THE SUNDAY OTSEgoyTAX. POTITLATTD, XOYE3IBEIS 2, 1913. TO NEW NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING AT BROADWAY. SIXTH AND MORRISON STREETS, NEARING COMPLETION. Spend Christmas in a Real Home and Your Own!!! BE T PEEB Work on Northwestern Block Being Rushed by Hundreds of Skilled Mechanics. n NOVEL FEATURES INCLUDED At Thirty-third and Multnomah, in beautiful Laurelhurst, just north of Sandy Boulevard, on Rose City carline key next door. BANK BUILDING VVITHQU '''''' ' ' " " " " t, - - - - ' ' - - - j 111 Financial Institutions Will Have Quarters at Sixth and Morrison Streets, Occupying Basement, Kirst and Mezzanine Floors. Hundreds of workmen are employed now In erecting the Northwestern Na tional Bank building on Morrison street, between Sixth street and Broad way, in the effort to have it finished and ready for occupancy soon after the first of the year. Each of the 15 floors are getting- at tention from the trained hands of a dozen to a score of skilled mechanics. Bricklayers, tilesetters, marble finish ers, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, plasterers and structural ironworkers nave much to keep them busy. The steel frame has been encased with white brick and terra cotta; the roof has been placed and most of the Interior walls have been finished. The building now presents an exterior of attractive white that will be one of its chief characteristics In its completed form. It is to be fireproof. Steel, concrete, tile and terra cotta have been used as substitutes for combustible material. wnerever this has been possible. .Beauty combines with solidity in musing mis one of Portland's most ornate and attractive structures. With out question it will be the most mod ern. Every known device to enhance me convenience and safety of tenants is Deing incorporated. Drinking; Water Will Flow. A heretofore untried convenience, so lar as tne i-aciric Coast is concerned. will be the circulation of pure water through each of the 15 floors. The arinKing water service will be entirely Independent of the sanitary water con nections, although Bull Run water will oe usea in each. Each office or suite of offices will be supplied with Bull Run drinking water, which will be chilled by a cool ing plant in the basement. Continu ous circulation through the entire building will keep the water constantly fresh. Elevator service also promises some Innovations. Five modern elevators have been installed. They are of the same, pattern and possess the same speed possibilities as those in the Woolworlh building in New York. Most attention now is being given to the space to be occupied by the North western National Bank at the corner of Morrison and Sixth streets. It is Intended to make the banking rooms the most attractive as well as the most convenient in the city. Quarters are provided for both the Northwestern Na tional and ' the Portland Trust Com pany, which are controlled by the same set of stockholders. The banks wil' occupy not only the ground floor of the east half of the building, but the basement and mezzanine floor as well. Safety Vault In Baarment. In the basement is space for an elab orate system of safe deposit vaults private rooms for patrons and fireproof cabinets for storage of books and other documents of the banks. Private auto matic elevators afford easy connection between the basement, the main bank ing rooms and the mezzanine floor The 'banking rooms will be finished en tirely In Italian marble and mahogany The lobby will be without pillar or post with the ceiling extending to the height of two full stories. Window arrangements provide light from three Bides. Colorado Yule marble is used for wainscoting the halls and corridors of i . Sv r 1,oor5- lerrazza is the floor h05 5j?e f,oor Bpaco has been rented and the rooms will be finished and arranged to accommodate the needi fwnantS- A" ,mProved systerr of plumbing, not now In use anywher Is em 7t .L .r , fc 18 Delnff installed, m wMorrlson and Broadway cor Btore accommodations for retail beTr,ln.,,,b.5r,an?, elevator entrance will fe finished in fine marble, with orna- moetnJre,,eCtriC flXtUr6S and woodwork CLUBHOUSE SITE IS SELECTED Kenton Commercial Clnb to Erect Community Building. The TCntrtrt r- . . . . lected a quarter ; - "aereiu uiuD has se block on Russett street, iust nnv. T , . "L h ,, ",: " "l omoara and near 'huse. as the site of1 the pro lf lubh0"ae. The ground was do nated by the Kenwood Land Company. a LeetlnS.f the club Wednes day night a vote was taken by the members and this site was chosen. An architect has been selected to prepare Plans for the clubhouse and work will be started as soon as possible so It can be completed before the first of the year. a building committee has been appointed. i J;J GL Beatie. President of the club said that provisions will be made for the children of the neighborhood. Surrounding the site is much vacant property which will be used for play grounds. The club has about 150 mem bers. Vinegar Plant Starts at Eugene. EUGENE, Or.. Nov. 1. (Special.) A vinegar plant with an annual ca pacity of 10,000 gallons, began opera tion at the Eugene Fruitgrowers' Asso ciation cannery Thursday, turning to a profit cull apples that heretofore have been entirely wasted. "We cannot han dle one-fourth of the appless offered," said J. O. Holt, the manager, vesterday but we are taking care of fruit that aS 5?rmfrly wa8teJ " It is estimated that 113,000 worth of vinegar is shipped Into Eugene yearly. Toledo to Have Xew Creamery. TOLEDO, Wash.. Nev. 1. (Special.) Edward Jepson has begun the erection of a new building for his creamery It will be 30x40 feet in size. There will be a concrete basement for storage purposes and the plant that will .be Installed will be modern in every way Weber & Kitter are shipping out about a ton of fresh pork and some beef daily to Seattle and Tacoma markets. Lebanon Apples Sold. LEBANON. Or., Nov. 1. (Special.) Henry Struckmeyer. of Santlam, a few miles above Lebanon, has sold 800 bushels of apples from his orchard, to a California buyer. The price was $1.25 a bushel. The purchasing agent de clared the apples equaled the choicest fruit found in the famous Hood River or Southern Oregon orchards. J llIill 1 '! P ' - , till 1 1 11 1 nils 3ff EXTERIOR VIEW OF FIFTEEN BIGGER SGHOOL NEED Efforts to Be Made to Have Richmond Building Enlarged. NEW HOMES NUMBER 50 Only Three Vacant Houses Found In District and Xo Part of East Side Slakes Be?ter Showing. Many Streets Paved. The territory surrounding the Rich mond School in the South East Side, i3 making rapid progress in both streets and In homes. This schoolhouse was enlarged last year, but the main build ing is overcrowded and three small temporary out-buildlngs are used to take care of the overflow. Efforts are being made to have the main building completed by the erection of an ad dition to the north side. At least a six-room addition is now required and will be filled netft year at the present rate of increase. The ter ritory Immediately tributary is be tween ' East ThiMy-sixth and East Fiftieth, Hawthorne avenue and Divis ion street. One can now count ' more than 60 new homes being finished and under construction In this territory. Especi ally is this true along East Harrison street and north of the schoolhouse. Many Streets Paved. Many of .the streets on all sides of the Richmond Schoolhouse have been paved. No section of the East Side makes a better showing In new homes. Few if any vacant houses can be found near the Richmond Schoolhouse. South of Division street is the Waverly-Richmond district, which ex tends to Powell Valley road, which Is a finely built hard-surface district. In this large territory only three vacant houses are to be found. The new territory between East Forty-first and East Fiftieth streets is filling up with homes. Here are the residence sections of McMahon's Ad dition, Windsor Heights and the Ignat ius Aoaition. Between 25 and 30 homes are under construction in this territory. In the Ignatius Addition a .hunch yt new homes is to be erected. two having been started already. Manr Homes Bull. In Windsor Heights a. large number of homes have been built the past A' Hit - STORY STRICTIRB AS IT APPEARS BRICK AND TERRA COTTA FIMSH. year. It is expected that the Waverly Richmond carline, which now ends at .cast Jjorty-nrst street, will be ex tended at least to East Forty-ninth street In the near future to take care or tne rapid growth here. Construction of the Rhone-street sewer from East Sixteenth street into the McMahon and Windsor Heights viioinci is now assured as the rights of way have all been secured. This sewer win greatly help the growth .of the territory eastward of East Forty first street. A considerable portion a : . i i ..... territory is triDutary to the nicnmonu bcnoolhouse and interested in the movement for the enlargement of the schoolhouse and the acquisition of more grounds. When the Richmond schoolhouse was built the need of grounds for the children was not pressing, but at the rate of development there now. within a year's time there will be no vacant ground near the schoolhouse available for that purpose. hohesIreTnIehund MANY- SALES OF EAST SIDE DWELL. INGS -CLOSED. W. Taylor Boys Fine Residence In Lanrelhurst for 916,300 Lot Transfers Make Gain. Several sales In residence property on the East Side were made during the past week. In Laurelhurst W. A Wise sold his home to O. W.. Taylor for J16.500. which is one of the fine homes in this addition. C. B. Moores bought two lots in Laurelhurst for 4000. Bella Macklin bought one lot in Laurelhurst for $1500. Dr. Wise bought a. lot in Laurelhurst for X4onn A number of new homes are - under construction in . this addition. The Laurelhurst Club is preparing to start the erection of its clubhouse In tho near future. An architect is now draw ing pians xor a fiz.000 building. In Rossmere Lina Peterson sold her home to Mattle A. Dunbaugh for i.iunn Marion Rive sold a lot In Jonesmore to Frank C. Espanhain for $1000. In this same addition A. R. Rapp bought two lots for J1500. B. S. Cook bought a lot in Piedmont on Commercial street lor tiouu. In Linwood Addition Cora A. Huston sold to F. E. Lines five lots for $6000. Mattie F. Frakes sold to Clarence A Young a lot in Central Albina f or JloOo! In the Morningside Addition at Ta bor Heights Hartman & Thompson sold an improved lot to Maud f. Brand for $3000. M. H. O'Connor sold to K. F. Hughes a . lot In block 204, Holladay's Addition, for $3000. In Sellwood David J. Nelson sold to Maria R. Ereckson a lot for $2500. In Rose City Park E. P. McDaniel sold his home to Z. U. Goodnough for $5000. At University Park Laura Lock Har mon sold her home to Charles E. r,atk for $4000. 1 t TODAY. SHOWING ATTRACTIVE " ERS TO BE AIDED O.-W. R. & N. PUTS AGRICUL TURAL EXPERTS IX FIELD. Advice to Be Given How to Irrigate to Best Advantage-r-Experimental Earms Planned. Further aid is to be offered the farm ers of Oregon, Washington and Idaho by the O.-W. R. & N. Company, which already has taken many advanced steps in agricultural development. Plans now are being outlined for ex tensive Instructions to farmers in both the irrigation belts and the dry farm ing districts. An experienced "irrigationist" will be sent out to teach the farmers "under the ditch" how to use their water. Ad vice will be given them so that they will not turn the moisture into the soil when It is too cold or when . conditions otherwise are not favorable. The farm ers will be told how to use their water supply and how to conserve the moist ure when once they get it into the soil. It Is probable, too, that the company will establish an experimental farm in the dry districts, put an expert In charge and allow the farmers to profit from his experiences. It is expected that the Oregon Agricultural College will aid in this kind of work. In the last few years the O.-W. R. & N. Company has done much to encour age agriculture along Its main line and branches. It now maintains a staff of agricultural experts who devote their entire time to the education and assist ance of the farmers. C. L. Smith, one of the best-known practical farmers who combines practice with scientific management and common sense is in charge. He has several assistants. D. E. Clark is In charge of the live stock development. Through his ef forts, backed by officials of the traf fic department, the hog production has increased to such an extent in the last two years that importation of hogs from the Middle West to the Portland Stock, yards has ceased. The supply now comes entirely from the Northwest. CEXTRAL OREGON ATTRACTS Dakota and Idaho .Families Settle In Deschutes District. DESCHUTES, Or., Nov. 1. (Special.) Six families of new settlers with three carloads of furniture, stock and implements have arrived during the past week from different Eastern points. They are all purchasers of irrigated land under the central Oregon Irriga tion Company's system. J. K.. Graham and family, from Em- mette, Idaho, go to the alfalfa district, about 10 miles east of this point. The Is-llgore family, from Fruitland, Idaho, and the Hansen, Rasmussen and Mlk kelson ' families, from North Dakota, have tracts about two miles north ot t-schutes. S f mm ; perfect in the every detail, you have dreamed of, beautiful in the simplicity of the exter ior, harmonious and original in the in terior decorations every modern con venience, a completed realization of your ideal. THE J-JOME 1405 O. K. Jeffery, HARD WORK IKES GERMAN RICH MAN August Paasch, Who Went to Hood River 26 Years Ago, Tells His Story. STRUGGLES AT FIRST HARD Land Cleared- of Forest Trees Is Set to Orchard and' Now He Ships Large Quantities of Fruit to European Markets. HOOD RIVER, Or., Nov. 1. (Special.) In all the Hood River "Valley, whether It be Springtime, when early spraying and pruning- is being done, or In the marketing season, when every orchard 1st Is busy picking and packing his fruit and hauling It off to market, there is no man ever busier than Au gust Paasch. Several days ago a local business man, arising rather earlier than usual, was down near the railroad yards about 6 o clock. The energetic German had already brought in a load of ap ples and was returning home for breakfast. "Good heavens!" said his friend, "why don't you go home and get some sleep? ' Well," replied Mr. Paasch. in his deliberate manner, characteristic in a'l of his social as well as his business r-3 lations, "I think I did pretty well last night. I trot three hours in. Ana this conversation typifies the man. Possessed of an energy, by which he has half a day's work done before his neighbors are out of bed, August Paasch, who came here 26 years ago, has become one of the wealthiest fruitgrowers In the Hood River Val ley. In Debt on Arrival "How much wealth did I have when I came here?" repeated Mr. Paasch when asked what his possessions were when he arrived in the Hood River Valley. "Well. I was Just J50 in the noie. I would have liked very much to nave taken up some homestead land RECORD SUNFLOWER GROWN 1-V WOODSTOCK DISTRICT. Phot6 by . F.. Bowder. David Gross (on the Ground) and Bert Lewis (on tne Shed). Whose Atcjrresate Heisht Is Exceeded by Sunflower by One Foot nnd Seven Inches. Here Is the prize sunflower of Oregon. It has been raised at the home of David Gross at Forty fourth avenue and Fifty-third street. Southeast. The flower stands 12 feet 7 inches in height, has a stalk about three Inches In diameter, and has a bead 17 inches in diameter. It stands a foot and seven Inches higher than the two men shown in the picture, who are each 5 feet 6 Inches in height. It is said to be the tallest sunflower ever grown in the state. The man on the ground in the picture is Mr. Gross, who grew the flower. The one above is Bert Lewis, a neigh bor of Mr. Gross. : , .X$ QREGON BUILDERS YEOJI Bl'UDING. pres. C. B. llurtt, Mgr. but I wanted to ' get where my children close to town, could attend school. "I found a 120-acre tract two miles from the city, all of it uncleared, which I was able to purchase cheap. I didn't have anything with which to make a payment, but I guess my family and I looked good to the owner' and he gave us our own terms. I settled down there and began clearing. We certainly passed through some pretty hard and hungry times. The Hood River Valley was sparsely settled then, and we neve dreamed of being the center of one of the world s greatest apple-growing dis iricts. I worked for a year on what was then the O. R. & N. as a section man and as nightwatchman. Potatoes were our chief food. When I would trudge home through the snow with a sack or flour, the family considered t a great red-letter day. Boys Aid In Wood Business. "Finally I began to work up a wood trade as the valley srrew. My bovs and I would spend the Winter cutting the pine and nr trees, and we would haul the wood to town in the Summertime Later i was able to work up a pretty good trade in Sherman County, and in this way got my start." vvnen local landowners began to plant orchards. Mr. Paasch was one of the first to realize the opportunities of the valley for fruit, and today he has his 120-acre tract set to commercial varieties. He and his sons operate the orcnara, one of the largest bearing tracts in tne Hood River district, "While I have never in any way op posed organized fruit-selling. I have never sold through any of the unions. says Mr. Paasch. "When the first Hood River union was formed I signed up with them. As soon as the offices were opened I went down and told the man ager that I had some Gravensteins tha I would like for him to sell. He told me that he couldn't do anything with mem. unis was the day before th Gravenstein was so popular. 'Well.' told him, 'I'll have to do something with them.' and right then I withdrew from tne union and began looking for mar kets of my own." Mr. Paasch was born near Hamburg ana nas relatives who are prominen in the business world there and who nave aided him in establishing his mar ets. jar. faascn has made two thorough canvasses of the principal European fruit-marketing centers, and so widespread has become his refuta tion as a fruitgrower, as well as figure in the export market, that recently a Russian applegrower from the Baltic bea region heard of his orchard while in St. Petersburg and Journeyed all the way to Hood River to -make a study oi ine iruii-growing metnods used by TRAIN SHEOS PLANNED CAPACITY TO OF TJXIOX STATION BE DOV75LKI). Constantly Increasing Passenger Traffic Xoted Xew Central De pot Next Requirement. On account of the constantly increas ing passenger traffic through the Union Station in Portland, the Northern Pa cific Terminal Company has prepared plans for the immediate construction of 1500 feet of umbrella sheds, similar to those now existing there. This will Increase the train capacity of the station 50 per cent. At present there are two rows of such umbrella sheds. This will make the third. The structures will be of concrete and steel absolutely fireproof.' Heavy concrete walks will be laid beneath them. They will be parallel to the existing sheds. Immediately east of them. The tracks already have been laid These Improvements will become a part of the regular train concourse and will provide accommodations for the train service that has developed since the old sheds were built. In recent years both the number of trains, as well as the average volume of traffic per train, has grown. Re cent schedule, changes also bring a large number of trains into the sta tion at approximately the same time, so that heavy demands have been made for further facilities. These improvements will cost approx imately J25.000 and will be completed. It Is expected, before the first of the year. Passenger officials believe that these Improvements will suffice to handle the traffic for a period of three or four years, when the facilities again will have to be enlarged. By that time. it is expected, the railroad situation in Portland will permit the erection of a new Union Depot. At present the Northern Pacific, the Southern Pacific- and the O.-W. R. & N. will use the union terminal. The Portland, Eugene & Eastern, a South ern Pacific subsidiary. will bee-in using it for electric car service after the first of the year. Castle Rock Bank Soon Ready, CENTRALIA. Wash.. Nov.- 1. SDe- ciaL) The exterior of the new bank building at Castle Rock has been com pleted and carpenters are at work on the interior finishing. When the new building- is ready for occupancy, . the town win nave one of the finest banks of Its size In Southwest Washington. Castle Rock Gets Street Signs. CENTRALIA, Wash., Nov. 1. (Spe cial.) Neat street signs have been erected at all the street intersections in Castle Rock. The signs were do nated to" the city by the Women's Commercial Club. Priced for less than the cost of the lot and building guaranteed on a time basis as to workmanship and materials afc $4750 terms $500 cash, balance $50 per month. FOR SALE 27 Alberta st. Killings worth district: nothing better ii Portland; St. Johns. L. and Kenton lines; lot 60x100; full cement base ment, fixtures, shades, built-in furni ture. A real bargain for the thrifty man who wants to save rent. $2850 Terms $100 cash, balance f30 a month" SCHOOL LAND ASKED Lents Demands Additional Property for Structure. BUILDINGS UNDER WAY Permanent Iibrary Is Asked, Al though Residents Differ on Best ' Site- Growth. of Suburb Shown as Very Rapid. Several new buildings are under way, at Lents, including a two-story re inforced concrete structure being . built for O. E. Lents and S. D. Camp -bell at a cost of $9000. The first floor ' will be occupied by a drugstore, and ' the upper story will be subdivided into offices and rooms. On Main street, C. E. and A. W. Duke are erecting a one-story rein forced concrete building, with a foun- ' dation that will carry two additional' stories. In the basement there will -be a five-ton cold storage plant, which will turn out two tons of ice a day. This building will be completed and occupied by December 1 and will cost $5500. The lower portions of these" buildings have already been spoken J for. The outlook for a domestic sci-' ence building for the Lents school house Is considered good, the Board of Education having tne matter under consideration. Efforts are being made to secure a permanent branch library .' building. There is some difference of opinion as to the location of such' a '. library, some urging that it be where people from Woodmere could have ac cess to it, others that it should be on Main street, near the site of the pres ent branch library. It is asserted that the library will accommodate the " greatest number of people on the Main" street location. The Board of Education has been asked to make provisions for more ground for the Lents school and looks with favor on the petition, unless the owners of adjacent property should ask 'too great a price. Lents' school house covers the present grounds com pletely and has nearly 900 pupils. At -least another acre is required near the building. In the course of time the district will acquire a site and erect a schoolhouse northeast of the present building to take care of the people off Saginaw Heights, where there has been' a rapid growth the past two years. Lents school will not be enlarged,; as it contains 22 rooms, which is the limit. On the east is Gilbert district, Just outside the city, where there is a rapid growth and where a larger and more modern schoolhouse will be needed next year. That district will build a small schoolhouse at its eastern end to take care of the people until such time as a modern structure may be built, or the district is taken into Portland. It may be said that in none of the Port land suburbs has there been so rapid a growth as in the Lents territory.. Today there are very few vacant houses. California Accepts Highway Route. MEDFORD. Or.. Nov. 1. (SDecial.l ' Local road enthusiasts are jubilant at the news received from California that the survey of the Pacific Highway has been accepted by the California Road Commission and that construction will be started at once to connect with the proposed route from the California line, through Jackson County. There was some fear locally that the coast route would be selected and improved first. AN EMPTY z FIREPLACE Spoils the appearance of many a neatly furnished room. Permit us to show you the latest and best in ZIZ ANDIRONS, IIZZI WOOD, COAL GRATES, FOLDING STATION Z SPARK GUARDS AND SCREENS M. J.WALSH CO. 311 Stark St. Both Phones. STUDIO 413 Stark. Main 5873.- Photographs Buildings, Construction Work- -.. v Three Operator .