THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. AUGUST 8. 1909.
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FIRM BIG BARGAIN
-J. W. Ganong Buys Ten Acres
Near Gresham for $3000.
LEBANON SCHOOL TO RISE
In-Town Lot Sella lor $18,000
Xob Hill Site for Fine Home
Goes for $12,000.
I Other Sales.
I Til 1 I .1 1 jt.tatA I l-.lTllfl.ra of
J illuminating, lire imi vot.D
lajt week as a bargain extraordinary, the
i eaie or ten cultivated acres
o J. TV. Ganong. of 626 Bast Burnside
Vetreet. for eoOOO la recorded. ' The prop
l erty Is part of the Hall tract, and la lo-
-eated only half a mile from tne lownsue.
( n-Mitt thfK rmrrhnse was made for invest
ment, the new owner 1s not yet decided
whether to subdivide the acreage or con
i tinue Its cultivation. The Bale was made
.' through the agency of Tom Word, and is
(regarded as one of the banner bargains In
flarm land registered in many muui.
Another good buy brought forth last
week was the purchase of a lot adjoining
I the new Blumauer-Frank building oceu-
(pied by two residence for $18,000. -The
site Is 50x100 feet, and Is situated on the
feast side Ol fJ&nm street, arm t,
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' of Marshfleld, Or., from Mrs. Potter, and
4he deal was negouaiea ay nemj.
ai.. in. anH . fractional Dart of an
i other, situated at the head of Lovejoy
i street, were purchased lor 131
I week hv A. McCalman. of Falling, Haines
i A McCalman. The property la regarded
bs one or tne oeac nome uc i
! Hill location, across the street irom me
Imposing -home of Dr. H. W. Coe and in
) the rear of the residence of F. Krebs.
' making It a top liner from the standpoint
i . . . ,aoiA.H Mr Mc( "rilman states
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he will erect an expensive home on nis
newly acquired property. uuam v
Barker sold the property through the
agency of Charles S. Riley.
Keeping pace with other towns in im
; provement, Lebanon has completed plans
' fur the erection of a brick High School,
: the construction of which will be begun
( In the next lew aays. xne
j wtll be an Imposing one. worthy of a
much larger city, and will occupy a site
72x118 feet. The structure will be two
stories high and will contain 14 class and
recltatlon-rooma. as well as an assembly
hall, to occupy 45x86 feet. In addition to
these quarters, a library, a teachers- room
and an of lice for the principal will be
provided. The building will be modern
throughout, and will be heated by a steam
system. P. Chappell Brown, of Portland,
was the architect of the down-to-date edi.
lice.
The school site is composed of 10 acres,
half of which was donated by Jeremiah
Ralston, the founder of Lebanon, and the
other half by Owen Kees. The property
: was formerly the location of the Santlam
( Academy, the first institution of the kind
; to be erected In the Willamette Valley.
' The new HiKh School will be erected at a
cost of J2S.i0. and the grounds surround
ing Its site form the largest tract in the
state devoted to school purposes. A
unique featjre of the school grounds is
Its wealth of trees, planted a half-century
ago by ploneera. making the spot fittingly
historic as a site for a school to be at
tended by the children of the sons and
: daughters of the early settlers, who
beautified it.
Saies of Portland Heights property ap
. reared frequently In the transfers of
i July, and early last week the first sale of
' a corner site In thl district began the
August records. N. M. Milton, of Port
land, was the purchaser, paying $0000 for
' two lots situated at the southeast corner
of Seventeenth and Laurel streets, in
Carter's Addition. The sale was made by
J). El Keaeey for Charles Wilkens, of
Dolph, Or., former owner of the site. The
new owner plans to build a costly home
on the property.
Three acres of land east of Kast Thirty
' third street, just south of the old Slough
road, were purchased by W. T. Joplin
from B. M. Lombard last week for 110.000.
The property will be occupied by the Gle
blsch & Joplin grading camp, which will
be removed from Its present location in
Rossmere. That more than $3000 an acre
was paid for the holding is assurance for
property-owners of the vicinity that the
district has attained the high-value stage.
, Following closely on the clearing of the
northwest corner of Seventh and Taylor
streets for the erection of the New Heillg
Theater, the frame two-story residence
situated diagonally across the street is
being removed from the site by Foxton &
I .Ames, who. it is understood, will con
' struct a four-story brick building on the
i site,,- The ancient frame building was
bought by I. Dauthoff for a nominal price, j
feflnlte plans for the brick structure to
! rise on the corner have not yet been
t made, but it Is conceded the corner win
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be Improved by a modem fireproof edifice
soon after the New Heillg is completed.
Ernest Morris, a young draughtsman,
paid the highest price ever given for a
single lot on the Peninsula by giving
Jm) in cash for the corner of Alblna and
Killlngsworth avenues. Three years ago
the same lot sold for WOO, one-fifth cash
and $10 a month. Less than two years
ago It was sold with a five-room cottaaje
to L. F. Mlllhollen for J2000. Mr. Mlllhol
len owned the property 19 months and 14
days, and in that time cleared $4000. aside
from its rent, amounting to $27 a month,
making a total gain of $4526. Nolta &
Ruble negotiated the sale of the corner to
Mr. Morris.
"BLUFF" IN DESCHUTES?
Writer Saj-9 Porter Bros. Are Laying
Out What Seems Heal Railroad.
(To the Editor.) As a resident of East
ern and Central Oregon for over 35 years,
I wish to differ with you on some points
stated In your paper of August 7.
I have little to say as to whether Por
ter Brothers are going to build a railroad
up the Deschutes River or not. but after
looking into the matter carefully I am
of the opinion you are mistaken about
the ,-big bluffs." and I believe you would
change your mind If you would go onto
POHTION OF KEW PATTON
the ground and make observations as the
writer has done. But I do wish to say
that I know you are mistaken when you
say there is not room for two roads up
the Deschutes. The writer has walked
every foot of the way from the mouth
of the Deschutes to Bend. In Crook
County, and looked the ground over from
railroad standpoint, and there Is no
place but where two ' roads could be
built, and most of the way there Is room
for three or four, and how anyone who
is familiar with that vast country can
say there is or will not be business for
more than one road, we cannot under
stand.
Here is a country nearly 300 miles
square without a railroad, and a great
proportion of this vast empire can and
will be irrigated, after which it will sup
port many more people to the square
mile than even the rich Willamette Val-
Look acrses the Columbia ruver into
the State of Washington a. state that
doesn't have one-half of the resources of
Oreeon. but has double the population.
and what has made it? The answer is.
four miles of railroad to Oregon's one.
We of Central Oregon cannot under
stand, when you and all Oregon know
that the Harriman system has success
fully bottled up this vast country for the
last 25 years, why you should take the
stand that they are the people that are
going to build and that others who have
never been known to bluff In railroad
building are now only running a "big
bluff."
As I said before. If you would go onto
the ground and take careful notice, you
woul.l very easily see which company is
laying out the work that looks like a
real railroad. The porter Brothers are
h'oldine to a water grade, laying out an
18-foot roadbed and keeping the curva
tures down to six degrees. What is the
other side doing? We don't say that it is
a cowpath. but we have heard of such
things. Instead of discouraging the Por
ter Brothers or anvone else from building
ntn Central Oregon, we think tne peo
ple of Oregon, both east and west, should
encourage them or anyone else.
OLD RESIDENT 0' i.ASJ..Ki
GOX.
Policeman' Shoots Fair Autolst.
DENVER, Aug. 7. A young woman,
ho, with another woman and two men
-.mnnaed an automobile party, was
hot hv Patrolman Mitchell at 3 o'clock
this morning. The party was exceeding
the speed limit, and when they refused
to halt Mitchell pulled his revolver. The
trigger cauaht in the ford of his night
stick, discharging the weapon. The
bullet passed through the back of the
machine, embedding itself in the wom
an's leg. She was taken to the offices
of a physician. The members of the
party refused to give their names.
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LKBANON HIGH SCHOOL TO
FIRST WING READY
Portion of New Patton Home
to Rise at Once.
CARE OF AGED IN VIEW
Doors of Structure to Be Wide
Enough for Wheeled Cliairs.
Addition to Contain 30
Airy Rooms.
While plans are complete for the new
Patton Home to replace the old structure
at Michigan avenue and Fay street, but
one of the proposed buildings will be
erected at present. Bids are now being
received for this part of the Institution
REAR WING OF INSTITUTION TO BE
HOME TO BB ERECTED AT MICHIGAN
and it Is contemplated ground will be
broken for the Improvement within a
few days. The wing to be built first will
represent one-sixth of the big building
planned and will contain 30 rooms.
The building will be two and a half
stories high and of brick construction,
with a full cement basement. Through
out, the institution will be fitted with the
care of aged people in view, the object
of the home being to provide a place of
refuge for aged and ailing women and
men. Illustrative of the pains taken to
assure convenience for the aged inmates
of the home every door in the building is
made wide enough to permit the rolling
of wheeled chairs In and out of every
apartment.
The wing, the construction of which
will be begun at once, will occupy 40 by
96 feet and will represent an extension
of the west end of the complete building
as planned. The new institution finished
will contain 110 rooms, as well as a large
assembly-room, kitchen and dining-room
on the first floor and two hospital wards
on the second floor. Two matrons' rooms
will be provided - on each floor and a
porch and balcony will extend from the
west to the east wing. The first wing
will represent an expenditure of $15,0)10
and the edifice complete will cost In the
neighborhood of $100,000.
One of the larger sales of last week
recorded the transfer of a site in Irving
ton to W. 1m. Morgan, who plans to erect
a costly residence there for his own oc
cupancy. The site Is situated at East
Sixteenth and Thompson streets a.nd oc
cupies 100 by 133 1-3 feet adjacent to the
property of W. F. Fliedner, its proximity
to the Fliedner home being the Induce
ment that prompted Mi. Morgan to buy
the site. M. J. Delahunt, former owner
of the site, transferred the holding JLa
Mr. Morgan for $7250.
In the purchase of the site at Roosevelt
and Nineteenth streets by C. E. Rumelln
for $50,000 another West Side bargain Is
consummated, say realty dealers. This
sale was noted in the transfers of last
week, the property being disposed of by
the Oriental American Company. The
site occupies 171 feet on Nineteenth street
and 218 feet on Roosevelt street and
houses a three-story concrete block build
ing. 80x50 feet, all the space of which Is
rented. Mr. Rumelin plans to hold the
nroperty as an investment.
SEATTLE PLAN is adopted
Improvement Methods Found Adopt-
able to Local Conditions.
J. H. Haak. W. G. Oberteuffer and R.
M. Tuttle, of Mount Tabor, who spent
several days at Seattle last week examin
ing the methods of improving streets
there, reported their findings to the
Mount Tabor Push Club Monday night,
with the result that the club adopted the
CITY IS TOWN'S PRIDE.
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BE ERECTED THIS TEAR.
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Seattle plan for the Mount Tabor district.
This district is bounded by West avenue,
the Base Line road. Hawthorne avenue
and East Forty-first street. The general
plan is to park the streets and improve
every street inside the district with hard
surface pavement. Parking will make
the roadways from 24 to 26 feet wide, ex
elusive of the space occupied by the side
walks. Most of the Mount Tabor streets
are 60 feet and some 60 feet wide. It is
proposed to let the improvement of all
the streets in the district In one "contract.
It has been ascertained that the work can
be done at much less cost and quicker by
this method. The committee visiting Seat
tle found that the water mains, sewer and
gas pipes were put down in the parking,
and that the paved streets were never
torn up.
The contract for erecting the Methodist
Church at Mount Tabor has been award
ed to Smith & Hanson for $10,000. and the
work Is under way. Harry Nelson Black
drew the plans for the building, which
will be of frame construction, with a con-
crete basement.
Secretary Oberteuffer, of the Mount Ta
bor Push Club, reported that by placing
the utility systems in the parking of the
streets, there will be no need to wait flv
vears for the building of sewers for
Mount Tabor, as a branch will have to be
built from the Brooklyn system, and an
entirely new system must be built north
of Belmont to take In Rose City Park
BUILT.
AVENUE AND FAT STREET.
The streets may be paved at once, and
the sewers and other utilities can be put
down in the parking In the future. Mr.
Oberteuffer said that an effort would be
made to have the contract let for all the
streeta In the district as soon as possible.
It will be a large contract, and will take
a year or more to complete.
At Mount Tabor there is much building
activity. The home of J. H. Cook, on
Belmont street, is being completely re
modeled at a cost of about $10,000, by
Contractor James Taylor. Mrs. Margaret
Hampton, a teacher in the Chapman
School, will erect a bungalow on East
Sixty-second street, near Belmont. EL
Underwood will build a $3500 home, 39x48
feet, on iEast Morrison and East Fifty-
fifth street. This structure will be fin
ished on the interior in mission style. I.
J. Dennis is erecting a home on Belmont
and East Fifty-fifth streete, to cost $3o00.
W. J. Gill is building a residence, at a
cost of $4000. ' It will occupy 26x40 feet,
and contain six rooms.
$65,000 CHURCH IS RISING
Central Crhistian Edifice Now Near-
ing Completion.
The stone construction of the Central
Christian Church, on East Twentieth and
East Salmon streets, is being completed.
The walls have reached the height of the
auditorium, where the timbers for the gal
lery are being placed. It is desired to
have the building inclosed early this Fall,
that the basement may be occupied. It Is
one of the most pretentious churches un
der construction in the city, and will cost
about $65,000. Rev. J. F. Ghormley is the
pastor.
Dan Kellaher has leased the northwest
corner of East Morrison street and Grand
avenue for two years, and is having the
buildings remodeled. Plans were drawn
for a four-story building on the corner
for A. Prier, but the lease was canceled.
In Roselawn Addition, Goddard & Wied.
rich have sold a number of lots, upon
which homes will be built at once. Among
the purchasers are J. A. McKenzie, Delia
Ammer, J. W. Huff and G. S. Harris. The
selling price of the lots averaged $600
each.
Bx-Governo Geer Is having plans pre
pared for a home to be erected in Elm
hurst, where he owns a quarter - block
near Tillamook drive. E. J. Sundgreen is
erecting a $3000 Swiss chalet on his Elm
hurst property, at Broadway and East
Fifty-second street
Engineers are engaged in surveying the
tract purchased at Kenton last week, on
the Peninsula, by the National Wood Pipe
Company. The site comprises 24 acres.
Peter Adams plans to erect a cement
block home at the intersection of East
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Want a Crab
or dome
They 11 be waiting for you at our offices at the noon hour be
tween 12 and 1 o'clock on Monday. Crabs arid claftis are plentiful
at Columbia Beach."
Many of the campers and cottagers live very largely on the sea
food they catch. "We've sent two of our men to Columbia Beach
with instructions to catch all the crabs and dig all the clams possi
ble. We want to give our friends a . good old-fashioned Columbia
Beach treat.
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Have Some
Come early Monday noon and pick out as many as you care to
they're yours for the asking.
Watch our window Monday morning it will look like a fish
market. . - - ' , :
Come early there are a great many who want them. ?
No one served before 12 o'clock noon Monday. " " r
COLUMBIA TRUST COMPANY
BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING
-c street and Kelly avenue. Ex
cavation for the foundation has been com
. . . TiMif-. -RniaA in erectliur a house
piCtCU. T, I"'
at East Thirty-ninth and Kelly streets, at
a cost, of saw.
mv, iAivw ti r.ictrv hiiilding for Zel-
ler-Byrnes. on Williams avenue. Is rising
rapidly. It is of frame construction, uui
the outside is covered with cement with
pebble djtsh.
Oregon Pioneer Passes Away.
Trhin Harris, a oioneer Oregonian who
came West in 1865. died at Pleasant Home
July 26, at the age of 87 years. He was
born at Litchfield, Grason county, ivy.,
July 28, 1822, and when he came West
43 years later, brought a wife and three
children. He took up a homestead claim
near Pleasant Home the same year ana
had lived there ever since, no m
buried at Gresham by the side of his wife.
who, died 30 years ago. air. iiarris leu
four children. 24 grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren. His children are:
-r X-m lUtlter Dalian MrS. Sarah
Galloway, Umatilla ' County; William and
Clay Harris, of pieasanx Home.
Mount Scott District Wants Water.
-NT-,r fh at fh. Hfnnnt K?ntt di.trict has
been officially declared a part of the city
by action of the City Council at the meet
nf Jnlv 28- the residents of that sub
urb are quite active in the matter of se
curing relief from the existing water
famine. Petitions have been filed asking
that at least a main De laid so as io 'con
nect with the private systems, as a mat
ter of temporary relief. The Mount Scott
THE COLUMBIA
RIVER VALLEY
The Fruit Basket
of the World
A poor man baa a small
chance of ever beeominat ..
wealthy la the Far Eastern
States. Even In the Middle
VVest the opening! are be
eoniina; scarce and many
enersjetle men see that they
can better themselves by
coming to the Northwest,
borne who have come West
find they have not suffi
cient knowledge of the
country to be able to lo
cate at once In a business
which will pay them well.
If yon are of this number,
why not investigate the
district which has more
openings and opportunities
for men of small or large
capital than any other sec
tion of the Northwest f
The Columbia River Val
ley cannot be surpassed as
a desirable p 1 a e e to live
when you const d e r the
many lines of business that
are still needed, the large
population which will sure
ly settle here, and the vast
increase which will follow
any small Investment made
at this time.
It will pay you to look
into the conditions in this
land of opportunity. Kenne
wick and Pasco are al
ready the Important com
mercial venters of this dis
trict. For Information con
cern las; openings in all
lines of business address
KENNEWICK COM'RCIAL CLUB
KENNEWICK, WASH.
PASCO COMMERCIAL CLUB
PASCO, WASH.
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Clams?
Improvement Club will hold a special
meeting at Laurelwood - Hall Monday
evening. August 9, to discuss the situa
tion. All residents of the Mount Scott
district are requested to attend.
Channel Work on Upper Willamette.
Work at Carey's Bend on the Upper
Willamette will be finished the latter
part of this week and the dredge Math
loma will be moved up to Five Is-
PAY THE
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rer Acre
And Take Immediate Possession of
Wonderfully Productive
Farm Land In Southern
Yea Sir, Wonderfully Productive
land for 624 cents per acre down and
62 cents per acre once a year for
seven years that's the maximum yon
have to pay us for the land.
- If you select land slightly timbered
yon pay in addition only two dollars
per thousand for the '
timber whicn you sell,
all that you use on the
place is free,
t At these prices we
'are almost giving it
away, but the Cana
dian Pacific Railway
wants YOU, not your
money.
As a matter of fact
that first 62 cents is
all that need come out
of your pocket direct.
120,112 Lbs. of Vege
tables From 10 Acres
Hr. D. E. Gellatley and 8onf eblpped
from Gellatley, British Colombia, orer
one hundred and twenty thousand
pound! of mixed Tatretablea in one
year all raised on ten acres of what
was Just such land as yon can bay tor
li'yi centt per acre per year.
$5,030 in Fruit from
6 Acres .
Mr. T. W. Stirling of Kelowna, British
Colombia, sold the frolt picked In one
season from six acres for Si), 030. 00.
the land itself if prop
erly handled can be made to yield acom
fortable living and pay for itself. And,
when fully developed, it will yield a
good living and a comfortable surplus.
These lands are suitable for general
truck, fruit, dairy and stock farming.
An advertisement can't tell the
whole story. But, if you men and
women who are fighting a hopeless.
J. S. DENNIS, BRITISH COLUMBIA LAND COMMISSIONER
Dept. L, Canadian Pacific Railway Calgary, Alberta, Canada
TWO UPPER FLOORS
P. Ry., Lt. & P. Co.'s Building
FIRST AND ALDER
On January 1st. 1910. the Ry. Co. will move to its new building1.
- and the above nicely arranged office floors will be
FOR RENT
Finely adapted for general offices of insurance, abstract, railway
or like companies
P, RY., L. & P. CO., FIRST AND ALDER,
Land Agent, Room 306.
our
lands, where there Is a large amount of
work necessary to improve the channel.
The stage of -the Upper Willamette
River is now favorable for the best
work of the dredge.
The rewiring and furnishing of lighting
fixtures for the Portland Public Library
are being furnished by the M. J. Walsh
Co. i
i. DENNIS, British Columbia Lnt
Corjmlfonr. Dept. L , C&n&dlta
rmcKAilway.Calgaxy.Albort.
CtMisdft.
t want information
ou t Boutbora
rltiah Columbia
, od your flsjje
Oer tcrt
" ptryoar
land.
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British Columbia
up-hill battle will send me yonr names,
I'll see that you get good hard facts
about this country of opportunities by
the thousands, enough to go round
and to spare.
If .you have any idea that Southern
British Columbia is a far off barren
waste, cold and un
inviting, yon were
never more mistaken
in your life.
There is no more
delightful country to
.live in anywhere. Let
me send you all the
facts.
We will satisfy yon
that you can enjoy
life and prosper in
Southern British
Columbia.
Then come up here
and buy a 160 acre farm for 62
cents an acre down and 62)4 cents
an acre 'a year and the Canadian
Pacific Railway will hand you back half
your fare orer its own line of railway
Fill out the coupon now you'll
get the facts by return mail, and
you'll then know how to fix yourself
comfortably for life.
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