THE-SUNDAY OBEGOSIAy. PORTLAND. OCTOBER 4, 1908.
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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