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BIG STRIDES MADE
Ifl ROSE CITY PARK
Scores of Fine Homes Built
and Extensive Improve
ments Under Way.
RESIDENCE AREA GROWS
Sandy ltu let aril He I'aTOtl to
City I.lmll ami Great s-ewcr Sy.
Ir m to R I n-l I U-d Other Ad
dition Make Ills Vmgrrs.
Tl.c pavlns: .if Sandy boulevard, m hl-h
will b undertaken thin Spring, will
mean much for thr development of the
entire Hi t'l'y I'ark dlstrkt. This
Imi'rnvcmrnt will extend to the city
limit. Th rost of the paving. Includ
ing grading and eement rldemulk. will
rirtrd t.'OO.OoO. When this thorough
fare Is Improved the hard-aurfare pav
ing will extend from the Buraside
trld to the city limits, a distance) of
liesrly three mle.t.
The Rindr boulevard In tO feet wide
from Kast Twenty-eighth street to the
rttjr llmlr. widened at a rum uf HI.-
to the property owner uf the
Jtose City Park district. The entire
territory la tributary to Sandy boule
vard. It will be one of the tcrcat hitch
war an the East Side.
While building has been rapid since
Rose City Park waa first opened a
few rears at", the district now la
moTlnr forward faster than ever. More
dwellings eostlnir from $Jii0 to
than any hew district In Portland have
been built In Hose t'lty lark the past
two year. Builder have erected
house In groups, which have been dis
posed of si fast aa erected.
Nee City Park Are) I .a fir.
A great many of the homes erected
In Rse t'lty l urk hnve cost a great
deal mora than these figures. Rose
city I'ark now embraces a bis: terri
tory. It embraces the district from
I'rnlrr Addition to Vernon. Including;
Beaumont. Olmste-ad Park. Alameda.
Itoesraere. Kucllil. Gregory Heights,
Mi-rlow and I'm r krone, the latter belnic
the new acreage addition platted on
the Columbia boulevard last year.
In Beaumont. Olmstved and Alameda
districts the Improvement of streets,
laying sewers and water mains alone
have cot mora than K0O.000. The.
hard-surfacing of the streets In Olrn-
tea l Tark. revering 10 acres, will !
started soon at a coat of J"0.000. The
street In Keaumont have been pared
t a cost of more than $15". 000.
Ia Hmsmrrr. outside of the street
ravement. buildings costing f:oo,0u0
have been erected.
Bis Uevelwsisaeal la lroaeet.
The Hose City Park car track has
been extended to Columbia boulevard,
where a syndicate secured 1500 acres,
which were platted Into acre and half
acre tracts. The cars are now making
raular trips to I 'ark rone, and Hart
nan Thompson, the arent for this
addition, believe that this year will
witness a greater development than
ever before. Sales last Fall In I'ark -rone
were Indicative of what may be
expected there during the present year.
Thrw acre and half-acre sites proved
popular at the start. Sales were made
to t-eorle all over the Northwest who
desired to own Portland property.
Considerable building" has been start
ed In Parkrose and the. Indications aro
that many homes will be built there
during this year. An acre or half acre
affords plenty of space for gardens
nd practically nearly all the vege
tables a family can use In the year
Can be raised even on a half-acre tract.
The vacant land on either side of
handr boulevard, beyond Kast Elghty
serond street. 1.4 brina developed. A
company Is grading streets on the
north side of Sandy boulevard. This
Jind slopes toward the north and Is
attractive for homesltes. With Rood
eireetcar servlre this district is pur
tlcularly attractive. Terms on which
liomealtes may be secured In this ter
ritory are most liberal. Owners of the
tracts offer m finance the erection
ft home, after sclllna- site, on liberal
term. All this district through to
Columbia boulevard Is being developed
rapidly. The r'inilr boulevard Is one,
ef the trat highways designated In
tie Bennett plans of the Orr-afer Port.
nd. and lend toward the arrest park
fiat I., proposed to be developed on the
Colombia Klver toward the northeast.
1 f ease t lab lrarreal ve.
Hose City Park has a progressive
1-nprovemrnt eluh. called the Rose City
J'srk Improvement league, which baa
srorkejl at all times f.r the general
ilbittd'r,? of t'ie district ami of Port
land. Through the efforts of the
league the widening of Sandy boule
varl mas arcomtllshel In one year, a
task which usually requires front two
to five years, and the Iraeue la bend
ing every effort to pet the boulevard
paved this year.
It probably will succeed, and by the
erwd of the year l:oe city park will
iave one of the finest streets In Port
land. The league la also Inslsting
tut the city Ukr over the private
water plant, whl.h was Installed In
the early ! of that district, so these
mains may be attached to the eight
inch main that a as Inl.l on Siekiyou
street. So rapid baa been the arowtlt
of Itoae Cur Park that the small mains
that were laid three years ao are not
adotuate to furnish water, but by at
taching thee mains to the larier ones
a better sopidy can be secure.) until
such time as the city enn l.y rein,
forrlnar literals f-r a lamer supply.
Next t" the water problem, the
jrreatrst Improvement Is the Introduc
tion ef sewers. It Is estimated that
the condolts aul laterals of the Hulll
van Gnbh sewer system will cost
above ll.S00.0oa In tlie ISose City Park
llHtrirl. Contracts have been let for
the main ron-iolt throuch Sullivan's
liulch to the Willamette lilrrr.
sewer Plana t re Prepared.
Cltr Enslneer llurlburt. In prepar
ing plans for this territory, searvaated
from the Koe City Park territory
Center A-Mltlon. North .Mount Tabor
and Mnntavllla ami I repared two sep
arate ewrr stem. One will have
ita outlet by way of Sullivan's nul h,
which will rover Hose City Park, and
the other district will drain Into the
Willamette Klver by way of rvant
Stark stnet. This latter system will
rover the territory east from Laurel
hurst to Kast Highly-second street,
south to take In Klnxel I'ark and up
the east slope of Mount Tabor to the
crest of the elevation. All thla terri
tory 1 south of the O.-W. K. 4t X.
line. The Sullivan Gulch system la
north of the O.-W. It. N. It Is prob
able that the Sullivan Gulch aewer
system will be built first. Information
was riven out at the last meeting of
the Kose City Park Improvement
Ivague tha' the sewer on Sandy
boulevard will be built within the next
three months, so it will be out of tha
vf the paving of that street.
The Hose City Park district la grow
ing so rapidly I ha I sewerage has be
come necessary, besMej a, number of
NEW FAMILY HOTEL ABOUT COMPLETED
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FOlR-NTOK AUDITltlX TO CHKSTKRBl BY APARTMKNTS TO COST eoO.OOO.
oe of the attractive family hotel enterprises of the West Side la the Chesterbury Hotel Apartments at
.he northwest corner o? Twentieth and Kearney atreets. The new building occupying the corner lot con
the northwest .corner L W th brick exterior it la modern, containing aingla rooms with private
'.".I" fKUT 1 eooo rloTr and Tblg ng-reora Th. three-story apart ment-l.ouse. adjoining, will be u8ed
X conectlo wTth teP"ew hotc b ..ldi "B Te apartment- l.av. three room, each and are equipped with all
In conne. tl4'n JV 'JV1' ,,,,. ,nd lronng rooms. The Institution will be ready for occupancy next
T,nun CMI K 5 l oil i" "rm" t West Park and MontKomery streets
hs Uken 1 tetyeir "else on the property and will have personal charge of the hotel. The new building will
coat 10. U00.
streets are to be paved In the near
future. including Alameda Drive,
which la a wide street running diag
onally through the district. Before
the close of the year a fire station
will be completed on Sandy boulevard,
on a site which was secured by the
citv last year.
The reinforced concrete achoolhouse,
erected on Kast Klf ty-seventh street,
containing eight rooms. Is being com
pleted and will aoon be occupied. It
was the first fireproof achoolhouse
contract to be let. At present only
eight rooms will be completed, but the
whole building will contain 20 rooms,
with an assembly hall, and the en
tire cost will be above $100,000. A
factory and warehouse district la t
Ing developed along the line of tha
O.-W. It. X. Several buildings have
been erected near the track.
UW ItKALTY SALI-S CXOSEP
l irm of Ward A Younger Herons
Active HaslnraeJ.
Several sales In farm lands and city
property were closed recently by Ward
Younger as follows:
George 1. Culbertson. of Hood River,
to A. C IVyckoff. 40 acres of unim
proved land at Mosler for 14000. lr.
CulbertSon taking as part payment a
lot in Armona Addition for $750 and
100x100 on Seventeenth and C streets,
Vancouver, Wash., valued at 13000.
J. R. ITIgmore sold 24 acres of land
near Tillamook City for .4100 to W. F.
G. Thacber. Mr. ITlgmore taking as
part payment lot 2. block (. Bln
mauer'a Addition for 11600 and lot 5,
Mock 4. Itosemere Addition to ths City
of Vancouver, for a consideration of
;o.
Grace Part Younner sold to W. F. G.
Thacher lot S, block 4, Kosemere Addi
tion to the City of Vancouver for B00,
and lot 22. block S2. Westmoreland,
for $750.
W. F. O. Thacher sold to Nottingham
A Company the northwest corner of
Twelfth and Harrison streets, for $1".
600: also SOxluO lot. Improved with a
modern 1-roora house, at 601 Kast
Twenty-sixth street North, for $Si00.
lr." Thacher took as part payment the
south half tif block 29. la the City of
Portland, for $l.000.
Grace lart Tounger sold to W. F. O.
Thacher lot 4. block 14. Itoso City Park,
for $4500. Improved with a modern flve
rootn California bungalow.
W. F. G. Thacher bought from A. I-.
Van"odol 17 acres located In sections
12 and 7. townships 4 and S west, lo
cated five miles west of Gaston, for
$16,000: J acres, located near Broad
mead station, for $16,000: also 1J acres
of unimproved land, located near New
ton station. Washington County, for
$2000; lot 10. Mock I. Hancock street
addition. Portland, for $1500: lot 12.
block . HanciK-k Street Addition. Port
land, for $li"0: lote 20 and Jl. block
i. olmstead Park, for $4000: lot $0x100.
located on Tillamook street, near Thirty-third.
Improved with two modern
seven-room houses, for $10,000: Mr. Van
e.de taking In part payment Mr.
Thachers general merchandise stock,
located at Canby. Or., at $Ji,000.
IRE ROOM NEEDED
Commercial Club to Consider
Building Plans.
EARLY ACTION IS URGED
Ira Black, of Krupp. Wash., has pur
chased 10 acres two miles west of
Creswell. from W. C Lamb, for $00.
Mr. Black has taken possession of the
place and will make substantial Im
rian Are to Be Adopted to Promote
KfriclerK-r of OrganUallon.
Original Proposal Now
May Be Approved.
With the termination of negotiations
with the promoters of the proposed
Central Market Block, by which It was
planned to provide a new home for the
Portland Commercial Club. It Is an
nounced that this project will be
dropped by the club and that steps will
be taken Immediately cither to enlarge
the present quarters of the organisation
or to adopt some other plan for In
creasing Ita efficiency. The question
will be discussed at a meeting of the
board of governors on Tuesday. At
that time the original plans for re
modeling ths tipper floor of the Com
mercial Club building will be recon
sidered. President Piper Is anxious to Install
needed Improvements as soon as pos
sible and to that end Invites sugges
tion and proposals providing for better
facilities, for the comforts of members
and for giving special functions, such
as organisation meetings, banquets and
entertainment.
With the growth the club has made
In the paat year and the Importance it
has attained In promoting progress, not
only In Portland, hut also throughout
the entire state, tha organization has
outgrown Its quarters, especially Its en.
tertalnment and dining-room facilities.
When banquets of Importance are
given. It Is found that the dining-room
frequently Is much too small to ac
comodate the guests. On occasions of
thll kind, service Is more or less ham
pered and the kitchen taxed to Its tit
most capacity. The patronage of the
dining-room has Increased remarkably
and on many days, when there are no
special gatherings, tlio kitchen facilit
ies are Inadequate.
iJIrgorr QMrters Keallal.
Tha board of governors will not take
definite action on Tuesday, but de
sires to come to a final understanding
aa to the Improvement plans at an early
date. In the event that some practical
plan for a near building or an attractive
proposal for other quarters Is submit
ted, the hoard will consider all psopo
sltlons brought to Its attention and will
urge the adoption of the most feasible
plan.
The plana for remodeling the quar
ters provide for Important changea on
the sixth, seventh and eighth floors.
The main dining-room on the eighth
floor will remain unchanged, but ac
cording to the proposed plans, addi
tional dining space 28x60 feet will be
provided by removing the marble stair
way and Including i.i the main room,
the women's dining-room now situated
at the southwest corner of the eighth
floor. This change would provide room
for about 125 more . dining-room
patrons. With the present facilities
the club serves on an average of about
t'S diners at noon. The new plan
would make It possible to serve 600
people to excellent advantage.
It Is proposed to re-arrange the kit
chen and serving department and to
add about 12 feet of floor space. With
tha present arrangement the kitchen
Is entirely too small and when large
gatherings are to be served. It la dfTI
cult for a large force to work to ad
vantage. The proposed change would
Increase the kitchen space at least 40
per cent. It Is estimated.
In following out this plan. It Is pro
posed to locate the grand stairway
Just north of the elevators so that It
will lead out of the green room on the
eventh floor through the light court
to the eight floor. By removing the
stairway, from Its present location,
much more room will be provided for
the office. The cigar stand will be
placed In the present stairway space
and will be directly opposite the eleva
tor entrance. The, office will be re
arranged and enlarged. The space now
ccupted by the ladles' parlor and wash
room will be converted into a check
room 20x2$ feet. This change will
provide) more room for hats and coats
and will also make this room more
accessible when large gatherings are
entertained. The present checkroom
will be used as the board of governors'
room. A partition will be Installed In
this room to provide for two private
dining compartments. No other sub
stantial changes on the seventh floor
are contemplated.
The promotion department, now on
the sixth floor, will be removed to the
second floor where larger quarters will
be provided. During the past year this
department lias been working at a
handicap on account of lack of space.
It Is pointed out that by being located
on the second floor, the department
would be In closer relation with the
work of the Chamber of Commerce and
also would be reached more easily by
strangers and homeseekers.
It in proposed to use the room now
used by tje publicity department as
the lsdlrs parlor and rcstroom. The
ladies' dining-room will occupy the
space now used as the convention hall.
It Is proposed to redecorate that room
and Install larger and more attrac
tive windows. Special elevator and
dumb-waiter service in connection with
the kitchen will be provided and a
complete sarvlco room also will be
added.
The refrigerating plant, now on the
ninth floor, will be removed to the
basement , and will be under direct
supervision of the engineer. This
change Is urged as the need for bettor
refrigerating facilities has been
realised for some time.
The Commercial Club now has IfiOO
members In good standing and Is grow
ing steadily. When the club occupied
Ita building less than four years ago
the membership was about 1000. Presi
dent Piper realizes that the organiza
tion will Increase In membership and
believes that plana should be - made
now to accommodate the situation.
What MAKES a
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Chiefly TRANSPORTATION
Transportation has made Kenton. The transcontinental rail
roads run through with their main lines or direct spurs. The
Columbia Slough will accommodate the largest boats as soon
. - - as dredging is finished. In
NATIONAL ADDITION
you are offered an opportunity to become independent. We
are selling lots in this great Industrial Center for as low as
$400 PER LOT, 10 DOWN, 2 PER MONTH
We earnestly believe that here lies the greatest investment
possibility in the Northwest.
If you want to make a strong realty investment, that will net
you a handsome profit in a short time investigate National
'Addition today. We will go out with you any day of the
week. Call at our office or phone us and we will take you in
one of our autos.
CO-OPERATIVE REALTY CO.
520 RAILWAY EXCHANGE BLDG.
Phones: Marshall 2248, A 1247
REMOND MAKES STRIDE
CENTRAL OREGON DISTRICT AT
TRACTS HOMESEEKERS.
BEAUTIFUL IRVINGTON HOME PURCHASED.
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MBH. I. K. tiARRATT, OK eKATTLK, lCYs POHTL-tS D RF.SIDKNCK.
Tiie beautiful nine-room house on Eust Twenty-second street, between Thompson and Brasee streets, was pur
chased last week by Mrs. U K. Oarratt. of Seattle, from H. Y. Talmer for llU.Oiil). The houso was completed a short
time ao and Is among the fine dwellings of the Irvinarton district It contains two. fireplaces, large sun-porch
nil billiard room. The Interior la of artistic finish. .Mrs. Uarratl will remove from Seattle Immediately ta her
new home.
Itecent Heavy Snow Is Considered
Great Benefit to Soil and Big
Crop Are In Prospect.
REDMOND. Or., March 23. (Special.)
Redmond had been making substan
tial progress the past few months and
the indications are that a big srowth
tn this entire dlwtrlct will be enjoyed
this Spring and Summer. During the
month there have been several parties
o settlers to locate on farming lands
and, from present indications, there
will be a biir Influx of homeseekers
here before the tourist season closes.
Tha heavy snow last week did much
Kood for this eccfion. As the snow
melted virtually all the water was ab
sorbed by the soil. At the time of the
former snow . the ground was frozen
and when the snow went off the water
did not go into the soil to any great
depth, whllo this time tne ground nao
thawed out. and all of ' the water
soaked Into a considerable depth.
The storm was pretty general in the
countr. It reached north In the dry-farmlna-
section aa far as Gateway,
above Madras, and all the country in
the vicinity of Agency Plains, Madras,
Metollus and Culver will bo greatly
benefited.
to far this Winter the conditions
have been most favorable for an 'ex
cellent crop the coming season. There
hus been abundance of rain and snow,
and the ranchers all predict an excel
lent Krowing season. Lastf year the
Sl.rlnK was very late. The month of
March was like a Summer month, and
during April and May and part of June
the weather was cold and retarded the
crop. Still, after all, the crop In this
section was satisfactory for when
warm weather came it was Just the
right kind for crop making, and for
about SO days no better weather could
bo desired and the result was that
Crook County grew as good crops of
all kinds as In any previous year.
This arason weather conditions are
Ideal, and the predictions are for a.
bumper crop of all kinds.
EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT LIKED
Plun Indorsed by National Associa
tion of Really Men.
That tho exclusive agency plan.
wnicn is oeiner suwpi '.
of the realty boards in the country,
places the real estate business on a
high plane of efficiency there is now
no doubt In the minds of Portland J
realty brokers who are members of j
tne roniaaa neauj -
Recently a report was published on
this subject by the National Associa
tion of Real Krtate Exchanges as fol
lows: "The board of managers and execu
tive committee of the National Asso
ciation of Real Estate Exchanges en
thusiastically indorses the exclusive
agency contract and the multiple list
ing plan and has authorised National
President Samuel . Thorpe, of Minne
apolis, to recommend its adoption by
all real estate boards that he may Ad
dress or with whom he has correspond-
plan the seller gives his agent the ex- I
elusive right to sell or lease certain
property for a. specified time, usually
six months, and in consideration of this
exclusive contract the agent agrees to
list the property with each member
of the real estate board, thus giving the
seller the combined selling force of the
entire board. The exclusive contract
gives the listing agent an incentive to
push the sale and he is justified In ad
vertising and in spending his time,
money and energy in an endeavor to
effect a sale.
"The agent knows definitely what
he has to offer and the seller has a
thorough understanding as to commis
sions to be paid, thus making any dis
pute on that point Impossible. The pur
chaser, dealing with one agent, who
has the combined listings of the real
estate board members, saves the time
and annoyance of numerous calls and
receives definite and complete infor
mation regarding all property listed.
This plan, therefore, places the real
estate Business on a high plane of ef
ficiency and is a modern, sane and busi
nesslike system, greatly to the advan
tage of buyer, seller and Rsjent. Mrtny
real estate boards have adopted the
plan with splendid results. Others are
about to adopt it and a great many ara
considering doing so."
BUILDING CONTRACTS ARE LEI
Four-Story Structure on East Side tc
Cost $50,000.
McIIolland Bros, have secured tilt
contract for the erection of a two-story
brick building on Belmont street, be
tween East Thirty-fourth and East
Thirty-fifth streets, fur $50,000. This
building will be 100x130 feet and will
be for Fred II. and George M. Strong,
and will be for an apartment and gen
eral business purposes. The first floor
will he occupied by stores and a mov
ing picture show, which will seat' 300
people. The second floor will conftiin
17 flats of two and three rooms each.
The contract for the erection of a)
four-story brick apartment building at
Williams avenue and Emerson street ,
for John Clarke was awarded last
week. The building will cost SHR.OOO.
Just Beyond Rose City Park
We could go on until doomsday telling
yon of the sightly location of Parkrose
its many conveniences its unques
tioned investment possibilities the ex-
tremely low prices the easy ternis-
and how you can SOLVE THE HIGH
COST of LIVING with a Parkrose acre.
BUT
Vou'll never appreciate the signifi
cance the importance the absolute
downright truth of the above facts un
til you actually see Parkrose and judge
for yourself.
Go out today. Take the Rose City
Park car, or phone for appointment and
we will be glad to take you out in one
of our Autos.
HARTMAN & THOMPSON
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Main 208, A2050 FOURTH AND STARK
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