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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1912)
13 aaau nun x-r r. a vsaaavaa OXIAT. TOTITLAXD. .TUXE. 3. 11)12. SOUTH EAST SIDE MAKES BIG STRIDE Mount Scott and Tributary District Prove Attractive to Homebuilders. BUSINESS CENTERS GROW Modern Struct arcs Replace Wooden Pnlldlngs nig Plana Made for Public I m p ro venwn t Need of High School Seen. That portion of the Eouth East Fide between the Powell road and Johnson Creek, and extending eastward to the city llmlti at Gray s Crossing, la malt li.ff substantial progress. The exact number of people living In thla terrl tnry la not known, but It has been estimated at between 16,000 and 20, 000. Thla la considered a conservative estimate, as there has been rapid home-bulMIn:? the past year. Abont 100 new dwellings having been built In this district the past 12 months, be- sides a number of business structures. The older portion, near Creeton, and Anabel Station, has built up rapidly, with a much better class of homes than had been erected there prevl ously. The Creston schoolhouse. which was built Ave years airo, has been en larged once, but la still crowded. It Is expected the district will be compelled to erect another achoolhouse further south In Trrmont, where there has been a rapid settlement of bome-bulders. Kxttnrilng south from tne Towell Val lry road, on both sides of Kast Fifty second street, for a distance of more than two miles, many beautiful homes have been built. The Ivanhoe and Woodstock dls trlrts on the Kast Hide of this street. are filling up with homos. This terri tory lies near Woodstock Iltdge and the Tiecd College grounds. Surround ing the new schoolhouse, at Woodstock, there has been a substantial building movement, homes costing upward of SS00O having been built there. In the Fast Forty-first and Ilolgate street dis trict the citizens have Just effected the organisation of an Improvement club whose object Is to promote the general development of thnt territory. Krectlon of the Heed College build ings, now under construction, has given this entire section an Impetus. It Is felt that more streets should be Improved aa soon aa possible. Feeter Hoed Area Develops. The Foster road, which connects with the Powell road at Creston. runs diagonally through the Mount Scott dis trict, and to the Clakaraas County line at Sycamore, a distance of about nine miles. r'lrxt settlements were made along the Foster road, which la now the main buMncsa thoroughfare, al though It In still a county road and maintained by the county. Along the Foster road the business buildings first erected of wood, have suffered severely from tires In the past. It Is estimated that the losses from fires alone the past year, will foot up above 160. 000. The city has Just completed a new Are station of modest proportions at Kern T'ark on Kast Sixty-second street and Korty-slxth avenue, north of Foster road. It Is the plan to place a com Mnatlnn chemical Are engine In this Are station. The city has recently laid larger mains In this territory, which will pro. vide more wster for Are purposes, and besides this, there Is a tendency to use fl-e-pioof materlsl In the erection of new business structures. The new building of Mrs. A. Begel. for whirl) excavations have been started, will be of concrete and will be Are-proof. It Is being erected near Arleta station. It will contain a the ater which will seat TOO people. It will be one of the most modern struc tures erected In the Mount Scott dis trict. At Millard avenue and Kast Seven! y-socond street. Joseph Nash and ('rum Kaybiick have erected two modern reinforced conrrete buildings to replace the frame structures which were destroyed by tire a year ago. Mr. Nash's huldlnir Is a one-story structure and Hint i'f Crum eV Kayburk Is a two rory holding, covering 100x100 feet, lioth are modern structures and are now occupied. This corner has become a center of considerable Importance, There are numerous stations distri buted alonrr tiie Foster road, begin nng at Anabel and ending at Wood mere. The time may not be far distant when the Foster and i'owell roads will be taken over br tlie city and Improved the full width of 0 feet. Instead of the 10-foot strip new maintained In the center of these roads by the county, owing to the great travel over them and Increased business alorr them. The establishment of Are protection at Kern l'ark, will also make It necessary that more streets be Improved. Streets ta Be Improved. A considerable number of the rross rtieets havo been graded south from thi l'owill road to the Foster road, and cement walka have been laid. 1'avements will probably be put down next year, South from the Forter road to Johnson Creek the development Is a revelation. Many little homes have built. It Is said that there Is a very high percentage of owners of homes In thla territory. Iter. William 11. Meyer, pastor of the Laurelwood Con gregational Church, aays that the Arleta district made better progress the past year than ever before. "We hare been gaining rapidly In new homes." said Ilev Meyer, "and most of the new homes are of much better class than a few years ago. This district Is Ailing up rapidly. The Are station at Kern Park has been finished and 1 suppose we shall soon have a Are company and fire protection. Many of our new bttalness buldlngs are of Are-proof construction. The proposed structures are all on that line. Thla will mean less losses from Are. The outlook for this section of Portland la most encouraging." The city, which recently took over the Woodmere Water Works, plans to lay large water mains through this sec. tlon to supply the growing population. It la announrcd that a large reinforc ing main will be laid from the Mount Tabor reservoir, large enough to sup ply the South East Side from Wood stock and Ivanhoe to Uray'a Crossing, and south to the city limits. At pres ent much of this territory still gets water through small mains, supplied from the many small private plants. These small pipes will be ruplaced with larger mains. Several large mains, part of the general system which will be laid In the near future, have been nut down In the settled district along the Foster road, and there la fair pres. ) sure for all purposes. Provision win have to be made fur a large popula tion, at least 10,000 In the near future. Pablta Parke wsslei. rtesldents of the Woodstock and Ar leta districts have been making an ef fort to get one or more parks, one near the Woodstock schoolhouse and the other on Kast Seventy-second street, nev Woodmere, where there are cen ters of population. It Is urged that now la the time to secure the land re quired for parks In this territory, while the price Is comparatively low. It Is urged that four small parks are needed In this district. One of 1 acres has been asked for from the Corvallls tract near Woodmere. at present not Im proved. The others may be five ceres each. The district will favor another bond Issue for the purchase of parks. If It is submitted to a vote. The matter of securing the next high school Is being agitated In the South fast Side. -At present there are Clinton Kelly, Creston. - Woodstock, Arleta. Woodmere. Lents, ltlchniond. South Mount Tabor, Sellwood. Midway and Brooklyn schools In this district, which will be tributary to a nigh school. The attendance at the Arleta and Lents schools average nearly 900 pupils, and the other buildings are crowded. East Side Home Purchased. A. H. Hancock has purchased from A. IL. Harding residence property on Kast Twentieth street, between Knott and Braxee streets, for f 8600. The dwelling contains six rooms and Is modern. The sale was made through the agency of Ooodsell Bros. Portland Helg-lits Lot Sold. Isaae I. Hunt has purchased from Richard B. West a lot on Ford-street drive, Portland Heights, for 12360. Mr. Hunt will probably improve the lot with a modern home. The sale was ne collated by Mrs. John Brooke. 1500 ACRES QUENCHED XEW IRRIGATION' SYSTEM XEAR AYE1SER, IDAHO, OPERATES. Fertile Land la Dead Ox Flat Is Re. claimed by Crystal District Im provement Company. WEISER. Idaho, June L (Special.) Radically different In many respects from any other Irrigation system In far Eastern Oregon, water was turned on In the plant of the Crystal District Improvement Company on the Oregon aide of the Snake Klver. ten miles from Reiser, thla week, and aa a result 1500 thirsty acres are being supplied with moisture, which will greatly increase their productivity. Some of the most fertile land on the famous Dead Ox Flat will be reached through the new system and water will be delivered to the owners ex clusively In underground pipes. There will be no open ditches, thus avoiding evaporation and "upkeep" expense. An other unique feature of the enterprise a tnat it naa been financed and con structed entirely by tho owners of the land which will be benefited. Instead of by a colonisation company, through bonda. Each landowner has met his assessment aa it became due and the total coot approximated only 120 an acre when the powerful motors began pumping gallons of Snake River water into the main pipe. This pipe Is more than 4000 feet long and 20 Inches in diameter. The lift Is 4$ feet and this will place water on the highest land In the new district. Connecting at Intervals with the regular feed pipe are smaller pipe lines and, In all. It carloads of the best qual ity of piping were used. At the head of the main line a atandplpe serves as an equalizer. The plant Itself differs In construction from and other In use along the Snake River. The founda tion, pump, well and Aoor are of con crete and the two motors, one of (0 nd the other of 75-horsepower, are THE FRED A. JACOBS COMPANY'S SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY SALE Lots Our Sixth Anniversary special discount proposition will inter est every investor in Portland. During the month of Junevwe will allow a big discount from the price of each and every lot we have left in all of our tracts. Come to our office at once and get full particulars of this spe cial discount.' Don't delay this discount ex pires June 30. . The Fred A; Jacobs Company 269 Washington Street - Corner Fourth Buildings "We are building three elegant apartment houses and the finest family hotel in the Northwest at Trinity Place, just north of "Washington st Ve also have under construc tion a number of elegant homes, story-and-a-half cot tages, and the latest style bun galows, which are for sale at attractive prices and easy terms. Our building department will put up any class of building re quired by our customers. The Fred A. Jacobs Company 269 Washington Street Corner Fourth CITY REALTY HEXTALI West Side Home Business -reasons makes thin beautiful home the rettest BARGAIN ever of fered in Portland. Large, elegant, beau tiful. PEJCED roa QUICK SALE $14,000-12 Cash Apartment Summer rates, pood the year round. Elegant flat, close in, low rental. Attractive residences and eottagss. for rent. Main 6869, A 6267. Ask for city realty and rental depart ment. The Fred A. Jacobs Company 269 Washington Street Corner Fourth Insurance Our insurance department is prepared to take care of all classes of insurance risks fire, casualty, plate-glass, accident and fidelity and surety bonds. We have tho local agency of the Rochester German Under writers' Agency, City of New York Insurance Co., and the Aetna Accident & Liability Co. Call Main 6869 or A 6267, and ask for insurance department. The Fred A. Jacob: Company 269 Washington Street Corner Fourth set low In the pump station, practically at water level, reducing; the amount of power required and Increasing- the p limping; capacity. Robert Coulter. Nathan Bommer and John Bohrer have been the foremost promoters of the project and they are well pleased with the success of the enterprise. With the addition of this project and the completion of the Snake River district now under construction, a total of 10,009 fertile acres will have been placed uuder irrigation on this famous Oreiron flat during; the year. TILLAMOOK IS IMPROVING Taring and Sewer Contracts lt and - Buildings Are Erected. TILLAMOOK. Or.. May 31. (Special) At a meeting of the City Council Wednesday night, bids were opened for the construction of a sewer system and for bltulithlc pavements. The contracts were let to the War ren Construction Comnajy, and It Is stipulated that work Is to commence in three days after the contract la signed. This will five Tillamook City about 60 blocks of hard surface streets. There will be considerable Improve ments In Tillamook City, In the way of large building; this rummer. A 120,- (00 high school Is belli - built: a 130. 000 hotel -Is . planned; the Tillamook County-Bank will erect a new build In; new Christian Church and a new Catholic Church will be built. The Masons have bought land for a Ma sonic Temple and the Odd Fellows have bought city property for the purpose of erecting; store buildings and a lodge room. Sheridan Will Hare Carnival. SHERIDAN.. Or, May 31. (Special.) Sheridan' Is to have a carnival here next week. The Frank Miller Amuse ment Company will exhibit here for four days. This company proposes to put on a clean, moral entertainment. This carnival Is under the auspices of the Sheridan ball team and through Its efforts will doubtless be a success. TYPES Or NEW STRUCTURES IN MOUNT SCOTT. fc-a.,,ss i.i,-7W isgSwggZa'ssaatr- , ,-ZmZ3 LZK SSfuSLa.- rr- -'t LAND SALES CLIMB Fine Crop Prospects Factor In Farm Trading. ACTIVITY IS PRONOUNCED - : : 1 I TOE a , - y : r,c. -I..-' 1 i y it e k , ....... v i i 4 v- r ' f ' . i i --"TT V J Mi 1 j -ftj- . ei aw- jCHmm..1 IT) teat -JIOTsWsMsliaU1 l iU ' - '"' 'Zj.' sai r VJ a E, f r TOftlBw .iff iH?ai jniiMi ii Xewcomers to AH Parts of State Seeking Improved Place Agrl caltnral Products May Roach Greatest Record This Year. With crop conditions In Oregon un usually promising. Indications point to the blggeet year for the farmers In the history of the state. There Is a larger acreage la cultivation than ever before, and this. In addition to the healthy con dition of the crops, will Increase th to. tai output from the farms by many thousands of dollars. Thla situation la having Its effect on the realty market, with the result that newconws are readily Impressed with Investment opportunities and showadls posltlon to buy Improved places now so that titer can get the benefit of the crops. The land development projects also are attracting many sottlers. On the whol the land movement In Ore gon Is exceedingly satisfactory. II. a. Zllllacua. of Boston. Mass., has purchased the Frank Gilliam ten-acre orchard, near Hood River, and will re move his family to the place next Fall. Mr. Gilliam will remove to Portland. O. D. Eby, of Oregon City, has sold Ins five-acre farm near Cladstone to A. H. Sarchet for 14100. The plaoe la Im proved with fine buildings and Is set to fruit trees and berries. Wentworth Buchanan, Honolulu cap italist, has purchased from W. I). Hod son, of Ashland, a farm of 10 acres on the Kogue River for 1(300. The land la unimproved. Mr. Buchanan will develop the place and plant a large part of It to pear trees. W. J. Merrill, recently of Rono, Nev, has purchased from C. R. Loomls, of Kugrne. an 1 5 -acre tract for f 17,000. The farm Is one of the beat In the Eu gene district. The Willamette Valley Irrigated Land Company reports the following recent sales: Ten acres to D. 8. Turner, who Is now located at West tUsyton: ten acres to D. H. McWhlnnev, a Rvconwr from Can ada: a tract of 20.44 acres to IL 8. j McOowan. recently from Iowa. His land was set to Rome Beauty apple trees last Winter. Mr. Mc.owan also purchased a lot at West Stayton on which h la now erecting a two-story building. A five-acre tract was sold to T. B. Fotherlngham. of Seattle, who bought the property as a home for his parents. The MrKerrher orchard of 18 acres, near White Halmon, has boon sold to Charles H. Mars. of Chicago, for 120. ooo. The tract Is In five-year-old ap ple trees. John Wurstor. of Hermlston, has pur chased from I). C. Hrownell an Im proved farm on the Umatilla River. Mr. AVurster wll Install a slaughter-house on the plac and also will use the farm for stock-fattening purposes. Julius Fisher, of Ijt Grande, has ac quired a farm of 171 acres, known as the Schoffield farm, near Ixwer Cove. He will take possession of the place at once. Henry J. Stewart, of Spokane, Wash., has purchased a farm of 10 acres In Kcogglns' Valley, near Forest Grove. Mr. Stewart wilt make the place his home. B. Huddleeon, of Woodburn. has bought the J. L. Morley farm of 1ST. acres near Sllverton. The place Is well Improved. A part of the farm Is In hops. Henry Wakerllg. a pioneer stockman of the Pakeoven district, south of The Ltallee. has sold his 4000-acre stock ranch to W. H. Moody, the cnnslderH- tlon being H0. 000. Mr. Wakerllg will retire from business and expects soon to make an extended visit to Switzer land, hla native country, which he left In lstz. O. O. McClelland, of Salem, laat week paid f 12.000 for the Oroaley farm of 10 aires, four miles north of balem. Mr McClelland announcea that he will put a large fnroe of men to work In clearing and Improving the land. He expecta to pl-tnt about 40 acres to lo ganberries next year. Vernon Parsons, of F.ugene, has pur chased from Robert Allison a farm of X00 acres lying twe mllea from 1'or tola. The farm Is all cleared and well Improved. Portland Investors have signed con tracts for the purchase of a large area of timber land acroas the Ablqua Oap. according to a dispatch from Wood burn. The dispatch says: "There are thousands of acres of vir gin timber, perhaps the finest in Ore gon, on the headwaters of the Ablqua. Some fabuloua prlcea have been paid for claims. The Sllverton logging railroad found the Ablqua to be the only feas ible grade to Its holdings up that stream. The logging road has Its track laid over the ground now being con tracted for; but the supposition Is that the former owners of the ground wel comed the road, and It Is believed that the track waa laid without the logging company making proper arrangementa for the lrgal holdings of the same. "A contract for the Morley farm has been signed by all parties concerned. W. H. Huddleston. of Woodburn, ir ing as aKent. other contracta are r ported." LIMIT FOR INITIATIVE CLQS Only fine Bill Rcndy to Go ItofoJ Voters Out of 4 0 to 50 Ulscnsscd SAI.KM. Or., June 1. (Special.) A though there aresbetwecn 40 and measures under the Initiative whl have bet n discussed wtlh a view bringing them before the people nc November It seems probable that ma i of these will never rench the ball through a failure to initiate In time. I'ndiT the law, July 4 will be t last day on which completed petltlo cmi be filed, and July 1 Is the last d on which favorable arguments for ai measure may be tiled. This gives comparatively short time for securli oevr 0U00 nnmcs on petitions for ea bill. The only bill so far received Is proposed constitutional amandine providing for woman's suffrage. July Is (he lust day on which arguments o posing any measure may he receive and September 11 Is the last day f the Sucretmy of Slate to mall nut I Illative and referendum pamphlets. Secretary Olcott fears that there w. be such a rush of petitions at the la moment It will be practically Impnc bla for tho clerka In the office to rhe. over the names. It Is expected that there will be ov. : Tift. 000 pamphlets to be printed 11. year. STATE EXPERJCUTS COS I'wloss Portions of Official Repor eliminated to Save Expense, SALEM, Or.. June 1 (fpeclal.) P a wholesale slashing In many of t) reports and particularly In the prime report of the Secretary of State. Sta: Printing Rxpert Harris believes a lsrc saving can be made to the state, a' cording to an estimate made today. I1 Intends to eliminate from the report the Secretary of State over 600 pagi of matter which carries nothing but detailed statement aa to the warrsn Issued, and believes It will result I over 12000 being saved. The printing expert believes that tr publication of the list of warrants V of very little general puhllo Intere and that Interest In this statement principally centered In the Legislator In this event the Secretary of Stat could furnish supplementary rcpor containing only the list for the men bers of that body. Hy mutual consej It has been agreed that the report the Insurance Department shall be si brevlated and the printing expert ex pects to take similar steps with oth reports. To be certain as to the legal Ity of eliminating a part of the Hecr tary of State's report the printing f' pert has asked for an opinion from A torney-Oenernl Crawford. I . . .... BAY CITY. DEEP WATER SEAPORT RAILROAD TERMINUS ON TILLAMOOK BAY Oreaoalaa laformatloa reupoa. This coupon will bring valuable In formation. Send It to the Hay City Land Co. Name. . , Address. PANAMA CANAL MILLIONS OF OWN DEEP CHANNEL DOLLARS Will Be Made in Bay City in a Few Years Present Investors Will Make the BIG Profits ARE YOU GOING TO MHS OPPORTUNITY ? ? TIMBER RAILROADS FISHERIES DAIRYING BAY CITY LAND CO. 70 1-2-3 Spalding- Bullilnsr-Also Salem and Day City n-a-s-13