T11JK SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 6, 1913.
DEEPENING .RIVER
IS GIGANTIC TASK
Continuous Shjfting of Sand at
Mouth of Columbia Is En
gineering Problem.
GREAT AREA IS AFFECTED
V. I. B. Dodson Declares That With
Aid to Navigation Prosperity Will
Be Established by Low Kates
for Transportation.
BT W. D. B. DODSON,
(Trade Commissioner of Portland Chamber
of Commerce.)
A diminutive sand pile, with a max
imum width of 4000 feet, is the present
barrier to full and free commerce in
the Columbia River. This petty ob
struction Is soft, pliant and easily
handled. But above it is 23 to 27 feet
of troubled waters. These waters are
lashed Into a phenomenal state of un
rest by the ' conflicting forces that
struggle around the mouth of the Co
lumbia River. Because of the tem
pestuous seas and the battering force
of the, Pacific when directed against a
puny work of man which mighty Nep
tune never contemplated In shaping his
shorelines, the most daring jetty
project ever attempted to make a di
rect, safe channel for ships has been
slow, costly work.
This petty sand dune and the fight
ing waters above it constitute the bar
of the Columbia River. When, white
man first saw it. the bar had a width
of five to seven miles. By force of the
great south jetty it has been narrowed
slowly and certainly until today the
crest between the 30-foot contour lines
is from 2500 to 4000 feet. Behind this
confined space the entrance has been
converted into a great deep channel for
the ships of the world, capable of ac
commodating any vessel now floating
upon the Pacific, at any state of
weather, and the channel maintains its
fixed position with the changing
seasons and succeeding years.
Wide Area Affected.
All the hopes and expectations of the
entire basin of the Columbia, em
bracing an area of 250.000 square miles,
sow hang in their progress upon that
one little ridge of sand. If It were on
dry land, a cut through It could be
made in a few days at a trifling cost.
But the conflicting currents prevailing
above it are taxing the engineering
genius of the best minds of the Pacific
Northwest. Upon the successful and
Immediate solution of the problem or
removing this bar, of cutting a per
manent channel through the little sand
dune, rest the maximum prosperity of
the entire basin of the Columbia, and
the fate of every city and community
of the Columbia district having any
plans for becoming a satisfactory, per
manent deep-sea port.
When the South Jetty was projected
in 18S2. it was believed that three or
four miles of the structure would pro
vide ample directing force for the cur
rents of the bar, and give a depth of
35 or 40 feet. By the time that the
Jetty had reached four miles In length,
a profound influence was being exer
cised. In the year 1889 surveys showed
a channel of 20 feet depth across the
bar. Then it was believed another two
or three years would see the scouring
force of the Columbia cut a channel
through the sand equal to the best of
the Pacific harbors. But the hundreds
of millions of tons of sand that are
subject to wave and current movement
at and near the mouth of the river be
gan reshaping a bar beyond the point,
of the Jetty.
Sand Continues to Shift.
An extension of the south Jetty was
decided upon. By 1902 the project as
it now exists was outlined, and soon
construction was under way. Within
another month the outermost stone of
the south jetty will be cast into the
sea, in defiance of the powers of the
Pacific. Rapidly the sand deposits have
been shifting. Clatsop Spit has been
carried about three miles beyond Point
Adams, and spits have been projected
further. It seems that the littoral cur
rents outside have undertaken a race
with the Jetty builders, to see if sand
could not be piled up in the deepening
waters faster than man could cast
stone.
At seven miles from the starting
point the Jetty is to be called finished.
Shortly beyond this point is found 40
feet of water, from which the ocean
bed dips downward gradually. Along
the line of the jetty work, the currents
are accumulating sands, and it is prob
able that in due time the seven miles
of rock will become the core of a prac
tically continuous sandspit.
Itenult la Disappointing.
When the surveys were made this
year, with the south Jetty nearly com
plete, keen disappointment spread
among the ranks of engineers and ship
pers. There was not nearly the water
expected in the ship channel over, the
bar. For some reason which had not
been calculated, the struggling currents
prevented the scouring force of fresh
water discharge and ebb tide eating
through the now reduced bar.
The tremendous volume of water was
a known quantity, its current velocity
on ebb tide was also accurately de
termined; the establishment of a chan
nel 40 to 0 feet deep no far as the
Jetty has extended was also set forth,
but beyond the point of the jetty,
where the conoentrated currents of the
stream met the forces of the ocean,
the sand had piled up In a small ridge
called the remnant of the bar, and was
ready to bump with threatening force
any steamship drawing 24 feet of water
or more that tried to pass over It when
the waves reached a certain strength
on the surface.
Some shippers are disheartened. They
have waited long for deeper water, so
that heavy craft would pass in and out
without weather delays and without
having to bear high insurance risks.
They have not studied the steady line
of improvement made by -the costly
jetty work, and thus fail to get the
point of future hope. It is Interesting
to note briefly varying conditions on
the Columbia River bar from the time
it was first sounded.
First Records Made In 1702.
In 1792 Admiral Vancouver entered
the mouth of the river, made careful
soundings over the bar and in the
waters adjacent. These are the first
authentic data of the physical condi
tions prevailing beneath the surface.
He found a channel with 27 feet of
depth close under the rocky heights
or -ape Disappointment, and about 18
feet depth over on the south side next
to Point Adams, where the main chan
nel is found today. At that early time
Baker's Bay had considerable depth of
water and was the anchorage Inside
the oar.
Captain Wilkes preserved a record
of the next careful soundings, made bv
him in 1833. This revealed that there
had been great movement in the sands
of the broad bar area, covering a dis
tance of six miles between Cape Dis
appointment and Point Adams, yet an
approximate depth of 27 feet was found
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In the Cape Disappointment channel,
and 19 feet for the Point Adams chan
nel. . A field of what he termed middle
sands was revealed well out on the bar
reaching four miles in a southwesterly
northwesterly direction, the ship chan
nels being to the north and south of
these shoals.
By 1S50, when the next careful sur
.vey was made, the north channel had
shoaled to 22 feet, while the south, or
Point Adams channel, had a depth of 19
feet. In the south channel was much
more water clear out to the bar, while
it was also shown that Clatsop Spit had
extended seaward.
Island Moves Milea.
' When Admiral Vancouver first came
In he found Sand Island over close to
the Oregon shore. This whimsical
island was seen by 1850 to be moving
northward quite steadily, and today It
is fully three or four miles away from
the location where it was first found.
This remarkable performance of an
island illustrates the movements going
on . inside of the bar before any re
straining Influence was exercised by
the south Jetty.
Surveys in the later years revealed
remarkable changes. Navigators who
entered as late as 1880 and 1S82 still
found the Cape Disappointment chan
nel the best for almost all weather
conditions. Today the base of Peacock
Spit is found across this channel, with
but little more water at low tide than
a clam requires for athletic exercises.
It became apparent by the early "80s
that the six miles of water between
the two capes would continue a chang
ing, shifting battleground of storm and
water currents in which shipping could
never expect safety one month after
another, unless extraordinary efforts
were put forth to guide the main vol
ume of discharge. This conclusion re
sulted in starting the south Jetty.
Ciood Channel Kxlstn.
Today a strong, unchanging channel
is found from well Inside to the end of
the south Jetty, a distance "of seven
miles. Instead of the amazing fills and
shifts that occurred between the ad
vent of Admiral Vancouver and "com
mencement of the Jettv work In thn
'80s. for this entire seven miles ships
now get, year after year, between 40
and 60 feet of water, and, as the cur
rent has time to re-establish itself be
hind the protecting walls of the Jetty,
it is forecasted that a more substantial
improvement will be experienced clear
out to the jetty's end. It is this seven
miles of channel, capable of accommo
dating any boat now on the Pacific, in
stead of the shifting channel that had
varying depths between 19 and 30 feet
In earlier days, that has resulted from
me investment of approximately $10,
000,000 in the south jetty.
It is worth the Investment. A large
outlay has been made for trie work.,
one-third more than would have been
required had Consrresa mnH cnntimt.
lng appropriations from the start, but
that seven miles of fixed, deep channel
has brought near the day when the en
ure tonnage of the most remarkable
river basin of all the West will reach
world markets more cheaply than is
possible on any other line of commerce.
Deep Channel In Prospect.
The continuing .problem is a small
one, but it is absolutely urgent. By
the time that the north Jetty is fin
ished, which will be In five veu. nr
more, many engineers declare that 35
to 40 feet of water is assured. It is
the purpose to bring the point of this
jetty to within two miles of the south
jetty, confining the water discharge so
that it will scour away the sands be
tween, and giving the outflow cur
rent such force that it will drive into
the conflicting currents of the sea a
distance to keep the present limited
outer bar area much deeper. Engineer
ing computations have been made, as
suring earlier results than completion
of the north jetty. Some believe that
the period' of this work will be much
greater than four or five years, bas
ing their estimate upon progress with
the south jetty..
Portland and the Columbia Basin
must have deep water across the bar.
There is no practicable expense too
great to consider in attaining it. It
is one of the important works that
must be done immediately to lower
the cost of producing and shipping
the commodities of the Columbia Basin
to the consumers of the world. It Is
a part, and the first part, of the sys
tem which says that the business of
the Columbia Basin shall follow , the
line of least resistance and greatest
economy. Given deep water across
that narrow bar, and the lower trans
portation rates down the river which
nature and Portland will soon insist
upon prevailing, and the greatest step
In the true and proper development of
the Northwest that has yet been taken
will have become a verity.
Low Rates Predicted.
Every shipper, business man, prop
erty owner and citizen of the Colum
bia Basin is directly interested. If
perfectly free navigation conditions
are established over the bar and along
the rivers leading to it, the lowest
transportation rates for the whole of
the great basin that are known in
the West will be had. Unless the
Columbia Bar Is cut through, and the
Columbia River and its tributaries are
used, no better transportation rates
will prevail here than across the high
est and most rugged mountains. That
is the condition today, and it will con
tinue forever unless the navigable
waters work a transformation. Apples,
wheat, livestock and every other com
modity produced will have to continue
paying the same figure for gravitating
down the rlner that is paid for moving
up a mountain side.
How to get Immediate results is the
overwhelming question of the hour.
Many engineers believe dredging will
help wonderfully, and many do not.
Pilots at the mouth of the river in
sist that'a dredge will give an improved
channel across the bar. Men who have
studied harbor entrances in other parts
of the world, but who have not had
opportunity to gather data on the re
sults of such work on an exposed storm
coast, where there are enormous sand
movements, are strong for dredging.
Nature's Aid Sought.
Dredging is now being tried. That
it might have tha fullest possible lat
itude. Major. J. F. Mclndoo, in charge
of the Improvement proj.ect, permitted
It to be put on a range urged by the
pilots and shipping men, where it seems
most certain that the. forces of the
river and ocean will co-operate for
permanent results. All realize that it
is a matter of finding the course which
will most perfectly stimulate and guide
natural forces" that will bring perma
nent results. To spend three months
dredging 1,000,000 cubic yards of sand
upon a spot where one big storm might
pile up within a week 15,000,000 cubic
yards Is fruitless. It Is only by giv
ing the most profound study to the
forces nature has In play, and by lend
ing a hand to aid them that there is
any hope for permanent results in use
of the dredgers.
Early ' reports indicate that the
Chinook is accomplishing much on the
bar. There are many who believe one
or more heavy harrows, operating dur
ing ebb tide, will prove efficient aids
to the scouring power which is to be
the ultimate channel digger. If one
dredge accomplishes any .appreciable
results, or if one or two harrows do
the same, shipping men, all business
men, and every property owner of this
region must join hands to increase the
force. Portland must have across that
bar a minimum of 30 feet of water if
her position is to be maintained. If
three or four dredges will give 35
feet, until the Jetties control the sit
uation, the Investment would be an
amazingly good one. 1
The Chamber of Commerce, in co
operation with the Astoria Chamber,
and the Port Commissions of both
cities will stand for any rational plan
for the immediate deepening of water
over the bar.
MANY ATTRACTIVE DWELLINGS ARE
ERECTED IN GLENEYRIE ADDITION
Houses Are Modern and Distinctive
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are being erected In Gleneyrle
Addition, which is located on and.
east of .East Twenty-fourth street
North.' Streets have been paved for
some distance. The beautiful home of
Harry D. Jaeger stands at the corner
of East Twenty-fourth and Stanton
streets and is one of the most attract
ive homes in this district. Alice Seeley
is having a fine residence erected at
the southwest corner of East Twenty
fourth and Stanton streets. A"rnt An
derson's new home stands at the corner
of East Twenty-sixth and Stanton
streets. Mr. Anderson has erected a
number of houses in this neighbor
hood. The new home of W. L. McCabe Is
located at 572 East Twenty-fifth
street. It is one of the most beautiful
homes erected in Gleneyrle Addition.
A large manse is being built for Rev.
George Thompson, on East Twenty
fourth street, on the grounds of the
Church of the Madeline. It Is a two
story structure and the outside Is cov
ered with concrete plaster of "dark col
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or, corresponding with the exterior of
the church. It will cost about $10,000.
Roseburg Farm of 80 Acres Sold.
ROSEBURG, Or., July 6. (Special.)
Pickens Brothers Wednesday dis
posed of their 800-acre farm to Wil
liam Banney & Sons, recently of Ar
gentine Republic. The consideration
was $18,000. The land lies about eight
miles from Roseburg on the . Deer
Creek roads, and is one of the most
sightly ranches in this section. It is
highly improved and is adapted to
general farming. The new - owners
contemplate a number of substantial
improvements on the property during
the present Summer, including the
erection of several new buildings. The
land was purchased for a home.
Salesmen Are Banqueted.
The TJmbdenstock - Larson Company
gave a banquet for its sales force at
the Portland Commercial Club Monday
night, and the. occasion proved a jolly
"family affair." Frank Motter, one of
The Addition Adjoins
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the chief boosters of the Halsey-Street
Improvement Association, was toast
master. Several talks were made
Those present were: J. Fred Larson,
William TJmbdenstock, Frank Motter,
D. C. Prentiss, George R. Boehm, C. M.
Dollarhide, George W. Stitt, G. C. Os
borne, William Penn. J. M. Brunner,
Fred Stoetzel, H. F. Pfeifer, Charles V.
Beede, Al Larson, J. Mcintosh, J. H.
Ness, A. F. McNalr, Oscar Gustafson,
R. G. Bulmer. M. J. Pfister, F. M. Not
tingham, J. R. McClure, C. W. Myers,
C. F. Hoyer, R. F. Scott, Sam M. Petty,
T. F. Keeley, F. C. Spear, A- L. Levlsee
and M. C. Plank.
G. 11. Jones to Locate In East.
George Howell Jones, son of T. E.
Jones, former architect for the Port
land School Board, graduated with
honors at the Boston Institute of Tech
nology last month. He is now tem
porarily located at the Delta Upsllon
Fraternity House of Columbia Univer
sity, in New York, and expects to take
up his profession as architect in New
York or some other Eastern city.
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CITY'S POPULATION
SWELLS BY 10,000
Prosperous Lents District Is
Annexed to Portland After
Many Years' Wait.
IMPROVEMENT . PLANS BIG
More Than 9 0- Per Cent of People
In Territory Are Homeowners,
Attractive Business Buildings
at Present Under Way.
Annexation of the Lents district
brings into Portland more than 10.000
people a prosperous section, in which
the majority are homeowners. The
new boundary line is Just beyond the
Junction of the Mount Scott and Gresh
am lines and while the 'settled, district
Is brought in under the annexation or
dinance, there Is still a well-settled
saburb extending on to Sycamore sta
tion. Gilbert's school district, which
comprises the territory Just outside the
new lines, will erect a new seven-room
schoolhouse.
This indicates something of the
growth of Portland toward the south
east, which has been as great as to
ward the Columbia River. The old
boundary line was at East Eighty
second street, but is now moved a mile
further eastward, taking in the Lents
schoolhouse of 22 rooms and 1000 school
children. This already belonged to
the Portland district. Rapid settle
ment of the Lents district began when
the Mount Scott Railway, operated by
steam, was electrified.
Owners of the steam line, George P.
Lent. A. C. McNeil and A. W. Brown,
built the single track from Hawthorne
avenue to Lents In 1981. The line
never paid and was turned over to the
Oregon Water Power Company, which
accepted the gift reluctantly. It then
cost 15 cents to get to Ients. At pres
ent one can start at Lents and travel
to St. Johns on a single fare of 5 cents,
a distance of about IS miles, which is
said to be the longest distance in any
city in which 6 cents will carry a pas
senger. Lents Once Tent City.
The first growth at Lents was stim
ulated by the owners of the land 'sur
rounding Lents. In order to Induce
settlements they offered lots at S3
down and $3 a month, with a drawing
for a lot every week. As soon as this
plan was adopted tents sprang up all
about Lents which furnished shelter
for the homeowners who wanted a
place of their own. These tents were
replaced with cheap shacks and as the
homeowners paid out they built better
and more pretentious homes. Perhaps
no suDurD ox Portland has more home
owners. Indeed renters are very few
between Grays Crossing and the new
city limits at Junction. This is true
of the entire South East Side, known
as the Mount Scott territory. In the
territory between East Fifty-second
street, south of the Powell Valley road,
and the new city limits the proportion
of homeowners Is 90 out of every 100
of the residents, which Is said to be
higher than in other suburbs of the
city.
Another characteristic is the attrac
tive gardens that may be seen connect
ed with these homes. These may be
seen to some extent from the Mount
Scott carline. Within the past three
years a much better class of homes
have been built throughout this dis
trict. Carline Is Taxed.
There Is no suburban carline which
carries more passengers than the
Mount Scott line to the Junction. A car
starting from the Junction- for Port
land with a few passengers is filled by
the time Flrland is reached and crowd
ed by the time it reaches Hswthorne
avenue, even during the middle hours
of the day. Morning and evening,
however, there is another story to tell.
The cars, which are double-headers,
are always filled, crowded to their ca
pacity going and coming, and they are
operated every five minutes. A special
car is operated to Flrland to take care
of the local traffic and relieve the
through cars running to Lents Junc
tion. It is estimated that more than
400 trips are made daily through to
Lents.
Lents has become an important cen
ter. Besides the Lents Schoolhouse of
23 rooms, the Catholics have a private
school of six rooms. Weston School,
where an addition of eight rooms is
under construction, is an offshoot of
Lents School, and yet the attendance
at Lents School Has not been material
ly reduced. The Oddfellows' lodge at
Lents is erecting a two-story concrete
building at a cost of $10,000. H. A.
Darnell, owner and publisher of the
Beaver State Herald, is erecting a sec
xnd story to his concrete building on
Main street. O. E. Lents has Just fin
ished a $10,000 concrete business build
ing on Grays Crossing, at East Eighty
second street, and several modern gar
ages have been built.
Improvement Club Formed.
The Lents Civic Improvement Club,
with H. Rodstad as president and Mrs.
Theckla Bright as secretary, was re
cently organized for the general devel
opment of the district. The club has
started a movement to secure mall
delivery and petitions have been cir
culated. Lents will probably be made
part of Portland's mail delivery soon.
Also the club has started a move
ment for improved streets, electric
lights and police protection. Lents
people are supplied with Bull Run
water and beginning July 1 they were
charged city rates, a considerable re
duction from what they had been
charged. This reduction alone will
more than- compenmte Lents people for
any additional expenses through an
nexation to Portland.
CLUBHOUSE WILL RISE SOON
Fine Structure Is Planned by Laurel
to urst Property Owners.
With a large part of the building
fund already subscribed, the directors
of the Laurelhur8t Improvement Club
expect to see work started on the new
clubhouse early next month. The struc
ture will cost about $25,000.
The site for the building and grounds
comprises an entire block and lies next
to Ladd Park. Part of the tract will
be improved and used for tennis courts.
Landscape treatment will be a feature
of the development.
A meeting of property owners in
Laurelhurst will bes held tomorrow
night at East Twenty-ninth and East
Gll&an streets, when plans will be con
sidered for completing the building
fund.
HOMES
ARE
DEMAND
Trading .In Residence-. Property
Shows Strength.
Trading In residence property was
the special feature of the Portland
realty market last week. Not only
was there considerable activity in
dwellings, but subdivision operators
enjoyed brisk business. It is the
opinion of dealers that the market will
show gradual improvement during
the month.
One of the important parcels in the
old residence district that was sold
last week is the fractional lot on the
west side of Park street, between Mill
and Market streets. The property was
purchased by John M. Winter from
Inez A. Stevens Tor $11,000. Catherine
Kavanaugh sold to Clara Goins resi
dence property for $3500. Stella M.
Ohlsoh purchased from W. B. Moore
property on East Portland Heights for
$3000.
Jane Middaugh purchased from Lldia
G. Crampton a house and lot In Al
blna for $4000. Morris A. Carter sold
to Albert Taylor residence property
in Mount Tabor Villa Annex for $3500.
Neva Blanch Watson sold to F. E.
Taylor Improved property in Broad
way Addition for $3Sr0. C. T. Sale
purchased from J. H. Willson property
in Woodstock, the consideration be
ing $7500. C. W. Hayhurst sold to
George W. Cone a residence in Bartsch
Park Addition for $3600. Frank H.
Gloyd has purchased from George M.
Anderson Improved property for $5000.
A modern home in Ladd's Addition
was bought last week by Nellie B.
Carver from John E. Palmer for $5000.
R. S. McFarland sold to W. B. Arm
strong a home in Malone Heights for
$3800. Abigail I. Shaughnessy sold
to A. Jackson Detsch a residence in
Crystal Springs Park for $400..
BIG FlflD MAY BE GUANO
SOME NEWPORT RESIDEXTS
FACE DISAPPOINTMENT.
Fishermen Dump Valuable Cargo to
Load Up With What They
Think Is Ambergris.
NEWPORT. Or., July 5. (Special.)
The discovery of a gold deposit would
not have caused more excitement or
lent more romance than the discovery
of what was supposed to be ambergris
In Newport two weeks ago. Everybody
wants to collect "ambergris."
Carl Herrln and Captain Carner went
out in the launch Ollie S. a short time
ago to catch codfish, which inhabit the
reefs along the shore. As codfish only
bring about 2 cents a pound at the lo
cal market, they changed their plans
en route to the reefs and continued to
the halibut banks, as halibut bring 4
cents a pound. Nearing the banks
they saw five sea otters, worth $1200
each. They shot three of them and
started into port. Pretty soon they
came upon a body of "ambergris" float
ing on the water, and threw the sea
otters overboard, loading the launch to
the gunwales with ambergris.
This started the "ambergris" boom.
Lee Doty, proprietor of the stage route
South Beach and Waldport, hired a
driver and put In his time gathering
more than 1000 pounds of ambergris.
James Gatens, game warden, has se
cured the services of a deputy while
he hunts "ambergris" along the beach.
Loren Byerely, night watchman, hunts
ambergris all day and dreams about It
all night. Charles Mapes, a jeweler,
has risked his diamonds and agates
while he keeps "ambergris" in his safe.
Specimens have been sent to Wash
ington and abroad. Sea Lion Charlie
says when he was a sailor they handled
lots of this stuff. In those days ho
said It was called "guano." It Is
thought this was washed overboard
from a sailing ship. Its value is ap
proximately $10 a ton.
MANY DWELLINGS RISE
ACTIVITY IN RESIDENCE CON
STRUCTION BRISK.
Progress In New Additions Is Nota
ble Several Fine Homes on
West Side Are Planned.
In the construction of homes Port
land is making an excellent showing
this Summer. In all parts of the East
Side many fine homes are being built.
In the sub-divisions on the West Side
hills several costly homes are under
way and others are planned.
Among the fine dwellings started
during the past week is the two and
one-half-story house being built by
the Investors' Building & Trust Com
pany, on Alameda drive', near Wistaria
avenue. The house will be modern
and attractive. It will cost abq,ut
$7500.
C. F. Nash has taken out a permit
for the construction of a modem house
on East Salmon, near East Forty-ninth
Btreet. The house will cost $3000.
George E. Higgins has taken out a
permit to build a bungalow on Alameda
drive, near East Forty-seventh street.
The house will be very attractive and
will cost $4500. i
E. J. Grahs will build a bungalow on
Moore, near Jarret street, at a cost of
$2500. Robertson & McCracken have
prepared plans for a two-story dwell
ing to be built on East Seventeenth,
near East Taylor street. The house will
cost $2500. Dunlap & Irvine will build
a house on East Twenty-eighth, near
Knott street, at a cost of $4200.
E. Drake has let the contract for the
construction of a two-story dwelling
to be built on East Fifty-ninth . near
Thompson street. The house will co-it
$3500.
J. H. Tomllnson has started the erec
tion of a bungalow on Borthwick. near
Dekum avenue. The dwelling will cost
$2500.
MEDF0RD ELKS WILL BUILD
Plans Drawn for Three-Story Hall to
Cost 945,000.
MEDFORD. Or., July 2.' (Special.')
The local Lodge of Elks has abandoned
its pian or leasing the Medford Furni
ture & Hardware Company's building
for a clubhouse and will build on its
own property at & cost of $45,000.
Plans have been drawn by Architect
Clark, of this city, and if present ar
rangements are carried out, ground
will be broken in 90 days. Officers of
the Elks are now passing subscription
lists among the members and it is ex
pected the entire issue of bonds will
be taken up by local members.
The plans provide for a three-story
building, which will include a lodge
hall, billiard, pool and reception rooms,
ballroom and ultimately bachelor apart
ments and a lunchroom will be added.
BEET SOIL INVESTIGATED
German Scientist Visits Lewiston
Seeking Sugar Factory Locations.
LEWISTON Idaho, July 5. (Special.)
Dr. F. Shumacher, a German scien
tist of Berlin, who located at Van
couver, B. C, has been in Lewiston
this week investigating the climatic
and soil conditions surrounding Lewis
ton for the purpose of determining the
sugar beet possibilities.
After his examination Dr. Shumacher
reports that conditions are most favor
able for growing this staple, but, before
taking any aennite steps toward es
tablishing extensive factory systems
here will make technical tests of soils.
Dr. Shumacher represents extensive
sugar beet interests of Germany, which
propose to establish several factories
in the Northwesr-
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