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13 TTQrrTWZ TOT A TT 7TTT) A TT : TW AJT THT'TT Tn A TThTO 7nTT5) TT Ft THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, . SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 24, 1905. . FAMOUS . - ,. ' It K o REQON, the emerald "ktate of the Union, hat a greater range pf natural beauties than any other sister on Pacific or 'Atlantic. For tha "tourist seeking - grandeur ot mountains, one of tha moat picturesque ranges or trie eontlnant here unfold be for him, furnishing glaciers, snowbeds, crevasses, forges, cataracta and rugged vletaa that tha Alpa naver knew. For tha mlldar temperament - that la drawn to nature for recreation, deep foreata and . rural idylllca atretch on every band. Marina acenery of every type, from ahalterad cove to the atorm-acarred headland, raachea along one entire aide of the etate... . - It Ig only in recent yea re that touriata began to appreciate the many beauties of Oregon ' scenery. Thle year haa dona more to command the attention of tha tourlat than ail of the past, visitors drawn to the Lewie and Clark fair were often induced to make ahort excursions long the Columbia, to view the gorge that la unapproachad by tha PaJlaadea of the Hudson, and the woodland raaohaa ;of the lower river, that rise from -the ;water-.edge. others went to the ium . mlt, of Mount' Hood, over beda of anow and glaciers hundred of years old, look ' lng back from thla hoary Boat rf- winter jupon bright July and August . scenes In .the valley a beneath. One world-traveled tourlat after looking from the summit fof I the .elevation Immediately be "hind Astoria, aald that the grandest aoene from all of the California coast waa paled by that one proapect. Only the most daring; -ventured to the -great llneitone oavee of Orayback-mountain, near Waldo, and aa yet none but stock men and minere nave vlaited the lava caverns and new volcanlo crater on the Deschutes. . s The Cascades vary--In elevation from 1.000 to 11.000 feat.' Mountain lakes and waterfalls are more numerous on their sldaa than on the Alpa. Snow falls exceedingly deep In winter, but at all the Intermediate altltudea dlaappears F n I: - r ri -"f j 1,. in, 1- - 1- - - - " ' - aJ CelQo. Falls, Columbia- River. early In spring, opening the mountains to tourist travel. On the eaatern elope of the Cascadea the atmosphere Is dry, partaking of the. characteristics of the eaatern Oregon " country. On the weat Triemendous Improvement on East Side N o recent year has reauited In a greater growth for that portion of Portland lying eaat of the Willamette. and ; Po year will probably go down Into history with tha beginning of greater things to Ita credit than the one now closing.. . - " Notr only in added territory, 'In the re ' markable Investment In .business and residence Improvements, not only In the increase lit. land values and the spring lng Into being of new -suburbs, but In the birth of a new aplrlt of energy and In .the union of tha various sections Into a strong unit for the growth of the east aide haa the year been remarkable. For the first tlmerfn several years "the territory of the city on the eaat aide haa r been "expanded. The greater portion- of Mount Tabor and the region between the old city - boundary and St. Johna waa taken into the municipality at the June Inn mrA tiMh.Klv th. b.am in - r. -vH ... V-Via n,K.lnn m K nit- ha. ku. for a decade.' An Effort was made to ecure the Incornoratlnn of Mnntavllla. "but1 the sentiment of the people chiefly .'concerned was against the plan and the agitation ended. Had a special election been held on the question It is-not prob able that favorable action to the' scheme would .hav4 resulted, the general' sent!' ment being' that Portland la big enough In area and that future effort ahould be expended In the direction of Intensive growth rather than external expansion. The addition of Mount Tabor, however, brought In a district that was really a part of the city and. paved the way for thla sightly suburb a advancement by the seaurlng of adequate water service ;nd sewerage facilities. ... - ". , y Rapid Improvement. , -1 Precisely what the Improvement bill f the east side for the year will be cajfe. not be definitely determined, but K la evident that more reeldencea have been constructed and better ones, than In any other recent year. - Old building booms brought many cheap homes, but this season the great majority have been of the better claaa and In several auburbs ne Imnrovementa costing less than $2,000 can be made. Districts like IrvlngtonJ the Bell wood riverfront district,- Haw thorne tract and the contiguous terri tory,' the central eaat side district near the east approach of the steel bridge and the Bunnyslde section have added only homes ef the highest quality and local capitalists have commenced, during the past. 11 "months. -to. desert the weat M. hav. discovered that other sites than Nob hill are advantageous and have built reeldencea that artistically will compare most favorably with the finest homes of the-ltyv. In several smaller districts the Improve ments under way at one time amounted to more than $100,000 and even with the beginning of the winter season and the descent of the cold ralna thia work was -not ended andl today there are hundreds ' of homes being built on ths eaat aide deaplte the cllmatlo disadvantages. Business Improvements. wv- w..-tnA tmnrnvatnenta . on the east aide during the year have been as marked aa the reeldence building activ ity and some brick blocks of moat mod - ern construction have been erected, the moat significant fact regarding theae being that no one district haa a monop oly of such Improvements but that out lying sections like central Alblna have inspired confidence enough In the minds of capitalize to enable them to make the Investment and wit all the blocks erected there la still a dearth, of good rooming houses, office quarters and bua iness blocks, a dearth that will probably not be filled In years. In population the advance has been aa the majority of Portland's 1SO,00 peo- - h mtAm at the pie r " iiTiufl v. -" r - ---- Willamette. Btatlatics show that the cast aide has during ths last five years grown five times as rapidly as haa the . weat side and every year shows., the rate ef progress to be Increasing.' En tire' suburbs have been built up In It month and especially Is thlg true in the suburbs Immediately outside the city limits that are not considered In the . ii i ...,.. Tn Ml flcott reaion . muiuuilAi vm. . .. ' . l.U. . - A hm Miwt MIMrklhll fiu prutmuij rawuw growth -of any single district. In the -Arleta school district two years sgo there was not a school child to be cared Tim ih, .r. mora than 100 knd' the taxpayers are bearing heavy bur- - neni ,a mil w - - temporary buildings to give the pupils Instruction. The school district ad joining have eperiencee almost as great growth and aohools like the lnU have doubled in capacity and. the addi tional (joorn used aa soon aa Abe- work waa ectapleUvd. It la calculated that .there Aveally St.AOO residents In the aubuThaad.l'ilnlng the city that are with out fire protection, water service Of J sewerage system and three years sgo these thriving suburbs were waste lands, burned firs alone broke the monotony and an occasional clearing was the only token of the' thousanda ot homes to come. " ' Greatest Growth. . ' , A close second to the" Mount 'Scott district In rate of growth, and certainly flrac in business investment. Is Bt Johna and the peninsular district generally.'- Probably no year In the history of 81. Johns will ever be more of a wonder .than the present one. despite the many adverse political and finan cial conditions the place has been forced to combat. .During tha year the great eat lumber plant In the world haa been located there, that of the Weyerhauser syndicate; the first modern . business blocks have been erected to the number of-a doxnn or .more;. . property has trebled aid .quadrupled in value, oar service haa been placed on a through beats atnd- f requent-eownectton with., the city given; a ferry baa been installed to enable traffic- te reach the city on the weat bank by the Llnnton road and the. Northern Paclflo haa announced Its Intention to bring a transcontinental line serosa the peninsula, through St. Johns and on to Portland, Tbe assessed value of the town haa risen from a quarter of a million to a 'million and a quarter in two yeara and even thla marked advance Is not the real criterion of the town's growth, for few property owners would soli 'for the amount their lands are valued at by the assessor, and Indeed the highest valuation one week In the town would not be aTuat'aaseas ment the next so rapidly do values In crease. A year ago $2,000 would have been considered a high price for the best quarter block In the town with the best improvement, today unimproved land in the business district Is worth twice that for a single lot. and ths man Is fortunate who can secure a central lot at that figure. The city of St. Johns started to buy a town hall site for $2,500 three months sgo: the deal -waa not consummated, snd recently the same bit of land was bought by the town for $3,S00, and the owner threw off several hundred dollars out of respect for tho feellng. of the eounollmen who were abusing themselves for having delayed the purchase. The Peninsula. ' ? Tha values - In . 8t - Johns , have not risen much more rapidly than have those of tha entire peninsula, and. long before the news of the location of the terminus of the Northern .Pacific on the peninsula dlstarbed prlcee lots were going up at the rate of $10 a month. Thla altuatlon baa been true aa regards the entire east side during the year, but the. moat phenomenal increase has been In tha peninsula territory, and every present Indication Is that tha In crease will continue during the,fcomlng year. Another feature of the year's growth haa. been the gradual building up of the vacant places on the east side. There waa a time when neither water nor fire protection could be given much of this territory, when homes were built where local companies could give these things, and until recently the east side waa a cluster of suburba separated by wide atretchea 1 of waste land. The water board and individual effort during the year , haa brought a change and the plans of the city to farther extend the Bull Run service by building a line from .Mount Tabor to Highland to con nect with the new main to the penin sula hss resulted in a boom in several locations not before settled. Some) Costly , Improvements. Not only has this Intensive growth been carried out as regards the suburbs, but it hss been a feature ot the central east aide building. The tract lying near the eaat approach of the steel bridge has been wonderfully Improved and four modern business blocks and apartment houses have been erected and fully oc cupied daring the season. Adjoining this section apartment-houses costing $5,000 and more have been built.- and by. the . dosen fine homes have been erected, a single firm expending In houses alona tfearly $SO,000 In a district bounded by six blocks. The majority of these homes have been purchased by men who expect to reside for tha re mainder of their lives on the property, and the result has been that fine lawn, landscape gardening and floral culture haa. been made a feature of the aat side homes aa never before.'-.. It hae be come faehlonable to live in any of the nair aoaen eet east side suburbs, and aa great improvements are being made la tho homo places there aa an the west side. ... ... . Tho consolidation of the street rail way compantee haa resulted in many ef tne sunuroa oemg given a quicker and more direct service and plana are nnder way to Install an all east aide service that will enable residents to reach any part of trig east side - without delay. This service .has been promised by the management of tne Consolidated and1 s a-1 1 i a. ..uj ii !' , - . 7. '77 v ' '.,:,. ... . - -:mm 777mm7 : ;'''' . ' v- V V-. ? ? 'i" '?'' A.;?o,---r;-'''-'':-'vr'':'' r:--; . - 4 -r,' . .: ; j . i . . ' ' ' " ' " f ' -' i- 17:7 '- '--"-jl7-J :7'"' I "-" v frlTr'"' -'7?iiyf- - :.;v-U7: , - r J -7. J i-v: -..-i 'v -s. ;:.:.:,. 7.. " ; 1 i I ifcyii iajnaa Glacier oh Mt. Hood Photos Courtesy O. R. ft N. Co. pgjU be installed aa soon aa the neces sary arrangements can be perrectea. it will plaoe the eaat side on a par with the west and will open many new sub urbs to .residents who work in the city V. snd wish close 'connection.. United for Work. But-the thing that has msrked ths progress of the great district during the year haa after all -been the spirit of progress shown. Every month has aees the organisation of a suburban im provement association, a push club or a board ,of trade and in 20 and more dis tricts there are earnest workers labor ing to get the things their district needs and to arouse their fellow-cltlxens to ths demanda of the hour. . . This spirit la best exemplified In the reorganised Eaat Bide Improvement as sociation, a central body composed of more-than 100 of the beat east aide busi ness snd professional men and with close connections with every district club. Though but In existence three, months It has secured an east side pas senger depot of the Southern Pacific at which all- trains of the company will stop: the promise of an east side freight depot, the abolishment' of ' bridge, toll, giving the east side shipper his just ad' : 1- - V vantage in valley markets; hss , aided In the securing of much better Are pro tection, the establishment of postal sta tion A, an east side police headquarters, haa doubled patrolmen protection snd haa started a fill campaign that will re sult In the establishment of a great east side wsrehouee and wholesale district. The "fill question hss been perhaps the chief feature of the year's activity and though started in a quiet way by a few property-owners who had faith in the work it haa been proved so great, a benefit that before another year enda a new eaat aide will' be created and one that will outdlatance the west slds the heaviest foliage Is found,' tlje moun tains become an ocean' range and" pleaa ant contrast . with esstern Oregon Is found. The Blue mountains. In eastern Oregon, overhung with the mystic blue base from which they won their name, are a beautiful range, which find, grow ing favor with tourlats. Men and women travel hundreds of miles for one view from the summit of Mount Hood. Two atatae He at the foot of the tourlat standing on the pinnacle of that peak. Washington extanda to the northward, .. with ' Ua panorama of mountains and forest, while Oregon is dimly beheld to the south. - One inspir ing mbment on this apolvaatUoh seems above the world, acroaa ther faoe ot whlebUhe great Columbia winds ita way to the sea, Is worth a trip croea the continent, and will, undoubtedly In time, become the most famoua mountain ex cursion in America. Equally famoua la the trip down the Columbia,, between mountain walls, where the plan of na-' turn's work Is unfolded In one great perspective. : 1 Oregon's mountain lakea have been little developed and less known to the outside "world.. Crater lake leans an others In prominence, but - is yet In accessible to all aave the more hardy tourists. Thla lake Is in an extinct volcano crater, the greatest in diameter that haa been discovered In the Pacific, northwest In good Btate of preserva tion. The waters of the lake, which so far have defied all sounding lines, are of a rich indigo blue, a ahade lighter than the deep aeaa of the tropics. Walla 2.000 feet high aurround the lake, down the Hides of which men are able to walk at only a few places. ; ... At least a half dosen famous boat rides" are open to he Oregon visitor, principal of which are the two In either direction on the Columbia from Port land. Another Is up the Willamette, by the beautiful Willamette falla at Oregon City. Coaat trips to Taqulna. Tillamook or Coos,wlth 12 hours on the Columbia and another 1 to 24 on the Pacific, alternate the glorlea of the- Interior with the glories of the sea. Theae, the peo ple of Oregon, are Just beginning to appreciate, and are being crowded In pioneer excursions by the stranger from afar. . wholesale district in the race for busi ness. . . . ' '" ' Tho property owners on Eaat Wash ington street, between the river snd Union avenue, decided that the thor oughfare should be filled, snd though the price asked for ths .work was exor bitant the contract 'was let and com pleted. Immediately the lots along the street trebled In value and the com mission ' firms have erected buildings and widened their field, by East Wash ington locations, and other extensive Improvements are being planned o these few blocks jf filled road. V Beginning a Vast Work. - This - small object lesson - Impressed those behind the Improvement associa tion and a definite plan was adopted to dredger Out the river, and place, the silt, aand and gravel on the atreets and marah lands. The Port of Portland offered ita- dredge, the council agreed to help and the executive board 4 waa eager to assist; property owners inter ested agreed to stand their share of ths expense and a surlrey of the river de posits waa made so determine whether the work. could be done by the com- mlaaion.'s. .dredge. This survey. haa not yet been completed, but experts say there la little doabt that' the dredge can do tha work snd that for leas than 2S cents a cubic yard the flUS can be made, tha harbor deepened and the streets brought to grade. Property owners have been convinced that the cost of the work at thla figure would be a most profitable Investment, and little opposition wHl be found to the extensive fill campaign. Should the river dredging not prove practicable,' a course similar to thst pursued on East Washington street will be followed and dirt will be hauled In from the Monta vllla hills or elsewhere. That the work will be done and that the district be tween East Waahlngton and Hawthorne avenue will be made accessible to all manner of building Improvements 1b admitted by all concerned, and whatever the cost the investment 1 certain, to prove moat, profitable. , With the completion of auca a cam paign the eaat aide will be the only, dis trict in the- city that can offer a ware house or factory alte with adequate water frontage and trackage facilities, and that at prices much more reason able than west side property can be bought for. minus the drayage expense. which' usually amounte to mora than the rentals. , -' - Though nho fill campaign haa been the chief one started and backed by tho association, o(her things of almost equal importance are looming up for atten tion, and the probability Is thst during the coming year the organisation will prove the real center of east side ac tivity and will enable the thousands of people-of the district to secure reward, before thought visionary. - - --w. Postal gerviee at St. sTUaa. , From, the London Bketch. "" ..The Island of St. KUda Ilea about t mllea to -the westward of Scotland and It Is without regular mall communlca tlon of any kind1, the only connection -being by means of an occasional trading Bteamer, which goea In spring and (Mtumn to take off some of the products of the Island. , When they wish to communicate with their friends In Scotland or elsewhere the St. Klldans are obliged to resort to a floating mall -bag. which consists, of a sheepskin buoy plugged with a place of wood and attached thereto a label on which la roughly cut the Inscription j-SL. KUda. Mail.. . Pleaae Open." In side the buoy 1b placed a tin canister containing -the letters; r The last "mall" waa sent off Jrom St. Hilda on June tl taat and drifted to Shetland - in' two - months and one day. It contained two letters and eight post caxds. which were duly " forwarded te their . destination . from ' trwick poet office. , The addresses on two of the post cards were almost obliterated . through damp. Tho sum of 1 shilling was Inclosed for postage' of the mis sives. It appears that three similar "malls" were sent off from tho island on the same day. hut only one, so far aa Is known, has been picked up. are Thing. From Tonkers Statesman. The teacher was' trying to get the boy to say "dessert" "What Is it cornea at tha end at banquet, Tommle?" "Dyspepsia, ma'am." Trom the Houston Post. Minister Well. Pat. Bridget ta deadj but after all she's better off. Pat (a little deaf ) Eh-eh what's that, aor better off eure I am thot, t hanky. TTin mv " rlTl Tl TTlfl O 111(2 BBBlf MWli 1 Guarantee These to Be Uhequaled : n no M 4 -i5 7 5 Olympic Family Flour It's very plain 7 Why ; Olympic Flour leads the proCessipn. . Before the names of . other brands of flour were ever dreamed of Olympic Floucwas, ; being produced in Portland by a large and perfect milL v As the years have passed the. - mill has grown and kept far to the front. . H At the same time its standard patent flour has kept pace with improvements in milling and continued to be the leader In ' Portland as elsewhere. . AIL GROCERS - OlympicPancalce Don't accent a' substitute when you want the best. - The best pancakes ire made from Olympic Pancake Flour. They have a taste that makes .you want more and they . won't disagree with you if you tit all you want. Quickly and easily prepared, ' needing only the addition of a little water or milk. 'V ' The leavening agents are ab solutely pure and harmless, in fact healthful. AIL GROCERS Olympic Wheal Hearts It's the Hearts of Wheat, of Oregon wheat', one of the finest cereal grains that grows. The hearts of wheat are '. mostly sugars and phosphates," -therefore Sweet and Healthful.' "Wheat Hearts" is sterilued, fn?aning partly roasted, baked . or cooked with steam. rw. Sterilizing adds to its flavor like roasting adds to peanuts.' t Sterilizing keeps it sweet and -'.-fresh. ' , . Sterilized, it retains its gran , ular form after boiling never becoming pasty.'- . ' ' AIL GROCERS Olympic Cake & Pastry Flour . - Made especially for rich, del icate cake and flaky pie crust. Free from gluten the gummy substance that gives toughness to pies. 7 ' 7 r"7 ,, ', ' . : For cakes of-color, richness and velvety texture no ordinary flour can approach it. . , AU CROCFJtS' $1.30. Per Sack 4-lb. Package 20c 2-lb.Packafle 15c . 4-lb.Packafle 2Cc (1 fel.tSo) Can be secured in all towns of the Northwec
