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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
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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.
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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
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NEW ENTERPRISES AT LENTS SHOW HEALTHY
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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