The Sunday Oregonian., July 13, 1913, SECTION FOUR, Page 9, Image 53

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 13, 1U13.
816 DEALS BOOST
PORTLAND REALTY
English Syndicate Buys Large
East Side Holdings for
$2,500,000.
LAND TO BE DEVELOPED
Other Important Sales of Week in
clude AVhealdon Apartments for
$ 1 OO.OOO and Iot on Burn-
side for $130,000.
"What is declared the biggest realty
deal of the kind ever closed In the
Northwest was terminated Friday when
a syndicate of English and Portland In.
vestora purchased the holdings of the
Oregon Real Estate Company on the
East Side for $2,500,000. In view of
the location of the property and the
high development of a large portion of
the holdings. It Is doubtful whether
nere ever has been closed as Impor
tant a deal on the Pacific Coast.
The . buying- syndicate has been In
corporated and ts known as the Anglo
Pacific Realty Company. W. J. Burns,
resident manager of Balfour, Guthrie &
v-v... win uive cnarge 01 me property.
A deal of such a magnitude is con
sidered extremely important, as It In
dicates that Portland is regarded by
English Investors as the best place for
investments on the Pacific Coast. Dur
ing the past few months other deals in
property in Oregon have been closed
with English capitalists involving large
amounts 01 money. Approximately
$4,000,000 has been invested in Oregon
by Englishmen since the first of the
year.
Another feature of this deal that la
of unusual significance is the fact that
me saie was closed at a time when the
financial situation generally has been
anything but satisfactory. There has
been a gradual "tightening up" of the
money market for some time and the
errect or this condition has been no
HUBO.D1B more or less in Portland, as
well as in other cities on the Coast.
i ne closing of this deal, together with
two other substantial sales last week,
ought to stimulate realty trading as
well as general business to a consid
erable extent, it is pointed out.
A large part of the orooertv mir.
chased by the syndicate lies on either
niae of Sullivan s Gulch between the
river and East Eighteenth street.
iians are alreadv under wav for de
veloping that portion of the holdings
into a Dig warehouse and manufactur
ing district. About 300 lots along the
gulch will be set aside for that pur
pose. The syndicate will expend about
$100,000 in that development.
The negotiations for the sale of the
property had been under way for about
two years. The deal, was negotiated
by A. F. Swensson and L. F. Keady,
Negotiations for the property were
started in July, 1911, ani the first
option was given about a month later.
Charles Coopey was originally connect
ed with the deal, but after his option
expired he was not considered by Mr.
Sweneson and Mr. Keady as being fur
ther connected with negotiations. The
first group of capitalists to become in
terested in the property were San Fran
cisco people, but a misunderstanding
between the principals forced them out
of the deal. In the Fall of the same
year, two different local syndicates
agreed to purchase the property, but
terms or a satisfactory nature could
not be arranged. Later negotiations
were started with a group of Canadian
capitalists, and at the same time a
party of Alaska and Los Angelea cap
italists were interested, but each group
was advised by disinterested person
to give up the deal, declare Swensson
and Keady.
In the following Spring a group of
Eastern railroad men inspected the
property and were about to close nego
tiations. They failed to complete the
deaL Then, in June of last year, nego
tiations were started with English cap
italists, and after several months' de
lay, occasioned by a multitude of fac
tors, the English investors agreed to
purchase the property. In the mean
time other misunderstandings arose be
tween the principals, and it looked as
it' negotiations would be terminated.
"About that time a representative of
the English capitalists arrived in Port
land," said Mr. Swensson yesterday.
"He spent 10 days here and made a
thorough Inspection of the property
and conditions of sale. He was satis
tied in every way and made arrange
ments with W. J. Burns, of Balfour,
Guthrie A Co. to represent the syndi
cate and to take caro of the closing de
tails of the deal.
"On February 27 Mr. Burns, together
with myself, Mr. Keady and our at
torney, took $100,000 in gold coin In an
Mutomoblle over to the of lice of the
Oregon Real Estate Company and made
legal tender under our contract. This
was refused by the owner, C. X. Lar
rabee. After several weeks Mr. Burns
started negotiations for a compromise
deal, which, after four and one-half
months of dickering, was closed yester
day." The American Realty Company pur
chased from E. It Pltterlkau the
Whealdon Apartments, located at the
southeast corner of Park and Taylor
streets, for $100,000. The building con
tains four stories and basement and
covers ground area 50x100 feet. The
building is modern and attractive and
was completed about three yars ago.
The American Realty Company pur
chased the property as an investment.
The apartment-house is now under
lease and returns a gor . income on the
investment. With the purchase of this
property the company now owns three
apartment-houses and a quarter-block
which it will Improve with an apartment-house
soon. The company's ag
gregate holdings amount to more than
$350,000.
J. C. Costello, a Portland capitalist,
has purchased from Eugene' investors,
the parcel at the southeast corner of
Fourth and Burnslde streets for $130.-
000. The property has a frontage of
100 feet on Burnsiue with so feet on
Fourth street, and is Improved with
frame buildings. It Is Mr. Costello's
intention to improve the site with a
modern business structure. ,
Trading in small parcels so far this
month has been normal, while activity
. In acreage and suburban homesltes has
been satisfactory. Several deals in
residence property were closed. Bro
kers report that newcomers are arriv
ing steadily and t. .t there is an in
creasing number of inquiries for homes.
OSWEGO LAKE SITES ATTRACT
Ilrisk Business in Acreage Reported
by Aitcnlson-AHcii Co.
"Business is much bettor with us this
Summer than a year ago," said N. H.
Atchison, of the Atchison-Allen Com
pany, yesterday. "More than $30,000
worth of small tracts near Portland
have been sold by us recently, and
many of these sales have been all cash.
Property at Oswego Lake is in great
demand."
La.'.-e View Villas, he company's
suburban lake homesite. on the shores
of Oswego Lake, has proved their most
attractive property and manv of the
purchasers are now making permanent
improvements on their tracts. Among
tne recent purchasers In Lake View
Villa are the following:
A. Lelhammer purchased two acres
and a lake shore lot; D. T. "Watts, one
acre; E. G. Nelson, one acre and
lake shore lot; Blanche Watts. George
Llpp. F. F. Thlbau, Miss A. R. Kueneke
and Lenore -Loew, Florence Kruse and
H. S. Buhmann each purchased an acre
tract; L A. Ryder, Leslie Seabrook. H.
f. iiaese, B. E. Blundin. Walter Apple
gate, F. A. Gaddls, H. H. Rundell. Wil
liam Hutchison, M. O. Norman, William
trray, j. a. Rorman, Dr. E. E. Fajunen,
D. H. Williams. Harriet Allen and N.
W. Hawn, of Boise, Idaho, each pur-
cnasea an acre and a lake shore lot.
In addition to these sales on Oswego
L.aKe tne firm reports the following
saies: LKts 34 and 43 In North Tigard
ville Addition to C. W. Ross and J. A.
Raiesh; lots 6 and 7, Kable Acres at
Bonlta Station, to A. B. Kastor: five
acres In Bonlta Meadows, to H. E.
Roberts, and a business lot In Oswego
to ti. w. t'rosscr.
Chehalis to Pave Busy Street
CHEHALIS, Wuh July 12. (Spe
cial.) paving of the Riverside road
way, one of the main thoroughfares
leading into Chehalis from the south
west, will begin next week. A con
crete roadway 16 feet wide ts to be
Duilt; also a new four-foot walk,
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OM TOWX IEAPS TO FRONT
AVHEV ROAD ENTERS.
Late Isolated Village Now in Center
of Rich District and Has
Many Industries.
MONROE, Or., July 12. (Special.)
ine little town of Monroe, which for
oo years or more lay, practically un
noticed, in one of the prettiest sections
of Benton County, in the prolific Wil
lamette Valley, is at last coming into
Its own. Until about four years ago it
was an isolated community, with no
railroad, and nine miles from the near
est station on the Southern Pacific.
T. hen a logging road was projected
from Corvallls to tap the timber wealth
of the Alpine hills, and a purse raised
in Monroe and vicinity induced the
builders to extend a two-mile branch
into that village. This gave a more or
less satisfactory service until the line
was taken over by the Welch inter
ests, with improvement and electrifi
cation promised, some two years iro.
With the acquiring of the road by the
southern Pacific and its addition to
the Portland, Eugene & Eastern sys
tem of electrified roads, the star of
hope once more rose on Monroe's hori
son. with its brightness steadily In
creasing, and the little old town took
on a new lease of life.
Today the rail connection between
Corvallis and Eugene is complete, with
Monroe as the only town on the line
between the two cities, and the work
ing crews are engaged in putting on
the finishing touches. A good, new
depot Is under construction, and In a
few days the last spike In the line a
golden one will be driven here in
Monroe, with the usual Imposing cere
monies. Meanwhile Monroe has been un and
doing, preparing to take its Dlace
among the growing and prosperous
young cities or tne Willamette valley.
It has a live Commercial Club, with a
valuable auxiliary In the Women's
Progressive Club. The latter has
undertaken the task of co-operating
with the new railway comoanv in the
Improvement and beautif ication of the
new depot ground. It is proposed to
convert a portion of the grounds Into
a pretty park.
Impetus also has been given to Mon
roe growth. Many new residences.
some of them fine ones, recently have
been erected, and several business
houses have been projected or are under
construction. A. sawmill of 50.000 feet
daily capacity has been In operation
about a year; a large brick and tile fac
tory was built last year and Is in full
operation. A large roller flouring mill
has been doing business for several
years and supplies a large part of
Southern Benton, as well as shipping
its product to Portland, Seattle ana
other cities.
Monroe still has room for several
lines of business. It has two churches,
a graded school employing bow five
teachers; a large schoolhouse recently
finished, and a new one, combining
recitation rooms and a gymnasium, will
be built this Fall.
The town is situated in an attract
ive and healthy location, midway be
tween the two college towns of Cor
vallis and Eugene, and only an hour's
ride from either, and has no saloons.
More than 1000 acres of the finest
fruit lands, within a radius of three
miles of the town, have been divided
into five and ten-acre tracts for small
settlers, and are being taken up by
progressive. Industrious settlers. Many
of these contain orchards of fine,
healthy . 3 and 3-year-old trees, which
have been cared for carefully and in
telligently. Many new Scandinavian
settlers are among those who have lo
cated on these tracts.
Kensbaw's Conqueror Still Living.
A. E. Crawley, ' brother of W. C,
Crawley, who was a member of the
British Isles team which played in
Philadelphia In 1909, has the distinction
of being one of the few men living who
beat "Willie" Renshaw in tournament.
WIDENING OF UPPER WASHINGTON STREET IS URGED
Proposed ImproTemoBt Between Lowirf d. Md nineteenth Beside, Bai,us Grade Townds East. Would Be Great Boost to District, Declare Interested
Property Owners.
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SINCE the fire that recently de
stroyed the frame buildings on the
quarter block at the southwest
corner of Washington and Lownsdale
streets. property-owners on -Upper
Washington street have been agitating
the widening of that street from 10 to
20 feet on the south side of the thor
oughfare, between Lownsdale and
Nineteenth streets. It also has been
suggested to raise the grade at Six
teenth street in order to eliminate the
Washington-street hill towards the
east.
It is pointed out that the proposed
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HOME OF H. W. HIXGLEY ON BAST FIFTY-SECOND STREET.
Among the attractive East Side homes recently completed la the seven-room dwelling of H W Hinc
ley. at the corner of East Fifty-second and Tillamook streets. The house is of the bungalow type aid
is modern in every detail. Among the features are a large fireplace, built-in seats, bookcatfe and buffet
lo6tSofe$3"50rOmS' a lar8re ""P"011 bal1 Bnd "Spins' Porch. The dwelling was built at
OIL PROSPECTS BIG
Petroleum Beds in Harney
County Explored1.
WELL DRIVEN 1045 FEET
Operators Suspend Work Tempor
arily but Plan to Exploit Field
Thoroughly Experts Believe
District Is Rich in Oil.
Somewhere between the Rocky Moun
tains on the east, the Cascades on the
west and the Blue Mountains on the
north is an immense subterranean lake
of wealth-producing oil, with accom
panying pools of gas, according to ge
ologists who have explored and ex
amined, this territory. They can point
with more or less accuracy to Its ap
proximate location. Several experts
have indicated the country between
Burns and Vale";' In faster Oregon, as
the district where discovery Is prob
able. "The oil and gas are there. they
have said to the people of Oregon. "Go
and find it."
In answer to this defl a number of
enterprising residents of Eastern Ore
gon have been trying to find it, but
wnn inaiiierent success.
Several months ago J. C. Turnev and
other residents of Burns. Boise and
other points in Oregon and Idaho or
ganised the Central Oregon Oil & Gas
Company for the purpose of prospect
ing me ground south of Burns, where
the sand formations and the outcrop
ping oi rocKs gave peculiarly favor
able Indications. - It is In this vicinity
that J. C. Gawthorp, a geologist, de
clares oil will be found. Every out
ward, sign Indicates its presence, he
say b.
Indications Are Favorable.
Acting on the geologist's advice Mr.
Turney and his associates have started
sinking a well which now has attained
a depth of 1045 feet and which al
ready offers sufficient encouragement
to the operators to induce them to
continuue their efforts further.
Last September they secured the
services of W. A. Clark, of Marietta,
O., an oil operator in that section. Mr.
Clark has had experience in every sue- i
cessful oil field . of the Middle West.
When he came here he intended only
to look the ground over for the pur
pose of determining. In his judgment,
wnether it contained oil-bearing indi
cations. His early efforts on the prop,
erty were attended with such indica
tions that he has decided to remain.
In spite of obstacles thrown in his way
by the pioneer settlers of the district,
who. with characteristic contempt for
progress, have offered almost constant
opposition, he has put the well down
to its present depth. His associates
in the company have spent $70,000.
Now, they are frank to admit, they
have suspended operations temporarily
on account of the lack of funds. They
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STRIP WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO TAKE OFF OF" BLOCKS 325. 324 AND 315
improvement should be undertaken
without delay or before work on new
buildings is started at Washington and
Lownsdale streets and at other points
in that immediate vicinity. Another
reason given for immediate action is
that only cheap buildings are at pres
ent In line of the improvement and
virtually the only expense to property
owners will be in the loss of ground
that would be Included in the widen
ing of the street.
Raising the grade at Sixteenth street
six to eight feet, in connection with
widening the street, would result In a
BUNGALOW IS ATTRACTIVE IN DESIGN."
are unable to sell stock and have no
desire to Taise money In that way,
they say. They are hopeful, however,
of securing the financial aid of some
of the big property owners' In Harney
County, who would ,be benefited Im
measurably by the discovery of oil In
that section.
Promoters Are Eneosnsed,
"I have operated in nearly all the
important fields of Ohio. Indiana and
Pennsylvania," said Mr. Clark yester
day, "and the indications in the Harney
County field are more favorable than
they were at any of the other places.
I hope to sink this well to a depth of
about 2350 feet If there is oil on thn
spot we will find it at that depth. But
if we get nothing better than the pros
pects of oil whjch we have encountered
already. I will be justified In continu
ing our exploration work. There is
oil in that country. I don't know how
deep we will have to go to get it. The
indications are better now than they
were at Sistersvllle, W. Va., at the
same depth.
"We have cut two basins of fresh
water, but have protected ourselves
from It by our casing. Our latest work
was through strata or sand, which was
heavily saturated with oil.
"Many other circumstances point to
the presence of oil. For instance, all
the water wells contain petroleum gas.
I know of no place where there is gas
in the water unless there is also oil."
Mr. Clark points out that tbe dis
covery of oil in Eastern Oregon could
be of Inestimable benefit and. advan
tage to Portland.
FACTORY IS BEING. ENLARGED
Furniture Company Increases Ca
pacityOther Buildings Rise.
The Doernbecher Furniture Company
has taken out A permit for the erection
of a two-story addition to its plant on
East Twenty-eighth street. The build
ing will cost ?850O. It will be built at
the east end of the present buildings.
The National Realty Company has
started the erection of a store building
on Sixtieth avenue, between East
Forty-sixth and East Forty-seventh
streets. The building will cost $9000.
Work of remodeling the Logus build
ing at the northwest corner of Grand
avenue and East Washington street has
been started by the Portland Realty
Company. Recently the interior was
damaged by fire. Tbe two upper floor
will be reconstructed, so that they win
conform to the new building code.
Apartments and rooms are being built,
taking the place of the halls. The cost
will be U0.000.
Depot at Airlie Assured.
AIRLIE. Or.. July 12. (Special.) A
new depot Is to be built at Scraftord,
on the Southern Pacific track, between
this place and Monmouth. A petition
was circulated not long ago asking for
a station at this point and the request
was promptly answered. The depot is
to be a flag station, the point at Scraf
ford delivering more passengers than
any other place outside Monmouth on
the Airlie line. The Luckiamute Val
ley farmers also needed better facili
ties for cream shipping, as a big busi
ness is reported at this time of year.
John Day Valley Attracts.
PRAIRIE CITT, Or.. July 12. (Spe
cial.) The John Day Valley has its
usual number of Summer visitors.
Lured by superb climate and excellent
fishing the tourists this year include a
number from San Francisco and other
remote points.
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marked improvement in that vicinity
and at the same time would Increase
property values to a great degree as
well as aid greatly travel up and down
Washington street, declare interested
property owners. It would also be
necessary to-raise a portion of Burn
side street between Thirteenth street
and the point of Intersection at Burn
slde and Washington streets. Widen
ing of that part of Burnslde street
from 10 to 20 feet also would be a big
improvement to that district. It is de
clared. . ,
Washington-street property owners
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STEEL ORDERS BIG
Business for First Half of Year
Satisfactory.
CAR CONTRACTS SHOW GAIN
Railroads Increase Rolling Stock,
but Curb Construction Opera
tlons Marked Reduction in
Pig Iron Sales Noted.
Although the , railroad companies
throughout the. United States placed
very few orders for equipment the past
six weeks, contract for cars, locomo
tlves and steel rails during the first
half of the year make a very favorable
showing as compared with the busl
ness for the corresponding period of
1912. While rail contracts have been
sharply contracted, it must be remem
bered that during -the first half of 4ast
year rail orders were unusually heavy.
Nearly all the large roads touching the
Pacific Coast have been adding- mate
rially to their equipment.
In the last six months the rail mills
have taken orders for about 667.000
tons of standard and light section rails
for domestic shipment and for export,
while during the first half of last year
similar ran contracts aggregated a
little in excess of 1,920,000 tons.
The car shops and locomotive works
this year have fared better than the
ran mills In regard to railroad natron
age, and although in the last 60 days
contracts for rolling stock and motive
power have been relatively light, the
total contracts placed during the first
nan oi iid were in excess even of the
equipment orders placed during- the
first half of 1912. In the last six months
tbe railroads have ordered about 108,
000 cars and 2246 locomotives, compar
ing with contracts placed during the
first half of last year of a little le-is
than 102,000 cars and 1294 locomotives.
The fabricating shops in the last six
months took orders for 200,000 tons of
steel shapes less than In the fleet half
of 1912, the total during the first half
of . 1913 having been a little over 550.
000 tons, of which the railroads ordertd
162,300 tons. During- the first half of
1912 the railroads placed contracts for
nearly 185,000 tons of structural work
ror bridges and terminals.
In June the volume of new business
for rolled steel products, as noted sev
eral times recently, was approximately
60 per cent of shipments, while output
and shipments netted approximately
the same dally average as in June, the
smaller total being due to the one less
day In June. It is estimated that all
of the steel companies together rolled
and shipped somewhat in excess of
2,000.000 tons, while the new orders re
ceived aggregated about 1.200.000 tons,
indicating a decrease of approximately
800.000 tons In the unfilled tonnage
carried on the books of the various
companies on July 1 as compared with
June 1.
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feel that if the street ts to continue to
hold Its position as the leading retail
thoroughfare to the west from the
downtown district, the proposed Im
provement must be undertaken as soon
as possible. Considerable Interest has
been taken In the project, and it is ex
pected that a meeting of property own
ers will be held this week to discuss
the question. At this meeting It ts
planned to draft resolutions to be sub
mitted to the City Commissioners, ask
ing that proceedings be' started'
towards making the proposed improvement
PORTLAND MAY BE
CHICAGO OF WEST
Eastern Manufacturer Pre
dicts Wonderful Growth
for Rose City.
STRIDES MADE IN 8 YEARS
Remarkable Development Noted in
Factory District Geographies
of Future May .Put City
on Columbia River.
BT A. B. SLACSON.
(Member of. Portland Realty Board".)
---'Portland has Industrial districts,
trackage, wharfage, and unoccupied
acreage within a slx-mlle circle,
enough for a great manufacturing city
of 6,000.000 population," said a promi
nent manufacturer of Chicago on a re
cent visit here. "And from what I
know of the wonderful resources of the
great undeveloped Paciftc Northwest."
he added, "and the study of conditions
being made by Eastern manufacturers,
railroad men and capitalists, the fut
ure growth of Portland in the present
century will be as rapid as has been
that of Chicago In the past."
So much by way of prophecy from
an observant Eastern oracle.
Conservative Portland, year after
year, witnesses a marvelous industrial
growth unmoved -
a matter of course, much the same as
iuuu uiuuier waicnes tne growth of
her sturdy sons into full and perfect
manhood.
Eight Years Work Weatlrrs.
Only eight rears have cIitismI slnr-a
the Lewis and Clark Exposition called
the attention of tbe world to the glo
rious possibilities of this city and the
iriDuiary territory, and what a won
derful industrial 'progress there has
oeen in that time!
A thickly populated residence lying
west of Tenth street for five blocks and
north of Gllsan for 10 to 12 blocks, has
disappeared, and in its Dlaca are the
terminal yards of one of the greatest
transcontinental transportation lines,
and over a mile of terminal tracks
along Thirteenth and Fifteenth streets
is bordered by modern warehouses
representing the Investments of new
comers or the. substantial growth of
aireaoy iirmiy established Portland in
dustries. Still more remarkable . has been the
cnange along the waterfront. Three
most magnificent modern steel strut-
tures have spanned, the Willamette in
the present decade, and the wharfage
facilities have been greatly increased.
From Ross Island to Swan Island along
the west shore, scarcely an unoccupied
piece of waterfront Is to be found, and
except for railroad property the same
is true of the eastern bank of the river.
Plants Move Toward Llnntoa.
Down the river toward the lumber
manufacturing town of Llnnton, along
the narrow strip of land between the
river and the steep western hills that
limit expansion in that direction, have
been established Industrial plants at a
cost or several millions of dollars, th
most notable being those of the Port
land, oas & Coke Comnanv. the stun
dard Oil, the Union Oil and the Indian
Refining Companies, the aronarch Re
fining Company, the Railroad Machin
ery Equipment Company, the Wood
Distilling Company and the great oil
warehouse or Balfour. Guthrie & Co.
work upon which was only recently
Sullivan's Oulch. on the East Side
along the line of the O.-W. R. & N.
Company's track, is building un with
warehouses. lumber yards, planing
nius ana ouiioing supply houses, even
out to East Sixtieth street, where is
located the five-acre plant of Twohy
Brothers, railroad contractors and
builders. Along those three miles of
track there is still abundant oppor
tunity for other manufactories, all
within the city limits, the value of
ground Varying from $3000 to $100,000
an acre, depending on the closeness
to terminal yards and water transpur-
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Peninsula District Thrives.
Perhaps the most remarkable indus
trial development of all In the past
tMgui years is mat of the so-called
Peninsula district, located alonir Ore
gon Slough, a deep-water estuarv of
the Columbia River. The great plant
ui ine union meat company and the
reclaiming of hundreds of acres by
filling with sand and gravel taken
from the slough, was the beginning of
this development, and was rapidly fol
lowed by the establishment of a "large
number of new industries In that vicin
ity and the platting of many hundreds
ot intervening acres In town lots.
School geographies have taught the
past generations that. the great com
mercial city of Oregon was "Portland
on the Willamette." but the eeoira
phles of succeeding generations will
nave it "Portland on the Columbia.'
How near this Is at hand one mav read
tly see from the fact that the United
states Government is now providing
the funds for dredginer a dee n-wa tpr
cnannei through Oregon Slough.
ine cutting away of the forests of
Oregon anl Washington means more
land for the farmer, stockraiser and
dairyman, more products for shipments
10 toe markets or the world, and there
fore a larger market for home Indus
tries In the most prosperous city of the
Pacific Coast. No city In the United
States affords greater opportunities to
the manufacturer and no city ever had
greater natural advantages for fac
tories. Undeveloped water power rn
the mountains near at hand will turn
the wheels of factories enough to sup
port that great population which our
Chicago friend prophesied we should
one day hav.
COCXTRV HOjrES ARE MODERN"
Sleeping-House Is Constructed in
Tops of Fir Trees.
HOOD RIVER. Or., July 12. (Spe
cial.) L. C. Welnhelmer. of the Odell
district. Is erecting a handsome new
bungalow on his orchard place. The
residence will be modern, with electric
lights and plumbing. A spring on the
side of an eminence above the place will
furnish a gravity waterworks system.
Another handsome new home that has
been completed is that of Dr. E. E. Fer
guson in the Belmont district. Near his
home Dr. Ferguson has Improved a park
or pine trees. The lawn is kept In the
best of condition and in the tops of the
pines he has erected a sleeping house
of fir logs. It is reached by a spiral
stairway and is 20 feet from the earth.
VOTERS DECIDE" ROAD ROUTE
Lincoln County Court Will Put Dis
pute Vp to People.
NEWPORT, Or., July 12. fSnepial
At an adjourned meeting of the Lin
coln County Court held yesterday at
Toledo it was decided by Commission
ers W. F. Wakefteld and Claus Luder
man to submit the proposed route of
of the people at a special road election.
The routes in dispute lead from New--
port, one along the beach in front ot
the old Monteray Hotel, and the othfr
up Big Creek and through the wood.
The former would make one of the most
spectacular drives In the country. owin
to the rugged coast line, while "the lat
ter would traverse au uuinterestin 3
section and would be longer.
The road along the cliffs was sur
veyed by County Surveyor Z. M. Der
rick, assisted by aiorris Wygant and B.
F. Beaaeley. It would join the she I
road above Cape Foulweather and
would be a bonanza for motorists. The
estimated cost or either road Is $o0,000.
Two Sawmills to Be Built.
CENTRALIS. - Wash Jul,- i
(Sneclal.l Th Ca rliclo. Fii .11 1 nr..
ber Company has announced that work
on two new milts will start within tlur
next on aays. ine plants to be located
on the pnmninr'ii itrnndri u K.. ......... . v. . .
Alpha road and the Newaukuru River.
rtjuunsj uosa mteresieu in rne company
are J. P. Guerrier and O. O. Ort. two.
prominent Centralia lumbermen. Thn
company owns many million fet of;
standing timber, and the building of"
miiis win mean tne opening up ot
a large section of that nai-tirnlnr imrf.'
of Lewis County. '
Irrigated Tracts Sold. i
- Among recent sales of tracts on th
irrigation project between West stay
toh and Turner, owned bv the Wil
lamette Valley Irrigated Land Com.
pany, are the following: Seven and one-
half acres to M. I. Kinsr. 1 'A ncr.i id
v. xx. rsenton, len acres to v . .,..
oneaer. live acres to George B. Zooll
ner and six acres to Julius. Grueneklee.-
LOCATION IS SECURED
MONTGOMERY, AVARD &
LEASE BUILDINGS.
CO,
Plant at Eighteenth and Vphu
Streets to lie Occupied by
Mail Order House. -
With the leasing of property in Port
land last week. Montgomery, Ward &
Co. will install at once an independent
and separate branch of their business
to supply the trade of Oregon. Wash
ington. California. Nevada, Idaho' and
parts of Nevada. E. M. Hasan, the resi
dent manager of the Portland housei
arrived in the city a few days ago front
Chicago and will have active i-hargci
of the plant, which will bo opened for
business about September 1.
The company has leased the buildln
formerly occupied by the Carman.
Manufacturing Company, at Eighteenth,
and Upshur streets, giving it 80,00i
square feet of floor space. As the de
mands of the business grows this floor
area will be enlarged, probably by th
erection of an additional building.
The company opened a house at Fort
Worth. Tex., two years to anil alreadv
has been forced to expand. The duly
other houses similar to these in Port
land and Fort Worth are in Kansai
City and Now York. Each operates in
dependent of tho parent house in Chi
cago. "Our object in locating here." says
Mr. Ragan, "is to save our customers)
time. We will be able to handle orders
out of the Portland houses the same am
we do out of Chicago.
"I have been instructed to employ no
one excentinar nersons livinc- in Port
land. We are not competitors of anv.
firm now doing business in Portland.
We do no retail business. Our patron.-
live outside the big cities."
Mr. Ragan declares that the parcel
post has not helped the mail order
houses and that the argument advanced
against the parcel post before the law.
was passed that it was favored and
fathered by the- mail ordei- houses wai
an absolute fallacy. The term "mail
order" means that the orders are re
ceived by mail. The merchandise S.
per cent of it is distributed by
freight.
iur. nafjan is a young man ana nas
had a rapid advancement with his em
ployers. Before coming to Portland hi
held a responsible position in the Kan
sas City house.
With the acquisition of tho Carman
building by this concern the district
tributary to the North Bank tracks con-'
tinues Its rapid development. .Vithtii
the last few years many manufacturing
and distributing plants have located
there. Many others are projected.
LIBRARY TO BE BUILT
HOOD RIVER TO HAVE CARNE
GIE STRUCTURE BY I'AT.Iy.
Contracts Will Be Uet So That Con-
6tructlon May 'Start August 1 and.
Under Roof by September 15
HOOP RIVER, Or.. July . 12. (Spe
cial.) Construction work on Hood
River's Carnegie building will be be
gun by August 1, ami the contracts
for the handsome new two-story
structure will contain clauses requir
ing that it be under cover by the mid
dle of September. The building, ac
cording to tho architect s plan, will b.
52x68 feet. It will be of Old English
architecture and made of red "rug"
bricks and finished with gray sand
stone.
The interior of the btiildintr will b
conveniently arranged. On the mailt
library floor will be the reference
room, the delivery room, reading room -
and children's room. Adequate com- 1
mittee rooms and class rooms will '
provided. On the first floor will b"
an auditorium which will seat 200 poo
pie. It will be fitted with stage and
dressing room. One of the features
that is unusual for a library building"
will be the room especially arranged
for country patrons, where the wives
of the ranchers may come and rest.
The building will be erected 011 a
portion of the lot on which the city
residence of , L, Smith has stood for
many years. A grove of the town's
most magnificent oaks will surround
It. The lot was purchased by popular
subscription, each of the four daugh
ters of Mr. Smith. Mrs. J. F. Watt.
Mrs. William M. Stewart, Mrs. Elmer
Rand and Mrs. O. J. Nelson contribut
ing 200.
studio
Main 5S73.
413 Stark.
Photographs Buildings, Construction
Work.
Three Operators.
?Stark-Davis
Company
Plumbing supplies. Wholesale and
Retail. Contracting and Jobbing.
S4 Salmon street. Bet. 2d and ad
Pipe Fittings. .Phone, Main 797
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me rNewport-tuetz Bay road to a vote