r THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 13,1913. 9 SUCCESS ATTENDS LITTLELAND PLAN San Diego Colony Shows How Good Living Can Be Made on Small Parcel. ONE ACRE SUFFICIENT LAND Objects Are to Force Every Foot of Ground to Yield Something, to Eliminate the Middleman and Aid Community Uplift. What is the Littlelands movement? It is not communism or socialism, but simply a co-operative plan by which members of the colony bring their little parcels of land to the high est state of cultivation, market the products by a system that eliminates the middleman and apply the profits accruing from the sale of land and water to the benefit of the settlers in building roads and making publio im provements. One of the fundamental factors in this movement is to produce from one acre or half-acre the utmost which the land is capable of producing. The colony of Littlelands, established near San Diego, a few years ago, is an example of what can be done with the Immensely fertile tracts about Port land. There never was a better oppor tunity than now is offered to salaried men of Portland to take up such a movement. The success which could be expected of such a community plan here has been so noteworthy in the Littlelands colony near San Diego, that a director of one of the Government's experimental stations has been led to say: Expert Praises System. "If this system could be extended throughout our Western States, it would support 2,000,000,000 inhabitants in comfort without infringing on our forest and mineral resources." In discussing this movement, a writ er in the Craftsman recently) said: "The fact that the Llttlelander has found It possible to support himself and his family upon one acre of land Is less significant than that he has been able at the same time to secure for them contentment and happiness. His wife might not find happiness in sharing his work if it were not for the fact that the whole family may with out great trouble or expense find di version and relaxation in the nearby city. "The Llttlelander is not necessarily limited to one acre of land. In a few cases newcomers have. purchased more, but Invariably they have found that one acre was as much as they could cultivate thoroughly without assist ance. The hiring of help is not withjn the Littleland theory, because it is be lieved that the man working for wages will not devote himself whole heartedly to his task, or if he should do so will ' soon break loose and become an inde pendent cultivator. Twenty Families Prosper. "There are at present in the San Ysidro Valley upward of 20 families who are living more comfortable lives and enjoying greater happiness than they had ever known before; in the past these men, among whom are mer chants, bookkeepers and cashiers, had had salaries averaging $100 a month or more. The present state of independ ence, abundance and confidence as to the future is derived from one acre of land and a house which is much more eomfortable and attractive than their former homes. "The first object of the Llttlelander is to supply his personal wants, and frequently everything eaten at his table is produced upon his own ground. Ducks, chickens, Belgian hares and, of course every kind of vegetable can be raised upon one acre of ground, leav ing a considerable surplus for sale. At San Ysidro a one-acre tract has yielded 60.000 heads of lettuce. On the other hand, the same acre of ground Is in many cases devoted to IS to 20 kinds of vegetable in marketable quantities or to raising a flock of chickens or other fowl. "To take a specific illustration, man who until he approached his 60th year was a bookkeeper in the Chicago stockyards came out to San Ysidro three years ago, and be declares that although he lived for a long time in constant dread of losing his position he now wishes that he had been dis charged before his hair turned white. "With a salary of $25 a week he was constantly in debt. After three seasons In San Ysidro. representing in their yield eight hours daily work in the open air, he sums up as his assets greatly Improved health, mental ease, absolute Independence and a surplus of $200 or $300 at tbe end of each year. Co-Operation la Keyaote. "While the Littleland colony Is In no sense communistic, co-operation is an important factor In its success. The profits accruing from the sale of land and water are deveted to the benefit of the settlers in general and are ex pended upon road and park improve ments, lighting, school and library maintenance, etc All such matters are discussed and voted upon at the regu lar Monday night weekly meetings, when women have an equal voice with the men in the decisions. "Marketing is also done co-operatively. The Llttlelander is his own best customer. None of his produce goes to waste. The community cart calls at his place dally and takes up anything that he may have to offer, even though It may be only 25 cents' worth. Combined with similar small quantities contributed by his neigh bors an amount is secured which is salable in San Diego, where the dealers are eager to obtain the fresh and un usually fine vegetables grown in the Valley of San Ysidro. j "In several Instances the Littleland ers are making a living from one-half an acre and less. It has been found that 300 chickens and a house can be placed upon to town lots, leaving room for a small vegetable garden and a strip of lawn. Some of the results achieved have -astonished the agricul tural experts." CHICAGO .MAX BCYS BLOCK J. R. Smith Declares Portland Will Benefit Greatly From Canal. After looking into conditions in the large Pacific Coast cities. J. R. Smith, a contractor and builder, of Chicago, has chosen Portland as his future home, having decided that Portland offers the best opportunities of any city for the contracting and building business. Mr. Smith last week purchased a block in Altamead, the growing suburb east of Mount Tabor, and already has begun tbe erection of two handsome five-room bungalows. In deciding on Aitamead Mr. Smith took into consid eration such advantages as car serv ice, the price of real estate, and the desirability of the locality. "I believe that there is no part of the city which offers a better oppor- man who wants a home," aaid Mr. Smith. "I look for Portland real es tate to go steadily upward. The Pan- - A . i a rltv than Biuft iaua uieuiia mwiw 1 " the people seem to realise, and the rush of new people to the Coast and Portland means a constant demand for homes. The people of the Eastern states appreciate wnax uic ranwua a nal will do for the Coast, and there will be thousands of investors and home seekers come to Oregon within the next few years." Residence Property Sold. T. J. Long has sold a lot 100x102 feet at East Eighty-second street, near Division, to George Braunsworth from Mrs. Anna Lundberg. for $4000. The site was bought for a home which will cost $2500, on which work has been started. Mr. Long has traded a 40 acre tract of unimproved land In Linn County to Mrs. Emily A. Ferris for a lot 100x102 in Home Subdivision, Glen wood Park, near Piedmont car barns. Mr. Long bought another lot in the same neighborhood from Mrs. Ferris for $1700. Heights Lots Purchased. Mrs. Mary Strong has purchased a fine view site on-Talbot road, Portland Heights, from R. Marshal and M. Seaman.- The consideration was $4000. Walter H. Graves has bought two and one-half view lots in Alta Vista from the Oregon Kealty & Investment Com pany. Both sales were negotiated by Mrs. John Brooke. TRflClllGSll5,000 SUBURBAN ' PROPERTY BOUGHT BY T. J. LEONARD. Trading in Farm Lands Continues Fairly Active Porter Bros. Buy Florence Tideland. While trading In farm lands and acreage property the past week was not especially active, there were several transfers of some importance. The Dr. M. J. Denny tract of 60 acres, lying one mile southeast of Lents, in Clackamas County, was purchased by T. J. Leon ard, a Portland realty operator, for $15,000. About one-half of the tract is under cultivation and the remainder is cut-over land. The new owner plans n .nhiviita th ro-nnertv into half- acre tracts for suburban home sites. Johnson Porter, of Porter Bros., rail road contractors, has contracted for the purchase of 20 acres of tideland at Florence, at the mouth of the Siuslaw River. Porter Bros, own a sawmill at that point and expect to begin oper ations at the plant January 1. The firm now owns about 42,000 acres of timber land In that district. It is be lieved that soon a railroad will be built Into the Florence district. Mr. Porter is one of the contractors who' is building the Willamette Pacific Kail road, but is investing In this property for himself, having faith in the future of the Siuslaw section now that the railroad and harbor improvement are assured. This purchase gives him sev eral blocks of waterfront, close to the business section of town, with good boomage facilities and is an Ideal saw mill site, with great quantities of tim ber easily available. One of the most . Important real estate deals was the sale last week rt ion arr nf thA Snrav tract to W. t rMni.A nf Mnnmmith. ThA con sideration Is given as $10,000. Mr. Prophet, who has recently aisposea oi a mercantile business at Monmouth, is an experienced dairy, chicken and hog man and he will go into that bus iness. He will move onto the land af ter the New Year and will at once start the erection of buildings neces sary for his operations. to- n rnnnr of Cottasre Grove, has sold his 275-acre farm in the Silk Creek country to J. D. Anderson. The farm Is in a high state of cultivation and is considered one of the best places in the Cottage Grove district. F. B. Mllliorn, of Prlnevllle, has purchased from John Seavey, of Eugene, a farm of 614 acres lying above Spring field. Tbe greater part of the place is under cultivation. Henry Hart, of Portland, has purch ased two 10-acre tracts of the Falls City Orchard Company, and has al ready taken possession of his new home. Mr. Hart has. taken up the land Improvement problem in a way that spells success from start to finish, ac cording to the Falls City News. Mrs. Mary M. Gillette and Mrs. Rob inson, of Portland, have purchased the w.A ........ farm nf A T H n v Jfr Snrt. 1UVKI O 1 1 ' ... ... w. - J 1 nrit.h U...1 r,r a mil. havnnri lying t niM.ii "ut'i " Reedvllle on the Southern Pacific line. The farm nas oeeu in iiups iui many years. It is probable that the new own- it, ... th nlapft flftnr if Cr win diu-vi ...... - - . a .An. toitf 1 la AlantrifiAri and nut it on ine maritei in b"''i v m. W. A. Cummings has sold his 82 acre farm, lying on the Oregon Electric between Halsey and Peoria, to L. E. Soderstrom, of South Dakota. The con sideration was $5200. Mr. Cummings sold his 160-acre farm near Olex, in Gil liam County, to W. W. weatnerrora tor $800. Frame Structure Under Way. ir.. HjT Ponlui tlttth(WII ttAM 1 At thA DllB. contract for the erection of a frame building at me noripweBi corner oi 11 1 AUU . ... . - -...,., nf th. rnllroatl bridrtt to cost $4500. It will be 50x70 feet in slxe with full cement oasemeni, piute glass store fronts and show windows. It will contain three store. SPRINGFIELD IS VICTOR Eugene High School Debaters Lose by 2-to-l Decision. c-invfloM Hlzh School debating; team composed of Amy Carson and Miss Bartlett tonlgnt oeieaiea iuarsarei Pratt and Martha Beer, Eugene High School debaters by a two-to-one deci sion in a preliminary aeoate oi me state lnterscholastlc series. fk. anrinff-ftAld team debated the af firmative of the" question: "Resolved, That the State OI ureguu biiuuiu aaiuut a law similar to the one recenUy . . CatA nf Wifihinirtnn acopiea uy ......... . - " " which provides for the recompensa- tlon or taDorer mjM .... ... ing hazardous duty." The attendance was good. Including a large delegation from Springfield. Livestock Shipper Breaks Record. KLAMATH FALLS, Or, Dec. 14. cn&iai t nnifi fterber has lust Shipped eight cars- of cattle and sheep to the Sacramento marnei iron oere There were 110 head of cattle and about 600 sbeep in the lot. This is the largest ingle shipment from ids vaney hub season. Manslaughter Charge Holds. ELLENSBURG. Wash., Dec. 14. (Sneclal.t After three hours and 15 minutes' deliberation today, a jury in the Superior Court found A. B. Miller guilty of manslaughter. The case went to the Jury at 1:45 and the verdict was returned at 4 P. M. CAPTAIN constructor of docks in the world, says "Boston is in earnest to become a world port and is taking full advantage of the Panama Canal possi bilities. New England has not an hour to lose, if this section of the country is to profit by the maritime possibilities just ahead." . Speaking of Buenos Ayres, where he built miles of the thousands and thousands of men at work on the docks I cannot help wondering. how many of those poor laborers are now classed as millionaires. I know for a fact that if I had invested the small sum of $500 in a little piece of ground where now the great warehouses stand, I should have been worth PORTtitID ' V- .1 ' SiVi l . Ef I 1 II ... a rvTR5k ttttv TT iT m Em ' sh b If & Is the center around which all Tt n ur investment activities will diz- W ui zily revolve, very soon. The 11 . . psychological foundation for Sj h (1 several real estate fortunes. m a ' ' ' Quarter acres now for $2000. Jlj ' f S EE US IMMED'I AT K LY '' LOIS SELL FOR $32,200 E. ROBERTS BUYS 4 PAR CELS IX LAUKFXHCRST. East Side Apartment-House Brings $27,000 Several Sales of Dwellings Closed. There has been a considerable move ment in residence property on the East Side the past week. Property to the amount of IS lo:s In Laurelhurst was sold by tbe Laurelhurst Company to William E. Roberts for a total consid eration of $32,200. The transfer in cludes blocks 85. 61, 62 and S4, which are well located in this fine residence district. The average value of these lots Is about $2500. The sale is the WASHINGTON STATE PRISON WILL DEDICATE NEW r it - i :Lmm 1 1 ,zvmc-w-ry.im I. rSwsfci. Tagr.WijiX) iLia-:sjt!tf ' y -5 CONVICT L.UJOR BllLDS fSSjOOO AlTOITORIliM. , Twenty-five thousand dollar chapel at Washington State Prison, in Walla Wala, which will be dedi cated Sunday afternoon. This chapel was built by convict labor, under the direction of Chief Engineer Wil liam Qulnn. The Interior is aa handsomely appointed as any auditorium in the country, with easy seats, a good stage, scenery, etc. . v JAMES C. BUSTIN, Watertown, Massachusetts, greatest at least $10,000,000. -It is just the same m other localities. Land investments count and that - is why I say, watch and largest made in Laurelhurst for some time. In Sunnyside Minnie A. Ackerson sold her property to K. C. Sugg for 5000. J. H. Tipton sold to M. C. Da vis property in Hollyrood to the amount of $4500 and in Meadowhurst property to the amount of $26,000. The former includes a house and lot and the latter 23 lpts in blocks 4 and 2. Meadowhurst. H. F. Bothful has sold his Mount Tabor property, Tabor Heights, for $5000. Webster's Court, a 26-room apart ment on a lot 50x90 feet, at the south west corner of Pacific street and Grand avenue, owned by Daniel Zeller, valued at $27,000, has-been sold to the J. M. French Kealty Company. The company took in exchange the "Mountain View Farm," valued at $25,000. The Portland property is located in the vicinity of the new railroad bridge and was re cently built by Mr. Zeller and yields a good income. 1 C. V. Dyment has purchased a lot and home In Buehner's Addition, on East Fifty-seventh, between East Sal Docks, he says, Boston and her harbor front all that district."" The same things that can be said of Boston apply to PORTLAND mon and East Main streets. Mount Ta bor, from Bert E. Boice, for $8500. The residence is modern and contains nine rooms. It was built recently by Mr. Boice. Mr. Boice accepted as part payment a 40-acre tract located about eight miles nortneast ot Vancouver, valued at $5000. The tract is well im proved. . . Albany Man Braves Hoodoo Day. ALBANY, Or., Deo. 14. (Special.) It may not have been because It was Fri day, the 13th, but yesterday was one of the lightest days for new business In many months at the Linn County Courthouse. Not a single new case was instituted in the Circuit Court end no new proceedings were begun In the Probate Court. Only two instruments were filed for record In the County Re corder's office. One man braved the fates and secured a marriage license. He was Otto Frank Viernow, of Al bany, who secured a permit to wed Mary Martha Mackeben, also of this city. ' CHAPEL TODAY. .- ?.-,. ? '.4.-X.- . ..v v-:-.-- -."yv: :W. i-WSSt'-Mftw., : J if.u vvi(t.- -mwi- afc t -i it-1,.- y ii-- ftt.- ,r - 3 "As I think back and consider 11 ii.i'ft UNIFORM LAW l& URGED RURAL CREDIT SYSTEM FOR FARMERS SUGGESTED. Subject Declared to Be of as Great Importance as Improvement of Agricultural Lands. Of interest to the farmers of Oregon is the movement for the adoption of uniform state legislation which would make possible in . this country the operation of a system of rural credits and low interest-bearing : loans to farmers similar to that in vogue in many European countries. At a recent meeting of 26 Governors held at Washington, D. C President Taft urged the adoption of such a plan. In discussing the subject he said: "There is no subject of greater Im portance to the people of the United States than the Improvement of the agricultural methods, the keeping them up to date In all agricultural communi ties, the securing of profits to the farmer, the attraction of the young men of the country to farming as a lucrative profession and the lowering of the cost ot producing agricultural products and the lowering of their prices to thecon sumer. "We have great capital in this coun try and we have farming property that Is producing farm products of Immense value. It would seem clear that with these two elements It would be possible to introduce a third by which the farm ers engaged in producing the crops should be able, in view of the value of what he produces, and the value of the land on which it is produced, to obtain money on the faith of the land and the faith of the product which will enable him to expand his acreage and better his methods of cultivation and produc tion. "An easy exchange between capital and farmers with proper security has been established in European countries where the rate of interest has been lowered so that the farmer Is prac tically on the same basis of advantage in the borrowing of money as the busi ness man. If this can be done abroad it can be done here, and If abroud we find that Government institutions adapted to form the conduit pipe be tween capitalists and farmers are suc cessfully operating, why should we not adopt them here?" WARRENTONJFIGHT OPENS iliss Munson Is Opposed for Mayor by Independent Candidate. WARRENTON, tr., Dec 14. (Spe cial.) Miss C. C. Munson has been chosen as the candidate for Mayor on the Citizens' ticket and JohnW. De trick, a contractor, has been made an Independent candidate for the Mayor alty at the general election, December 17. Considerable Interest la being taken In the race between these two candi dates, .especially as Detrlck was per suaded to accept the Independents' nomination solely on the opposition to any woman presiding over the destinies of the city. Many are supporting Miss Munson trusting that Warrenton will be t the first town in Oregon to elect a woman Mayor. - Frank J. Moule Dies. EUGENE, Or., Dec. 14. (Special.) Frank J. Moule. of Portland, died on a northbound Southern Racine train today, following a hemorrhage, as he was returning to Portland after sev eral months In California in an at tempt to regain hit health. He was 11 nnil ViAa h..n In nflllf health for some time. Ho Is a brother of Mrs. L. W. White, 441 tiast xweuty first street North, Portland. The Dalles Population Gain;. THE DALLES, Or., Dec. 14. (Spe cial.) The census of The Dalles publlo schools, which has Just been completed, shows a total of 15H0, with a gain of 25 over last year. The boys and girls are about evenly divided In numbtsrs. Am a fAfncrnlwA orildrfAtl Of tlODUllt 1 1 (1 11 . 'the school census Is multiplied by five. This universal metnoa woma snow ine Dalies to have 7650 people