THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 8, 1909.
MUCH - UFL-SHOWH
Belle Crest and Rose City
. Booming Along.
PROPERTY IS FILLING UP
'Conversion of Sandy Road Into a
Street Is "Sow Completed and
Improvement Adds to
General -Activity.
The Northwestern Home Building Com
pany Is building five houses In Belle
Crest, each of which will cost J2000. G. B
Hadley Is erecting two residences In Rose
City Park. Scott Munsell has purchased
a lot In Merlow Addition, on the Hose
City earltne. and will build later. C. B.
Merrick, secretary of the Grocers' Pro
tective Association, has moved into his
new HOon home In Rose City Park. Archi
tect Tetter has moved Into his new 50rt
residence on Wauna avenue. The home
of Ir. W. R. Kaufman, on West avenue
and the Sandy road, has been completed
at a cost of JSWa. Everett F. Alshaw, of
the Hartnwn & Thompson Bank, is bav
in a residence erected on Bokeby avenue
coating 3.Vtt. C. W. Tyson is completing
a concrete S350) bungalow on Stanton
street Earl Roberts Is building a JJO00
. residence on Enst Sixtieth street.
Sandy road has been made a street from
East Sixteenth street to the city limits.
; and will be Improved at once between
East Sixteenth to East Twenty-eighth
-tnreets. Between Twenty-eighth street
and the city limits an effort will be made
to Improve with hard surface next year.
A. H. Metcalf. who has considerable
property on the new street, favors hard
surface Improvement owing to the great
amount of travel on that thoroughfare.
Three years ago development had just
started in the Rose, City Park district,
and the acres were practically un
broken. Now there are graded streets
and several hundred high-class homes, all
tributary to the Sandy boulevard.
L. E. Carter states that since the Mer
low tract, on the Rose City carllne. was
placed on the market last Spring. 75 lota
have been sold on an average of J00 a
lot, bringing a total of 4o.om, and the
purchasers were mainly homebuilders. P.
G. Anderson, recently from Los Angeles.
Cal., purchased several lots in this tract
and is erecting a seven-room home. It
will be a typical Southern California
structure and will cost J4500. B. E. Boise
Is building a home on Bast Fifty-third
street, near Hill Crest. The Indications
are that 50 houses win be erected in this
tract within the next three months.
VT. V. Stephenson, of California, has
ptirchased three lots In block 10. Irvlngton
Addition. The Butterworth-Stephenson
Company to preparing plans for three
handsome strictly modern bungalows to
be erected on the property.
a W. Richie, of Cincinnati. Ohio, has
purchased lots 19 and 30 In block 35. Ir
vlngton Addition for JS500. of Abe Tlchner.
Both lots are occupied with a residence
and are situated In the choicest part of
Irvlngton.
Dr. Louis Morrotte. of Baker City, has
purchased a site, inoxim, on the corner of
Plvtaion and East Twenty-third street
Dr. Morrotte will probably erect a resi
dence on the site.
The Brong-Steele Company sold 40 lots
In the last month at an average price of
J700 each. In the El Tovar addition. The
sales were divided between investors and
homebuilders. Le-wla Love, who bought 34
lots in this addition, has completed a
JHOrt) residence. Miss M&el Miller, who
purchased two lots In block 24. will put
up a home. Mrs. Connett, who secured
even lots on Vancouver avenue, will
build two residences there. W. J. Legg
will also pit up a $2200 residence In the
addition.
MANY" HUNTERS START OUT
Opening of ' Ieer Session Lures
Sportsmen to Southern Oregon.
GRANTS PASS. Or., Aug. 7. (Spe
- clal.) The annual season for hunting
' deer opened the first of the week. There
' Jias been a general exodus of campers
' and hunters within the last few days
for the southern end of the county.
Hunting has always been good in this
' part of the state, and every year the
woods are full of hunting and fishing
parties.
But one accident has happened so
far among the campers, and that was
to Frank Kills, who was accidentally
killed by the discharge of a pistol while
exploring Josephine County Caves last
Sunday. LAst year Josephine County
was credited with an accident. In which
"Win Littlefield shot his companion,
Charles Christie, mistaking him for a
deer, on September 21. near Wonder,
from which he died 11 days later. For
thla act the grand Jury at the next ses
sion returned a not true bill against
Littlefield.
CITY IMPROVING STREETS
Grants Pass Bays Hock Crusher and
Will Lay Hard Surface.
GRANTS PASS. X)r.. Aug. 7. (Spe
cial.) This city is preparing for ex
tensive street improvements. A few
weeks ago the council purchased a 10
ton rock crusher and roller and took
the machinery out to a quarry just
north of town to make a test of the
material for macadamising streets. The
rock proved to be what was needed, so
the council, now has a force of men
getting out the raw material to sup
ply the crusher.
A contract has been let to macada
mize A street fox a distance of several
blocks, which, when finished, will reach
to the city limits on the east. This
is one of the most beautiful driveways
In the city, and is patronized heavily
by autoists. When finished it will be
covered with macadam, which the con
tractors say will make a lasting road
bed for years to come.
It Is expected that contracts will be
let for lower Sixth street within a short
time. This street leads to Rogue River
bridge, and carries the heaviest travel
of any road leading to the city.
POLES FORM BRANCH HERE
National Order Will Have Strong
Branch in Portland.
The Polish Pioneers of Oregon,
Branch 10i5 of the Polish National Al
liance of the United States, at a recent
meeting took steps to urge all Polish
citizens and Polish descendents to Join
the order, the objects of which are to
protect by life Insurance, and aid In
case of sickness or accident all Polish
citizens of Portland and of Oregon.
This Is the only branch of the Polish
National Alliance in this state for
which a charter has been granted by
the supreme body In Chicago. It was
organized March 21j 1909, by prominent
Polish citizens and merchants of the
city. The branch is now in a flourish
ing condition, and In a short time a
membership of 500 is expected.
The Polish National Alliance is or
ganized in almost aJl states of the
Union, and has a membership of nearly
100,000. a capital of over 1600.000, and
a reserve fund of about the same
amount. Besides insurance, the Polish
Pioneers of Oregon aim to look after
the general welfare of members, and
take part In all matters pertaining to
the common good, both fraternally and
politically. It also encourages to this
state the immigration of its brother
members in the East, who are looking
for better conditions. Regular meet
ings are held on the first Sunday of
each month la the Alisky building.
Third and Morrison streets, at 2:30
P- M. ,
The officers of the order are as fol
lows: President, John Meyers; vice-
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KEW WILLIAM S-AVEM'E SCHOOL AT RODNEY AVENUE
president W. Kowalewskl; financial
secretary, I. T. Yezerski; recording
secretary. Q. A. Werner; treasurer F.
Kokowskl.
IS HI!
WESTMORELAND LOTS SELL
FAST TO HOMEBCILDERS.
Grading for Carbarns Near Sellwood
Is Completed Ten-Acre
Tract Platted.
Several houses are being erected in the
new Westmoreland Addition on Mllwau
kie street. A large number of sales in
the new addition are reported, the total
amount of transfers being estimated at
1100,000. The tract has been platted be
tween Midway and Sellwood and the
Southern Pacific Railroad and the streets
have been opened and will be improved.
Between Mllwaukle street and the river
improvements are most noticeable. The
brush Is faat disappearing in this district
and is giving place to attractive homes.
Plans have been prepared and grading
has been completed for the proposed new
carbarns . for the' Portland Railway.
Light St Power Company, to bo erected
on East Thirteenth street at the Golf
Links, south of Sellwood. The building
will occupy 13Sx4SO feet, will be of brick
construction, and the west end of the
structure will connect with the Oregon
City main line. Several hundred cars
can be housed in the carbarns and the
tracks will be run from the west end of
the building. Pits will be constructed
under the tracks that workmen can get
at the cars from beneath.
J. O. El rod has platted a ten-acre tract
between Lexington street and Miller ave
nue. In Sellwood. three blocks from the
carline. It has been christened Moseley
Addition, and contains 56 lots.
OBSERVATION CAR
Portland and Cottage Grove.
The Southern Pacific is now running
an observation parlor car between
Portland and Cotta.sre Grove. Leaving
Portland, southbound, train 19, at 8:15
A. M.. returning on train 18, leaving
Cottage Grove, northbound, at 4:50
P. M.
HOME OF THOMAS
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TEH ACRES ADDED
National Wood "Pipe Co. Gets
Option on Kenton Tract.
ADJOINING LAND 'SOUGHT
Plant to Have Access to Five Kail
roads by Switches Ground to
Be Broken in Month.
Machinery Ready. ''
That the National Wood Pipe Company
and the Pacific Tank Company, which
merged last week in the purchase of 20
WORK ON STETJO TUBE IS KTJSHED.
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acres at Kenton for a mammoth plant,
intend to make Portland the center of
their vast enterprise is intimated by an
option the combined concerns secured yes
terday on ten more acres of land adjoin
ing the first site. Further showing the
extent of the proposed industry, complete
arrangements have been made with the
Oregon, Railroad & Navigation Company
whereby the plant will have access to
five raUroads through a system of switches
now being installed at the factory site. It
was ascertained yesterday that $42,500 was
paid the Kenwood Land Company for the
plant site, exclusive of the option given
on the additional ten acres.
Surveyors are already at work on the
ground, and the first vice-president of the
wood pipe company, Ralph B. Lloyd, an
nounced yesterday that work on the first
section of the huge plant would begin
within 80 days. This portion of the fac
tory will contain ten buildings, and will
be constructed oft the O. R. & N. tracks,
leaving ample space in the rear for the
erection of a giant sawmill, which the
manufacturers had in view in securing
the ten-acre space adjoining their first
purchase. To avert a repetition of the
destruction of the big plant at Olympia
a year ago, the ten buildings of the, first
section of the factory will be laid out
with wide spaces between the structures.
Plans for these buildings are now in the
hands of architects. '
Machinery for the big plant has already
been purchased, and contract have been
let for special appliances required by the
modern pipe and tank factory. Upon the
completion of the first section of the
plant, 150 men will be employed at the
factory, and later, when the sawmill is
In operation, this force will be doubled.
Among the recent contracts filled by the
National Wood Pipe Company were, the
following: Furnishing of tanks for the
Western Pacific Railroad extension to San
Francisco; tanks for the Milwaukee road
from Dakota to Seattle: 250 carloads of 16
Inch pipe for the new water system of the
City of Medford; pipe for water system at
Enterprise: contract with the Guggen
hetms in the Yukon territory, and the In
stallation of the Mazatlan water system.
While the National Wood Pipe Com
pany and the Pacific Tank Company are
separate institutions, they are financed
by the ame men, and In a measure are
superintended by the same officers. The
president and manager of both concerns is
W. H Hampton, a resident of Los An
geles, who is also president of the Pacific
Coast Planing Mill Company, the Mercan
tile Box Company of San Francisco, and
a director of the Bank of Los Angeles, the
Metropolitan Trust Company, of the same
city, and of the Olympia National Bank.
Mr. Hampton is at present in Paris, after
a nine months' tour of Europe.
Other officers of the National Wood
H AND SOME RESIDENCE FINISHED.
MOFFETT AT TWETY-5IXTH AXD
Pipe Company are: Ralph B. Lloyd, first
vice-president; F. M. Kirsch, second vice,
president, located in Los" Angeles; Walter
Carnes, secretary and treasurer, and H.
F. Dierker, assistant secretary and treas
urer. Of these. Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Carnes
are located In Portland, the other officers
residing in Los Angeles. Officers of the
Pacific Tank Company are: H. P. Sack
ett, of San Francisco, assistant manager
and vlcvpresident; H. F. Dierker, holding
the same office In Los Angeles, and F. M.
Klnsch. secretary and treasurer, also of
Los Angeles.
To the Kenwood Land Company, of
which L. F. Swift is president, ifi given
the credit of Inducing both big concerns to
locate at Kenton, in lieu of rebuilding the
Olvmpia plant. Associated with President
Swift in this firm are: Charles H. Carey,
vice-president: George F. Heusner, gen
eral manager; C. C. Colt,- secretary, and
J. C. Good, treasurer.
WOODLAWX HVMMIXG ALONG
Gravel Pit Tract Grading Is Near-
ing Completion.
At Woodlawn many improvements have
been made within the last few months.
W, C. North, L. H. Maxwell and others
who purchased the gravel pit tract sev-
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AND KMOTT STREET,
eral months ago have filled up the gap
almost entirely. This tract is between
Union avenue and East Seventh street,
all of which has been graded and is now
available for building. There is a little
more filling to be done, however, before
the big pit will disappear completely.
Woodlawn residents have asked the
Board of Education to erect a school
house large enough to do away entirely
with the old structure The school
erected at Woodlawn several years ago
was soon filled, and the old building put
into service again is not considered safe.
At Piedmont a number of important
streets have been improved with hard
surface pavement. There was consid
erable opposition to such pavement in
Piedmont, but It was not strong enough
to atop the Improvements. The newly
fixed streets are parked and rank among
the beautiful thoroughfares of the sub
urb. Several more streets are to be
paved' in the same way in the near future.
East of Union avenue many attrac
tive homes are being built. Settlement
extends to East Thirtieth street, and a
tremendous building movement is on all
through this district. Lots sold three
years ago for J200 and $300 now bring
$500 and $1000. and Alberta street has be
come a business street almost out to
East Thirtieth street. A number of busi
ness houses have been erected on this
thoroughfare costing $5000 and $10,000 and
the Baptists are completing a handsome
$7000 church there. , , '
The two-story reinforced concrete $35,
000 building erected by William Reidt, on
Union and Killingsworth avenues, is re
garded as the best improvement in the
neighborhood. Most of the" lower rooms
of the structure are occupied.
Work is progressing on the new double
tracks of the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Co. on Union avenue to Highland
preparatory to street improvement. One
track Is completed to the end of the im
proved Alberta street and a large force
of men is engaged on the second track.
Work has not gone beyond Failin street
so far, but the contractors will be rushed
when the street railway company com
pletes its track. The space between Hol
laday avenue and Schuyler street as yet
Is untouched by either the street rail
way company or the contractors. It will
probably be late In the Fall before the
improvement on "Union avenue in that
district Ts completed. '"
Cameron Buys New Mill.
GOLDENDALE, Wash., Aug. 7. (Spe
cial.) The large sawmill outfit belonging
to Fisher & Beal. of this place, has been
moved to the timber tract north of Gold
endale held by J. D. Cameron, .of Port-
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land. Work will begin at once sawing
the logs and hauling the lumber to town.
This action confirms the opinion held here
that Mr. Cameron is the purchaser of
the large box factory near the depot,
which has been known as the Gilbert
mill, but Is a part of the property of the
White Pine Lumber Company.
' Ex-Mayor Threatened Again,
: LOS ANGELES. Cal., Aug. 7. Former
Mayor William H. Workman yesterday
received another letter" threatening his
life, evidently from the same source as
the letters previously received, by him,
which have set the police to searching
Where Gah You Get
Acreage Near Portland That Compares With
Either in Price, Location or Quality of the Soil?
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' Only 30 minutes' ride from the Oregon Electric Railway's Jefferson-st. Station
(Salem line) on Front st. Get off at METZGER STATION. Agents on the
grounds every day. "We are selling these acres at a very low price for a short
time only from $250 and UP PEE ACRE. We can convince you that this
is THE BEST SOIL IN OREGON for all kinds of fruit, berries and walnuts.
Excels in strawberries and cherries, any spot on the Pacific Coast.
For further particulars and plats pall at our city office, 226 and 228 Front st.,
Portland, or at our branch office at Metzger Station. City Phones, Main 474
and A 1374. Branch office phone at Metzger, Main 6409.
HERMAN METZGER, Owner
N. B. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO VISIT METZGER NATURAL PARK,
LOCATED ON METZGER ACRE TRACTS NEAR STATION. THIS IS THE
. MOST BEAUTIFUL PICNIC AND OUTING SPOT IN THE NORTHWEST.
Lots in MANHATTAN BEACH were put tipon the
market at $30 each. v They were worth it. They were
worth more. The idea was to popularize the property.
This has been accomplished. Hundreds of lots have
been sold at first prices. Hundreds more will be sold
right away. This is'positively the last opportunity' to
secure these magnificent beach lots at these unusually
fbw prices. Remember, you may have your choice of
'any lot in all of MANHATTAN BEACH, corners ex
only
HIRTY DOLLARS
Right on the P. R. & N. Company's Tillamook line.
Two hours and a half from Portland. . The finest beach
in Oregon. No rocks, no holes, no undertow, no danger
holes. Improvements already started: Adjoins Pres
ident Lytle's townsite. Depot less than a quarter of a
mile. Magnificent scenery. Ideal surf bathing. Part
of the celebrated Garibaldi Beach, now Portland's clos
est beach playground. No transfer of cars; no transfer
to boats. New railroad runs straight through MAN
HATTAN BEACH.
These low prices and terms will be discontinued this
week. Present prices prevail only
Till MONDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT
MANHATTAN REALTYCo.
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for a man who may be either a harm
less lunatic or a dangerous criminal. The
efforts of the pollco to learn the Identity
of the man who has threatened the lives
of three prominent residents of Boyle
Heights and the destruction of their
property by dynamite have thus far
proved futile. The bomea of the men are
being closely guarded by the police.
Town In Receiver's Hands. .
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 7.x-Gover-nor
Patterson has appointed Daniel J.
Reeder, of Shelby County, as receiver
for the town of Lenox, a suburb of
Memphis. The appointment was au-
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thorized by the last Legislature. The
duties of the receiver are to wind
up the affairs of the municipality
of Lenox, because this act forever with
draws the powers that once were ex
ercised by the town. The repeal of the
charter was for the purpose of adding
this community to Memphis. After Au
gust 31 the town will be extinct and
the receiver will take charge.
The researches of Profewor Flinders
Petrle at Memphis have resulted In tna un
earthlnu of the palace of King -PfJ:
the Pharaoh Hophra of the Scriptures and
a contemporary of Jeremiah. Armor and
bronze figures of gods were found in the
ruins. .