9 tiit: stjdat oireGoyiAy, roitTXAyp. atjgtjst 20, ion. LENTS CENTER OF GROWING DISTRICT Nearly 20,000 People Live in Territory Seeking Annex ation to City. BIG SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT Majority of i:ridrnts Occupy Own Home Hall Kan Waler lo lie Supplied Ilfrk-t Wireless Station I Ready. The school district )-rooni schoolhouse rnt of BtATly fO.00O. la completing at Lents at Last year eight rooms were built of the building 1 and the remainder being finished tht year. This will provide Lents with one of the biggest srhoolhouses In the dlstrlrt. It U largely a reproduction of the general features of the Thomp son building, and will accommodate about 1000 pupils. Last year tha an rollment was about 100 DUDlla. The remarkable feature of thla bis; nuiifiinc Is that It Is outside of Port land, nearly one roll from the city limits. l.rs than six years ago a four-rom 'huo!hom was sufficient, but now there are two larjte school houses, one at Lents and one at Ar 1'ta. each with Q pupils, and still there Is a space between the two where there Is demand for another school tioune. rroaprrltj Is XoUble. Lents la considered ona of tha most prosperous suburbs of the city. It Is a business centrr of Importance for sererai miles. Eastward and south ward there has been a great growth, but this growth la more pronounced toward the east than In other direc tions, development belne; along both stds of lh Foster Koad. The largs tracts aa far as Sycamore Station, on tho Oregon Water power Company's line, bare been dlTlded Into small tracts. A few years ago land hera aold for ISO an acre, but It now brings from 13)0 to 1500. More generally land la held at the latter figure. There Is aa extensive settlement a mile east of Lents; and at Sycamore Station tha Sycamore Acres, a tract of li acres recently placed on tha mar ket, is selling rapidly. Fvcamore sta tion Is tha entrance to Paradise Val ley, and up to tha entrance all tha farms hare been subdivided Into acre ago tracts of from ona to ten acres, nd these bars found a ready sale. All thla aectloa Is tributary to Lents. Wireless Station Installed. A wireless telegraph company la building one of the most expensive stations In the Northwest at Lenta. Tha company bought a six-acre tract In the southern part of Lenta, and has already erected two steel towers. 22i fet high. It Is said that It la to be tha Important Portland station of a large wireless telegraph company. A new Evangelical Church was re cently completed at Lent at a cost of 1 19.000. II. A. DarnalU editor and pro prietor of the tiresham Herald, haa completed a concrete building on Main street, which ha will occupy In hts buj.tecv It cost about $3-00. Another Irapc.-taLt business In this suburb la tha -w bank, which recently opened Its doors. Tha new bank haa made an excellent start, tha first month's de posits amounting to t IS. 000. Tha offi cers of the bank ara connected with lha Scandinavian-American Bank of Portland. Lents Grange haa a mem bership of nearly . and haa a fine eoncreta halL Lents has an aggressive Commercial Club, and also a prosperous branch library. District May lie Annexed. When tha Wood mere water plant waa taken over by tha city. It also In cluded the water aupply of Lenta, ao that tha city la now supplying this so urs section with Hull Hun water. It Is estimated that there are 7000 people between the city limits at Grays Cross. Ing and fcrcamore Station, and between the Powell Valley Koad and Johnson Creek. This Is a most conservative es timate, and soma put the figures at 10,. on. Including the Gilbert schoolhouse. there are two schoolhouses In this sec tion, and at one tha enrollment has MODERN LRTLNOTON HOME I . Il l . i"' V" . ft . ! ' - .-I ' . - rrr: ::. - r :.. v: EVERT" KXOBt fOMPOHT ASD EABOR-SAVIXO DEVICE IXCLCD El I SEW REMDMCE OP GEORGE E. FROST. One of the prettiest and moat convenient of Irvlngton cottagea Is that erected by George E. Frost, at 645 East Fifteenth street. North. Tha home has Just been completed. It fronts to the east, furnishing a good view, and presents a pretty appearance with a large artistic porch and unique front elevation. Tha living-room Is 17 feet Ions; and Is broken by two pillars and an arch, which form a music-room ad joining tha living-room. On tha south side of tha living-room la a fire place which, with tha large plate-glasa windows and mantel mirror extending to the celling, glvea a cheerful appearance to tha room. The hall forma a right angle and at tha further end opena onto a small porch on the north side of the house. Sliding double doors at tha bark of tha hall open li.tw the dining-room. 14x1s feet, with beamed celling and paneled wainscoting. Back of the dining-room and in tha northwent corner of the house Is a sewing-room. The kitchen rs reached from the dining-room through a pass-pantry, which Is pro vided with cupboards, drawers and other conveniences. The kitchen and pantry are finished In white enamel and the rest of the wood work on this tloor Is fir. The second floor Is divided Into hall, four large bedrooms, aleep-lng-porch. wardrobes, linen closets and bathroom with tile floor. These rooms are finished In white enameL There la an attractive fireplace In the front bedroom over the living-room. The third story Is finished complete, with two large bedrooms, hall, closets, lavatory. Mr. and Mrs. Frost planned tha home, and it was constructed by R. H. Rice. I: : : : - : ' : " .: U :. ; . . . . ; ; ' ; ' : . - ' ' - ; :: I : .' " . -' ' ;; Jrt. v''f'V'; . . ; r vU ,-.Vi; fV'.-l v . ; :: Mnv, um-odd mmM i r .-v - I - : pi- - ft .... . - -. ' . i -y ' ifcu. : 'LZ ' r : . - irr f m. V V k 4- v 1 ' i , 7C-lt: tCHIlDL Bt ll.DIXG rOHTWO O,000 NF.ARIXO COMPLKTIOX TUB KTF.KI. WHKR, SiS KIXT HIGH. ERKCTKU AT WIRK.l.EMS TKLE GKAI'H STATION. been (00 puptla. Thera la soma' talk of annexation of thla district, but tha lines hava not bean determined. At the last general election tha eastern Una was fixed at tha junction of the Mount Scott and Gresbam branches of tha Portland Railway. Light at Power Company: but that Una excluded a large population. Tha next time an nexation la voted on. tha Una will be fixed at least a mile beyond the Junc tion. Annexation la urged on the grounda that the schoolhouse Is erected by tha city, and the district now has city water. While It haa been supposed that tha HAS MANY CONVENIENCES. NEW ENTERPRISES AT LENTS SHOW HEALTHY n V v" -v jv'4ti greater growth of Portland, on tha East Side. Is toward the Columbia Riv er, the city Is growing almost as rap Idly toward the southeast to and be yond Mt. Scott. Thla la exclusively a residence district, where a majority of the people own their own homes. There ara fully 20.000 people between Cres ton. on the Powell Valley Road, and the junction, who are living In homes of their own. It may be said that there are few If any renters In this residence section of the city, the proportion of home-owners being 9i per cent. No msnufacturlng concerns have yet lo cated In this district, although It la thought that these may come In time and locate along Johnson Creek. The county makes fine macadam roada and maintains them with crushed rock from Kelly Butte. The Foster Road Is tha main thoroughfare clear through the South East Side, and It is the business highway through to Lents. The main portion of the district now has Bull Run water, but there are sev eral private water plants which have been outgrown by the growth of the aurroundlng country, and the people are clamoring for Bull Run water. When the new Bull Run pipe line has been completed It will be possible to supply this entire district by laying adequate reinforcing malna and re placing the email plpea which now serve the purposes of the people very poorly. IXrn-STtRY BRICK WILL RISK Iloaeburc to Have One of F!not Buildings in ,VaIley. ROSEBVRO. Or, Aug. 1. (Special.) Ground was broken Monday for the four-atory office building to be erected at the corner of Rose and Cass streets by J. W. Perkins, a local capitalist. The structure will be of brick and will be one of the finest buildings In Oregon south of Portland. The ground floor will be utilised for store purposes, while the second, third and fourth floors will be divided Into office rooms. Being modern In every particular, the building will be equipped with ateam heat, elevator service, running water In every office and free Janitor service. The contract for the building was awarded to W. C. Arthur Son. of Portland, and the builders are now on tha ground. - Tha contract price la about $40,000. The building Is to be completed by January 1, 1913. Tha Perkins building will be the tall est structure in the city and will pre aent an Imposing appearance. The lo cation la Ideal, being in the street lead ing from the depot to the main busi ness thoroughfare. Daly Building- Leased. The four storerooms In the new building erected by E. J. Daly at the northwest corner of Nineteenth and Washington atreets have been leased for a term of five years to the White Motorcar Company. The new location will be used exclusively as salesrooms. The Interior of the rooms is being finished in hardwood. The floora will be of oak. It la expected that the aales rooms will be amonx tha most attrac tive in the city. DEVELOPMENT. PENINSULA LAND SELLS 5IOVEMEXT IJT FACTORY SITES IS ACTIVE. Large Part of 800-Acre Tract Is Subdivided. Having Rail and Water Facilities. . Convinced that Portland is Just com ing into Its 'own as the important shipping and manufacturing center of the Pacific Coast, the owners of the 100-acre tract lying east of the Swift holding, between the Columbia River and Columbia Slough, have subdivided a portion of the property and have placed It on the market aa factory sites. The land la owned 'by the Fac tory Sites Improvement Company. Much of the tract haa frontage on either body of water. It is planned to have a spur extended from the O.-W. R. A N. through the property to the Columbia River. When this improve ment is completed the property will have both rail and water shipping fa cilities. With the completion of the North Bank road Into Portland about three years ago, the possibilities of the Pen insula as a manufacturing and shipping district of great magnitude were es tablished and the development of' tho propertlea there has been remarkable, there having boon Invested In differ ent plants up to the present time over 14,000,000. Among the large concerns which hava been located on the Penin sula are the Union Meat Company, Swift Company, the Union Stock yards Company and the Schwarxchild Sc. Sulberger Company. The latter con cern Is now building a plant that will cost approximately 1600,000. Since placing the new subdivision on the market a few days ago, $Iead Murphy, the sales agents, report that a large number of sites have been aold. Goldondale Flat- Filed. GOLDENDALE, "W'ash.r Aug. 1. (Special.) C. C. Cotrell has filed with Auditor Gunning, of Klickitat County, a plat covering the first addition to the town of Lyle. The addition contains 862 lots and the cost of recording the plat waa 2Z8. It was one of the largest plats ever filed In this county. The Lyle Company is preparing to develop the water power In the Klickitat River near Lyle. and with the power light the town of Lyle and irrigate a large tract of land In that locality. BEND HAS MANY BEAUTIFUL HOMES, SEVERAL BANKING WELL WITH THOSE CCJE L .-. V r if El J0& .v vr i t p i v . v-' '.- t : - i m t it -V V '! 1 . 5 I, . ; ,-. Ill IA BEND, Or.. Aug. 12. (Special.) Wh lie the handsome residences of Portland and the larger cities of the Willamette Valley towns continue to attract praise for their beauty, those Interested in realty development would perhaps find a urprlse In store for them should th ey make a sight-seeing tour through the interior portions of the state and view tha home building that is in prog ress at Bend. This interior city is adding to what nature has done to entitle it to the appellation of "city beautiful." The artlstlcness of the- residences be ing erected make the town rank with those of Portland's famous residential districts. In appearance and finish, if not In size. EYES UPON OREGON Middle Western Farmers - Flock to State. to BIG COLONY IS ORGANIZED Preparations Cndcr Way for Im mense Land Development Syn dicate to Take Orer Yam bill County Tract. That land development In Oregon will reach tremendoua proportions In the next two or three years is the be lief 0f o. P. Spauldlng, who returned from Chicago last week. - Mr. Spauld lng Interviewed alarge number of per sons who are interested particularly in Oregon and he says that hundreds of well-to-do farmers will come to Ore gon thla Fall to invest In Lands. Mr. Spauldlng organized a Chicago syndicate to take over WOO acres of land in Yamhill County. C. W. Spald ing, of Chicago, who Inspected the tract, declarea that the land in many parts of the Willamette Valley Is the best he has ever examined. He was connected for many years with the land department of the Union Pacific system. C W. Spalding announces that the 1000-acre tract will be put into a high state of cultivation and will be con ducted as a commercial farm. The init ial outlay will be about $100,000. The development of the holdings will re quire an additional expenditure of a large sum. The farm will be conducted exclusively for the benefit of the syn dicate members. O. P. Spauldlng will leave for Chi cago in a few days to bring 57 fam ilies to Oregon for colonization. A large tract suitable for diversified farming will be taken over by the new comers and developed by them. "There are thousands of homeseek ers In the Middle West who are pre paring to come to this state during the Kali harvest excursions," said Mr. Spauldlng. "Many of them will have large sums to Invest in Oregon farm lands. Oregon is better advertised than any of the Northwest states. . "With the building of the Panama Canal, there Is to be an Immense move ment of homeseekers to the Paciflo Coast. Within- the next five years Or egon will get 250,000 new citizens, nearly all of whom will settle on lands west of the Cascades and will become actual producers. Western Oregon, with its mild climate and rich soil. Is destined to become one of the greatest agricultural sections In the United States." Chelialls Hotel Deal Closed. CHEHALI3. Wash, Aug. 19. (Spe cial.) X few days ago a deal was closed whereby Frank Schwartz, a farmer living at Crego, has taken over the hotel on the corner of North and State streets, owned and operated for 22 consecutive years by Ben Allender. Mr. Allender with his family moved to Chehalla in September, 1880. They bought the property where the hotel now stands, and three years later were burned out. He moved across the rail road track onto Chehalis avenue, where he conducted another hotel for a short time, or until he could rebuild at his present site, where he has remained ever since. Mr. Allender owns a farm on the Newaukum lUver and will move his family there. White Brothers Busy. White Brothers, architects of Oregon Citv. have completed plans for a four room addition to the Willamette School luildlng south of Oregon City. The company 'is also working on the plans for alterations on the new Oregon City Courthouse and will call for bids this week. T. G. Anderson Busy. Eight bungalows are being erected by T. G. Anderson on East Sixty-first OF PORTLAND. MMfJC-' siisiassxi , v-w m . BEND, 0 THE WAY TO WEALTH With more tillable land surrounding it than there is in the -whole of the States of New York and Connecticut combined. With 250,000 acres of irrigated land surrounding it, with the largest standing body of yellow pine timber in the United States at its door; with more power than Niagara and Spokane Falls within ten miles of Bend; with TWO railways racing to reach Bend; with such men aa J. J. Hill, Robert S. Lovett and John D, Porter, railway builders; John F. Stevens, a world-renowned engineer; Hon. T. B. Wilcox, one of the largest grain buyers in the world ; G. W. Lorimer, a great elec trical engineer; with the Bend Btard of Trade, and the Portland Board of Trade, with several real estate specialists, they all claim that BEND, OREGON, will make a city of 2p,000 in five years or less. It costs you nothing to INVESTIGATE where we are sailing. Busi ness and close-in residence lots, 50x140, within four blocks o the JJnion Depot Site, at an average price of . $200 PER LOT TERMS $10 PER MONTH Free, certified abstract, perfect title. This property is selling fast. Wake up be somebody! Make a start for independence! Investigate, then buy if satisfied. Get out of that narrow rut. Make a 6tart. The NEWLON-KOLLER CO., Inc. 301 Buchanan Building, 286V2 Washington Street. Office Open Evenings Until 8 o 'Clock. o TOWARDS THE FUTURE You can do so now if you take the opportunity of purchas ing a lot in S0UTHREL Close to the REED INSTITUTE. Only 3 blocks from car a-nr 1r TTlinilt.P.S from center of citv. These lots all lie very pretty and are 50x100 or Vrixae dfifl QTirl A. B. HALL & COMPANY Marshall 339 street, between Klickitat and Stanton streets, in Rose City Park Addition, averaging- In cost from $2500 to $3500, or a total of about $80,000. Three of these buildings have been completed and the foundations of the others have been laid. Mr. Anderson has built 19 houses, mostly of the bungalow type. In Rose City Park and Rossmere. He has also Just completed three resi dences in the Mornlngside Addition, on East Seventy-first and East Stark streets, on the east slope of Mount Tabor. Mr. Anderson will complete the buildings he has under construc tion In. Rose City Park and then trans fer his building operations to the West Portland's Splendidly Located Suburb On the Spokane, Portland and Seattle, the Northern Pacific and the United Railways, thirteen miles from Portland. Frequent and fast train service. BURLINGTON OFFERS ADEQUATE DEEP-SEA AND RAIL SHIPPING FACILITIES FOR ALL TIME TO COME. Industries seeking locations are invited to investi gate Burlington. Ideal surroundings for working men. Pine drinking water and electric lights. Ruth Trust Company Main S076, A 3774, 23S Stark St, Portland, Or. OUT OF THE TRAIN ON TO THE SAND GARIBALDI BEACH If you reallv knew how rapidly beach property had been purchased during; the last few years, pending the completion of all this wonderful railroad construction, you would not hesitate a moment to pick out a l0Whi0le a1", Struemethaht OVER HAW OF GARIBALDI BEACH HAS nEK SOLD, It is possible to still select an Ideal building- site, either in the woods, along the shore of a fresh water lake or on the sands close to the surf and all within the sound of the sea. The GARIB4LUI BFACII ASSOCIATION, representing; the eleven platted resorts along- this six-mile stretch of delightful ocean shore, takes pleasure in announcing that these are THE ONLY RESORTS ON THE OREGON COAST wliere it is possible to etep from the train plat form to the sand beach. t. . . GtKIBALDI BEACH will be reached directly- from Portland by rail more quickly than any other, will be more convenient, closer and equally as beautitul for all recreation purposes as any other section of tha Paciflo Coast. The Garibaldi Beach Association Either of the follo-rrlns; offlees will pro-ride fall Information. OCEANLAKB PARK, 701 Spalding Bids;. BEAM "ADniTIOX, F. R. Seals, Til lamook. Or. TILLAMOOK BEACH, 412 Board of Trade. BtK VIEW, 317 Rail-way Kxehance. M WH4TT AX BEACH, J28 Stark St. ELMORE PARK, 317 Railway Exchange. REGON TV? over. Moderately restricted. TTrt nn Terms. Side and put up some dwellings on Council Crest. G. W. Priest has started on the ereo tton of four dwellings in Rose City Park and Irvlngton, which cost from $2000 to $3500. New Library Work Hurried. The foundation and basement of th new East Side Library building, which is being built at the corner of East Eleventh and East Flanders streets, is completed, and work has started on the walls. The building will cover th quarter block, and will be completed anout NovemDer I. ROCK A WAY, 701-702 Spaldlnft BldK. ROSE CITY BEACH. 22 Falling BldK. LAKE LYTLE, 325 Railway El change. SEA VIEW, 448 Sherlock Bnlldlnc. THIS ROCKS, 314 Selling Bldg. gtoe 1