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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREG6NIAN. PORTLAND. MAY 18, 1913. SERVES u Cars Will Run From Hawthorne and East Twentieth to Thirtieth Street. HOMES ARE OF HIGH GRADE Between $250,000 and SSOO.000 Hag Been Spent" on Improving District on So nth East Side In Past Two Tears. . . Tha new East Harrison-street carline win serve a growing section or trie South East Side. It begins at the in tersection of Hawthorne avenue and ' East Twentieth street and runs south ' n East Twentieth to East' Harrison ' and thence east to East Thirtieth street. It was necessary to cut through the ; hard-surface pavement on East Twen ; tleth street for the track, bat on East Harrison street space was left for the track when the pavement was laid. A single track has been laid with the .necessary turnouts along- the line. The territory between East Twentieth and East Thirtieth streets, Hawthorne avenue and Division street, has made ' substantial progress the past two years, i Homes ranging up to 15. 000 have been ! erected. Including the beautiful home of Judge C V. Gantenbeln. owner of 1 one of the additions in that section Hard-surface pavements have been laid Ton the streets that have been Improved. , East Twenty-fourth has been paved be- tween Hawthorne avenue and Division street, and the other streets have been ' paved In the same manner. Between ' JliO.OOO and 30.000 In Improvements have been spent In this district tribu tary to the new street railway In the last two years In street work and at tractive homes. There Is a high building restriction In the district, and all the homes are of the better grade, probably none cost ing much. If any. less than 15007. Sev eral homes are being built near the new track. Pavements Are Laid. All the territory between Hawthorne avenue and .Division street to East Six tieth street has been making rapid progress. It Is thought probable that the new streetcar line will be continued by turning on East Lincoln street. which Is opened through to East Six tieth street. One after another of the cross streets has been paved between Hawthorne avenue and Division street out to East Fiftieth street. More homes have been erected In the vicinity of the Richmond Schoolhouse than any other section of the South East Side. In this neighborhood the houses are modest In aise and cost. The laying of the ewers has made the rapid develop ment of this territory possible. Hard surface pavement will be laid on East Sixtieth street at once. The Portland Railway, Light & Power Company has been re-laying Its tracks on East Six tieth between East Lincoln to Divi sion street preparatory to the Improve ment to come. It is probable that the East Lincoln district will be paved this year, which will Include the Oroveland Addition, where the streets have been graded and cement sidewalks laid. It Is hoped to get hard-surface down on ail these streets this year. In this dis trict attractive buildings have been built since the addition was opened. Groveland fronts on Division street, a main highway for the 3outh East Side. All the cross streets have been opened and Improved between East Lincoln and Division streets, but the roadways between curbs have not been paved yet. There is some opposition to pave ments, but It Is thought the hard-surface Improvement will be made during the Tear. Carline Extension Probable. The extension of the Hawthorne-avenue carline to East Seventy-fourth street means much for the South East Side, for it will open up to streetcar facilities a fine territory extending to Kelly Butte on the Section Line Roadf There is little obstruction In the way, according to the report of E. T. Peter son, chairman of the cltlzena' commit tee which has had the raising of funds to the amount of $15,000. No more beautiful section can be found In the city than the territory tributary to the Section Line Road, which Is the coun try extension of Division street, but 1t has been held back because of the lack of atreetcar facilities, wlilch are about to be supplied through the Joint efforts of the property owners and the Portland Railway. Light ft Power Company. It only remains to be laid through a small piece of prop erty on Twenty-ninth avenue, where a street Is being opened. Carline Adda Value te Property. Property owners estimate that a streetcar line through South Mount Tabor will add 25 per cent to the value of lota there. .They have given an average of $13 per Jot and acreage own ers have contributed at the rate of $100 per acre. Most of the cash has been placed on deposit In a Portland bank preparatory to letting the contract for the construction of the single track with the necessary turn-outs. Powell Valley Road extends through this dis trict and Is one of the great highways In the South East Side. In the courseJ ot time Dom mvision street (section Road) and the Powell Valley Koad will be paved to the city limits. At present the county keepa these roads in good condition, even better than many of the city streets. 'While many homes have been erected between the Section and Powell Valley roads dur ing this year a more pretentious class of buildings has been erected in an ticipation of the coming of the street car line. Grange May Bnlld Co-Oneratlve More. Evening Star Grange, which has a building at Division and East Eightieth streets. Is considering tentatively the matter of erecting a building to be used as the distributing center for a co-operative buying concern handled by agents of the Grange In order to reduce the high cost of living. The upper portion of the German Old Folks' Home (The Altenhetm). "on Division street has ben finished this Spring, which adds 10 more rooms to the build ing. The fine fertile territory, which has been used for gardens, has been platted and Is now available. In the Mount Scott district on the south there are now more than 25.000 people In side the city limits. With the comple tion of the extension of the Hawthorne avenue carline to East Seventy-fourth street will come the rapid development of the territory north of Mount Scott on both sides of the Powell Valley Road. In the matter of street Improvements alone for the present year about $500, 000 will be spent in the territory ad jacent to Division street north and aouth. Moat of these improvements are for hard-surface pavements and some will be for grading and side walks. Considerable work will be done in the McMahen Addition along the south silc of Division street. At the rata new Ctomes are being built an NEW LINE HUG QCPTin UllUlf 111U ULUIIUIl equal sum will be spent in that class of improvements. COCXCIL ACCEPTS PAVING BID Springfield Remonstrance Because Price Variation of 'o Aral. SPRINGFIELD, Or., May 15. (Spe cial.) The city has finally accepted the bid of the Cark & Henry Construc tion Company to pave Fourth and Fifth streets with asphalt, notwithstanding a remonstrance signed by many citi sens. The main objection to the bid of this company was that the people petitioned for a concrete base of five inchea and this bid .was only for four Inches, also that the bid of this company was r.ot the lowest, but the company changed Its bid to conform to the wishes of the people, adding a little to the figures. The original bid was $1.S0 a square yard, but with the addition of an inch to the base it was made $1.44. A petition to pave "A" street from Mill to Tenth was received by the Council. The petition calls for the same materiel as will be laid on Fourth and Fifth streets. The referendum petition for the Sun day closing ordinance was filed by. the Council for future reference. It contains enough signatures to hold up the ordinance, which prohibits the op eration of theaters on Sunday after noon. A special election will be called. LAND TRADING IS BRISK XEWCOMERS TO STATE CHASE FARMS. PTR- Ironroved Orchard Tract in Hood River Valley Brings $35,000 Other Sales Are Closed. Although weather conditions . have continued disagreeable throughout the month, there has been exceedingly brisk trading In farm lands in the Willamette Valley. It Is believed that when the weather becomes settled and roads are In a better condition, activity In coun try property will be as pronounced as It was at this time last year, nome- seekers and Investors are arriving In the state every day and from reports received from outlying districts, it Is evident that a large proportion of the newcomers are selecting permanent farm homes. Among recent arrivals ia W. E. Pow- ell. formerly of Montana.-who has pur chased an 80-acre farm from F. E Comstock near Pleasant Hill for $7000 Mr. Powell also purchased residence property In Eugene. L S. Cousins, of Kent. "Wash- has purchased the Henry Welxelfelder farm of 80 acres lying near Eugene and will make the place his home. He paid $6000 for the tract. W. J. Kentworthy. of Prescott. Wash.. has purchased from Charles McBee a 1200-acre farm near the mouth or Birch Creek, in Umatilla County, the consld era 1 1 on being $35,000. Dr. W. H. Heckman. of Bedford. Ind. last week acquired title to a 15-acre pear orchard near Centrnl Point. The property was bought of Enos Coner for $700". Dr. Heckman win remove nis family to the place soon. H. F. Davidson, of Hood River, has purchased from A..C. J. Farrell, of New York City, a tract of 61 acres In the Central Vale district The considera tion waa $85,000. About one-half of the tract Is In bearing apple trees. Rev. E. A. HJortsvang. recently of North Dakota, has purchased the Bo dint farm of 17 acres near McMinnvflle for $4000. J. W. Miller, of Pilot Rock, has pur chased the Madison Jones farm of 40 acres, lying two' miles northwest from Pilot Rock. The farm brought tli.ouv. STREET M poshed CENTER ADDITION IS MAKING BIG PROGRESS. - Nearly All Thoroughfares Running North and South Througrh Dls . trict Are Being Paved. Center Addition, between East Forty third, East Sixtieth street, the mala line of the 0.-W. R. A N. Co. and East Stark street. Is the scene of marked activity. Nearly all the streets running north and south are being graded and cement walks are being laid between East Stark street and the railroad. This ac tivity is due to the efforts of the Cen ter Addition Improvement Club. The contract for grading East Glisan street between East Forty-third and East Sixtieth streets has been let and the work will be undertaken at once. This will Involve the lowering of the tracks of the Montavllla carline and constructing cement sidewalks. A proposition has been submitted to the property owners to pave one side of East Gllsan street between East Forty-third and East Sixtieth streets this year, leaving the other side un paved lor sewers and other utllltlea This plan has been proposed between East Sixtieth and East Eighty-second streets, so that one-half the street may be paved to Laurelhurst In advance of sewers, which will not be laid this year. East Sixtieth street will be .paved from East Stark north for over a mile as soon as the big 30-inch water main now being laid In that street has been installed. At'TO BUILDING IS XOW RIMXG Ford Assembling Plant to Cost 9100,000. Ground was broken last week for tile foundation of the modern building: for the Kord "Automobile Company. The site purchased some time ago lies at Division and. East lsievemn sireeis. along: the Southern' Pacific track. The company owns a tract a nttie over a block ia site. The building; will be of reinforced concrete construction. It Is announced that the erection of the bulldlno; will be pushed forward rap idly, it will be the most pretentious structure erected In the South East Side for some time'. The cost will be above 10U00. ' The Portland Railway. Light Power Company has completed the last unit of the group of buildings near the southern Pacific carshops on Mall street. The last building is of rein forced concrete and brick construction, two stories high and nearly 200 feet long. It cost $70,000. The new schoolhouse at Kenton will cost "5.000. according to the figures given by the architect who drew the plans. Architect L. H. Bailey has drawn tentative plans for $16,000 church building to take the place of the Com munity Church at Sandy boulevard and Hast Fortw-second street. The con gregation has outgrown the present structure. Most of the money has been subscribed toward the erection of the church. Silver Creek Man Buried. CEXTRALIA. "Wash.. May IT. (Spe cial.) The funeral of P. A. Towne. the Lewis County man killed In the O.-W. R. x. wreck at Lakevlew Monday, was- held at Sliver Creek Friday. Mr. Towne. who is survived by a wife and daughter, had been a resident of Silver Creek seven years HANDSOME HOME OF F. P. IS TYPE OF ITALIAN Hillside Location Affords Extensive View of City and Surrounding Country and Offers Opportunity for Ef: fective Work in Landscape Architecture. ' ' - mmi tea? wmmmmJ0 I - r 1 ' ' ' fcnr 1 - Srrr?, I " " f ' ' ' ! ' ia mm m iff m immmsmmmmwm ii I'niim.liisi si j?i!'& !: '! 'Jx ' i;. :V:: IT ,' 1R. AND MRS. FRANK P. RUS SELL'S villa, a modernized type of the Italian renaissance, - situ- ted on Buena Vista Terrace,; King's Heights, has many features - of dis tinctive, individuality, in addition to the widespread view over the City of Portland to the snow-covered moun tains. " In design the exterior follows' closer ly the structural form of those attract ive dwellings one sees . bordering . the lakes and rivers of Italy. ... Wide eaves, porticos and pergola effects are used and the hillside site lends itseir admirably to their display. The southern lower facade is broken only by a wide doorway with ornamen tal gates of iron, from which a stair way of concrete leads to a broad ter race or pergola porch, opening .from the living-room and sun parlor extend ing across the entire south side oft he house. ...... From this terrace the view -includes the range of mountains .- east, with Mount Hood as a background for; the city. Elevation Is such that one can look directly down to the base of the hills where Twenty-third and Ford; in tersect Washington street.- The entire business center, with Its shining white and terra cotta skyscrapers; Its street lines, and the river, spanned by. five bridges, stand as the eagle sees them. Vancouver Seen at Klgbf. At night- the city sparkles, mile broad, before the view, and one looks away to te twinkling lights of Van couver and other outlying towns. Kings Heights Is a series of paved terraces descending from the crest for merly known as "Inspiration Point," where H. L. Plttock is building a fine home on what is probably the most commanding viewpoint In the city. Each lot, or parcel of lots, has been arranged with reference to the, view and to accessibility. - Streetcars have been in operation for several months, the line having its terminus more than a mile west of Kings Heights. Mr. and Mrs. Russell were among the first to select a site, and have been living in their new home for several weeks. The house has nine rooms. Interior finish Is white enamel throughout, an tique and old ivory prevailing. Deco rative effects are Imported French de signs In the living-room and hall; Spanish leather pattern in the library; Flemish leather for tho dining-room, , I I Mi I . i ii, 1 1 . i . 1 . - ' I LJ ; ' . : ' lit . ' -i,1 ,T,,','t : ill lilt V " r '"f" .T-.-aS-.t, 3tnlg,.T.).,Sl)..gi,-1t,S if J I 1 1 r , - wwsie&wsiasia r j 1 1 III nV'ti " ' lit noniam " ' 1 1 1 f p 1 jjr ) lf II III ,HIi if - - wTrPil 4 - - A - m kA-j n MA kSL.iS Wx W -TV W - T and conventional. patterns in the sleep ing apartments. : At the northwest cor ner' bn the second . floor a large sleep-. Ing porch has. been provided.' ' Roof ing -is, of, metallic tile; ' The. main . en trance ' east front. Is protected by a graceful marquee of copper with lights of Wire glass. . All. porches are of re inforced, concrete with red tint to match the tile roof, r . .: ; " Sea Mors to- He I eT f or I.nrrn. Landscaping' will ;' be . lawns, 'north ward among the ,- trees, with rough rock coping and steps. - The south front hillside . will ' be... banked . with foliage plants, asulea and! rhododendron, with purple-flowering sea. moss Instead , of lawn.- '' t -i. '' - ' -. Ii ravlng contractors are working large forces and expect to complete much of the projected street work- in , the. earn ing-. Summer, t. rHfl h op;.' 1 Arlington. Heights and - Kings- Heights- complete water and ' sewyer -systems,.' haVe been installed and many fine homes areto be' built this ' year. '-' '. ,.'. - -. - ' ..-. ' " .- . !' C , ' . DKALKHS .PLAX HIGH i'-', JIXKS Banquet, and FJitertalnnient to Be Given by Hearty Board. - At' the" regular. . Friday .'noon meeting of ' the Realty.' Board it . was', voted ' to give1' a special"' dinner", and entertain ment Saturday, May 24. A special com. mittee of five.-' was -appointed -to ' as srst the regular' entertainment 'commit tee in preparing Jthe programme. Dur ing the past' week tnis special com mittee; convened and arranged special stunts and ; entertainments - for the evening. ; -v :'-.! . ; Already' mora than- 100 members of the. Board have' pledged their presence and many have pledged- one or more guests. It is 'expected that this enter tainment -will be the - best the- Realty Board has given in years and the Board invites each member of the realty pro fession residing' in the . city to attend the affair. ; .... j -. "It will1' be something unique in the Board's history;, and . we believe noth ing of the kind -has ever- been at tempted. . Good fellowship, boosting and the get-together spirit will pre vail," said A. B.. Cleaveland, chairman of the committee on arrangements. Mm-vieWn i'troIeum ; oroductlon last -year was almost equal to that or any two. previ- UlU . , ( Mbmi Misat i-ii IT . in -n TTii"' i i fnV i i - r m m mmw ' : k if. ..--;Nv.?: aXtfa RUSSELL RENAISSANCE iraaft U m i in wmi-iiViiii inssal.'iiitofS. H i; - - Hi. i !E SALES CLOSED ACTIVITY IV IRVIXGTOX - DIS- j ; ; : TRICT IS XOTED. Deals lu Dwellings' and Lots Total $ 10,000 Homebuying Also' Is . Brisk in Jonesmore. . .In the; Irvlngton district sales, aggre gating between. $30,000 and $40,000 were made, the past week in -homes and home, sites. .Among the sales' were the.--following: . hllam J. Summers, fouri lots.; -to- Edward WV. Muller for $S0Op. G. W.-' Brenner sold two lots to .the Empire Company .and three lotfe to' the Securities Company. :T.he value of the Jots is about $2000 each.7 Sidney G. , Lathrop sold to ; Clprinda. Black a lot in Irvlngton. '. -J - '; In Laurelhurst the Laurelhurst Com pany sold a lot to C. Cole for $3250. Archbishop Christie took title to three lots in Patton's- Addition from E. J. Condon. The' Kenwood Land Company- sold three lots In; Kenton to John Huesner. .' .--'- - Herbert Gordon sold. to M. G. Kelly property in Paradise. Springs Addition, at Mount Tabor, for $4000. . J. P. Lip scomb sold two lots and a house in Irvington to W. A. Shaw for $8200. - Mrs; B, A. Gwen-Adalr bought two lots In Alameda Park from .the Alame da Land Company for $3500. R." A. Set- tlemlre bought a home in Jonesmore from the Umbdenstock & Larson Home Builders' Investment Company. Two lots were included in the sale. This company also sold In Jonesmore a house and lot to Claudia Langford for $2400. In Groveland Addition, on Division street, Ludwig Kayser sold to : H. E. Noble a home fo'r $3500. Hugh McQuig- gan bought two lots in Jonesmore for $2237. ' M. .W. Kinkaid bought two lots in this addition. ' Joseph L. Ham lin bought a house and three lots in Jonesmore for $3000. "That's the fastest I've traveled In many a- day." remarked Mrs. Nancy Roberts, aga !0, when she fell downstairs at the Almlra Home for -Ased Women, at Newcastle. Pa. Attendants rushed to her aid. Mrs. , Roberta assured them that she was unhurtl '. MOHTAVILLA PLANS BIG IMPROVEMENTS East Side Addition .Decides to Extend Paving to Join Portland Asphalt. SEWER BUILDING DELAYED Contractors look Forward to Big Building Boom This Summer and Fall Public Playground Is Decided TTpon. Activities at Montavllla include the Mvinr of one side of East Glisan be tween East SlJtleth and East Elghty- secona streets, the paving or jiasi Burnslde between East Eighty-second and East Ninety-second streets with macadam and the improvement of the grounds of the Montavllla school. . rls of the Mon tavllla Board of Trade, said that the construction of the sewers for the Montavllla district has been delayed indefinitely, but that it is necessary to secure an improved 'Street into Port land, and for that reason a movement i,ae v-.an tttartAo to tiava one side of East Glisan, leaving the other side for the sewers and otner utilities mat may v. .- T(.. nnvlntr nn Ma nf -F.aflt vfs ---j , . . - - Glisan street this year to Laurelhurst, a hard-surface connection will be made with Portland pavea streeis. Sidewalk Contracts Are Let. The people of Center Addition will be consulted about paving one side of East Gllsan street through that dis trict. Contract to grade and lay side walks has been let through Center Ad dition, and work will start at once. Bv Davine- one side, the connection can be made with the Montavllla end. The Montavllla Board of Trade also Is asking for the Improvement of East Gllsan between East Eighty-second to East Eighty-ninth street, from which point the county has improved East Glisan eastward for several miles Into the country. The grading and sidewalks have been completed on East Burnslde between East Eighty-second and East Ninety second streets, and now it is planned to cover the roadway with crushed rock to the city limits through Terrace Park, in order to provide the newly In stalled fire engine company with a better road Into that residence section. The fire station stands at the corner of East Burnslde and East Eighty-second streets. This latter street is a well-improved county road, running north and south, and provides -the fire company with an Improved street to North and South Montavllla, the latter route connect ing with the Base Line and enabling the-company to cover the buildings in South Montavllla to good advantage. It is not expected that hard-surface pavements will be laid on any of the Montavllla streets outside of East. Gll san street during the year, that being left for future consideration. Playground Await Vacation. ' Proceedings for vacating the street between the Montavllla school grounds and the newly-acquired tract for playgrounds are advancing, and will soon be completed. When the street Is vacated the playgrounds will be im proved for the use of the children. The Board of Education is anxious to have the grounds improved and Is waiting for the vacation of the street. In North Jonesmore work on the new schoolhouse there is progressing, and the structure will be completed and ready for the Fall term. Four of the 16-rooms will be made ready this year. Later the entire building will be com pleted. ' Umbdenstock & Larson have erected many homes In North Montavllla during the past year, and expect to build at least 50 In this addition this year. They find ready sale for all homes built. In Montavllla few houses are vacant, The vacant houses are not the deslr able ones. It has been announced that a passenger depot will be built on the O.-W. R. & N. track in North Monta villa the present year, which will pro vide that district with railroad facili ties. Passage may then be taken direct instead of at the Union Depot In Port land. Mount Hood Line May Be Extended. At present the Mount Hood Railway is being changed into an electric rail way to Bull Run. Few think that the present arrangement of operating a car between East Eighteenth street and the Mount Hood Railway will be con tiiiued Indefinitely, after It .has been electrified, but it is considered certain a connection will be made between the Mount . Hood Railway and the wide- gauge system of the city. It is believed a great traffic will be developed over this suburban line as soon as the line f-has been electrified, and the present connection with the Montavllla line will not be sufficient for the service. Montavllla is Interested in the exten tion of the Montavllla car line to a point at which it would connect with the Rose City cars on Sandy boulevard, Proceedings to open East Glisan street between East. Twenty-eighth and East Twenty-sixth have been renewed. By this extension East Gllsan street will be opened to Sandy boulevard. This route, it Is claimed, will shorten the run of the Montavllla cars Into the cen ter of Portland by eliminating many turns and avoiding the delays in cross ing the numerous tracks on East Bum side street. It will bring the Monta vllla cars over the Burnslde bridge. There is a persistent rumor here that the Mount Hood Railway, which ends at East Glisan and East Ninety-second street, will be continued around Mount Tabor and connected with the exten sion of the Hawthorne-avenue carline at East Seventy-second .street and Twenty-ninth avenue. The Mount Hood Railway - is 'a wide-gauge line and cannot run its cars over the Monta vllla track, but the wide-gauge cars can be run into Portland over the Hawthorne-avenue tracks which are of the Bame gauge. . PAVIXG ' CONTRACTUS AWARDED Xeiv Street Improvement on East Side to Cost $ 142,4 7 6. The Executive Board has awarded contracts for the paving of a number of streets on ' the East Side, aggregat ing $142,476. On Wisteria and other streets the Warren Construction Com pany secured the contract for $44,157; East Fifty-seventh street, from Sandy boulevard to Tremont street. Warren Construction Company, $12,649: Miller avenue, Sellwood, between East Sev enth and East Nineteenth, to Llnden Klbbe Construction Company, $15,619; East Thirty-seventh street, Rossmere to Hancock streets. Independent Pav ing Company, $8118; East Lincoln and other streets. Pacific Bridge Company, $61,903. Bids for the East Clay-street pav ing district, in Stephens' Addition, ag gregating J50.000, were rejected at the request of the property owners. This Is the district between Division street and Hawthorne avenue. So. . far... there is no remonstrance j against the paving of the district be tween Hawthorne avenue and East Da vis street, in Central East Portland. Councilman Schmeer says he hopes to get this improvement done this year. BIG CHICKEN FARM PLANNED KarusHS City Syndicate to Develop Tract Near Grants Pass. GRANTS PASS. Or.. May 17. (Spe cial.) One thousand four hundred and seven acres of land owned by the Rogue River Orchard Company was sold recently to a syndicate, of which J. H. Burre of Kansas City, Mo., is the president and manager. It is the in--te-ntion of this concern to go into the chicken business on an extensive basis. This large tract lies just south of Merlin and about seven miles from Grants Pass. Four hundred acres of this tract have been planted to com mercial orchard, of which there are many pear trees. The remainder will be used for raising chickens. This por tion of the land is uncleared, and it will be left In its wild state, so that the chickens may roam about in search of natural foods, with the exception of a small nortlon that will be cleared for buildings. ' Large chicken-houses will be erected. It Is expected tnat ever thing will be ready for the chickens by the first part of June. About three years ago this tract was purchased by the Rogue River Orchard Company, together with many acres of improved land, from W. B. Sherman, E. L Churchill and E. Montgomery. LOGANBERRY FARM: IS LARGE Tract of 71 Acres at Springfield Is Highly Developed. SPRINGFIELD. Or., May ' 17. (Spe cial.) R. H. Pierce and R. L. Lan.i, owners of the Pierland tracts, near Pleasant Hill, a few miles southeast of this city, have Justompleted the plant ing of 71 acres of loganberries. This is said to be the largest single traet of loganberries in the world. It will require- 350 pickers to gather the crop when the vines are in full bearing. It Is the intention of the owners to dry the entlro crop on the promises and arrangements now are being made to erect suitable evaporators lor tins purpose. As the loganberry yields about one-third of a crop, or approxi mately two tons to the acre, during the second season, the owners win begin Immediately to make preparations to care for the crop next year. Camp grounds for pickers will be prepared. In addition to this large tract of lo ganberries the company has also planted this year 40 acres of Italian prune trees and will dry the product on the place. It is also preparing to plant at once 20 acres of beans and will set out between the prune trees gooseberries and gather that crop till the trees become too large to permit of a successful growth of the berry vines. BUTTE EXPECTS 100 GOLFERS Arrangements Making for North west Tournament May 20-84. RTITTE Mont.. Mav 17. (Special.) The Northwestern Golf Association will holrl Its annual tournament In Butte May 20-24. at which time various cups. medals and other trophies will be com peted for. About 100 of the best golfers of the Coast, including players irom Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and Van couver, will attend. About 25 are ex pected from Missoula Thaddeus Lane ig coming from Spokane with about 30 others, who will be his special guests ' during the five days of the tourna ment. The grounds at the Country Club are in fine shape. Every effort will be put forth to entertain the vlsltlna: golfers in royal style. Members of the Coun try Club will be assisted by the Silver Bow and University Clubs In furnishing entertainment. ORCHARD SELLS FOR $32,000 A. K. Ware, of MedTord, Exchanges for California Property. . ..... nil ri . t ., 17 inr-ial 1 . ftjr-i'runf, vi., 11 J ' One of the largest orchard sales of the present month was closed last week, when A. K. Ware, of Mcdford, sold his highly developed property, lying one mile south of Medford, to J. B. Doner, of Uplands. Cal., for $52,000. The tract contains 26 acres, which is in bearing apple and pear trees. It is Improved with a beautiful residence. Mr. Ware accepted as part payment a hardware business at Uplands. Mr. Doner also purchased the Klser orchard, near Jacksonville, for $45,000, giving in exchange an orange grove , and property in Uplands, The orchard contains 65 acres and is in bearing ap ple and pear trees. Mr. Doner announces that he wtll bring with him several families from Southern California, who will locate In the Medford district. MADRAS AVILL HAVE LIBRARY Work on Park Begins as Step In City Beautiful Campaign. MADRAS. Or.. May 17. (Special.) Madras will have a public library and a rnhilf nark, as the result of work directed by the Y. W. C. T. U and plans are rapidly being carried out. Work on the parK will De oegun hi once. Mr. and Mrs. John McTaggart having donated ground for the pur- Pse- ..... The park committee consists oi airs. William Branstetter, Charles Baker, Mrs. Isa B. Crosby, Dr. E. S. Hamol and William Branstetter. The around donated by the aiciag- garts lies at the rear of the Monte mmn Hotel, lust off the main street. Grasses and flowers are being planted. It will make a playground for the chil dren. This is the first step in the city beautiful" campaign. Klickitat Grange to lUwt. r-AiTMrvnii.p Wash.. Way- 1 7 a -1 .. 1 T Vi a .rnni:rs O ? t - K'toM- lapci-ifti.; r- v.ii.. .tll mfl at ti-. oodin Itll , O-1 . - . ....... hall, on the Little Kliokiti niri ttir miles from GoUemlai. raw. auv OA rrU anri11il1 lrtl!lAn t Of f .COM IV 1 1 1 a-i.- ann nlhtT matters Of .111- 10,10 - portance In pr:ui af fairs will b r . ..I I - .)(..... VA fa brought up. a i'- "" ntiv. $ w th mtttiisr. After the ledlUI C va ... - trrance meetiTin: is over a meeting of he local ors i 11 UIIIUU take In new members and discuss plana tor nanaiing- if i, Artificial Llnibn. A new look just published by the Oregon Artificial Kftmh Co.. 2ti3 Yamhill street, on artificial limbs and surgical appliances, is now realty and can be Mail free of charge by all Interested In this work by sending for It. v Stark-Davis -4 Company Plumbing Supplies, Wholesale and Retail. Contracting; and Jobblna. 219 Salmon Street, Ret. 2d rnd : Pipe & Fittings. .Phone, Main Tl" I,et me give ynu an estimate on Painting, Tinting, Papering ana Floor Finishing. L. C. McCLINTOCK 1M) Fourth St. Phone Main DIMS Mention thli Ad.