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THE OREGON - SUNDAY JOURNAU - PORTLAND, - SUNDAY MOHNINO, MAY 1807,'. . , " 1 11 iii..i.ir,.. m mnm wmL-t1,. m!JKmx,mm '"' ' rj"' " '-' "'"J J r--.piiiii ..'P- in . ,. .TT7JT i .1.. . .i . ,i . l.TTy ,i . .. . ., ....... N i. .,-, . .. M . . l ... - r' TT . . & & BRIGHT ItTTURE TOR PROSPMOUS iOEBBO A i By J. F. Stewart. ; MONO tha many -. town anj"lo i if cauuea - in ine aiaie mat are taking; on aw ' Ufa thera la ecarcolr one that haa better Tiraanaata than Ihi rJtu Af To. ledo, tha wideawake little county Beat of Llneola county, ' ' 1 Toledo ia el tua ted In a peculiarly ra zored, location in tha county, being l aoout j tnllea from tha, mouth of ya julna bay, and hlle 1C la altuated on Ihe TaaUlna river proper.;. yet tha roadstead jt opposite - Toledo In tha . river - offers an anchorage aa large ae the Willamette at Port land. Toledo marka tha head 'Of navt aaton on tha Taqulna. aa tha river nar. owa rapidly above thla, plan.. Thin larye roadatead of freah water fa flee ting to play no email part In tha com merce of tha Oregon eoaat country. Be tween Toledo and the ocean there la only ene bar that htndera navigation at preeont Over thla bar veesela drawing ,12 feet can pcag at high tide, but with a reasonable amount of dredging the ehannel can be deepened to It or 10 feet, which would glva an 11-foot ehan nel from Toledo to the aea. ; jUnf tiling Marki of Pr oaperlty. ' The Ineraaaa la buelnee of. avary z i. i ,: ;;..:. ,,v-v , .;. .y , (. ...... .. 1 ! f .-..-1 lfiii.v1rii.:!'V 1 kind In Toledo la ahewn to be aolld 1 cality lr ahown by tha number of jog- aubatantlal by every commercial teat The poatoffleo receipt for tha quarter .ending March tl. indicate ft galp of ,10 par cent over tha oorreepondlng quar ter laat year; the clearancea of Jtba Lin coln County bnk for the tbrea montha ending March II indicate an Increaee of overRi pr cant over tha correpondtng l VI laat year, notwlthatandlng tha fact that thla bank haa eatabllahed ft branch bank at Newport, In thla county. during the past year that haa' taken a large volume of buetneaa away that showed In tha clearance of laat year. The recorda at tha freight pffica of tha CAB. railroad ahow an Increaee ' In frelghta of over 100 per cent during the aama period, while the aherlffa office ahowa an Increaee in tha colleo tlona of tazea of over 10 per cent. ' All theee baromatera of bualneaa ahow grat ifying reaulta for tha proeperlty of Toledo. The moat encouraging outlook for Toledo, though, la the awakening In the lumber buatneaa now taking place. To ledo le at tha confluence of the Olalla and Pepoe rlvera with tha Yaqulna river. Theee two etreame, Olalla and Depoe, penetrate the vast bodlea of green timber tributary to the Yaqulna and both of them offer outleta to the Blleta country, with lte vaet bodlea of unsurpassed red and yellow fir, apruce end cedar. In fact, tha pasa at the glng earope bow in operation. A year ago the Altreo boy were tha only one logging on tha Taqulna, and they were logging about ' 1,000,000 feet per year. They are a till .logging but will log , thla year ft greatly In creased output In addition t to their camp tha Fir & Spruce compear baa ft larga camp running on tba Olajla river with Jay. Dunn In charge, and 4a atart Ing another on tha Depoe liver Under tha charge of C. IL Gardner. - Aa aoon aa tlja necesaary donkey enginee arrive they will atart tha aecopd camp on the Deppe. In addition to these, Independent campa are being run by Bwanaen at Cook, Pepin ft Bon, F. C, Huffman, flturdevant & Son and J- 3. Plank, the output of all these campa coming to the mina at Toledo. Property values and rente have largely Increaaed In the past three montha. There la not a vacant house In town and aoma families ara now oc cupying rooma. Thl question of bouaea la ft aenoua matter, it will be neiped aomewhat by the Fir A Spruce company, which haa purchased 40 acrea of land adjoining Toledo and will plat It and build 10 or more cottage on It for rent thla year. Taken altogether tha outlook for To ledo la very bright. The people ara united n their effort to build up the place, and through the Toledo Develop ment league, an organisation or Us head of the Olalla river la recognised by englneera who have carefully .looked bualneaa man, atand ready io lend ma the counrty over, aa the oniy reaaioie terlaJ aW an(J t0 glve au information outlet for tha upper Slleta baaln and the t0 partlee desiring locations for manu- Rock creek country, and It la generally factUrlng Institutions of any kind. To- belleved that the Salem and Falla City JwJo invitee tha laborer and horaebulldbr road will uae thla paao on ita way to aiong wjth the aawmlll man and the deep water and make Ita terminal at or manufacturer. Information of any kind near Toledo. Thla will glva them a wm bo furnlahed by C. H. Gardner, water grade down the Slleta and an president of the Development league; elevation of leaa than 100 feet to climb 0. O. Krogatad, aeoretary, or William to get a water grade to deep water at Scarth, a E. Hawklna or J. F. Stewart Toledo. i of the executive committee. l ! Great Lumber Center. That Toledo la to be tha lumbering eenter of thla aection or in ooaai is no longer doubted by careful obaervera. Ita favorable location haa already been taken advantage of by two mill com pan lee and at leaat two other prominent coaat mlllmen bay been quietly looking 'Yaqulna Bay Lumber company haa bean operating mm or umuea oapmcny Tiere for about four yeara, but laat year It greatly enlarged Ita plant and la now cutting a larga quanuiy or iumwr, n la cutting largely on rauroao coniracia anrf its mill la kept eteadlly running. About the first of the yaar tha Fir Spruce Lumber company, ft corporation . composed of Astoria, Portland and Calt nftiata bourn t the Toledo aawmlll and la busily engaged enlarging It aa faat aa men ana money can no ii. mit in ft dent that will cut 100,000 feet par day of 14 hour. F. B. Stokea of th well-known firm of Foard & Stokea of Aetoria ia me preei dent and Mr. H. C Jorgeneen. formerly of the Eastern & Western Lumber oom pany of Portland, la tha aecretary of the corporation, rney are ouiminj ima ging roada up tha Depoe and Olalla rlvera and will tap large bodlea of ex cellent timber on each. Thera ia no doubt that at least one of theee roada will eventually be extended Into the fillets valley, thua tapplng tha untold resources of that country. iam com pany will ship Ita product principally by water, and la building large docka a ahort distance below TOieoo ror iroisni purpoaea. a- i.ji.hi nt how fast tha lum bar business haa awakened In thla lo- I1 wnV - . , , -t " II Fir and Spruce Company'! mill tn process of rebuilding. Two more larr boiler are being Installed In an other building on tbe right. CONSIDER what the Edison;' Phonograph means in your home. It is like an additional mem ber of the family one who is never tired of doing its part toward amusing the rest. It ia not limited to a law simple atuntt. It eaa talk (and yra moat not " ferret that it la one of tha moat marvelous discoverka of the age that ft ma chine can b made which will talk) ; it will reproduce singing and inatramea tal music with all the dash, awing and resonance of an actual brass band, piano or human voice. That is what the Edieon Phonograph means in hundreds of homea. It would meaa it ia yours if yon would but go to ft dealer's and listen to U. '" You would take it home that very night. , National Phonograph tTompany Ti LakeoM Ave. Oraage. N. X Dealers with established atores wanted to sell Edison Phonograph in tvery town not covered. For Sale A few aUghtly marred 'JBnga?, 2ftia, Wbaalar WUaoa, taaartU and WWU Sewing ICftobinaa. The White Sewing Machine X Office- x. s. nma, ao Tamhni. ooz. no. WW nran Provide WOW for Future Prosperity by Investing in 'Giieu 111 toeitijitttouftfir mm CREST SHAH'S VISIT TO CURIES Why Potentate 0to Only SmU Sum to the Laboratory, The late shah ,of Persia, durtnr one W r hi. numeroba visits to faria, ex I ii a -1.1, tn see M. and Mma. I Curleand to be ahown a specimen of the wonderful radium, m. ana Mme. ...- ... ,,i,tt mrnlnst their lncllna- tlon. had to accede as a matter of eouraa to- the Persian potentates request In order that the wonderful flow of the radium might ba seen to tha best advantage, aaya tha Olrl'a Realm, tha room was darkenea, dui mo man, wnq was a highly nervous man, wa luruia when the eleotrlo light was awltohed . iainv nhruntlv from his chair. milet the case which contained the ji,.m Tha MvMa were, of course. Im mediately turned on again and tha ahah reeovered hia eauawmny. dvk me Curiea had quite lost thelra," ao upaet .r thev at -tha danger to their -...Inn, rafttum The ahah, to ahow that ha waa quite ss capable as any European sovereign . ofrewardlng genula, proceeded to take froro hia breaat one of hia richly ba- joweled orflars to preaent it to nerre Curie. Tha latter, however, declined it, ..vine- that aa ho had refused tha , 'nr him tn arrant a. fnrelm order. The ahah neit drew hia rich diamond mm hia ' flne-ar. tint thla also PlerroCaK' declined, adding that- he at Kinlrl artvat mnmtkthintr trt-arnrA thA if MAMaiaval a tha 1eaKet'tTV By thla time the Oriental potentate m tVa hia antifilMAftit -4ei waaaa v oavl vhbi. (ie mm uiiit iv.oi v s a vd had been so coldly rejected, and ' he oniy gave ino paltry npm or zuv rrnca for the laboratory; ; Hunting SadcHe In Pulpit, . Wiu) would think of finding ft hunting saddle In a church, and ona that waa put into actual aervloe every Sunday T Tt ft strange rello ef the kind exists In Berkawell church, where it is care fully preserved In tha vestry aa a me mento of ft aportfng divine, a keen, fox hunter- and prsvtouf Inoumbent. who foand himself at hia beat when aeated tatrid this aaddla top atoot In tha pulpit- -This extraordinary contrivance as fashioned according to tha gentleman' own dealgn. -- I'll tihtttot Ihrcclors" " - 1 - i -i a. l MyfroperliHovTrVorlirWIc "Procraotination IS the thief of TimeM Remember This and Investigate Belle Crest Now Be one of the leaders in securing Belle Crest lots and you'll be one of the most enthusiastic over your profits. TEN MEN FOLLOW WHERE ONE MAN LEADS. - THE MAN WHO LEADS MAKES THE BIG PROFITS ATTAINS TO WEALTH AND INDE PENDENCE. SEE YOUR OPPORTUNITY AND GRASP IT NOW Look up the possibilities of Belle Crest, ascertain when the street cars will be giving regular service to this charming suburb, note how many homes are being planned. STUDY THE OPPORTUNITIES IT OF FERS FOR PROFITABLE INVESTMENT. Why, in a couple of months scores of homes will be in the course of erection on the lovely slopes of Belle Crest, 'tis destined to be one of the fashionable suburbs of the city. - -: . "" Don't hesitate, come soon, come now, just a few ! dollars will start you on the road to independence. "FORTY DOLLARS DOWN THAT'S ALL." "There Comes a Turn in the Affairs of Men, Which If Taken at Flood Tide, Leads on to Fortune" MAKE BELLE CREST THE TURN IN YOUR AFFAIRS. Be an investor, not a spendthrift, make some of the money you waste now, make yourself a man of promi nence and wealth. Men who watch real estate buy on the edge of built up sections AND ALWAYS MAKE MONEY. THEIRS ARE THE BIG FORTUNES TODAY. If you can't make a big fortune you can at least make SOME MONEY if you'll but grasp-the opportunity that offers in Belle Crest. Portland is growing more rapid ly now than at any time In its history ; real estate is a goou investment wncn a city is growing. AND THE CITY IS GROWING MORE RAPID LY IN THE DIRECTION OF BELLE CREST THAN ANYWHERE ELSE. STREETS ARE BE ING GRADED. WE'RE GETTING READY TO LAY GOOD CEMENT SIDEWALKS AND PIPE IN BULL RUN WATER all this goes with your lot without any expense to you. "Have a homesite in beautiful Belle Crest. l-t ffxvfl m : Im Glid I BjingwmBrutCRtsT'- Come Out Today--Take East Ankeny Car And we'll meet you at the end of .the car line with an auto and have plenty of salesmen on the ground to show you the lots. We refund your car fare and give you street car tickets to ride home on. SEE BELLE CREST ANYWAY AT OUR EXPENSE. ;"r ; You'll make up your mind that you want to own property where you have such a grand view, where you'll have no expense for laying walks, where you have BULL RUN WATERCvithout paying for the piping and WHERE PROPERTY IS BOUND TO INCREASE IN VALUE. PHONE MAIN 359 AND TELL US WHEN YOU WANT TO GO OUT. We'll sentf an auto for you today or any day this week. "V'5'"-' v t . wk "Be first Pdymenr on AloMnrfeotOusTv RENT due) : .aa ii isv j.i Iff ixr:i tv.j t..Ar I JAKST CO Phone Main 359 FIFTH FLOOR "About Belle Creot" 1 'I I V aT V- ' VP" WW- m 1 I