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Belmont - Street Improvement
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CONTRACT ALL COMPLETED
Executive Board Will Accept Work
November 2 6 Third Largest Job
Ever Undertaken by City 30
ew Houses Dot District.
On Belmont street, from East Fortieth
street to East Sixty-second street, a dis
tance, of 23 blocks, there has Just been
completed the- third largest paving con
tract let by the City of Portland. At n
expense of JS5.000. the Pacific Bridge Com
pany, usln the patent of the Warren
Brothers' Company, of Boston, has P'lf
Realty Company has made the follow
ins; recent sales: A. U Albright, seven
room home and lot. for $3000: U J.
West, two lots in vernon ior i2du. i"
building; site; D. Misterson, lot in
ca rt,- fi&nrt residence site.
Work has been started on the founda
tion of two bungalows at East iweniy
third and Alberta streets, each to cost
J2500.
The John B. Matthews Real Estate
Company has sold 13 lots in Vernon.
F. Bkogstth bought the northwest cor
ner of East Fifteenth and Emerson
streets, 100 by 103. for $1000. as a site
... .M -o.M.rV. Miss W. B.
Green has bought the southeast cor
ner of East Thirteenth and Prescott
streets. 100 by 103, as a site for a
$3000 residence. W. B. Donahue, a
local builder, has purchased a lo- at
Vernon for 1650. and will put up a
building at once. -
In this section a large amount or
street Improvements Is to be. under
taken. Alberta, street Is to be im
proved with hard surface- paving be
tween East Fourteenth and East Thir
tieth streets, proceedings having been
renewed by Councilman Ellis. Owing
to the change of grade on this street,
the former proceedings had to be re
scinded and new ones started.
At the southeast corner of Alberta
street and Union avenue, excavations
have been made for a brick building to
be erected by O'Shea Brothers, owners
of the quarter-block. It Is announced
ARTISTIC LODGE BUILDING PLANNED BY LOCAL
SOCIETY
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SWISS HALL TO BIJ ERECTKD OSTHIBD STREET NEAR JEFFER-
down bltulithic pavement, with concrete
sidewalks and curbing. This has been in
spected, found according to specification,
ar.d at the next meeting of the Executive
Board. November 28, will be formally ac
cepted by the city.
Of the SS5.000 to be expended for this
pavement, about I3.0TO will come out of
ho Portland Railway. Light & Power
Company, which has laid a double track
of six-inch rails the entire distance, pav
rg between the rails with Belgian blocks,
laid in cement. As now completed, this
pavement is as good an example of the
kind as there is In the city, and the job Is
a thoroughly finished jone. Water mains,
gas mains and sewers have all been laid,
and tor part of the 'distance an under
ground conduit has been put in for tele
phone wires and cables. Service pipes
have been run from the water and gas
mains to the curb, so it will be unneces
sary to tear up the surface of the street
when a property owner wants connection
with the utility pipes.
This JSJ.OOO pavement represents the
third largest contract the city has ever
let. Hawthorne avenue, at $150,000. which
Is not yet done, and Union avenue, at
I14O.O0O. which was, finished last Saturday,
each will Include a grea,t outlay. Bel
mont street was begun in July, 1908. and
five montlis'have been needed to complete
it. Of this time two months have been
wasted by the contractors In- waiting for
the streetcar company to lay its rails.
Difficulty in getting steel from the East
Is assigned by the latter as the cause of
this delay.
In ISM the right of way owned by Camp
bell & Swlgert and used by them for
their steam line to Mount Tabor, wag
dedicated as Belmont street by the city.
Since then it has been used more and
more as a thoroughfare, until now It is
the main channel to Mount Tabor,
through a large and rapidly-growing dis
trict. Until last Summer, when the pav
ing was begun, this street had always
been more or less Impassable, owing to
the low. flat country through which It
ran. At certain seasons of the year much
of the way was completely flooded.
Now the district through which this
street runs has been transformed from
country to city. - And not only that, but
the value of property traversed by Bel
mont street Is continually increasing. One
man who owns a few lots Just beyond
Lone Fir Cemetery says his property
has trebied in value since the pavement
has been laid. Fine residences and sightly
buildings are going up all along the
street. One of the best buildings is the
Glencoe school, now almost completed at
a cost of HOO.OOO, which is said to be the
handsomest school building In the city.
Where once was pasture land and
meadow is now dotted with pretty bun
galows and pleasant cottages. By actual
. count SO new houses have been started
since the , Belmont-street pavement has
been down.
ALBERTA 15 THRIVING
DISTRICT TAKES PART IX REAL
TY ACTIVITY.
that a two or "three-story building
will be erected on this corner, although
this has not yet been settled.
The Equity Investment Company
sold lots 5 and 6. block 10, Hancock
street Addition, to Charles A. Seaborg
for 14000. These lots are situated
across from Laurelhurst, and Mr. Sea
borg will erect a building in the
Spring.
SWISS HALL PUUHED
LODGE BCJXDIXG WILL- RISE OX
THIRD STREET.
Fine Structure to Be Erected by Lo
cal Society on Site Recently
Purchased. '
Plum have been prepared by Emll
Schacht & Son. architects, for a lodge
building for the Swiss Hall Association
tn va orec-ted on the lot purchased by
the organization on the south side of
Third street, etween jonneon ana
i,mhiA The hulldlns: will be & three
inrv hrieli structure 70x100 feet in
size and Will 'cost approximately
i.to.ooo.
It will be erected by the local Swiss
society for .general lodge purposes and
will be unique In construction and well
appointed for the purposes for which
It is intended. It wtll be erected early
In the Spring of 110. The building
will have a frontage of 70 feet on
Antra Ducci. i
On the ground floor of the building
will be three stores. On the second
floor will be a meeting hall, a large
banquet hall, a buffet, kitchen, retiring
rooms, etc. All will De nnisneo. in
fir.
The third floor will consist of one
large hall with hardwood floor for
dancing purposes. Around this hall
will be a gallery, surrounding the en
tire room, while at one end will be
an elevated stage 30x70 teet in size,
with the property rooms, dressing
rooms, etc. There will be a circular
nlllnsr. heavily beamed, with the truss
esi and beams covered with ornamental
plaster work. . All the room will be
finished In wJiite encmel and will be
wainscoted eight feet high.
Investors Buy Property and Build
ers Continue to Improve Sites
Purchased.
H. A. Walker, builder and contractor,
ofj, Denver.- Col., is investing largely
in property along Alberta street, and
In other portions of the East Side. Mr.
Walker is erecting a J5000 two-story
office building on Alberta street. On
completion of this structure. M. Wal
ker will at once start on the eroctlon
of other buildings :n lots he has se
cured in the Vernon district.
- V'.Jrw, this district N- Chrlstensen . has
purchased the southeast corner of
East Eleventh and Alberta streets for
11500. .and has started on a $3,000 frame
store bitjldlng 44' by S3 feet. S. Rosen
stelft Isiulldln'g a seven-room home at
Kas Fifteenth, street, at 'a. cost of
ISSOO.VjJIr. Roeenstein has just- com
pleted a furniture store building on
Alberta and East Twentieth . streets at
a cost of J7000r Maranelli recently
purchased J0r. io Jtf block 35, . Albert,
for $1100. and will put up a store
-trufldlngTrlhlg'lrection the Alberta
STORY UNLOCKS JAW TWICE
When Woman Tries to Tell It to the
"Cop," Click Occurs Again.
vrw' TfiRIT Nov. 18. SDecial. A
friend of Mrs. Dressler's called on her
..renim mill tnld her a story. It
was such a funny story that Mrs. Dres
sier began to laugli. r many sue laugircu
i... that ha rilciinrAted her law.
The person -who had told the story to
Mrs. lressler ran out iniu ura once.
hi.ntMi nn a. nAtrnlman and told blm
about the dislocated Jaw. A doctor put
the dislocated Jaw into place.
Then the policeman, as a matter of
.eiioi Mm Dressier the usual Ques
tions' in older to make his report, and
followed 11 up oy asmns uiuiiu
enough, what the Joke was. Mrs. Dress
1 m tru it. hut she hadn't got
10 words out before she began to laugh
again, aiia click went ner jaw once muic,
than ev.r The doctor was Still
there and a second time he reduced the
dislocation and banoagea me jaw. v
The person who had told the Joke had
disappeared, so the policeman couldn't
find out what it was. He didn't dare "to
question Mrs. Dressier, and there was no
other way or getting
FOOTBALL BATTLE FATAL
High School Player Dies of Injury
Received In Game.
MVESVlM.a Wis.. Nov. 20. Verne
VTorrin. a member of the High School
nr.h.n ijn. died here today from
bloodpoisonlng caused by an injury in
game.
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THE LEADING CITY OF
CENTRAL OREGON
THE HEART OF THE
DESCHUTES VALLEY
RAILROAD CENTER OF
CROOK COUNTY
JUNCTION OF FOU:
RAILROADS
TWO; EMPIRE BUILDERS
The giants of commerce, Hill and
the tremendous
c .A;Y, ha rHri cr in thft threat Deschutes Valley, are
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rushing their two roads, the Oregon Trunk and the Deschutes Railway
(the Harriman line), toward HILLMAN as fast as human energy can
build. Work has progressed to within 5 miles of HILLMAN. Another
road, electric, is proposed from HILLMAtt, up the Crooked River to
Prineville, the county seat, 19 miles away. Still another is contemp
lated westward to Sisters, 25 miles, and the Matolas Valley, 40 miles.
THE HILL LINE
The Oregon Trunk has pur
chased from the Crook
County Investment Com
pany, owner of HILLMAN,
a 300-foot right of ' way
through the city, and in the
deed of conveyance the rail
road is required to build a
PASSENGER AND
FREIGHT DEPOT, pro
vide switching facilities and
warehouses, adequate for
the handling of the enor
mous freight that is certain
to originate at this point.
Trains will probably be run
ning into HILLMAN by Oc
tober next year. These are
facts, confirmed by those
who actually know what is
being done.
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THE HARRIMAN LINE
The 0. R. & N or Deschutes
Railroad, as it is named, is
building as rapidly as Hill.
Nearly 4000 men, 900 teams
and six steam shovels are
working night and day. Vis
ions of gigantic grain crops,
thousands of acres of mag
nificent timber and millions
of acres of growing products
inspire the great railroad
builders to hurry with might
and main into this marvel
ous, virgin empire of vn
' precedented wealth. What
awaits th$ railroads stares
the. investor in the face
great returns for the money.
QPPORTUNITYPPQRTUNITY
T INVEST
Everyone desirous of participating in the unexampled prosperity of Central Oregon can now
everyone ucaii h j ff : ,u:s fW emoire at the following prices:
lay me rounuauun ui a. new .v,m -
INVEST INVES
Inside Residence Lots,
Your choice . . . . . .
Business Section, Inside
Lots, only
Corner Residence Lots,
From $25 to ..... .
Corners in the Business
Section, $75 to . . . . .
THE PRICE OF EVERY LOT WILL BE RAISED DEC. 15, '09
Seize This Opportunity Without Delay or HesiUtioii lllustratea ana yecr.PL.c . ...
OK GODOT
COOPER S TAYLOR, Selling Agents
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FOURTH AND OAK STS.
207-208-209 HENRY BLD.
PORTLAND, OR.
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TENNIS CLUB ENLARGES
ADDITIONAL PROPERTY IN IRV-
INGTON SECURED.
Members Now Own Clubhouse and
Grounds and Will Add Eight
Lots for Playground.
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T.ni-rantT.ntimt of the Irvington Tennia
Club la now an accomplished fact. Ac
cording to the new arrangements the
members now own and control the club'-
house and grounds. The property has
been'taken over by the new organization
of members, in all about 130, who sub
scribed the money with which the prop
erty was purchased from the old organ
ization.
The club now owns the clubhouse and 1
grounds, and the next step win De to se
cure the eight lots connected with the
club grounds on the north.
An option was secured on these lots,
some time ago and will be taken up in a
short time: More than 2000 has been
raised to purchase these grounds and the
remainder will be. secured in time from
membership fees. These eight lots are to
be mapped out lntd a children's play
ground. The plans of these grounds will
be prepared by a woman who has had
much experience in such matters.
The north part of the double block is
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FINE HOME RECENTLY COMPLETED
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nESIDEX.CE F. r. BRASDES.
hlirh and entirely sur
rounded by hard-surface pavement, as is
the entire double block that comprises
the club property. ' The south part of the
block is the part occupied by the club
house and tennte courts.
Under the new organization plan the
club is classified with the Multnomah
Athletic and other clubs of the city and
is excused from the burden of taxation.
The property has been assessed at $23,000
by the Assessor, but it will not be called
on to pay taxes. L. J. Wentworth is
president of the club.
William F. Woodworth has been one
of the main factors In accomnJIshlng the
reorganization by which is obtained the
ownership and control of the beautiful
clubhouse and grounds and the eight lots
for children's playground. Mr. Woodward
has been a tower of strength to the re
organization movement and especially in
the movement to ecure the northern por
tion of the double block. The property Is
on Thompson street, between East Twenty-second
and Twenty-third streets.
TURKEYS SOAR SKYWARD
Oakland
Buyers - Pay
22 1-2 Cents.
Farmers
ROSBBUKG. Or., Nov. 20. (Special.)
The total turkey shipments from Rose
burg will be 5000, from Oakland 6100. from
Drain 400. B. G. Young & Co.. of Oak
land, paid the highest price to the raisers,
which, was 234 cents. Harness & Johnson,
of this city, were the heaviest -shippers
with 2000.
The. local merchants are offering 22
cents, and In preference to making the 18
mile haul to Oakland the nearby farm
ers are unloading this season's crop for
22 cents today.
There is considerable excitement in
the local market, and the Oakland mer
chants have representatives here who
will get several hundred birds, on ac
count of the one-half cent advance they
are paying. The birds will be shipped
from here direct. This will be the banner
price for the Douglas County turkey-
raisers, and the first time the market
has becnn their favor.
MOVE TO DISBAR DE WOLFE
liar Association to Make Charges
Against Supreme Court Assailant.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 20. Herbert
De Wolfe, the attorney whose charges
aeainst the State Supreme Court brought
about legislative Investigation, is to be I
cited to answer disbarment charges.
Maurice Langhorne, of the State Bar As
sociation committee, is here today gath
ering data, and says the disbarment com
plaint will be filed within a few days.
It is not settled yet whether it will bo
brought to the Tacoma Superior Court or
the State Supreme Court.
Sheep Healthy In Asotin.
ASOTIN', Wash., Nov. 20 (Special.) In
the opinion of Livestock Inspector Hen
derson, of Clarkston, the sheep of this
county are in good condition and most
of the flocks are wholly without disease.
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This Is one of a number of beautiful houses which we are dupli
cating in any part of the city for $3650. It has eiirht large rooms and
fs buflt of the.best and most approved cement block. The above price
Includes full cement basement, turnace and piping, fireplace, gas and
e"ectric fixtures, hal-dwood floors, thorough plumbing including baths
toilets and cement wash trays. You haye the advantage , of clioos s
your plans from a number of fine homes Just finished. Interior modifi
cations at same price.
SALTMARSH & SNODGRASS, 303 Lumbermen's Building