The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, April 21, 1912, SECTION FOUR, Image 62

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OKEUOXIAX POBTLAKD. 'APRIL 21, 1912. 13 GROWERS BENEFIT TWO ROWS Or HOMES UNDER WAY IN ROSE CITY PARK. BY NEW EXCHANGE Reorganized Selling Agency to s.' H k.i . ' -eWT- Aid Fruit Men in Three States. WORLD MARKET SOUGHT -(' a; M.r:rr a i -?v-. : ;;. -.ia . ---- - . . , , -f t , ' ifl rroducls of Northwest to IJc Stand ardized and Better Prices Pre dicted Honest Promotion of fruit Lands One Result. Fruitgrowers and realty dealers throughout the stats are interested In the plana of the reorganised North western Fruit Exchange, which waa ef fected about ten daya ago. Nearly all fruit associations and f ruitgrowers' unions In Oeeiron. Washington and 1-lalio have become affiliated with tha new organisation, the main object be In to conduct a practical plan of marketing- fruit products of the Northwest. It Is announced that selllns; methods of the larsrer organization will be sim ilar to those employed by the Cali fornia Citrus growers-- Ao?lotlon. It Is pointed out that ia fruitgrow ing Industry will be greatly beneJUoV Hetter prices for products will be, ob tained by eliminating; commission himin from the field, it is declared. Members of the organisation say that another Important result will bo the growing; of better fruit In many dis tricts and the raising of the standard of fruit products for the Northwest as a whole. Realty men look upon tn project favorably, as they believe that it will mean honest promotion work in connection with fruit lands. Advaataarrs Politest pat. K. S. Miller. of Medford, Is en thusiastic over the work of the new or ganixation. In a recent Interview ha said: "Members of thla association and others were for several years cognis ant of the fact that the California cit rus growers around Los Angeles could dispose of their fruit advantageously thr.mcrh a selling agency, managed In a businesslike way, without any compe tition, necessitated by many commis sion firms. "The situation of the disposal of tha fruit of the Northwest Is 14entical only that tha area of growing Instead of being tn a radius of 50 miles, as In the case of the Los Angeles growers. Is extended over several states. Also con ditions in these districts are different. This made It hard to obtain a system whereby all concerned could be satis fied. "Simply, the plan has alwaya been to obtain a selling agency thoroughly " eiut:red ami at tho same time keep the growing; Individual of the section. A single association having from 1000 to 20) cars to ship could not afford to establish branch offices In all the cities cf the United States and Europe. Neither could a concern large enough to meet the current expense of such expensive selling machinery exist as a thoroughly co-operative concern and cover so large a territory as is neces sary in- marketing the fruit of tha Northwest. "The exchange has In the principal cities of the l.'nlted States 10S branch offices. In Europe others have been opened. They have a large sales force Vnd keep informed almost to the min ute on the market conditions. If one market la glutted, the consignment is sent elsewhere, in this way the fruit always brings highest prices. Hereto fore we sent our fruit to a certain market. If the market was strong good prices were received: if not, tha reverse. We had but few markets; through the new exchange wa will hare advantage of the world. All Diatrlcta Benefited. , "To the growers a marketing price f 10 ccnta a box will be charged. However, ahould the company find that by thl sum more money is realized than would pay over 10 per cent, a smaller amount will becharged. Thla J per cent has been fixed as tha most j money that the stockholders - of tha concern will accept for their Interest. "Stock la held by soma few Individ uals and by the different fruit associ ation. All of the former, however, are fruit men and owning fruit ranches. No stock is for sale other than to associa tions, thus precluding any possibility of "cornering the, stock In favor of a commission firm. "All matters of regulation Is left to a growers' council, composed of members of the various associations, who are elected to the position. This organiza tion is known as tha growers' council and It will recommend all changea on the part of the company and the grow ers. "The reputation of the fruit of any section will not be Impaired, aa the labels and distinctive points will remain aa before. If any market wanta Kogus River fruit exclusively It will ba sent as before, and at the same time other sections will be protected from sending their consignments to the same city. "On the whole, it Is surely the great est thing that could happen to thla sec tion, and th growers are on the whole In favor of the move." NOTED PREACHER TO TALK James S. Martin to Fill Pulpit at Third Presbyterian Church. James S. Martin. V. P- of Pittsburg, Ta.. general superintendent of the Na tional Reform Association, who Is In Portland In the Interest of the second World's Christian Citizenship Confer ence to be held here June 23 to July 4, 1913. will speak at the Thlrtf Presby terian Church at East Pine and Thir teenth streets, both morning and even ing today. Dr. Martin hua a National reputation as a speaker. The second World'sYhrlsttau Citizen ship Conference will bring to this. city next year' about 25 of the most noted speakers from Europe, in addition to delegates from this continent and other parts of the world. It will be one of the largest conferences ever held In Portland. In the afternoon Dr. Martin will ad dress a meeting of men at the Y. M. C. A. PANIC PRECAUTION TAKEN Ios Angeles Danks Organize Vnder AldrUli-Vrccland I- w. WASHINGTON. April 20. Secretary of the Treasury MacV'eagh today granted a charter under the Aldrlch Vreeland law to tha National Currency Association of Loa Angeles. CaL. for the purpose of issuing currency in periods of panic or stringency. Tha association consists of II banks, with an aggregate capital of tS.8SO.ooo, aud is the ISth of lta kind organized. L r SMALL FARMS SOLD Acreage Tracts in Oregon Greatest Demand. in ALL DISTRICTS ARE ACTIVE Twenty-Acre Orchard at Hood River Brings $20,000 Thrift of East ern Oregon Farmer Text for Street "Agltatota. ' Trading In farm lands was active last week. Small farms and orchard tracta especlallv were in demand. One of the Important deals waa the pur chase by W. S. Ferris, of Portland, of a 20-acre orchard tract near Hood River from J. C. Skinner for 132.000. The property la highly Improved and Is in bearing orchard. Mr. Skinner received tn part payment Council Crest residence property In Portland. 8. P. Ness, of Kugcne, has purchased an apple orchard near Thurston from B. Cllft. the consideration being $20. 000. There are 6i acres In the farm, of which 15 acrea are in orchard. Regarding the sale of a small tract In Yamhill County the Newberg Graphic aays: "A few years ago J. F. Pettlnglll bought a 44-acre tract on the hill south of the road at Rex for 11600. He ('old It two years ago to J. H. Kehfua for $3000 and the latter sold it a few daya ago to P. anaermon ior iu.bt'l. Mr. Rehfus says ba Is going to. visit hla old home In Germany after having been away .! years. He likes Oregon and expects to return here." . Mrs. 11 Louise Ramage, of Eugene, has purchased a 45-acre farm six miles west of Eugene from R. R. Stroud. The place is Improved and waa bought aa an Investment. v Tha following tn the Canyon City Eagle may serve as a text to aoap-box agitators: "This week marks the record of a real estate deal near Prairie City of EAST i . - -. . --r" f . v h :" ' " - ll.-- ' " "'aw'1- -r BRE1MAV BtlI.DI.V43 HKPHlF..TS WVESTMEXT OF S30.0O0. The three-story brick warohouse buildlnB. at the southeast corner of East Stark street and Union avenue, Is being completed for W. and M. E. Breyman. On the first floor are the offices and shipping departments. On th two upper floors the space Is left for storage purposes. The cost of the new structure Is about 130, 000. Tha outside walls are faced with light-colored pressed brick. The Interior Is of heavy wood construc ; A f J t , Mlkastjaafaskiv.wv. :"-t-Mv BVILI)I.GS ERECTED BY HOMEBIILDERS. some Importance ' Lafayette How'ell sold hla ranch on Strawberry Creek to S. J. Guttrldge. This is one of the best known ranches in that part of the county. Mr. Howell is one of the old residents of the county and haa made his home on this ranch for a number of years. Ir. Guttrldge has been one of the most successful ranchers In tho county. A number of years ago he started with comparatively small means and his home plaee Is now estimated to be worth $30,000. "Some of these fellows who stand around and. howl their heads off from a soap box rostrum should take pat tern -after Mr. Guttrldge. When they howled he worked, and we ajo re minded of some holy writ to the effect that 'In all labor there is profit; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.' v "Commencing with very Tittle but with Industry, frugality and Intelligent direction to his labor Mr. Guttrldge has' become one of the substantial men of Urant County." - A. M. Fanning, of Sheridan, lias pur chased tho BOO-acre- farm which waa owned for several years by Whitman College, of Walla Walla. The tract is one of the largest placea In. Yamhill County. It la located about five miles east of Sheridan. The land Is mostly of beaverdara aoll and is very produc tive. Mr. Fanning owns extensive land Interests In Yamhill County. He will remove to his new farm soon and will make extensive Improvement. PUPILS TO HEAR ADDRESS . . . Professor Bouquet to Visit Public Schools la Portland. ' on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week Professor Bouquet, of the exten sion division of the Oregon Agricultural College, will visit a number of the pub lic schools and address the pupus en rolled In the garden contest. The series of talks will be followed by an Important mass meeting on Wed nesday evening at 8 o'clock In the con- . i h.n ..f t t'nmmercial Club I building, the programme Including an address bv Professor Bouquet, etereop- tlcon slides of Portland gardens and in formal discussions. Admission Is free. Principals, pupils, pares ts and mem bers of all advisory committee are es pecially urged to attend. Cottage tirove Elects . w Man. COTTAGE GROVE, Or.. April 20. At the meeting this week the School Board elected J. K. Bunton. of Falls City, as Superintendent of City Schools for next year to succeed H. E. lnlow, who has been connected with the schools here for a number of years. SIDE WAREHOUSE NEAF.ING COMPLETION. awassas M : "v C5 P?S - MANY HOMES RISE Rose City Park Makes Building Record. Big NEW BLOCKS IMPROVED In Four Years ' Value of inees From $800 to Lots Ad- $1000 Park.ro.se District Also Shows Mnch Building Activity. Rose City Park continues to make big strides In building operations. There are hundreds of new homes com pleted and under way in this addition and adjoining districts. When Rose City Park was p'.aeed on the market four years ago, four blocks at East Fifty-fourth street and Sandy road were reserved. The main object for withholding this property from sale was that it contained a deposit of gravel which was used by Hartman & Thompson- for the construction of cement sidewalks throughout the dis trict and for cement basements of many of the .houses. With the removal of the gravel and the grading "of the streets In these four blocks, there has been a brisk demand for building sites. Since Feb ruary 1 It houses have been erected on these sites and several more have been started. In four years, home sites In this district have advanced from 1500 to $1000 and more. Land in this vicinity that aold for $2000 an acre in 1908 has been in demand at $$000 an acre. The company constructed the street car line along Sandy road from East Twenty-eighth street to . East Fifty seventh street about four years ago to provide service for the district. The company has extended the line about tensive acreage district which N was I placed on the market last Winter. ' There has been pronounced activity in Par It rose, the majority of the acre tracts having been sold. Many home builders are Improving their sites. By the close of the year it Is expected that - Of realty investments First Those into which your money is put for purely speculative purposes wherein you take a chance on an increased valuation. Second Where the property, will produce enough to pay for itself and at the same time is increasing in value. Belongs in this latter class. You can buy an acre or so in Parkrose, establish your home there, raise enough fruit, vegetables, etc., to make it pay for itself, and when'this is accomplished have a piece of property that is far more valuable than when you purchased it. Take a trip out to Parkrose Sunday. . The Rose City Park car connects with the Parkrose line. Take your lunch and spend the day if you wish. Anyhow, go out. You'll enjoy the ride. But do it THIS Sunday. v HARTMAN & THOMPSON Fourth and Stark Streets Chamber of Commerce Building the district will contain of settlers. a large colony TIMBER OWNERS WARNED Forester Urges Burning of Slash Fr ings at Favorable Times. ' SALEM. Or., April 20. (Special.) Giving a warning to all timber owners as to the burning of slashings, State Forester Elliott has issued the first circular of the season as to fire pro tective work by the State Board of Forestry. In the circular he calls at tention to the necessity' of burning slashings at favorable times as being a question of the greatest importace. He saya in his circular: Flans were made by many loggers, lum ber companies and others owning land cov- rri with Inflammable material, ior me burning of their slashings during the Fall of lull, but continued rains curing me i mnnoo midi It unoosslble In the majority of to carry out thia work. In order A r..,-. h era haxard during the com In. season It is therefore of the greatest importance that all persons or companln having slashing on their holdings make ar nnnmniti to burn this material durlni periods of favorable weather between now ,.- m.nont nf- the extremely dry season. If this work receivea the attention it should, hundreds of dangerous siasnia can be burned without risk to green tlm hert and we can enter the fire aeason witn ,-t menaces removed. lih the burning of slashings . ... i r ii hi. Hphrlfl VOll T att tlon Is directed to the following sections of the forest Are law: -Section 5. Any and all Inadequately pro- rrHt nr ,iit-over land adjoining, i lng near, or Intermingling with other forest land and covered wholly or in part by In flammable debris or otherwise likely to fur ther thepread of fire, which. by reason of auch location -or conamon or -- . .. lira or nrooerty. is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and when - .v.. ci... vnrMier shall learn thereof -k.u ntirv h owners or persons In con mi or nouesslon of said land, requesting them to take proper steps for its protec tlon and advising them by means and metn ods to that id." ctin- it All nersons. nrms ur -v poratlon. engaged in logging, o r permitting logging upon their lands. In this state, ahall each year burn their annual which U meant the tops and Inflammable ,,. left after lumbering, that may carry . 4, ,n snread. at such time and In such manner and with such provision of help as will connne me nr lands, and if such burnln is done bet een Jun. 1 and October J. shall first cut down all dead trees or snags aver 23 feet high Build ers of trails, roads or railroads In this ..... .hn immediately destroy or remove all Inflammable material resulting from con. . .i.in. for such lmorovementa "'"5"..-. nndw the Divisions of "... t a nf this act. Any person, r nun, , - - .. . i . . .nrnAr.tlnn oDeratlng a railroad in ..... -iih nal or wood fuel shall an nually. or when so directed by the State Board of Forestry, arid In a manner and to an extent directed by said board, destroy or remove all lnfiammaDie mmiu nun. right of way of said railroad. All burning under the provision of this section shall be In accordance wllh the provisions of sec tions 7 and 8 of this act. Refusal or neg lect to comply with the provisions of this sctlon shall be punished b a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars ti.mio for each offense: provided, that the State Forester, with the consent of the Board of Forestry, may suspend the restrictions of this section whin and where he deems public safety so p-rmlts or requires. It is further provided that In the absence of such suspension, and In case of refusal or neglect by any person or persons at fault, after proper notice to "sk? the precautions against fire required by this section, the State Forester, or dis trict fire warden acting with his consent, may have the work done to the extent he deem, requisite to public safety and the cost thereof and the expense of any fire patrol rendered necessary by the delay shall be recoverable from the offender by action 'Vml'ii from State Fire Wardens must be obtained for .11 burning done after June i 1. However. I cannot urge too strongly that vou arrange for the burning of your slash HiKS before this date, providing weather con ditions are favorable. Hood Kiver Apple Men Busy. HOOD RIVER. Or., April 20 (Spe- cjal j xhe newly-formed Hood River Commercial Apple Company, which yes terday filed Its papers of incorpora will besrin Immediately the con struction of a-cold-storage warehouse of a capacity or iuu.uuu ookj n n.u foot of State street on the line of the Mount Hood Railroad. The new com pany's capital stock will be $50,000. The tL.n.hsrs will be composed for the most part of the growers who withdrew from the Apple Growers' Union at tho elec tion of a new .set of directors and an announced change in the policies of the nr,niT.ttnn. a. H. Spratt. former man ager of the Union, will have charge of the new company. Mr. Sproat, who severed his connection with the Union last Saturday, states mat me excava tion work for the new building will begin at once. BIG DISTRICT WINS Double-Track Line on Sandy Boulevard Is Assured. STREET NOW 80 FEET WIDE Campaign for Important Improve ment Led by Rose City Park League Extensive Area to Be Benefited. Announcement that tho Portland Railway, Light & Power Company will lay double tracks on the Sandy boule vard at once and waive any delay in obtaining a franchise insures a great development In the North East Side. It Is the consummation of the long fight made by the Rose City Park Improve ment League, started a little over a year apo with the movement to make the Sandy boulevard an SO-foot street. With remarkable rapidity the widening proceedings went forward, so that within one year after proceedings had been started the last of $41,000, for which property owners were assessed as -damages, was paid in and the street declared officially 80 feet wide to the city limits. Following the widening of the street petitions for the paving were filed and the Independent Paving Company was given the contract. The company has been at work grading the north side of the Sandy boulevard for nearly a month, some of the cuts being 10 and 15 feet deep. This work will greatly facilitate the Improvement. Property Owners Active. The men who have worked for the de velopment of the Rose City Park dis trict continuously are as follows: O. G. Hughson. T. T. Geer, Walter Seaberg, J. H. Adams. W. J. Allen, E. F. All shaw, H. J. Blaeslng, L. A. Bailey. L. J. Bader. W. A. Burdlch. Floyd J. Camp bell. L. E. Carter, A. L. Cark, James J. Collins, R. H. Corey, James Curran, E. J. Clark, A. M. Cannon, H. T. Uavioson, D. J. Dunlap. A. C. Ebbert, W. O. Fee- naughty. C. E. Fisher, H. A. Fredrick, Joseph C. Gibson, Emtl Glutsch, H. Gor don. R. L. Gillespie. W. L.. mass, win- " It O CK THE S TABlt AFTER THE HORSE IS - rr - n r - v. i siao-' 5St T W xrrea The ouest St tract iau dANf-' to l'tt. trnoev fr-w 1 r crr -V.,nv ch-T?l has-bee"1,ngx--- tha 1 ATI I" . - i.e.it-ww i "that tne - 4 lr' ! an. "1T Mil0".", -'o-or- lam L. Graham, O. E. Hadley, Charles B. Hand, Francis M. Haney. L. Hazen. W. H. Hickman. Frank E. Hilton. Oren S. Hubbell. R. T. Hughs, F. H. Humphrey, V. J. Hubbell, Dr. L. W. Hyde, A. It. Harris, A.. O. Hall. J. W. Ittner, J. F. Jordan, Filo E. Jones, A. G. Johnson, George P. Knowles, J. P. Kollehur, C. W. Kirkbrkle. Dr. W. R. Laldlaw, C. E. Lesk, Charles Llghtfoot. Joseph Manair han. C. N. Mqnzls, A. H. Metcalf, W. G. Mitchell, F. L. Moreland J. Bryson More. F. D. Morrison, C. W. McMlchael, W. F. McKInney, W. H. Ney, Charles Nunan, Charles Nell, C. A. Ostrom, J. L. Patterson, W. A. Patterson. R. R. Per kins, F. L. Purse, W. E. Radcliffe, G. B. Raymond, H. H. Rhodes. A. C. Rob erts. O. H. Runge D. J. Russell, David H. Ryan, S. V. Ramp, J. M. Rodders. L. L. Saunders. Frank Schleftel, W. IK Scott,- Boudinot Seeley, Robert Stanton, C. O. Stone, J. G. Shane,. George E. Stewart, Otto Salzman L. F. Stevens, F. H. Schoene. E. R. Thompson, C. G. Thayer, E. B. Thomson, J. W. Travers, S. D. Vincent, W. S. Weeks, M. E. Wood, W. M. Whitney. Charles L. Weaver ,X- Welch, F. H. Whitfied, J. W. Westbrook. Ulsr District Served. Dependent on Sandy boulevard is a large district. A slnsle track has been completed to Columbia boulevard, known as the Sandy road, from the end of the present line for the benefit of the Park "Rose district. The Gregory Heichts district to the cast of the Sandy boulevard is one of the fine ad ditions tributary to the carline. Prac tically all the territory to the end of the carline on both sides has been platted into homesites, which are sell ing rapidly. Along the main line of tho O.-W. R. & N. a general business district has been developed, which has the benefit of close railroad facilities. To those who are familiar with Rose City Park five years ago, when it was first bought and platted by Hartman & Thompson, its development is considered remark able. Nearly 2000 acres of wilderness of brush have been transformed since then into a fine residence district, which, in the erection of homes rang ing between $2500 and $5000 for the past three years, has sefthe pace In Portland. The building permits show that in this class of homes the Rose City Park territory still leads. It is conceded by all that, of the great thor oughfares leading out of Portland on the East Side, the Sandy boulevard will stand among the first In Importance and will carry a great traffic Women Plan Civic Betterment. TOLEDO, Wash., Apr"! 20. (Special.) At a meeting held last night a wo man's booster club was organized. Miss Payne was elected president and Mrs. Ada Platter, secretary. The efforts of the new organization will be bent toward beautifying the town nA V afiWliWJllI tl li As to question the validity of the title after you have paid your money. Before you close your deal, is the time to think of this impor tant feature. Protect your interests by securing a guaranteed Certificate of Title BEFORE YOU BUY. Investigate. Call for booklet SelM re- 4 rpTrpT.f JfV T'DTTOT - t and - al'. 0 Title VsaC- mo - V J a swi J- tl MAIL irUSl to f-- i rj Fortiana: to A ' tree ooosies, Name Address .