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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUXDAT OltEGOyiAX. FORTLAXP, NOVEMBER 22, 1903. 10 EAST SIDE REALTY COMMENDS ITSELF Residence Sites and Business Property in Good Ac tive Demand. VACANT HOUSES FILL UP Number of High-Class Residences in Process of Erection, With Hundreds of Cheaper Ones Going I'p All OTer. Careful analysis of the realty situation on the East Side discloses ireneral Im provement In the matter of Inquiry, sales of resldenre property, renting of vacant house and In new work projected. Just before election there was rather slack Inquiry, but realty men ay Investors again have become entirely confident. Vacant houses that were scattered through Eaat Portland and Alblna are filling up rapidly. During the Year a large number of flats and sDartment -houses were built all over tha. East Side, which did not rent at once, but are. now reported to be filling. There are many suburbs, of course, where practically every house is owned by the occupant, and In such sub urbs vacant houses have been very few at any time. Considerable new work Is projected, as building permits Indicste. and numerous foundations In the suburbs outside the city limits point to activity. Some pre tention homes and other structures are under way. The 130,009 home of Philip Buehner. at the end of Hawthorne ave nue, now being completed; residence of H. JfcOormtck. on East Salmon and East Twenty-eighth street of 13 rooms, costing SV3.W0: the Mead-Wells dwelling on Twenty-first and Tillamook, of ten rooms, costing .'"; the flats of B. H. Bow man, on East Twelfth and Belmont streets, costing J1Z0UO; the $12,000 dwell ing for Eugene Blszier, on Wasco street, are smong the more expensive dwellings under way. but do not Include the hun dreds of new residences costing from JitoO to JTOuO scattered all over the East 6ide. New Buildings Projected. Foster Sc Klelser. who bought the half block on the north side of East Yamhill street between Union avenue and East Third street, for $16,000. will probably erect a two or three-story brick building on the property in the early part of next year. Mr. Klelser said. In speaking of the purchase: "It Is true that we consummated the purchase, and we expect eventually to Improve the property with a two or three-story brick building for our own occupancy that will cover the entire site. It is too soon for us to make any defi nite statement as to our Intentions, ss we have Dot thought of the selection of an archltsct. We cannot say drnnitely what our plans will be before March, and If we then arrive at a conclusion we shall probably have our building completed and occupied within a year." The contract for a three-story $10,000 echoolhouee for the Catholic Church, to be erected In Montavilla. was let the past week to EL C. Brooks, and work has been stsrted on the foundation. A new edifice costing (15.000 for the First Universalis! Church of Portland, to be erecled on the East ide. has been projected. Founda tion of the new building for the First United Evangelical Church. In the Tdd trsct. costing $16,000. has been completed. The new factory buildings for the East Portland Mill & Fixture Company, on East Twenty-sixth street and Holladay avenue, costing about $30,000,- ara being completed. Residence Property Sales. In Holladay Addition several Important sales were made. Including the sals of two lots and a house In block 13 by Al bert BMx to Alex White, for StiOOO. A large number of attractive homes are being built In Holladay Addition, west of Holladay Park, ranging In cost up to (16.UU0. In Stephens' Addition Francis Walsch bought the west half of lots 1 and 2, in Mock 65, for t&n. Sarah E. Moors .bought lot 1. in block 4. Williams Ave nue Addition, for $J0u0. In Clifford's Ad dition to Alblna the Occidental Company bought lot t In block for ioOOO. At Arleta Park, on the Mount Scott line, N. Bosier sold to C. P. Downer lot S. In block 2. with the building, for $-0. At fiur.nyside T. C. Russel bought the property of M. U. Foster, including lot. 7. In block 14. for Ho. Samuel Chowning sold to J. E. Martin lot . in block V. for litt. M. A. 1-arsea bought two lots in Woodstock for $liW. The United Artisan Hall Association sold to Patrick Skelly lot IS. block W. In SWlwood. for 11000. Several important deals ars pending In East Side business property, which will probably be closed up within tha next few days It Is predicted by dealers that the next few months will witness soma Important transfers In business property in that part of the city. Grand-Avenue Improvement-. That Grand avenue should be paved south from East Morrison to East Cluy street at once Is the Judgment of C. A. Ktgelow. president of the East 9ide Busl eess Men's Club. If the East Sids Is to go forward snd have the benefit of the Kose- Festival next year. The plank road way Is badly broken and worn, and tha procession cannot pass over It with safety and probably will not unless the street Is paved. "I think the property-owners on Grand avenue." said he. "will be very unwise If they do not at once take sleps to have the street paved between East Morrison and East Clay streets. All the property Is growing valuable and would become business sites If the present broken road way were replaced with hard-surface pavement, the same as the street north to Sullivan's Gulch. If this 1s to be dons before the next Rose Festival It ought to be stated as soon as possible. It would be the making of Grand avenue to have hard-surface pavement continued south at least to Hawthorne avenue and north to Holladay avenue. The latter Improve ment between Sullivan's Gulch and Hol laday avenue Is to be laid before June, and the property-owners ought to get busy." Northeastern Suburbs Grow. Iurlng- the year more than 30 dwell ings have been erected In Rose City Park Addition, besides several busi ness buildings, ranging In cost be tween $:500 and 15000. lji the building line the total amount expended will foot up $150,000. V. A. Lamed Is hav ing a dwelling built on Alameda and Carvel avenues, with two stories and 8 rooms. Its cost will be about $5000. Pr. Gordon's bungalow Is finished. The homes of Mrs. Kate Jones. D. J. Rus sell. George Bracber. George rt. Oarr and Paul Plebuon ars being finished. Plans have been prepared for a 7-room dwelling for Peter Van rtta. to bs built In Rose City Park, and the con tract will be let tha coming week. In Roesmere and Bells Crest, adjoining, many houses are being built and. others projected. " Owners of these tracts rs port many sales. Application has been made for a subpostofflcs to bs located on the Sandy road in the middle of the district. Also an effort Is being made to have a graded sch'ool estab lished In that portion of the district. In the section comprising these finely Improved suburbs, outside of the Coun try Club. It Is estimated that over $350. 000 has been expended In buildings and street Improvements the past year, and that as much more will be ex pended the coming year. Remodel Building. The Danish Aid Society of Portland has come into possession of the Cen tral Methodist Church property. on Russell and Kerby streets, Alblna. the J price paid being nearly $3500. and Architects Travis & Travis are taking bids for alterations of the structure. There are upper and lower rooms In the building. On the upper floor the hall of the society will be located and the lower room will be used for other purposes. Central Church Society has secured a quarter black on Vancouver avenue, and will erect a church there. The Lutheran congregation of the Powell Valley Lutheran Church Is building an addition to provide more room and Improve the appearance of the building. ACTIVITY OX THE FEXIXSCXiA University Park and Kenton Rap idly Building Up. "Vacant houses are filling up on the Peninsula." said H. G. Sibray, of Uni versity Park, "except some houses which are not very desirable. For several weeks just before election there were some vacant houses and realty moved slowly, but since the election was held we have had many Inquiries. All our best houses have been rented." At University Park and Portsmouth the people through the push clubs have started a movement to provide fire pro tection until such time as the city can erect an engine-house and Install an engine. There Is a large growth in this part of the Peninsula, and fire protection Is considered necessary. A lot will be leased and a temporary house erected and the city asked to provide hose and hosecart. after which the people will or ganize a volunteer company. The Royal Baking Company, by the president and secretary. John A. Heus ner and A. A. Helsler. has purchased two lots In Kenton, on the Peninsula, for $::50. on which to erect a building In the Spring. It will be 60x100, three sto ries and of cement blocks. The cost will be between $10,000 and $15,000. An architect will be selected to draw the plans and a modern plant will be erected. A number of other buildings are already under way In the townslte of the Swifts at Kenton, and the opening of Sprlns will witness the erection of many buildings, both for residence and for business purposes. PEN NEW BUILDING Y. W. C. A. Home to Be Dedi cated December 13. MORE MONEY IS REQUIRED MlTAVArKIE'S BRIGHT FUTURE Cheaper Fares All Necessary to Cause Rapid Development. That the pioneer town of Milwaukie, which Is a suburb of Portland, has a promising future Is the Judgment of I. Mullan. who lives there and who has observes conditions closely. He says: "Milwaukie Is going" ahead rapidly In spite of the handicap of 10-cent fares to Portland. We will get a decision on the fare question before very long, and I feel confident that It will be In favor of B-cent fares to and from Portland. "That will place this suburb on an equality with other growing Portland suburbs. The tract of T. R. A.?ellwood. which was recently platted. IS selling rapidly, and the buyers will all build. I look for many homes to be built In Milwaukie as soon as the fare decision has been delivered by the Supreme Court. We have a voting population of nearly Sno, which is a gain of nearly 75 votes over the number cast at the municipal election of two years ago. Our school, which now his over SO) pupils, shows the gain we have made." BITS FIVE IiOTS IX FAIR VIEW Streets of Suburb, When Improved, Will Advance Values. O. N. Reynolds purchased, of George E. Shaver five lots in block 22. in Fair view, for $3500. It la understood that the owner will Improve the property. The ssle Includes a dwelling. At Falrvlew a number of Improve ments are being made In the way of new streets and new buildings. Work Is being done on the Fairview road. That portion between D. S. Dunbar and S. P. Heslin's places has been widened and the part In Main street graded. The road has been graveled between the Sandy Hill thrpugh Fair view south. GROCERY STOCK SACRIFICE Prominent Stand. Big discount, great opportunity to start business. The Ames Mercantile Agency, 403 Swetland Building. Subscriptions of $2200 Are Xeeded to Pay for Furnishings of Hand some Structure Erected at Cost of $71,000. The new building of the T. W. C. A. at Seventh and Taylor streets, will be formally opened Sunday, December 13. While considerable work remains to be done. It Is hoped that the building will be entirely completed before that date. At the present time special ef fort Is being made by those Interested In the welfare of the Institution to raise the necessary funds to provide furnishings for the new building. It Is estimated that this equipment will cost approximately $7700. Of this amount about $5500 has been prom ised, leaving $2200 yet to be raised. The work of furnishing the- new quarters is In charge of the following committee: Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett, Miss Carrie A. Holbrook. Mrs. H. C Campbell. Mrs. Frances Chamberlain and Ellis F. Lawrence. This com mittee has selected every piece of furniture to be used In the building. The principle governing the selection of furnishings has been to provide durable and attractive articles, no at tempt having been made to purchase expensive or showy furniture. A special effort is being made to have all of the fittings paid for when the dedicatory services are held. To this end the committee In charge Is ar ranging to have every article in the building tagged with the name of the donor. Blank tags will be provided so that the names of persons desiring to pay for some article of furniture can be Indicated. The method adopted by the ways and means committee, of which Miss Carrie A. Holbrook and Miss Constance McCorkle are Joint chairmen. Is to In duce Individuals and groups of women to assume the responsibility for the furnishings of certain rooms or sec tions of a room. The business women of the city have undertaken to furnish the gymnasium, which calls for the heaviest outlay. The cost of the equipment will aggregate $2600. Of this amount $1500 has been raised. Dr. Sarah Whiteside is the chairman of this committee and will receive con tributions to the fund. The teachers in the city schools are working for the equipment for the educational de partment. The Toung Women's Mis sionary society of the First Presby terian Church has arranged to provide the furnishings of the restroom. to cost $150. Mrs. Guy M. Watklns Is chairman of this section. The Baptist Church has signified Its Intention of providing1 the requirements ' for the main offices. The library furniture is to be provided for by Mrs. Robert Liv ingstone, Mrs. S. P. Lockwood, Mrs. A. B. Meserve and Miss Caroline Benson. Mrs. C. A. Dolph has presented the association with some handsome art glass. The Toung Women's Bible Class of the First Congregational Church Is to provide the flittings for the platform in the auditorium. The linen service Is to be contributed by the Ladles' Aid Society of the First Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Dell Stewart has as sumed the responsibility for the lobby furnishings. The Teachers' Club will provide part of the dining-room furni ture. Miss Leila Goddard has agreed to furnish part of the cafeteria equip ment. The board and committee-rooms are to be cared for by the P. E. O. So ciety. Members of the association have been asked to contribute $1 each to ward the furnishings of the auditor ium. Mrs. W. H. Beharrell and Mrs. K. W. Tuttle are also assisting in the work of securing funds for the fur nishings. The cost of the building and lot was $106,000. $35,000 for the lot and $71. 000 for the building. While the origi nal cost of the building was estimated at ' $75,000, shrinkage In the sub scriptions to tha building fund has reduced the amount at the disposal of the association. Of the subscrip tions to the building the sum of $30,000 Is still outstanding. This represents bona fide subscriptions to the fund, and the association officials believe (he amount will be paid In the near future to obviate the necessity of the association borrowing money at Interest to meet Its obligations. Webfoot Oil Blacking keeps reet dry. Makes shoes last. All dealera I ' 25&$sr rim Mm fit if ORG laftJ-rr- &V lake, a little m&c wmm, as mmIbsssssssssbbbbssssbsbbbbbsbbssbbsbbsbbbbbsbbbssbbssbssbbbbbissbbbssbbbbbbsbbbbssbb I IMPORT AN You probably know that it is necessary to plow the ground before planting an Orchard. It is Important. But something else that is VERY IMPORTANT Is shown by the illustration to the left. A picture of the sub-soil plow which you can operation if you will GO TO absolutely necessary in planting WALNUTS, PEACHES, CHERRIES or FILBERTS through the crust to get down into the sub-soil. ' It more work: costs us a little more to go over the with a sub-soil plow. But the expert in charge worth it. It means INCREASED DIVIDENDS In the Future. SPEND SUNDAY "DOWN ON THE FARM" We pay all expenses. Call at our office for Free Transportation -THE- JAC0BS-STINE COMPANY 148 FIFTH STREET, PORTLAND EAST SIOE P1PEMT SOLD JAMES HIUiTER GETS $22,500 FOR HALF-BLOCK. W. F. Flledner Buys Part of Block in Johnson's Addition Real ty Notes of Week. Through the agency of Buchtel & Kerns the half block on East TamhlU, between East Second and East Third streets, has been sold by James Hlllyer. The pur chaser Is said to be W. F. Lipman. The half block, 100x200, fronts on the O. R- & N. on one side and Is located in the grow ing wholesale district of the East Side. The consideration is J32.600. regarded as k bargain by realty men. Among the deals last week was that of SULPHUR ODOE REMOVED FROM GAS BY NEW INVENTION ill i .;i PTRIFICATIOX PLANT OF PORTLAND GAS CO.MPANT. When two years ago the Portland Gas Company changed the manufacture of its product from car boretted water gas to Oil gas. a distinct odor was noticeable whenever gas was burned, and the products of combustion were allowed to escape into a closed room. By constant experimentation In the laboratory. H. M. Papst. general manager, finally succeeded last Spring In discovering a method which completely removed all of the sulphur compound from gas. Heretofore this was only partially accomplished by the old method of purification in vosrue by all gas companies. When this discovery was made known to the president of the company. C F. Adams, ha directed Mr. Papst to proceed with the design of a plant for the removal of this remaining sulphur In the gas which could not be removed by the ordinary method. The plant Is now In operation and has cost the companr over $30,000 to complete, the only one of its kind In the world. The gas company Is receiving credit for Immediate attention to this odor complaint and Is being congratulated upon having originated a process for the complete removal of this organic sulphur. H. R. Reynolds to W. F. Flledner for $25, 000 of part of block 6 In Johnson's addi tion. This piece is on the northeast cor ner of St. Clair and Wayne, south of Washington, and was held by Mr. Rey nolds for about 14 months. The figure at which he sold brings about -26 per cent increase. The new owner has In prospect the building of a series of pressed-brick flats on the site. Architect J. O. Wrenn is drawing plans for an apartment-house for William Reldt, to be erected on East Sixth and Wasco streets, to cost about $20,000. The building will be 60x100, and will be -two or three stories. Six and eight apart ments will be arranged for each floor. Work on the foundation will be started the last of the month. Mall & Ton Borstal sold for Ned R. Munger . to Captain James Watts 60x100 and two-story store building on Thur man street, between Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets. The property has an income of tSa a month and the con sideration was J10.000. Captain Watts bought the property as an Investment. One of the pioneer manufacturing es- tablishments at Kenton will be the plant of the Royal Bakery Company that re cently bought a site lor Its nse m mat new subdivision. The buildings will cost about 112,000. The Veteran Land Company has under way at the present time the erection of 12 dwellings in different parts of the city and is having plans drawn for 16 other buildings of the same character. These" houses will cost from J2300 to J4000 each. ' The Water Board of Portland will receive bids to December 1 for the erec tion of a two-story office building to be built on East Alder street. Architect Joseph Jacobberger has made the plans and specifications. Plans are being "made for Mrs. Ida M. Church by Architect Hefty for a six story brick at the northwest corner of Fourth and Salmon, to be connected with the building on the adjoining lot. C. F. Hendricksen, president of the Scandinavian-American Bank of Port land, has bought a seven-acre tract near Woodlawn with the Intention, it Is re ported, of building a fine residence on the tract. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company has appropriated J500.000 for Improvements on its various plants in and around the city. D. C. Henny's Swiss chalet on Port land Heights has been completed. The lower story is finished In stucco, with coarse sand dssb; the second of squared fir logs, stained, and has projecting eaves and simple gable style. The Interior Is finished in flat grain flr. The residence contains eight rooms and servants' quar ters. H. J. Hefty Is the architect. A. Q- Herald & Co., for a 11700 dwelling for Christian Zwelfel. East Seventh, be tween East Market and East Mill streets. H. H. Bean, for a 1500 dwelling for Florence Smith, East Twentieth street be tween Emerson and Sumner streets. ?ore a- Ross, for a $1000 dwelling- for T. W. Marshall, East Forty-fifth street, be tween East Clay and Ea.t Harrison street.. C. H. Foster, for a J2500 dwelling for E B. McXaushton. Weloler street be tween East Twelty-fourth and East Twenty fifth rtre4-ts. Wenzel Frletsche. for an $1800 dwelling for J. E. Pase. East Yamhill street, between East Forty-second and East Forty-third Streets. Green A Green, for a $2500 dwelling for ; Theodora Thompson. East Seventeenth street, between Knott and Brazee street. H. Thorpse. for a $2000 dwelling for Ellen Thorpe. East Seventeenth street between Pklrtmore and Prescott streets. W. P. Wilson, for a $1300 dwelling for W. F. Martin. Siacty-first street, between Orchard and Villa streets. C. Sauer, for a $1000 dwelling for Peter Yager, East Twelfth street between Beech and Fremont streets. M. H. Carter, for two $1200 dwellings for Lydla A. Carter, in Russell street, be tween Burrage and Delaware street.. McHolland Bros., for a $3000 dwelling for Mrs. Sarah D. Guerin, East Burnside between East Seventeenth and East. Eight eenth streets. J. E. Blackmore, for two $2900 dwellings In East Sixteenth street, corner East An keny street, for O. P. Miller. Gust Ostlluye. for a $1800 dwelllnr for C. W. Sherman, m Ravenswood Addition. A. B. Hughes, for a $13S0 dwelling. Mult nomah, between East Thirteenth and East Fifteenth streets. B. C. Brooks, for a $10,000 school for the Church of the Ascension, at Montavilla. Joseph Jacobberger is the architect. R. B. Rice, for a $12,000 dwelling for Eugene Blazler, Wasco street, between East Sixteenth and East Seventeenth street.. Stereopticon Exhibition OF BAYOCEAN PARK Views Given Tuesday Eve., Nov. 24th at 455 Sherlock Building, 83V. Third Street COME AND ENJOY A RARE TREAT Two Good Agents Wanted. None But Strictly First-Class Need Apply A FULL LINE Of Art Domes, Art Shades. Art Portables, Electric and Com bination Fixtures. CALL AND SEE US AT NO. 61 SIXTH STREET Western Electric Works Wholesale and Retail. Phones : Main 1696 A 1696 LAND OPENING Ninety-two thousand acres of the Umpqua Forest Reserve will be restored to entry January 20, 1909. Not all of this land is vacant. Send $1.00 for list of lands subject to entry to Eoseburg Abstract Company, Eoseburg, Oregon. 1 " ' : : .