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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1912)
10 WOMEN'S FOUR-STORY WAREHOUSE UlfDER WAY ON EAST SIDE. ERECT NEW HOI Six-Story Structure to Provide 'Quarters tor 200 Work ing Girls. COST WILL BE $150,000 UNION TO ljrs 'ISraZ Eyes jst& O ix. Campaign for Fundi to Bo Inaugur ated JhU Week Organlxatlon Now lla .Unliable Hi tirln for Building. Wllh lan ronnlrtfd IV r t; JVrt land Vomn" I'nion nrw home for working ctr'n, wi.irh will b- erected on H. quarter hlock t Tenth and Montgomery itrcei. a campaign will be InausuratoU this wrek to 3ecure f:mnn to meet tha cont of t!ie atrurture. A metinjr of the Portland Women I'nion will b held tomorrow when e ta!!a of the cMmpaipn f r donation irV.l be outlined. Tiie proposed bulldir.s mill le 10 by 3 fm In lae. i Mt hiirh and will le of rvlnforred concrete fire proof rontru Hon. It w ill coM approx imately I3ft.00. The exterior will be of red pressed brick and terr cotta trimming and the Interior will be of a pUin yrt aubntantlal and home-like c haracter. Cn tl.e firm floor will be tiie din-in-room with a neating capacity for ;o people. On thia floor aleo there will be two reception room, library, office and kitchen. In the basement will be apartment for domestic -enee, ytymnasitirn, laundry, vewlntc room. I'm kera and ahuwer baths. The second and third floors wilt contain 1 sinirle room and 10 ilouble rooms. Sun for the matron and assistant will be located on the second floor. I mm MmjjcO Rmm Plaaaed. on th fourth, fifth and sixth floors each there will be 12 double room and 1 sincle rooms. Paths and l;.v Bfnrir will be established on each floor In the buiMinic. A bit; atairway and elevator will bo located In about th center cf the structure. The present location of the home at Fifteenth rnd Klandera streets. hf-h ers a tiuarter bUnk. will be sold. It Is rxpe td that this property will brtnjr. $. or more. With the $10.- tauli on hand and the proceeds from t no sale of this iiar It block, the I'nion will have f-.o.ooo to apply n the payment cost of the new hooif. TS-rr will remain $10,0i to be raised by public subscription. With the n- i ptlon of the first Kir ir.rsm piyen In the institution has len virtually n a slf-suitaining ba sis mni'f ttn eruntxatlon In 17. anil no l-rrtanus bavr been made upon the p-ihll for support. In re'-ertt months the home has been crowded to it fullest raps-'ltv and ai toooii ret rtttn ba e been placed fn the entrant e i ondttlons. tne home hmn N'en cfniiMllvd to turn away from !" to l-rt Kirls a month since last Kll. The prenent homo accommodates ahtitit . irirls. On at count of tfie urg ent rlnuanil for more accommodations and lancer spa.-e. tiie I'nion f.'ds that ti ? oul.i not iy in !iurrylnc the new hotne t completion. hirpnf la tm rofeet a ad A 14. "Tha purpose of tiie home 1 to rdu .te art.l prte t worklr.it Ktrls." said M- KIMott It. I'orlHtr. president of the I nton. eierda. 'There are many irnm-n who aro ilr pendent upon th-ir own resources and wtth the small wae thry earn, litey cannot live prop erly. It Is the function of the Work ing ;rt" Home nl only to prolde ft ciMtif ort.thic and !im- k refuse for loiiftc women, hut also In tenh I '-em in t ho arts of riomrst science, sewtnir. mtil ncrr and iil:-r tikitiK tiittt ri women for housohol.i tint tes. Th Is not a work of charity but one of education and elevation for cirls who are wort hy and are ambit ions to im pn o their Sim la I condit Ions. "The members of the Portland Wom en': I'nion feel that thta proj.-rt in a most laudable one and is ili-m rvinir of the financial asnlstance of the citizens uf Portland. ""Our new buHtlinc planH will require an expenditure , if $!.'.. iH.ii. We will ravo $:n.uto available from our own resources to apply on the new buildlnc, o t h.tt It will bo necessary to raise unlv I tow rtoo. This will be the only appt-al that we eer er' t to make to trie public for fund. The lowest min imum charges t patron of the home will create sufficient fund to make the Institution self -support in u. The of -beers and member of the I'nion will be pleaded to receive donation from I persons w ho feel that we are pro ii'Otmjj a worthy cause." Mrs. ertM't I lea 4 rflor.. T:.e officer if the t'nlon are: President. .Mrs. KI Holt U. t'orbott; rli st vice-president. .Mrs. Adolpli le kum: second vb e-pretden t. Mrs. M. H. tlouser; accrclar y. Miss Mary S. Hnr tow. and treasurer. Mrs. William Mc- II ao. The members of the bultdinic corn--mtteo are: Mrs. A. J Meier. Mrs. W. It. ,Tor. Mrs If. U forbett. Mrs. Kmil Krnnk ant Mrs. Julia 0mmiH-k. The plana fr the new home were designed by W hltrhouse JL Puulboux. K 1IU FK I. M IS SOLD 1 olunibi Trti-d 1 ompany Clo?a Substantial lrat. Ti-f t'olumbia Trust Company, selllnij a-on l for the 1'lark homestead of 400 acre tn lla-kamas bounty. 1 buildtna; a brldae across the I'lackamax Itiver at liaiclo i reek station in connection with th v'recon Water Power Company. tr several years the land across the fiver from llagle Creek has d-'veloped lowly on account of Inaccessibility and lack of transportation facilities, but i he ner bridge still own up tha en tire district. Kevent sales of acreace In the Clark homestead are: Twentr a-res :o U. S. etadt. of Portland, for IJoOO; acres to J P. Brown for l-oeO; 11 acres to J . K. Ham mond for S ', n I ii c res to H. I Hurhelt f'r l125. These buyer will Improve their boldtngs and tK t urx them is homes. Tho Calumba Trut Comp-ny closed everal sales tn city l rperty last week. Janrt C. tJibon purchased from W. W. Heive Improved reMente irop erty at Mount Tabor Villa for flO.ao. Mrs. I.ulu W Ho I ton bouch: 2a acres from P. A. Msrkley at Wltvh Hazel :tton for in. sterling Poster tout, "it from li- V. Jones a hadf- blcK'k st piev-nt.i and Montgomory streets for .ti.aa The corner Is Improved m!i two mooden butldinss. Mr. Pos ter ajino'incea tl.at re wlil remove the .J buil linga nooa and build a modem ayartmeot-housa on the slta I m : :-: .;-, - i v & ha m - l i ..-J- -r J.J- K - I - tr. .v-... JiTBl'CTI'KK Th. four-Ktory brlrk bullJIin ewted hy Jnmei Johnson at the outh west corner of East Third and hart Pine .trect la n.-arinc completion. U will be occupied by Kasmusen & Co.. for Its paint warehouse. Thin bulUllnK. a two-tmr utructure. was destroyed by fire last year, and In rebuilding: It was made a four-story bulldlnjt The Insl.le Is of heavy mill construction, with heavy floors. It Is one of the most im portant bulldinKS erected on Kust Third street for some time. The cost w as about 130.000. RICH AREA GROWS District East of Gresham. At tracts Settlers. SO'L DEEP AND FERTILE Hundreds of Acre of lxsccl-Off Iindt Itclns lean-d anil ( ul livalcd in Vk-lnity or Smidy and lhrlng. Tlwre never lias been m r.reat ac tivity lu tlfjrlnu Ijnd on t:ic lUill Kun lpn line ci.staril from itreshain and slso In the terrtmry of Sandy and l!irtnc. 1-. J. lirudin Is clcurlliit five acres on Henvir i!irlnt.- Kami, on which he hat a force of II Ausirluna ai work. Mr. (rndin's farm comprises tl acres antl Is -located on th Hull Kud pipe line beyond the 1'nwell Valley road, and contains the springs which are the source of Heaver t'rwk. Laint year Mr. CSradln clfMred two ucrcs of this land on his Heaver Springs Kami ai a cost of an acre, lie then plant ed the land to potatoes, which yielded enouuh to pay for tho clearing and taking care of the crop. This Is one tnstanc uf the productive character of Ihe soil In this ilUtrict. There are hundreds of acres of loiraed oft land which are beliiK cleared. Much of tne land will b placed under cul tivation this year. loll I. Ker lie. At Itorlnar. a prosperous settlement on the Kstai-ada electric rutlway south of Cresham. the vacant loiiced-off land Is beinic cleared preparatory for cul tivation and also for sale. Krtwwn Horlni: and Sandy, a dlsi.-ince of seven miles the land cenerally Is belnit cleared. It Is comparatively easy and Inexpensive to clear this land. This soil produces as fine potatoes as can be Krown anywhere. All about Bonn crews of men are at work clearlni; land. If tho Mount Mood Railway Is built, as proposed, between I'leasant Home and Sandy. It will open up a fine district. The Sandy Commercial Club anil farmers alone the proposed rout, have been conferring with the offii Inls of the Mount Hood Knllroad A Power Company about this extension and It is con!dred reasonably certain that the branch will be built later If not this year. At Sandy, a co-operatlv. creamery company has Just been or ganized by wnb-h It Is expected to d veloti the dairy Industry of that dis trict. I.amd Pricea are liv. l-and In this district Is low-priced compared with the prices In even less DRAWING OF TIKE -! BllLT BY JAMfcS JUIIUV H favored localities, besides the railroad facilities already afforded and In pros pect on completion of the Mount Hood Hallway extension. It has been demon strated that one year's crop of potatoes on a sincle acre of this land will pay for clearing and care of crop. Tho ter ritory which is located on the bluff above the Sandy Ttlver has a most com manding; view to the eastward with Mount Hood rw In constant view. Tho Sandy Commercial Club and the Sandy Aftrlcultural Society are both worklnir for the development of this territory, and their officers are will ing at any time to Rive information to those looking for small farm facta. At Orcshain. which Is the business nter of Powell Valley, three modern ln-lck sfuctures are under construc tion. The State Bank of Gresham Is erecting a two-story addition to its own buildlnir. and also another brick building. Citlxens of Oresham have raised )30 and secured a lot In Ihe central part for the site of a Carnegie Library building. All the conditions have been complied with and the peo ple of Cresham have high hopes that they will get a 10.000 library building. The Portland Library Association has indorsed the project. KKXTOX DISTRICT UVIXY lloniO!-iic In Demand His Paekini; riant to ltlsc Soon. In the Kenton district t!.yrc has been marked activity the past few weeks Several new homes have been started and a large number of building lots have been purchased by persons, who will build homes this year. It is expeeteil that construction will be started early this Spring on the Schwarsxchild k Sulzberger packing plant. This project will be fully as large as the Swift plant and will rep resent an Investment of over J.IOO.OOO. Tha Durable Koofins Company's plant, which was destroyed liy fire last Fail, has been rebuilt and is again in operation. This plant will be made larger before the end of the year. The Co-Operative nealty Company re ports that many investors are Inter ested In the Kenton district. This com pany has closed several sales during the past fetv days. Two IliiililiiiRH Started. Kxcavatlon for the brick building for the Strowbridge Hardware Com pany on Grand avenue and Kast Wash ington street is being completed ami work on the basement will start this week. Also the excavating for th Swiss dairy building on Kast Burnside and Kast Tenth streets is in progress, and work will start on the foundation Michigan Jlen luvost Hero. A block In Campus Heights contain ing eiglit building sites was purchased last week by Michigan investors from S. Ii. Vincent A Co.. for l"000. The property is located near the Heed Insti tute grounds. The buyers will improve the property later with modern dwell ings. NEW HOME FOR WORKING GIRLS TO BE KIRKPKOOP AMD CT 1 H.f. .... .1 I s ; J'L ..J .MI,00. CHILDREN FAVOR FARMS BACK-TO-SOITi MOVEMENT HAS STRONG SUPPORT. I'lcld Worker for Hankers' Associa tion Reports Senllnient Strong for Country. SALK.M, Or.. March 2. (Special.) Keachin? pver 7500 people in his work so far for the chlblrens' industrial con test movement, and creating great In terest in the proposed plan for devel oping the Oregon school pupils along industrial lines, Calvin C. Thomason. field worker, made a report today to the Bankers' Association, Superinten dent Alderman. Oregon Agricultural College, Oregon State Fair and Oregon Development I.eaguc. as to what he has done. In ills report he suys: "During the month of February I have traveled approximately 1100 miles, addressed 61 audiences. reached, through addresses and interviews, np proxlmity 7.00 people, and have had widespread publication of the work in cadi county while there. In many ru ral schools I have taken a vote of the children In regard to their preference of living on the farm or in the city, and the votes for the farm were over whelming. In the larger cities of the state, not including Portland, the chil dren vote by 7S to SO majority in favor of the farm, showing. I believe, that the "back-to-the-farm" movement is already bearing fruit In the minds of the young people. "In Tillamook County there has been no fair for five years, but the Commer cial Club voted to co-operate with the School Superintendent to hold a chil dren's fair the last week In August, to be in line with this movement. Other industrial exhibits, aside from school work, will be made. In Washington County there will be IS district school fairs, and perhaps a county fair. In Douglas County a strong committee, headed by Frank K. Alley and having as a member President J. H. Booth, was appointed by the Itosebnrg Commercial Club to Initiate the school fair work. In Josephine County the Grange Is to lead out and feature the school work. In Jackson the school fair Is to be made a prominent feature of the Southern Oregon district fair. In Lin coln County a school fair will be held In connection with the county fair, if a county fair Is held. If there Is no county fair a school fair will be held anyway. In all of these counties, ex cepting Lincoln, the school feature is to be used this' year almost entirely. In .every county mentioned, the State Fair children's premium list will be followed after. In order that the chil dren may be In line for the state as well as the local prizes. Through per sonal visits, though brief. I have found the work well started in Lane, Llnu, Benton and Marlon. "Through State Superintendent L. K. Alderman, the bankers' committee au thorized a stenographer to begin work OF PORTLAND. BK IS, KM. T PARI There are many reasons why . Parkrose is the most-talked-of, the most-widely-discussed addition in the city, and breaking all real estate records of the past. The sightly location (just beyond Rose City Park), the unusual op portunity to enjoy the health and happiness of a country life with all city advantages light, water, good streetcar service, etc.; the unquestioned in vestment possibilities, and the only real means of solving the High Cost of Living all these combined make Parkrose The Investment o Go out today on the new carline (take Rose City Park car). Size up Parkrose from every angle, as an investment, as a place for your home; then stop and realize that a Parkrose acre, larger than a whole city block, costs you less than a good single lot closer it . " HARTMAN & THOMPSON Main 208. Chamber of Commerce Bldg. A 2050. Phone and make appointment to go in one of our autos. Januarr 1 and my work to begin Feb ruary i. Through personal letters to the livestock and poultry breeders of the Ftate, two ponies, four calves, 15 pigs, six sheep, two goats, three dogs, Rl fowls. 250 eggs, an Incubator, a brooder and a poultry library were se cured to bn given as children's prizes. Bv personal soliciting this list of prize maierlal was increased by securing about 20 gifts, including writing desks, sewing machines, fireless cookers and chests of tools from Portland mer chants and wholesalers. A premium list was then worked out, which includes field corn, sweet corn, popcorn, water melons, muskmelons, pumpkins, squash, onions, cabbage, celery, potatoes and grain selections, bird houses, furniture and labor-saving devices, bread, canned fruit and vegetables and jelly, hand made aprons, machine-made aprons, dresses and mending, sweet peas and asters, pigs, ducks and chickens. The children's premium list copy was pre pared for the bulletin and forwarded to Professor Hetzel of the Oregon Ag ricultural College. The animal and merchandise prizes so effectually sup plement the J1000 given by the State Fair board that we were enabled to allot 6, fa, fl. and f3 to second, third, fourth and fifth prizes respectlvely throughout. "leading seed companies have been induced to offer half rates to children and complete lists of the teachers of n,e state have been written for them. Similar lists of teachers were typewrit ten for the Cnlon Stock Yards, so that hog books might be sent to them. "Letters havo been sent to all local, county or district fair associations, all count" school superintendents, school children, members of the legislature or prominent citizens regarding address ing children, and to newspapers. Much correspondence of a personal nature has followed in each case. Approxi mately 2000 letters have been sent out. "Beginning my work February 1, I have visited schools, commercial organ izations, women's clubs and bankers in Tillamook. Washington. Lincoln. Doug las. Josephine and Jackson counties, and paid brief visits to leaders in the movement in Linn, I-ane, Benton and Marlon counties. I have observed that the county superintendents and the commercial bodies have seemed vague In their understanding of the move ment and have waited for my coming In every case to get even preliminary work started." Oregon City Club Seeks Knrmers. OREGON CITT Xr.. March 2. (Spe cial ) The Oregon City Commercial Club, having increased the limit of the membership to 500. will make an effort to have more farmers affiliate with the organization. Six candidates for membership were enrolled after the big booster meeting Thursday night, and with one or two exceptions all the STORE FOR LEASE i Five or Ten Year Term. Twenty-Foot Frontage, Fifty-Five-Foot Depth. Positively Best Washington-Street Location. Inquire Peoples Amusement Company West Park and Alder Street merchants and professional men of the city are members. The entrance fee has been reduced temporarily from $25 to $10, the board of governors having been empowered to put the reduced rate in force any time It is thought ad visable. All sections of the country are represented in the membership, and several non-resident members live in Portland. GYPSUM GETS BIG PLANT nuildlug Cotin3 5200,000 to Make Cement I'lastcr to Be Erected. BAKEK Or.. March 2. (Special.) The Acme Cement & Plaster Company, of St. Louis, will erect at Gypsum, this county, next Spring, probably the larg est building in this vicinity for the manufacture of cement plaster. It will cost about $200,000. being 288 by 50 feet, three stories high, and constructed entirely of steel. A large force of men will be employed when it is running at full capacity, which is expected to be soon, as the firm asked a Baker con tractor to have bids in by next week, the work fo be started within a few weeks. The steel work is already un der way at a St. Louis mill. Gypsum is a way station on the Snake River road about three miles from Huntington, and a sidetrack to the plant is planned. The Acme Company, which is credited with being part of the cement trust, purchased the plant at Lime from Baker people last Fall. .TlmKo.v I To SUCCESS Builders of Homes. Our "PROFIT-SHARING Investment Certificates' areREALHoneyflakere Send for Booklet 604 5CorbettBrrlPbrtldnd.0re r LuiJ f tne Hour but the ' new building will move the operations to Gypsum. Lighting That Pleases in Every Detail Expert service costs no more than ordinary Avork. You'll pay even less for fixtures select ed from our large stock than when you choose from the meager assort ments of the small places.. Are vou ready to ask for esti mates? Or nearly ready? Let us figure for vou. Experts in Lighting, Wiring aad Artistic Tiling. M. J. Walsh Co. 311 Stark Street, Near.Sixth. Both Phones. B.-il:-"" DHKVS BOII.KH., The general aent of tiie Andrews TIeatinsr Co. is located permanently in Portland. This is the- boiler and heat in a; system you have seen advertised in the- magazines. See us about your heatins, it will save you money. .. HtKWOOD, Phone Tabor 24.15. 1 103 Itclnion St. V