The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, November 09, 1913, SECTION FOUR, Image 56

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Newspaper Page Text12 THE ; STTNDAT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 9' 1913.- HOME OF C. HUNT LEWIS ONE: OE THE MANY BEAUTIFUL ESTATES ON WILLAMETTE AT RIVERIA v- 8 - ' r .-.v II C . . v v-. " t r f ' , - (' f s " t. ' v' 4 . ? - ,r,v . - 1 , - s- 1 ' vi "? . .-aiaiSi l ift-1 niniturniiri wMmvmfrhm;:Htti:it:Mltisa mt&&eiiM-4iiat - "T . ' . . t : " 1 i. 1 1 ' . -: 1 ' :,. , ..--r. . zz: '"'-rr " ' ' "' " " ' ' . ' ' ' ' '. ; " - ss , 'XS tag i 1 i t IF f 1 'Hi-'jr A- 5; 'V?vjOvVflC.v( v, . , v 4 SALES ON INCREASE Residence Property on East Side Figures in Deals. OWNERS SHOW ACTIVITY School and Community Social Im provements Aro Under Way In Various Districts Lanrelliurst to Have $12,000 Club. Increased sales liavo been made in the residence section of the East Side the past week. The city school district lias acquired two lots adjoining the Lents sclioolhouse. for which it paid $2000. This additional ground is want ed for playgrounds, and as the site of a domestic science building when it is built. The Board of Education made an ap propriation of $300 with which to erect a dlninsr-room for the lunch depart ment of the Arleta school, and work will be started at once. With. tle com ing of wet weather, sl shelter is needed to take care of the children who take their lunches at this school. Efforts are being made to secure more electrtcliKhts in the Mount Scott district, especially on the streets lead ing to and'surrobnuins the schoolhouse; now that it is a social and educational center and open to lectures at niKht.- In I.aurelhurst several important Bales were made. Ella Cahill bought a house and . lot in I-aurelhurst from Goorpre M. Anderson for $6000. the prop erty beiner'ft new home. W. Everest Hold to .William H. Smith a Laurelhurst home for $S000. The Laurelhurst Com pany sold two lots to S. W. Lawrence for $3500. Plr.ns are being drawn for the pro posed new clubhouse of the Laurelhurst Club, which' will cost $12,000. It is planned that this clubhouse shall stand near the Laurelhurst P;irk and will have ample grounds, beside the public p.ark. for lawn tennis courts and out-of-door games. Cliiblionnc Im risanril. Now that the site of the Kenton Club house has been settled, an architect is drawing plans for a clubhouse," which will cost about $3000. It will stand og Itussett street; near Lombard. Practi- cially every leading business man an,d resident of Kenton la interested in this clubhouse, and have subscribed toward the cost of the building. At Sunnyside efforts are being made to secure a gymnasium and clubhouse for the Sunnyside school erected op the grounds, at the northwest corner of East Taylor and East Thirty-fourth streets, where the city owns the prop erty. The sum of $1000 will be donated by the Sunnyside Playground Associa tlon toward the erection of this build ing when the district feels able to go ahead with the work. David L. Ilich sold a house and lot In pyinyside to Emil Loise for $3500. A three-story apartment-house, covering 100x60 feet. Is being erected at the cor ner of Belmont and East Twenty-ninth street, at a cost of $30,000. , Another aparment-house has just been finished on East Thirtieth street at a cost of $15,000. The Sunnyside Improvement Club ha taken up the matter of additional elac trie lights for that section. This dis trict is not as well lighted aa some oth er sections not as well improved aa Sunnyside. . ' . , . In Kenton, on the Peninsula, the Kenton Land Company has just sold to the Security Vault & Metal Works two acres and a fraction on the Columbia boulevard .and Derby street for $8250, the company needing room for its busi ness. The land company sold four lots in Kenton to Minnie Carolton for $2500. In Central' Alblna two' sales were made. Charles D. Anderson sold a lot in block 24, in Central Alblna. for $3000. Greorge W. Clark sold in Central Alblna a lot and house to W. D." Humphrey for $4000. , , . . . , H. P. Palmer sold two lots in Irving ton to George A. Sears for $6500..' A home is included In the property; ' :' The Board of Education bought two lots'in Clemson Addition to Lents from F.'O. McGrew for $2000. Ella A. Raw lings sold a- home in Hose City Park to A. V. Bentley for $4500. Attorney Oglesby Young bought a lot in Ross City Park. ' - R. G. Brand & Co. sold to the Empire Investment Company about 30 lots lo cated in the North Bank and Walker's Addition, the ' price not being an nounced. It was the largest real estate transactidn on the Peninsula for some time. - :. i , MODEL CITIES SEEI Fred A.- Jacobs Studies Best '. Conducted Towns Abroad. PORTLAND BEAUTY LAUDED RESERVOIR WORK BEGUN three: storage: basins uxder WAV AT LIANTON. Low Death Rate Found In Metrop olis Where Saloons Are Barred. Jails and Police Are Xil In Liquorless Community. ' The "model cities" of Europe were studied closely' by Fred A. Jacobs,' of the Fred A. Jacobs Company, during his recent trip to Europe. Bourneville, Port Sunlight and Hampstead, In Eng land, in particular, impressed . him fa vorably. ' "Bourneville was built on a tract bought by George Cadbury. the choco late .manufacturer," said Mrs. Jacobs. "He built houses, churches, libraries, public schools, a gymnasium, with a swim mills - pool, and a tennis .court. Each house, 'had a flovrer garden la front, and .' vegetable garden behind. They. were rented for a small sum, and alt the rents went towards the im provement of the village, and the build ing of new houses. ' "He built more than 1000 dwellings, and It is riow-a city of niore than 10,000 inhabitants. Recently, he deeded the whole;town to-a board of trustees who will hold, it in trust for the, inhabitants. Saloon' Barred) Death Rate Low. J "Bourneville has no Jail, and no po lice, except a few watchman. -There are no saloons there.' The town -runs' an inn where non-alchoholic drinks 'are sold. '.'..'".' . .' j "'The death rate there is low. P'.iysi clans" have found, by careful: measure ments, that the children in. Bourneville are stronger and' larger than in other cities of England.'' The. etandard "of m'orality Is high. "The people' are hon est -working folk, and they have no riches to tempt thieves from .other cities. ; "Lever. Brothers, the soap 'manufac turers, have started Port Sunlight on the same plan. Hampstead, on Hamp stead Heath, near London, is ano,ther. I saw ttiese cities three years ago, and their growth since that time is-surprisr ing. '-'.... "Dusseldorf, ' Cologne, Wiesbaden, Dresden and Berlin, in Germany, are exerting every effort to satisfy, their own inhabitants. They have built parks,- municipal theaters, auditoriums and art galleries for the comfort and pleasure of 'the people. - They maintain municipal bands and orchestras ' to which the' people may listen free of sharsc. ' ' - "Dusseldorf. I think, is the most beautiful city of Europe. In a few years it has been transformed from an average German town to a. city of beau tiful boulevards, parks, artificial lakes, .nonuments, art galleries and museums. The entire . waterfront along the Kliine has been converted- into a boulevard several hundred feet wide. ' "Dusseldorf - has purchased i all the land on Its outskirts, and as the city limits, are extended it sells this, land for building purposes. The proceeds of these sales are sufficient to defray the city expenses without . levying taxes. This- latter fact is true in sev eral other German cities. ' ; "The Germans manifest great inter est in the Pacific Coast, and many al ready .are hu-ying. steamship tickets to the Pacific Coast, on the installment plan, and . will come here, after the Panama Canal opens. ' All the big steamship companies, expect to estab lish lines to the racific. - t "But after seeing Europe, .1 still think Portland naturally is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and will- in time be so considered every where. In Germany I rode 10 miles to see a famous view, and, honestly, it was not equal to the view from Port land Heights. I told them so, : too. The scenery along the Columbia is far superior, in my opinion, to anything on the Rhine." , Mr. Jacobs was abroad for three months. . . MARKET NOW STRONGER CITY AMJ FARM PROPERTIES ARE i IX-DEM A XI). ' The always mysterious Dead Sea In Pales tine Is providing a new puzzle for Bcientsts, an H seems to be drying up. Two Pumping; Station Will be Installed With Automatic Starting Appliance. Three reinforced concrete reservoirs. two with a capacity of 120.000 gallons. and the other holding 60,000, were be gun at Linnton last week, and accord ing to the terms of the contract. niTst be finished before February 1, 1914. Two, one of the larger, and the small est, will be located at Willbridge. on the Linnton Road, one 2jj feet above the pumping station, and the other at a i 1 5-foot elevation. The cost of these two will be $18,000. The other will be at Willalatin Park. on the Skyline Road, 620 feet above the pumping station. This will cost $13,400 It will be 40 by 40, and 12 feet Veep.-- i wo pumping stations will be in stalled, one for Willbridge and the other for Willalatin. The pumphouse for w uiaiatln will be a one-story brick building, 16 by 16. The pumping ma chinery In the latter house will consist of an 18-horsepower motor, and a trip lex pump, capable of throwing 75 gal lons of water into the reservoir every minute. The cost of the pump and motor will be approximately $2000. while the house will require about $750 more. A feature of the pumpins apparatus will be an automatic starting and stop ping device for the pumps. This mechanism will .start the pump when the water i3 lowered to a certain point in the reservoir, and stop it when the tank is full. - The three reservoirs belong to a series of five that the town of Linnton Is instituting. The fact -that Linnton is built on hills of various heights, makes It necessary to have a consider able head of water to give servlca to the higher buildings. To avoid pump ing the water to an unnecessary height. the city is installing a series of small reservoirs, each dedicated to supplying a different section of the town. Elliott & Scogg.n are building the Willalatin plant, which is on ground bought from Shepard & Rogers, - ATTRACTIVE LAURELHUR ST HOME . IS COMPLETED. " ' t!0-i' ' - 1?.? ys' v 1 (- 4 - ' v : V- .,':::.;.:::..:.......:; ;.; jR t . ' i f I k t r ' . pit ssssr 1 it ( t x -: t t j v- : .:;: . v i v - i! ii (( !4- '-'i . t. 5 :n Ton ,! :-...' ifSKmwiWTw-" ;w-:'.i..,v.v.'r-.o'-: . ;. -;rf.w. l-.a '..j. ; .... - . . V f, i- ; '1'13W RESIDEXCE OF WILl C. DAVIS.; . An attractive home has just been completed for Will "C." Davis at the northeast corner of East Thirty ninth and East Davis streets, 'in Laurelhurst. The dwelling contains seven rooms, large hall and sleeping porch'. It 13 equipped -with all modern conveniences. The house was designed by Architect E. J. T. Hoffmann. Satlsfnctory Business Is Reported by ( .Dorr . E. Keasey Improved Tracts Attrnet Buyers. ' During the past few days the realty situation has shown a marked improve ment, according to Dorr E. Keasey, of Dorr E.. Keasey & Co.' Several sales In city and farm property have been closed by this firm. The numner of inquiries from prospective investors Is increas ing steadily, it is declared. "Among the farm buyers I have noted a tendency to go further up the valley and even over into the coast country. where the prices of land are not in fluenced. by the proximity to Portland," said Mr. Keasey. "There is a decided interest shown In- dairy propositions. Small acreage alone has been inactive, but this is to be expected at this time of the year. "The greatest demand has been for small farms, ranging in size from 20 to. 50 acres. -Many of the smaller acre age tracts which were sold in large numbers a few years ago, are now coming back on the market highly im. proved and .are bringing a very satis factory increase in price." The following are among the sales recently closed by this firm: Henrv Meister purchased lots 5 and 6 in block 2, Madeline Addition, for $3000. Frank Glinneckl purchased an 18- room hotel building at Houlton, Or. for $3000. Frank S. Healy purchased lot 4. block 112, Laurelhurst, improved with a mod ern six-room residence, for 4000. H. L. Tabke bought lots 10 and 11, block 40. Tremont Addition, for $850. G. C. Garfield bought lot 16. block 6, Hancock-street Addition, for $5500. - W. H. Henderson purchased 30 acres two miles east of McMinnville for $5000. Gertrude Skeels purchased 17 acres near Oregon City for $2300. A. Mathews purchased lots 21 and 22. block 6. Flrland. for $5200. John D. Lesch purchased 18 acres near Cape Horn. Wash., for $1500. Fred Fitch purchased lot 7 in block 1, Campbell Addition, for SSV0. M. J. Noblitt purchased lots 15 and 16 Millers' Acres, in Marion County, Ore gon, for $1650. J. S. Atkinson purchased lot 10, block 2, Evergreen Park Addition, for $400'". W. Fairbank bought 5 acres six miles southeast of Newberg. for $6500. R. F. Morrison purchased lot 20. block 2, in Cross Park Addition, for $1550. W. Van Dersal purchased the north S3 1-3 feet of lots 1 and 2, block 6, Park View, for $2700. W. A. Leonard purchased lots 8 and 9, block 41. University Park, for $3500. J. M. Richards bought 35 acres near Buena Vista, in Linn County, for $3500. groat care and skill. An idea of the size the building mar be had. now that it has been inclosed. It ex tends from Schuyler to Hancock streets and covers an entire half block. Tho edifice will bo one of the finest in Portland. It was through the initiative of Rev. Henry Marcotte, the pastor, that the big church was started and he is watching its growth with deepest in terest, as does the entire congregation. It not be ready for dedication until next. Spring, and the time has not been fixed for the dedication. It will be made an event in the history of Port land Presbyterian circles ' when it Is held. The first unit, now being fin ished, will cost something over $100,000. Large Timber Tract Sold. Edward Renfer, formerly a watch maker on thj East Side, several years ago bought a ' tract of 100 acres on Cedar ' Creek between Sandy and Sandy River for $2300 as an investment. He has Just sold the land to a Japanese swamill firm for $13,000. The land is part of the Reve nue donation land claim and contains much timber. The buyers will cut off the timber, after which they will culti vate the land. The soil is said to be very fertile. 6. 1 PLANS BIG EXHIBIT RAILROAD COMPANY" WILL EX PLOIT RESOURCES. WORK . OX EDIFICE ADVANCES Exterior of Westminster Presbyter ian Church Finished. Work on the new stone edifice of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, East Seventeenth and Schuyler streets, Is progressing rapidly. The slate roof has -been completed, so that the struc ture is now inclosed and . inside work can go forward without Interruption from the weather. Fine finish is be ing put on the windows and doors, stone frames belna fashion e with Display of Oregon's Resources to Be Feature of Uooth at Chicago I, and Products Show. In addition to the state display to be made at the forthcoming Chicago Land Products Show by the Oregon Immi gration Commission, the state will liavo ample additional representation in tho booth of the Great Northern Railway, which will devote much space to Ore gon. The Great Northern booth will be 120 feet long by 11 feet deep and will be In the center on the main floor of the Coliseum, an exclusive lecture hall 45 by 100 feet, with moving pictures ami stereopticon lectures each day and night that the show is in progress. In this lecture hall the Great North ern will show farming scenes, irriga tion methods, fruit growing and or chards, dairying, hog raising, alfalfa development and other typical views ot Oregon and other parts of the North west. The show will be held at Chi cago from November 20 to December S inclusive. Fred W. Graham, West ern industrial and Immigration agent for the Great Northern, will have charge of the exhibit. The attendance at these shows usu ally averages from 200,000 to 250,000 and yearly Is the means of Inducing many Eastern people to locate in the Northwest. An abundant supply of lit erature will be distributed from tha Great Northern booth. Two Homes Completed. Elmer E. Pettengel, an attorney, Mas Just moved Into his new $2450 home at 1434 Albina avenue. in Cumberland. The house is a bungalow with seven rooms. It ha3 a full cement basement, and is equipped with modern plumbing. Another Cumberland dwelling has been purchased by John H. Johnson for $2250. It is a bungalow with six rooms and a basement.