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Newspaper Page TextRESIDENCE SITES GOOD DEMAND East Side Lots Bring Prices Much in Advance of Former Figures. PENINSULA LAND WANTED As Far Down as St. John, Acreage and Lots Sell Readily to Investors and Prospec tive Builders. Residence sales on the East Side, widely scattered, were the rule the past week, which average ur well compared with former weeks. While sales were made in all sections, Irvlngton was a little In the lead. In East Portland one i70't-sale was made, the property of I. H. Houston, on East Tweittn ana Iavls street, changing hands. In Al hlna a half lot was sold for $6500. In Irvlngton. a number of J3000 sales were made. In Vernon a number of rood sales were made. In Mount la bor Villa a $1000 sale was made by F. P. Leach to Jeremiah Worlck. In Al blna the most Important transfer was the sale of the Central M. E. Church property to the Portland Danish Aid Society, for JJ200. This organization will at once remodel the church into a hall for ita future home. It Is a two story building- and occupies a single lot. Central M. K. Church has purchased a que.rter block on Vancouver avenue and Fargo street, where a 110.000 mod ern church will be built. On the Pen insula the citizens the past week started a movement to make that dis trict the rose garden of the city, pre rarntory to making a special show Ing in some form at the next rose fes tival. In buildings and in street im provements there Is no abatement of activity in any diretclon that can be noticed. However.- considerable Jjulld Ing Is held up pending the outcome of the Presidential election, but new con tracts for dwellings have been let every day all over the East Side. Some Recent Sales. David L. Houston has sold his property on the comer of East Davis and Twelfth streets to Eugene Pierrard for JS700. It consists of a single lot and dwelling. In Bunnvside Addition, Mr. Orlenio bought rot 3, in block 5, of P. R. Ritchie for $2385. In Abend's Addition to Alblna F. F. Williams bought of Daniel G. Busby the south half of lot 1. block 3, wlta the house, for $t50t). Many Irvlngton sales have been made. Ellis Hughes sold to Maud H. Watts lots -1 and i. block 66. for $3500. Mar garet MrFeely bought lots and in. in block 118, Irvlngton. for $900. In West Irvlngton Joseph Raster bought a quar ter in block 92 for $3150. Lots 8 and 7, In block 14. in Irvington Park, were sold to J. B. Mathes. Patrick McGarren bought lot 6. In block 62. Irvlngton, for $13'0. In Portsmouth Villa Annex. Daniel Busby bought a quarter In block S. with house, for 2oo. In Kern Park, on the Mount Fcott Rall wav, R. B. Baer sold to Mrs. C. A. Mu'dge lots 23 and 24. In block 10. for I?5in. Edward Clark sold to James L. Bltts lot 2, block 5. Wyncoop Villa, for $3000. In the Sunnyslde Third Addition. Juli ette R. Hobaon bought lot 15, block 67, with house, for $3000. In Country Club District. Dr. F. H. Melntyre. of Philadelphia, last year purchased four lots In Rosa City Park, and this year purchased two more. He will erect a home on the land In the near future, which he will occupy when he retires from active practice. W. J. Dunlap. of Nebraska, bought a quarter block on Alameda street last week, and commissioned II. L. Camp to draw plans for a house to cost $5000. W. A. Levett. of the Pacific Christian Advocate, is having a home erected on the corner of Cartel and Alameda avenues, to cost $3200. A dwelling to cost $3o0. of ce ment blocks, is being built for Contractor Frank Vctter on Wauna avenue. George Bracher Is having a $4000 bungalow erected in Rose City Park, and has pur chased a lot adjoining his property, on which he will put a $2000 dwelling for his mother. John Bracher, a brother, has Just purchased two lots In the same block, and la having plans drawn for a home. Beside these there Is a large number of other dwellings projected in the ad joining districts of Rossmere and Han cock Street Addition. Several streets will be extended Into that portion of the city and Improved before the Country Club holds Its next exhibition In ISO. Between Rose City Park and Center Ad dition la a fine residence district which is being filled up. and It is now consid ered probable that a spur from the Montavilla electric railway will be ex tended through Center Addition north ward to furnish car facilities. Easy to Sell Property. "It Is eaay to sell property along Xllnngaworth avenue." declared Mrs. C. I. Oossett, who has been handling considerable real estate In that portion of the city. Mrs, Gossett can point to a cumber of lots and quarter blocks which have been sold three and four times within the past three years. Lots that cost $300 and $500 were recently old up to $1000 and $1200, and quarter blocks that were sold two years ago for $1000 are selling now for $1500 and $2000. At present, especially along the XUHngsworth avenue, little property Is for sale and what there is Is held very high. This is a remarkably fine district and is being built up with neat homes at a rapid rate. Of course, the most pretentious are on Killlngworth avenue, and one or two blocks each way. but the building area Is steadily moving northward toward the Colum bia Slough. Opening of the Swinton tract to the northward will provide further facilities to expand In that di rection. Some of the streets have been improved northward from ' Killings worth avenue, and others are projected. The residents are making a strong pull for fire protection for this section, and a committee has been appointed to look after the matter. The sum of $27,000 has been recommended to be appro priated to purchase grounds, erect a f) rehouse and install an engine In North Alblna. Want Depots on the IVninsula. The Maegly Junction Push Club is doing good work for that part of the Peninsula, and has Initiated Improve ments on several streets. It Is pulling hard for passenger and freight depots on the North Bank Road and the O. It. A N. lines for the accommodation of that factory district. Assurances have been given that such depots will be provided, as. of course, they must be if the eutput from that district Is to be takes cars of. Portsmouth, avenue Is now being raded from Columbia to- Willamette boulevard, which means an- 80-foot street across the Peninsula. Part of Portsmouth avenue was only 40 feet wide, but It has now been made 80 feet to Columbia boulevard. Water mains" have been laid on Van Houten street to Columbia boulevard. St. John, which Is building a public dock, wants the O. R. & N. Company to establish a depot near the water front, and fears are expressed that if the two railways, the North Bank and the O. R. N.. establish stations at Maegly Junction, It might result In cutting the town off: but this is radlly probable, as the Troutdale line of the O. R. & N. Company will pass around and through the factory section of St- John. R. G. Brand, president of the Maeg ly Junction Improvement Club, said this week that the main North Bank Railroad depot would be at Maegly Junction for the Lower Peninsula, which is about one mile and a half from St. John, not further than most shippers In Portland have to go to reach the freight depot In Portland. He also contends that the O. R- & N. depot will be placed probably at Mc Kenr.a Junction. Owing to the differ ence in height of the North Bank and the O. R. & N. lines a Joint depot would not be practicable. Both lines undoubt edly will provide depot facilities for this factory and resldenca portion of the Peninsula, Remarkable Suburban Growth. A large number of small sales were made last week In the suburbs, rang ing from $250 to $3000. Along the Mount Scott railway, as far as Syca more, these sales were notable. At Kern Park a $2500 sale was made, Mrs. C. A. Mudge buying a quarter block. At Kern Park a two-story frame building Is being completed at a cost of $10,000. It is one of the larg est structures of the sort in the dis trict. The Woodmen of the World camp has Just completed and occupied Its hall near Kern Park. It was erect ed at a cost of $2600. W. E. Spiser has completed a one-story concrete build ing on Powell Valley road at a cost of $3000. It replaces the frame building destroyed by fire a short time ago. At Lents considerable work has been done on the two-story concrete build ing for Lents Grange, near the school house. This building will cost $5000. A lot, 100x180. was recently purchased for this building. Remarkable Improvement is found east ,of Lents for four miles. A dis trict that two years ago was covered with brush and logs now has been largely cleared and occupied with su burban homes. Here clearing of new land goes on every day in the year. A new schoolhouse and ehurch have been erected and about 50 new dwellings have been built the past year. The sta- . i i MitA miha.ta Vav ViiiIM In am are now being put up within a short oisiance OI oycamore biiuuu, uu n'o iiresnam une, iluuui nan r a j . Gresham. The excursions of the East clue nusiness mens uuu iu ui caiinjii showed the members that Portland is being rapidly extended in that direc tion. It is estimated that fully 15.000 people now live In the southeast, trib utary to the Mount Scott railway. Acreage Tract Sold. A four-acre tract at Risley. Just south of Oak Grove, on the Oregon City line, occupied with a modern bungalow, was sold last week to Alfred Allen, for $5000. At Oak Grove a number of sales have been made recently and the peo ple are moving in the mattsr of im proved streets. A handsome new church building is being completed by the North Albina United Evangelical Church, on Wil lamette boulevard. It will cost, when completed, about $4000 and It will be dedicated some time In November. Rev. J. Bowersox Is the pastor. Cottage Bnllt in One Day. The building of a five-room cottage with a- basement, the dwelling painted, plastered and ready for occupancy, in less than 13 hours. Is the accomplish ment of W. C. Carl, a contractor at East St. Louis. 111., says the American Contractor. Carl boasted It was an easy matter to build a modern cottage In one day and he finished 30 minutes ahead of his schedule. Before 7 o'clock In the morning the site of the house was a vacant lot of the common weed-grown, tin-can-strewn variety, with no hint of the change to be made in evidence. In an hour and a half the foundations were complete, stone and brick, the latter for chimneys, were unloaded quickly while a basement excavation was be ing shoveled out. Meanwhile the car penters were getting the floor timbers and Joists cut up. The flooring took up an hour and three hours' work brought the house to the ground-floor level. The masons during this time ran up the chimneys and the Interior wall studding went merrily up. By noon the roof was well under way, the frame work for wall and ceilings, completed and ready for lathers plasterers, plumbers, gasfitters and electricians. The cottage has in addition to Its five rooms a modern bathroom. The house cost $2000. Love joy Corner Brings $0,000. Among sales reported last week by Charles K. Henry & Son was the 50x100 lot at the northwest corner of Fif teenth and Lovejoy, on which are erect ed two flats and two dwellings, at a consideration of about $20,000. J. W. Aldrich Is the former owner and the sale was made to Louis M. Schwartz. The same firm sold to Mrs. Hattie J. Webster the northwest corner of East Tenth and Hancock streets, 100x100, for $3000. The former owner Is W. E. Robertson and the purchase was made as an investment. This corner is in Holladay Addition, a locality rapidly building up with high-class residences. Renew Bridge Agitation. There is to be a renewal of agitation for a bridge for the Northern district, from the foot of Hancock street on the East Side. A report on this bridge from Ralph ModJeekdT will be submitted some time this month, when there will be some thing to work on. M. O. Munly, who led the agitation. Is home from the Bast. SEA'S FURY CLAIMS 300 Hundreds of Japanese Drown Dur ing Thursday's Typhoon. AMOY, China, Oct. 17. Native reports received here from Chang How ars to the effect that more than J00 lives were lost In that city as the result of Thurs day's typhoon. Pulpit Campaign Against Fever. CHICAGO. Oct. 17. All churchgoers in West Pullman probably will hear the same sermon tomorrow, and It will be on health. To utilize the pulpit for this purpose in an emergency is the Idea of the Chicago authorities. An appeal for assistance In stopping ths rapid spread of typhoid fever, which Is assuming the magnitude of an epi demic in the southern section of the city, was sent yesterday to 600 clergy men, doctors, druggists and citizens by Dr. W. A. Evans, Commissioner of Health. It was followed today by an appeal to the clergy direct, to speak before their respective congregations on Sunday for the purpose of arousing the people to the danger which they face and persuad ing them to take elementary precaution. With such ssslstance it is believed the disease can be prevented from spreading. BEECHLEY READY TO TAKE LUMBER British Steamship, After Re pairs, Is Lowered From Drydock at St. John. WILL LOAD FOR AUCKLAND Big Vessel WOilch Was Wrecked on Shlnrock in 'Alaskan Waters Com pletes Repairs at Portland in S3 Days Marine "otes. The British steamship Bc--hley. which was badry damaged by striking on Shlnrock near Nome early in June, and has been undergoing repairs on the Port of Portland drydock. was lowered yesterday and will proceed to Linnton to take on a part cargo of lumber for Auckland. The balance of her outward canto will be loaded at STEAMER INTELLIGENCE. Dae t Arrive. Name. FVom. Date. Breakwater. . Coos Bay Oct. IS Rose CItv. ... San, Francisco. Oct. IS Roanoke Los 1 Angeles. .. Oct. 10 Alliance Coos Bay Oct 22 Xicoraedla. . . Hongkong: Oct. 24 State of cal. Sm Frunclico. Oct. S Geo. W. Elder San .Pedro Oct. 27 Alesla HonKkon Nov. t Nevadan Salin s Cruz. . -Nov. IT Numantia. .. .Hongioonc Dec 1 Scheduled t Depart.) Name. For. Date. Breakwater. . Cooa laiy Oct. 21 Roanoke. .... Los Ajigeles. . . Oct. 22 Roe City.... San Francisco. Oct. K3 Alliance Coos Eay Oct. L'4 Geo. W. Elder San Pedro Oct. 29 State of Cal. . San Fcancisco. Oct. :0 Nevadan Pug-et .Sound...Nov. 2'1 Alesla Honpkc-nK Nov. 22 Numantia. Honskar.f. .Dec 10 Entered Satarday. Col. E. L. Drake, Am. steamship (Banting) with general cargo from San Franclaco. Cleared Saturday. Qulnlult, Am. steamship (Chris tiansen) with 1(60,000 feet of lum ' ber for San Francisco. Alliance, Am. steamship (Olson) with general cargo for Coos Bay. Falcon, Am. steamship (Schade) with general cargo far San Fran cisco. Col. E: L. Drake (Bunting) with ballast for San Francisoo. Eureka, Cal. The steamer will then proceed to Comox for coal and will take the northern route westward. The Beechley was on the dock S3 days and the contract price for' re pairs was $24,800. The work was se cured in direct competition with all Puget Sound firms, the next lowest bid for which was 139,000. Difference in bids was due to drydock charges alone. By sending: the veel to Port land the owners saved aiproximately 14.000. The Portland dock was se cured for a flat rate of 4200 a day, while on the Bound the minimum charge would be J5B0 a day. In Port land the contractors were permitted to work 24 hours if they deiUred, while Sound docks placed a tenhour limit and made the contractors board the men. Practically all the subwoJc on the boat was done by Portland ftrms. The Vulcan Iron Works, represented by Charles Mechan, did the machine work and the Columbia & Willamejtte River Shipbuilding Company was awarded the painting and woodwork. A full outfit of supplies was also takien here. SAN FRANCISCO MARIJTE SEWS Freights Remain Inactive and' Many Vessels Are Still Tied Up., SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17. (Special.) The week has shown no apparent ac tivity in the marine line. Charters have been very few, and those at a low figure. Each day more vesaels are being added to the list of disengaged. All the freshwater inlets and Oakland Estuary are filled with idle craft of every size and description. Two important charters have been those of the schooners O. M. Kllogg and G. W. Watson, both for Tahiti. The former has already loaded 825,000 feet of lumber and general merchan dise, while the former has sal lad for Grays Harbor to load a full camoo of lumber for the South Seas. . The bark British Yeoman, which ar rived here from Australia some months ago and which has been the victim of much trouble ever since, has been sold at public auction to Captain Eschen. Soon after her arrival from the Antip odes nearly every member of the crew libeled the craft This was not all, for one windy night, while at anchor in Mission Bay, the anchors of the Yeoman would not hold and, with wind and tide, she was carried with great force against the British ship Drumtne. The British Yeoman suffered seriously and to satisfy all claims the vessel was sold at auction. Since then, it has been chartered to load a return, cargo for Australia. The large six-masted barkentlne Everett G. Griggs, lately arrived f rom, 1 Australia with coal, has been chartered to load grain at this port for Eureka. The bark Lord Templeton left on Saturday morning In tow of the pow erful tug Hercules. It is bound for Tacoma, where it loads for Australia. Work on the Pomona, which ran ashore some months ago at Fort Rosa, about 70 miles above San Francisco, is still progressing. The ship is being raised by air bags. Success seems pos sible. The tug Relief is in waiting to tow the Pomona to port if the attempt is successful. The bark Star of France, Captain Sparr, returned last Saturday from the Alaskan canneries. The France had Just left Alaska when the storm which brought an end to the bark Star of Bengal broke. For six days it was In the grip of a terrific forced The decks were impassable, as seas swept con tinuously from stem to stern. The passage of the Star of France occu pied 23 days from Cooks Inlet. Its cargo constituted 61,000 cases of canned salmon. After discharging its cargo this vessel will loin its sister vessels in Oakland Creek. The Standard Oil Company's tanker Tonawanda arrived this week from MoJI. Japan. During the passage the oil carrier was the victim of a hurri cane's force. Upon survival from the storm it was found that the Tona wanda's propeller had suffered serious ly, but repair in mid-Pacific was be yond Question. In this crippled condi tion it arrived a week overdue. A new DISCOUNT DISCONTINUED We have been offering a 10 per cent discount to those purchasing lots in Swinton for the past 30 days, but we hare decided no longer to allow the' discount on the few choice lots that are left in Swinton north of Watts street. . This tremendous advantage which the early pur chasers have had will be removed Monday night. Those who have not bought by 11 P.-M. Monday night will have to pay regular prices. If you want to get in on this discount you will have to doso bef ore Tuesday next. v If you speak early you will get a 10 per cent bet ter buy than those who wait. COLUMBIA TRUST COMPANY Seventh Floor Couch Bldg. propeller was shipped in the Hunter Point drydocks. The schooner Metha Nelson has re turned from Naipu, Friendly Islands. wlth a cargo of Sonth Sea Island products. The following vessels, well-known on the Columbia River, are now lying in Idleness in San Francisco Bay and its tributaries: Barkentlnes; Gardiner City, John Smith and John Palmer; schoon ers, E. R. West, Annie Larsen. Alumna, Albert Meyer, Aloha, Beulah, Compeer, J. M. WeatKerwax, Halcyon, Sequoia, Expansion, Columbia, Luzon, Glendale, Transit, Wm. Olsen, Philippine,, Kona. J. A. Campbell, Marconi. J. G. North and Fred E. Saunders. Numerous vessels upon their arrival from coal ports are used, for cold-stor aire on account of the scarcity of space ashore. A number of these are lying in Mission Bay and off Goat Island. Amonsr these are the Shenandoah, Hawaiian Lles, St, James, St. David, -St. Francis, Hecla, Pactolus and Willscott. Owners have found that expenses can at least be made in this manner. The license of Captain Lane, of the oil carrier Roma, well-known in Port land, has been revoked because'of the grounding of the Roma on Montara Reef a short . distance south of San Francisco, Government Steamer Xearly Done. , The new steamer Umatilla, being constructed at Celilo by the United States Government for service in river improvements above the Tumwater, will be ready for operation about No vember 1. Work on the craft has been pushed along at a rapid rate dur Inir the past three weeks and she will be ready during the first week of No' vember. The crew now employed on the steamer Wallowa will be trans ferred to the Umatilla. She will work the shoals between Celilo and the mouth of the Snake River during the low water. City of Eugene Will Be Floated. A barge and a quantity of wrecking f . The Roof that "proves," sun proof and rain-proof; needs no paint or repairs. Following are a few "Wont's" about Rubber Sanded Roofing: it w Rubber K imrn IKO0F1NO Won't chip. Won't warp. Won'ttear. Won't crack. Won't rust. Won't decay. Won't hrink. Won't crumble. Won't need repairing. Won't absorb moisture. Won't attract electricity. Won't need sny paint to preserve it. Won't be affected hj sny climatic changes or conditions. Won't cost ss much, m the long run, at other roofing. VThat Rubber Sanded WILL do is told of la our booklet "HOOF TALK" which will bt sent free upon request, together with samples of the Roofing Itself. PIONEER ROLL PAPER CO. Lkepartment 45, Los Angeles, CaL RASMUSSEN & COMPANY Distributing Agts Portland, Oregon gear were towed to Clackamas rapids yesterday for the purpose, of raising the sunken steamer City of Eugene. Barring a hole in her hull, the vessel is uninjured. A. D. Moodie has the contract for wrecking the craft Marine Notes. The steamship Breakwater Is due to day from Coos Bay. The steamship Colonel E. L. Drake will leave down this morning. The steam schooner Quinault sailed yesterday for San Francisco. The steam schooner Falcon sailed yesterday with general cargo for San Francisco. The steamship Johan Poulsen ar rived up last evening from San Fran cisco with general cargo. The steamship Alliance, with a full cargo of freight and a large number of passengers, sailed for Coos Bay last evening. Arrivals and Departures. PORTLAND. Oct. 17. Arrived Steam ship Johan Poulsen, from San Francisco. Bailed Steamship Alliance, for Coos Bay; steamship Quinault, for San Francisco; steamship Falcon, for San Francisco. Astoria, Oct. 17. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., smooth; wind northwest 8 miles; weather clear. Sailed at 7 A. M., steamer State of California, for San Francisco. Ar rived at 7:30 and left up at 10 A. M., steamer Johan Poulsen, from San Franci3co. Arrived down at 3. steamer Quinault. Ar rived down at 2:50 and sailed at 4:20 P. M.. steamer Yellowstone, for San Francisco. San Francisco, Oct. 17. Arrived Steamer Lurline, from Honolulu; steamer Nairn Smith, from Coos Bay; steamer Siberia, from Hongkong-, etc.; steamer Maverick, from Seattle; steamer Centralia and schoon er Charles C. Falk and steamer Daisy Freeman, from Grays Har'nnr: steamer Ti- tania. from Nanaimn; schooner Caroline, from Umpqua; steamer Spokane, fcpin Port Gamble, galled Steamer Rose City, steam er Roanoke, for Portland; steamer Svea, for Grays Harbor; steamer Mariposa, for Tahiti; steamer Alameda. for Honolulu; steamer Watson, for Seattle; schooner H. D. Bendixsen. for Port Townsenl. San Francispo. Oct. 17. Sailed at 11:30 A. M.. steamer Rose City; at 2 P. M., steam er Roanoke, for Portland; sailed at 4 P. M., steamer Carlos, for Seattle. Point Lobos, Oct. 17. Passed October 16, 7 P. M-, steamer Rosecrans, from Portland. Cureka, Oct. 17. Arrived October 16, steamer Eureka, from Portland. Birkenhead. Oct. 17. Arrived October 10, British ship Verbena, from Portland. Tides at Astoria Sunday. High. Low. 8:SO A.M.. 6 5feetl1:37 A. M 1.2 feet 7:47 P. M 6.7 feetll':27 P. M 3.9 feet INDICT HAINS BROTHERS New York Men Charged With First - Degree Murder. NEW YORK, Oct. 17 Indictments charging Captain Peter C Hains, Jr.. and T. Jenkins Hains with murder in the first degree were handed up by the Queens County grand Jury at Flush ing, L. L, today. The indictments were based upon the killing of William E. Annis at the Bayside Yacht Club in Au- gust last. Although T. Jenkins Hains had been held as an accessory to the murder, the indictment charges him as well as his brother with being a principal. Wit nesses testified that T. Jenkins Hains by the display of a revolver prevented the spectators from interfering while Peter C. Hains, Jr., fired Beveral bullets Into the body of the victim. It has not been charged that T. Jenkins Hains fired any of the shots that killed Annls. The District Attorney notified the court that he would arraign the Hains brothers next Tuesday and would ask that their trial be set for November 9. The witnesses who testified before the grand jury did not include either Mrs. Annis or Mrs. Hains, the wife of Captain Hains. The attitude of Mrs. Hains in the trial has been the subject of much speculation. Captain P. C. Hains. Jr., of the United States Army, stationed at Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, appeared with his brother, T. Jenkins Hains, on the float of the Bay side Yacht Club at Flushing, L. I., on the afternoon of August 13. As William B. Annis, who was on board his yacht, approached the float. Captain Hains opened fire on him. Inflicting wounds from, which he died within a very short time. T. Jenkins Hains kept the spectators from interfering. Captain Hains de clared after the shooting that Annis had robbed him of his wife, and that Mrs. Laurier Makes Last Fight. MONTREAL, Oct. 17. In a speech delivered last night, Sir Wilfrid Laur ier, Canada's Premier, announced that the present campaign, which ends in a general election October 26, will be his last. "This Is the last fight in which I shall be engaged," he said with great earnestness. "The years have already left their marks upon me, and I can not hope that tney will stand still now. All I ask is your support to en able me to complete the work I have begun In the last 12 years." Sir Wilfrid predicted that his gov ernment will be sustained by a ma jority of from 30 to 40. At present it has 66. THERE IS NO INVESTMENT ON EARTH UKE THE EARTH ITSELF If l.ACT Affords one of the safest and surest investments to be found in or about Portland, as well as an ideal and healthful location for a SUBURBAN" HOME. These ACRES have met with great favor since being placed before the public, last Spring. There is a reason. Think of the low prices and easy terms asked, proximity to the heart of the city and the fine car service, etc. There are nu merous other advantages which cannot be appreciated until you have made METZGEB ACRES a visit. Don't delay, investigate this proposition thor oughly, then if satisfied, take advantage of this golden opportunity, before prices advance. REMEMBER, it is only a 30 minutes' ride from Portland, the Rose City, the mdst beautiful city in the world. Take car at Front and Jeffer son streets. $200 AN ACRE AND UP ACCORDING TO LOCATION TERMS 10 per cent cash and 3 per cent of the purchase price per month. INTEREST 6 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. . Agents and Phones at Station Main 6409.