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OREGON ATTRACTS
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All Sections of State Draw
Substantial Class of
Homeseekers.
HONEST PUBLICITY .FACTOR
Portland Commercial Club and Sim
ilar Bodies Conduct Effective
Campaign Trading in Farm
lands Continues Brisk.
One of the surprising features of the
general realfv situation this Summer
Is the steady Influx of settlers, home
seekers and Investors. It Is probable
that the number of newcomers to the
state Is not as large as last year or
two years ago. but. what is consid
ered much more important. Is the fact
that a large percentage of arrivals are
persons of means seeking good farm
homes. The new citizens are arriving
mostly from the Middle West, but the
colonist movement does not originate
altogether in that part of the United
States. Hundreds of families have
been coming to Oregon this year from
all patrs of the Union. Canada also
has helped to Increase Oregon's pop
ulation In no small degree.
That the arrival of a more substan
tial class of people is due largely to
honest exploration methods on the
part of the commercial organizations
In the state and the various railroad
companies cannot be disputed, accord
ing to those who have been keeping in
touch with the situation. The Port
land Commercial Club has been con
ducting a campaign of publicity for
many months and the fruits of this
work are now being more genuinely
realized than ever before. Every dis
trict of the state has been given com
plete publicity through this channel.
Supplementing the work of the Port
land Commercial Club, the Oregon De
velopment League and commercial or
ganizations of every locality have done
much to exploit the resources and ad
vantages to be found In Oregon.
That the Influx of farmers will be
even more pronounced during the next
few months Is indicated by an unusual
ly large number of inquiries beffcg re
ceived by commercial clubs, railroad
companies and land operators. Small
Oregon farms well located as to mar
kets and railroad transportation are
chiefly sought by prospective new
comers. Many inquiries also come from
men of families desiring to locate on
homestead lands. The Fall colonist
rates, which will become effective Sep
tember 25 and continue until October
10, will. It Is believed, be instrumental
In' attracting hundreds of settlers to
the state.
Among the newcomers to purchase
land last week was J. V. Anderson, of
Idaho, who acquired a 72-acre farm
near Aurora. About 40 acres are In
cultivation. Mr. Anderson will remove
the old buildings at once and erect a
modern house and barn. He Intends
to engage extensively in dairying and
hograising. The sale was negotiated
by George Dekum, of Portland.
J. O. Hill, of Alberta, Canada, has
purchased from Paul Ruttencutter, of
Wilderville. a 40-acre farm on the A
plegate River, in Southern Oregon. The
place brought tSOOO, or $200 an acre.
It is well improved. Mr. Hill will take
possession at once.
F. M. Cooksie, who arrived recently
in Oregon from the East, has pur
chased a ten-acre tract on the Bear
Creek Road, near Bardon, from Elbert
Pyer, of Bandon. Mr. Cooksie will
make the place his home.
The S. P. Gilmore place of 67 acres
near Junction City, was purchased last
week by I. C. Smith for $6500. The
farm Is nearly all cleared and is most
ly river bottom land. The farm is sit
uated six miles north of Junction City.
Mr. Smith already has removed to the
place.
Four hundred acres in the Towell
Butte district, in Crook County, have
been "purchased by J. W. 'Weaver, of
Hood River, from E. A. Bussett, the
consideration being J20.OOO. Mr.
"Weaver owns considerable land in the
Hood River fruit belt. With the ac
quisition of the Crook County farm
Mr. Weaver will devote much of his
time to hograising. The farm Is ideal
for that purpose, as It-contains both
dry and irrigated acreage. Included
In the purchase of the farm is a herd
of 75 hogs.
One of the largest realty deals closed
In the Eugene district this year was
the purchase last week of the Jona
than Johnson farm of 100 acres by Mel
vin Hansen, of Eugene, the considera
tion being $50,000. The land adjoins
Eugene. - Mr. Hansen will have the
property platted into small suburban
.tracts. A number of attractive drive
ways will be among the proposed im
provements. The Van Watters place of 290 acres
near Independence has been sold to
Pr. Mott. of Salem, the consideration
being $36,250. The farm is located on
the Salem road, three miles north f
Independence. Dr. Mott plans to plant
the entire acreage to loganberries. Mr.
Van Watters purchased this farm a
little over a year ago for $23,000.
J. K. Robinson, of Ashland, has pur
chased the 46-acre farm of W. W.
Wells near Buena Vista. Mr. Robin
son is a newcomer to the state and is
well pleased with the Buena Vista
district.
J. D. Gordon, Mayor of Newberg. has
purchased the F. I Hanford farm of
" 20 acres near the Chehalem school
house for $3600. Mr. Gordon bought
the place as an investment.
Jonathan Burkhart, of Lebanon, has
sold his farm north of Lebanon to M.
Goeman. of Forest Grove. The farm
contains 100 acres and was sold for
$12,500, or $125 an acre.
The Alaskan Copper Company has
transferred to Laura Morse Patrick a
tract of 40 acres under the Western
Land & Irrigation Company's ditch,
near Hermiston, for a consideration of
$4600.
THREE FIRE STATIONS RUSHED
Rose City Park Englne-House Is
Attractive Building.
Th fire stations Rose City Park,
Woodlawn and Kenton all on 41ie
same plan, are nearing completion. The
one in Rose City Park, on the-Sandy
boulevard and East Fifty - seventh
street. Is farther along towara comple
tion It will be one of the most at
tractive buildings of tHe Rose Cit
Park district.
It is a brick structure standing on
the brow of the hill. The walls have
been covered with cement, wun trim
mings of light-colored brick. The foun
dation and basement are of solid con
crete. The interior Is arranged to be
used "both for auto or horse-drawn apparatus,-
The appropriation for this
EASTERN
ins
fire station was $10,000, but th cost
will not be. above $8000. -It will be
completed and ready for use within
four weeks.
At Woodlawn the fire station, which
occupies the triangle space In the cen
ter of the district, is well along and
the plastering has been completed. At
Kenton the fire station built on the
same plan Is being finished.
The saving on the three buildings
out of the oppropriatlon is something
over $4000. All three will be attractive,
structures. At .Woodlawn and Kenton
there is ample ground about the build
ings which may be made beautiful.
L. G. Holden, battalion chief, drew
the plans for these structures and Is
looking after their erection. He Is also
working on plans for the. Irvington
engine-house, which will le built on
East Twenty-fourth street, near Thomp
son street. It will be different from
any engine-house built In Portland. It
will be of the bungalow type. Con
struction also of the fire station at
Montavilla has been started.
Three-Story Building Planned.
Plans for a three-story hotel build
ing to be erected on Third street, be
tween Burnside and Couch streets, for
George Jacobs have been filed with
the building inspector. The first floor
will be used for stores and the second
and third stories for hotel purposes.
The building will be of mill construc
tion and will cost about $12,000. The
plans were drawn by A. E. Ewart.
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FLOYD PROPERTY XEAR MED
FORD IS SOLD.
Three Acres Xear Central Point
Bring $4 500 Valley Tracts
Are Active.
Orchard land and farm tracts near
Portland and in other parts of the
state have had a brisk movement in
the last few days. Bearing orchards
seem to be in fair demand. Some of
the sales reported in the last few days
are:
The sale of the W. N. Floyd orchard.
consisting of ten acres, near Medford,
practically all In bearing, to Mrs. A.
A. Bird, of Salt Lake City, was an
nounced a few days ago. No amount
was given, though It is known that
Mr. Floyd purchased the property last
year for $13,000.
The orchard Is situated about two
miles west of Medford. on the Jack
sonville railroad, in one of the fine
fruit sections. Besides pears, a family
orchard and small fruits are grown.
Mrs. G. W. Irvine has purchased a
ten-acre tract of 3-year-old pears a
short distance west of Central Point
from Mrs. Eva Longacre. The consid
eration was $4500. The sale was made
by Charles D. Hoy.
R. W. Tripp sold the 14-acre tract
owned by George W. 'McKinney, near
Brownsville, to Bert R. Daugherty, of
Medford. the price paid being $1900.
Mr. Daugherty is manager of a 1500-
acre orchard at Talent. i
, Melvln Hansen became the owner of
the Jonathan Johnson .tract or aoout
1000 acres, formerly known as the
Dunn tract, at the edge of Eugene and
due south of Chula Vista Park, which
was successfully sold out In small
tracts by Mr. Hansen last year. Mr.
Hansen will at once have this tract
carefully surveyel and platted Into lots
of five acres and up. making wide and
scenic boulevards, connecting it up
with Chula Vista and South Alder
street.
Rev. Charles Wilson Baker pur
chased the fine 100-acre farm of Mor
ris Weber, about five miles northwest
of Roseburg. This is one of the fines
farms In the county and has a o-acre
prune orchard in full bearing.
W. J. Kelllher has purchased 90
acres of land Just south of Koseburg
of the heirs of the Sheridan estate.
Gilbert Zacher has sold his 120-acre
farm near Eugene to J. H. Welborn.
F. P. Smith sold the Wlsner place
of 155 acres near Amity m .n.uvmei
parties last week. J. P. Allison, who
reports the deal, says the considera
tion, was $11,400.
il DWELLINGS BUILT
SIXCE JANUARY 1, 1828 HOMES
RISE OX EAST SIDE.
Ia July 205 Houses and Xine Busi
ness Buildings Were Started Xcw
Additions Grow Rapidly.
Statistics for July show that a total
of 205 new homes and nine business
buildings were started on the East Side
during that month. For June this year
195 residences were started' and hence
there was an increase of 15 La July. In
June there were ten business buildings
started on the East Side.
The total number of homes started
on the East Side for the first seven
months of the year was 1828. This
shows a slight falling off over the
number built in the same period in
1911, but the buildings erected this
year are of a much better cnaracter.
These new homes are divided among
the different sections. Beaumont. Ala
meda Park, Irvington, Laurelhurst,
Eastmoreland, Walnut Park, Overlook
and Piedmont lead In the erection oi
fine homes. Rose City Park district.
Mount Scott, Montavilla, Waverleigh
Heights, Jonesmore and Overlook lead
In moderate homes.
Architects are busy preparing plans
for medium-priced homes and fine res
idences for all the districts. The An
derson Construction Company is draw
ing Dlans for IS attractive residences
to be built in Irvington. Architects
Emll Schacht & Son have prepared the
plans for s two-story, 10-room resi
dence to be built on East Ninth and
Multnomah streets for William Shep
herd. It will be 60x46 feet in size.
Plans were completed last week for
this house. Bert E. Boice has been
awarded the contract to erect an
eight-room residence for W. F. Krum
beln on Tillamook between East Six
teenth and East Seventeenth streets.
Architect R. N. Hockenberry has pre
pared plans for a 10-room residence
for E. Z. Ferguson, to be built on Ala
meda Drive in Alameda Park.
PORTERS BUY AT MLYRSHFIFXiD
Dockage and City Property Turned
at Profit of $35,000.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. Aug. 24. (Spe
cial.) E. W. Wright, of Portland, an
nounces the sale of a large property
in this city to Porter Bros, and Grant
mith. It is what is known as the
Marsden property and takes In several
buildings on each side of Front street
and a dock.
Mr. Wright bought this property
about a year ago and says he sold ,it
for about $3o.ooo more than was paia
for It at the time of the purchase from
Mr. Marsden. The announcement made
by Mr. Wright that he had sold to
Porter Bros, created much interest,
owing to the fact that the railroad
contractors are building a part of the
line from Eugene to Coos Bay.
Altamcad Realty Is Active.
The Western Oregon Trust Company
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teports the sale of six lots In Altamead
Addition in the last lew aays, abro
gating in value approximately $3600.
Among the buyers were: G. Balllet,
two lots; A. C. Rhodes, A. Angelo,
Frank Perry and Joe Garltano. Most
of the recent purchasers are preparing
:o improve tneir prupeny wm
itantlal residences. -
GERLIXGER. MILL VISIT EAST
Stoddard-Dayton SEanager Says Trip
Is for Pleasure Only.
Edward E. Gerllnger. manager of the
Rtoriflnrfl-Davton Auto Company, left
Thursday night for an extended East
ern trip. Some of the more important
cities he contemplates visiting are Chi
cago, Detroit, Indianapolis, .new lum
and Boston.
tli - norlina-er lavs: I am taking this
trip purely for pleasure, as all mycon-
tracts lor lsia nave oeen mime.
PORTLAND MEN IN DEAL
Huge Bohrer Tract of Fruit Tiand In
Idaho Sold for $ 1 00,000.
WlflSER, Idaho, Aug. 24. (Special.)
-R-ir far the bieeest Individual sale of
land ever .recorded in this-section of
the country has Just been ciosea
th-mKrh tho nurchase by Portland and
Weiser capitalists of 505 acres of choice
.,if lanrt from John Bohrer. The sale
was negotiated by Robert Coulter and
R U. Bradshaw, of this city, ana wnue
t, onnxtHnrtlon has ' not been dis
closed, it is Tinderstood that close to
$100,000 wiH change hands oeiore me
flnal titles are transferred.
m, Bohrer tract Is located in the
Crystal irrigation district. It is the in
t.ntinn of the new owners to cut it up
into tracts of 10 and 20 acres and
place it on the market for Eastern pur
chasers. Water was first delivered to the 505-
. ,ki . cnrinir thrnuirh the new
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1 intrirt which oumDS the
water from the Snake River to the
high bench land and delivers it to tne
owners' lands in pipes. The pumping
rr,ih hAcr-ni onpratlons in May.
has been described by engineers and
Irrigation experts as a mouci. iue bum
. r r,o nnaiitv for fruits and garden
truck, and for this reason it is ex
pected there will be a brisk demand for
the land, once the colonization cam
paign is under way.
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NEW BUILDINGS SHOW PROGRESS OF. PORTLAND SCHOOLS.
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Architects Are Kept Busy Pre
paring House Plans.
INSIDE DISTRICTS FILL IN
Contractors Are Extending Opera
tions in. All Parts of- City Big
Number of Xewcomers Arrive
and Homes Are in. Demand.
At present architects seem as busy
as during any other time of the year,
preparing plans for residences. There
is increased demand for small houses
for rent on the East Side. At the of
fice of Mall & Von Borstel, on East
Burnside street, the average dally num
ber of applicants for houses for rent
during one week was from 10 to 12,
mostly from new-comers. '
Other offices on the East Side have
had about the same experience, but
houses of four to six- rooms close In
and near streetcar tracks are not easy
to be found. This Inside district is
filling up with apartments and flats,
and cottages will become fewer as the
city -grows between the Willamette
River and East Thirtieth street, a dis
trict in which the value of property
will drive residents further east.
There does not seem to be any danger
that too many dwellings .will be built,
as the demand keeps up closely with
the suppiy. In the residence sections
builders have found it very profitable
to erect houses in groups and then sell
them to men who want homes. George
W. Priest Is credited with erecting
nearly 50 houses of tils class on the
East Side within two years, and is now
erecting groups in, different sections.
The Anderson Construction Company
is preparing plans for 18 attractive
homes to be built In Irvington. which
will range in cost between $3000 and
$5000. Architect Fred S. Allerton is
preparing plans for a seven-room resi
dence In Alameda Park for Miller &
Hlsshaw,- to cost $4200. Also he has
prepared plans for a $3000 home for
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Fred Ferguson, to be built in Beau
mont. Architects Jacobberger & Smith
have drawn plans for an eight-room
residence to be built for H. A. See
berger at East Twenty-sixth and
Hamblet streets, in Alameda Park.
They have let the contract for the new
home of A. W. Horn and for the new
$7000 home for Mrs. Irvine.
William Durfllnger, a home-builder,
has purchased, six lots on Prescott
street, near East Nineteenth street, and
will put up five attractive homes on
the property. E. Z. Ferguson, presi
dent of the Alameda Land Company, is
having plans drawn for a $10,000 resi
dence, to be "built on the Alameda drive
in Alameda Park.
RESIDEX-CE LOTS ARE SOLD
Activity in East Side Realty Is Keep
ing Up Healthy Face.
A number of sales of residence sites
have been made recently in different
portions of the East Side by.S. T. Dove
and W. J. Day, who report that they
find a decided Improvement in the
realty market.
E. H. Brown bought three lots in
Portsmouth Villa Annex for $1160 from
M. E. Aarls. In Tremont Placo, In the
South East Side, John L. Pike bought
a lot for $300, and will erect a home
at once. Affie B. Hanna bought a lot
in Rose City Park from L. M. Cleek
for $750, and will erect a home. In
Vernon, Theresa J. Fay bought two
lots of Albert Thornton for $1200.
Thomas J. O'Malley, of Chicago, 111.,
sold a lot in Lincoln Park to John
Sauer, who will build a residence.
The' Brong-Manary Company sold
three lots In Loverleigh, on the Penin
sula, to Joseph R. Ryan for $1650. The
Portland" Trust Company sold a lot In
Woodstock to Gardner Elliott for $1900.
CAPTAIX GRAY 3HKES CHAXGE
Leaves Diamond Rubber Company to
Go With Auto Concern.
W. H. Gray, for two years identified
with the Diamond Rubber Company, of
Portland, has resigned to become asso
ciated with F. W. Vogler in the North
west Auto Company, distributer for
the Hudson and Reo cars.
"Captain" Gray will be a hard man
to replace, as his personality has had
much to do with success of Diamond
tires In this section. He is regarded
highly by all connected with the auto
moblla business in Portl ; J
DEMAND FOR IRE
SCHOOL SPACE DIG
New Buildings and Additions to
Old Ones Will Relieve
Situation.
UNIT SYSTEM FOLLOWED
Plans Being Made to House Over
30,000 Pupil's Fireproof Struc-.
tnres Kise Xeeds in East Side
Districts Are Problem.
nearly gone, preparations are being
made lor tne opening oi tne cny
-v.nr.iH -tiA, mm... than 1 ft ftno sthnnl
children must be housed. Portland's
steady growth has made it mandatory
to provia aaaitionai scnuoi lucniiia,
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.nknnl hiifM4nirB httVA hnsn erpntari and
additions made to old structures since
the first or the year.
By far the most pretentious structure
on the block bounded by Market, Mill,
Park ana seventn streets, it is oi
fireproof construction and Is considered
one of the- finest school buildings In
the Northwest. The finest grammar
school building under way is the Fail
ing School In South Portland. This
structure is to be fireproof and fully
modern in Its appointments. Another
fine building is to be the new Alnsworth
School on Portland Heights. This
structure also will be of modern fire
proof construction. On the East Side
big progress has been made in the
construction of new school -buildings
during the past year.
A feature of the present construction
Is the application of the unit system,
especially on the East Side. New
schools are planned on a scale large
enough to accommodate all probable
needs for several years. They are
planned as Independent units and as
the demand for more space increases,
additional units can be built. Several
East Side schools have been planned
In this way. Nearly all the new school
buildings are provided with assembly
halls which are to be available at any
time for neighborhood meetings and
similar occasions.
Many Schools EnlarKed.
Besides the Irvington, the eight
room addition to the kern building,
and the eight-room addition to the
Clinton-Kelly School building, com
pleted toward the close of last year,
the Portland school district is erecting
four additions to East Side school
houses, or a total of 28 classrooms,
In addition to those now in use.
To the Montavilla schoolhouse six
rooms and an assembly hall have been
added, which makes the Montavilla
schoolhouse a 20-room structure, with
an assembly hall. This is the second
addition to this building, which orig
inally contained eight rooms. How
ever, the .new four-room building built
east of Mount Tabor and south of the
Base Line road has still further relieved
the pressure on the main building on
C.uantf.BlTth RtrPt bllt it WaS
crowded at the close of school last year.
Another four-room Bunaing is to De duui
north of East Gllsan street in Monta
villa on the site secured in North
Jonesmore Addition this year, but the
contract hY not yet been let. The
Montavilla schoolhouse will be ready
for the opening of school, about three
weeks hence.
At the Creston building a 10-room
addition with an assembly hall Is being
finished and will be ready for the- open
ing of school. These 10 rooms will
make Creston an 18-room building be
sides the assembly hall, this new ad
dition being the second, so rapidly has
the neighborhood grown. The Weston
School, near Woodmere station on the
Mount Scott railway, is being enlarged
K .. aUI,t t-nsima nnt ATI fLRSPmhlV llUll.
making a total of 12 rooms besides the
assembly hall. Tne sraooinouw
Lents, which is outside the city bound
ary Is thd largest new schoolhouse
erected. It contains 22 rooms The
Weston Schoolhouse was built to re
lieve the pressure on the Lents school
house It will be completed by the
opening of school. A four-room ad
dition is being added to the Richmond
schoolhouse on East Thirty-ninth and
Division streets. The addition will not
likely be finished by the school open
ing. .
At the Kern schoolhouse. East
Twenty-eighth and East Couch streets,
an eight-room addition was built last
year, which will be available for use
this year. The concrete gymnasium and
domestic science building of the Wash
ington High School has also been com
pleted and the contract has been lot
to furnish It with the necessary ap
paratus. With the apparatus Its cost
will be above $100,000.
More Buildings Planned.
A large amount of preparatory work
a hava i don mada and are
now being made this month before the
school opening. At Woodlawn, Shaver,
t -. rmann Kollwond and other
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buildings, where additional grounds-
have been purchased, tne gruunua
been graded ana otnerwiso im
proved. It Is not easy to keep ahead
of the growth of the city, especially on
the East Side, In the matter of school
houses. At Rose City Park an eight
room concrete- building was erected last
year, but it Is not of sufficient size
and some of the pupils have been
sent to the Kern building.
Several sections of the district have
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ably be given consideration next year.
Between the AlDerta duuuihb uh
Nineteenth, near Wygant street, in
Vernon, and Woodlawn. residents have
been asking for a schoolhouse, and
very soon a schoolhouse will be re
quired to provide Alameda and Olmstead
parks with school facilities. Kenton Is
clamoring for a schoolhouse. At pres
ent it is supplied w(lh a small tem
porary structure. Also, the district
in the neighborhood of East Forty
first and Holgate streets wants school
facilities and has asked the Board
of Education for consideration. The
district acquired a site near the Reed
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a new schoolhouse is built In that
neighborhood It will proDaoiy De duui
on this site.
When the next high school building
Is provided it will probably be built
at some point In the South East
Side In the vicinity of Kenilworth. Al
ready a movement has been started to
get a high school for that part of the
district, and some statistical Informa
tion has been gathered to show the
need of the building. However, beyond
acquiring a site next year, there will
probably be nothing done toward erect
ing another high school in Portland,
especially while there is so great a
demand for grammar grade buildings
In the growing residence sections.
REALTY BUYER'S MIXD ENIGMA
Psychology Is Important Factor in
Opinion of Chicago Dealer.
Albert H. Wetten. former president
of the Chicago real estate board, says
that the workings of the average mind
of a person when' buying real estate
completely baffles him. Mr. Wetten
said their hopes are easily built UP f
and they are just as easily frightened i
away by pessimistic talk.
"The brain of the Investor seems to
operate differently when he contem
plates Investing in real csiate," said
Mr. Wetten, "than when ha Is consid
ering the purchase of mortgages, stocks '
or bonds.- Instead of accepting the
recommendation of some reliable and
experienced broker, he will go to a
friend, who may be a merchant, or to
a lawyer, who probably never owned
a piece of real estate in his life, and
who has not the remotest conception
of the real estate subject, except that
possibly he knew some one who many
years ago purchased a lot, expecting
it to enhance in value, but it did not.
"He may read about advancing values
which he magnifies Into boom and
cautions the timid investor to be care
ful. And all the while this well-meaning
adviser probably Is taking the
longest possible chance with his own
investments, and a glance In his strong
box might disclose beautifully engraved
certificates of stock in bogus coffee
plantations, oil wells and prospective
gold mines.
"If there is any doubt about this, the
probate court inventories of the estates
left by some of our prominent men will
confirm, this statement.
"And so the prospective purchaser
when he has finished consulting his
friends, - is prejudiced, his suspicions
aroused, and he does not invest. The
pessimistic attitude of his friends, even
though they decline to advise him di
rectly, is enough. To the prospective
real estate investor let me say that the
pessimist never buys any real estate.
It requires an optimist A man must
see hope and brightness In the future
to risk his money in land.
"If the broker approached about prop
erty In other lines than his own would
frankly admit that he was not qualified
to advise: that he did not know whether
the price was low or high, it would
help some; but strange to say the same
kind of human nature predominates In
the makeup of the average real estate
broker as with the average lawyer and
physician.
"He seems to think that It would bo
a reflection upon his intelligence to ad
mit that he did not have a well de
fined knowledge and opinion upon
everything in his particular profession.
"Another pitfall which besets many
Investors is the placing of too much
stress on the Income the property Is
producing at the time of his purchase.
They hesitate to sell at 4 per cent,
and 5 per cent mortgages or bonds to
buy real estate earning only 2V4 per
cent or 3 per cent.
"The little difference In the rate
makes no difference. If the purchase Is
well made. In fact, land could be
vacant and unproductive and still the
Investor be warranted ii selling his
securities to make the purchase. It Is
entirely a question of price."
STEADY GROWTH SEEN
IMPROVEMENTS AT VERNOX
ARE EXTENSIVE.
Widening of Alberta Street to B
Followed With raving Substan
tial Itisc in Values Xotcd.
Now that the widening of Alberta
street between Union and Vernon ave
nues to 60 feet Is accomplished, prop
erty owners are moving their fences
back and laying concrete sidewalks,
preparatory to improving with hard
surface pavement. The Improvement of
the street will be undertaken as soon
as possible, and by tilling in the gup
between Union and Vernon avenues
with hard-surface pavement. Alberta
will at once become the longest paved
street running east and west in that
part of the city. It has been paved to
East Thirtieth street and opened even
beyond.
Alberta is the business street for
this growing section in the northeast
ern district called Vernon. Few por
tions of the East Side have made as
rapid progress as Vernon the past few
years.
There has been a substantial advance
in values. Lots which were purchaied
for ?300 and $400 three years ago, now
command 600 and J1000 and even more.
The district has continued to enlarge
until it extends through to Woodlawn
and from Union avenue to East Thirty
second street and beyond. The line
residence section, Irvington Park,
which is located on East Thirtieth
street along the Alberta carllne, con
tains many beautiful homes. A visit
to the end of the Alberta carllne Is a
revelation to anyone who has not gone
there for the past year. In Irvington
I'ark all the streets have been graded
and cement sidewalks have been laid.
Attractive residences, costing from
$3000 to $6000 may be seen all through
this section.
Much of the natural growth, outside
of the streets, has been retained, and
thus the homes are half hidden in the
natural foliage. It is probable that
either the Alberta or the Woodlawn
streetcar line will be extended so that
a loop may be formed. This has been
the plan for the Alberta carllne. Resi
dents ton Killingsworth avenue have
been working to secure a carllne on
that street from Union avenue. There
Is a great territory even east of East
Thirtieth street, which Is the end of
the Alberta carllne
FIXE VIEWS ARE PROVIDED
Westover Terraces Become Popular
With Autoisls.
Tlrcre are several automobillsts' In
the city who make a practice of tak
ing a spin up to Westover Terraces
every week day. On these trips they
usually take a party of several peo
ple They are apparently not intent
upon buying a homeslte. but have what
they call the "Westover habit.
H E Seymour, assistant secretary of
the ' Portland Automobile Club, com
menting upon the scenic rides that may
be enjoyed about the city, says that
the view from Westover Terraces is
the equal of any that he has ever seen
and surpasses in its scope and beauty
all others around this city of beautiful
drives. ...
"Within 15 minutes, running with
in the speed limit Imposed by our ordi
nances, I can go out Washington street
to Twenty-third, up to Lovejoy and
then to Corn-cll Road, up Cornell Road
to the entrance to Westover. On this
trip I pass the prettiest residence sec
tion of Portland and at its very edge
ascend the easy grades of Westover
Terraces.
"From the first elevation, on a clear
day the view is beyond my possibility
of expression. K Is the most compre
hensive, the most varied, the most In
teresting sight I ever hope to see. There
Is the Columbia River in the distance,
the Willamette for miles, the City of
Vancouver, the entire City of Portland
and, away off In ttie distance, are the
peaks of the Cascade Range.
"The air is pure, being above all the
air channels that carry smoke. The
breeze, even on the hottest day. Is
refreshing but not strong. The sun
shines a little more beautifully than
below, because of the clearness of the
atmosphere. In fact. It Is the most
unobstructed and Inspiring view, I
think, there Is to be found In the
city."
F. N. Clark, sales agent for Westover
Terraces, announces that another 10
lots will be opened for sale' within a
short time. If he is successful In the
sale of these lots, as he was with the
first opening, two weeks will find them
all gone, he says,