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THE STJXPAT OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 27, 190.
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It took $437,236 to place Westmoreland within 15 min
utes' ride of tlie business heart of Portland but it will be
worth every penny of that to Westmorelandites alone.
When the new bridge goes into use, you won't have
time to read your paper between business and home
you'll get there too quickly, and youH be too busy admir
ing that beautiful stretch of river scenery on the way.
Westmoreland will be easier to reach over the new
bridge than any other addition placed on the market in the
past two years bar none.
5TouH have better cars than you have been used to
big, roomy fellows,' with seats with real backs to1 them.
They make speed, too, and, glory be! They're heated in
Winter. That's a comfort that nine-tenths of Portland
are strangers to,
nd another point that means something to future
Westmoreland residents; there's only a seven blocks' walk
from the carline to the most distant lot in the tract, and
most likely you wiH be located much nearer than that.
Westmoreland is by far the best home site in Portland
today it has so many advantages that are usually lacking.
Those buying now will get the ten per cent discount, but
it won't last more than two weeks longer. Lots $500 and
up. Ten per cent down, 2 per cent per month.
We have just received from our publisher our beautiful
three-color Westmoreland folder. It goes into detail con
cerning the property. It contains a panorama overlooking
Westmoreland in a northwesterly direction; it shows Coun
cil Crest and Portland Heights in the distant blue of the
mountains. In the middle distances may be seen South
Portland, The Oaks and a glimpse of the Willamette and
Ross Island.
Better send for one1 today. Use the attached coupon.
COLUMBIA TRUST COMPANY, 84 Fourth St., Board
of Trade Bldg., Portland, Oregon,
Please send me your Westmoreland folder.
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H. Tower Tells How He
Won an Income,
BUILT HOUSES HIMSELF
Family oC Pl-v Stored Into Incom
pleted Cottage Husband Built
Another Sold It and Adopted
! Contracting as Business
"HOW WS WO OTJK HOME."
" The Cvesonlaa will be Klad to print
hnllar articles tolling of experiences
at meldenta of Portland and vicinity
tn winning- a home. Mail articles
The Oresonlan, aigntnr full names
am adoressosL Karnes will be printed
tmleas request, are made to the con-trary.
BY M. H. TOWER.
A moderate salary and an immode
rate rent bill caused us, a family of
five, to declare our Independence of
the landlord, and while favoring the
plan myself, I want to emphasize the
fact that whatever success we have
had was due to the hearty co-operation
and assistance of my wife.
We boufrht three suburban lots for
J450. one a fraction, paying; J45 down
and $16 monthly. We got lumber on
the Installment plan sufficient for a
five-room cottage, costing in all $1000.
I built It working: overtime. When
the frame was up, the roof on. one side
and the floor half laid, my wife insist
ed that we move in and save a month's
rent. When the cottage was complet
ed I started another house on the frac
tional lot and built It during- spare mo
ments, completing it within a year.
Having no rent to pay, we used the
surplus cash each month to buy mate
rial. It was a comfortable six-room
house, and sold as soon as finished at
a price that netted about J500 for the
year's extra labor. We declared our
Independence a second time when I
gave up a steady job with Uncle Sam.
I had no thought of changing my oc
cupation at the start, but there were
certainly attractive prospects in this
new field of labor.
We bought lots on the installment
plan and built houses on them. With
one exception these houses have been
sold on monthly payments to thrifty
families who count . n owning their
own homes. Within four years we
have completed six houses and found
ready sale for them at fair prices, be
sides building three others on contract.
I' have done practically all the work
Including designing and drafting, ex
cepting plumbing and plastering. A
short course In architecture with a
correspondence school aided me mate
rially in the work.
The home place is now paid for and
we receive an income from Installments
paid on the houses built since. We raise
nearly all the fruit and vegetables for
the family, and a small poultry yard
returns a profit that almost canceled
the grocery bill while eggs were 60
cents.
American Women Brave. -
NEW YORK. June 26. Members of
1 the crew of the Cunarder Slavonia
which was wrecked June 10 on the
I rock bound coast off Flores Azores, re-
I turned to this port yesterday on the
steamship Pannonlan, telling Interest
ing stories of the remarkable bravery
aiiieiiuHn women passengers fol
lowing the wreck.
"I never saw men so cool and brave
as were those -American women pas
sengers,", said one of the British crew.
. "They . sang popular songs to us
while we rowed them through the
breakers in toe lifeboats. When the
Slavonia ran on the rock at 2: JO o'clock
In the morning most of the women
came on deck In their nightclothes, but
accepted me assurances of the officers
that there was no danger, and returned
tO their StjltiirAnirin And rtmmaail T ...
they went about the decks spreading
ma nopeiuiness everywhere. I
did not see a hysterical woman on
board. Not one of them bothered the
officers or crew with questions.
"When we landed them on the cliffs
at Flores they fell among friends. A
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had made comfortable little fortunes
in America and who had returned to
Flores to live in comparative luxury
and peace, made them very welcome
and extended every courtesy to them."
CHURCHES TO ENLARGE
PLANS COMPLETE FOR IMPROV
ING TWO EDIFICES.
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NEW THEATER SURE
Three Prominent Men Assume
Charge of Big Enterprise.
PROMOTERS ARE SANGUINE
First Presbyterian and Taylor-Street
Houses of Worship to Build
Additions.
After consideration enduring for
more than a year and a half, the bulld
lng committee of the First Presbyterian
W. B. Ayer, Henry I,add Corbett and
J. C. Ainswortli Consent to Act as
Supervisors of Plan -Inducement
Offered Subscribers.
Three prominent men assuming charge
of the plans to complete the New Hellig
Theater by the end of the year, the
four incorporators of the Heilig Amuse-
- umpany are assured the showshop
will materialize as ranlrtlv no
Cal-vin Keillg and E. C. Mears announced
yesterday that W. B. Ayer, president o'
the Kastern & Western Lumber Com
pany; J. C. Ainsworth, president of the
United States National Bank, and Henry
Ladd Corbett have been elected by the
subscribers to bonds for the new theater
to act as a general committee and have
general control of the steps taken to
rush the showshop to completion. All
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COTTAGE OF M. H. TOWER, 7 S3 GIRARD STREET, UNIVERSITY PARK.
sooiatlon and the Heillsr Amumnnni
Company, represented by Calvin Heilig,
John M. Gearin, E. C. Mears and F. O.
Downing, have secured a 99-year lease
on the site at Seventh and Taylor streets,
and this is deemed by a security com
pany as a sufficient asset to guarantee
the new theater bonds now on sale. As
an Inducement, coupled with the intrinsic
value of the bonds, every subscriber will
be entitled to reserve tickets for any
attraction afl bnnn. 1 ...-....
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opening of the general ticket sale.
Persons desiring to subscribe for bonds
In the new theater may leave their names
and addresses at the boxoffice of the
Bungalow Theater and Mr. Mears will
call on them to explain the project, or
if inquiry 1b made of Mr. Mears at his
office in the Board of Trade building
all questions concerning the new theater
enterprise will be answered.
NEWPORT ADDS STREETS
Many Improvements Being Made at
Popular Seaside Resort.
NEWPORT, Or., June 26 (Special.)
Newport is making rapid strides in open
ing up new sections by building and im
proving streets. A new street is being
laid out to the ocean, half-way between
the Lifesavlng Station and Nye Creek.
Beach street, running to the ocean from
the Nye Creek Hotel, was graded and
widened, injuring the property belonging
to A. N. Moores. Claud (latch nnrf tw
Minthorn, as the perpendicular bank in
front of their cottages has no bulkhead
and is falling down. A new road, running
from the mrpnii n i fT hAtwan v...
and Jump-Oft-Joe, back to Nye Creek's
buuii-o, uu openea a section of beautiful
building sites, which overlook the Pacific
and are sheltered from the heavy winds
by a thick forest lying directly north.
The $3500 road to Olssonvllle along the
bay and built on piling will soon be fin
ished, and places which were reached by
winding trails are now securing good
roads as fast as they can be built.
Many of these improvements are doubt
less made not only on account of the
heavy building, but on account of the
water system to be put in as soon as the
bonds are placed on the market. The
water Is to be brought in wooden pipes
from the headwaters of Big Creek, and
a modern city system will be Installed.
There Is also considerable talk of build
ing a ball park in the city's park, which
could be done by draining the lily pond
leaving a natural amphitheater. The lo
cation of the present ground is a mile
from town, but nevertheless the Sunday
games are well attended by the visitors
and residents alike.
Church has decided to erect a stone ad
dition to the edifice. Plans for the en
largement have been completed and it
is expected the improvement will be
begun before the end of the week.
When the enlargement is constructed
the edifice will extend to Thirteenth
street and afford ample space for the
church for years to come.
The project to raxe the Taylor-Street
Church and replace it by a modern
structure has been abandoned. Instead
an addition will be built to afford room
for Sunday school classes and a hall for
social entertainment. This Improve
ment, it is anticipated, will be under
way before the expiration of another
month.
See Tui & Glbbs' pre-lnventory sale
announcement on Page 11, Section i.
three men agreed to serve In a supervis
ory capacity, and from now on tlJey
will guide the preliminary work for the
new theater at Seventh and Taylor
streets.
The subscription list for theater bonds
was opened last Monday morning with
eclat, and after the first day's canvass
Calvin Heilig and E. C. Mears announced
themselves as pleased with the prospect.
Few, If any, spurned the opportunity to
aid Portland In obtaining a first-class
theater, and before nightfall the $70,000
needed for the enterprise was consider
ably lessened. The canvass was contin
ued every day throughout the week and
the promoters are sanguine of continued
success, in event of which ground for the
new theater may be broken before the
end of :iext month.
The Heilig Northwestern Theatrical As-
PUBLIC MARKET GROWS
IT LEASES ADJOIXIXG STRUC
TURE FOR TEX YEARS.
Old Stewart Building to ' Provide
Stalls for Tradesmen Ren
tal $1000 Monthly.
In existence only six months the City
Public Market at -First and Washington
streets Is taxed for space, and to meet
fhe demands of the smaller merchants It
has leased the old Stewart building ad
joining for $1000 a month. This provides
a full half block for the market, which
when the proposed improvement is com
pleted will extend through from First
to Front on Washington and possess
frontages of 100 feet each on First and
Front streets, as well as 200 feet on
Washington street. 'When the recently
attained addition is fitted for its new
service the market will contain 275 stalls,
or almost treble its present capacity.
The lease was perfected yesterday
morning and will run through a term of
10 years, the Ukase Investment Company,
represented by W. K. Smith, being the
lessor, and H. Nelson, Henry Menzel and
3 J. Kelly, the lessees, all three of whom
are Incorporators of the City Public Mar
ket Company. The structure is one of
the pioneer buildings of Portland and at
present its three stories are occupied by
the Newmarket lodging-house, Ben Levy
& Co., Bell & Co. and G. W. Simpson,
commission merchants, the Package De
livery Company, a barber shop and a
printing establishment, all of which will
be forced to seek new quarters probably
the end of next month, to make way for
the market Improvements.
Elks to Install on Thursday.
MARSHFIELD, Or., June 26. (Spe
cial.) Final arrangements are being
made for the installation of the new
Elk lodge, which will take place next
x urounj. uisirict uepuiy ievens of
Bauer -ity, will Install the
Later, new members will be lnitiatet
at a big celebration to which lodges of
neighboring cities will be invited. The
Eagles lodge of Coos Bay has taken
in another class of new members. Ar
effort Is being made to increase th
membership to 500 by the time the new
lodge building, which has been started
is completed.
Steel Bridge Contracts Iiet.
CHEHALIS, Wash., June 26. Spe
cial.) At its session this week th
Board of Commissioners of Lewis
County let a contract for three new
steel bridges to a Chicago firm. The
bridges will be located at Pe Ell, a 160
foot span: one at Dryad of the same
length, and the third at Boistfort, a
120-foot span. The Board has decided
after fully investigating the subject of
cost, lasting qualities, etc., that the
steel bridges are much to be preferred
to the old type of wooden bridges, and
as evidence of their faith have this
year let contracts for seven of the steel
structures already.
Rao Tn 11 Jtr nlhhe' fn.. . -
lodge, announcement on Page 11. Section 1.
CENSUS BILL IS PASSED
Senate Rushes Measure Through In
Five Minutes' Time.
WASHINGTON. June 26. Within five
minutes the census appropriation bill was
passed by the Senate today in the form
in which it was on Thursday passed by
the House. It appropriates $10,000,000 for
taking the 13th census. It authorizes the
Director of the Census to designate three
commissioners to represent the United
States in the international commission for
the revision of the classification of dis
eases and causes of death, called by the
government of France to meet in Paris In
July.
Right to Bond City Voted.
JACKSONVILLE. Or., June 26. Spe
cial.) The people of Jacksonville, by a
vote of 102 to 2, elected to extend the
powers of the city under the charter to
enable the city to incur an Indebtedness
of $25,000 for a water system. When the
time arrives to vote on the Issuance of
the bonds, it is believed the vote favor
able to the bond issue will be equally decisive.
See Tull & Gibbs' pre-inventory sale
announcement on Page 11, Section 1.
THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY
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UNDER IRRIGATION
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LANDS .
SjSlOO per acre, on very easy
terms.
WATER
Perpetual water right, grav-
ity canal from Molalla Riven
FREE
Government bulleton on irri
gation in the Willamette Val
ley and beautifully illus
trated booklet, "The Call of
the Soil" (copyright) sent
postpaid free on request.
DIRECTIONS
Come out any day. Our autos
are at your disposal. From
Portland take Southern Pa
cific train 8:15 A. M., 4:15
P. M. Special rates Satur
day, Sunday. Round trip,
$1.10.
FEW PEOPLE realize the importance of this great movement, not
only to this district and the City of Portland, but also to the GREAT
STATE OP OREGON. We are applying the water to the Boil; .we
want you to come out and see CANBY GARDENS under irrigation;
pronounced by the most critical experts on irrigation "A GRAND
SUCCESS." Fine level land, fertile as the valley of the Nile, where
. orchards and all kinds of fruits, nuts and vegetables flourish in pro
fusion. No blizzards, floods or sand storms; outside of the "big
freeze." Only twenty miles south of Portland on the main line of
the Southern Pacific. Perpetual gravity water right (not of the tem
porary tank, tower or pump variety, but a permanent GRAVITY
CAN AIi from the Molalla River, which will furnish water in abund
ance so long as water runs down bill). What has been accomplished
in other irrigated districts will be more than repeated here. We have
the sop, climate, water and drainage. We have the location, trans,
portation facilities, water power and electricity, in fact everything
necessary for the most modern homes, including good graded schools,
churches and telephones. The time to buy is in advance of some'
great n.ovemtnt when the opportunity offers. We offer you this op
portunity at CANBY GARDENS, in the heart of the world-famous
Willamette Valley. Why not "get back to the soil" as nature in
tended you should. Consider the conditions; consult the map. A
word to the wise is sufficient. These prices and terms to first buyers
and for a :hort tirne only.
IT'S UP TO YOU
COME AND SEE.
Irrigation is King in the Willamette
Valley. Tis the Keynote of Pros
perity and Your Opportunity.
CANBY
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