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TIIE OREGON DAILY JOURNAU PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER IT, 1903. OREGON WATER. POWER TO WNSITB CO -' . ' AUCTION SALE?:r2'?t??ESTACADA; :r-; On TUESDAY, JAN. 12, 1904 beginning at f:30 p.m., a few hours after the arrival of the 0. W. P. Trains from Portland. ROUND ." iJ 75 v- , n ' . 1 . r Tickets for Sale at the Company's Office; First and Alder: Streets.; yyyyyy.yyyyy ynyy- r'""s.'.- -'.;y ' ' -Y-yyyyyyvy TOWNSITE COMPANY'S OFFICE, ROOM 5, OREGON WATER ROWER & RAILWAY COMPANY'S BUILDING, FIRST AND ALDER STREETS, PORTLAND. OREGON. 74? .4 ltyyiy?s-rw:; :.-a v y:;-l CLACKAXJL8 KtTXB 8XSaS, ESTACABJu AUEOS X8XJn, CLAOAKAB SZYSB, ESTA.CA9A "OSTAS'ABA; THIS BEAUTIFUL" Is the name given to the charming new towiuite located at the terminus of the Oregon Water Power & Railway com pany's railway, 17 miles southeast of Portland, on the banks of the famous Clackamas river, flowing through the mldt of aland riuh In every natural resource known v to the great and fertile state of Oregon. At no other flace In the Pacific Northwest, It is IbeHeved, can be found such opportunities for business and residence locations as will be afforded at Estacada. It will be the birthplace of num erous manufactures, and the Beat of the llvellest business enterprises In Western Oregon. .The country ' adjacent thereto has been settled and Cultivated for from 25 to 30 years. Great orchards surround the twnsite, one aged 25 or more years being located upon the Identical ground upon .which the city will stand. The region is rich in agricultural, timber., (hard and soft), pottery, brick and. tiling clay, rock, Inexhaustible supply of fuel, and dairy resources, and has now building lie Greatest Electrical Power Plant on the Coast of the Pacific Ocean, "At a cost of more than a quarter of a minion dollars. The waters of the Clackamas river are very deep at this point and the tremendous power it affords Is sufficient to propel 'the wheels of a half a hundred mills. Here will be located the largest of the Ipterlor flouring mills west s of the Rocky mountains, and except those of Portland, the greatest on the North Pacific coast. The grain Is there now to feed such enterprises. All that was lacking here tofore was the necessary transportation facilities, i These are now afforded by the completion of the Oregon Water Power &' Railway company's thoroughly equipped, heavily railed, superbly ballasted railway to that, point, operating two passenger trains per. day between Portland and this splendid section of our neighboring county.' ESTACADA IS .NOW THE TERMINAL CITY of this line of road and as it is far enough away from Portland not to have its business paralyzed by the great department stores. It is absolutely bound to become ' " The Second City in Oregon Vest of the Cascade Mountains. 1 ' ' '- .-:'". - ' t f ' Nothing can stop it! It will be a manufacturing center of tremendous importance, as an earnest of which a large furniture factory has already been arranged for. There is ' Ik continuation of water powers for a distance of from a mile above to five miles below the city, so that If any de sire to own their own power instead of that afforded by the big electrical plant, all that -will be necessary to do will be to fling a dam across the deep and, narrow channel from j bank to bank, these being almost' perpendicular to a it height of from .60 to 10 feet on either side, and the power -'is created for all the future ages of the world. Indeed, lt ? : is believed that :?1 : ' The Pay Roll of Estacada's Factories will be 5,000 People , Within 'three years from nowt ABSURD, do you say? Not a bit of it Its lumber mills will turn out a product - equal to that of 'Portland. The virgin forest by the ' thousands of acres Is there to back' up this asseveration. Material for furniture Is there. The wheat lands are there. The pottery cla and rock are there. The . fuel ' is there. The water power Is there great as that of Min-" neapolis. Some may wonder how It is that timber and . grain lands abound so contiguous to each other. The tim ber perfectly covers the elevated regions, the lowlands and valleys being rich in grain production as the yearly , v fertilised valley of the" Nile. , Nowhere.else on earth, is j. there a more varied region. Millions of tons of rock such, as that at the famous Columbia River quarries form the river banks, and the woods are suitable to the manufac ture of almost anythlnjr'consumed' by the people of the ' West. If the reader could but see Estacada for himself newspaper publicity would not be necessary. Its per ceptible future is so plain that it cannot' be mistaken. It will be the hive of a multitude of busy bees. ' The Beauties of Estacada are Indescribable. The main part of the town Will be on almost perfectly level ground. It slopes toward , the high banks of the river Just enough to afford most excellent drainage. The waters of the river roar and toss nearly 100 feet below, , affording a most entrancing scene. A monster spring bursts from the hillsides less than a mile behind the city, the water from which will be piped Into town for the convenience of the residents. Material Is dow being ac cumulated for 1 A Two-Story Hotel, 100x98 Feet, y Which the townslte company will erect at once. This house will be equipped with every modern convenience. It will have water upstairs and down, upstairs and down stairs dining rooms, electric call bells, patent toilets up and down stairs, large parlors, 'broad hallways ah all other things that appertain to the very latest hotel: ac commodations. The hundreds of tourists that will visit Estacada In pursuit of pleasure on its-adjacent hunting grounds or angling for mountain trout in Its laughing river, will want all the accommodations to which they have been accustomed at their homes. They shall have . them. v 1 . M. ... V How Lots Will Be Disposed Of. y i All Estacadsf business lots will be 25x100 feet with 20 foot alleys; residence lots 60x100 with similar alleys. The main streets, of the city will be 10 feet wide, ' The hotel and depot will be near together, and the live business sec tion of the city will be In that neighborhood, Price of Lots. -) Business lots will be sold at $269 for corners; 1200 for inside Iota For residence lots 160 to f 76 will be charged. The Lots VVUI Be Sold at Auction, Starting them at these prices. The highest bidder will then have the choice of corners, the second highest second choice, etc, ontll the sale Is concluded. This will give all . an opportunity to select choice , property at their own prices, y-'; .. vyV'l' ;;r-':;; i'-v1 " Stop and Reflect. CXJLCXAMA8 XZTZ: BATZSg, Z8TACA9A. There are 2,000,000 Immigrants coming to the United States annually. Oregon's Increase in population will be Stupendous, in the coming years. A town with the oppor tunities of Bstacada will be the center of an tmnVense pop ulation. It will . be the seat of anuusing progress. - Can any reader of The Journal afford to miss this opportunity to get Into a proposition of this kihdwhile he may do so on the ground floon ., ', : 1 ' ! - . . .,, 1 '. . . .. . : ': . " '.' . " j : ' " :: ' .. , .-. ,'-, - j . (-.Af5 . X' ; J - .: . ... ' - '-.v-'- , ., . ' i i-j' ; : i-.-;t..fc " ; - : V''- . . " 4 v.. : " , : ,A ' . . .. ' ... . '" - f CZjACXAKAsI XZTEB CUJIf h ZSTAO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CALL UPON OR ADDRESS . 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