TTIE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX. PORTXAXD, MAT 19, 1912.
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NORTH EAST SIOE
DEVELOPMENT BIG
Vernon and Woodlawn Expend
$2,000,000 in Genera!
Improvements.
ALBERTA MAKES PROGRESS
With F.it-nlon of Kllllniwortb
Arrnaf Important Thoroaghfare)
Is ICTf lopcti School Garden
Contest la Fnccraa.
The Vernon and districts
are making substantial procrrn in the
ship of T. J. Newblll. principal f the
Woodlawn achool. a, two and one-half
acra tract Dr the achooihouao haa
been subdivided Into 1100 amall a-ar-dens.
which tha children of tha achool
aro cultivating- with success. A com
mlttaa of ritlxene la assisting tha prin
cipal In thla cardan movement.
Another Important movement, tinaer
tha encouragement of tha Wood
lawn Improvement Club, la tha open
In; of streeta. lavlr.tr of new aldewalka
and extension of the Woodlawn carllne
on ttfkum avenue to Eaat Thirtieth
street. More than 12000 haa been sub
scribed toward the construrtlonof thla
extension and it will probably be built
within tba next few- mom ha. Dekum
avenue haa been extended eastward for
about half a mile. Tha atumpa have
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to a-rade and Improve tha atreet to the j
Irvinrton lark Addition. Alao. aev
eral etreeta have been opened to Co
lumbia boulevard on the north. In the
Woodlawn dlatrlct nearly all the old
aravel pita have been filled ui and e
pevialy la this true of the lares rail
road pit In the center, which haa dis
appeared. Tliese aravel pits have been
a area! detriment to the entire dis
trict. In lrvlnicton Tark the streeta
have all been graded and cement alde
walka laid.
A number of attractive homes have
been built in Irvine-ton Park. At pres
ent much of tha natural arrow th re
mains on tha blocks, except that tha
underbrush haa been cleared away,
leavlns; the small flra and maples still
standing. Just east of Eaat Thirtieth
atreet ia a fine residence section In
LAUD TRADE BRISK
Small Farms in Oregon in Con
tinued "Demand..
NEWCOMERS ARE BUYERS
Portland Investors Bay 1400-Acre
Tract East of Brownsville foe
Conslderatlon of $62,000.
Other Deals Mode.
Oreson farm lands have been In bis
demand tha paat ten days. Whlla the
Willamette Valley seems to be tha
favorite location for Investments, tha
movement In lands Is eneral through
out tha state. Among; tha many pur
chases last week, a lara-e percentage
HOME FOB OLD PEOPLE TO BE DEDICATED TODAY.
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YOUR CHOICE OF OVER 400 LOTS IN SUNSET BEACH
O-00 EACH
$10.00 Down-No Interest, No Taxes $5.00 Per Month
Each Lot Sold During This Special Opening of the Season Sale Includes
Free Use of Completely Furnished Tent in Sunset Beach Tent Colony
AID OCiKTV.
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The Alterlielm, the olj people's home for Uennan-speakinK Americans, which Viae Just been completed,
at a rn: of about IJO.ouO. will be dedicated at J oVlock this afternoon. The bulldlna- is on a site cora
prtsinc about 10 acres, a short distance southeast of Mount Tsbor. The ground, together with the Improve
ments, represent a cost of approximately i).0io.
Tre following programme will be given: Selection, by male choir of 0 voices: address, by John Rel
sacher president of tha Herman Aid foclety. under whose auspices tha bulldlna; was erected: address (In
Kni!'h. by Iter. T. l Kllot: vocal solo, by Rose Bloch Bauer: selections by brass band and orchestra.
l'i.:iowin( the programme the public will be given the privilege to Inspect the building. Refreshments
will be served. The committee In charge of the programme la composed of John atattblesen. C- J. Senna be I
and A. Snllng. of the Herman Aid Society. Persons Intending to attend the exercises can reach tha
home by taking either the Hawthorns avenue or Mount Tabor cars.
Improvement of streets and erection of
homes and business buildings. In the
territory between l'nlon avenue. Kast
Korty-rirst street, Uulnc etreet and Co
lumbia boulevard nearly 12.000.000 haa
Krfa spent in general improvementa In
tha past 13 months.
A few years ago, when the large
water main, which waa to supply the
I'enlnsuia. was laid from Mount Tabor
through the Vernon district there were
but few tioiines. Thl ample water aup-r-'.
torether wtth the construction of
the Alberta carllne. started develop
rxerta which have been carried to Kast
Thirtv-seccnd street. The Vernon
I'rrsb) tertan Church waa established at
m time when it waa considered far
ahead of development, but it Is now In
the center of a lar;re poptilaton.
The Vernon schooldotise haa been en
larged since It waa first erected, and
till It la crowded. ' There Is need for
another srhtiolhouae at aome point
rni'twsy between the Vernon and W owl.
lawn schoolhouses. near K Hltngsworth
srt1 r.it Ktfleent:i streets, owing to
the rapid growth of that district.
Iberia la llaalaeaa (rater.
Alberta street between Union avenue
and Ka't Thirtieth street has becom
a business thoroughfare of considerable
Importance. After a lorg fight Alti.Tta
street has ren widened to SO fe.t
tween l'nlon and Vernon avenues. e-e
ll had been but Jo feet wido. It toV
two years of agitation to grt the street
widened, bit the work waa acconi
r"he. through the initiative of the
Alherta Improvement Club, which took
l o J of t.ie proposition at a time when
the movement waa seemingly dead and
trrueed new Ufa Into the project. Prac
tically all the assessments have been
pat.t In and there la notnlnir now to
prevent the street from being; made
un'formly i) feet wide. This will be
followed by an Improvement with hard
eurface pavement from l'nlon avenue
eastward. Alberta street was paved
b. tween Vernon avenue and Kast Thir
tieth street two years ago, and along
the paved portiou the business of the
district has centered. A number of mod
ern two-story brick butldlnas have been
r.- ted atonic this street and much bus
iness Is transacted. It Is served by trie
A'oerta rar.me. which extends to East
Thirtieth an. I turns northward toward
tl-e Concordia CoUetre building.
Attractive homes have been built
along F.tst Thirtieth street rearly to tha
Conoor.ha Coilege. and also between
Kwt Thirtieth and Kaet Thirty-second
streets. Toward the east the entire
tc-rltorr In fil ing up Itrl homes built
In the new tracts thai have been opened
t-tu TMe Vernon district will soon Join
lt fttv 1'ark. making a continuous
t-ettiement to I'arkrose on Columbia
li'iieard. which was recently opened
and inlj out.
Hllllaaewaeili Aveaae (lersel
Thro.iaM the initiative of the Klll
teswort.l Improvement Association.
Kkiilimcs worth avenue haa been opened
to rlsst Kort -second street. When the
moement was started two years ago
t ie atvnue was only partly opened
flu ouch the brush and fallen togs. It
rt w runs from the bluff above the
M lilaxrtt River to Kaet Fortv-second
rt-eet. A movement to extend it to the
!ty limits has been started, which will
prnabtv be successful. That will make
Kil.lr.s.e orth avenue the longest Im
portant street leading from the Wlllara.
ette River.
The Kllllngsworth Improvement As-so-tation
hss started a moventent to get
a carllne eastward from l'nlon avenue
as far aa possible. At the meeting of
the riuo Wednesday eight a committee
was arrolnted to take the matter up
witlt tr.e Portland Railway. Light
Vomer Company. The purpose la to
get t track or tracks laid on Killings
worth avenue before the atreet la paved
with hard-surface.
A considerable business center has
Keen built tp at the Intersection of
t'r.lon and Kll.inrsworth avenues, where
William Reiut erected two modern con
crete buildings.
Keellaas Dtatrtrt Urwws.
Woodlawn la tn the lead In tha gar
4n aaataat tar. Vfiiu 16 leader.
which the atreeta have been graded and
cemenrsidewalks laid.
A hard-surface pavement district haa
been formed fietween Going; atreet and
KlUlngsworth avenue and l'nlon and
Kllllngsworth avenuea This Is one of
the largest Improvement districts yet
formed In that section of the city.
In the Vernon and Woodlawn d!a
trlcta there Is a great demand for se w
erage. The Improvement cluba have
Indorsed the project of dredging out
Columbia Plough ao It may receive and
rarry off tha eewerage of the district.
The pavement of many of the streets
Is dependent on the laying; of sewers
throughout the district.
West Staton Tract Sold.
The Willamette Valley Irrigated
Land Company reports the following;
additional sales of Irrigated land at
West Stay ton: Ten acres to C. B. Sau
yer. an orchardlst of the Spokane Val
hr and president of th, fruitgrowers
Association there; three acrrs to the
School Board to enlarge the grounds
of the West Stayton school: 11 acres to
S. T. Foster, from Canada, who haa
alrea. moved upon his land: 10 acres
to Charles P. Donnell, of riequlm.
Wash, who la having his tract put
Into potatoes.
Alameda Park Paving- Sinned.
Taring of the atreets In Alameda
Park haa been atarted. the contractor
bavirg erected a larxe plant on Kast
Twenty-ninth near Mason street. It ia
said that lio.000 cubic yards of pave
ment will be laid In the addition, which
will cost a little above CvO.vOO. Ala
meda Park in a beautiful residence
section. Shade trees trave been aet on
all the streets.
of buyers wars newcomers from other
states.
K. 1. Bradbury, of Kendrlck. Idaho,
bought a 3S-acre fruit farm from K. X.
lerby. southeast of Salem, of $4700.
Mr. Bradbury will bring- his family
from Idaho at ones and will reside
permanently on his new place.
The largest land aale closed In the
Sheridan district was completed last
week, when W. II. Warrens, president
of the Oregon Taxlcab Company, of
Portland, purchased from K. ll Knick
erbocker, of Sheridan, a farm of 350
acres. The soil Is considered very fer
tile and well adapted to the growing
of fruit and general farm producta. Mr.
Warrens announces that he will Im
prove the place and make It a fine'
Summer home.
D. W. Stone, of Albuquerque. X. M,
haa "purchased 15 acrea of bearing or
chard about tw-o miles north of Cen
tral Point from John Slsty. paying $15.
00, or 11000 an acre. The purchase
Is said to be a splendid one. Mr. Stone
had purchased previously in the Rogue
River Valley, this tract being his sec
ond Investment. He Is well pleased
with the valley and haa great confi
dence In the future of the fruit Indus
try here.
Mrs. Jennie It. Stacey, of Portland,
has purchased a farm of 200 acres at
Walker Station, near Cottage Grove,
the consideration being; 9000. Improve
ments will be made on the place dur
ing the year. The farm was purchased
aa an investment.
An Important real estate deal was
made at Hood Rivet last week when
the real estate firm of . Y. Kdwards
A Company sold to Joseph K Batchel
der and associates a 32-acre tract in
SUNSET BEACII, with its beauti
ful silvery strand, pentle surf, fresh
water lakes, with its refreshing sea
breezes, scenic surroundings, tent col
ony and extremely favorable railroad
location, offers every possible advan
tage of an ideal seashore resort city.
Hero yon can select that lot by the
seashore you have been promising
to yourself these mnny years. Here
you can build that little bungalow to
which you and yours can retreat from
the heat and dust of the city, and
from the cares and stress of the
strenuous life to while away golden
days and woo back health and re
newed vim and energy.
We havemade it easy for yon to
join ns at SUNSET BEACH. Large
profits will be made by early invest
ors in SUNSET BEACH, and those
who can read and realize the strength
of this movement to"the seashore, will
benefit the most.
To open the season we offer you choice of over 400
lots in Sunset Beach, the finest Beach Resort in all
Oregon way under price.
Any lot in the Beach, except ocean front and a few
corner lots included at this price.
Never before has there been made such an offer.
Sunset Beach is on Clatsop Strand, between Astoria
and Gearhart. New depot of the S. P. & S. R. R. at
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' Good store, fine fishing', ocean and lake bathing
near Seaside the best and finest part of the famous
Clapsop Beach.
MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS AT ONCE
Dorr E. Keasey & Co.
SECOND FLOOR, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
"are
Sunsjet Beach
Property values at seashore resorts
have rapidly increased, and extreme
ly large profits have been made
through the development of all Pacific-
beach resorts. Each year it be
comes more difficult for the average
man or woman to secure any holdings
where the possibilities of profit are
present, and where present conditions
give forth promise of early develop
ment' and growth.
Every lot in SUNSET BEACH is
good each has its own special charm
and attraction.
Lots at Long Beach, California, sold
a few years ago on the very same
terms SUNSET BEACH lots are of
fered at, now sell at $100 a front foot
similarly values have enhanced at
every other popular beach resort of
the West.
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j-nx vya mft A 1.1 TT? TT? We hereby guarantee and agree to exchange any lot selected during this sale at any time
jJJfj J r. tPs ixritriin one year, if, upon personal inspection, such change be requested or found desirable.
the Willow Flat district The orch
ard land which was purchased last
Fall from August Niehans haa been
improved and the new owners will con
tinue to set It to trees. As a part pay
ment. Kdwards Company received a
number of city lots In Hood Klver. The
is in the choicest resi
dence district and the new owners plan
to Improve and buna on n.
L. C. W'haley; of Portland, haa bought
from C. V. Tice. of Amity, a tract of
tn .,-rea. The land Ilea southeast of
. l,n rmrt of It Is in rul
tlvation. Tlie consideration waa 14000.
James Smith, of Redmond, has pur
chased an 80-acre tract In the Powe
llutte district. Central Oregon, and will
make it hia home. .
The Forest Hill Improvement Com
pany, of Portland, owners of the lands
embraced In what was formerly nn.n
as the Willamette Valley Cascade
Wagon Road Land Grant, haa Just dis
posed of lands east of Brownsville to
the amount of f6.000.
A portion of the transaction waa the
sale of 1400 acres to Portland Inves
tors for J58.000. and another sale' to
n- TJ Inhmnn. of Portland, of 120
.-i-.. fur fKOOO. It Is understood that
the land will be cleared and subdivided
Into five and ten-acre fruit tracts. It
Is also reported that negotiations are
pending for the sale of 9000 acrea mora
of the noiamge oi wn mimu.
A. S. Polley. of Harrlsburg, has sold
his ten-acre tract to J. Hutchinson
for SliOO. The property adjoins ine
town of Harrlsburg.
B. L. Churchill, of Grants Pass, haa
sold a 20-acre tract In Jonas Creek,
Josephine County, to J. F. Klrker.
There are 3-year-old apple and peach
trees on the greater part of the tract.
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KAST IDK STKVCTIRE BUILT FOR M. OLK. AT COST OK 950,000.
The four-story brick apartment building at the southeast corner of Multnomah and East First streeta for
M. Olsen ia neakring completion. This structure, covers iOxlOO feet, and is one of the best apartments built
ori the Kaat Sldx The rooms on tha three upper floors are arranged In aultee and provided with all modern
conveniences. Klrevescapea are provided on two aides. Th building faces Multnomah street, but there' is a
, wide entrame through a lobby on Kast First ilreM. The cost of the structure will be about 150,000. Mac
Naughton A Raymond are tha archltecta.
Mr. Churchill plans to convert the
place Into a modern poultry farm.
Jesse Edwards has sold his residence
property In .Vewbtrg to H. C. Paulsen.
In exchange for the property Mr. Ed
wards has acquired title to a 50-acre
farm In the Chehalem Center district.
As an Idea place of residence Jose
phine County haa been chosen by a
wealthy young Scotchman, a member
of the largest thread corporation on
two continents.
K. M. C. Nell, aged 23 years, whose
home is now on an estate near Glas
gow, Scotland, haa purchased from P. B.
Herman, of Grants Pass; D. H. Feynn,
of St. Paul. Minn., and J. A. Pearson,
of Westbrook. Minn., Joint owners, 280
acres of land out of what was known
as the A. M. Jesa ranch on the Apple
gate River near the bridge on the
Kerby road. The purchase price waa
342,000, of which 325.000 was paid In
cash, the remainder to be paid at an
early date.
The Jamea Small farm, two miles
west of Silver Lake, has been bought
by Thomas LaBrle, a recent arrival in
Lake County. The farm Is nearly all in
cultivation.
The Valentine Brewer place of 49
acres, near Eugene, has been pur
chased by T. J. Ryan, the considera
tion being 35000. - Wtth this purchase
Mr. Ryan now owns 161 acres of fine
land In Lane County.
Apartment-House to Rise.
The contract for the construction of
the three-story brick apartment
house, to be built for John Barbey at
tho southwest corner of Tenth and Hall
streets, was let last week by Claussen
& Claussen, architects, to Moore Bros,
for 317.500. The building will contain
16 apartments and will be modern In
all appointments.
be drained. Pipes have been laid un
der the embankment on East First and
East Second streets. A considerable
development Is In prospect In this sec
tion. Marshall & Co. will erect a six
story frame building on the west side
of East Third, between East Flanders
and East Everett streets, where they
own a. tract 200x100 feet. They will
start the building as soon as a permit
Is issued. It will have to stand on a
foundation of piles.
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REALTY BOARD TO-
STATE OF
WITH
Attention Has
era! Concet
Directed to Sev-
Now Operating
Oregon.
Despite - ttfe fact that the Portland 1
Realty BoaU la co-operating with city
rand state swTrcials in tha work of on v.
ling out cj&oked tend promoters from I
, the states the .attention of the board f
I has been2irec(ed to several promotions
I the nfi.-ck thitt are said to b un-l
savory Jf.ncha.rar.tefc. There are. aald to
be'thnhor four land companies now
opera ff.iic in the state tnat aretriaKing
.false JSppreseiftatipDs as to jtna. prop-
I ertlec? offers for sato.
! theUiresent laws. Jt Is Wipos-l
us; charges against
u there Are uttsrea ao
fraud. Members of
d are agreed that broaden
should be enacted cover- i
erations of companies about I
may he the. slightest sus-
Property Being Filled In.
The O.-W. R. & N. Is preparing to
fill up the space between East First
and East Second streets south of East
Flanders street. Before this fill is
made the water In Sullivan's Gulch will
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Re&ty
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is to be hoped 4nat tns. iteauy
TtiAM will lrean un Its .fight far honest
promotions.", said, a Pol-tland property
ownor yesterday: "The sooner that tha
state- la .rid of dishonest promoters and
dealers the. better will it c lor invest
ors and property owners, as wall, as
legitimate brokers. The ' Kansas law
regulaclns; 'all stock companies and
ptomotlon schemes has done much for
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Have you a SUMMER HOME ready? If not, BUILD or BUY now.
GEARHART PARK IS NATURE'S OWN PLAYGROUND
DOUBLE
DALLY
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SERVICE
A FEW REASONS WHY
Prettiest Beach on the Coast. Seashore, Riversido
or "Woodland. . Pure Mountain" Water.
Accessible to Portland.
PRICES RIGHT TERMS EASY
SPECIAL
WEEK
END EX
CURSIONS
Lots $180 and up. Several ocean bungalows nearing. completion for sale.
Agents on the ground, or call,
GEARHART PARK CO.
Phones Main 1293, A 7268
100 Fourth St.