THE SUNDAY OKEUOXIAX POBTLAKD. 'APRIL 21, 1912.
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GROWERS BENEFIT
TWO ROWS Or HOMES UNDER WAY IN ROSE CITY PARK.
BY NEW EXCHANGE
Reorganized Selling Agency to
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Aid Fruit Men in Three
States.
WORLD MARKET SOUGHT
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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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
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