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, - j 1 i 8 :: THE OREGON SUNDAY' ' JOURNAL,' PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, 7 MARCH 29. 1903. iFJlKIHG THIHGS ; fOR ITS OH USE Led r - ' ' ' ' - .Portlands Manufacturing Interests Now Kmbrace I a Wide Scope. . .-. Kindest-Feeling: for the . ' . Largest City In State. : - ORECOIIPiUBOF CitYOFPORTtAHD rGROWTJIIXLASTFEW YEARS VKKY MARKED Foodstuffs Are Made In Largo Vol- me While the List of Factories Cover Vast Qtinntity of Various Articles. (ni renter. H was believed Portland ) rapidly forging to the Jfront the Pacific coast manufactur- l p to within very recently. thit mlile . from the "output f a few small foundries thnt .' lumber was the only commodity that ' ' vconld . be profitably manufactured here. -.. tinui iriimn Tne past rcw years prnc tlrallr every manufactured artlcl that . ' T-enfred lr-o the dally Ufa of a larce troamoDolitati nor.ulntion waa brousht '' ,i ifrom' the eastern states or from Europe. I . uy way or t:ap Horn. ' But a remarkable chance has taken . V.vplace In Portland tn thla respect In the ilmst m years, and a still more remarK ' .ablo change is noted In the pant five . years. The average resident of this .'city has no conception of the number . 'ana vsriety 01 manufactured commoai ttles that ars now turned out by Port iiind factories. Hnill Riinufirlurinc establishment . nave scruna ud all over the city. Ium "tier, of course, comes first In value of vPwtland's manufacturing output, and , will no doubt hold first place for many "VaU m A eAVkaa ! Bis; Konrlnf Mills. . . With the largest flouring; mills west ; of Minneapolis. Portland ts now one. of ins leaaing .uour eiporung pons in ine ..-wonu. w neat frown in Oregon, nasn- -. n . n m r, T ,1 1 w I- .... n A Intn fir,,,. ' n the mills Id this city and exported la enormous quantities to China, Japan Kind infiia. ' Furniture Is now cne of the leadlnir "manufactured Droducts of this city. .there being- no less than half a dozen -largo factories turning out over $1,600, l00 worth of furniture a year. Until .recently nothing but furniture of the cheaper grades wag turned out hers. Now. however, furniture of an excellent , quality Is made by Portland workmen. . - In the Una of iron and steel, every thing except the Tftst grades of cutlery h Is made In this market. During the ; rsi yat the . steel skeletons of two -iiiouero office- buildings were mads by a ' . . Portland concern. Castings that a lew ' Tears - ago could be mada only In the ." l.irse eastern foundries, are now turned ' our by half a dosen foundries in this . ' "eity. - Any nart of the heaviest machln " .cry in use In tha northwest can be cast it foruana rounaries on snort nonce, v Brut roasdrUs in Operation. ' Two brass foundries are In operation ' i 'hers and another Is under construction. where it Is proposed to cast practically -V'TJF II1111K limU, V& Ul , Portland foundries turn out several grades of heating stoves; which find '" ' ',u ready market all over the northwest ' Several shoe factories are In opera tion, the product of which are sold .throughout the Portland territory. Not only are all the common brick utilised Jn this district made here, but the very . .finest pressed brick, equal to the cele- " Heated Philadelphia brick are Durnea in " ; 'several local yarda. In the matter of manufactured cloth- . Hns. Portland Is largely increasing us uulDVL una 01 in, larirui miu uci iqulppcd overall and shirt factories In he country Is in operation on the eat . fide. Portland is known to the trade as one f the largest liarness manufacturing 'points on tb Pacific coast. Through - -out eastern Oregon and in a large part xjf 'Washington and Idaho, Portland har--iens and saddles are sold almost ex- unlvnlv Malt products Is oie of the largest . Industries here. Oregon beers being sold " "In every Pacific coast state. Z In the manufacture of pottery ware ..Portland easily takes the lead among ' WVHtern cities. One of the growlog Industrlea here Is The manufacture of trunks, suitcases, " Uravellng bags and telescopes. Kxcept .' An' articles of the most expensive nature tnything In this line can be had from be local makers. . - Making- of Cifars. rhi, iv aiinnnrti no lens than a 5nien cisar factories, one factory hav 'ing been in operation for 25 years. 3C very grade of cigar, from the Pitts 4urg stogie to the fragrant Havana is jnmnl nut Itv the various factories. , t. Bookbinding and bookmaklng Is one of tho leading Industries. Portland has ' .become a distributing point In blnnk books for a large portion of Washing ton, Idaho and Alaska. . L.0C8I1V manuiaciurea canui" ui . ; n.. .Ty, j. t fjii. ii ii i ii . ' , ; ., ; J- '.i'V r..'Q.P,, ' K ,: If-L -J lit .W.ft-a- viM.VU 1... ivery grade are shipped to all parts of the northwest. In fact, the manufac ture of candy has become one of the .most important of the minor industries 4ti Portland. n The output of fruit preserving es tablishments and pickle and vinegnr .works form no small portion of Port land's manufactured products. It Is no exaggeration to say that fully 75 per cent of the brooms, small wooden Avare. baskets, etc., that are handled In the Portland territory are made in this rity. One Of the profitable Industries of this city is the manufacture of Bewer. hlmney and drainage pipe. Not so tr.anv years ago everything of that na ture was shipped here from the middle West, while- now a large portion of th jnorthwestern states la supplied with uipKn articles dt roruuiu uumuiai; turers. ' . ' Business w sDrcos. (3oKn AnrtATiJ Oth. StteeC S ' v VsW i-r;'' --C' '-'LIU i E J Zy . r W l ii ft' r;-1.-. , ,t3i .v ; a v - - - - i 1 1 nil ' f ferrn tT rT- f:'i.''f "ri, ,v-t T" W' r 4 jfT ; .J5f ft. .f d 'Li-L; 'Ui.i"rl ii KPKh .J 1' I , ;J w. rt ' . rr.rrsn' s?s -mmm j-r-.f II HJ.S. Bradley zotK c Cllffon SfA. III 111 iS" 1 e vv -v v t- au.v -'. jjibh si i sr sri ' i - r r". w - ; i . . f. ; v X V b. Til , , LOOKED UPON AS.GOOD: PLACE FOR INVESTMENT , i ' , .! ,;.t" ' Tom Richardson Returns From Trip Over State and Find That the Moit Optimistic Spirit PrtTajla In AU Sectloni. ilJ.W. CooK 407-zotK. &tTeero flgesidence i9t"K.a. Myrtle 5rv o EASTS! HOUSES II BRING GOOD PRICE Active Sale of Improved Property Is Noted During: the Week. and Anhetos nroducts are now success niiv nnri nrr.fl tHhlv made here. Ashes - , , , tos covering ior sietiiji yiyvm ou wuci. Whlch was formerly a consiooraDie iiem of Import is now pracucauy an sup. Tiller! hv Inral factories. ' Bags, bapgage, tents and awnings are turned out in large quantities, tne gov ernment having recently purchased 600 T'ortlacd made tents for the use of the army. r js-.ap making Is an Important tirofltablo industry. - Narly all the mirrors used In the local furniture factories, together with large aunntUleN or wnll and nana mir rors. are locally made. Among the more recent manufactur ing plants iftnDusii".i here are ine roi lowlngt' For the manufacture of dena tured alcohol, wooden pipes, for both 4 water and gas, and a branch factory of t. the California Syrup company. The .chamber of commerce recently re- erlvefl a letter from a Pittsburg glass r Vtianufacturer inquiring as to the char acter cf siiica "sand to be found near Portland, and offering to build a factory I or ine manuracture or an graoes or .Window and plate glass if sand and fuel eould b had. ' HOW TO OWN A HOME. "Timely Question Answered by to Ppaatoa Company. . The home question ts the most absorb ing question that con front the average loan. 1 he Spauton Co. have solved tha problem. , If you can pay J50 down, they will build you a house -anywhere' you like and you may make easy monthly pay uient for toe balance: We do not know of any other real estate office n town, except tha Spanton Co., who offer to buy a lot wbererer'a party wants and hirlld any kind of a house be wants and t.ure small monthly payments for it. If you naveo't ths 1500 down,, you r nv deposit any amount you want with t,t ciiapi;ny until it reaches this amount fc idvtl ert they -will buy and build for .win t er.-vcr you select Til Bpanton Two east side residences were sold Thursday of last week for $5,000 each. II. U and M. G. Kelley purchased from K. C. Beach a house and lot at the south east Corner of East Taylor and East Thirty-fourth street for $5,000, and for the same price Mrs. Mary A. Brown pur chased from George W. Stapleton a house and lot on the northeast corner of East Couch and East Sixteenth strnets. E. C. Mears has sold to Mrs. Ruby Wells Mead a quarter block at the soutneast corner of Tillamook and East Twenty-first streets for $4,000. r . C. Beach has Durchased from Harry L. and M. G. Kelley four Im proved lots in Flrland for $5,000. Ucorge R. Ehutrun has purchased rrom .Seward D. Burungame a modem home In Irvlngton. The lot Is 46x100 feet anu Is In block 21, Irvlngton's First audition to Hoiiaday Park. n. m. i-iombara has sola seven lots in Hancock street addition to the Hancock Street Building company for a total consideration of IS. 600. The old Robert Irving soap works has oeen pun-tinned hy lieorge ana bopnie L,angford from Robert Irving, consid eration $6,000. A 60 by 42 foot lot on the northwest corner of Lincoln and Second streets has been purchased by P. 1 O'Donnell from Hattie Usher for $3,500. Alfred S. Schmitt has sold to Joseph M. ITnaley thre lots on Council Crest for $3,000. The Dunn-Lawrence company report the following Bales of fruit lands: "Sold for Oeoree Noakes to Camilla Pebbl, 11-acre tract, net to walnuts and cherries. In section 17, adjoining Coun cil ("rest tract. Price paid $6,600. "Sold for J. O Hooth & Son a 2,700 acre tract, including Wolf Creek sta tion, on the .Houthevn Pacific, Josephine county, to Jason Smith of Jackson county, for $30,000. It Is understood that Mr. Smith luin plnce nold 900 acres to a California syndicate for $26,500. before the original deeds were passed. H Hi . . "D II III' "'Z -ill V fLT , ItL 'Aw ''tojM h'- 'kkAl I ''tfrt4 u f5S Mpr?-1 I7;; lf II ---s J ' pa L) 5.C&rfer 621 jAcksorv Streets . H KEATS PURCHASES REES RESIDENCE The handsome home of Geora-a W. Rees, located on Melinda avenue, be tween Washington and Flanders, was recently purchased by H. L. Keats for $8,600. The house Is a modern, two- story frame of attractive design. . George B. Shutrun has purchased from 8eward Ti Tlurllruram him mnilArn Irvlngton home. The property consists of a 4fi by 100 foot lot and a two-story. up-to-date residence. The considera tion involved was $5,500. MB HILL PROPERTY SOLD AT HIGH FIGURE for property In -thst Immediate district, and goes a long way toward verifying the prediction of a well-known operator In Nob Hill holuings, who recently made ine statement tnat witnin nve years not a foot of property this side of the Ivewis and Clark fair grounds could be purchased for less than $200 a front too.. A new record price for property In the resldenca district, west of Twenty- third street, was established In the re cent sale of a quarter block on the southwest corner- of Twenty-fifth and Northup streets, which was purchased by Mrs. K&t M. Neppach from Jamesvi This is th highest price so far paid PROPERTY Fl 9 HI. 8 3 . X , v " i. s i 1 -er r v f bl' I'll! 1iigimis L i f 4 I! ! 1 : r , i f ' ? 7"n , ' , Jug , V J nil' i .;.i-'- -t sv ?f lav .St' T STREET NETS $55,000 Tichner and Maegley Buy Four-Story Brick at the Corner of Salmon. Walnut Park Cottage E. Krpnit. The one big sals of esntral business property "reported last week was the purchase ; by Abe Tichner and A. H. Maegley of the old Oregon Furniture factory property on First street neaf Salmon lor $55,000. The property con sists of a 6 (Moot lot and a four-story brick building, which is now occupied by the Pacific Mail. Order company on a lease that has six. years yet to run. This Is near the record price for First street property, and snows tnat invest ors still have confidence In the stabil ity of property values 1n the old retail district of Portland, - and ' they stand ready to take over any holding that pays a fair return on tne investment. . THREE SECTIONS SELL FOR 840,000 ..... Harry Folsom one . of tha largest farm land owners In Umatilla county, has recently disposed' of three sections of the finest farm land in , th vicinity os rim ock to Lester Anderson, a t-A farmer living north of Pendleton. The deal involved a consideration close to $40,000. Folsom has accumulated in the past 2 years a large amount of land In the Pilot Rock country. Some of his best friends advised him to put his hard earned dollars to better use than buy ing what at that time waa looked upon as nothing better1 than cheap grazing lanu, oui no wa persistent ana contin ued to pick up every quarter section that was offered, frequently paying not more than $2.60 for holdings that now readily bring $25 an acre. Jumping Ropes Free. Forty labels of the Butter-Nut and Buster Brown bread will get the finest lumping rope that ever came to Port land. Trimmed with bells and made of THOUSAND PER ACRE AT HOOD RIVER Purchasers Get Thirty-One Acres of Trees in Full-Bearing. RDlral wire. Save the labels one for the little girl. and get MacRae A Angus report the sale of tha famous A. K. Marshall orchard In the Hood River valley, having ex changed hands Friday through their agency. This orchard comprises 11 acres of full bearing apple trees of standard commercial variety and is con sidered one of the prise properties of that district, having a record for cup winning fruit crops and being located Just a short distance out of the city limits. The purchasers of this orchard prop erty were Roland W. Stebblns, H. Mor ton Holbrooke and the firm of MacRae & Angus. The consideration was ap proximately $1,000 per acre. This fig ure Is considered low In view of the fact that there is at least $10,000 worth of fruit now In sight for this season's crop. The former owner, Mr. Marshall, sold 14 acres of voung trees off this tract last fall for $1,250 per acre. This same firm also reports a sale of SO acres In the Crapper district of the Hood River valley for the Hall Bros.. being a portion of the Mt. Pleasant fruit farm: consideration, $12,000. Mr. Dye of Chicago purchased through them a 10-acre tfact 1" tne same district, whloh h will immediately nut In n Kewtown orchard, and Charles Hall 10 acres of Improved land. The early part of the present month Mrs. H. E. Judge waa the nurchaser of an Improved I fi acre orchard of standard apple trees and strawberries. ASSISTANCE PLEDGED STRIKING TAILORS The federated trades council at a meeting Friday night voted to give the striking memDers or tne tailors' union every assistance possible in the strike they have made for better pay. The national association of the tailors la sending a strike benefit of $6 a week to each man. and later on. if the strike lasts, will send $9. The various un ions In the federated trades also agreed to assist financially In the strike. It la claimed that the scale paid in Port land is the lowest on the coast and that the master tailors have broken faith In not restoring old prices this spring it n Mm i lfjnr244LlM '"' ssssassaaaaaaMiagBg . -J-!iv 'I'll"' i ' I ... ' ! mumm mm 4rm mVmSm I Manager Tom Richardson, who hag Just returned from an extended .trip throughout the state. Is enthuslastlo oyer the loyalty that he found every where manifested toward Portland, lie waa particularly Impressed with the favorable comment that he heard from the buslneas men In the 'Willamette valley and eastern Oregon, en the gen erous way In which Portland Is spend ing money to advertise the resources . and advantage of the state rather than the city Itself. . . In discussing his trip with a Jot representative, Mr. Richardson had tha following to aay: Oregon United' was adopted as the yell of the Portland busluass men oa their excursions throughout the state. and certainly united Oregon Is a reali sation. Portland should te loyal to the people of Oregon and do everything she posalbly can at all times to help any community, for ll ever the cittsena of any state were loyal and enthusiastic regarding their chief city, It Is the peo ple of Oregon. OooH Trip for reaslmlst. "It any Desslmlst In thla eltr. and thank God there are very few of them, would make a trip over this state and get in line with tne active communities tnat are pushing forward In a progres sive way, It would certainly be an In spiration. The old Idea of saying hard words about other towns has passed away. The people present their own advant ages, and they don't throw stqnes, and wiui a unanimity mat actually amounts to a chorus they tell of the advan tageous location of Portland as a city, and If 1 heard ll onca durlna tha lu days that I was out over the state tho last tune, l heard the expression SOU times that Portland was bound to be the best city on the Pacific coast. "The people of the stage appreciate the cuoperatlon of the buslneaa Inter. eats of Portland In helping along thsir progress. Tiley tall ot tha oooueration of Portland capital In the development of different Interest. They acknowl edge tbeir Indebtedness to the news papers of Portland for the good things they are always saying about tne slaio. and there is everywhere a feeling of genuine enmusiosm that this - city is upending lte money to advertise the re sources and advantages of the state of Oregon rather than the city, and base their estimates upon that broad plan of progress as to tne city's future. This ventlment is not confined to one town you hear it as soon as you get to Ash land, and then it Is repeated to you times without number. Oood riaoe to Invest. "Many men throughout the etate have volunteered the expression to me that no Investment offered anywhere Is bet ter than one In Portland. "Merchants everywhere are disposed to favor this city and a great many of them havo said to me that they don't forget that Portland's growth mesne the growth of Oregon that a great city built here adds to the value of their own holdings. I honestly believe there Is a more genuine annreclatlon on tha part of the people of the state regard ing the location of great packing houses than is felt even by the people of thle city. They realise that it will make this a belter market not only for all kinds of livestock, but for poultry, dairy products, fruit, and every product of the farm and orchard. One of the most conservative csd- ltallsts in southern Oregon told me that he believed that Portland would reach the million mark In population by ItSS, and that Is certainly an estimate that should be pleasing te every resident of in is city. "Now as to the universal nroe-raaa of the state, it Is almost beyond estimate. The story that has been told In the pa pers regarding tho fact that 80 ner eant of a large audience In Grant's Pass had come to that city within the past five years. Is one that can be matobed la a great many other nonulatlon centara. and throughout ine Rogue River valley and many points in the Willamette val ley, the population of the surrounding country Is largely in excess of that In the towns. "There Is a determination avarrwhar. to secure increased tranxnnrta Hon fa. ditties. A realization of the value ot the water powers in Increasing the In dustrial strength of the state is being ictu(ueu as never Dei ore. Actually Getting- Together. The people of every one of the active communities of the state have quit talk ing and speculating about getting to gether, and they are actually at work and are showing their confidence by putting up money to pay for an adver tising campaign that will easily equal that of any other state in the union. The commercial bodies of the state are prosperous. Many men are being em ployed to give their whole time to this branch of activity. The newspapers of the state are devoting thousands of col umns to actual statistics, and are co operating with the commercial bodies In the most liberal way possible. "The knocker la helna- .nlaot tt.a retired list The bankers and flnanolera of the state, as well ns the property holders, are Joining with the merchants and real estate-men, and everybody In Oregon seems anxious to be known as a boostor, as is evidenced by the large sums of money raised in many com. muniues. Men who formerly stayed away from progressive gatherings now occupy the front seats. , . "New peoDle are comlnr. an thav ara "ic ini a. nettriy welcome, xne teacn ers and their pupils, and the preachers and their congregations are all In line, aad that there will be an enormous in crease Dotn in tno population and wealth of the state is a certainty. '. ... "Kvery traveling man out of Port land is a walking advertisement for-the city and the state; everywhere there le a unity-or purpose, ana absolute confi dence In the present and in the . im mediate future, and It Is absolutely amazing to find the thorough familiar ity In every part o.f the state with the progress and advancement of Portland. The people keep In touch through the newspapers with what .Is being done, and next to the prosperity and growth of their Immediate community they talk of Portland's growth, and I am certain that Portland will meet their anticipa tions and continue to cooperate through her commercial organizations In all ways to make the state - grow even mote u.u ...i., ... ( IfYVTT Tl 1 rtTr TITTTTn " V ADDITIONAL LOT ! Samuel McKee has made a conditional 1 1 gale to Moy Back Wing of a 25 by 68 fl foot lot on the west side of Second street 60- feet south of Yamhill. The t property Is taken over under a 15-year , lease, with a provision for its mirrVm.. 1 at the expiration of that time for $U,-1 ; 000. .The purchaser and Mov twit iiin ii wjio uu, tua ovuuiwoii corner or boo- ona ana xamniu streets will at once be gin ine erection oi a rour-story pressed brick building.' occuDvlna- a. 71 hr. is foot site on that corner. . l: ( . :::,We4mont pottage. Built bjr.Krneat Kronen ' Orrllnftr kin nhsnvewt H i:;v -- r u BjstJa akin nstjvrW. Hm