones sold to Lena Jacobs portions . of blocks 14 and 11, for $SOOO. Under date of September 15. Alice H. Dodd deeded to the City of Portland lot 16. In block 2. Albina. for $4500. The pur pose of the purchase is not announced. In Albina Henry Stanyon purchased lots 8 and 4 and the south half of lot 2, block 14, for $3000. Frederick B. Bumgartner sold to Emln ger Stewart south 33 1-S feet of lot 1, block I. for $5000. This property is on Belmont and East Eleventh streets. H. W. Jaster purchased block 20 in Portsmouth from Emily Curtis, for $3000. Indicted for Registration Fraud. ST. LOUIS. Oct. S. The September grand Jury, which has been investigating alleged primary and registration frauds in this city for several weeks, returned PUBLIC MARKET PROJECTED BLOCK SECURED AT FIFTH AXD GLISAX. m yew Enterprise Is In Line With Those Maintained In Other ' Large- Cities. A company to ge known as the Port land Public Market Cold Storage Com pany, has been organised with a capital stock of $200,000. $100,000 of which Is said to have been subscribed. Herbert Booth King is the general manager ol the company. The new organization has secured a lease for 20 years of the block bounded by' Fifth. Sixth, Hoyt and Gll san, formerly occupied by stables and sheds, used by the Oregon Transfer Com pany, which were destroyed by fire the latter part of July. The terms of the lease are that option Is given the lessees to purchase the ground within a year at approximately $250,000, with a yearly specified rate of Increase up to the end of the lease. The public market company has bonded Itself to build on the site a structure to cost not less than $100,000 within the first year, and with Intention to carry out the terms of this stipulation, ground Is to be broken by November 1 for excavation for a two-story and basement reinforced con crete building. The architects, Goodrich & Goodrich, are at work on the specifica tions for the building, which Is to- cover the entire block, and the basement Is to be finished into cold-storage compart ments, while the two walls are to be of sufficient strength to carry additional stories. Under present plans the building will Involve an expenditure of the $100,000 re quired In the lease, but before finally turned over to the lessees may reach a larger sum than that. The present expec- I Bl fl.DIG TO BE ERECTED BY Pt BI.IC MARKET AXD COLD STORAGE COMPANY will be used. English walnut trees may be decided on. Petitions are out for a full sewer system, and hard pave ments are to be laid next year on the graded streets, that being deferred on ac count of the numerous fills that have been made. The way to make a city is to mske the very best of street improvements." de clared Mr. Sharkey, "but we are getting a lot of this kind of work done on the East Side, and it means much for Port land. How does Portland lookr Good, of course. Xo man can make a mistake In investing in property anywhere. The city In all directions looks good to me." The clsss of Improvements of which Mr. Sharkey speaks are being made In Irving-ton-Holladay Addition, the Race Track Addition, and In numerous additions re cently platted, and the area of permanent hard-surface pavements Is Incressing every day. The paving of Hawthorne avenue from Erst Third to East Forty fourth streets, and Union avenue between Holladay avenue to Alberta, will cost the propertv owners and the street railway company $'X alone to lay the pave ments and rebuild the car tracks. More work ot iiiis class la being done, on tix Its final report in the criminal branch of the Circuit Court today. Today's findings brought the total-Indictments to 93. For the first time the names of all the indict ed men are made public. In Its previous returns the Identity of the Individuals charged feloniously was suppressed ex-" cept In a few cases In which the men were already under arrest. Three of these latter have already pleaded guilty and two have been sentenced to the peni tentiary. - Lady Cook to Help Bryan. NEW YORK, Oct. . Lady Cook, the philanthropist and suffragette, who be fore her marriage to Sir Frederick Cook., of London, was known as Miss Tennessee Claflin, has arrived In New York. She will remain in this city until after the election. She Is an ad mirer of Bryan, and It Is learned that a meeting- with the Democratic candi date 'has been arranged. Lady Cook says she will assist Mr. Bryan in what ever way she can. but she cannot say whether she will speak at public meet ings ia 'ill. Bryan s behalf. . . tatlon is that the building will be com pleted in about five months after it Is started. - The two stories will be devoted to the purposes of a public market and depart ment stores, the- several subdivisions being sublet to tenants engaged In vari ous kinds of merchandise and food supply. One of the points brought out by tho promoters of this enterprise 1s that the location of the public market will be more central ,than Is usually the case In other and older cities of the country maintaining these institutions. and another is that the installation of cold' storage facilities on the premises will as sare shoppers of food products In the best condition possible to obtain. Arrange ments are expected to be made whereby refrigerator cars will be switched di rectly Into the building, obviating the ne cessity of more than one handling of goods. Plans provide for- S00.000 cubic feet of space in the basement and for an arcade on the second floor, to be sub divided into whatever space renters may desire. Public markets are institutions main tained in all important cities of the country. Only recently Charles K. Henry had occasion to refer to those in the cities of the Sound in an article in The Oregonlan and suggested the time had arrived when Portland should be pro vided with one or more of thee impor tant conveniences. On the East Side there has been estab lished for some time a general market on Union -avenue,' between East Main and East Madison streets, known as the Italian market gardeners' market. The city owns a block bounded by Second, Third, Clay and Market, ' where - the old Mechanics pavilion once stood, and after abortive attempts to establish a market there under municipal control, the block finally was leased to & private ooncern and Is now occupied by a number of subten ants retailing meat?, vegetables, etc., and is generally referred to as the city market. Honor System in Chicago University. CHICAGO, Oct. 3. The University " of Chicago has installed a new system of marking, which, -it is claimed, will' make it impossible for a student to loaf In college. It is known as the "honor" sys tem. For a student to graduate he or she must receive in addition to the 36 majors, or four years of work, 72 "hon or" marks. Whenever a student "flunks" a course he has two "honors" taken away from him. The system is an inno vation among the colleges, and went Into effect with the opening of the Autumn quarter, October 1. Machine to Kill Boll Weevil. HOUSTON, Tex., Oct. J. Charles Lee, a negro, has perfected a machine which he claims will destroy boll weevils. The ma chine Is a box having four protruding tubes. Inside is another box containlng chemicals which give off deadly fumes. COIitD HAVE BEEN PROMOTER OF WHITE PASS & YUKON RAILROAD VAGRANT. Had 10,000 Shares, but Sold Them for Song and Now Road Is ' Making Much, Money. . ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 3. (Special.) A man who might have been worth today $6,000,000. instead of a penniless vagrant, now occupies a cell at the workhouse. Absolute owner of blocks of shares which would have made him fabulously rich, but which he allowed to slip through his hands, he la today without a cent and unable to eke out even a scant living. Shamed and broken in spirit, but almost grateful to the Judge for putting him In a place where he will at least be sure of a bed and three meals a day, he walked slowly from the courtroom to the bullpen and imprison ment. VC. G. McMath, the plaything of fate, has been sentenced by Judge Hanft to ten days' imprisonment. In Duluth, where he formerly resided, his name and history are well known. Six years ago, when the project to build the White Pass & Yukon Railroad was broached, McMath,- then a successful merchant of Duluth, became greatly In terested in the plan. He invested his entire fortune of about $15,000 in the undertaking. Later he was made an agent of -the company and traveled ex tensively, trying to float bonds. i But the road seemed doomed to fail ure, and all his money tied up in the stocks. McMath found himself practi cally ruined, and allowed his stock to slip through his hands for a mere song. A coterie ot capitalists obtained pos session of the majority of the stock, and a year later the road was launched. From the very first It was a paying Investment, cutting as it did into the heart of the mining regions. The reve nue was immense and the stock ad vanced by leaps and bounds. Capital ists throughout the country became In terested In the road and the. fame of the Alaska road was noised through the land. Today the stock of the White Pass & Yukon Railroad sells for $600 a, share, while the man who In the be ginning held in his own name 10,000 shares, which would now have meant to him $6,0.10.000. Is a vagrant. M0R0S FIGHT WITH SCOUTS Kill One, but Lose Nine During Engagement. MANILA, Oct. 3. A belated . report received today from the Ieland of Min danao tells of a battle between scouts and outlaw Moros, In which over a doz en casualties . occurred. An outpost company of scouts was attacked on Keithley Road by a band of BO Moros. In the first sudden onslaught one of the scouts was killed and two were wounded. The company rallied, how ever, driving off the superior force with a loss of nine natives killed and several wounded. ntvmnla Beer. "It s the water." Brew .row. bouiing. Phone.. Mala 671. A 2467. -.: ' M E T ONLY 30 MINUTES' RIDE FROM FRONT AND JEFFERSON STREETS METZGER ACRE TRACTS E R A G R E T R A C T S ON THE SALEM ELECTRIC LINE - It's a mighty satisfying feeling to have a piece of property that you can call your own, especially in or near a rapidly growing city like Portland. Thosa who have purchased one or more of our tracts can consider themselves very fortunate, as Metzger Acres is the best investment on the market today, for the money asked. This is a property that appeals to the investor as well as to jhe person in search of a home. Every convenience enjoyed by the city resident, coupled with the many advantages of a suburban home, makos Metzger Acres a most desirable locality in which to live. Enjoy a delightful ride out to our TRACT and investigate for yourself before it is too late. Prices are sure to advance soon. $200 PER ACRE AND UP ACCORDING TO LOCATION TEEMS 10 per cent cash and 3 per cent of the purchase price per month. INTEREST Six per cent per annum on deferred payments. ON CASH PAYMENTS a discount will be allowed. For particulars and beautiful descriptive plat call at our Portland office, 226-228 Front street, or at Metzger Station. All cars stop at Metzger "s. HERMAN METZGER, OWNER Office Phones, Main 474,' A 1374. Agent and Phone at Station, M. 6409. .4 1 .