TIIE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAN, rOKTLAXD, 3IAKCH 12, 1911.
PERSPECTIVE Or EDIFICE TO BE ERECTED BY WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WITH
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BOULEVARD GIVES
ENERGYTO REALTY
Realty Brokers of The Dalles
to Discuss Organization.
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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
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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.,
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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
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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
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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,
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Multnomah street, was sold this week
for $51,000.
Year Required for Construction.
It Is estimated that It will take a year
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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.
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(Special.) Work on the new double track
of the Northern Pacific will be resumed
In this vicinity at once ana puwiea as
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BRICK BUILDING NEARINO COMPLETION IN VERNON DISTRICT WILL COST $20,000.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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DOVE-THOMPSON COMPANY, 420-422 Board of Trade.
Portland, Oregon 1911.
Send Circular on WEST PORTLAND PARK.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Open Evenlnsa by Appointment.