THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, JULY 21, 1912.
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REALTY SITUATION
IS SATISFACTORY
Several Big Deals Under Way
Despite Dullness of Mid
Summer Period.
FINE HOME PURCHASED
Portland Will Get Effective AdTer
Using From Elks' Reunion, Says
Dealer--Building Operations
Make Big Showing.
The "between-season" period haa
been having ita effect on realty trad
Jng. Tbere haa been but little activity
In downtown property all month, al
though brokera report that there are
several deals under way of consider'
able Importance that may be closed by
August 1. An uptown parcel has been
taken over by a Portland investor for
$75,000, but the principals will not an
nounce details of the transaction until
next week.
The most Important deal of the week
was closed yesterday when J. E.
Wheeler, a Portland tlmberman, pur
chased the northeast corner of Seven
teenth and Washington streets from
Mrs. Rose Guilliuame. It is understood
that the consideration was approxi
mately 180,000. The property Is Im
proved with frame buildings, and re
turns a good rate of interest on the
valuation. The sale was made through
the agency of R. F. Byran. Mr. Wheeler
also purchased a 25xl00-foot lot on the
west side of Eleventh street, between
Washington and Stark streets, the con
sideration being 130.000. The property
was acquired by James Lee, who had
held It for several years. The parcel is
covered with an old frame residence.
The sale was negotiated by R. F.
Bryan.
J. II. Creamer haa purchased from
Mrs. Annie Wagner a lot at the south
west corner of Sixteenth and Northup
streets for $15,000. The lot Is improved
with three small cottages. These will
be removed soon and a modern build
ing erected.
In residence property the market has
been unusually brisk the past ten days.
3ales are reported in all parts of the
city. The most important transaction
was the purchase by W. J. Furnish,
formerly of Pendleton, of the Portland
Heights dwelling of William Blttle
Wells for $30,000. The property Is sit
uated at Clifton and Lownsdale streets.
The house contains 12 rooms, with
brick and stucco exterior and hard
wood interior finish. The home Is mod
ern and one of the attractive places
of the district. The sale was ne
gotiated by Dorr E. Keasey & Co. This
firm also sold a modern eight-room
dwelling at East Nineteenth and Han
cock streets for H. R. Albee to W. T.
Jacobson for $10,000.
There was a good demand for build
ing sitea In nearly all the new addi
tions. Activity has been notable in
Laurelhurst. Ladd's Addition, East
moreland, Beaumont, Alameda Park,
Arlington Heights. Kings Heights and
Westover Terraces. Dr. Gertrude L.
Gates purchased two lots on Rutland
Terrace. Arlington Heights, for $5000.
W. S. Nash, an attorney, bought a lot
on the same street for $3500 and will
improve the site at once with a fine
home. These sites were purchased
through the agency of Dorr E. Keasey
A Co.
"The Elks' reunion will prove a great
advertisement for Portland," said J.
Fred Larson, of Umbdenstock & Lar
son, yesterday. "It gave us an oppor
tunity to show visitors what the city
haa accomplished during the past few
years. Those who had not visited Port
land in recent years were astounded
at the city's growth. Those who were
In Portland for the first time were
greatly impressed with the business
Bectlon and the residence districts. A
Philadelphia Elk aptly described the
situation as follows:
" "You have here advantages not
equaled by any other city a great
back country that must render tribute
to your city, abundant water power
for manufacturing, excellent transpor
tation, an immense amount of ground
suitable for residences. The air here
is invigorating. You have an enthu
siastic public spirit. I do not wonder,
with all these advantages, that you
are growing so rapidly, nor am I sur
prised to find so many beautiful homes
erected.
'I cannot see how anyone who buys
Portland real estate can lose. No one
can make a mistake in casting his lot
with you. I intend to tell my Phila
delphia friends about the big things
that are taking place in Portland.' "
During the past year Morgan, Flied
ner Boyce have erected IS apartment-houses
in Portland, aggregating
a total investment of $$00,000. In this
kind of construction, it is declared
that there Is no firm on the Pacific
Coast that has made such a showing.
This company is operating on both the
Weit Side and East Side.
"Portland haa made great progress
in apartment-house construction dur
ing the past two years." said W. F.
Fliedner yesterday. "All our build
ings are well filled and return a satis
factory rate of interest on the In
vestment. The city is growing at a
steady pace and the demand for space
in apartment-houses is keeping up
well. The construction of apartments
is becoming a science. I believe that
this kind of construction in Portland
in future will be of a higher class than
ever. In a few years Portland will
be among the first cities in the coun
try in apartment-house construction. '
Portland Is making a big record in
building operations. While there are
not many large, structures under way
In the downtown district, there is a
general building activity that covers
all sections of the city. There, ares
however, some big buildings under con
sideration that will be erected in the
business district during the year.
The total value of permits so far
this month is $1,177,046. The total per
mits for the corresponding month of
last year reached a value of $1,375,315.
As there are several plans for large
buildings in the office of the Building
Inspector to be checked over, It Is ex
pected that the totals for the month
will exceed the record of July, 1911,
by a big margin.
The important permit of the week
was Issued yesterday which was for the
new Central Library building. The
structure will cost $450,000. The total
permits of the week reached 147, with
a valuation of JSS4.SS0.
The week's summary Is as follows:
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Saturday
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MODERN APARTMENT PLANNED
Four-Story Building to Be Erected
on East Side. r
."Work was started last week on the
foundation of a modern four-story
brick apartment-house, at East Alder
and East Eleventh streets, just west
of the East Portland Branch Library.
It will be 50x100 feet, with an annex
In the rear, and will contain SO apart
ments of three rooms each. The cost
Is estimated at $50,000. Tapestry brick
will be used for the outside facing,
with light-colored atone trimmings and
heavy galvanized iron cornices. All the
rooms will have ample light and ven
tilation. The interior finish will be in
Oregon fir and hardwood, and some of
Uie suites will be hand-rubbed ivory
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J. . Wharton is owner of the prop
erty. R. F. Wassell Is the architect and
contractor. Mr. Wharton, who owns
the corner lot and building, will cover
that corner also with a similar struc
ture. Excavationa have been started
on the foundation. The location is con
sldered ideal for a first-class apart
ment building.
Laorelhurst Home Planned.
Plana are being drawn by Clausstn
& Claussen for a Portland investor for
a nine-room residence to be built tn
Laurelhurst. The house will be of Ens
llsh half-timber design, with the first
story of brick construction. It will
contain built-in buffets and all modern
conveniences. The interior will be of
selected fir and the floors will be hard
wood. The house will cost about $8000.
OREGON FARMS SOUGHT
SALES CLOSED IX ALL SECTION'S
OF STATE.
Ranch of 1200 Acres at Cottage
Grove to Bs Colonized Tract at
Falls City Brings $24,000. (
Trading in farm lands the past 10 days
has been satisfactory for this time of
the year. According to reports re
ceived from various parts of the state
buying- haa been general. One of the
largest transfers was made at Cottage
Grove when J. E. Thomas, formerly of
Creswell, purchased the Harding farm
of 1200 acres. The land lies one mile
east of Cottage Grove and Is considered
exceedingly fertile. Mr. Thomas an
nounced that he would complete plans
Immediately for subdividing the place
Into small farms and establish a num
ber of families there during the next
year.
Tom Word, of Portland, has pur
chased the James farm of 280 acres
near Falls City for $24,000. Mr. Word
will make extensive improvements on
the place. About 120 acres have been
planted to apple trees.
The Dan Shaw place, one of the best
known farms in Baker County, has been
sold to Ross Williams and H. C. Nord
heim. of Idaho, for $19,000. The place
contains 520 acres and la well improved.
The 30-acre orchard tract of J. S.
Frank, near Hood River, has been sold
to a syndicate of Japanese for $20,000.
The entire tract is set to trees 2 and 4
years old.
A. C. Brown has purchased the L E.
Moorehead farm of 18 acres near Leb
anon and will take possession at once.
The place will be Improved by the new
owner.
The Guy Fisher farm near Banks has
been bought by George Ederer, of the
Western Lumber Company, of Portland.
Mr. Ederer plans to Improve the farm
and occupy it next year.
FREIGHT DEPOT RUSHED
O.-W. R. & N. MAKES EXTENSIVE
EAST SIDE IMPROVEMENTS.
When Completed, Facilities Will Be
Provided for Handling Freight
in Less Than Carload Lots.
Contractor L A. Hicks Is pushing
construction on the new freight depot
on East Oak, between East First and
East Second streets, for the O.-W. R.
& N. Company. On the two-story part
fronting on East Oak street the con
crete work haa been completed, but the
walls are still in the wood frame. The
steel frame for the freight shed ad
joining the concrete part on the north
Is up and ready to be enclosed.
Toward the north 'on the nil, which
extends to East Burnside street, tracks
are being laid from the main line on
East First street. This open space north
of the freight house will be reserved
for the present for trackage and for
team tracks. The tracks will be laid
on both sides of the freight house. At
present there are no facilities for hand
ling freight on the East Side in less
than carload lots. It is expected that
the erection of this freight house will
greatly facilitate and cheapen the hand
ling of freight consigned to and from
the East Side.
The railway company has filled the
ground on the east side of East First
street, about 60 feet wide, to enlarge
trackage space between the freight
grounds south of East Burnside and
the approach to the new railroad bridge.
The shipping men of the warehouse dis
trict are greatly Interested in this
improvement, as It will mean the sav
ing of many thousands of dollars in
truckage to and from the West Side
freight depot
NEW HIGH SCHOOL IS SOUGHT
Agricultural Department Is Plan ol
Kenilvrorth Club.
So rapid has the development and
growth of the South East Side been the
past three years that a general move
ment has been Inaugurated to secure
the erection of an agricultural high
schoolhouse at some convenient point.
The Kenilworth Improvement Associ
ation initiated the movement, and the
Holgate-East Forty-flrst-Street Im
provement Association is supporting the
plan.
On behalf of the proposal for the
high school building It Is urged that
many schoolhouses have been built In
the South East Side Clinton Kelly,
Richmond. Creston. Woodstock, Arleta,
Lents. Sellwood, Brooklyn. Llewellyn
and Woodmere. Additions have been
made to Clinton Kelly, making it a 20
room structure, and additions are be
ing built to Richmond, Creston and
Woodmere buildings, owing to growth
in population. Another building will
probably be built on Holgate and East
9000 school children are tributary to
these grammar schools.
It Is proposed to secure eight acres
just south of Glsdstone avenue, be
tween East Thirty-second- and East
Thirtieth street, next year. About
Forty-first streets, and Introduce ag
ricultural departments. The movement
will take definite form after vacation.
It Is expected.
Apartment Hoaie Planned.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson has pur
chased a lot at the corner of East
Eleventh and Hancock streets from
Frank Motter tor $5000 and will erect
an apartment house on the site at once.
The sale was negotiated by C H. Zim
merman. The plans for the building
are being drawn by Roberta & Roberts, j
FINE
DRAWING OF PROPOSED DWELLING OF THOMA S BILYEU.
Thomas Bilyeu, president of the Portland Concrete Pile & Equipment Company, is having plans pre
pared for a 12-room dwelling, to be built on Falrview Boulevard, Arlington Heights. The house will have
three stories on the lower end of the site and two stories on the upper part. The first floor will contain
a. large reception room, dining room, living room, breakfast room and kitchen. There will be four rooms
on the upper floor. The basement will be fitted up with a maid's room, laboratory, laundry and heating
plant The exterior will be of stucco and the interior of hardwood and white enamel finish. The house
will cost about $16,000 and will be among .the most attractive in the district. , The plans are being drawn
by C. W. Henn.
HIGHER PLANE IS Aim
Realty Business Rapidly
Be
coming Profession. .
HONEST METHODS URGED
Land Trading When Conducted on
Conscientious Lines Is Laudable
Vocation, Says George T.
Mortimer; of New York.
The handling of real estate is gradu
ally ceasing to be a business and is
becoming a nrofessfon. according to G.
T. Mortimer, a real estate expert, of
New York. In a paper read at the re
cent convention of the National Associa
tion of Real Estate Exchanges held at
Louisville, Mr. Mortimer said that the
profession had grown with marked
rapidity during the past 10 years.
"The growing tendency of the public
to' avoid Wall Street and its pitfalls a
few years ago brought about a specula
tion in real estate, which was almost of
the 'wild-cat' variety," said Mr. Morti
mer. "Virtually the entire United States
was plotted and platted until farm land
became so scarce that necessity. In rec
tifying the evils which were brought
about, has begun to turn some of the
lots and subdivisions back again Into
farms. This wild-cat' development Is
tending to cast a stigma on the busi
ness, or profession, which it is our duty
to nrotect and elevate.
"In the United States alone there are
3,500,000 square miles, and if our popu
lation is Increasing at the rate of 10,-
000.000, or 15 per cent, every 10 years.
our real estate Is also Increasing in
value at the same ratio. Added to
this, the continual production of gold
and the natural increasing resources of
the country are adding an unearned in
crement as sure as the sun. Why,
therefore. Is not real estate, selected
with reasonable discrimination, the best
Investment that can be made? The man
who owns a piece of land has a sense
of possession like unto a king. No
other form of property ownership cre
ates the same feeling of personal pride
and Independence. When you buy a
piece of real estate and have your deed
In your strong box, you own something
which cannot be manipulated by a
board of directors, which cannot be
thrown into the hands of receivers, and
which neither fire, nor panic, nor Jiacii
times can destroy.
"You suburban developers, who are
teaching the people how to live by
building sanitary homes; you builders
of Ideal tenements in the congested
districts of the cities; you builders of
modern office buildings and other hives
of industry, which are constructed so
as to give their occupants the best
possible living and working conditions,
are engaged in tne most ennooung
work it Is possible to conceive, the cost
of the average modern office building
is well into the millions, so you can
readily appreciate this man's increas
ing importance.
mtormation is your siock in iraae,
confidence the keynote of your success,
the degree of which will be measured
by your own personality and salesman
ship. True, there are setbacks, but
these very disappointments are the fires
which temper the steel.
"Concentration, system, energy, hon
esty to yourself and your client are
bound to bring results.
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FIREPROOF FREIGHT DEPOT- UNDER WAY ON EAST OAK STREET.
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HOME TO EISE ON ARLINGTON
"The nation is full of people with
real estate and-with money. Most of
them don't know how to handle their
own property or how to invest their
money. For every man with the price,
there are a hundred shapers. The ranks
are crowded with brokers of the ordi
nary class, but there is an unlimited
demand for the conscientious, special
ized broker, "who can give sound recog
nized advice on. his specialty, just as
the banker does "on financial securities,
and who merits a similar respect and
standing in the community.
"There is no other business which of
fers the same rewards to the compe
tent, energetic worker; there is no
other investment which is safe and
staple, as well selected reafl estate. You
cannot succeed, however, without Intel
ligent, honest, persistent, day after day,
effort, 'Energy is the mother of good
luck."
"Years ago they told me In New York
that we had reached the top notch in
prices, but since then values have gone
up by leaps and bounds, until we have
reached the maximum at the rate of
1700 Der (quare foot, and still we are
not up to the top prices of either Lon
don or Paris. The net increase of land
values in the City of New York for a
period of 10 years, from 1900 to 1910,
was more than the combined gross out
put of all gold and silver mines of the
United States by $170,000,000, and
greater by $287,000,000 than all the divi
dends paid during this time by all the
railroads of the United States. And
during this time this land was paying
satisfactory dividends on Its Invest
ment. This Is the land, which In 1626
was bought from the Indians for $4, or
approximately 9 cents for each 100
acres. '
"True, there are occasional reces
sions, but these are mostly of a local
nature, due to trade changes, and
these very changes in localities are
fruit for the broker, for whether his
client is moving into or out of a dis
trict, he needs the broker."
BORING DISTRICT RICH
BIG AREA SOUTHEAST OF CITY
MAKES RAPID GROWTH.
Large Holdings Being Cleared and
Subdivided Into Tracts Suitable
for Diversified Farming.
Boring, located on the Oregon Water
Power line, 17 miles from Portland, is
the distributing center for a dis
trict seven by nine miles in extent.
The district is very fertile and well
watered by branches from Deep and
Johnson Creeks. More freight is
handled at this station than any1 other
on this railway outside of Portland,
and being at the end of the Sandy
stage line It has a considerable pas
senger traffic.
The Sandy road starting from Boring
runs two miles east, where it connects
with the Mount Hood automobile road
and thence to Sandy, a distance of
seven miles. Land la being cleared
and farms subdivided.
The construction of the Mount Hood
railway caused the price to advance in
the locality of Bandy and Boring, and
still the price of land is low when one
takes into consideration the quality of
soli and its proximity to Portland and
lines of transportation. Many people
living in this district own their own
automobiles and can reach Portland
In a short time.
This section produces fruits, vegeta
bles and nearly all kinds of products.
One crop of potatoes will more than
pay for the clearing of the land. Many
owners clear the land In Winter and
put In a crop of potatoes in the Spring
and get 200 bushels to the acre.
HEIGHTS.
EASTSHOWSGROWTH
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver
Warehouse Planned.
COST WILL BE $150,000
First Structure of Kind to Be Con
structed on High Ground in Cen
tral East Portland Other
Buildings Are Planned.
Plans are being prepared by Archl-
tects Bennes & Hendricks for a new
warehouse for Mitchell, Lewis & Staver
Company, to be built on the block
bounded by East Gllsan, East Flanders,
East Eighth and East Ninth streets.
It will be a six-story building, of brick
construction, with basement and sub-
basement, and will occupy a space 93x
220 feet.
The interior will be slow-burning
construction and will be used for the
storage of agricultural implements. It
will be steam heated, and will be
equipped with two large freight ele
vators for transferring of freight to the
upper floors. Office and display rooms
will be on the first floor. It Is estl
mated that the building will cost about
$150,000.
It will be started as soon as the
contracts can be let. Mitchell, Lewis
& Staver Company own a live-story
brick building on East Morrison and
East Second streets, covering a half-
block, which was built five years ago,
but more room is required.
This will ba the first structure of the
sort to be built on the high ground in
Central East Portland. Lipman-Wolfe
Company, which recently acquired i
quarter block in Central East Port
land plan to erect a brick building on
the site at a cost of $25,000.
Contract for the erection of a live
story brick building 100x100 feet has
been let to Bingham & McClellan, for
the Portland Seed Company, at the cor
ner of East First and East Alder
streets, and will be exclusive for
warehouse purposes. It will be a plain
brick building, with concrete basement
and Interior mill constructions.
Tho foundation will rest on plies ow
ing to the nature of the ground The
building will be provided wnn a large
elevator, hydraulic sidewalK lilt, elec-
trie wiring and will be provided with
an automatic sprinkling system for fire
protection. The cost will be $45,000.
Work will start at once.
Johansen & Viller, who were awarded
the contract for erection of the North
Albina Branch Library building on Kll
lingsworth avenue between Congress
and Commercial streets, has taken out
a permit showing cost of the building
to be $40,000. It will be two-story, of
brick and stone construction. The 11
brary will be on the first floor and the
auditorium In the second story, wnicn
will have a capacity for seating 250 per
sons. The building will be completed
early this Fall.
The Albina Branch Library on Knott
street, near Union avenue, is being com
pleted, and probably will be ready by
September 1, lor the opening, it will
cost $40,000. This building Is differ
ent from the other branch libraries in
construction in that tiling was used in
the walls, It-being the first building of
the sort to be ouut nere witn tnat
material. The auditorium will be lo
cated in the basement, and will seat 400
people.
COLLEGE LDGATIQN
DISTRICT
Estimates Say $2,000,000
Has Been Expended in Vicin
ity of New School.
SELLWOOD IS PROGRESSIVE
System of Hard-Surfaced Street
Will Reach From Grand Avenue
to Points Along South East
Sido of Willamette.
More than $2,000,000 has been ex
pended in developments in the terrl
tory adjacent and tributary to the
Reed College in the past two years,
Including construction of sewers and
streets and erection of homes, exclusive
of college buildings, which are now
under construction. It is predicted that
this teritory will move forward faster
next year than ever before and will
rival the North East side, wnicn js
SDreadtng toward the Columbia River.
Hard-surface pavements, sewers and
attractive homes are among tne lm
provements noticeable In this district.
President Foster in his lectures made
mention of the beauty of the. territory
Reed College selected and declared that
It would become one of the most at
tractive and prosperous sections of
Portland, aided by the influence of the
great educational institution estab
llshed there.
In the Sellwood district substantial
progress is being made, especially in
the matter of permanent street lm
provements. After several years' agl
tatlon a number of the Important
streets are to be paved. Umatilla ave
nue, which extends through the center
of this suburb, is to be paved between
East Nineteenth, or the Milwaukle
road, and Grand avenue at the Wil
lamette River. The street committee
recommended that the contract for
paving Umatilla avenue be awarded
to Kibbe-Welton Company at $2488,
and that company will probably be
awarded the contract. The same com
pany will probably get the job of pav
Ing Maiden avenue from East Thir
teenth to Milwaukle street, and Harney
street, between East Ninth and East
Fifteenth . streets. These improve
ments will cost about $25,000. Pave
ment of Spokane avenue between East
Nineteenth street and Grand avenue will
likely be let at the next meeting of
the City Council, at a probable cost of
about $25,000. Spokane avenue ex
tends to the Sellwood ferry. These Im
provements' will aggregate approxi
mately $80,000. The Kibbe-Welton
Company Is paving the northern por
tion of City View Park at a cost of
about $50,000, and altogether the show
ing Sellwood is making in paved
streets Is excellent.
At the south side of Sellwood an ex
tensive contract of street paving and
sewerage Is under way in the Waverly
Club grounds, between the Oregon City
track and Milwaukle road. A consider
able portion of this vacant tract has
been platted into residence sites. The
Warren Construction Company is
grading and paving the streets and
the Montague-O'Reilly Company is lay
ing a sewerage system covering the
entire addition. The cost of Improve'
ments In this tract will probably be
above $80,000. It will be one of the
finest residence sections of the South
east Side. Good progress is being
made on the Improvements. The ad'
dltlon is just across the city and coun
ty line in Clackamas County.
The Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company will shortly construct
a double track in connection with the
Estacada line, between East Thirteenth
street, where the power-house and car
barns are located, and the Milwaukle
road, which will provide direct car
service for the new addition.
Westmoreland Improvements Costly.
All the sewers in Westmoreland have
been laid at a cost of about $60,000
and work has been started paving the
north side streets with asphalt. It Is
understood that all the streets of
Westmoreland will be paved at a cost
of more than $150,000. The district
extends from the Milwaukie road to
the Southern Pacific Railway, covering
about one-half of the Crystal Springs
farm. Many attractive homes have
just been completed in Westmoreland,
Perhaps the most important street im
provement under way in this territory
is that of Milwaukie Btreet, between
Holgate street and Nehalem avenue,
along the west side of Westmoreland.
The Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company is relaying its double tracks
on Milwaukie street to Bybee avenue
and has nearly finished the job. The
distance is about three-quarters of a
mile for these double tracks, but the
pavement will be continued to Nehalem
avenue at Sellwood. The pavement
and double tracks will make the cost
of this improvement above $200,000.
Besides this extensive Improvement
most of the streets between Milwau
kle street and the Willamette River
are being Improved by grading and
cement sidewalks. For tne present
these streets will not be paved, but
that will come later.
The frontage on the Willamette
River is of special value for residence
purposes. It overlooks the river and
the city.
In Eastmoreland a great Improve
ment contract is under way, including
all streets reaching from the Reed Col
lege grounds on the north to Wills-
burg on the south and Irom the Boutn
ern Pacific track to Berkley on the
east. The sewers have been laid and
the street paving is going on now.
A big paving machine for mixing
cement and gravel stands on tne
ground turning out the material which
is rapidly covering miles of streets
with hard-surface pavements. Few
sections of Portland equal Eastmore
land In point of location, and in plat
ting the tract this beauty has been
preserved by contouring and curving
the principal streets, -mere is a grad
ual slope In the land, rising to the
eastward from .the Southern Pacific
track, and the long lines of paved
streets are visible. With the com-
Dletlon of the pavements in Eastmore
land and Westmoreland and on Mil
waukle street. It will be possible to
travel all through the Southeast Side
on hard-surfaced streets, reaching
Reed College grounds from the south.
There is a movement for improvements
In the district bordering Reed College
on the north, where the land has been
used for garden purposes. Here many
sales have been made the past year
just south of Holgate street. It is
proposed to Improve Holgate street
eastward from Milwaukle street and
also East Twenty-sixth street north to
Division. This will be an entering
wedge for other improvements. The
district north of the Reed College
grounds will soon be accessible
through paved streets. The Holgate
East Forty-flrst-Street Improvement
Association has inaugurated a move
ment for electric lights, water mains,
paved streets and erection of a school
house. College's Influence Felt.
The influence of Reed College has
spread all through the Southeast Side,
stimulating a better class of improve
ments and adding value to all the
property. But so far property is low
priced in this territory compared with
prices paid in other localities of tha
East Side.
President Foster, of Reed College,
pointed out in his lectures the great
beauty of the Southeast side surround
ing the college grounds and predicted
that the- college will quickly become
the center of high-class homes owned
by people to whom the great educa
tional institution would prove an at
traction. Practically all the perma
nent improvements have been started
in that district since the college was
located there. -Toward the south and
east is the great territory of Errol
Helg-nta, which was carved out of the
Strowbridge farm two years ago. Al
ready it has become a suburb of much
promise. Hundreds of lots on Its slop
ing plain have been sold to prospective
home builders. It would not be easy
to find a more attractive territory, and
the platting of the tract opens up a
district suitable for homes. The Ore
gon Water Power line skirts the tract
on the south side, and it is planned
to extend the Woodstock or Eastmore
land car line into this section from the
north and east sides.
RESIDENCE
SALES
CLOSED
Fine Home in Irvlngton Bought by
J. E. Dolan for $10,000.
A beautiful Irvlngton residence lo-.
cated at 544 East Fifteenth street.
North, was sold last week by Mrs. W.
H. Kllpple to J. E. Dolan, for $10,000.
The house Is nearly new. Another Irv
lngton home at 621 East Twentieth
street. North, was sold by Edward Mlse
ner to A. B. Vanderwlelen for $5000. A
house and lot in Irvlngton was sold ts
Mrs. Dora Myers Brown by R. B. Bent
for $5000.
A new residence In Alamada, in
Beaumont Addition, on East Forty
seventh street, near Alameda avenue,
was sold by -W. J. Dunlop, Jr., to Maud
P. Newton for $4600. In Walnut Park
W. E. Love sold his house and lot to
Evelyn W. Peel for $4700. The house Is
nearly new. Grace E. Sears sold her
home and two lots in Brazee-street
Addition for $9500.
W. J. Summers sold his house and lot
In Laurelhurst to Herbert D. Witherell
for $6000.
BRIDGEPROBLEM LOOMS
QUESTION OF USING NEW SPA'S
NOT YET 6ETTLED.
If Streetcars Are Routed Over Burn,
side Bridge Further Traffic
Congestion Is Feared.
The probability that all traffic now
using the old Steel bridge will be
thrown on Burnside bridge after Au
gust 8 is causing much concern on the
East Side, especially among residents
on East Burnside street and toward the
northward. If the streetcars which
cross the old Steel bridge could be op
erated on the new railroad bridge,
even If the other traffic cannot, it
would tend to prevent the overloading
of Burnside bridge, which Is already
carrying double the traffic it was de
signed to carry. It would relieve tha
situation, but the streetcar company
has no entrance to the new railway
road bridge and must send all its Al
bina cars over the Burnside or Morri
son bridges.
The City Council has not given th
streetcar company a permit to connect
its tracks with the new railroad
bridge and the time when the Steel
bridge will be opened is rapidly ap
proaching. "If the people of the East Side real
ized what this situation means to
them," said a resident, "they would
certainly be doing something to pre
vent an Intolerable situation. The
streetcar company will, of course. Bend
Its Albina cars over the Burnside
bridge, as it pays a lump sum rental,
and not over the Morrison bridge,
where it pays according to the num
ber of cars, and hence Burnside bridge
will be further overloaded.
"This situation may continue until
the Broadway bridge is completed,
which will be at least a year hence.
Repairs on Burnside bridge have been
delayed, pending the opening of the
railroad bridge. The East Side ap
proach needs repairing and also the
tracks for the draw should be replaced
as soon as possible, but these repairs
cannot be made.
I think that the people of the North
East Side should wake up and do
something at once to prevent such a
situation. They should remember that
they will be compelled to use ferries in
crossing the river north of Burnside
bridge, for the manager of the O.-W.
R, & N. has given notice that the Steel
bridge will close to traffic after Au
gust S." .
LTLE SOIL MOST PRODUCTIVE
While Fruit Trees Are Bearing Ber
ries Grow in Abundance.
LYLE. WASH.. July-JO. (Special.)
That land on which young fruit trees are
growing can be made profitable la shown
by the experience or many rancnera
around Lyle. Gooseberries, currants
and garden truck of all description are
being grown, while tne trees are com
ing to a bearing age.
Mr. Morglnson this season has picked
five tons of gooseberries and a larg
nroD of currants, which sold at profit
able prices and Is virtually clear profit.
Mr. Read, of Happy Hollow, has 2 1-3
acres of currants, which raised 400
crates, from which he realized over
S700. and received $450 from an acre
and a half of gooseberries, mking in all
over $1100. From four acres upon
whinh vonnor htidIb trees are growing.
The cultivation of these berries is a
benefit rather than a detriment io xoo
orchards.
KENILWORTH MAKES PROGRESS
Movement Under Way to Pave All
Streets in District.
In Kenilworth plans are being formed
tr nave the entire district witn nara-
surface material. Sewers have been
laid, all the streets graded and cement
sidwalks laid, and conditions are now
ready for hard suriace.
The Portland itanway, ubiu oc x-ow-.
ho inM rinuhl tracks on
Gladstone avenue on the Woodstock
branch. Recently me cny cumpieieo. a
i ...,.. hntiaa nn Frnnpin nvAntiA
mouerii ci.bi.iw ..
and East Thirty-third street, but with
out -paved streets apparatus will be al
most useless. The engme-nouse cosi
$16,000 and-is one of the best built In
. , A nhAmlpql rnmhlnntlnti fli
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engine will be Installed this Fall. Im
provements are uewis inau. m uis
Kenilworth Park, where a reinforced
concrete comfort building is to be
built.
Gearhart Is Active.
There has been considerable activity
at Gearhart the past week. Mrs. Rob
ert A. Farrell purchased a lot im
proved with cottage recently completed.
Among the purchasers of lots were J. E.
Werlein, Ivan Humason, Mark W. Gill,
A. H. McGowan, J. P. Bronaugh, J. P.
Jaeger, Dr. Calvin S. White, T. H. Ed
wards. All these buyers are planning
to erect Summer homes this year. The
Gearhart Company has built four cot
tages on the ocean front and plans t
erect other cottages this Fail. .