TIIE SUNDAY OHEGOXIAN, POItTLAyP, SEPTE3IBEIS 12, 1909,
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Progressive Suburb Plans Big
Improvements.
PROJECT TO COST $500,000
Extensive District Set Aside in
Which All Streets Most Have
Hard - Surface Improve
ment by. 1910.
The Mount Tabor Improvement Assocla
t!on ha worked out general plana for
making that aaburb one of the most at
tractive In the euy. After several month
of !ay the committee on street Improve
ments has finally filed complete plans
Mr forming a huge hard-surface paving
district of the territory between est
.venue. Hawthorne avenue. Base Line
road and East Forty-first street. Within
this district, next Fall, all unimproved
streets will be paved with hard-surface
material. By that time It Is hoped also
to have sewer connections from the
Brooklyn district. However, aa It Is pro
jwwd to follow the Seattle plan and park
s.l the streets, laylr water and gas
mains and sewers in the park between
the curb and sidewalk, there will be no
delay In the Improvements. The Inten
tion is to start proceeding for these Im
provements so that the work may be com
pleted Jn 1910. Including sewers, water and
gas mains. It wlU mean a great con
tract. Involving an expenditure estimated
at $500,000.
The improvement of Belmont street
with hard-surf aca pavement to East
Sixty-second street is progressing rapidly
nd will be completed before the end of
the year. It has been proposed that this
Improvement be continued on to East
Sixty-ninth street, at the end of the car
line. Opposition has been encountered
from some of the property-owners, but
It is expected thst everything will be sat
!.factorily adjust in a short time. The
extension and improvement of Belmont
street to the end of the carllne is con
ceded to be of great Importance to the
large district at Tabor Heights, as Bel
mont is the main artery of that district.
Tentative plans for beautifying Mount
Tabor Park are being discussed by the
Mount Tabor Improvement Association.
A boulevard will wind around the eleva
tion from the north side, according to
present plans, ending at the top by way
of the east and south sides. But the most
pretentious plan is to have the water,
flowing from the upper to the lower of
the new reservoirs to be built at Mount
Tabor, fall in artificial cascades. There
will be a fall of 130 feet between the two
new reservoirs. It is urged that it could
be arranged to have the overflow con
ducted from the upper to the lower reser
voir over such artificial cascades at very
little cost. Such an arrangement would
certainly add greatly to the beauty of the
park.
Work la progressing on tho new $10,
000 home of Professor Gault, assistant
city school superintendent, at Mount Ta
bor It will be one of the most attractive
residences in that suburb. Dr. W. T. WlU
liamson la erecting a two-etory frame
sanitarium building on the south side of
Mount Tabor at a cost of about $16,000. A
new home for the priest and teachers of
St. Stephens Church and school is being
erected on East Taylor street at a cost of
$500.
One of the most important street Im
provements at Mount Tabor is the open
ing and extension of Hawthorne avenue
from Bast Fifty-fifth street, the present
end of Hawthorne avenue, to' East Six
tieth street. At East Sixtieth Hawthorn
avenue would connect with all the county
roads. This extension is in line with the
plan to make Hawthorne avenue a gen
eral thoroughfare by the time the Madison-street
bridge Is completed and opened,
next June. It Is also proposed to open
Bast Seventy-first street, between Haw
thorne avenue and the Base Line road,
which would give another means of ac
cess to the Mount Tabor Park.
The old Mount Tabor Presbyterian
Church, on Belmont street, has been
moved to a new location to make room
for the new and modern $12,000 church
edifice to be erected on the old site.
F. Underwood has let the contract for
the erection of a residence on East Fifty-fifth
street, between Belmont and East
Morrison streets, to cost $4000, to P. A.
Carlander.
I,ocal Men Buy Idaho Ranch.
One of the largest out-of-town land
deals in some time was closed yester
day by Murphy Caswell, when they
took over the well-known Burke-Hum-phrey
cattle ranch of $500 acres at
American Falls. Idaho, the cattle and
horses being ineluded In the sale. This
j land Is practically all level, and sub
i Irrigated, and several streams run
' through the place. The ranch is known
as the finest In that section. The soil
is exceptionally rtch and particularly
adapted to cultivation of suar boets or
alfalfa. Considerable of the land
now in hay. The transaction was for
cash, and Murphy & Caswell say It
was bought as an investment, after a
thorotfgh Investigation. They will eon
, tlnue the business of cattle-raising, at
: least for the present. Later, If condl
' tlons warrant, they may cut the land
into five and ten-acre tracts. This
land practically adjoins the town of
' American Falls.
HEINZE INDICTMENTS GO
Court Dismisses Conspiracy Charge
and Most of Fraud Counts.
NEW YORK, Sept. XL The indictments
charging F. Augustus Heinze, the copper
financier, with conspiracy to obstruct the
administration of justice by concealing
the books of the United Copper Company,
were dismissed today by Judge Hough, of
the United States Circuit Court.
The books were under subpena of the
Federal Court last Spring when the courts
were Investigating Mr. Heinze's action as
president of the Mercantile National
Batik In sustaining the firm of Otto
Heinz & Co., during the financial
panic of 1907. The accounts which were
wanted ou!d not be found by the Fed
eral officers and Heinze's indictment fol
lowed. Judge Hough today also dismissed la
of the 16 counts in an Indictment also
pending against Mr. Heinze. charging him
with misapplication of the funds of-the
Mercantile National Bank by certifying
checks of the firm of Otto Heinze & Co.
One of the Indictments alleging mis
application of the funds of the bank by
Mr. Heinze was approved by Judge
Hough.
Judge Hough, in dl.-nni.nslng the 1
counts of the Indictment charging mis
application of the funds of the bank,
said that these counts seemed to charge
that Heinze, for the benefit of himself
and others named, caused the bank to
discount a single amount of commercial
paper and lost the amount paid- Tne
Judge satd it would be ' necessary to
maintain an action for conversion of the
proceeds of the note which he did not
believe could be done. He therefore
threw out those counts.
The sixteenth count, which was re
tained, charges that Heinze knew the
giver of the note was ipsolvent when it
was discounted.
The Judge said this" would amount to
conversion. v
STREET SOON TO GLEAM
DESIGN FOR SEVEXTH-STREET
LIGHTS ADOPTED.
Cluster Made by H. H. Bailey Will
Be Used for Illuminating 14
Blocks of Thoroughfare.
Through the plblic-spirited attitude
of the Seventh Street Improvement Asso
ciation, composed of property-owners
SEVENTH - STREET LAMP POST.
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Type of Ornameatal Lamp Poat With
Which the Seventh Street Improve
ment AMelatloa Will Light Seventh
Street The Poat From Base to Top
la Thirteen Feet Six Inches High.
along that thoroughfare, comprehensive
plans have about been completed for
lighting the street throughout its whole
length In the downtown district and mak
ing it one of the best-kept and best
lighted avenues of traffic In the city.
At a recent meeting of the association
a design for an ornamental electric light
post prepared by H. H. Bailey was
selected. Arrangements have been made
to set nearly 100 of these light posts at
Intervals of about 60 feet along each
side of Seventh street for 14 blocks, from
Couch to Columbia. The project will cost
nearly $10,000, but When it is completed,
the street will be splendidly Illuminated.
The light posts stand 13 feet 6 Inches
In height from base to top. They are
beautifully finished in an antique
bronze color. At' the top of each post
is a cluster of five electric arcs, which
give a combined . light of 373 candle
power. Every member of the associa
tion has been working enthusiastically
on the lighting project since it was
first proposed. Slg Sichel. of the Exec
utive Board, has given it particularly
strong support. The officers of the as
sociation are J. C. Beck, president; J.
B. Teon, vice-president; E. T. Ames,
secretary; J. C. Friendly, treasurer, and
the executive board Is composed of J.
C. Alnsworth, E. Henry Wemme, J. J.
Jennings, H. K. Arnold and J. P. Mof
fett. Some of the principal business houses
and theaters are situated along Seventh
street. Among the big buildings are the
Beck building, the new Electric building,
the T. M. C. A. building, the Public
Library and the new Hellig and Lyric
Theaters. The Electric building will be
one of the finest Illuminated structures In
the city when it Is completed. The mem
bers of the association believe the light
ing of the street will stimulate retail
business along the thoroughfare. Ac
cording to present plans, the new Broad
way bridge will have Its west approach
beginning on North Seventh, which will
add still more to the Importance of the
street.
Free to Men.
EAST SIDE GROWS
Statistics Show Number
Buildings Erected.
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WEST SIDE LEFT BEHIND
Dr. Taylor's $10,000 museum, now open,
admission free. 234 H Morrison St., cor. 2d.
Real Estate Company Gathers Fig
ures Showing Remarkable Gains
in Building Operations During
1D08 and Part of 1909.
Much Interesting information on Port
land and the building permits issued here
during 1908 and the first eight months of
this year is contained In a neat post
card which has Just been Issued by the
Oregon Real 'Estate Company. Among
other features are exact statistics as to
the number of new residences and busi
ness housos that have actually been
erected In the city, given In detail for
the West Side and the Eaet Side during
that time.
The figures compiled by the real estate
firm show to advantage the remarkable
growth - which the city has enjoyed in
the 20 months since January 1, 1908.
During 1S0S, according to the statistics
given, 3021 new residences and 211 busi
ness nouses were built. Of the residences.
2747 were put up on tbe East Side and 274
on the West Sldjk One hundred and
twelve new business houses were erected
on the East Side during the same period
and 89 on the West Side. -For
the first eight months of this year,
1791 new residences have been built, 1633
of them on the East Side and 168 on the
West Side, and 18S business houses, 102 of
which were on the East Side and 86 on
the West Side. During the corresponding
eight months of 1908. there were 2154 new
residences, of which 1938 were on the
Eaet Side and 216 on the West Side. At
the same time, 136 business houses were
completed, 73 on the East Side and S3 on
the West Side. Thebe figures show that
building of new residences has not been
quite so heavy this year as last, but that
many more business houses have been
built. .
During August of this year, the card
gives figures showing that 193 residence
permits were taken out for East Side
dwellings and 32 for those on the West
Side, with 12 permits for business houses
on the East Side and 15 on the West Side.
During August of 1908 there were 210 resi
dence permits for the East Side, and 30
for the ' West Side, while the business
houses totaled ten and six respectively.
These statistics show that 73 per cent of
the homeo are on the Bast Side. The real
estate firm further calls attention to the
fact that Portland's population, as given
in- Polk's directory, is 255,371. Portland,
it shows, ranks fourth as a distributing
point 'for agricultural Implements in the
United States and in 1908 was the second
wheat shipping point In the United
States, with shipments of 13,042,000
bushels of wheat. "Lest Tou Forget" it
concludes, "Remerdber that the New
York of Portland will be on the East
Side." '
SCHOOLS OPEN TOMORROW
Three
Buildings Not Ready Until
Heating Apparatus Is- Installed.
The public schools will open tomorrow
morning at 9 o'clock for the Fall term,
but the Davis, Eliot and Stephens build
ings will not be used until steam heating
apparatus is installed. This will not re
quire very long, it is said, and will be
rushed as rapidly as is possible. The
delay in Installation is said to have been
caused by slow shipments from the East.
Aside from the lack of heating ap
paratus in the three new school build
ings mentioned, everything is In readi
ness for the opening of the term. The
members of the Board of Education en
deavored this year to have the buildings
completed and in proper order for the
first day of school, but failed in the places
stated. There are many other new
houses, however, which are completed
and ready for occupancy, so that the
vacation work of the board is regarded
as excellent. There has been a general
overhauling of all the buildings, at great
expense, to make them more comfort
able. City Superintendent Rigler and Assist
ant Superintendent Grout predict a good
Increase in the number of pupils to be
registered this week. There has been a
shifting of the school boundaries, which
required a great amount of work, owing
to the addition of new buildings.
TAKES BIGPRIZE MONEY
Ed Schoel, of Albany, Exhibits Fine
Stock at StaJo Fair. .
ALBANY, Or.. Sept. 11. (Special.)
Ed SchoeL.of Albany, captured 1336 In
prize .money and four special gold
medals with an exhibit of 25 hogs, 12
sheep and 30 specimens of poultry
which he took to the California State
Fair. Schoel passed through Albany
yesterday en route from Sacramento to
Salem to enter his exhibit at the Oregon
State Fair, and reported that he took
every first prize in the classes of hogs
and sheep In which -he was entered, and
also every first in his entries In poultry,
except on buff leghorns and ducks.
After the State Fair at Salem, Schoel
will take his exhibit to the Pacific Na
tional Livestock Show at Portland and
the Alaska-Yukon-Paclfic Exposition at
Seattle. Last year in a tour of four
fairs in the Pacific Northwest Schoel
won $774 in prizes, and bids fair to ex
cel that record this year. .
Eskimos Seek Education.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 11. Ben and
Mary Twitchell. aged 3 and 6 years re
spectively, children of A. H. Twitchell,
agent of the Kuskoquim Commercial
Company at Kuskoquim, Alaska, and
his Eskimo wife, arrived yesterday on
the schooner Monterey to begin their
education in this city. The children
were entrusted to the care of the cap
tain of the Monterey after arrange
ments for their reception and educatkra
here had been made.
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Necarney City Hydrocarbon Oil Company, Operators
WE DO NOT CAEE A RAP about the controversy concerning the name of the NEHALEM WAX
thev may call it Beeswax, Vegetable Wax, Mineral Wax, Fossil Wax or any other old Wax, for the Wax
has had little to do with the Oil subject other than to have been the means of the Oil discovery. The BITU
AIINOUS SANDSTONE, of .which there are thousands of tons in sight, and other extensive, conclusive, Uii
sijrns (some of them. known to us only), is what we base our conclusions upon that this is an Oil Basin, and
these deductions are being strengthened, and. fully borne out, by new discoveries every day. We are backing
our judgment and conclusions, in a substantial way, by buying, shipping and placing upon the, ground an
expensive and thoroughly equipped Oil Drilling Machine, and by hiring a high-priced successful driller of
18 years'xperience in many of the most difficult Oil Fields of the world. Following is a letter received by
the Secretary of the Necarney City Hydrocarbon Oil Go., this morning, from Mr. Durham, the driller.
W S GREGORY, SECRETARY HYDROCARBON OW CO., 274 Oak Street, Portland; Or.
Dear Sh n-As I have a little spare time, just now, I will give you my ideas in regard to the od prospect in Nehalem Basin for t i sure lyan
oil basin! I think yon-have one of the best things in Oregon. In the course of a few weeks you will see that I am right. I am well eased with
the prospect of "oil, and I am glad I have the chance of boring the first well, for I know it will be a snre thing I have spent the larger part , of .
my hfX the Afferent oil fields of the U. S. A., and some in the forei fields but I never was so thoroughly convinced of oil in any field,
my iixe in me TO .. I T , . (.lf Af, TT?t f-o nnnn his sunenor ludfrment m locating the first well.
from tha surface indications, ix i. was in ronamu x wuuw -""6""- " -i c . : . T t m-no t m
ours very truiy,
J. P. DURHAM.
The Necarney City Hydrocarbon Oil Company, a corporation, is capitalized but for 50,000 shares, par
value one doUar per share, or $50,000. They place on sale the shares in 5000-ahare blocks ; as they do not
wish to sell one single share more than is necessary to assist them in developing the first well for it the Irrst
well sunk is a success it will not be necessary to sell another share of stock, for the reason of the low capital
ization, this stock now selling for one dollar, will be worth anywhere from $500 to $1000 per share. Every
dollar received for the sale of this stock is used' in developing the Oil Property. Not ONE dollar is paid to
anv officer of the company as a salary, even Mr. Carson, the general manager and expert of the company,
who is entitled to a salarv. waives all right to the same, until the success of the undertaking is assured, and
to further safeguard invest nfthe stock of the NECARNEY CITY HYDROCARBON OIL CO.,
. the Nehalem Bay Land Company makes the following proposition. If for any reason the Oil Company is
unsuccessful, they,' the Nehalem Bay Land Company will take over the stock, and allow full credit for the
amount paid for the stock, upon the purchase price of a lot, to the extent of $50.00 per any one lot, in their ;
Necarney City tract. In other words, if you should buy $50.00 worth of the Oil stock, and become dissatisfied
with the stock at any time, the Nehalem Bay Land Company will take your stock and give you credit for
the $50.00 upon any 'lot you may select at that time. The Nehalem Bay Land Company is a heavy investor
in the stock of the Necarney -City Hydrocarbon Oil Company. . , , , . -
All loyal citizens of Oregon, and especially Portland, should be interested m the mineral development of
Oregon. Nothing could possibly happen that would so thoroughly advertise the state as the finding of a
mineral found nowhere else in the United States namely, the finding of a Hydrocarbon Oil Deposit. Take
up any encyclopedia and turn to Fossil Wax (ceresine), Ozocerite and Bituminous Sandstone, and youwill
find the Hydrocarbon Oil Industry to be of vast proportion. We have m our office on exhibition the Wax,
Bituminous Sandstone and Hydrocarbon Oil taken therefrom, and our expert tells us he has discered many
byproducts, one of which will provfe of far greater value than yet discovered, in any other Oil Field m the
United States. . ' . .
A few dollars invested in this stock may mean thousands to you m a short time.
Necarney City Hydrocarbon Gil Company
274 Oak Street, or 336 Chamber of Commerce Bldg P ortland, Oregon.
CAR BARNS GO UP
Street Railway Company
Building at Seliwood.
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COST WILL BE $60,000
Will
Completion of Big Building
Result In the Erection of Many
Cozy Homes in That
District.
Work on the big carbarns for the Port
land Railway, Light & Power Company,
at the south Bide of Seliwood, near the
Golf Links, Is going forward rapidly.
The structure is being erected of brick
and the walls are already nearly com
pleted. It will be about 400x150 feet in
dimensions and will take care of the Bell
wood, Mount Scott and Oregon City cars.
The carbarns extend east and west along
the Eatacada and Oregon City tracks. Con
nection with these lines by tracks extend
ing through the buildings will be made at
tha weet end. It will be one of the most
pretentious oarbams to be erected by
the company In Portland.
Tracks through the carbarns will all
run over pits giving easy access' for
workmen underneath the cars. A club
room will be -provided for the carmen
who operate on the division In the south
East Side. The cost of thfi building and
equipment will run up to about 60.000.
The ' erection of this building will prob
ably mean that many carmen will live
In Seliwood as near the carbarns as they
can. and may result in the erection of a
number of homes in the Immediate neigh
borhood. Plans will shortly Be drawn up for the
branch T. M. C. A. to be erected on
Umatilla avenue, near East Thirteenth
street, this Fall. It will be a two-story
structure, containing a gymnasium, read
ing and reception rooms, and other
smaller departments. Only In general
have the plans for this structure been
discussed. The lot for the site has been
secured and paid for and is in a location
convenient to the public. Several local
pastors have the matter of erecting this
building In hand. Its cost and definite
details are yet to be worked out but It
is thought the building and equipment
.will cost about $2500.
Dedication of the new clubhouse of the
Seliwood Commercial Club will be held
some time in November, at which time
the building may be completed. This
clubhouse is designed to be a common
center for the business and social ln-
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PUSH FOR ALBF.RS BROS.' NEW CEREAL MILL, TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT FOOT OF WVEJOY STREET.
te rests of this suburb. It will be owned
by business men and residents of the
suburb and will be conducted along con
servative lines. It will be the meeting
place of the Seliwood Board of Trade and
other kindred organizations. Business
men will make it a place for meeting as
sociates. Leading citizens of this suburb
are taking an Interest In the project.
Seliwood Is to have a first-class laundry
and a hatel. The contract for the laundry
building, to be erected on East Thirteenth
street" and Tacoma avenue, has been let
for $S0OO and the foundation has been
started. On the comer south of the laun
dry a hotel Is to be erected In the near
f uloire. This corner has been cleared
preparatory to the erection of the hotel.
No plans have yet been drawn for the
building.
Street and sewer work Is now In pro
gress In Seliwood which will cost when
coYnpleted more than, 1200,000, which Is
considered a good showing for this
suburb. Nearly every Important street is
belg improved, and several new streets
are to be opened between Midway and
Seliwood. The Paciflo Contracting Com
pany will complete its contract on the
"Western Seliwood sewer district before
November. Its cost will be SS5.000, and
a secondary sewer system costing $186,000
has also been provided for. East Thir
teenth street, following the electric rail
way, will be extended to the Portland
Crematorium, while several streets are to
be opened and Improved between
Thirteenth and' Milwaukle streets.
East
After much hammering, the water
shortage In Seliwood Is to be relieved by
the laying of a reinforcing water main
from Division street through Kenilworth
to a connection with the ten-inch main
thnt now supplies Seliwood at Holgate
and Milwaukle streets. This main will
be of 12 or 16-lnch pipe, and it Is esti
mated will carry enough water to supply
Seliwood and the new Westmoreland Ad
dition for several years to come.
More t property Is being sold south of
Holgate street than ever before. The
opening of that part of the Ladd farm
has stimulated movement of real estate
to a remarkable extent in this hitherto
neglected portion of the city. Already
several new houses are under construc
tion and others have been contracted for.
A vast system of street Improvements Is
to be undertaken. It has been popularly
supposed that Portland on the East Side
Is moving toward the Columbia River,
but It Is also moving up. the Willamette
River.
If that part of the Golf Links between
the electric railway and the Milwaukle
road were thrown open to the home
builder, as It is reported It will be, Mil
waukle would soon be a Portland suburb.
Rancher Identifies Thief.
BTJTTE. Mont., Sept. 11. Charles
Gulgnon, a Whitehall, Mont., rancher,
today Identified George Gordon Fitz
gerald and John Grew, held n a
swindle case, as two 'men who flim
flammed him out of $6200 In New York,
six years ago, while Gulgnon was on
his way to France on a visit. The pair
are accused of robbing a local Greelc
restaurateur, George Bullerr, of $3500
In a bunco game.
ROSEBURG PLEDGES AID
Will Kalse $6000 fop Railroad Sur
Mcy to Coos Bay.
ROSEBURG, Or., fiept. ll.-rAt a meet
ing last night of the Roseburg Commercial
Club, with representatives ofJhe Cham
bers' of Commerce of MarShfteld and
North Bend, it was decided to raise $6000
In this city to finance the completion of
the railroad survey from Coos Bay to
Roseburg. The plan Is after the survey
Is completed and rights of way secured,
to offer them to any capitalists wanting
to build -the railroad.
The Coos Bay cities have already
financed the hardest part of survey, from
there eastward 27 miles, getting a 1 per
cent grade through the mountains.
Trunks, suitcases and bags,
variety at Harris Trunk Co.
Largest
HAVE YOU SEEN
lETZGffi ACRE TRACTS?
If not, you certainly missed seeing the most beautifully situated property
on the market. We are opening up new streets, making some of the choic
est parcels accessible, particularly those having an ever-running creek
through them, and fine park-like tracts with beautiful virgin timber, suffi
cient to supply fuel for years to come. It is considered the best of soil that
can produce such large tr,ees.
This Tract is on the OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY (Salem line)
at METZG-ER STATION, only 30 minutes' ride from depot at Fronf and
Jefferson streets. Agents always there to show you the property. Price,
$250 and up per acre on such easy payments that anyone can make them,
thus acquiring a valuable piece of property which is likely to be in the city
limits before very long and make the owners independent.
For plats and other information call at our Portland Office, 226 and
228 Front street, or at Metzger Station.
HERMAN METZGER, Owner
City phones, Main 474 and A 1374. . Metzger Station phone, Main 6409.