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jTIIE SUNDAY OREGOyiAX. PORTLAND, APRIL 7, 1912. '
LAND ACTIVITY BIG
PUBLIC SEDEE SERVICE IS UNIQUE OBSERVANCE OF. PASSOVER BY PORTLAND CONGREGATION
Movement in Country Property
Continues Strong.
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MANY NEWCOMERS BUYERS
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Influx of Settlers to Oregon I Aid
to Trading Sale of Farm In
Nearly All Part of Stale
Are Closed.
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Tracing In the farm lan-ls conttnne
arrive last week, most of the transfer
lr.vn?v medlum-slz'd tract, tn near
l all lttr!.-n In the Willamette Valle
sal were reported. Many people
arriving In the Central part of the state
and arc looking- for land on which to
ttle permanently. small acreage
trarta tributary to Portland ira In de
mind, a number of sales having beei
rlnsod lilt week.
Amnnr the lurirr sales vu the pur
Thane by Mr. J. M. Hanslmair and B.
Moor, of Portland, of a a:o-acre farm
In Polk County from Thomas E. Langley
fr I3S.S00. About 200 acres are. in cui-
ttvmltAn Thr ira rood hulldlnKS on
the farm. It la tha Intetlon of the new
owners to make extensive improve
ments this year. .
In the Redmond district. Central Ore
on. the movements In farm lands has
been pronounced. The Bend Spokes
man reoorts the follom-lng recent sales:
Mr. Hlmholts. of Chicago, has
bought SO trya on the Ichutee
River, m miles west of the city, and
will immediately begin Improvements.
He wlli put In a dairy herd and raise
hna-i and rmw onions.
Ja- V. De;reo. of Everett, Wash,
bought 40 acres three mllea north of
Redmond. Thia is raw land and he will
renin clearing- tha land at once to have
It reartv for cropping- next Spring.
Charles Brewer, of Grand Forks, K.
P. bought 40 acres Ave mllea north of
th city, and will clear up the land and
tenr making- Improvements Immedi
ately Charles Austin, of Spokane, has
bought 40 acres S mile, north of
town. He Is building a house on the
land and making other Improvements.
Thos. A. Fox. a raptaln in the Ta
coma fire department, has bought 40
acres on the river. 3H miles south
went of the city, and will soon come
here to begin Improving the land.
Joseph Potucek. of Tacoma. bought
4n arrra in the Powell Butte section.
He la having the land cleared off ready
for cropping In 11J.
Mr. Klliott bought 40 acre In the
Piwell Butta district. miles east
of Redmond. H will make improve
ments at once.. He has dry farm land
In the vicinity of this 40 acres.
J. M. Bevard. of this city, has bought
acreage property la tha Dodson A Slo
rum acreage west of the city, and Is
putting up an attractive bungalow on
the place.
In the Cottage Grove section at least
is piece of property have changed
hands. Nearly all the tracts were pur
chased by newcomer to the state. De
mand for small farm In the vicinity
of Eugene. Salem. Medfnrd. Ashland.
Albany, Forest Grove. Htllaboro and
Oregon city was especially notable
last week.
Henry Welbke. who recently sold
Ms potato farm north of Eugene, has
purchased a !7-acre tract of river bot
tom land formerly owned by P. Pen
nington. He will plant a large part of
the new place In potatoes this year.
Dr. L. A. Fallade. of Philadelphia, last
week paid f-s.ivO for a 47-acre orchard
tract located near Central Point. In the
Rogue River Valley. The orchard con
siata of 1-year-old apple and pear treea
and was planted by George P. Mima.
Mr. Mima retains a 35-acre place, which
e will develop. It Is announced that
tr. Sailed will build a fine residence
pn his new property.
James Galbraith. of Oakvllle. has sold
bia f-trm of 8 acres to Mllhollen Bros,
for liSOft. The farm has a frontage
on the Willamette River.
E. E. Stanton, of Chicago, has pur
chased from Joseph Copeland a ten
acre tract near Hood River. Mr. Stan
ton owns other property In the Hood
River fruit dlatrict. He will remove
bis family this year. Dr.. E. E. Fergu
son, of The Dalles, has purchased the
r. K. Marshall fruit farm.
The W. C. Harding Land Company re
roria the sale of two fruit ranches at
Etirnbower. The former W. J. Harna
p:a e of .20 acres waa aold to John
Estabrook and the Morgan place ad
joining, consisting of -- acre, waa
hnus'it by William Andrew. Both
buyer are former prominent bulnea
men of Iead. S. D. Mr. Estabrook will
take possession In about a month. Mr.
Andrews about July 1.
J. M. I-awrenoe last week sold 10
acres of his Deschutes ranch near Ia
Pir.e to Mrs. Annie A. Anderson, of
Chicago, and another similar area to
Ir W. A. Glasgow, of Seattle. The
consideration is said to have been ICS
an acre. These two tracts comprise
about one-third the entire rancn. iir.
Lawrence purchased the property from
the heirs of B. T. Pengra In Septem
ber. 107.
Mrs, Cordelia L. Ankeny. of Eugene,
who owns an Irrigated farm of 1M0
acres near Klamath Falls, will subdl
ide the place into 40 and 80-aere
tracts. The farm is said to be one of
the bet placea in the Klamath Falls
district.
J J. Baker, of Eugene, has purchased
acre of the Palmer Rumford farm
for $9000. The farm Is unimproved.
lr Baker will build a large residence
and barn and make It a modern home
place. The place will be planted to
fruit trees.
H. b' Miller, who served In the dlplo
mstlc service In the Orient for many
rear, has purchased a aeven-aere tract
f-om Henry Opperman near Tualatin,
and will live there. There Is a peach
orchard of six acres on the place. Mr.
Miller formerly lived In Eugene, and
was formerly president of the Oregon
Agricultural polleg. HI daughter.
Anna Laura Miller. Is a distinguished
writer, having written series of
torles relating to Oriental life.
J. J. Seaton. of Portland, lias taken
In exchange from C. A. Chapman, of
Hood River, three orchard tracta con
taining a total of 4i acres. Mr. Seaton
transferred In the trade a 160-acre
ranch near Gold Hill, valued at
oi0. The Hood River property Is
valued at 145.000.
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A Woman's Klnger-Tlpa.
Women's World.
Many boys pride themselves on their
musclar strength. Let a girl place the
tip of her forefingers together, keep
ing her elbow on a level with her
shoulders and challenge any boy to
:k a hold of her wrist anil separ
ate t!iem b- a steady pull. I'nlcss she
be unusually wcik. or he very strong.
fc will iirobauly fall.
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One of the most unique
rooms of the liail-streei pynagogue
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ind impressive ceremonies ever held In Portland was given in the vestry-
.. t..x. no-Hti the occasion belnsr the Seder service, which wss
rooms or I no iimi-rn m ? t - j - -- . . , K
full of emblematic signlfcance In connection with the celebration by Jews of the Passover holidays, which
last eight days. The Seder service was presided over oy ur. snosessonD, ana ine "
plained. The Haggadah, story of the exodus of the Isrselltes from Egypt with Interpretations by renowned
rabbis, wss chanted. This Is the first time that a public seder (the word seder meaning -order of service )
haa ever been given in the city. About 200 persons were present. The seder service wa" dV'd J,n . ,
parts. dinner was served between the first and second parts. D. Nemerovsky was chairman of the ar
fair M. Gale. M. Ostrow, M. Abrams, A. Rosensteln and A. Tolstonafre assisted him. Misses Bessie and
Fannie Abrams and Annie and Minnie Nemerovsky valuably assisted at t be tables.
Among those who responded to toasts during the dinner were Ben Selling. Dr. N. Mosessohn. Isaac
Swot t. H. Rosencrantx. M. Ostrow and M. Gale. Da-Id N. Mosessohn was toastmaster. The rooms were
decorated and lgihted with candelebra and incandescent lights.
PROGRESS IS MADE
Center Addition Is Scene of
Marked Activity.
IMPROVEMENT PLANS BIG
Important Streets to Ho 'Widened
and Opened This Year Monta
vllla District Attracts Many
IIomebulltlcr.
In the Center Addition district sub
stantial progress Is being made. The
time tn which to protest against the
widening of East Glisan street between
East Sixtieth and Laurrlhurst to 80 feet
haa passed, and It Is now too late to
file further objections. According to
the proceedings the widening will be
accoropllshel as soon as the property
owners have paid In their assessments
for damages and benefits. Tlio Improve
ment will be completed this year.
This Is one of the Important Improve
ments of (enter Addition. Another
is the opening of East Bumslde street
through that section. Ksst Burnslde
is closed for about 10 blocks, but la
open eaat and west. A committee has
been appointed from the Center Addi
tion Improvement Club to assist In the
opening of this street. Two routes have
been selected and surveyed, but It haa
not yet been decided which will be
finally selected. East Rurnlsde street
I one of the great .thoroughfares of
Portland and ia so marked on the Ben
nett plans for the "City Beautiful." It
1 evntferi1 to have the riroreert In its
for the opening of the street started I
and pushed to completion during the '
present year. There I a general
movement In Center Aditlon to grade I
the principal atreets. Many streets (
are now graded and cement sidewalks
laid. A number of residences have
been erected recently in this addition.
It Is promised that sewerage will soon
be provided In the general plans for the
entire district, .including North Mount
Tabor and Montavllla.
Balldlag Boeaa la Montavllla.
In the Montavllla district, beyond
Center Addition, a building boom Is
under way. A. N Searle. secretary' of
the Montavllla Board of Trade, de
clared this week that fully S dwell
ings will be built In the Montavllla
district during the present year.
"There never has been a time." said
Mr. Searle.' "when there was such a
building movement In Montavllla. and
if kept up In other portions of Port
land we certainly will have a great
city. I was told that the basements of
60 houses have Just been started In
Altamead. on the Base Line road. Alts
mead will be reached by the new
branch of the Mount Tabor railway,
which will run down the eastern lope
of Mount Tabor to East Eighty-eighth
street. That this branch railway will
be built, there now seems no question.
Many homes have been built near the
depot of the Mount Hood railroad, and
more are under construction. I have
applications for houses for rent every
day. and yet cannot supply the de
mand for small cottages. Thfre are
few vacant houses In Montavllla.. As
soon as a new house Is finished. If it
be for rent. It Is snapped up quickly,
and all desirable houses are quickly
taken."
Many ft reel a Improved.
In North Jonesmore a large number
of attractive homes have been built.
A large street Improvement district
has been formed In North Jonesmore
and the work is under way. A num
ber of the Important streets are being
graded and cement sidewalks laid.
This Is the largest stlngle street con
tract let In this part of the city. Nearly
all the streets In Montavllla running
north and south have been graded and
cement sidewalks laid.
Along the Base Line' road a busi
ness renter has developed. Several
modern fire-proof buildings have been
erected on the Baae Line road. Include
ing an automobile garage. Thia year
Montavllla will get a schoolhouse at
the north side, and a fire station will
probably be built on East Eighty
second and Burnside streets. The par
ing of East Glisan street between East
Sixtieth and East Eighty -second streets
will be undertaken during this year,
petitions having been filed for the Improvement.
Mrs. Colllnat Laid to Rest.
HILLSBORO. Or.. April . (Special.)
Funeral services for Mrs. A. M. Col
lins were held here today.' Mrs. Col
lins wa born In Medina County. Ohio.
September 14. HS4. and was married
to- Captain A. M. Collins, in Jefferson
County. Wisconsin. In 1852. The hus
band and three children survive: Mrs.
Eva Williams. Hillsboro; Mrs. Frances
Rasmussen. Sherman County. Oregon,
and Mrs. John Magruder, Elgin. Or. A
brother. Rodolph Crandall. ex-County
Judge, resides in this city.
DREDGE PLAN IS BIG
Project to Deepen Columbia
Slough Makes Headway.
PENINSULA MEN ORGANIZE
PRELIMINARY WORK ON CONCRETE BRIDGE STARTED. ,
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Proool Is to Provide Iarjro Dis
trict With Sewage Outlet and
Ship Channel Improvement
Will Coot $1,000,000.
Preliminary organisation of the Pen
insula Property Owners' Association
Monday night, with John B. Laber as
temporary chairman. Is the first definite
step towards the dredging of Colum
bia Slough from Its mouth at the Wil
lamette River for a ship channel and
to receive the sewerage of the great
Peninsula district. Chairman Laber
was authorized to apoint a committee
of three to work with him in framing
rules for the permanent organixation of
the Property Owjaera" Association. Af
ter the permanent organixation has
been effected plans for dredging the
lough will be adopted. Just what
course will be taken remains to be de
veloped, but It may be that a district
will be formed and the money required
then raised by bonding the property.
"It Is the plan of the City Engineer."
said Mr. Laber In his address Monday
night, "to use Columbia Slough as a
trunk sewer for the sewerage of the
Peninsula. The cost of uuh a plan will
be much less than the cost of construct
ing a trunk sewer either to the Colum
bia or the Willamette River. To run a
trunk sewer to the Willamette River
would cost approximately Jl. 000.000.
while the dredging of Columbia Slough
as far as the Vancouver road would
cost approximately 1500.000 or .550.000.
It Is proposed to dredge out a channel
at an average depth of 25 feet, 250 feet
wide at the top and 175 feet wide at
the bottom. This will be an easy mat
ter. The banks stand firm and there Is
no csvlng at any point.
Federal Aid Soueht.
"I am firmly convinced that the Fed
eral Government will assist liberally In
dredging this ship channel, and that If
the property owners put In J5A0.000 tha
Government will put Jn another 1300.
000. By cutting an opening to the Co
lumbia River at or near the east end
of the slough, enough water can he ad
mitted to produce a current that will
carry off the sewerage. The Columbia
Slough Is really as large as the Chicago
River.
"This I not a new project. William
Killingaworth and Francis I. McKenna
undertook 20. years ago to launch a
scheme to dredge out the slough and
make it a ship channel, and the matter
has often been discussed. The property
owners who made the trip with the Citv
Engineer on the tour of inspection were
all favorably Impressed with the
movement. They could see that a fine
ship channel could be constructed by
dredging out the slough. The Port of
Portland will not undertake the work.
It must be done by this district. It is
the opinoin of the City Engineer that
the Columbia Slough is the feasible
outlet for the Peninsula sewerage.
Trunk sewers may be built, but their
cost will be even greater than to dredge
out the slough."
Chaaxtel 17 Miles Lobs;.
At the close of Mr. Laber's address
the question was raised as to how far
the slough should be dredged, and the
sentiment was that it should be
dredged from the Willamette River to
the Sandy, a distance of about IT miles.
W. C. North, who owns property east
of Vancouver road, declared -that the
slough should be dredged through to
the Sandy River, and this was also the
sentiment expressed by D. G. Stephens,
also a property owner.
A motion of ex-Councilman Vaughn
was carried, indorsing the use of Co
lumbia Slough as the outlet to the
Peninsula sewer system, provided It Is
dredged. Mr. Laber announced yester
day that he will appoint this commit
tee next Tuesday.
The Peninsula improvement clubs
have all Indorsed the movement to
dredge out Columbia Slough' and use
it to empty the sewerage from the
Peninsula. The alternate plans are to
lay an Intersecting sewer along the Co
lumbia River, which would be very ex
pensive and the expense would never
end as long as that method of dispos
ing of the sewerage was used. It is declared.
AD CLUB PLANS FUNCTION
Honsewarminy at Multnomah Hotel
to Be Held April 15. ,
Responding to an insistent demand
from the membership of the Portland
Ad Club that an entertainment be
atlaaAsd. la whiuJa tbo women could par-
Next Easter
You can have your own home, your own garden, your own
baby chicks, out at
PA RKRO
Go out this Easter and see what a delightful place Parkrose
is from every standpoint. Make your selection of a home
. site in this desirable home property where you can
Solve the High Cost of Living
The Rose City Park car connects-wlth the Parkrose line You can buy a whole acre
of the richest kind of soil for $1200 on very easy terms, half-acres $650 and up.
HARTMAN & THOMPSON TOMSSTS-
tlclpate. It has been decided that in
view of the Club's new quarters in
the Multnomah Hotel, the organiza
tion might properly give a house
warming, and the date has been set for
April 16. Announcement was made for
the first time at this week's meeting
of the Ad Club, and the idea met in
stant favor.
While the magnificent ballroom of
the Multnomah Hotel has been secured
for the dancing portion of the enter
tainment, the whole affair will be abso
lutely informal, as this Is the first op
portunity which has been afforded the
families of the members to meet and
become acquainted.
Five hundred la arranged for those
who prefer cards to dancing. Special
interest will attach to this, on account
of the prizes offered. George L. Baker,
manager of the Baker Stock Company,
and one of the most ardent supporters
of the Ad Club, has presented with his
compliments two boxes at the Baker
Theater to go to the highest scoring
lady and gentleman, respectively. Other
appropriate prises will be added.
The Ad Club has a most comfortable
suite of reoms on the seventh floor
of the hotel, furnished and occupied
but a few weeks, and In the course of
the evening a special committee will
show the rooms to such members as are
not familiar with their location, and
to guests. The reception committee
which will have charge of the party
will be announced at next Wednesday's
regular luncheon of the club.
ROAD PLAN TAKING FORM
Washington Residents to Meet on
' Wednesday "to Further Campaign.
SEATTLE. Wash., April 6. (Special.)
Fifty representative citizens . of
Washington, all ardent workers in the
cause of good roads, wyi be the guests
of J. E. Chllberg- at a dinner at the
New- Washington- Hotel Wednesday
night at which will be launched ' a
state-wide campaign to carry out Mr,
Chilberg's plan for a state bond issue
of (15,000,000 to .finance highway im
provement work on a broad and com
prehensive scale as announced In The
Oregonlan this week.
The object of the gathering will be
to devise means of arousing public
sentiment in favor of the project and
to formulate a plan of action, state
wide in scope, that will Insure results
when the plan Is laid before the next
Legislature.
co:n"ckete spax to be built
over sullivan's gclch.
Structure at East Twenty-First to
Be 60 Feet Wide Two Entrances
at South End Provided.
Construction of the preliminary work
on the concrete bridge across Sulli
van's Gulch at East Twenty-first
street has been started by the Inters
national Contracting Company. Mater
ial is being assembled on the high
ground on both sides of the gulch. El
evators on both sides have been built
for handling- the concrete, and a side
track has been laid on the south side
for convenience of getting material
direct to the site of the bridge.
The structure -will be 60 feet wide.
At the south there will be two en
trances, one from East Twentieth and
one from East Twenty-first street, in
the form of a "Y," and one entrance
on the north side a little east of East
Twenty-first street.
The city bought the ground for the
approaches to this bridge on both sides
of the gulch, and on the south side ac
quired about one block, which will pro
vide the double entrance.
While no provisions were made for
Street railway tracks, the' City En
gineer Bays that the bridge was
planned strong enough to carry any
reasonable load and that car tracks
may be laid over the surface when a
line is built on East Twenty-first.;
street. .,
The new bridge will provide a di
rect outlet to a large section in the
northeastern part of the city that is
growing rapidly. With East Twenty-'
first street opened up. It Is predicted
that' this thoroughfare will become
a popular automobile drive, as It win
provide a short route from the busi
ness center over Burnside street, 8andy
road, thence north on East Twentieth
to the bridge, thence on East Twenty- .
first street through the heart of the
Irvington distric
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A Knapsack of Sleep. "
London Tit-Bits.
Teacher (reading aloud) The weary
sentinel leaned on his gun and stole a'
few moments' sleep. "I bet I know
where he stole It from." "Where. Dot?"
"From his 'napsack. '
A Barber's Heaven.
Pittsburgh Post.
"And where did you spend your two
weeks?" "Sitting In a hotel barber
chair. The barber was persuasive and
I let him give me his entire list."
WILKESB0R0
, . Washington County, Oregon
New townsite on United Railways, 27 miles from
Portland. Rapid transportation, fine electric
trains, frequent service.
Splendid Opportunities for Fruit, Dairy, Poultry
and Berry Farms.
20 DISCOUNT TO ACTUAL SETTLERS
For particulars, inquire
RUTH TRUST COMPANY
Main 5074 235 Stark Street, Portland A 3774
Free Factory Sates
Best Deep-Water Harbor
in Oregon
Common Shipping
Point
Address
Rainier Land Company
Rainier, Oregon
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