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THE OREGON SUNDAY' ' JOURNAL,' PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, 7 MARCH 29. 1903.
iFJlKIHG THIHGS
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.Portlands Manufacturing
Interests Now Kmbrace
I a Wide Scope. .
.-. Kindest-Feeling: for the . '
. Largest City In State. : -
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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-
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' 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
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, 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
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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.
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LOOKED UPON AS.GOOD:
PLACE FOR INVESTMENT ,
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Tom Richardson Returns From Trip
Over State and Find That the
Moit Optimistic Spirit PrtTajla In
AU Sectloni.
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EASTS! HOUSES
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. .
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