10 THE SUNDAY OIIEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 17, 1911. CITY'S Fill GROWS Eastern Capital Seeks Invest ment in Portland. REED COLLEGE IS FACTOR Monoj-.Mak.in;; I'o-i.Ililitl- of West More Apparent Than Kvrr High Cls Itc-ill en tit I Site Aw Much In Danianil. Tl.at ti e famr i.f Portl.mJ as a d II K h tful residential city Is becoming nation-wide Is apparent In the unusu ally large number of Inquiries received recently from various sections of the Cast. This new condition will make It Imperative. a.-rorCirur to realty Healers, that special departments he organized to handle a new line of business that la corclnc to the cltv. Ti.l, revr busi ness Is the taktnr care of persons re tiding east of the Koi ky Mountain mho are desirous of Investing la sub division realty In Portland. There Is more money In tne Kast available for Investment now than tiiere has been fr many months. The vast sums that hitherto had been wasted In mining- and oil stock compa nies and other questionable promotions have reached enormous figures. Th result Is that the Kastern Investors ar profiting bv past eperlen-es &nl are seeking only sound and legitimate In vestment enterprises. Te money making possibilities of the al con tinue to appeal to people of Kastern states. It appears from various source that the report has reached their ear that real estate today In the grot; and vigorous Vetern cities Is the on best and surest Investment. Portlaad Oeatlaed Attract. That I'ortland will be selected p many Investors Is the opinion of Kast ern real estate brokers who have been keeping In rlose touch, with the sltua tton in Portland. one of the factors that has Iwn attracting the attention of Kastern Investors Is the estenslv prccrarnme for jt-ed College. "The d partnient mhich I nave or gjnlxed." raid K X. Clark, selling ttvnt for Kastmorelanil. "to handle I call 'long-distance' deals, ha :ncl ulth success in many unexpected ii'MMcr. 1 f'pd that already the fame r K co!legik has been recognised nl r'l tlie leading universities of the co.ii'trr. and on this account sales to or.ffsors ami residents In the vicinity "f t' est- Institutions have been made ttii:iit difficulty. In course of cor- rr-ptrdcni'e reaartllng the proposition tr.e iM.-r of the Department of Archl t.. ture of a well known New York nrUersity makes this unsolicited state irnt: leader. Make Hlgkt Mart. " I am sure the trailers In the Keed :iege .roJe t are making the right stvrt. The layout la most attractive sni us nn&i oeveiopment will prove even more so. If fallowed out along the lines laid diivn. There Is no question In my mind aibout tiie outcome of the KaatmorelanJ subdivision. It ought to inak.? one of the best high-class col lege communities In the country, for It can be controlled from the start. You have It In your hands to make It so. "1 have also been In correspondence witn a large number of the most prom Inent professors at Chicago. Cornell and other leading universities, and be tween 4i) and &t of these gentlemen have written me that the presence of tne university has directly caused a material Increase In the value of the adjoining residential district. Coming from these men of matnre Judgment and of such high standing. I particular ly value these statements, which are based upon present-day conditions. "Krom first-hand Information t am able to state that tbe majority of East ern Inqntrlea come from person who, for climatic or business reasons, plan to locate in Portland within a year or two. and Judging from the preponder ance of the Inquiries regarding tbla rlty, aa compared with other cities on the Coast. It appear that the claim that Portland la to be the greatest Coast city Is well founded," FIJTE APAETJIENT-HOUSE RISES ON EAST SIDE. n r i V aw - -.-..; - - 1 -rr t- ' . " - . " - -''.. .:W W.Tw. .r . I .' - v v 1 H1 ii At )fT 'I ',1 . i ,ZL SlHaW- U1- Van '1 Wlllamlna Acrrago fvold. Since taking over the OO-acr farm at 'Wlllamlna, In Yamhill County. Cha ptn A llerlow have sold a large part of the place out In ten-acre tracts. The aoll la declared to be fertile and well adapted to diversified farming. Since Iecember 1 over $10,000 worth of the property baa been sold to people of Portland. t a 111! . . . . J. . u . . A V t-SSt eg ;., iSS - - . . . i i "01 , --fi ' f f i. i . v ' f c a -J 1211-- ,- j Je iIHHnl.a-TeJMSnsa'.v:C-sktii 1 -34 l er v lPtrP! STRlTTVItll LOCATED AT EAST K1FTEE.NTH WO BEI.MOM STREETS. In Central Kast Portland the most elaborate npartment-hnuse erected this year la the structure of Bai ley. Taylor & I-ambert, on Kast Fifteenth and Belmont streets. The but ldlng will soon be completed. It will cost S43.ouo. The structure Is to be used exL-luslvely as an apart ment-house. It contains four stories and full basement. . IRRIGATION IS AID TO DEVELOPMENT OF WEST Addresses at National Congress at Chicago Show Progress of Industry. Samuel Fortier and George M. Cornwall Are Speakers. Suburban Ilonie Sold. R. J. McOerrlty. a late arrival In Ore gon from Pennsylvania, has purchased a quarter-acre tract at Meldrum. on the Oregon Water Power line, from W. C, Cheney for IMOl). The place la Im proved and will be occupied by Mr. Mc Oerrlty aa tils permanent bom. ROSEBURG WANT ELK HERD CoTcrnmcnt to Be Asked to Donate S00 Animal to Three- Counties. Two notable addresses were deliv ered at the National Irrigation Con gress, held at Chicago. IJerember 7-10, one by Samuel fortier. chief of Irri gation Investigations. Department of A gTlculture. and the other hy George M. Cornwall, editor of the Tlmberman. of Portlnnd. Mr. Fortier reviewed the progress of Irrigation work In the West, pointing out what had been accomplished for a great area during the past ten yeara. lie attributed to the large increase In population of the Western states the Irrigation of desert lunde, although the dry farming districts, he said, had at tracted thousands of settlers. "It Is a fact that the building of Ir rigation works Is far In the front, and the settlement of Irrigable lands la far In the rear." said Mr. Fortier. "In ten years of good time we have added to the irrigated area of the West but 6.200.000 acres. In other word. In order to bring settler to the li.000.- 000 acres of land which are ready or will be ready to be served by lrrlga- lon canala In the next seven or elcht years, we will have to procure et- tlers about three times as fast as we have secured them In the past decade. .Now. no transportation company ould be foolish enough to construct railroad and make no provision for It operation and maintenance. It is, he re fore, wise for Irrigation enter prise to provide - water supplies for lands which cannot aoon be cultivated and Irrigated. Four year ago when this congress met In Sacramento, Cal., nd still again at its sessions In Spo ane. Wash, and Pueblo, Colo.. I tried to point out the large areas of land that were unreclaimed because there waa no one to plant the seed and moisten the soil. I then urged, aa I do now, that more consideration be given those feature of Irrigation which directly concern the Irrigator. It 1 our duty to teach the man already on the land how to get higher returns from the areas already open to settle ment. Throwing open new area will ot olve the problem. We must dem onstrate Increased rettrns from more Intensive cultivation, better method of applying water, more wisdom In planting and In harvesting. Settlers Seed Ec meow rave me at. The West must not place on the Industrious settler a burden greater than he can bear. Already the price of land under many of tbe irrigation en terprises Is more than he can pay for. Raise It a little higher and he will stay at home. "The value placed upon the farm lands ot the I'ntted states by their owners has increased 117 per cent In ten years, but the value of lands In 11 of the Far Western States has In creased In the same time 203 per cent. Only a little more Inflation Is needed In some Irrigation districts to burst the bubble crested by land boomers. hen the rallying cry will be 'Back to the shop and the city. "The rapid Increase !n the value of Irrigated land applies with equal force to the value of water. Enterprises ROSKBl'RO:. Or Dec. 1 Special.) Acting upon the suggestion of Win ger Hermann, the members of the local Klks IihIk hist night adopted resolu tions memorializing the t'nlted States Conirre.s to donste to Douglas, Coos :.n.l Cu-ry Counties 600 of the elk now nn.irr tlovernnient control In Wyoming. In the event the resolutions have no f?ri-t. a measure will be prepared and (orwnnle.l to Oregon s representatives In Washington, witii a view of having t:e s un- , nr.. led a law. D e prci'f 1 1 ion was lirousl.t to the :. tle'-.t v'n ll-e lolKe bv C:''taln Inck- "ki. f I a'v.'r C.tv. nn.! ilinver H-r- t:.v:-;. of I'.is.-burw. It.'tli rrentlcrm n re- j That the proposed I'ortland audltor--u.'i.i in v.- ivur.ty In the earlv ;..! '"m ho-.iM be built on the Kast Mide Is ..p.: in I r-niember the herds of e!kitne belief of Charles B. Moores. who teat ro i;r..- l t!i- i-.,:..rnons unmolested i discusses the subject extensively In a hi I'm :.tv. -Mr. Hermann said he j communication to The Oregonian. The l',T eeer a :m.ny as 300 in a single 1 slateruent follows: l.i.l. i ii:e .!. they are utmost w- Tortland. Nov. It. (To the E.li- ' " " w" r-'ucd by Mr. Hermann or. Announcement is made i ( me i.-n'irntin'ril was at present which charged 120 an acre for a water right a dozen year ago have been fol lowed by others which charge double and treble this amount. There Is, how ever, this difference between the two. The value of water 1 not fictitious. It' upward trend In price has been due to the fact that the supply avail able for future use Is becoming every year less and less. We shall probably never see the day when water will sell for less than It has In' 1911. Present conditions In many of the Irrigation states call for, we believe, a readjustment of land values. While this readjustment la being made, every effort should be put forth to increase the :!d and value of irrigated prod- uts. Occasionally enormous yields and corresponding profits are obtained from Irrigated land. These are frerly used as a warrant for holding- Irri gate, land at a high figure. States I rged to Aid Project. in many states of the west, prog res in Irrigation Is being retarded, and coatly Investments rendered secure, by the lack of proper legisla tion on the part of State Legislatures. Some of these urgently needed laws are clearer definitions. in regard to th flow of water In streams and Its use in Irrigation. Colorado, at the close o 40 years of wonderful achievements in the reclamation of her arid lands. I going back once more to the Irrigation primer In an effort to find out th meaning of direct lrrlgatalon. It may cost the farmers of this state Jl. 000,000 or more to find out whether Winter ir r! gat Ion should be defined a direct rigation or merely the storage of wa trr In the soil. "Again, if priorities are to hold on the water of stream lying wholly within the state lines, they should also hold on Interstate streams. A law so general as that of priorities should not become Inoperative by crossing an lm aginary line which separates two pollt leal divisions. Western States, through their re spective Legislatures, must also get be hind the irrigation bond. If it is not feasible to guarantee the Irrigation district and Carey land act project bond It should be safeguarded by state of fleers In every possible way. Falling this, auch bonds are likely to be discred ited and thereby tarnish the good name of Western States. I can see no good reason to believe that progress in the decade which lies before will be less rapid than In the decade which Is past. I have merely called attention to a few things which may retard development unless ade quate measures are adopted to safe guard all interests. In my humble opinion, some of the most Important of these are, the speedy settlement of lands now under ditch, the giving of additional aid to settlers on Irrigated farms, a readjustment of land values and more particularly, orchard land values, a more economical use of ap propriated water supplies, broader and better Irrigation lawa by Western States and more efficient administrative systems." EAST SIDE URGED AS SITE FOR AUDITORIUM In Coair.nrJcation to The Oregonian, C. B. Moorcs Declares That Two Thirds of Fopnlation Will Always Be East of River. "m in.. t ie mitrna!-. nt en.r:ni.us es pepse. while in urvs.in tl.ey would find little dlf f Ii ulty in securing red nt all times of the year. This statement was ub!tar.tialci by Mr. Parkwood. who i.ald that the wild stretches of land, both to c)st and weft of Kose- I'Urs. would furnish erceller.t grazing grounds for these animals. In order that immediate action migut le expected, a committee of Klks. com posed of Klnger Hermann. Frank ii. ill.elll and Charles Parrott was ap pointed for the purpose of taking the matter up with Orecon'a representa tive! In Congress. The action of the K.ks has resulted In no little intercut among the citizens of Hoseburg. and a determined effort will be made to In duce Congress to take official recogni tion of th resolutions. I that the Auditorium Commission has definitely derided to reject ih. proposed site at Twentieth and Va.hincrton streets, be cause the cost of the site is prohibitive. After the Ccmmipsion Itself and the consulting arch.tects had approved this location. which had already been recommended by Mr. Pennett In his "City Beautiful" plan, there seemed to be a general disposition on both the Hast and West aides to accept It with out protest. It is now said that the choice Is finally reduced to the Market block or an East Side location. The Commission hss already been quoted as declaring that the Market block Is an undesirable location, and Mr. Wilcox has been reported as -declaring that he would resign his place on the Commission rather than to be held responsible for Its selection. Ex cept for the fact that the Market block Is owned by the city It Is doubtful whether It would ever have been thought of In this connection. It Is not. and never will be. a central loca tion. It is in what will soon be the extreme soutnv.estern section of the city, the whole tendency of whose growin is away irom it. Location la Ideal. It Is located south of all the bridges. It is located in the Fifth Ward, and only the Fifth and Sixth wards lie south of It. and even a portion of the FlTth Ward lies on the north. The National census of 110 gave these two wards a population of only 2S.6S2, which means that over 200.000 of the present population of the city of Port land would be compelled to approach an auditorium on this block from the north. The location Is uterly ' unsuit able. In past discussions there has been manifest the usual habit to criti cise the Commission and to Jump at conclusions.- We have appropriated $600,000. It la apparent that all of this should go Into the building. If we are to have an auditorium that will be a credit to the city. We need more than one block of 200 feet square. If we are not to have the necessary space, and a building to correspond with audi toriums In cities of the same grade as Portland, such as St. I'aul, Kansas City and Denver, then we may as well move the Gipsy Smith tabernacle over to the Market block and save 1650,000 of our appropriation. That is Just where many of the critics would land us. The wisest economy Is to build an audi torlum that Portland will never have to apologize for. The worst extravagance is to build a makeshift on 200 feet square. The Information that has been secured In regard to the experience of other cities should be wisely utilized. We need not be hampered and confined to the .Market block simply because the city own It. We do not lose it as an asset Dy selecting some other location. It can be profitably sold or exchanged tor a larger and a better location. The way Is open for the discussion of a location on the East Side, though many provincial West Siders will be painfully shocked at the suggestion. They cannot realize that the East Side is no longer the tall of the dog. There are tens of thousands ' of our own citizens who do not know where the potential City of Portland really Is, and who have little conception of where, or what. It Is to be. They con ceive that the West Side Is always to do all the business, because It always has. They prove It by telling us that ew orK Is Immensely greater than Brooklyn, without considering that our topography Is entirely different, and that conditions are not analogous. No one doubts that the West Side will hold and enormously increase its business, but our present splendid skyscrapers would cut a small figure In a city with a million people. There Is no logical reason why a city of a million or more people should, in all the coming days, flock across the bridges seeking a region of exorbitant rents and of narrow and congested streets in which to do all their business. The National census, taken April 15, l!il0. gave West Portland a population of 8,734. out of a total In the whole city of over 207,000. an excess In favor of the East Side of 85.000 people. The Increase alone of the East Side popula tion In the ten years preceding the census waa greater than the entire accumulation of the West Side in the whole 60 years of Its existence, and the ratio of Increase on the East Side In the past two years Is greater than ever before, and constantly growing. During the ten years ending April 15. ine population or West Portland increased a trine over 50 ner cent. while the population of the East Side vas quadrupled. The Tenth Ward alone, the extreme northeast ward of tne city. Increased from 6099 In lsOO to 30,128 In 1910, an Increase almost equaling the increase of the whole of West Portland. In 1910 the residence permits alone on the East Side were 3115. while on tbe West Side they were. 200, practically the old free silver ratio of 16 to 1. For the first 11 months of the present year the residence per mlts on the East Side were 3092, and on the West Side they were 166. a ratio of nearly 19 to 1. Last month the ratio was 24 to 1. This give the East Side a total of 6217 residence permits in the last 23 months against 370 for the West Side, and Indicates such an In crease on the East Side, since the census, as to warrant the claim that we now lead the West Side by 60,000. orthivest District Grons Rapidly. More than one-half of that popula tion Is north and east of Sullivan's Gulch. The Ninth and Tenth wards lie north of the gulch. The census of 1910 gave them a population of over 64,000. The northeastern part of the Eighth Ward Is also north of the gulch. There hould also be considered the G000 peo ple In St. Johns. During the paBt two ear.?. Mnce the cenans. this northeaat- ru dlsfict has developed more rapidly than any other part of the city. Ke- utable authorities declare that of all he homes buidt in the entire city dur- ng this time, at least 75 per cent have been erected In this dist-ict. Let those who doubt it visit Vernon, Rossmere, Irvlngton and the various additions In the Hose City Park district. With the completion of the new steel and Broad way bridges, the prevailing trend of population toward the north and east will greatly increase. Both of these bridges are to be so high as to be above almost all the river traffic, the "open draw" will no longer be a men ace, and the car service should be the best in the city. The West Side is gradually approach ing Its limit. The project of building a tunnel, one mile in length, through to the Tualatin Valley, is worthy of all commendation, but the people will not, from preference, travel through a hole in the ground a mile in length twice a day to seek a location out of sight of the city and the rivers and the mountains. They will go. rather, a distance of five or even ten miles, through the open air and sunshine over the various radiating lines of the East WBEIB DI8KX3B BEGINS. The advent of the KEWANEE GARBAGE BURNER means the "Good-bye" of the garbage collector, with all the uncertainties, the foul odors and disease-spreading features of his calling. Ye gods ! what "a consummation devoutly to be wished" ! What a travesty on mod em government that we have permitted the gar bage collector to live as long as we have! In this one thing all America is deficient. We're awake v:'" 'Si'V fc now wide awake. The recent strike has opened l-t:Mll'flIl?g our eyes. We have learned how asinine we are to jjui uiscasq m me minus oi mese men 10 scalier as they will when things don't go to suit them. The KE WANEE GAR- BAGE BURXER is the deliverance. It prevents the creation of garbage. With that steel chamber in use everywhere there can be no such thing as garbage. It burns the refuse from your kitchen while it is still wet and fresh. It hasn't a chance on earth to decay and draw rats, mice, flies and germs. It burns all the refuse around your premises, so that you take on a hospital cleanliness. Then see the children thrive and grow fat. Ask any competent physician who is versed in hygiene and sanitation whether this is advertising bunk or the good, old, everyday truth. You folks who live in apartments and flats should never sign a lease until you KNOW that a Kewanee Garbage Burner is in the building. It means a mighty lot to you and even more to your children. It means health and pure air and decent surroiuidings. It means that youi daily lives have taken on a cleaner tone. It means death to the foul garbage can. It means death to the filth housefly death to rats and mice and vermin death to disease of the virulent type, such as diptheria, typhoid fever, smallpox and their cheerful companions in crime. The Kewanee Garbage Burner ac complishes more than the mere destruction of garbage and filth more than the prevention of disease. The burning refuse acts as fuel and heats your hot water tank at a saving in. fuel cost of from 30 to 50 per cent. Get wise to this proposition now and remember that the fact that your building is equipped with a Kewanee Garbage Burner is the biggest and be3t adver tisement you can have. 1 rliVSiV- 4 PlA rsi 'skis- " -J WHBRB DISEASE ENDS. Makara of BRICK - SET STEEL FIREBOX BOILERS, RADIATORS, TANKS AND KEWANEE WATER HEATING GARBAGE BURNERS. Kewanee, Illinois Branches: New York. Chicaf,. St. Louis. Kansas City -d LavAngeIs. Portland Agent, CRANE COMPANY, 14th and Irving Sts. 0 Side. The Southern Paclfo and all the transcontinental lines approach the oltv thrnmrh the East Side. All the commerce ot the Upper Columbia River approaches by way of the East Side, and It is equally convenient of access for all ocean traffic. There seems no loelcal reason why this traffic should .nntlniii. throuirh all the coming- years, to thread Its way through the bridges. imply for the sake ot .reacmng ino inner harbor. Where are the great hiTwiinir and manufacturing Interests to center In the future If not upon the peninsula? There Is no lack of space for railroad terminal facilities, ana tne sloughs and the lowlands or tne penin sula will ultimately be developed Into ,.,kam iha enual of any upon the Coast. Great City la Predicted. The people will follow upon the trail of these developments, and with them will go all the accessories of a great city. To the average layman it is not apparent why the heavy trend of popu lation should not continue toward the north and the east. The propnets nave declared that within the next gener ation Portland will have a population of 1 000,000 and that when mat aay rnmos. SO0.000 of them will live north and east of Sullivan's Gulch, and that Union avenue and Sandy boulevard. both of them 80 feet -.vide and extend inr for miles, practically from river riv.r will be two of the busiest thoroughfares In the City of Portland. The prudent man will not dispute the prophecy. The mirlltorluDm should be located largely with reference to probable con ditions a generation hence, and as much with reference, to tne conven ience of our own people as to that of visitors from abroad, lor 11 is iiboij that the patronage will be principally from our own people, and It is certain thai mir visitors usually nave an abundance of time, and that they will. In any event, depend largely, n noi ai mrai wnnliv. unon our car service. One of the most central and convenient lo cations for the auditorium, even under nraarnt conditions, is the block lying between Grand and Union avenues and facinr Holladay avenue. There are few locations in Portland where the car traffic Is so large or continuous. There are tracks upon three sides of the block. All of the traffic into the Holla-day-Irvlngton district, all of the south bound traffic down Grand and Union avenues, and all of the traffic leading north on Union avenue to Piedmont, Walnut Park, the Alberta district, St. Johns and Vancouver goes pasi mis block. There is certainly no East Side iatinti havins: a larger volume of. travel, and few. If any, upon the West Side There Is no location that has been named that is more accessible to so large a number of people. It lies almost exactly upon the middle line of the city measuring north and south, and It lieB 15 blocks west not east of Nineteenth street, which is the mid dle line of the city, measuring east and West. With conditions existing even as they are today. It 1 a location supe rior to any other that has been sug gested,, and considered with reference to future conditions, there Is no other suggested or available location that will compare with It. There is but little doubt that the proceeds of the sale of the Market block would be ample to purchase all the space that Is needed at this location. Needed leg islation authorizing such a Bale ought to be easily secured. CHARLES B. MOORES. INDIAN, AGED 103, PASSES "Uncle" John McKay, Famous as Scout and Soldier, Dies at Tiller. ROSEBURG, Or., Dec. 16. (Special.) "Uncle" John McKay, 103 years of age, and for more than 75 years a resi dent of Oregon, died at the home of Thomas Rondeau, near Tiller, Douglas County, on Monday. The funeral was held on Tuesday, burial following in the Tiller cemetery. According to persons who have known McKay for many years, he was of In dian parentage, and was closely af filiated with the Hudson Bay Com pany during its period of operations in Oregon. During the Indian wars "Un cle" John served as a scout, for which service the Government granted him a pension. Althoug.1 an Inaian. he was a close friend of the "whites," and made an excellent record as a scout and sol dier. the oldest man in Southern Oregon, and , was well known throughout Douglas j County. Although retaining the pe- cullaritles of the Indian to the end, he was honest in his dealings, liberal in his views and displayed marked intel ligence In all matters of current in terest. Although feeble during the last few years of his life, he never com plained, and avoided publicity. Upon many occasions persona have attempted to interest him In making publlo his life, but as often he refused. Mr. Real Estate Man Can Ton Handle Under Contract 120 lots in the most rapidly grow ing town on the Columbia t Finest of views, water, lights; easiest of payments, no taxes, no interest. Address D. D. Hail Co., Owners, Mosier, Or. 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