The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, June 18, 1911, SECTION FOUR, Image 53

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Newspaper Page Text1 9 THE SUNDAY gREGOXIAy, rOPTLAXD, JTTSU 18. 1911. : , 1 1 ' ' ttt tt- " t.vt."RT.VTVELYLE LYLE I FEELING OF GOOD TIMES UPON CITY NEW STONE EDUICE COSTING $30, 000 IS NEARLY FINISHED. for an Advertisement " 4 1 1 T.VT.r. I.VI.K 1 j lit1, JjXXjXj I . . Conditions Point to Renewal of Heavy Movement in Realty. CROP PROSPECTS FINE North Portland Inside Property In Demand Hill May Bnlld Biff Depot Important Lease Is Taken. Portland baa cauM to congratulate Itself forJts sustained and substantial trowth from month to month. There Is a feeling of great prosperity In tha air." Tha realty movement la getting stronger and bulldm operation are keeping op a satisfactory pace. With the many large leasing deala and negotiations for tranefera of In side property pendlnir. the situation la recovering Ita brightness after tha tem. porary lull caused by tha municipal campaign and Rose Festival holidays. Definite announcements of soma of tha Important deals are expected to ba made this week. Tha lo l banks are bulging; with da. posits. With unusually fine crop pros pects throughout the Northwest, there Is no fixxl reason why activity In Port land realty should not ba renewed vig orously by Fall. North Portland lnelda property la getting better right along. Following the movement caused by the building of the Broadway bridge and the routing of a large part rf the East Side car service over that structure and up Seventh street, another factor la now being taken into consideration by In vestors who have followed the situa tion closely. . Hill Plans New Depot. It seems certain that tha Hill In terests must build a large depot to take care of the business of the North Bank road, which te increasing at an enor mous rate. It Is given out. unofficially, that trie block bounded by Flanders. Eleventh. Everett and Tenth street Is to be the location of the proposed de pot. Within the last few days options have been taken on veral ptecea et property In that vicinity. in line with this movement, a sale w as cloned, last week, of property three blocks up Flanders street from the elte of the proposed depot buildings. It consists of a quarter block and was purchased from the Elijah Corbett Com pany fcr $37. SOD. The names of the buyers have been withheld, but it la understood that the new owners are ratlrna.t men. The deal was made by H. I. Palmer-Jonea Company, repre senting the Corbetts. and C. E. Fields A Cu., acting for the buyers. lUg Leasing Deal Closed. A Wni considered of Importance waa closed last week when Ullbert H. Dur ham, son of It. L. Durham, president of the -Merchants National Bank, ob tained a 50-year ground lease of the Hume-Hamilton property at the north west corner of Tenth and Alder streets. I'nder the terms of the lease. Mr. Dur ham agreea to pay a monthly rental of 00 for the first five years, with an Increase at the end of every five-year ptrlod until the rental reaches 1200 a month. This amount Is to be paid dur ing the laet five-year period. The property has a frontage of '100 feet on. Alder street and 7 S feet on Ttoth street. It is Improved with a tfiree-story frame building. Mr. Dor ham announces that repairs will be made on tlie present building. It Is probable that a modern store and of fice structure will be built on this site next year. When the directors of the Portland Motel Company meet In annual session tomorrow one of the Important sub jects that will be dlscuste I Is the pro posed plan of building .1 10 or l--storv annex. With Eugene and Hurry Day now In full control of the company. It is said that all obstacle in the way of taking up the building project bavt been removed. It la understood that the plan will be determine 1 o- finally rejected at this meeting. Portland Hotel Annex Doubtful. One of the distinctive features of the Hotel f'ortland property la the im mense eemt-clrrular court fronting on Sixth street. The court, with Its drive way and green plot In the center, has always proved attractive to tourists. It has become such an asset to tha hotel that former stockholders have opposed plans of Inclosing the court In the construction of an annex there. Gordon Korrell have announced that they will erect a three-atory building on the triangular lot bounded by Washington. Ella and Morrison streets. Plans for the structure have been prepared by H. J. Hefty. The exterior will be of pressed brick. The building will have a frontage of 14C feet on Morrison. 149 feet on Wash ington, and tapers to seven feet in width on Ella street. The rear part of the building will be S4 feet wide. The ground floor will contain eight stores. The upper floors will have 44 rooms, and will be used for hotel purposes. Another building Is to be put up on the remaining portion of the block for Miss Orth and Miss Ortschild. It will contain three stories and will be of brick construction. Both buildings will cost in the neighborhood of $100,000. IIIVINtiTOX SALES ARK ACTIVE Transfer of Two Fine Homes Made hy II. P. Palmer. Movement In Irvlngton property waa ac-t.ve last week. 11- F". I aimer-Jones Company mad sales of two fine resi lience properties, the total valuation of witlch amounts to $27,000. Mr. Pal mer sold his new colonial house at the corner of East Twenty-fourth and Knot t s'reets to Charles A. Malarkey for tU.SO'). Mrs. Ellen McK. O. Ker purchased from Mr. Palmer a large residence at the correr of Eat Twentieth and Bra see streets for 1I2.5. It. l. Carpmter purrhaaed from Bert E. Bo ice a 50 by 100-foot lot on East Twenty-second street, near Bra see. for $1710. George A. fesrs bought a 70 by 100-foot lot from K. W. Langdon. for 12700. The lot Is located on East Twenty-second street, near Knott. Mr. Sears will , build a residence on thia property. Vomincrvlal Clnb " Ilulldlng Ready. WEST STAYTON. or, June 17. Special.) The new Commercial Club building at the corner of Manttam ave nue artel Maple street was completed today. The Willamette Valley Irri gated Land Company will move Its of -tiers the soon aa the Interior la I V 1 ..V V .... . . v : '" : a -a s - - V '- . . ' v fc X j; L, i V -3 1 4 t r- 'f- i Trfcv- ' " ' "r1 ill ' "j111 mmif i " St'XXYSIDB METHODIST CHl'RCH. Work ha. been go. steadily forward on the new .ton. edifice for the Sunnv.lde Methodist Church. erencratoVvoV Eaat conf construction on tne enures n may iu,i., , -- - , w.iia are of aolld stone, cover, a Quarter block, and will .eat 1500 p.noni There 1. a lull basement. Wall, are or ioiw stone, with concrete backing;. NEW PLAN IS INDORSED SI'MLNXVILXE CLTO BACK OF DEVELOPMENT METHODS. Owners of Large Tracts In-Yamhill County to Aid Movement to Attract Settlers. A "community of Interests' plan for the development and settling up of the large farms In Yamhill County was Inaugurated at McMlnnvllle last week under the auspices of the Yamhill Com mercial Club. A company haa been or ganised to work out the plan. One of the main objects of the move ment la to Incorporate the Interests of the owners of large tracts with the de velopment company when large product ive tracts will be subdivided and planted to orchards. The orchard, are to be cared for until they become bearing. 'It Is believed that by this system, many of the large individual holdings may be converted Into highly productive places capable of sustaining thousands of fami lies. A. holdings are taken over, they are to be examined by expert, whose duty It will be to ascertain the merits of tbe soil and to .how what land, are best adapted for different crops. The plan la to handle and develop tracts for dairying, general fanning, fruit and nut raising, .o that the prospective home builder and Investor may have a wider range from which to choose hi. land. At the meeting held last Monday night, the McMlnnvllle plan waa Indorsed by H. M. Williamson, secretary of the State Board of Horticulture, and F. W. Gra ham. Industrial and Immigrstlon agent, of the Great Northern and Hill lines In Oregon. M. McDonald, president of the Oregon Nursery Company, at Orenco, also spoke In favor of the movement. BEACU PROPERTY PLATTED Part or Old Holladay Summer Home tt Re Pnt on Market. Part of the famoua ocean beach es tate which In the early day. wa. the Summer home of Ben HoUaday la be ing platted and will be placed on the market at once. The 700-acre tract waa acquired aeveral years ago by Charles Cartrlght. who maintained the property along the lines of develop ment Inaugurated by Mr. Holladay. The e.tate Ilea between Tillamook Head and Seaside. It haa alwaya been popular with Portland pioneer families. The tract that is to be put on the market comprises SO acres and 1. said to be one of the choice pieces of the estate. J. B. Cartwrlght and W. B. Streeter are interested in thi. devel opment. The hotel located a .hort distance from the' plot ha. been remodeled and haa been made ready for tourists. SPEAKERS ARE AXXOO'CED Portland Tlmbormen to Take Part In Vancouver, B. C, Congress. Among; the speaker, who will discus, subjects at the third annual Pacific Logging Congress at Vancouver. B. C. to be held next Thursday. Friday and Saturday, are several prominent Port land logger, and tlmbermen. George M. Cornwall, secretary of the congress, will give a talk on the business feat urea connected with his work. E. O. Potter will talk on the "Hill Climbing Locomotive." E. T. Allen, of the Western Forestry and Conservation Association, will discuss "Pacific Coast Forest Laws.". Other addresses will be: "New Type of'Donkey Fire Box." by A. W. Clark; "The Man and the Machine," Dr. W. C Belt, of Gresharn; "Cableway Yarding," by J. T. Van Orsdel; "Neces sity for Uniform Grading of Logs." by J. X- O'Oorman; 'Employera' Liability Legislation." by Jamea B. Kerr; "Sky Line Logging System." by C. E. Mc- Farlane. XCRSES' HOME IS PLAXXED Institution WUI Bo Part of Multno mah County Hospital. Plans have been drawn by Bridges Webber for the Nurses' Home at the Multnomah County Hospital, at the cor ner of Second and Wood streets. The building will be 40 by 78 feet, with two stories and attic There will be 14 rooms, including a reception room, lec ture room and diet kitchen. There will be also a large sleeping porch. The building will be constructed of pressed brick and will have a concrete basement. The specifications call for the vacuum system of heating. Bids for the construction of the building will be opened Wednesday. Dr. H. F. On to Build. Dr. H. F. Ong will build a two-story brick building on a part of his quarter-block on tbe southeast corner of Thirteenth and Salmon atrects. The building will occupy 40 by 60 feet. The first floor will be used for a .tore and the upper story for offices. The building will be con.tructed of p reuse 1 brick and is to form the nucleus of a modern . building which Dr. Ong ex pect, to construct on the 100 by 100 foot lot later. HOTEL PLANS ARE READY EAST SIDE STRUCTURE MILL COST $70,000. Building: to Be Modern and Will Hare Four Stories Vorlt to Begin This Week. The general plans for the Hotel East Side, which is to be built for Strong Bros., at the northwest corner of East Sixth and East Morrison streets, have been drawn. The structure will coet about $70,000. Some changea ifl the wav of firewalls wre required to be maae in tne pians, dui ma considered material. The building Is well located for the purpose, being in the heart of Central East Portland only one block from Grand avenue. It will be four stories, with a full basement which will take In the sidewalk, on the two street, on which it face.. In the basement there will be a barber shop and billiard hall, besides housing the heating plant and providing stor age rooms. Facing East Morrison street there will be four stores, with a wide cor ridor leading to the hotel lobby. The lobby will be of ample dimension, and will have an opening on East Sixth street side. Two flights of stairs and an elevator will be provided for the upper floors. The hotel will contain 96 room, nnd there will be 24 baths. W. H. Cowen I. the architect, and Mc Holland Bros, are the general con tractors. Work will .tart on the con crete walls of the basement at once. It Is expected that the building will be completed in time to open the hotel early in September. XEW ORCHARDS ARE PLANTED Extensive Development In Progress In Mount Hood District. Flrwood. 1297 feet above the sea, on the Mount Hood automobile road, two miles east of Sandy, I. the center of a great farming and fruit-growing dis trict. Maurice Walton, of Vanduyn Walton, Is improving his fruit ranch, known as the "Hoodway Orchards," and will put out a commercial orchard of 1W acres of apples and pears. Mr. Wal ton has begun the construction of a house and barn and will otherwise Im prove his place. John Barber has set out 10 acres In apples and 'pears, and Is also engaged In raising poultry. Adjoin ing his place Howard Brothers, of Hood Everybody reads advertising. The public is the best judge of advertis ing! This is proven by the fact that the best advertising brings the most results We Want to Buy Advertising Ideas and Will Pay for Them WE WILL PAY $25.00 for best advertisement submitted in accordance with this offer. $10.00 for second best advertisement submitted. 5 prizes of $5.00 each for the 5 next best ads. submitted. ANYBODY MAY COMPETE ANYBODY MAY WIN Ideas count. Not technical construction. Sit down, and write an ad., sucH as you would write if you had the management of our Lyle advertis ing fund, an ad. which would appeal to you, catch your attention, arouse your interest, create your desire, and urge you into action m buying a lot in Lyle. . The following features of Lyle will provo of assistance in preparing your ad Lyle is located on the main line of the, S. P..& S. R. R. the North Bank Road 85 miles east of Portland. It is located on the Columbia River, has splendid rail and water transportation facili ties, and ships its products all over the West. The townsite of Lyle was laid out originally over 20 years ago a mortgage without release clauses has held back its develop ment. Now Lyle is open and its progress is re markable, even in this country of progress. Lvle is the only shipping point for a large area of choice fmit, grain and timber lands; it has tre mendous electric power right at its gates ; it offers splendid opportunities to homeseekers, inv e s t o r s, manufacturers and farmers. The above statements are facts. All advertising to be successful must be truthful No entrance fee; no catch; no joker in this offer. We want your ideas, and ARE willing to pay for them. CONTEST CLOSES JULY 1, 1911. AWARDS MADE JULY 10, 1911 Decision as' to prizes, etc., to be made by committee of advertising ex perts, members of the Portland Ad. Club, whose decision shall be final. Call, telephone or write for full details of Lyle Ad. Contest, and for. illus trated booklets, etc., on which to base your advertising ideas. KEASEY, HUMAS0N & JEFFERY DEALERS IN LAND SECOND FLOOR, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BLDG., PORTLAND Active development work t Lyle is under full headway. Streets are being graded, cement sidewalks laid, water system soon to be installed; new buildings going up. Soon a splendid industrial city will be located at Lyle, reborn May 1, 1911. River, have bought a 40-acre tract and will Improve the land. Across Cedar Creek, north of Flrwood, N. Honey and several associates from South Dakota, have purchased 400 acres for the purpose of engaging extensively In fruit growing and will spend a large sum In developing their holdings. Near by are two 80-acre tracts purchased re cently by Hood River men. who recog nize the future of this district. On the automobile road west of Cher ryville is the 160-acre nursery of Brown ell & Reed, who have set out a commer cial orchard of 40 acres, fcorth of Cher-ryvllle- 20 acres are being set to apples, pears and cherries. All through the Cherryville and Flrwood district owners of land purchased recently are prepar ing to set out commercial orchards of apples, pears and cherries, and the de velopment of a fruit-growing district In the western part of Mount Hood County Is progressing. - W1XG TO ASVLCM TO BE BUILT Contract for Structure Let to Salem Firm for $47,000. Welch Bros., of Salem, were given tbe contract by the State Board of tha State Insane Asylum, at Salem, on Friday, to construct the south wing of the receiv ing ward. The bid of 47,00 was the lowest of three submitted. - The wing will be two stories high, with basement and will be 70 by 160 in slse. The exterior will be constructed of brick with terra cotta trimmings. The building will contain 1 ward rooms, a living-room, dining-room and kitchen on each floor, and will be equipped with dumb waiters and other modern conve niences. Laxarua & Logan, Portland architects, prepared the plans and speci fications and supervise the construction of the building. Work on the structure will begin at once. H. VV. Wells Buys Home. Harvey W. Wells has purchased from G a. Brackett the lot on East Twenty first street. between Brazee and Thompson streets, for $7000. The prop erty la 75x100 feet, and Is Improved with a seven-room frame bungalow. The sale was made through the agency of Mall Von Borstel. SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S NEW ROUND-HOUSE WILL COST $50,000. -: hi-iT ; 4 ' t . . ----- : - . - . . .trwfjjja.' - ' 'LI fait i l s r f ,- ,m ij.H !!-fUiH rV-rS ' --T . rrr r- 4 Jl 1 t -a X7t - 4 STRrCTTHE OF 13 STALLS FOR ENGINES. The Southern Pacific Railroad Company Is completing a 12-stall modern round-house on Holgate and East Twenty-first treets. , at the south lilt tf X nresent carahopa It win be completed within a few weeks. The cost will be about 150.000, and la the first of the series of modern bul'dlng. JorP which g.U plan, have been drawn. The remainder of the buildings will be built, on the company-, ground south of Holgate street and the total cost Is placed at ll.SOO.OOO for the proposed new plant. BUILDING FIELD ACTIVE NORTHWEST STEEL COMPANY HAS MANY ORDERS AHEAD. Construction Work Shows No Lull In Portland Smaller Cities Show Progress. That building activity In Portland and other cities of Oregon will con tinue this Summer la Indicated by the numerous orders for structural steel received by the Northwest Steel Com pany. The plant is working a full day crew and part of a night force. A full crew will be put on the night shift in a few days. R. F. Arndt. an official of the com pany, said yesterday that the orders on hand for structural steel would keep the plant in operation night and day until Fall. Several orders from other cities have been received In the last few days. The largest indivtaiial job 13 the contract to supply.the steel for the Lipman-Wolfe buildirfg. This material is now being fabricated. Another Important piece of work be ing done by the company is the buil? ing of the piers for the Broadway bridge. The piers are unusually large and are said to be the heaviest prod ucts ever turned out at Portland. One of the largest contracts whicn the Northwest Steel Company com pleted recently was the fabrication of the structural steel for the Wilcox building, now beinq: ereoted at the cor ner of Sixth and Washington streets. "We have enough business on hand to keep us running night and day for three months," said Mr. Arndt. "There has been some talk of a business de pression In some parts of the country, but so far we have felt no condition of that kind here. The indications are that building operations in Portland and vicinity will continue to be satis factory throughout the year." TRACT IS SOLD FOR $30,000 Movement Near Reed College Loca tion Is Active. In the South East Side there is a considerable movement In the vicinity of the Reed College site. The tract of land owned by Mrs. Mary F. Kelly, comprising 14.59 acres, was sold for (30,000 a few days ago. The name of the buyer has been withheld. Mrs. Kelly does not know who bought the property. The tract lies on Kelly ave nue, between East Twenty-ninth and v.iLKt Thirtv-firBt streets, immediately adjoining the Reed College site. Tiie i land brought I2Z5U an acre, neguua tions are known to be in progress for several other tracts In the same neigh borhood at the same figure, but the details are kept very quiet. That there Is a general realty move ment in this part of the South East Side Is conceded, as negotiations cover tracts valued above $100,000. Ever since the fact was settled that Reed College was to be established on the 40-acre site donated in Eastmoreland there has been an upward movement in the unsold tracts. The largest tract now being Improved Is that of W. K. Smith, which is part of Kenilworth. It contains 35 acres and has been platted. It lies along the south side of Kenilworth. The Kenilworth Park ad Joins the Smith Addition on the east side and Kelly avenue on the south side. The Holgate-Kenllworth sewer sys tem Is now being completed throuprh this district, and the streets of Kenil worth are to be graded out this year, preparatory to permanent improvement next year. A modern engine-house is to be built in Kenilworth, on Frances avenue, this year. An architect has been commissioned to prepare tha plans for the structure. Also the im provements in he Kenilworth Parle will soon be completed. SCIENTIFIC LIGHTING That Pleases in Every Detail Are you ready or nearly .ready to ask for suggestions and estimates? Let us show the possibilities of proper lighting. It costs you nothing for our advice. M.J.WaIshCo. 311 Stark st. Both phones. Gas and Electric Fixtures CAN BE BOUGHT OF The H- T. Drennen Lighting Co. 400-40S E. BURSIDE ST. Cheaper Than Any Place in the City Phones East 116, B 2151. Open Evenings by Appointment.