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Will Soon Be Installed.
START WORK IN 30 DAYS
Company Formed to Make "Maclte"
Fireproof Partition From
Alaska Gypsum Site
Is Secured.
X new Industry. Intended to cover the
enttre territory west of the MlMlssippt
River, has come to Portland and a fac
tory site lease has been secured and with
in a short time a large manufacturing;
plant will be In full operation. There
has been a company formed with $100.
000 capital fully paid In to handle the
proposition. The plant will be for the
manufacture of "Maclte," a fireproof,
waterproof, soundproof and sanitary
partition material. It is a material
composed largely of gypsum, which will
be brought here from Alaska for manu
facture. Eugene Pearson, the first manufac
turer of Macite. who controls the East
in this manufacture, is now In Portland,
and has already formed a company
here, of which he is the president. W. L
Moore, vice-president, and Carrol D.
Hurlburt. treasurer. The board of di
rectors consists of these officers and
Wayne I Crawford and Herbert Booth
King. Mr. Pearson has decided to lo
cate permanently in Portland, and the
new company has organized with the
rights of supplying the entire territory
west of the Mississippi River.
The company has taken a lease on
the plot with buildings at the north
west corner of Twenty-second and Reed
streets. There are two large buildings
covering a quarter of a block, and
trackage Is furnished by the O. R. &.
X. Company. The lease covers a period
of five years. The machinery is now
being installed, and It is said will
represent an outlay of $20,000.
The company will employ 60 men at
the start, increasing the number in a
short time.
BIG TRACT SOLD XEAR SAXDY
Fnilt District Is Being Pushed For
ward Rapidly.
Development of a fruit-growing dis
trict near Sandy is going forward. It
is announced that 2000 acres of land
has been sold in this district the past
few months, and the new owners are
making preparations to set out apple
orchards. Among the recent purchasers
are the following reported by the
Mount Hood Land Company:
Mrs. Hattle J. Jayne, of Hood River,
SO acres: Professor George B. Couper,
of Bozeman Agricultural College, 40
acres: Albert Brownell. of the Albany
Nursery Company. 120 acres; C. F. Par
ker, of McMinnville, 40 acres; Thomas
Slralster. of New Tork, 160 acres;
Charles Huntington, of Minneapolis. 80
acres; M. Walton, of Portland. 200 acres,
Besides these, several hundred acres
more of this land have been sold. This
land has been purchased and will ' be
put into fruit at a cost of about $126
an acre.
BOILDlwlULEVllRD
LOMBARD STREET TO BECOME
PART OF THOROCGHFARE.
Lumber Mill With Large Capacity
Will Soon Be Completed Pe
ninsula Is Active.
Extension of Lombard street, on the
Peninsula, from Patton avenue and
Wabash street. Is soon to be an accom
plished fact. It Is the conclusion -of the
plan to make a wide through-street
down the Peninsula to St. John. This
street will be 80 feet wide throughout
its wholewlength. Lombard is.'the new
name for all the combined streets be
tween St. John and Patton avenue.
When widened it will be the street to
connect all the streets of the boulevard
system on the Peninsula. Patton
avenue connects with Kllllngsworth
avenue, which in turn connects with
Vnion avenue.
A splendid driveway, or thorough
fare, is thus formed down the Penin
sula with every connection complete.
The four steel bridges across the
railroad cut on the Peninsula are being
built, and by the end of the year at
least two will be finished one on
Willamette boulevard and the one at
Northern HUL
The Monarch Lumber Company
plant on the Peninsula, will be com
plete about December. It wilt con
sist of a sawmill, planlng-mlll and
other wood manufacturing establish
ments. It will have a dally capacity
of 500.000 feet of lumber, and may em
ploy as high as 600 men. It will b
one of the largest manufacturing con
cerns in Oregon.
There is now in operation a' mill
with 60.000 feet capacity every 10
hours. The capacity of the larger mill
will be 225.000 feet every 10 hours.,
but by running 24 hours 500,000 feet
of lumber can be turned out.
The Monarch Lumber Company la the
second Industry In Importance on the
Peninsula, being next to the packing
plant In prominence.
The permanent Improvement- of
streets on the Peninsula will not be
undertaken until after the proposed
sewer district has been farmed and
built. Agitation for a sewer' system
was started a year ago by J. H. Nolta
while D. W. Taylor was City Engineer,
and some field work was done, but the
bulk of the work of preparing the
plans Is yet to be done.
It will be the largest sewer system
in the city, and will cover the largest
territory of any district system. It will
take In that portion ofthe Peninsula
beginning a short distance south of
Kllllngsworth avenue and running to
Union avenue on the east. Just what
main conduits will be built, of course,
has "not been worked out. but there
will probably be two large conduits
running down the Peninsula. The en
gineering problem is not a small one.
and the cost of the system runs high up
Into the six figures.
S. G. Slbray, of University Park, said
the past week that many residence
sites are being made on the Penin
sula and new homes are being built.
The Indications are that we will have
a good Fall," continued Mr. Slbray.
"The work on boyi ends of the rail
road tunnel for the Harriman lines Is
olng forwaxc "
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C. H- GAYLORO'il RESIDENCE IX IHVIVGTO!f IS READY FOR OCCTPANCT.
The construction of the residence for C. H. Gaylord. at the northeast corner of East Twenty-second and
Schuyler street has Just b.n completed. This pretty residence is a building of the old-fashioned Colon
ial architecture and was designed by Architect Joseph Jacobberger. . . . ,
The dwelling is an eight-room house with a full cement basement and an attio It Is nicely finished n
polished curly fir with oak floors. There Is a furnace blast system of heating installed. The cost is esti
mated at $6000. The building will be ready for occupancy by Mr. Gaylord within a few days.
OPEN LARGE TRACT
New East Side District
Soon Be on Market.
Will
ENTERPRISES UNDER WAY
Ice Plant Searing ' Completion.
Building Operations Are Be
ing
Rushed in
Portland.
East
In that portion of the East Bide be
tween East Stark, the Sandy road. East
Twentieth and East Twenty-eighth
streets wntch includes a large area, a
new building district is being made
available for the home builder. The deep
gulches on Eaet Oak and East Pine
streets, east of East Twentieth street,
have been largely filled up with the ma
terial taken from East Stark street, and
the streets extended through to East
Thirtieth.
The adjacent property on these streets
has not been available for building pur
poses, but will be so now. Mall A Von
Borstel are clearing Up the Etna tract
recently purchased for 1130.000 from the
Buckman estate. Depressions are to be
filled and high banks cut down. It 14
the largest vacant tract left In East Port
land, and it Is considered assured that
this territory will rapidly fill up this
year.
The brick work on the building of the
National Ico & Cold Storage Vompany,
on East Stark, between Bast Water and
First streets, has been completed and the
carpenters are finishing up the wood
work. Workmen are Installing the Ice
making machinery, and a crew Is water
proofing and Insulting the basement. An
engine has been Installed. A well is being
drilled, a depth of 260 feet having been
reached. The entire plant mill be com
pleted and in operation by the end of
the month. A half block is covered by
the building, which Is two-stories with a
full basement. The entire plant with
tha machinery represents an expenditure
of over 8130.000. For the East Side the
enterprise ls'considered the most import
ant yet erected.
It is promised that the railway exten
sion on Broadway street will be made be
fore October 1 to East Twenty-fourth
street so the line will be In operation
when President Taft lays the cornerstone
of the new edifice of the First Universal
tot Church at Broadway and East Twenty-fourth
streets. The street is being
paved a East Twenty-fourth with a
hard-surface Improvement.
Extension of this track on Broadway
street will finally be north on East Twenty-fourth
to Fremont, west on Fremont to
East Twenty-second and thence south to
Broadway street, forming a loop. Owing
to the remarkable growth In that district
there Is call for Increased street railway
facilities.
X three-story concrete block building,
erected on the corner of East Glisan and
Twenty-eighth streets for C. A. Wells,
haa been finished at a cost of 125,000. It
Is a combination business and apart
ment building, and la the most preten
tious structure erected In that district.
C. W. Clarno has purchased a half acre
on Columbia Park from D. C. Hoyt for
an Investment. The price was J3000.
The Richert-'Byrne Company sold lots
6 and 6, Irvmgdale Addition, to J. P.
Jaeger, the Jeweler, for H600. for an In
vestment. C. L. Burton, local representative of
the New York Life Insurance Company,
has purchased a brick bungalow on Tilla
mook and East Thirteenth street for S500
from Henry Relmers.
R. B. Fleeman, of Fleeman. Brown &
Co., has purchased lot 6, block 32, Vernon,
of the More Investment Company, for
$660, end will put up a home.
The contract has been let for erecting a
two-story, seven-room Colonial residence,
2Sx34 feet In size, on Bast Sixteenth and
Salmon streets, for C. C. Gibson, at a
cost of 83300.
10 WIDEN EAST WATER
PETITION'S ARE CIRCULATED TO
ADD 0 FEET.
BAPTISTS ARE BUILDING
IMMAXUEL CONGREGATION TO
HAVE NEW CHtJRCH.
Artistic Structure Will Be Erected at
First and Meade Streets.
Work Is Started.
Work has started on the construc
tion of the new Immanuel Baptist
Church at the southeast corner of First
and Meade streets. This new ecclesi
astical edifice haa been designed by
Goodrich, King & Goodrich, architects.
It will be a full two-story building with
a lodge tower. The architecture of this
church is of the English Gothic type.
The building will be 44x62 feet In size
and In tbe basement will be a large
Sunday school room.' a pastor's study
and a kitchen. The main floor, will
contain the auditorium, one committee
room, two robing rooms and a sacristy.
The main staircase of this building Is
located In the tower and leads to a
large gallery, spanning the entire width
of the building. One of the special fea
tures will be the baptistry, built of
concrete. The ceilings will be beamed.
The cathedral glass will be In keeping
with the general design of the build
nig. It will be heated with steam,
lighted by gas and electricity, will have
modern plumbing and a perfect system
of ventilation, inclined floors and spe
cially made furniture.
The exterior of the building will be
plastered up to the first floor with a
pebble dash finish. The rest of the
building will be covered with shingles.
The edifice is being built by day labor.
It is estimated that It will cost In the
neighborhood of 110,000.
Plan Is to Cut All FromWest Side
of Street and Assess East
Side.
A proposition to being considered for
making East Water street 80 feet wide
between East Morrison street and Haw
thorne avenue. Joseph Supple under
took to have the street widened two years
ago. but failed because of the opposition
of two of the large property-owners. One
of the men who opposed the plan at that
time 1s now engaged in circulating a peti
tion for the widening of the street.
The plan Is said to be fair for all property-owners
on both sides of the street.
One side Is to give 30 feet and the. other
side to be' assessed the value of 10 feet.
This method takes the strip from the
west aide of the street and leaves the
other side, on which there are several
large brick buildings, Intact.
'I regard the widening of East Water
street between the two bridges as one
of the great necessities of the East Side,"
declared Mr. Supple, who owns a ship
yard on the street. "At present we have
an alley,, which i occupied by a street
car line, for the transaction of business.
"Before long all the streets and vacant
blocks between Union avenue and the
Willamette River will be filled and the
erection of wholesale houses will follow.
All the main streets runnlns through this
district will connect and empty on East
Water street, now ata alley, which is
the connecting street between the two
main bridges in Central East Portland.
How it will be possible to do the vast
business of this warehouse district on
this 60-foot alley is more than I can see.
"If the street Is to be widened at all.
It should be done now, before permanent
buildings are erected on ,the west side
of the street, as they are sure to come
soon." At present all thje brick structures
are on the east 6ide 6t the street and
would not have to be disturbed by widen
ing it. as the 20 feet required would come
from the west side, where the blocks are
from 600 to 700 feet long.
"The wooden buildings on the west side
of tho street offer no obstruction what
ever, as they can easily be moved, over.
I can move my building, and I have the
longest one on the street. I tried to
show the property-owners) that H was
to their advantage to make the street 80
reet wide on which to do business, and all
but two saw It.
"In Seattle the property-owners cut
down huge hills and hew through big
buildings to make avenues for better fa
cilities for the transaction of business,
and here we have a narrow street, the
main thoroughfare In Central East Fort-
land, already overcrowded. What will It
be when the Madison brldce- has been re
built, the low lands filled up and built
over, as they will be Inside of two or
three years?
"One can imagine how It will be when
all the business of this district is directed
on East Water street, as It must be in
order to reach either Morrison or Madi
son bridge. There is no sacrifice In malt
ing the street 80 feet wide. Nobody
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N NEW IMMAMEt BAPTIST CHURCH, FIRST AND MEADE STREETS.
Yet, are you? whether to huy a 5 or 10-acre tract of "fruit land" and live independent for the rest of
your life, or whether you will buy a lot and build a small house in some lower-class part of the city,
work for wages, and be dependent on "the boss" every Saturday night, after a week of drudgery, for
your money? v
Did you ever think of the case in this way? that whenever you buy a tractof land in a tried and
proven "fruit district" that you have secured for yourself a "position for life" at ever-increasing sal
ary? That your tract, the older your trees and vines become, the more money your work will pay you,
and you don't have to depend on the generosity or fairness of "the boss" to get it after earning it.
How long have you been working for wages? And you are still poor, after years of hard labor. Do
you know of "anyone" who has invested a small amount of money in a tract of 5 or 10 acres of good
fruit land, and has taken care of it, who is not on the road to independence and a happy old age? Of
course it is necessary to get your tract in a successful district, one where shipping facilities enable you
to put your products on the markets at least expense, and without shipping too far, and thereby damaging
your fruits.
RICHLAND
In the very center of "the COLUMBIA RIVER EARLY FRUIT BELT," as well as lying midway
between Butte, Helena, Anaconda, Great Falls, Moscow, Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Vancouver
and Victoria, beside many other good-sized cities and towns, and the farthest not over 500 miles away, is
destined to be the greatest fruit-producing section in this great West. .Because here, due to our great dis
tance from the coast and mountains, and our low elevation (only 362 feet) our fruits and berries attain
the best of color and flavor, beside getting on the market so early that we have absolutely no competition
from any other part of the Northwest for from three to five weeks later. That is why we get from 28c
to 30c per pound for early asparagus that we begin to market the 20th of March, and $12 to $15 per crate
for our strawberries. Our grapes are always on the markets first, and sell for 10c to 12y2c per pound,
wholesale. Strawberries come into bearing in one year; grapes in two. By planting potatoes, onions and
melons between the trees, your tract will pay for itself and keep you and your family from the first year
on, and after the third year, when your trees and vines are in full bearing, your income will beenough
that you can take a "tour of Europe" every year, and still lay up money. In doing this it would have
to do no more than other irrigated tracts in the great State of Washington are doing, and have done for
the last 10 years.
ICELAND
waa only put on sale the first of this year, and since that time we have sold over $955,000 worth of this
tract of 16,000 acres, which will show the faith the public has in irrigated sagebrush land.. And why not?
Statistics; as well as the experience of our fanners, will show that 10 acres of this land, if well cared for,
will bring an income of from $3000 to $7000 per year.
We have just put on sale a beautiful 500-acre tract which we did not expect to plat until next
Spring, in which, by buying now, you would have the choice at $125 to $175 per acre, with perpetual water
right, under the best "gravity canal" m the Northwest. Rainfall in any country is uncertain; crops
can't fail in a good irrigated district. You have your rain at any time you want it. We now have
1100 people in our valley, as well as all modern conveniences, with two general merchandise stores, one
clothing store, hardware and implement house, meat market, drug store, two( lumber yards, livery stable,
hotels and a bank with over $60,000 in deposits.
Call at the office, or write for our free booklets, and learn more of this "America's Valley of
the Nile." '.
RICHLAND LAND CO.
A. W. HOVER, Manager.
110 Second Street.
Phones, Main 1743, A 1743.
gives anything.. It will simply be the
making of the street. Portland will
shortly have 500,000 people and we must
look ahead and make provisions for that
time by preparing facilities now In the
central portion. By all means let us
make East Water street SO feet wide."
Boston Opposes Spokane Rates.
BOSTON, Sept. J 8. The Boston
Chamber of Commerce yesterday
adopted resolutions condemning .the
proposed Spokane freight rates. It was
voted to send delegates to the hearing
at Spokane September 29. The Chamber
also will file at once a petition of inter
vention at Washington
WHITE SLAVE TRADE FOUND
Regularly Organized Gang Arrested
In Kansas City.
KANSAS CITT. Mo., Sept. 18. Five
arrests were made here last night, fol
lowing the unraveling by the police of
what appears to be a well-developed
"white slave" traffic. ' Evidence was
procured, the police assert, that will
convict at least two persons of dealing
In young girls. The case came to the
police through a complaint that a 16-
yeaaeold girl was being detained at a
house against her wIlL The girl waa
taken to the station, and there told
Captain White that her mother had sent
her to the house.
"She not only sent me there," said
the girl, "but gave me, to understand
that It wouldn't be well for me If I re
fused to remain there."
The girl further asserted that the
keeper of an uptown cafe had made a
business of procuring young girls. As
a result the police caused the arrest of
the woman who kept the house, the
mother of the girl, the proprietor of the
cafe, and a book agent, and held the
girl as a witness.
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tance out and with similar street improvements.
If you are planning a home, it will pay you to consult
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