AUGUST 15, 1909.
FINE
HANDSOME RESIDENCE UNDER WAY.
!,T. J. Seufert Pays $15,000 for
Palmer Residence.
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LEE BOW PARK IS LIVELY
i Flans Are Drawn forox Factory on
(East Side -Archbishop Chris
tie Is Purchaser of
Two Lola.
T. J. Seufert. of Ttie- Dalles. has pur
iehased the residence of H. F Palmer, of
Vthe Palmer-Jones Company, on the north
east comer, of East Twentieth and Bra
) see streets, for $15,000. The transfer
'makes one of the most Important sales
(made In that locality for some time. The
I purchaser Is a member of the Arm of
'Beufert Bros., the largest packers of
Ualraon on the Pacific Coast. Mr. Seu
ffert has decided to locate in Portland
and occupy the home just purchased by
jjilm. It Is a lT-room three-story build
ling, modern in all respects and flnelly lo
! cated. Sir. Palmer Is erecting another
residence of the colonial type, on East
Nineteenth and Thompson streets. It
' will be completed by October 1. when
fie will turn over his former home to Mr.
iJSeufert.
Heilman Lathrop sold to H. Hecker,
of the Oregon Hardware Company, a
I sjeven-room house and a lot on Ivon and
I past Twenty-second streets for $3000. The
iaame firm sold an unimproved quarter
I block on Rodney avenue and Going street
to a local purchaser for This firm
also sold for C. C. Shay a cottage and a
I lot 50x100 on Central avenue. Mount Ta
I feor, to J. TV. Malone. for J20OO.
iA number of lots have been sold In Lee
Bow Park, near Montavllla. Frank Wolf
bought two lots in block 12. A. Conn two
lots in block 12. A. M. MacN'abb two lots
I in block 9. Charles Kallbaba one lot In
I Mock 9. J. R. Hamilton two lots in block
!.. All five purchasers intend to erect
.'Siomes on the sites.
I C. S. Rogers, of Rose City Park, has
;old his ten-room bungalow, on Forty
eighth street and Sandy boulevard, to O.
ft. Brooks for WuOO.
1 The Mercantile Agency has sold through
Mall & Von Bors-tel to C. Wahl a lot on
tEast Twenty-eighth street for J1000. The
rtiew owner will put up a modern resi
dence on the site.
Architect Richard Martin is preparing
plans for two residences for H. P. Pal
ijner. of the Palmer-Jones Company, to
lie erected on two lots in Irvlngton. Both
' will be colonial In design .two stories high
iandwill contain eight rooms. The cost
yof earn building will be between $6504
nd $7000.
Plans have been prepared for a two
.tory brick factory building. 40x70 feet,
to be erected for William Grassley. on
Kast Twenty-eighth street, for the manu
facture of boxes. The plans have been
so drawn that the building may be en
larged when more room is needed.
Thomas Farrell has sold to Archbishop
Christie the west half of lots 1 and 2.
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HOME OP C. AERNE, JR, AT HEAD OF LOVEJOT STREET. ,
VAST DOMAIN IS HIS
C. H. McNeelan. Is Owner of
300,000 Panama Acres.
TEN RIVERS CROSS LAND
Portlander Refuses $400,000 for
Property Mahogany and 33 Va
rieties of Timber Cover Huge
Holding THlea Perfect.
Three hundred thousand acres of tim
ber situated 23 mil-'s and 15 miles from
the Panama Canal is the vast holding of
C. H. McXeelan, of Portland. Immense
as the dimensions are they do not indi
cate the wealth of the property as one
tract contains in the neighborhood of
390.000 trees of mahogany which in the
rough sells from J100 to J200 a 1000 feet.
And even this does not signify the value
of the mammoth holding as with mahog
any it contain 100.000 rubber trees in
bearing and 33 varieties of marketable
timber as well as numerous ginger, sarsa
parllla and epicac trees. One tract alone
contains 3.000.000,000 feet of timber.
Shorn of its timber value Mr. Mc-
Spanlsh grants. The titles Save been
declared perfect and as the canal nears
completion Mr. McXeelan is stormed with
offers for his property. But he has de
cided o hold the' vast domain as an in
vestment the real value of which will
not be estimated with any degree of ac
curacy until the canal is completed and
the fruits of that long task are realiied.
Mr. McNeelan estimates that his Pana
ma land contains 20,000 feet of timber to
the acre and this opinion Is concurred in
by William Klefenberg, of Portland, who
cruised the property. Already $400,000 has
been refused for the tlmberland and It
is believed this offer will be trebled when
the completion of the canal will put
Panama within a few days' travel of the
best timber markets.
Among the various woods found on the
two Immense tracts owned by the Port
lander are the following:
Espave, a variety of mahogany of rich
color, works well and takes a high polish.
Coratu, a very hard wood with a dark
grain used for furniture and Interior
finishing. Its markings resemble a fern.
Mangle, dense as the blue-gum and
grows only In salt water. Mangle is
particularly adapted for, railroad ties,
piling, telegraph poles and framing. It
is also used for making charcoal.
Six varieties of cedar all of which
grew very tail.
Tangaray, between cedar and mahog
any, and can 'be used for all purposes
for which mahogany is used.
Roble, of three varieties which can be
used like the American oak.
Cigua, resembles the wood of the
camphor tree. Susceptible of high polish.
Alcarobo, -soro, mora, marln jlnto,
huesito.
Ifascereno, a purple wood with beauti
ful grain in demand in Germany and
France for fine furniture and piano
boxes.
Ealsamo, arnarillo real, amarlllo capa
basuello, amarllla fruita, laurel, bongo,
madrono, alfajla, aquado, aqua, calmito,
BIG SEWER NEEDED
District South of Division
Street Is. Hampered.
LATERAL SYSTEM PLANNED
Acceptance of Brooklyn Tube Will
Be Signal for Great Improvement.
League Names Committee
to - Urge Progress.
Progress of the district south of Divi
sion street, la the Seventh ward, depends
on the early acceptance of the Brooklyn
sewer system, and the construction of
laterals throughout the territory. - Pros
pects are favorable that, the big tube will
soon be accepted, and that construction
of laterals will be started soon thereafter.
Lack of sewerage has been the blight on
this portion of the East Side. While the
cost of the main conduits is estimated at
about $250,000, the laterals will cost at
least two or three times as much, and
when the laterals have been laid the to
tal cost of sewerage for the district will
not fall much short of $1,000,000. Held
back for many years for want of sewers
PLANS FOR BIG INSTITUTION COMPLETE.
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PATTOX HOME AT MICHIGAN AVEXl'E AND FAT STREET, THE REAR WING OF WHICH IS BEING BUiyT.
itlock Ml. East Portland, for $3500. The
property is located on the southeast cor
ner of East Oak and East Eleventh
streets, where the old church of the
iparifch has been moved while the new
'edifice is being built.
3NALL FARMS POPULAR
XITELT DEIAXI FELT FOR
LAXD EAST OF CITY.
pleasant Valley Acres Sell at Bar
gain Prices Frnitralslng In
Sandy Successful.
! Reports of sales Indicate that the de
Itnand for small farms east of the city
(continues. In Pleasant Valley, on the
r south side of the Greshman division of
I the Oregon Water Power line, a number
I of tracts have been sold recently at re
I markable prices. H. YV". Snashall says
the sales were made to Investors who
will engage In raising small fruit, for
I which five and ten acres are sufficient.
Del Porbes has sold his farm of 37
; acres, in that vicinity, for HSOO. M.
jliroucho sold his farm at an average of
:$!) an acre to John Nicholas, the land
fcelng well improved and suitable for
1 fruit-raising. Mr. Nicholas will put up a
modern house on the land. Mr. Rodian
I lias sold 40 acres of his farm for (MOO.
iTed We tee sold 17 acres to Fred Well
man at 1S an acre. This valley Is only
bout one mile south of the electric rail
fway. from Sycamore Station, and Is con
'sjdered one of the most promising su
burban districts In the state. A nelgh
iborhood push club is urging the unprove
'ment of roads with success.
There Is a lively movement In securing
mall tracts of land near Sandy, on the
' Mount Hood wagon road, for the rais
ing of apples end other fruits. W. K.
' barker, of McMlnnville. who recently se
cured 40 acres one mile south of the
f andy Poetoff ice, will develop his prop
erty by setting out an apple orchard. Re
cently an Eastern man bought an ad
Jqjnlng 40-acre tract, and will plant ten
acres In apples this Fall. Eventually the
entire tract will be planted In apples.
This year several hundred acres of land
' fcave been bought near Sunuy for frult
t raising. The altitude and soil are con
. side red valuable for fruit-raising, and a
'. thorough test will be made of the district
l u frult-rabslng section. Orchards that
av been planted do well and are freer
' Jrota nests vbaa lUs lower levels...
Neelan's property Is considered to be
worth at least 16 an acre for agricul
tural purposes, ten rivers coursing
through It and emptying Into the Bay
of Panama. These streams also enhance
the value of the tlmberland tenfold as
when the canal Is completed the Im
mense forest will be but 2000 miles from
New York and every river will be a
channel through which the timber In the
rough may reach shipping with facility.
Ten years ago C. H. McNeelan, induced
by the opportunities offered by Oregon
timber, left Arkansas and made Port
land his home to be in close touch with
the timber lands of the Pacific North
west. Three years ago he visited Pana
ma, and. Impressed with the immense
value of the unused resources at the
very nose of the canal, after tedious
searching of records, he purchased three
parcels of land which were original
nlspero, cobolo, quiro, lignum vltae, palo
de sangrl. frljolillo, taya. balsamo capa
ble, maria, rosewood, ebony and Ivory
palm.
Systematize Church Work.,.
NEW YORK. Aug. 14. Delegates from
the Federation of Men's Clubs, the Y.
M. C. A., the Laymen's Missionary Move
ment, the Church Laymen's Union, and
similar organizations all over the coun
try will attend a conference at Silver
Bay. on Lake George. N. Y., next week
to see how overlapping of work In the
various cities can be prevented.
Among the speakers will be Governor
Hughes, President Ca'pen, of the Amer
ican Board of Missions; General Secre
tary Carleton, of the Brotherhood of St.
Andrew, and Judge Alden B. Spencer,
of St. Louis. -
and wasting vast sums of money in cess
pools, the people of this section are
waiting with impatience for the time
when these conditions will be eliminated.
. The Waverly-Richmond district, be
tween Division street and the Powell Val
ley road. East Twenty-sixth and East
Fortv-flrst streets, will be provided with
laterals on every street as soon as the
sewer system has been accepted. Plans
have been prepared and estimates made,
so there will be no delays in the prosecu
tion of the work. L. E. Rice, chairman
of the sewer committee for that section,
has made careful examination of the
plans for laterals, and on his suggestion
some changes were maae.
To expedite the construction .of later
als, a special sewer committee has been
aDDOinted by the Seventh ward improve
ment League, with Thomas H. Compton
enoic
Want a Crab
or Some Clams?
Three expert catchers and diggers are making the sand fly
at Columbia Beach.
They're getting clams and crabs for Y0TT.
Many a mess of fresh clams went out of our offices last week
Have a Crab?
Have Some Clams?
Be on hand early Monday noon and pick out as many as
you wish they're yours for the asking.
Our friends insisted, and so we decided to give them another
famous Columbia Beach treat.
Come promptly at 12 o'clock, noon, Monday. There's so
many who want them you may get left.
Columbia Trust Company
Board of Trade Building
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as chairman and composed of repre
sentatives from every portion of Oie dis
. . . u ih mnv ariDoint a
tnct. .every ",.. ,
sewer committee to co-operate with the
body named by the improvement J-e
D,iahli?it readv to pro-
ceed with resolutions for laterals as soon
as the system has been oinciauy
ed It Is thought the work can be con-
. . . - intn where sewers
irat-veu aw ai. a .-
are put lr by district and not a few at
time.
rr, . imnrAvement of many streets in
Brooklyn is transforming that district,
making it prosperous and progressive,
where it had been backward. Clinton
street has just been finished between
East Twelfth and East Thirty-seventh
streets, and will be continuea 10 r-o.i.
Forty-first street. Between East Twenty-first
and East Forty-first streets
several thoroughfares nave oeen im
proved. In Feurer's Addition many
streets have ,been Improved. Property
has greatly appreciated in value all
through tnis aisinci, .
provements.
In the Ladd Addition on Hawthorne
avenue the buildings erected and under
way represent an expenditure of
$260,000. The Trinity Methodist Church
will break ground for a stone edifice
next week. The stone building for the
First United Evangelical Church In this
addition, costing $20,000, Is nearing
completion. Plans are being drawn for
a $10,000 stone church for the First
Evangelical Church, East Sixth and
Market streets, and work will be started
next month. Plans have been drawn
for a new $15,000 building for the
Mountain View Sanitarium, on Powell
Valley road and East Thirty-sixth
streets. The Norwegian Lutheran
Church at East Tenth and East Grant
streets. Rev. H. Hagoes, pastor, will
erect a new $20,000 edifice In the near
future.
Much of the credit for the progress
made In the Brooklyn district Is due to
Rev. Father Gregory, of Sacred Heart
parish. He has devoted time and hard
work to the opening and improving of
streets, and the community Is largely
Indebted to him for the general pro
gressive movement. He said. In speak
ing of this section of the city:
"We have as progressive a class of
people here as anywhere In the city,
but we needed to get started. We have
started, and should go forward in the
beautifying and improving of our
homes and the whole community,
the same as is being .done in other
parts of the city. We can do this by
pulling together. There is no reason
whv the Seventh Ward should not be as
attractive and desirable a place for
homes as any other part of the city."
At Sellwood, with the sewer system
under construction and new street Im
provements, the propertyowners will be
called on to pay about $250,000. Uma
tilla and Tenlno avenues will be im
proved with, gravel. East Eleventh
street will be improved the entire
length of the suburb. East Thirteenth
street will be extended to the Crema
torium, and several streets are to be
opened between East Thirteenth and
Mllwaukie streets.
New Plan for Grazing Lands.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 14. On Septem
ber 30 the Indian office will open bids
for grazing privileges on Indian re
servations throughout the country. Cat
tlemen in the past have been able to
name pretty much their own prices for
these privileges, but all of this has
been changed since the advent of Com
missioner Valentine, who Is now letting
grazing lands under sealed bids. This
plan recently resulted In obtaining al
most three times the amount as hereto
fore secured by the Indians. Cattlemen,
although they now have to pay more,
are pleased with the change as it takes
the matter out of the hands of local
Indian agents, and it eliminates favoritism.
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THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY
The Tualatin Valley at the Gateway of Portland
PRODUarVE, BEAUTIFUL AND HEALTHFUL
Various and Abundant in Its Products
Few people of Portland know that back of the
high range of hills west of the city lies the
richest valley in Oregon, where the first settlers
located, gaining their comfortable circumstances
from the land that has never known a failure
"LUCERNE & LINDAU"
5 and lO-acre Tracts at Stations
on the United Railways
TRUST COMPANY, OWNERS
ROOM 3 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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