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TIT'SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND. JTJXE 25. 191f.
BUILDING ACTIVE
TWO EAST SIDE BUILDINGS BEING ERECTED AT COST OF $33,600.
GRAND
AVENU
El
Ten Structures Being Com
pleted at Total Cost
... of $565,000. .'
EAST SIDE RECORD MADE
ifroand for Iloa e Contlnnra la
All ParM of UYKlrlet Branch
Water Orrior in lr SH-.nl-tl
at Alblna.
i.ittt it'c unur cutifH of cunlrucliuil
1 modern bulldln on and near Orsnd
avenue, on tho lurt Side, whlrh arre-
rt a coat of This la conld
ered a remarkable showing tor that dis
trict. All of th siructures are fir
proof and modern throughout and will
make a Mr Improvement In tho general
appearance ot the c'Utrlct.
The first bulldlac Is the foor-atorr
concrete atructure. lXri at tha aoulh
weat comer of K-t Slith street and
Hawthorne avenue. ftr Stanley, noise 4k
flmtth. to cost rt.i)u. The next Is under
way at the northwest corner of Belmont
street and Grand avenue. lor uaiy
Kdwards. lODxC feet, four atortes. and
to cost about KO.WU. It will contain
' stores on the first floor and offices
and apartments above. Work, bas beca
started on the basement.
Work Is iros-reslna- on th four-
storr hotel building being erected by
strong Bros., at the nortiiwest corner
of East Sixth snd Kast Morrison
streets. It Is 109 by 100 fact and con.
tains four stories. Flans nsre oeen
drawn for a modern hotel building, to I
be calleJ "The East Sld Hotel." It
win cost i;.ooo.
Ttalltllng About Completed.
Work Is going forward on the flve-
storr building of Morgan. KlleJner
Moyce. at the northeast comer of East
ritark street and Orand avenue. It will
nartlv ot concrete and partly of
pressed brick, the latter forming the
fronts on Grand avenue and East Stark
street. The Cartwrlght building on
Orand avenue and East Oak street Is
being completed, and In two months
wl'.I be reaiiy for occupancy. These
structures are on Grand arena and
south of Sullivan's Gulch.
Three stories of the candy-manufac-
turlng establishment of Harrison
Company, on East .Darts and East
Sixth streets, are up and the structure
will be completed soon. The cost will
be sbout Hi. 000. On Union avenue and
East Davis street excavating la being
done for the foundation of the three
story brick building for O. W. Jackson,
covering a quarter block and costing
ftO.040. On East Eleventh and East
Klanders. a laundry building Is under
construction at a cost of lls.ooo. Mrs.
lalton is constructing a one-story
brick building at the corner of East
Seventh and East Pine streets.
North of Sullivan's Gulch, on East
Sixth and Oregon streets, the six-story
reinforced concrete building of the
Jiorth l aclflc Dental College Is being I
completed at a cost of 10.000. The
Portland Railway. Light sc Power Com
pany Is rushing conatructlon on Its
JiO.OOO concrete building. 300 by 10
feet, on East Water street and Haw
thorne avenue. The company has tak
en out a permit to erect a concrete
building at the foot of East Lincoln
street la connection with the power
plant at that point to cost 1100.000.
The company Is also hurrying construc
tion of Its K5.009 electric building on
East Thirteenth street, nesr the Golf
Unas. In Jfellwood.
Many Homes Are Sold.
For the last six week. George A.
Ross, a well-known Ut Side builder,
has averaaed the sale of a bouse every
week, which Is considered a good show
ing for midsummer. Mr. Kosa built
the houses he ald.
A beautiful eight-room building on
Eaat Harrison and East Fiftieth
streets was sold to W. Fred IL Put
ram, of the Standard Bog A Lumber
Company, for $3i0. A new seven-room
residence, on East Fiftieth, between
East Harrison and East Lincoln streets,
was sold to Tereso Wadsworta for
41200. and a new six-room boos on
East Lincoln and East Forty-seventh
streets was soM to Verne Owens for
S.ls. Mr. Owens Is a member of the
polios force. E. Littleton, manager for
J. O. English Co.. bought a home on
East Forty-seventh and East Taylor
el reel, for !. E. W. IMxon. fore
man for the Columbia Contracting
Company, bought a home on East
Twenty-ninth street, near Gladstone
avenue, for UliO. K. W. Grey, of On
tario. Or., bought two cottages on East
Thirty-third street and Francis ave
jiue for 15000 as an Investment.
Water Board to nulla.
The Water Commltte has decided to
ftullt a Water Collector's office In Up
per Alblna on Russell street, between
Kodnev and Williams avenues. It will
coat IJS.SOS and will be similar to the
water office In Central East Portland.
The new office will accommodate a
large territory. At present the water
office for the North Eaat Sid la located
In the bank building on Russell and
liorthwlck streets, and Is not conven
ient to the north and eastern portions
of the district. The new building will
also be for store purposes.
Mrs. Wllhelm Is having plans pre
pared for a two-story brick building to
be built on East Thirteenth street. In
fell wood, at a coat of 1 10.000. The
.bull. ling will be S by 60 feet, with
full basement, and on the first floor
there will be two store rooms, with
apartments and offices above. The
building will be steam-heated. The
contract will be let early In July.
. S v;- Ls--? J 'i ' ' -i.TiirrfT -r : - - d j2s- i
riioraiTV to he platted
Gallons! Iteally St Trust Company to
Iiuprove Acregge.
The National Realty It Trust Com
pany has closed negotiations for the
ale of H.J3 acres one mile west of
Svillamette Heights. The property was
purchased from K. II. Welch, of Astoria.
y C. A. Holes, for 1 4 S. 000.
This Is view property, overlooking
the city and both rivers and Is practi
cally level. The extension of the Kings
Heights carllne. leading to Mount Cal
vary Cemetery, runs within a quarter
of a mile ef the tract. The new own
ers will have the tract platted and
placed on the market at once.
This company also reports the sale
f a new two-story right-room frame
residence on Eaat Thirty-eighth street,
near Hancock, which was purchased
-from H. Peterson by Fred H. McKenxle
for J0. The house Is nearlng com
pletion and will be occupied by the new
owner when finished.
A Sflitoe-foot lot on East Thirty
fifth and East Harrison streets, owned
by H. Ramuxsn. wss sold to J. R. Hen
derson for I !i. It Is Improved with
a nearly n-w one and one-half story
frame residence and was bought for a
tie-na.
J ?.; jj-n fi.,r'"-w . 5 2 s i? t L" ti v,?H
F. C. Wasaersaaa la havtaa eorapleted a four-flat bnlldlng at the northwest corner of Grand avenue and
Raiser street. The bnlldlag la of frame eoastractloa. The Interior will be fitted up with the latest appliances.
The rat wilt be a boat H.'MMK
A three-atory apartsneat la betas: erected at the northwest corner of Eaat Ninth and Schuyler streets, rov
er Is sr a ejuarter block. It has a full baaesaeat. The exterior walls will be ewered with eemeat, and there will he
a court in the center. It will contain 83 rooms. It ia being built for P. J. McDonald. The coat will be about S2S.00O.
NEWROAD IS FACTOR
District Between Gresham and
Sandy Goes Ahead.
FINE FARMS DEVELOPED
Land Hclng Cleared Preparatory to
Planting; Orchards and Carry
Ins; on Intensive Meth
ods of Knrmlnr.
There has been rapid development
In the territory between Gresham and
Sandy, Including the district about
Boring, a station on the Estacada Rail
way. Around Boring practically all
the larger farms have been subdivided
and are being sold off to men who want
10 and 20-a.-re tracts. Hundreds ot
acres of land have been cleared or
stumps and logs, whlrh were left when
the timber was sawed Into railroad
ties and shipped to Troutdale. Moat
of the men who have bought land here
Intend to establish permanent homes.
The new Mount Hood Railroad will
pass through Pleasant Home and Cot-
trell. whlrh win proviuo transporta
tion to Portland. Many new houses
have been built In this district.. Sev
eral large barns have been built and
five have been butlt at Cottrell by
newcomers, costing 11000 on an aver
age. Two are particularly noticeable,
those of the Crvatsl Brook farm and
the Woodbank farm. It Is doubtful
whether any section In the state can
show finer farm homes than seen In
the territory between Gresham and
Sandy Ulver and fc'andy.
Line Pierces Rich Zone.
Practically all this territory will be
tributary to the Mount Hood Railroad.
It Is announced that the company has
obtained right-of-way for 10 miles
more of Its road, which brings. It well
toward Cherryville. . By this route the
line win pass through a good farming
and fruitgrowing district. The sur
veyed line Is only a short distance from
Sandy. Some of the best land In the
state. It la said, lies along the west
side of the Sandy Ulver on 'the bluff
overlooking the SnVidy Valley. This
land sells at from 1150 to $-00 an acre,
and where It is under cultivation higher
prices are asked. Portland men have
Invested In the land on the bluff, which
will be available for Summer homes
on completion of the Mount Hood Rail
road. A splendid view Is obtained from
this bluff toward the east right up to
the base of Mount Hood.
Many Tracts; Sold. '
It Is estimated that farm land to the
amount of $450,000 bas been disposed
of In this district in the last year.
This large sum gives some Idea of the
number of men who have Invested in
farm land In Eastern Multnomah and
Eastern Clackamas Counties.
There Is still excellent land for In
vestment, specially along the Estacada
Railway beyond Cresham. where the
price Is reasonable. Sandy will likely
be made a station on the Mount Hood
Railroad when it Is extended, which
wilt give that place more than ordi
nary Importance. Investment In land
In any portion of this territory Is con
sidered safe.
NEW CLUB OPENED
Wlllaniina Property Sold.
The Schoppert Hotel property. In
cluding a warehouse and farm land at
Wlllamlna, waa sold last week to Lew
Is L. Shortrldge, the consideration be
ing $20,000. The deal was negotiated
by Ira C Barber, of Wlllamlna.
Builders' Exchange Ready for
Business Now.
HIGHER STANDARDS SET
Branches of Building Construction,
Architects' and Material Men
Tteprescnte.cl Blgr Suc
cess Is Assured.
An organization formed recently and
one that It Is believed will play an Im
portant part In the progress of the city
Is the Builders' Exchange. Formal
opening of the clubrooms was held
Friday night, at which were present
nearly 300 persons representing all
branches of building conntructlon, em
ploying contractors, architects and
manufacturers and dealers In building
materials.
The exchange has commodious quar
ters on the second floor of the new
concrete building on Second street, be
tween Washington and Alder streets.
One of the main purposes of the or
gitnlzatlon Is to raise the standard of
building operations. A requirement for
membership Is that a contractor must
not only be competent, but he must be
honest and responsible. It Is believed
that the association will bring about a
strong working force for the mutual
FREE!
BEAUTIFUL VIEW LOTS
FREE
Why not own ACREAGE or a CITY LOT? They will double
in value If you don't you are denied the advan
tage others enjoy. Here is a chance to get
A FINE CITY LOT FREE!
The Pacific Northwest Development Go. "Inc., largest, leading and most
responsible dealers, in connection with the largest land owners
in the state of Oregon Will Distribute ,. ,-. ,
$9,245.00 FREE! '
Everybody Has an Equal Opportunity
r fKT T TTRnI
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mm UQtm,
ACREAGE .orgg
lots;
THE P.N DEVTCO.inc.
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Solve this puzzle and yoa will
be rewarded. Beautiful souve
nirs given free to every con
testant, besides a chance to win
a city lot FREE.
LIST OF PRIZES:
Beautiful View Lot 1st Prize
Beautiful View Lot 2d Prize
Solid Gold Watch 3d Prize
In order of merit, 68 bona fide
cash credits ranging in value
from $68.00 -to $100. In order
to thoroughly advertise acreage
in Washington County, and es
pecially Tualatin Valley, sev
eral lots will be given away free.
Adhere Strictly to the Rules
Solve the rebus here and write your answers on a
sheet of paper, mail it to us quickly at once. Also
fill in information blank, or one similar, attaching
same to your answer. The decision of our Board
of Judges to be final. Award of prizes to be made
according to merit. Write plainly. In case of tie,
identical awards will be made, but neatness of reply,
penmanship, punetuation and general excellency of
the tying contestant papers will also be considered.
Contest closes at 6 o'clock on July 3, 1911, and
all replies must either be in our office or bear post
mark not later than 10 P. M. on that date. Winners
will be notified by mail as soon as decisions are
made. ,
Statistic Blank
Mail this coupon, or one similar, to our office
at once.
Would you rather own a 5 or 10-acre tract or
a city lot t
I would prefer . . .
Name ,
Date Street No
City
If possible give us below the names of two or
more friends who might consider the purchase
of 5 or 10 acres of land or a city lot.
Pacific Northwest Development Go.
(INCORPORATED)
404-405-405V3 Couch Building
Address Answer to Desk No. 7 Portland, Oregon
protection of the allied trades as well
I to property owners.
Plan to Save Time.
The exchange will be a clearing
house for its members. Bulletin boards
are provided on which all calls and
bids will be posted. Th architects will
submit plans for buildings to the sec
retary, who will have them at hand
when contractors are awarded con
tracts. One of the results of bringing
the different interests together win De
the savins: of time and more contract
ors will be given an opportunity to
submit bids.
The speakers at the meeting i rlday
night referred to the Importance of the
association to the city. Secretary Dan
forth, as chairman of the meetinpr. ex
plained the purposes of the exchange,
riavld Williams, one of the .city's pio
neer architects, reviewed the history of
architectural work in Portland. He
believed that the exchange, should de
vote efforts to bringing about amend
ments of the present lien law. the em
ployers' liability act ana tne city Duua-lnn-
code. He pointed out the unde
sirable features In each of these laws.
C L. Linda, architect, complimented
the organisers of the exchange, believ
ing that orgaalzatlon would do muoh
for the upbuilding of the city. He
said that the exchange would prove to
be ane of the important associations in
the city.
Building Inspector to Aid.
Building Inspector Tlummer assured
the members that he would co-operate
with them in their work. He referred
to the new building code. He said that
while it provided for drastic changes
over the old ordinance, he believed It
would prove satisfactory in most re
spects.
One or tne rousing npeecnes m
evening was made by E. D. Tlmms. He
urged the members to work earnestly
for the success of the organization.
"The exchange will become an Im
portant factor In the progress of Port
land." said Mr. Tlmms. "Its members
represent the big Interests and active
branches of the city. We want to en
ter Into this work with enthusiasm and
get results. Each member has an im
portant duty to perform to make Port
land the peer of all Pacific Coast
cities."
H. M. Mailer, president of the Port
land Chamber of commerce, said that
the city was growing rapidly and that
It would make greater progress in the
next few years than It ever had. He
said that the organization he repre
sented would aid the exchange in every
way possible.
Other speakers were D. W. Wood, H.
S. Hastings and Secretary Danfortn.
Klamath Falls to Get Cheaper Wood.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., June 24.
(Special.) Cordwood is to be cheaper
In Klamath Falls in the future and the
citizens are accordingly exultant. Sec
retary Oliver, of the Chamber of Com
merce, has just succeeded In getting the
Southern Paciflc Railroad to haul wood
from Worden, 15 miles southwest of
here, for 90 cents a ton. It is. said dry
four-foot wood will weigh on an aver
age of about a ton to the cord, which
will mean 90 cepts a cord freight. Four
foot wood is now selling in the city at
$5.50 and 5.75 a cord, and during the
Winter months it goes to 7 and $7.50.
It Is asserted that a large supply of
this can be purchased f. o. b. Worden
for $2.50 to $2.75 a. cord, and with the
added cost of freight and unloading
would be sold here for no more than
$3.50 and $4.
BUSINESS CHANGE MADE
S. E. AVERTHEIMJEK SOW SOLJ3
OAVXER OF GRAND LEADER.
Quarters Secured on Alder Street
for New Establishment Six-
Story Building Probable.
'J'
S. E. Wertheimer, proprietor of the
Grand Leader cloak and suit house,
has secured ,a lease on larger quarters
at 145 Seventh street, between Alder
and Morrison streets, and announces
that the store will be opened In a few
days. The Grand Leader was forced
to abandon its present location at
Fifth and Alder streets to make way
for the new Llpman-Wolfe building.
In making the change, Mr. Wer
theimer purchased the stock in the
company held by others and he is now
sole owner of the business. It Is
probable that Mr. Wertheimer will
erect a six-story building on the Seventh-street
property later.
The present stock will be sold, ac
cording to Mr. Wertheimer's plans, so
that when the new establishment is
opened all the merchandise will oe
new and of the latest patterns. It is
expected that the new store will be
ready for business about July 1.
A Birmingham chemist has invented a
xi'hv to convert . eaaollne or petrol Into a
stiff white Jelly. It is done by adding 1.
per cent of steatite, and alcohol. An econ
omy of 30 oer cent is claimed for the solid
form.
Telephones: Main 5076, A 3774
urlington
Portland's
New '
Industrial
Suburb
Surroundings
Ideal for
Workingmen
(On United Railways)
THREE MILES OF MAGNIFICENT WATERFRONT.
RAIL AND WATER SHIPPING FACILITIES
ADEQUATE FOR ALL TIME TO COME.
Channel now being deepened to Safely Float Largest Vessels
That Cross the Columbia River Bar.
MILLS, FACTORIES AND ALL INDUSTRIES SEEKING
LOCATIONS ARE INVITED TO INVESTIGATE
BURLINGTON.
Ruth Trust Company
235 Stark Street, Portland, Oregon.
I OIL EN OREGON
have been made in oil
lands. This company
owns 4240 acres of the
best oil lands in the
proven fields. This Com
pany has no indebtedness,
bonded or otherwise. Pro
ducing lands are valued
from $5000 to $50,000 per
acre. Only a few shares
in this Company represent
acre of land. Holders
a few shares of this
stock will become inde
pendent. The illustration
is a sample recently re
ceived from the oil fields,
on exhibition at our of-
an
of
The Rich Oil Sands in Malheur County Have Been Struck
Many barrels of oil and sand have been collected and the drills are in 40 feet oil
sand. The Baker & Malheur Oil Company now offers for sale a limited amount
of their treasury stock for a limited time at 10c per share. The greatest fortunes
made in oil I ' r fices, and gives some idea
of the proportion of oil, oil
sand and water now be
ing produced in the Mal
heur fields. This oil and
oil -sand is being raised
from a depth of about 2000
feet. Experts claim from
this showing that when
the water is properly
cased off, oil Avill be had
in abundance. The oil is
of high grade and will be
as valuable as any oil pro
duced on the Pacific
Coast. Make all remit
tances to W. D. Myers,
president and general
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manager, Rooms 13-14,
267 Oak Street, over the United States National Bank, Portland,. Oregon. Full
information, booklet, maps, pictures, etc., given, on request.
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