- ' TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JJJLY 6, 1913.
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BUSINESS DISTRICT TO BE
BY OPENING OF STARK
Extension of Street From Thirteenth to Intersection of Nineteenth and Everett Declared Feasible by City Engineer Better Car Service in Improvement Seen.
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BY authorization of the City Coun
cil, the City Engineer recently
prepared a plat of the proposed
extension of Stark street across Burn
side at Thirteenth, to the intersection
of Nineteenth and Everett streets. This
improvement is urged by a number of
heavy Stark-street property-owners,
who are alive to the necessity of pro
viding one of the largest and best resi
dence sections of the city with quick
entrance into and exit from the heart
of the business district.
At present Burnside street carries
the business of Stark street on into
Washington at Sixteenth street, but
the direction of Burnside street is south
of west, away from the district affected
by the proposed travel to It. The City
Engineer has yet to make an estimate
of the probable cost of the improve
ment, based on a 60-foot street the
present width of Stark street and to
apportion this cost to Individuals
throughout the whole district benefited,
that each property holder may see his
approximate expense, but this may now
be considerably changed because of the
organized movement of a great many
more property-owners, to continue the
extension of Stark street on across the
city as an 80-foot boulevard, and open
it Into the Cornell road at the head
of Lovejoy ' street.
Better Car Service Seen.
The Stark-street property-owners, In
asking for the opening- of that street
to Nineteenth and Everett streets,
argued that such a straight line from
downtown would strike directly into a
thickly populated section which would
be only too glad to avail itself of the
chance of at once getting into the
heart of the city and avoiding time
wasted In crossing over to Washington
street before actually starting toward
the business center. They claim .this
for the Btreetcar travel, as well as for
the walking population, and feel cer
tain that the Portland Railway, Light
& Power Company will at once put
branches of both the Nineteenth and
Sixteenth-street carllnes on such an ex
tension as soon as made, because of
the easier and less expensive operation
of such cars and the greater saving of
time in getting the cars to their des
tinations. At present cars on both the Nineteenth
LA GRANDE ON BOO!
Outlook for City's Future Is
Brightest in History.
TWO VICES ARE OUSTED
No Empty Storerooms to Be Found.
Big Mill Ready to Open; Division.
Terminal Established- andi New
Homes Are Bull-ding; .
LA GRANDE, Or., July 6. (Special.)
Never in the history of this city has
La Grande's future looked brighter
than at present.
Everything apparently is working In
the right, groove. . Only a short time
ago- gambling, which had thrived in a
small way, was ousted; today marks
the end of the red light district; all
business seems to be prospering, with
no unoccupied, store rooms and tenants
are awaiting the completion of several
buildings under construction. Many
enlargements are under way and con
templated In ' the business district,
while on every side comfortable homes
are building.
The last year has seen the establish
ment of one of the largest lumber
Arms in the Northwest, which in a
short time will start operating a large
mill here. T"e latest good news for
La Grandr ts the decision of the Oregon-Was-'
il ton Railway & .Navigation
Company o make this city a division
point for 'hat portion of the Toad lying
between Hur tin-ton and Umatilla, to
gether with the branch lines. Division
terminal offces were opened here Mon
day and this means the bringing of
some 12 or 15 families to La Grande.
Officers who are here at this time are
William Bollons, superintendent of this
division ; H. L. Lyons, division engineer;
J. H. Best, division storekeeper; S. C.
Smith, superintendent of bridges and
buildings; T. M. Scott, head clerk to
Superintendent Bollons; W. H. Louke,
chief timekeeper; O. B. Wood, accbunt
ant, and M. J. Minig, his assistant. This
makes La Grande the largest railroad
center of its size in the Northwest.
MICHIGAN MAN PRESIDENT
National Children's Home Society
Elects at Seattle Meet.
SEATTLE, Wash, July 5. The Na
tional Children's Home Society elected
the following officers Friday: President,
Washington Gardner, of Michigan; vice,
president, the Rev. J. P. Dysart. of Wis
nonsln; secretary, James L. Clark, of
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and Sixteenth-street lines must come
to full stops on steep sidehills before
crossing Washington street and then
wait tintll that street clears itself of
the heavy automobile and other traffic
before passing down and across and
up hill again to get well started down
town. The excellent, easy decline and
Illinois; treasurer, A. T. Shiverlclc, of
Illinois; councilor, D. G. Hutchins. of
Illinois.
The directors, whose terms expire In
1916, are: The Rev. O. P. Christian,
Idaho; M. C, Flagg, Florida; W. J. May
bee, Virginia; Dr. F. II. Darby, Ohio;
A. D. Stuckman, South Dakota; Frank
D. Hall, North Dakota; W. S. Reynolds,
Illinois, and the Rev. A. H. Btoneman,
Michigan.
Professor V. D. Shierk, of Kansas, a
member of the board of directors, holds
office until 1915.
The executive committee Is composed
of the following: S. W. Dickenson,
Minnesota; W. J. Maybee, Virginia; A.
T. Burnell. Iowa; R. J. Bennett. Illi
nois, and the Rev. E. P. Qulvey, Ne
braska. .
CENTRALIA HAS BIG FOURTH
Parade and Pyrotechnic Display Are
. Features of Two Days' Event.-
CENTRALIA, Wash., July 5. (Spe
cial.) The biggest celebration in the
history of Centralla marked the Fourth
of July here. An excellent programme,
for which 91500 was subscribed by the
business men of the " city, was carried
out. A feature of the festivities staged
In the morning was the parade, . over
two miles in length, . There were 150
automobiles in line, in addition to
floats and lodge representations. Spe
cial prizes' were given for the best dec
orated cars.
In the afternoon sport events were
held on Gold. Btreet, while -many visi
tors were drawn to the fair grounds
for the matinee of the Centralla-Che-halis
Driving . Club. A gorgeous fire
works display, was held at night. The
visitors to the city numbered more than
6000. The celebration continued over
today. x
Celebrations were held in many
towns throughout Lewis County, South
west Washington. Varying programmes
were carried out at Chehalls, Pe Ell,
Morton. Alpha, Little Falls, Woodland,
Castle Rock and Shanghai.
NEW LINE CONDEMNS WAY
Railroad Incorporated to Build From
Olynipia to Columbia River.
CHEHALIS, Wash., July 5. (Spe
cial.) The Olympla Southern Railway
Company yesterday filed nine condem.
nation suits in the Lewis County Su
perior Court for right of way through
this section. The property involved is
part of the old Union Pacific grade,
which was built in the early '90s.
The company was incorporated at
Olympia this week, when B. H. Rhodes,
a Centralia attorney, and F. R. Brown,
of Olympia, filed the necessary articles.
Its declared purpose Is to build a rail
road from Olympia to the Columbia
River through Chehalls and Centralis.
Some of the owners of property
covered by the condemnation suits only
recently bought the land from the
Northern Pacific. It is said to be im
possible for the Northern Pacific to
block progress of the new line through
this city. .
straight line of Stark street will, they
say, put Nineteenth-street cars actually
downtown before the same cars have
hardly turned the corner of Nine
teenth and Morrison streets, and will
materially reduce the time of the Sixteenth-street
cars in the same direction.
They point out that Nlneteenth-
SALE OUTLOOK GOOD
Prospect for Apple Distribution
Declared Favorable.
BETTER QUALITY EXPECTED
Manager of North Padfto Fruit Die
trlbutors Estimates Hood River
Output This Year "Will Be
About 90-OyOOO Boxes.
HOOD RIVER, Or, July 5. (Special.)
' While the returns of all the agencies
that have been shipping fruit from the
district for the past season -may be
disappointing to Ahe growers, all local
market men declare that orchardlsts
should feel optimistic, over the pros
pects for next year's crop. Wllmer
Sleg, sales manager of the North Pa
cific Fruit Distributors, declares that
the outlook for distribution the com
ing season is fine.
"All indications point to a far smaller
output of apples this year than last,"
he said. "Those districts where the
barnyard fruit not only supplied, the
home consumption," but enabled- the
growers to ship out poor stuff with
which the market remained glutted all
Winter, will hardly ihave enough to
supply their own consumption this
year.''
The local crop, according to Mr. Sieg,
will be about 900,000 boxes. The qual
ity of this year's fruit, because of the
large acreage of young trees that is
coming into bearing, will be far bet
ter than last, when so many of the old
orchards bore heavily, yielding off
sized fruit, that did not draw a top
price in the market. Mr. Sieg says
that his Inspectors report that grow
ers are learning that good thinning Is
necessary for the best grade of com
mercial apples, and. the thinning this
season is heavier than usual.
The growers received in checks this
week about $35,000, the balance due
them on the apple crop.
Mr. Sieg declares that the growers
should feel glad, that the condition
which has confronted orchardlsts this
year came as soon as it did. "If the
crisis had come in 1915, when the crop
output had been doubled, the disaster
would have been doubled," he says. "As
it is, new methods of marketing are
going to be taken up by growers, who
are also going to see the need of pro
ducing the highest class of commer
cial fruit, peculiar to the Northwestern
districts." i
" Mr. Sieg says that the North Pacific
distributors are receiving letters from
growers In all parts of the country
asking advice as to proceeding on sim
ilar lines. Communications of this na-
street cars to the Union Station routed
via this extension and Burnside street,
where the railway company already has
double track It Is very anxious to use,
will save Willamette Heights people
and all others affected from 10 to 15
minutes in reaching1 the station, be
sides benefiting, by transfer.the whole
western portion of the city, including;
Portland Heights, everyone living in
the western portion of the city being
now compelled to ride down Morrison
street to Fifth street in a roundabout
way before even starting direct to the
station.
Biulnma District to Expand.
They also feel sure that business
will extend at once to Nineteenth and
ture have come from Roswell, N. M-,
Sebastopol, Cal., and from the Colo
rado fruit districts.
The Canadian growers have organ
ized a central selling agency in the
province of British Columbia.
NEW RAILROAD PROJECTED
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Olympia Southern Company Incor
porates In Washington.
OLYMPIA, Wash., July 6. (Special.)
Articles of incorporation were filed
with the Secretary of State today of
the Olympia Southern Railroad Com
pany. The line is designed, according
to developments, to run from Olympia,
the southern lap of Puget Sound, to
the Columbia River in either Cowllta
or Clark County, passing through
Centralla or Chehalls. From one of
these points it is planned to build a
branch line to tidewater at Wlllapa
Bay. thus giving the rich section of
country south of this city two salt
water outlets.
The Incorporators are B. H. Rhodes,
of Centralla, and F. R. Brown, of this
city. The capital stock is given as
100,000.
It Is said by those known to be close
to the heart of the project that a num
ber of .condemnation suits will be filed
both here and at Chehalls tomorrow.
BIG CROWD AT HOOD RIVER
Parades, Programmes, Dances and
Games Are Features.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. July 5. (Spe
cial.) With the several hundred Upper
v aiiey residents Drought down on a
special train and a large crowd of
Mosler people coming in on an early
train, the Nation Day celebration here
had the largest attendance of any .in
the history of the city. Many people
also came from the adjacent districts
in Washington. :
Features of the morning were
parades. John S. McCourt, of Portland,
delivered the oration, and Professor L.
F. Henderson read the Declaration ef
Independence, after which Mrs. C. H.
Henney and a chorus of 20 voices sang
patriotic songs.
In the afternoon the crowds divided
at various amusements.
Dances were held In the open-air
pavilion at the Heilbronner Hall.
PIONEER OF 1855 BURIED
Jacob Stauffer Dies at Aurora, Aged
7 6 Years, Leaving Large Family.
AURORA, Or., July 6. (Special.)
Jacob Stauffer, aged 76 - years, was
buried today at Hubbard Cemetery. He
was a pioneer farmer of this section,
having come West In 1855. He settled
near Hubbard, where he was living at
the time of his death, on the tract
which he developed from a wilderness
Into one of the fino farms of this sec
tion. -
He is survived by a large family, con
sisting of his wife, two daughters,
three sons, six sisters and a brother.
Everett streets. Just as it has grown
out Washington street to and into
Twenty-third street, and that prop
erty owners on and In the vicinity of ;
the extension, having now no business
chance because off tire direct line of
travel! will soon be enabled to erect
buildings - and rent stores and put up
the same character of buildings as are
on like business streets. Property val
ues will .be Increased quickly from a
third to one-half, according to location,
because of the great ' change in its
adaptability to many and varied , uses,
it is pointed out. -
The extension, it Is" believed, will be
greatly aided by the fact that much of
it will pass through street Intersec
tions, and that very few buildings will
lie in its path, and none of them of
great value.
Those in favor of continuing the ex
tension through to Lovejoy street and
the Cornell 'road, say that all the
above arguments apply equally well for
the entire distance, but are made
stronger and more forcible because the
Twenty-third street carline would be
added to the street, and the farther the
extension was made, the greater would
be the benefit to all property holders,
NEW BANK OPENED
Lumbermens Trust & Savings
Authorized to Operate.
DIRECTORS ARE CHOSEN
F. A. Freeman Is Elected Vice-President
and Cashier of Institution,
' Which Is Auxiliary to
Lumbermens National.
Organization oT the Lumbermens
Trust & Savings Bank has been com
pleted and the new bank began busi
ness last week, certificate of authority
having been granted by Will Wright,
Frank A. Frnnu, Vice-President
and Cashier of Lumber
man's Trust A. Savings Bank.
state' superintendent of banks. Prac
tically all the stock of the institution
is held by the stockholders of the Lum
bermens National Bank, and the two
institutions are under the same man
agement At the first meeting of the stock
holders of the Lumbermens Trust &
Savings Bank, the following directors
were elected: George W. Bates, George
G. Bingham, P. S. Brumby, E. G. Craw
ford, M. L. Holbrook, John A. Keating,
Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie, Robert Treat
because of the greater saving In time
in getting to the business center.
An 80-foot boulevard tapping such a
well-built-up and important residence !
district, would, -it is declared, at once
become business throughout its whole
extent, and ' tremendously enhance the
value of . all property in the erfWre
northwestern section of the city.
Street Once Was Path.
Washington street from Sixteenth to
Twenty-third street was originally
Burnside street, and this entire Burn
side street was located in early days
along the line of least resistance, mere
ly to make a passage from the river to
and through the western hills. This
original road, through what was then
heavy timber, took advantage of the
depression west from Thirteenth street,
and was entirely satisfactory to the
then small village of Portland, for
only a passage in and out of town was
necessary, and. ' one passage In the
neighborhood was enough.
- As the city grew, other east and west
streets should have been provided, but
the depression now occupied by Mult
nomah Field made them impossible to
the south, and high ground and thick
timber blocked the way to the north.
But this timber to the north was grad
ually cut off, and Couch Addition; cov
ering the land, was platted, and in its
Piatt, Charles F. Russell and J. E.
Wheeler.
The directors elected the following
officers: President, John A. Keating;
vice-president, George W. Bates; vice
president and cashier, F. A. Freeman;
assistant cashier, H. L. Boyd.
Keating to Be In Charge.
The management of the Trust & Sav
ings Bank will be in the hands of Pres
ident Keating, in addition to his duties
as vice-president and manager of the
Lumbermens National Bank. Mr. Free
man, vice-president and cashier, will
give his entire attention to the busi
ness. .Whether Mr. Freeman will re
tire as cashier of the National Bank
has not been determined.
The capital of the new institution
will be $500,000, and it will have a
paid-in surplus of $100,000. Fifty per
cent of this is now paid in, and the
bank starts with a capital of $250,000
and surplus of '$50,000. The remaining
50 per cent will be paid in 'January 1
next.
"The Lumbermens Trust & Savings
Bank was organized to handle certain
lines of business which it is not prac
tical for a National bank to take care
of." said President Keating. "The Trust
& Savings Bank will lend money on
mortgages, execute trusts and act as
administrator, executor, guardian, as
signee, trustee, receiver and depos
itory." Bond Business Transferred.
The Lumbermens National Bank has
conducted a bond . department, which
now has been transferred to the Trust
& Savings Bank. It will give attention
to the Investment bond business and
will purchase both bonds and mort
gages, selling them again to investors.
The institution will buy bond issues
and finance large undertakings. It
will do no commercial banking busi
ness, but later on will receive savings
deposits.
The quarters of the Trust & Savings
Bank will adjoin those of the Lumber
mens National Bank, Lumbermens
building, at the northwest corner of
Fifth and Stark streets. A lease has
been taken on the ground floor of the
building and work of remodeling and
expanding the quarters is now under
way. This will be" completed in Au
gust. The combined surplus of the Na
tional Bank and the Trust & Savings
Bank will be in excess of $1,700,000.
Cash Register Coupons Forbidden.
GOLDENDALE, Wash., July 5.
(Special.) Prosecuting Attorney
Ramsey has stopped the Issuance of
cash register coupons by Klickitat
County merchants . under . the trading
stamp law passed by the last Legis
lature. A voting contest which is
being carried on by a local merchan
dise firm entitling the two persons re
ceiving the highest number of votes to
a free round trip to the Panama-Pacific
exposition at San Francisco in
1915 for which five votes are given
with every dollars worth of goods pur
chased and the drawing of merchandise
prizes at the end of the month on
coupons given with merchandise pur
chases has been refered to the Attorney-General
for an opinion, as
merchants hold that this method of in
ducing the public to buy goods does
not come within . the purview of th
law. '
laying out a great city was apparently
not thought of, for its lines in no way
conform to those of . Portland proper,
and Washington, Stark. Oak. Pine. Ash
and Ankeny streets instead of being
extended on and out to make easy ac-
,cess to and from the northwest, were
stopped at uurnalde street or far short
01 it. In other words, Burnside street
was made a fence or barrier to ready
expansion to the northwest, a street
on the outskirts of the main city, and
the street, the section actually trib
utary to it, now asking quick and
proper entrance to It and the entire
city have suffered accordingly.
It is unfortunate the future great
ness of the city could not have been
foreseen at the time the platting of
Couch Addition, with Its east and west
lines so entirely out of harmony with
the original plat of Portland was ac
cepted by the city, for the extension of
Stark. Oak, Pine, Ash and Ankeny
Btreets would have made a far more
beautiful city and one much easier
traveled, but because the wrong was
done is no reason, the Stark-street
property holders say, why it should not
now be corrected, at least as far as
their street is concerned, and because
of the entire feasibility of their plan
and its very great present and future
benefit to the entire city they feel sure
of its early adoption.
APPLES TO CROSS SEAS
YAKIMA FRUIT WINS HOME IN
ALL FOREIGN LANDS VISITED.
Representative of Growers Finds Bij
Market Abroad Trip Around
World Profitable.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. July 5.
(Special.) After a five months' trip
around the world in which he made
arrangements for marketing Yakima
Valley apples in every country he vis
ited, H. M. Gilbert returned last night
to his home in this city.
His missionary work for the apples
of the Northwest attracted the atten
tion of the United States consuls in
half a dozen cities and the recent
consular reports have told of his suc
cess in China, Bombay, Ceylon, Cairo,
Hamburg and London.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert and their seven
children sailed from San Francisco last
February on the Hamburg-American
liner Cleveland. In part payment for
the seven full passages and two half
passages, Mr. Gilbert sold the steamship
company a carload of Yakima apples.
Mr. Gilbert carried a number of one
tier boxes of apples, which he put on
exhibit In every city visited. In sev
eral foreign cities he made marketing
connections which will insure direct
sales each Fall.
"In many of the cities they had
never seen apples such as I had on
exhibit. The fruit was a revelation
to the foreigners."
Mr. Gilbert visited Honolulu, passed
two weeks in Japan, one in China and
went to Manila, Java, Calcutta, Ceylon,
Bombay, Cairo, Naples, Hamburg, Ber
lin, Dresden, Cologne. Brussels, Ant
werp, Paris and London.
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