0 THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX. PORTLAND. OCTOBER 11, 1903. STEADY SALE OF PENINSULA LOTS Newly-Platted Tracts Taken for Residence and Busi ness Purposes. CARLINE EXTENSION SOON Railway Company Will Be Ready to Tap Manufacturing District Ipon Completion of Trestle. Fine C hurches Projected. Sales of realty the past week all over the East Side have been well main tained. The larger transaction! were In Holladay and Irving-ton property, with Peninsula and Albina following cloely. In the John Irving' Addition the largest sale was that of County Clerk Frank S. Fleldg to Minnie Win ter of the east 100 feet of the west half' of lot 7 and the north 100 feet of lot 8. In block . for S00. Albert 1 McLeod bought two lots and house In John Irving's Addition for 1000. At Falrport. a new addition on the Penin sula, Samuel 8. Sigel bought tracts 10 and 11 for $4000. In St. John L. H. Smith purchased property to the amount of 16000, and a considerable number of sales were made In and around St. John during the week In small lots and tracts. Tha Missionary Society of the United Evangelical fhurch sold the southeast corner of East Tenth and Sherman streets to Alexander Nlbley for $5000, and the so ciety has purchased two lota In the tdd tract, on Hawthorne avenue, for the site of a handsome modern church building. Mr. Nibley at once transferred the church property to Joseph F. Smith, and It will be used by the Mormon Uhurch. William C. Van Glahn bought a quar ter block In City View Park. Sellwood. for ItOOO. At Arleta and throughout the Mount Scott district a number of sales were made Recent Sales Conaununated. In Holladay'a Addition the Oak Land Company sold to Llllte Mackenzie the east half of lots 3 and 4. block S63. with house, for 14400. Albert 1 McLeod bought of Charles G. Keera the west half of lot 4 and the east half of lot 5. In block . John Irving's Addition, and residence, for $6000. James Denholm bought lot 16, block 79, Sellwood, for $1750. The Oregon Real Estate Company sold R. M. Gray lots 1 and S. In block 17. llnlladay Addition, for $5000. This property is on East Sixteenth street be tween Multnomah and Wasco streets. In Rose City Park R. 8. Greenleaf purchased lots 1 and J. block 105; also lots 1 and 17, block 107. for $2800. Mr. Greenleaf also bought in Rossmere lots 11 and 12, block la, for $1100. A. H. Blrrell sold to L. O. Ralston the wHt half of lots 5 and . block SS. Molladay Park, with house, for $5500. Charlea Blakeley bought lot 2. block !55. for $4500. Ellis G. Hughes bought of John P. Sharkey a quarter block In Proebstel'a Addition for $4000. In Ivanhoe. Harriet A. Pelton sold lot 10. In block 10. with house, to Rosa Goodrich, for $3500. John F. Plllman bought a quarter In block 104. Irvtngton. for $3000. James lileason bought the east half of lots 7 and . In block 201, Holladay Addition, with a residence. for$6600. Fred Marx bought a house and lot tn.Rossmere of Butterworth Stephenson for $2500. In Tabor Heights. Charlea J. Pennl card purchased a lot for $1800. Samuel J. li. Young bought lot 19. block 20. in Waverlelgh, for $2400. E. B. Grant sold lot 2, in block 78, Irvlngton, for $3500. Building on the renlnsula. The new tract of Falrport. on the Peninsula, has been put on the market, and over 145 lota have been sold. As toria men purchased three lots and will put up a concrete building. 50x65, two stories high. Business men from Vancouver purchased corner lota and have signified their Intention of erect ing business buildings. The Portland Railway. Light A 'Power Company has secured a franchise to build lta track near Falrport. It is proposed to lay a double track from Klllingsworth ave nue to Pippin street. In Kenton, thence along Pippin to Ierby, and work is to ' start on this extension as soon as It has been determined on what street the track will be laid for Klllingsworth avenue, and It will be completed by the time the elevated roadway from. Ken ton to the site of the Swift plant Is finished. At Kenton work was started Monday on the concrete building 50x60 to be erected for Flunegan A Ballou, on Kll patrlck near Derby street. Dyer Company have the contract to furnish cement blocks for 20 houses to be erect ed In Kenton. All over the Peninsula are being erected telephones and tele graph service Is betng Installed. Gas ma ina are to be laid down the Peninsula within a year. ' Hard-Surface District Extends. L. C. Fones. of the Peninsula, says that good progress is being made In the movement to form a hard-surface district at Willamette. The Intention Is to grade the streets and lay the side walks a soon as it can be done, and then wait a year before putting in the hard-surface pavement. By that time It Is thought better terms ran be had from the present paving companies, and perhaps new companies will enter the field, when the cost of this class of pavements will not be so heavy as at present. Meanwhile the Improvement pf Greeley atreet between Klllingsworth avenue and Portland boulevard will go forward, petitions being out to put down gravel. . Are Opposed to Franchise. There seems to be a very determined opposition to granting the Portland ItaKway. Light & Power Company a franchise on Patton avenue between Klllingsworth avenue and Columbia boulevard, it betng urged that carllnes should be kpt off the boulevards of the Peninsula and that they be retained for the exclusive use of the great popu lation soon to come and which la now spreading over the Peninsula. Other streets are suggested that could be used for a rarllne and the streetcar company could thus reach the manu facturing district that lies alongside Columbia boulevard. It Is considered certain that an elec tric line must be built to the Columbia slough district, whether the tracks be laid on Patton avenue or some other street. as that district is now the scene f wonderful activity. In all the a. w additions lots are being sold botu for home and for business purposes, and considerable building Is under way. The single carllne on the Penin sula, la even sow overtaxed with travel. and before the year enda additional provisions doubtless will be made. It Is suggested that the atreet railway company may lay their new extension Into the factory district by extending the Williams-avenue line from Kll lingsworth avenue, provided It cannot secure Patton avenue. In the Northeast District, A brisk building movement Is under way in Rose City Park. Rossmere and the new addition of tlmhurat, recently laid out between Barr and Sandy Roads. New homes are springing up every few days all through thja district. A, H. Metcalf. who was appointed by the Rose City park Improvement Club to secure tele phones for that neighborhood, reports that he haa succeeded better than ex pected. He reports that the Home Tele phone Company la already In the field and has Installed more than 40 tele phones, and that the Pacific States Com pany la putting up polea and stretching wires In that district, so that all desir ing them may soon be provided with telephones. . An effort .-will be made to have a graded achdol established In Rosa City Park In place of the present small school now conducted by a single .teacher. Owing to the rapid growth of the dis trict another and larger building will soon become a necessity. In the new addition of Elmhuret considerable streeet work is In progress. The permanent location of the Country Club in this district gives the section a substantial standing, and there la sure to be a rapid growth In that suburb. Center Addition and North Mount Tabor may be Included in this section and are feeling the progressive impulse of the Country Club enterprise. . Handsome Church Designed. The general plan for the new St. Fran cis Church, to be erected at East Eleventh and Pine, has been completed by Archi tect A. H. Faber. Bids for the founda tion have been received and the stone work Is now being estimated. The build ing will be of stone, 89x184. and of Gothic deslgr.. The seating capacity of the aud itorium will be 1400. including gallery. There will be an assembly ball on the first floor to accommodate 1400 people. The interior decorations will comprise mural paintings and the columns, pilas tera and arches will be of Imitation mar ble, and the main altar will be of finely carved white Italian marble, in keeping with the general design, while the side altaja will be of white marble. Pews and Inside finish will be quarter-aawed oak, while the windows will be art glaaa of special design. In the window openings wood will be left out, metallic frames be ing used. There will be no haste In the erection of this building. The excavat ing Is nearly finished Tor the foundation and the work on the basement walls will probably be completed this FalL Sales Reported In St, John. At St. John. L. H. Smith bought of J. Chambers lot 2, Chambers Addition, for. JfiCOO. The ground carries a building. At Point View. Mary A. Joy purchased two lots for ttO. Ida Hachban purchased a quarter block at Oak Point, St. John. Varney Adams bought lot 10. block 2. Chester Place. St. John, for $400. W. F. Bolton sold to Mary C. Hurlburt lots 10 and 11. block 14, for $4000. Thomas Hig gln bought lot 13. block 1. for SS0. Syl vester Vincent bought three lots In block 4, subdivision of St. John, for $2150. Church Contract Let. The contract for erecting the new build ing for the Mississippi Avenue Congrega tional Church was let the past week and work will start ao once. A frame building will be erected at Missouri avenfle and Sharer street, which with the furniture will cost about $8000. The present church on Mississippi avenue and Fremont street will be retained until tha new church la finished. W. F. Schuller has sold to the Dam meler Investment Company lot 1 and north 18 feet of lot 2. block 18, Mount Tabor Villa, for 81400. Hririg Doctors to Book. DENVER. Oct. 10. The News today says: Dr. Hugh L. Taylor, secretary of tha State Board of Health, was cited Into police court yesterday, and war rants are being aworn out for a num ber of Denver physicians, said to be 50. as a result of the Investigation being made by the local health authori ties Into the alarming typhus condi tions that have been disclosed during the last few days. The physicians are charged with failing to make proper report of the typhoid and other infec tious diseases. Dr. Bradley Quits Field. LANSING. Mich.. Oct. 10. The fight over the Republican nomination tor Governor beginning Immediately after the September primaries, when Dr. J. B. Bradley, of Eaton Rapids, Auditor General, charged fraudulent enrollment and voting and demanded a recount In certain counties, ended laet night when Dr. Bradley withdrew from the con test, leaving Governor Fred M. Warner undisputed nominee of his party for a third term. FUND HAS GROWN Nine Millions and Half Added for Reclamation in Year. OREGON IN SECOND PLACE Has Led In Contributions From Land Sales Until Hurt by Fraud Trials Xorth Dakota Is Xow Top of List. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Oct. 5. The National reclamation fund has paased the $30,000,000 mark. Nine and one-half millions of dollars were added to the fund during the past fiscal year, by far the largest contribu tion In any one year since the passage of the National reclamation act. and the total fund! Including the contributions re ceived during the past year, now amounts to $50,746,464. Not all this amount Is now available for use, for many millions have already been expended in the construction of works in all the states contributing to the fund and other millions have been contracted for, so that all the money heretofore available, or now available, will he required for the completion of projects now under way. It is not ex pected that any new projects will be authorised in the Immediate 'future. Up to the past year, Oregon has been the leading contributor to the reclama tion fund, with North Dakota second. The land fraud prosecutions in Oregon, however, have had theVffect of retard ing land salea in that state, and In con sequence receipts from such sales have fallen behind the receipts of "North Da kota, thus enabling that state to forge to the front for the first time. North Dakota has been experiencing a land boom, which made It possible for the state to climb Into first place. Washing ton, this year, as heretofore, occupies third place on the list of contributors. The following table shows the contribu tions made to the fund during the past year, end the total contribution of each state, up to June 30, 1908: Btste Contributed. Total. past year. Arizona California Colorado Idaho . ...... Kansas . ..... M.ot.tana ... Nebraska ... Nevada New Mexico .. North Dakota Oklahoma . .. Oregon Couth Dakota Utah Washington . . Wyoming ... Total . 6.'.. 007 837.705 . -lllO.BiS 6.14.308 12.V563 AO.. 113 KS5.R.18 1.RN4.071 573.442 1.SS7.413 7r.3.62 1H7.0S7 843. TA3 573.506 I 435.922 S.4AA.1A7 3S'J6.8n S.C'iS.Or.O 4r.fi.sins 4.037.112 P45.UT.0 2O0.438 1.A42.OS0 8.3.W.314 4.74.1.K35 R.1B7.S22 2.361.914 774.1)24 5 0S0.O.1A 2.463,851 $0,318,823 $50,746,454 It should be said, by way of explana tion, that the figures given for the fiscal year 1908 are merely estimated, and are based on the actual receipts from public land aales In, the various states.. In 1908 and again In 1907 the reclamation fund re ceived 93 per cent of the land receipts, the other 8 per cent going to state agricul tural colleges, and to defray 'certain ex penses of the local land offices, such as fees and commissions of registers and receivers. The figures above quoted are computed on the 02 per cent basis, and may be slightly excessive or not suffi ciently liberal. However, the same per centage was applied to each of the states, so that the relative contributions are as shown, and final computation will show the figures approximately as given. . Under the reclamation law a majority of the money contributed by any state to the reclamation fund shall be expend ed In building irrigation works within that state. The Interior Department has atlpulated that 51 per cent shall thus be set apart In what Is known as he re stricted fund, and the remaining 49 per cent goes Into the general fund, to be expended by the Secretary where It Is considered most essential. Thus It works that some states have, .up to the present time, received more benefit than their land receipts Justify, while others have been cut off. In the end, however, each states will receive Us just share of the money until all the available water shall have been utilized. By way of comparison. It Is Interest ing to note that more money was turned Into the reclamation fund dur ing the fiscal year 1908 (the year end ing June 30, 1908), than in any pre vious year since the law was enacted. The nearest approach to the late rec ord was In 1903, when It was believed that public land receipts had reached "You shall have some pie" But the reward is only to those who buy. and not die But LIVE in a restricted district where first prices prevail that are right and every lot a PLUM See ELMH'U RST HILTON, DQDDS.& CAMPBELL 219-220 COMMERCIAL CLUB BLDG. FIFTH AND OAK STS. Little Jack Horner Bought him a corner In ELMHURST there The proverbial thumb Now pulls out a PLUM In ELMHURST anywhere their maximum figure and would there after gradually decline. In 1903 the reclamation serviee received $8,713,906. This past year exceeded what was re garded as high-water marlc by nearly one million dollars. The next highest year to 1903 was 1907, when the con tribution amounted to $7.84,922. The smallest contribution was that of 1901. a little in excess of three millions. It is evident from these figures that the land resources of the United States are far from exhausted, particularly when they yield increasing Incomes, now exceed ing ten million dolars, the highest fig ure In the history of the General Land Office. As a matter of fact the contributions to the reclamation fund in 1907 and 1908 are far ahead of estimates made by the Reclamation Service, and there is between four and five million dollars more on hand than was counted on when the existing plan of work was laid out. However, the Increased cost of labor and materials, and the fact that some projects are running ahead of estimates, will cut into this excess, so that, there will be no money avail able for beginnning new projects, not yet approved. Charleston Ordered South. WASHINGTON. Oct 10. Orders were Issued yesterday to the cruiser Charleston, now at the Bremerton Navy-Yard, to proceed on October 28 to the Asiatic station via Honolulu and Guam, to become the flagship of the third squadron of the Pacific fleet, re placfng the cruiser Rainbow. STREET WORK UNDER WAY EXPENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS IN MUIiTXOMAH. ADDITION. sseeeeeeee.sssse i-e-i ' ' " 1 " ' ' ; , v ;I -L ; y - .war. i I r tlx - i t Z . -i, ' 4 "tfltfiH'T . ,. met" T a I "t at .f " 2r4 I JT J - " ' ' .? : : ' - i jmnii liaiM xif,wr ,ni ixxt T ,1? . - - jM jf ' I i . J'"fn.','i.-Jt- .:!i-l'' t'V . . W 'aiilS. US! Wy jynl J t 1 wy - t -now i -"stm t i , 'W, t" 2 .. j i 1 . l. . ' ' - rr..--; ;" v w r : .,..,..: . . y-,' I 4 y - . - .. T" 'v f ' " r' ': . . r : ' . I ft ' i "'lwi'ni'i yi,. -- --v 2 I. , -v:.f. -v'J t f, '.'v. N - . i t mmcf ' ' " -' . - ' 1 r-. W :ir -: - X- ' - . : ' "4 ; A I i . j . ; - '. - 4 j j I LOCATCTG THE DEPOT GKOODS AT W.tiLOWA, OR. . .--i v.i- vm-imm- nn.h Tit Division Kntrineer Bollons. of the O. R. N. Com- uenerai asniKfr u miaii, vmr, ij " . . ... rny. and Mayor McCully, of Wallows Wright. The photograph was taken at Wallowa in September, 1908, by E. W. Existing Projects Contemplate the Expenditure of $150,000 in Single District. In Multnomah Addition street im provements that will cost the property owners over $100,000 are under way at present, and other street Improvements are projected that will cost $50,000 more, making a total of $150,000. The streets under way are as follows: Falling, between Maryland and Will iams avenue, $15,802.28; Shaver, be tween Commercial street and Williams avenue, $5206: Mason, between Mary land and Williams avenue, $18,535; Skidmore, between Maryland and Will iams avenues, $19,469; Gantenbein ave nue, between Fremont and Skidmore streets, $13,218; Commercial, between Fremont and Mason streets, $8515; Al bina avenue, between Fremont and Skidmore streets, $11,810; Minnesota avenue, $11,000; total, $103,559. These streets are being paved with Crushed rock macadam, and with con crete sidewalks. It la expected that the other streets projected will be under way In a few weeks. All these Improve ments were initiated by the Multnomah Improvement Club a year ago. It was slow work, the object being to improve the whole district. This plan is being worked out gradually. Discovery of Inferior work on the concrete sidewalks has caused great in dignation. On Mason street the In spector found the sidewalks so badly construoted that he went over the walks and broke them up. Just what will be the outcome of the Investiga tion that has been undertaken remains to be seen. However, whatever the outcome, work will be continued until the streets of that addition have all been improved. PUT POACHERS TO DEATH Russians Make Short Work of Jap anese Seal Butchers. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 10. The United States gunboat Torktown, which has ar rived here after a cruise in Alaskan waters, confirms the news of the sum mary execution of several Japanese seal poachers by the Russian authorities on the Komandorsky Islands. After a speedy trial 'on charges of piracy, the men were convicted and put to death. Two Japanese schooners, with their crews, found sealing within the three mile limit by the revenue cutter Bear, were taken to Valdex. Following the custom of previous seasons, it is thought that the men will be allowed to go free. Lieutenant-Commander Pollock, of the Torktown, which has been doing police duty around the Prlbilof Islands, states that the rookeries there are covered with dead and dying pups. Their mothers had been killed at sea and the young left to perish. During the season the Torktown en countered 11 Japanese sealers, but none was within the three-mile limit. While off Cape St. Eliaa, the Torktown was In a terrific gale, and was compelled to heave to for 3o hours. The gunboat was washed from stem to stern, and one of her lifeboats was carried away. This was the same gale in which the bark Star of Bengal was wrecked on Corona tion Island, with the loss of 111 men. New Hotel for Albany. AL.BANT, Or., Oct. 10. (Special.) A big. new hotel will be erected soon by Chris A. Van Dran at the southwest corner of Ninth and lyon streets In this city, opposite the new Union Depot. The present depot hotel, operated by Van Dran. will be moved when the Southern Pacific adjusts Its yards to conform to the new depot, and the old building will form a part of the new structure. "The present building con tains the Southern Pacific offices be sides the hotel, but both the Southern Pacific and Corva.llis & Eastern offices will be moved into the new depot, next .month. Van Dran's new building will be used entirely for hotel purposes. PAPERS. WILL BE SMALLER Head of Harmsworth' Publications Makes Predictions. NEW TORK, Oct 10. Lord Northcliffe, the head of the Harmsworth Corpora tions, which own the London Daily Mail and 35 other English publications, accom panied by Lady Northcliffe, his mother Mrs. Harmsworth and Mrs. Algernon Douglas-Pennant, la here to take two months' holiday, and Incidentally to watch the election In November. "Personally I have come for a little holiday, to look on at the election and to talk with many old American friends," he said. "I notice that some of the American newspapers are smaller in size than they used to be, and I fancy they not even yet have reached the limit In that direction. White paper must in evitably rise in price. Prodigal extrava gance in the cutting down of forests, for est fires and the increased demand for the wood of the spruce tree caused by the growth of newspapers all over the world must have only one end, unless some of your geniuses help the situation by discovering a substitute for wood pulp. Some 5000 different materials have been tried, but vainly. There Is nothing like wood. "Even American resourcefulness and Initiative cannot grow a paper tree in fewer than 35 to 50 years. Therefore, in my opinion, many of your daily Journals must reduce their size or Increase their price in the future. I am in favor of the smaller, rather than the dearer news paper, although I have no rooted preju dice either way." SCHOOLROOMS CROWDED Albany District Required to Kent Hall for Class Work. ALBANT, Or., Oct. 10. (Special.) Albany's public schools are now so full that It will be necessary to secure a hall as a temporary schoolroom for at least one primary grade. The board of direct ors have secured another teaclusr and will soon fit up some vacant hall for this purpose, all of the space In all three of the publio school buildings being ex hausted. This makes necessary the erection of another school building In Albany next year and plans are being discussed for the removal of the present Central school building to another location and building a splendid building on that well-located site for a big building exclusively for the High School. The High School now occu pies but half of the Central building, but it Is growing so rapidly that an entire building will be required by next year. The enrollment in the Albany public schools Is now 721. At the same time last year it was 630. The High School now has an attendance of 108. as com pared with 103 this date In lain. REINFORCED CONCRETE WAREH0C FOR LEASE LOCATION: 19TH AND WILSON STREETS Two stories, 17,000 square feet of floor space, private sidetrack, no switching charges, heavy construction. One of the bestlocations in the city for alarge concern APPLY THE W. G. McPHERSON CO. 328-30 GLISAN STREET