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Newspaper Page TextTIIE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAN, rOKTLAXD, 3IAKCH 12, 1911. PERSPECTIVE Or EDIFICE TO BE ERECTED BY WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WITH is Ge Ahead of the Crowd BOULEVARD GIVES ENERGYTO REALTY Realty Brokers of The Dalles to Discuss Organization. r..:ii:,. TnLne Mo Ctott it OUIIUIIiy I CtCO uiwi u j Values Rise in Rose City Park District. PROMOTION FUND RAISED Many Inquiries as to Opportunities Cause Operators to Try Biff Advertising Campaign Busi ness Men Are to Aid. HOUSES SOLD PROMPTLY ? ... . i 4-i- i v Ll I n " T Active Work I Rrtnn In Beaumont, and mt Carllne Will Glv Dou ble Servlee rrofrre I 'ow Greater Than Ever. In the past wk the district alone the Roue City Park car line came Into Its own perhaps more so than In any previous weik of Us history, as the date of final payment of assessments for the widening of Sandy boulevard passed and the penalties ara now added to the assessments of all property owners who have not paid. With the acquisition by the city or the needed 20 feet to make the boule vard 0 feet wide, and a reltlnn bfre the Council to have it hard-surfaced out to East Slxty-elahth street, together with the statement of President Jose lyn that $100.00 bad been set aside for double trarks on the street railroad, with 72 or S0-iound steel rails this Sum mer, it Is probable that the street will he ready for the Portland livestock and Industrial Fair next September. With the placing on the market by the Fred Jacobs & Co. Syndicate Addi tion, which adjoins the Kose City Park tract on the south, at prices ranatng from to 11400 for lots 60x100 feet, the rapid Increase In property values may be understood. The $1400 lots are less than three blocks from lots placed on the market In Rose City Park In 1S07. less than four years ago, for $1.5. Builders Knter field. Another Important factor In the prog ress of this growing restrli ted residence district Is the' entrance of George A. Roes, a builder. Into the field. Mr. Ross took out his first permit for a $000 house Monday, and It has been ascertained that he baa secured con trol of about :i lots. Another builder who last week ac quired his first Interests In Rose City Park was Ernest M. Milier. who bought . two corners at East Forty-sixth and Brasee streets, for $1950 and $100. re spectively, one from Walter Seaberg and th other from Hartman Sc Thompson. Mr. Miller Intends to begin building operations at once. Then aaaln. the veteran Rose City builders. . W. Prtest and T. O. Ander son, are not lagalng In their building operations. Mr. Priest will have built, when his present houses under way-are constructed, more than houses along the Kose City Park car line, all between East Thirty-seventh and East Sixtieth streets North. In the past two years. Mr. Anderson la now building his twenty-ninth house In about the same lengtn of time, and has closed a deal with Martman Thompson for eight more lots.- C A. Hoy has been operating In the Roea City Park district only for the last six months, but he la on his sixth bouse one house a month and be Is crowding Mr. Priest and Mr. Anderson for first and second place In building operations In the district. Another new builder in the district Is J. M. Jones, who last week started two houses between East Forty-sixth and East Forty-fifth streets, near Hancock street. Houses Sold Before Completion. Not alona are Portland builders pin ning their faith to the district, but re cently Seattle contributed its share, as Severan Peterson, of Seattle, has built and sold two houses befora they were completed. The last one. on East Forty? fifth street near Thompson, was sold to Mr. Gray, manager of the Diamond Rubber Company, for $17:5. Active work la being started In Beau mont, and the installation of a new car line from Sandy boulevard, on which a deposit of $15,000 has been made, with through service to the city, will give double car service along Sandy boule vard to East Forty-second street, and It is expected that the Rose City Park ear line will be a no-stop Una to East Forty-second street, leaving local traf fic to be handled by the Beaumont-bound ran. This will give the Rose City Park car district to East Forty-second street the 15-mtnute car service promised and expected when the tract was placed on the market. The district grew last year but progress Is even greater this year, and It is becoming one of the home-districts of Portland, largely because It la along the only diagonal 0-foot boule vard In the city. FIXE APPLE ORCHARD SOLD W. A. Laid law, of Portland, Sells His Imbler Property fof $30,000. W. A. Laldlaw. of Portland, sold his Imbler orchard. In the Grand Ronde Val ley. Union County. conatsUng of about acrea of planted land, to J. C Weath erford and A. A. Monnett. of Dayton, ' Wash.. For $50,000. Mr. Weatherford Is a wheat rancher in Columbia county, and Mr. Monnett Is a business man In Day ton. Mr. Laid hi w haa owned the or chard about four years. It having been planted a year or so before he ac quired It. The land Is a rich, aandy soil and la said by experts to be ex ceptionally well adapted to the pro duction of a high grade of commercial apples. This tract Is one of the largest or chards of uniform age and else in the state, set to a few standard varieties. Yellow Newtowns. Tork imperials. Rome Beauties and Ganos. The purchasers expect to develop It Into one of the best commercial orchards In the North west and are negotiating with J. W. Doernberg to take supervision of the ranch In the future. Mr. Doernberg had charge of the famous Pomona or chards, which were owned and sold by Mr. Dumas. In the Touchet Valley, near Waitsburg. Wash. There are a number of fine orchards near Imbler and about 1700 acres ara to be planted this season, making In all. It Is said, a larger acreage than that about Hodd River. R. F. Bryan, of Portland, made the sale. IOO Acres Planted to Apples. The Cellars-Murton Company has just completed planting a 100-acre apple orchard In Yamhill County near Mc Mlnnvllle. Three of the best known varieties have been set out. Fpltxen bercs. Rome Besuliea and Newtowns. C. T. Brlxey. who has had 25 years ex perience In r.ls'ng orchards, has been placed In charge and the company will spare no expense to make It one of the best orchards In the Northwest. Dur-!oa- the first two years rarden truck and nursery stock will Te raised be tween the rows, after which all the land will be given up to the full bene fit of the growing trees. This tract lies at the foot of the hills nsar Mc Minnrllie end la wU adapted o Xrult traitor., : "Hi.: e -ls i " - jfi ej " JUUOAY w a a a CHURCH PLANS OUT Westminster Edifice May Re quire Year to Complete. SEATING CAPACITY IS 1800 Feature of New Building on East Side Will Be Large Stained Glass Windows Finish to Be English-Gothic Style. Plans prepared by Architect Ellis F. Lawrence for the new Westminister Presbyterian church have been accepted by the building committee. A meeting of the trustees will be held Thursday fc. .. Ami t a 1 1 for rnlnr ahead with the building will ba com pleted. The church, with the grounds. Is to occupy the full block bounded by East Fifteenth. East Sixteenth. Schuyler and Hancock streets; The architect's per spective shows that the structure Is to 1 kl-kl. Aram..ntal In k ! ITT and It UI IIIKUIJ ... ..v.. ... n will be. a distinct Improvement for that locality. The style Is Engllsh-Oothlo and was Wn tfmm battia nld KnarllSb Village churches. The exterior Is to be of rub ble stone with cut stone i rimming. The church will be of cruciform de sign, the Sundsy school occupying the wings of the L The structure will be crowned by a lantern tower in the center. The feature of the Interior will be the large stained-glass windows at the end or the nave ana ine transepts, i no roof structure will show the trusses and the ceilings will be of wood. Seat Provided for 1800. The total seating capacity of the -v. ....... ..n anHi school will ba 1X00. This will be divided as follows: Nave 538; chapel SO. class rooms . gaiiery $2. total 1000. Sunday school S15, pri mary room. 180, 19 claaa rooms 485, to tal f00. Grand total. 1800. The basement will be fitted with a social room, which will take, care of 650. and It will be arranged with kitch ens. The arrangement of the grounds will be a feature, taking in the entire block. Natural fir trees will be left. The de sign embraces a large open air space well suited for the holding of mass meetings. Members of the church were afforded an opportunity to see the floor plana and perspective of the proposed church last Sunday night, and the expressions following were very favorable. There may be some minor changes, but the general features of the plana will re main as they have been drawn. Rev. Henry Marcotte. the pastor, haa been in frequent consultation with Architect Lawrence and offered many sugges tions. Mr. Marcotte said: Not Theater," Says Pastor. "It will be a church throughout, ana not a theater. When one enters the new edifice he will at once know that he la Inside of a church. We are going to make it go. Portland is going to grow . v. avnartaMnna ftf most ner- ItJ lii .11 sons, and right where the new church will be built will be a great center. We shall build to provide for our Sunday work, which has overtaxed our facili ties We wul have 1000 children In our Sunday school If the present Increase continues. .... "The cost of the church will approxi mately be $75,000 or $80,000. With the block the total cost will be $100,000, which Is the sum we must raise." The butldlng committee reports that subscriptions to the amount of $55. 04 have been received, and that $16,000 more 1 expected by next Thursdsy night or soon thereafter, which will give a total of $70,000. It will be de cided at the meeting next Thursday night whether the architect shall be authorised to let the contract for the excavations and foundation. Westminster Church will be the only church In the city which will occupy an entire block of -round. The space not occupied by th- building will be park ed, so that out-of-door meetings may be held, and that the block may be beautified. Even the manse will be built elsewhere. The chnrch paid $20,000 for the block, a remarkably low figure, as msy be understood when It Is snnounced list a, h-if block, as. East Third and, " -ft- i aJMArr ItooM I e4 3CMOOL ' aw vJ Multnomah street, was sold this week for $51,000. Year Required for Construction. It Is estimated that It will take a year - .nntt ih ..ttflr after the con tracts have been let. and that by the time the church is occupied the ground may be wortn lau.vuv. The present church at East Tenth and Weidler streets has been enlarged .i.m Ttmv Mr. Msrcott has been pastor. Galleries were built In the audi torium ana a yenr , i ui.ca. " built for the Sunday school, at a cost of about $8000. The church has already outgrown . v. . i mn-Avm An t m end there is a de sire to keep pace with the fine residence district wltn Which t is surruunucu. rtouble-Tracklng to Begin. . ctt-t tt. xtrtT'ir Wah. March 11. - . .. . . (Special.) Work on the new double track of the Northern Pacific will be resumed In this vicinity at once ana puwiea as TC . r ' M fc! i - s . r ; BRICK BUILDING NEARINO COMPLETION IN VERNON DISTRICT WILL COST $20,000. aeW-Tr- "W- 1 mkya-tY& 1 i u j rapidly as possible. Officials of the road were here today, including Messrs. Breedlove, Tremaine. Buckley and Coyle, and some of them assured local officials that a resumption of construction would occur within the next few days. Overton-Street Lot Sold. The Cellars-Murton Company reports having sold last week a 60 by 100 lot on Overton street, near Twenty-third, to an Eastern Oregon Investor for $5000; also two lots and cottages at Brentwood, on the Mount Scott car line to Charles E. Reed, for $1700. Yamhill Courthouse to Be Alterfed. The contract for altering and remod eling the Yamhill County Courthouse at McMinnvllle has been awarded by Kroner & Henn, the architects, to Welch & Wright. The heating contract will be let later. Work will cost about $7500. Ml GROSS BROS.' BWKE.M STRICTURE, AT EAST FIFTEENTH ASD ALBERTA. THE DALLES. Or., March 11. Six teen real estate brokers of The Dalles are planning to meet the coming week to discuss the formation of a real es tate board. A. E. Rutherford, of the Washlngton-Orearoii Investment Com pany, is back of the project, and he has been obtaining pledKas from the local brokers to attend a meeting at the Commercial Cluo rooms. Working throusi organisation 'with The Dalles Business Men's Association, the real estate men have been answer ing all the Inquiries received through the Portland Commercial Club. The promotion bureau and all of the bro kers are gaining big results through this publicity. It is the Intent of those who have discussed the formation of a. real estate board to make the practice uniform and avoid the duplication of much work incidental to the answering of the hundreds of communications re ceived by the secretary of The Dalles Business Men's Association. The real estate' men have also closed a contract with a Minneapolis news paper to carry through a $1000 adver tising campaign to attract investors to The Dalles. Merchants, manufac turers and canners have contributed to this publicity and promotion fund and virtually all the money has been raised and paid in. Mail inquiries received at the Busi ness Men's Association were responsi ble for this publicity fund and project. During January there were received from Minnesota and the Dakotas 341 inquiries concerning the opportunities for investments in The Dalles and con tiguous territory. Most of these in quiries came from Minneapolis and all of those who inquired specified the amount of money the writers had to In vest. Following this it was decided to go ahead with the programme outlined by Mr. Day after a study of the needs of the situation and with the approval of the business men following a meeting a week ago at the Commercial Club, at which. Mr. Day's plan was approved and the collection of the funds begun. It was after this meeting that the real estate men decided to form an or ganization to take full advantage of the work which is to be done through the community plan of advertising. Just when the meeting will be held cannot be said definitely, but the plan is to have the realty brokers meet next Wednesday at the Commercial Club here. It is likely that the organiza tion. If perfected, will be incorporated and work in conjunction with similar organizations in the country. VE BUILDING IS EXTEXDED ALOXG ALBERTA STREET. Faring Will Be Done as Soon as Weather Permits New Struc ture Will Cost $20,000. The Vernon district Is making a sub stantial . growth between Union avenue and East Thirty-second, few districts in the city making better progress. Alberts Btreet, between East Fifteenth and East Thirty-second streets, has become a busi ness street. Gross Bros, are completing a two-story brick building at the corner of East Fifteenth and Alberta streets, covering a lot 60x100 feet, at a cost of about $30,000. It is one of the best buildings of the district. Several frame business buildings have been built on Alberta street out to East Thirty-second street. Alberta street has been graded between East Fifteenth and East Thirty-second streets, preparatory to being paved this Spring. The double tracks of the streetcar line have been relald, so the pavement can be put down as soon , as the weather will permit. The street will also be made 60 feet wide between Union and Vernon avenues and afterwards that section will be paved. Northward toward the Columbia boule vard this territory is building up rap idly Killlngsworth avenue, which ex tends through this district. Is to be im proved this year by grading and the lay ing of sidewalks between Union avenue and East Forty-first street, at a oost of $30,000. Hard-surface pavement w'll be laid later. Seven-Room House Brings $2100. Miss Flora H. KHgore. of Oak Grove. iOll GROWS F "V.. -' r yr!''5-61-"- ' Showing Taylor Perry Drive Through West Portland Park. THE NEW SCENIC BOULEVARD Skirting the hills of South Portland, which is to be com pleted this year, will join the Macadam Taylor's Ferry Drive (shown above) and will be one of the most pop ular automobile driveways in or around the City of Portland. . REMEMBER THIS FACT The more people who pass a piece of 'property the more saleable it becomes; hence the more valuable. TBAL BUSINESS PROPERTY IS MOST YALTJ ABLE FOR THIS REASON.) WEST PORTLAND PARK Has All These Advantages. Two choice lots for $150; $15 down, $10 monthly. No interest. No taxes. MAIL DOVE-THOMPSON COMPANY, 420-422 Board of Trade. Portland, Oregon 1911. Send Circular on WEST PORTLAND PARK. Name ' Address has purchased a seven-room house and lot on East Clay street; Deiweeii .cubi. Eleventh and East Twelfth street, for 12100. M. T. Sherrett was the former owner. HJIJJSBORO DEAL IS LARGE Connell Farm of 500 Acres Sold and WrIll Be Platted. Th wan-known Connell farm of BOO acres, which adjoined Hllleboro on the a hic.Ma hv the Oreeron Electric Railway, has been bought by a svndlcate of Oregon ana wasmuBiuu capitalists and will be platted and put on the market. The syndicate Is com posed of William Wiest, A. L. Watson, Dr. G. J. Hill, C. H. Jacobs and L N. Pearcy. The consideration was not an nounced. T . 4h. favm 1 1 a within the CltV limits of Hillsboro, the edge being only . r . Ximian tfnm thfl W RS h i II E tOIl County Courthouse. Seventy-five acres will be plotted as an aaajnon 10 nuu boro. The remainder will be known . i fnniohnFn r : ti rHon Tracts." and will be Improved with roads. The new Tillamook Kauroaa smrxs mo imu the east. The tracts are to be of a i - .1.. nf flvn scree. C. II. IU " -- - Jacobs and W. F. Maglll will be the selling agents, ana omces win uo maintained In Portland and Hillsboro. Acreage Traded for City Property. Charles Byers has traded his 12-acre tract at Linneman station on the O. W. P. line to Mrs. Belle Hoffman for a 7-room house In Multnomah Addition. The house and lot are worth S3S00 and errace rAbove Cornell Road, where the hills have heen melting away before the powerful h)' draulic monitors that have been in operation for the past six months. You have been watching the work and spec ulating as to the appearance, prices, etc., when the work was completed. The grading on a part of this addition has been finished and we are ready to show you the property and give you prices, term?,, etc. Come in and let us take you onto the ground. Clark-Cook Company Room 6, Board of Trade Building. Gas and Electric Fixtures CAS BE The H. T. Drennen Lighting Co. 406-40S E. Cheaper Than Any Place in the City Phones East 116, B 2151. 1 THIS Mr. Byers paid Mrs. Hoffman $500 addi tional. Mr. Byers will take Immediate possession and Mrs. Hoffman and fam ily will move to the farm. DR. J. AY. MORROW TO BUILD Three I6ts In Ijaurelliiirst Bought as Site for $10,000 Home. Charles Kingler & Co., report the following sales which were negotiated through their office the past few days: Lots 1, 2 and 24, block 55, Laurel hurst, sold to Dr. J. W. Morrow for $5000. This is a very desirable build ing site and Dr. Morrow Intends to erect a beautiful residence, costing about $10,000. Dr. Morrow has also purchased 100x100 foet on Hancock street, near Thirty-third, from M. K. Fitzgerald, for $1800. This property, will be held as an investment. Lot 14, block 306, Couch Addition, 60x100 feet on Overton street, near Twenty-third, was sold for George B. Cellars to Davis Wilcox, of Haines, Or., for $5000, and lots 3 and 4, block 55, Laurelhurst, were sold to -Mr. Wilcox for $2750. Both sites will be held for speculative purposes, the property on, Overton street being desirable for an apartment-house. A new five-room frame bungalow on a 50x100 foot lot at Twenty-ninth and Hal'sey streets was sold for the Boston Investment Company to E. E. Howard, for $2500. It was bought for a home. A new two-story 10-room frame resi dence on a 35x80 foot lot on East Thirty-first street, near Clinton, waa sold for Arthur West, for $3600. The property was bought by R. Leland for a home. esfoYer BOUGHT OF BCRNSnOE ST. Open Evenlnsa by Appointment.