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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1909)
9 THE SUTAY OREGOXIAN", PORTLAND, OCTOBER 31, 1&0Q. ; i fjSKu If I HM1 li m)ii 1 ji.-r 1 : ' The Addition with Character '" ' fe- 111 bhoAAMU j Henry W. Tr iesjlfP The men who constitute the Board of Directors of BOARD OF LAURELIIURST CO. are: Chas. K. Henry, of the DIRECTORS Chas. K. nenry Co., Real Estate; Frank F. Mead, President of the Seaboard Security Co. of Seattle, Wash. ; Paul C- Murphy, Director of the American Savings Bank & Trust Co.. of'seattle, and of the Bankers' Trust Co., of Tacoma, Wash.; S. B. Lin thicum of the law firm of Williams, Wood & Linthicum; Edward Cooking ham Vice-President and Manager of Ladd & Tilton Bank; L. A. Lewis, of Allen & Lewis. Wholesale Grocers; James B. Meikle, formerly Secretary of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and Vice-President of The Trustee Company; Henry W. Fries, of Wakefield, Fries & Co., Real Estate, and President of the Portland Realty Board ; Robert II. Strong, Manager of the Corbett Estate; George P. Dekum, of the Chas. K. Henry Co.; Charles K. Williams, Manager of Morris Bros., Bonds., and II. R Burke, Special Agent Roval Insurance Co. These men will carry out the plans of the Company according to the general' scheme of improvement which has been adopted and published in the Portland papers from time to time during the past six weeks. river, affording a sweeping panoramic view one hundred miles in extent, and insuring a fresh, pure, juneontaminated atmosphere every day in the year. WHAT THE COMPANY PROMISES This Company promises to make LAURELHURST a most beautiful residence park. The whole addition will be improved under building restrictions adequate to make it the most desirable, exclusively residence district in Portland. . This result is easily obtainable on account of its many natural advantages. In the whole area of LAURELHURST, every, acre is a good acre, and every lot a good lot. The natural lay of the land is so nearly perfect that it is well-nigh impossible for the best landscape artists to improve it. The deep, rich soil of LAURELHURST will produce everything that will grow in this climate, in the greatest profusion, and the luxuriant growth of grass, flowers, shrubs and trees will make it a veritable garden almost im mediately. . The average elevation of LAURELHURST is two hundred feet above the PUBLIC IMPROVE MENTS All of the street improvements in" LAURELHURST are to be made at once, by the City of Portland, under the ten-year bonding system. The whole work is to be done . under one contract, so that there will be no delays caused hv rmfl contractor beina- compelled to wait upon another. These improvements include'the paving of every street with asphalt and the laying of six-foot cement sidewalks, sewers, water mains and .gas mains on every street, with laterals extending to' the parking strips in front of every lot. The arrangement of the street improvements provides for two-foot park ing strips between the. lot lines and the sidewalks, eight-foot parking strips m between the sidewalks and paved roadways, and twenty-eight foot roadways. It is the intentton of the Company to plant shade trees in all of the eight foot parking strips, and the streets are to be lighted by artistic cluster lamps. Visit LAURELHURST today, and see how easy it will be for the Di rectors of the Company to accomplish all of their plans. By studying.the map, upon the ground, you will see that there will be absolutely no difficulty in making this the most beautiful place in Portland. Then, if you study our prices and terms, you will find that it will be easy ' for vou to own a home on one or more of the best lots in LAURELHURST. "The Rose City Park and Montavilla carlines both run through LAU RELHURST. - Our office on the ground is at East Glisan and East 38th Streets. 1 ele phone'East 989. Our representatives will be there all day to show you loca tions, and give you such information as you may wish. Henry Building. Phones : Main 2565, A 5234. Co 522 Corbett Building Phones: Main 3503, A 1515. ! .lnoPerin.bTroTi " ' . - . . , i : : : .... ... I i r- r ry n vo i m nnrnunnn i iDnAUi DUio mm nivcnvYuuu FARMS DEMAND Investors Seek Ranches of All Kinds in Oregon. BUY IMPROVED TRACTS Deals Made in All Sections or State. Lands Bought Var'y in Size From Fine -Acre Garden Spots to Large Ranches. The last week was productive of many transfers of farming lands, not only in the Immediate vicinity of Portland, .but all over the state. The lands purchased were both raw lands and well-Improved farms, and ranged in Fize from small five-acre tracts, of which many were purchased near Portland. to large ranches. Many of the properties were well Improved and practically all of the ales reported were made to persons who will themselves go on the land and try tilling the soli. The demand for farm lands has bnen ' on the increase this Fall. Real estate men ascribe this to the high prices be ing paid for produce of all sorts and to the prosperous condition cf the farmers throughout the state. To such a marked extent is the prosperity of Oregon farm ers noticeable Just now that It is prac tically Impossible to Induce them to sell their places, and as a result the demand for well-improved farms Is in excess of the supply of such tracts. Henry W. Rorlmar has purchased a ;o-acre tract located In the East Side district of Hood River from L. E. Kle mer. for $17,000. It Is all fine fruit land and is planted with I and 3-year-old ap ple trees. Another Improvement on the place Is a fine modern bungalow. Mr. Rodmar. who Is a recent arrival from Iowa, will make the place his home. The sale was made through the agency of Devlin & Flrebaugh. T. S. Townsend. of the Townsend Creamery Company, has purchased a 100 acre farm located 6'i miles east of Med fird from J. F. Mundy. The considera-v tlon given is J12.000. The land Is almost entirely under cultivation, and has a good set of farm buildings. There is a bearing orchard of eight acres on the place. :5 acres of '-year-old pear trees, and a-res plowed rady for plant ing. This SO-acre tract wlil be set out by Mr. Townsend in a commercial or chard. Mr. Townsend will hold the prop erty as an income producer. The sale was negotiated through the office of W. H. Marshall and II. J. Wlnterbotham. Rlchard Gordon Scott, of Grants Pass, has purchased an 83-acre farm located on the Tualatin River from A. A. Ba ker, for $10,000. This property la lo cated near Tlgard Station. It Is In - a high state of cultivation and is Improved with fair set of farm buildings. Mr. Scott has already moved onto the placs and will make extensive improvements on it. Mr. Baker owned this property but a short time, and sold it at a sub stantial increase. L. A. West has purchased iO acres of improved land located In Clackamas County from W. J. Torgen. for $4000. or $100 an acre. The property, which la two miles from Estacada. is all under culti vation and is Improved with a good sec of farm buildings- Mr. West will move on the property and further cultivate it. The sale was made through the agency of J. J. McCarthy. Ralph Buswell. a motorman on the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany lines, has purchased an 80-acre tract near Cathlamet. Wash., from Henry W Stoecker, for $5000. The land Is well Improved." Buswell will move on his farm and begin anew as an agricultural ist The stock and Implements are In cluded in the purchase. The deal was negotiated by J. H. Shields. Professor Benjamin A. Thaxter. of the Portland Academy, has purchased a tract of 16 acres, located on the Salem Elec tric line, from E. L. Nalle. for $2400. The sale was made through the agency of . r,Hv The name firm sold to Mrs. M. Ferris, from the First Na tional Bank of Hillsboro. a five-acre tract at Tremont Station. This small tract will be platted Into acre tracts and marketed. Mrs. R. D. Hume, widow of B. D. Hume has been in Portland the last weeTfor the purpose of selling the 15.000 acre tract which she owns in the Rsu River country. The property i valued at about $500,000. Mrs Hume will make an effort to dispose of the ntl" c; which consists of agricultural and timber lands. In one parcel. THREE NORMALS' WANTED Teachers at Ashland Condemn Action of Oregon Legislature, ASHLAND. Or.. Oct. 30. (Special.) Two hundred and fifty teachers of Jack son and Josephine Counties at the close of a three days' Joint institute here this morning adopted with much enthusiasm a resolution which condemns the Ore gon Legislature for the manner assumed toward the normal schools of Portland at the last biennial session, and in dorsed a strong state normal school sys tem of three schools as against the one central normal school idea. INSTALL BIG PLANT Marshal-Wells Company Will Build $400,000 Warehouse. OLD BUILDINGS ARE SOLD Site at Thirteenth and Kearney Streets to Be Improved Wipl Mag nificent Structure for Whole sale Hardware Purposes. The Marshall-Wells Hardware Company 1s having plans prepared for a warehouse for Thirteenth and Kearney streets, which will be one of the finest hardware build ings en the Pacific Coast and which will be one of the most capacious structures in the entire West for purposes of this kind. It is proposed to improve the property owned by the company at this location with a massive six-story struc. ture of reinforced concrete, costing ap proximately $400,000. The officers of the company are now preparing the details for the structure and when the new warehouse is com pleted the present building on Fifth street will be sold, as will that on Fif teenth and Irving streets, and all the business of the company will be placed in the one plant, which. Incidentally, will be the largest warehouse plant on the Pacific Coast. It Is planned to rush through the de tails of getting out the plans and put up the large warehouse at once, getting construction started before the end of the Winter. Jay Smith, manager of the local depart ment of the company, says that while reinforced concrete is the ultimate wish of the company in putting up this struc ture, it may be found to be more eco nomical in the long run to erect a build ing of mill construction, and It is Just possible that this will be the style of the building. CAXDY COMPANY TAKES LEASE. Tenant Secured for Labbe Warehouse Now Under Construction. A ten-year lease has been taken by the Ideal Candy Company on the new Labbe warehouse, now under construction at the northeast corner of Tenth and Flanders streets. This building, which was de signed by Goodrich, King & Goodrich, architects, is a two story brick warehouse which will cost $18000. It will be finished by January 1. The building Is being built with walls ARDEN PARK LENTS, OREGON Only 12 blocks from the center of Lents, on the macadamized road. LOTS 40x100 , " ' WATER, ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GRADED STREETS These lots lie perfectly level and have a fine view, being about 25 feet above Lents. Prices : $105 to $225 Per lot. Terms, $5.00 down and $5.00 per month. 5c Tare to Portland Only, 30 Minutes' Bide. Take O. W. P. transfer rar to Hawthorne avenue, transfer to Jit. Scott, and get off at Lents. ASK ANY REAL ESTATE MAN They will direct you to the property. M. A. ROGERS Lents, Oregon. Phone, Lents S211. heavy enough for two additional stories which will be added in another year un der the terms of the lease. The two ad ditional stories are expected to be need ed' within a year. The contract for the work has been let to J. G. Kllgreen. and excavation has already started. In the basement will be the dipping room, heating plant and general factory room, an the first floor the general offices and factory rooms, and on the .second, floor storerooms and machine rooms. Con siderable machinery will be Installed In the building. Will Erect $15,000 Home In Fash ionable rtesUlenoe District. St. F. Brady, a tailroad supply broker, has purchased an acre and a half In Riverwood from Chapln & Herlow as a site for a $15,000 residence. Mr. Brady has been looking for some time for a residence site on the river, and, after Investigating the sites offered, decided on Riverwood, when the announcement . . th.t came In last Sunday s ur'u""'u C. D. Bruun, of the Blake-McFall Com pany, was about to erect a $25,000 resi dence there. Another fine residence which is to be built in that locality Is one by George Schalk. The addition lies in the midst of the most fashionable residence dis trict along the river, being surrounded by the residences of C. E. Ladd, Judge Carey Judge Emmons, R. L. Durham, Peter Kerr, W. M. Whldden and many others. slL ill IF YOU WANT A SUBURBAN HOME TO INVESTIGATE Acre Tracts They bear investigation. The proximity to the City; the improvements being made on the Oregon Electric Railway (Salem Line);. the unexcelled soil; pure water, plenty fuel and the beautiful surroundings. No bridges to cross, no rocks or gravel, no hills nor gulches, and what is best, it is only a 30-miiiute ride from the heart of the city. 1 We sell them on easy terms $250.00 and up per acre; 10 per cent down and 3 per cent of the purchase price per month. Take car at Oregon Electric Railway Depot, Front and Jefferson Streets, get off at Metzger Station (which is on our tract). Our Agents on the Tract will be pleased to show you the property. For Plats and further particulars, call at our Portland Office, 226 and 228 Front Street, or at our office at Metzger Station. City phones, Main 474 and A 1374. Metzger Station phone, Main 6409. HERMAN METZGER, Owner.