THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY . MORNING, JUNE 28, 1803.
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That money ' U eaarfer In Portland
than it has been for at least a year Is
evidenced by the large ajnount of apart
ment bouse and flat construction that
is under war and being planned for the
remaining sunnier months. ' '
As a rule, nearly all new. building
is dona, with borrowed capital." re
marked a Third street money broker. '!
ob not mean to ear ?nt au or even a
a majority ol new buildings are put up
f entirely with borrowed monv. but the
fact Is that very few people have enough
roaay casn to carry mrougn tneir ouiia
ing enterprises and as a result nearly
all new construction Is partly financed
with borrowed capital."
Another Indication of an easier money
market, so far as Portland is concerned,
; the ..freer movement . In city ; real
estate. In -the ordinary residence lot
transactions, but little borrowed eaplcal
Is employed; but tn the larger deals in
Inside property, a part of the considera
tion la nearly always borrowed either
from the banks or individuals.-
There have been no less than a doxsn
ales of Portland business property ne-
fotlated since June 1, while for the
hree months prior- to that date, there
were not half that number of transac
tions In high priced holding It has
Aieen the contention all along of many
local 1 realty brokers,- that real ' estate
conditions nere were normal, ana tnat
when the banks saw fit' to adopt a
more liberal policy In making loans on
central property that the old time ac
tivity would return. .' :-ri..-..-i
Hood River fruit lands are again at
tracting the attention of Portland in
vestors. C. E. Fields and P, H. Lyman
of Reed, Fields & v Lyman, have lust
purchased a ISO-acre tract of wild land
seven miles from the town of Hood Riv
er. The tract Is very. fertile, overlooks
the famous Hood, River valley and Is
Ideally located for fruit culture, . The
purchasers plan to clear the entire tract
and set it In fruit trees. I
anotner sale recently made In the
Hood river country was that of a 20
acre tract nurchased hv E. H OnnM of
Portland from H. M. Abbott. This is an
unproved holding and sold for 110,000.
TRAIN FORTUNATELY
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Haielton, Pa,, June !7. One man was
killed and ten were Injured in : the
wreck of a passenger train at Lofty, 11
miles east of here, early today, In
vestigation shows that the wreck was
caused by spikes pieced in the rails
with the Intention, of derailing -he
train, and detectives are searching for
clues to the Identity of the wreckers.
The accident occurred on a steep moun
tain grade. The train was composed of
an engine, a combination car and a day
coach and" was filled with workmen,
mostly miners, when the engine hit
the spiked rails, the cars toppled over
toward the mountain. Had they fallen
the other way the train ' would have
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' Diagram 'showing route of roadway winding towards summit of heights.
If the plans of the Portland Heights
View from driveway would be excelled no place In the world.
residents and the Civic Improvement
Association, with respect to the widen
ing and ' Improvement of. Vista avenue,
Portland Heights, from the Ford street
bridge to Twentieth street, 1 ar carried
out,. Portland will hava one of the fin
est scenio roadways In the country. .
When R. Jl. Thompson. city engineer
of . Seattle, was in Portland recently,
he ' was taken for a drive ever Vista
avenue, and. upon the plan of the pro-
Sosed improvement being explained to
lm, he trave it his unqualified approval
and predicted that thousands of visitors
would come to Portland annually for
bo other purpose than to take In. the
splendid view to be enjoyed in a drive
along Vista avenue.
The plan as prepared by Olmstead
Brothers, landscape architects of Brook
line. Massachusetts, calls for a 60-foot
street from the south end of the Ford
street bridge to Twentieth street. On
the improved part of the avenue, the
car tracks are to be set in close to the
wall, and a roadway 26 y, feat wide
will be curbed off from the car tracks.
On both sldea of the Improved avenue.
will be concrete walls averaging SO feet
in height, one to retain the upper em
bankment and the other as a support to
the widened roadway, much of which
will necessarily be a fill. On both sides
of the avenue, for its full length, will
be a concrete sidewalk.
City Engineer Taylor has suggested
to the committee having the improve
ment in hand, that the plans of Olm
stead Brothers be changed In some
minor particulars. Engineer Taylor
proposes, to make several of the curves
sharper and to set the roadway deeper
Into the hills on the west side, in order
to avoid the necessity of building such
high supporting concrete walls on the
east side of the drive.
These changes have been approved
by E. L. Thompson, chairman of the
committee from the Portland Heights
Improvement association, and at the
meeting of the street committee of the
city council this week Mr. Thompson
and Mr. Taylor will ask that the altered
plans be adopted.
Jt Is proposed to have the whole cf
Portland' Heights and Council Crest
formed Into an Improvement district
by the council, and the cost of the
widening and improving of this avenue,
which Is estimate by the city engineer
at $160,000, assessed arainst the prop
erty of the whole Heights district. The
property holders along that part of the
avenue to be widened are earnestly In
favor of the plan. In siite of tha fact
that In places the widened roadway will
cut Into their property 20 to 25 feet.
Mrs. Preston Smith and Judge M. C,
George, the most extensive owners of
realty along the avenue, are lending
every aid to tha committee engaged In
harmonizing the different Interests Involved.
been thrown down a 60-foot embank
ment. , , . ..
Engineer ; Aaron Raub of Pottsvllle
was killed almost instantly and 10 pas
sengers In the first coach were Injured.
The Injured were brought to the state
hospital here. . -. .
rfEW YEARS BRINGS ABOUT GREAT.
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: Walton, who settled on the peninsula 17
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1 change from a brush field to a modefn
thriving realdenoe suburb, with a popu
lation of 10.000 or more, has built a
numtwr of this type of homes. The
building is 36 by 26 feet and-contains
six full-slsed rooms and the necessary
closets, oantry and bath room, and costs
about $1,800. Tha Interior finish cf
the building Is stained fir. The parlor
and dining room are done In imitation
mahogany, and the bath room Is in
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PAPER COHY
Pacific Firm to Erect Six
story Brick at Fourth
andAnkcny.
Arrangements hava been perfected by
thePaolflo Paper company for tha
erection of a- six-story brick building
on the Quarter block at the northeast
corner of Fourth and Ankeny streets.
Architects M-cNaughton, Raymond and
Laurence ar preparing the plana for
tha structure, which Is to be of the mill
cor traction, alow burning typo and will
cost about 7 6,000 to build. , It will be
exclusively for the occupancy of the
paper company and will be designed to
mtrl the requirements of such a bust-
nens.
The Paolfle Paper company purchased
two years ago the half block on the
north side of Arkeny street extt-ndlng
front Fourth to Fifth streeta The east
half of this property will ba occupied
by the above structure .and on the west
half, wh'oh la the northeast oci ner of
Fifth and Ankenv. will be erected at
otice a one-story brick structure for
store t nooses.
On- this corner ci'arda What ft "known
as the oldest school house In Portland,
a small dilapidated one-story frame
structure Hugh McOuire manager of
the Paciflo Paper company, will notify
the Oregon Historical society of the
proposed Improvement of this site and
tittir to viva to tha aocletv tha school
house in event it Is desired to- remove
it to some other location and preserve
it as one of the valuable relics of
pioneer days In Portland. . , ,
FOREST GE0VE MAY .
LOSE R. D. SERVICE
Bonds Diverging From City Must Be
Repaired Before Winter Sea- ,
. son Seta In.
. (Special DUpatea to The JoomaLl
Forest Grave, Or., June 2". Postmas
ter H. C. AtweU has received a letter
from the fourth assistant postmaster
general calling his attention to tha con
dition of tha roads over which the two
rural routes out of thi) city run. The.
roads are said to need improving and if
thev are not repaired this summer the
service will be discontinued. The let
ter to Mr. Atweu reaas:
"The department has this day called
the attention of road officials to the
bad condition of roads on routes one
and two. You will take uo the matter
Wlin uie ruuu oxiicikib uiu pnmi in
terested, and inform them that unless
all roads . covered by rural delivery
from your office are properly repaired
during the present summer season and
? laced In good condition so that unln
errupted service can be maintained
throughout tha year, tha withdrawal of
rural aeuvery rrora neglected roaaa wiu
very likely follow. s
"Failure to. comply with this require
ment should be reported In ample time
to admit of consideration of amend
ments ot routes before the beginning of
winter." .!':..:,.,, . a
U. S. SENATOR HEYBURN
TO BE BOISE'S GUEST
(Special Diapetcb to Tbe JoeraaLV ?
Boise. Idaho. June 17. United BtateS
Senator W. B. Heyburn will deliver the
Fourth of July address in Boise this
year, and a committee) has been ap
pointed by the commercial club to re
ceive the senator.' Boise Is to hold a
three-days' celebration, July 1 to 4, ,
CHEHALIS GUARDS
SUSPECTED FIREBUG
(Special Plupatoh to- The joutnaLt
Chehalia. Wash.. June , 27. Afavnr
West has appointed two mora night
watchmen, with instructions to arrest
all suspicious characters. The precau
tion is taken on account cf recent In
cendiary flrea at Tenlno. Centralis, and
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"Civic Improvement" has baen adopted
sea slogan In Seattle. The newspapers
and residents of the Puget aouod city
are discussing a plan for . beautifying
and- Improving the city on a scale much
greater than e anything heretofore at
tempted. Some of the leading citizens
have brought forward a comprehensive
flan of civic; improvement for 8ettl
hat might well be looked into by 1 ort
land."". In the opinion of some of the
more wide awake citizens of Portland,
the time ha come when something must
be done toward formulating a general
scheme for the guidance of tha munici
pal authorities In beautifying and im
proving this city.
The Seattlu plan as outlined by A.
Warren Gould, a prominent resident of
that city, it 11 follow: An , effort
will be made between now and the next
aosslon of tha legislature to oreate a
sentiment strong enough to pass a bill
authorizing the appointment of a com
mission composed of representative men
to formulate a comprehensive piaa of
clvlo improvement.
"We who are Interested in tha plan
believe that all of improvement clubs,
commercial bodies and others interested
In the development of Seattle will taka
hold of the question with sufficient
earnestness that something may be ac- 1
eompllshed this year.
"A law will be introduced in tha next
legislature which will legallza the ap
pointment of a commission to be com
posed of persons representing every da
partmcnt of clvlo life. Every commer
cial body in the city should be repre
sented. Business men, worklngmen,
architects, lawyers, clergy, bankers, aa
well as tha various city departments.
should be included.
"This body should be authorised to
Frepare a plan for clvlo improvement
or the future. When a plan has ben
evolved, it should, of oourse, be sub
mitted to the peopla for their consid
eration and approval. The scheme for
clvlo improvement which this commis
sion . would work out properly would
lnolude tha selection of a clvlo center,,
boulevards, seawalls, narks, lights, tun
rels. grades, and all kindred subjects.
unce a plan is aaoptea ty the peo
ple the city authorities would have
something definite to be guided by in
following out imDrovement work. This
large plan would be followed. Every
piece of work undertaken and com
pleted would be a part of tha general
scneme. ana wouia do in narmony wita
what has already been completed.
"It Is very essential that a work of
this kind be started soon enough. De
lays of years in eastern cities and on
the continent hava necessitated fh
total destruction of buildings more val
uable than any in Seattle.
"Probably the city where a comore-
henslvn municipal Improvement schema
has been mapped out' and developed
most extensively In Washington. D. C.
The Improvement in Waanlngton dates
back to tha time of President Washing
ton, uieveiano. unio, baa an excellent
clvlo Improvement, plan, and tho work.
Is well advanced. Chicago. St. Louis,
and Boston are cities whera a great
work has been mapped out for years to
come." - - . . ... '
Here la a suggestion for the benefit
of the .new clvlo Improvement commit
tee and tha Portland realty board, both
organisations having recently taken, up
the question of developing the park,
boulevard and streeta of Portland, that
tnu natural opportunities for making a
beautiful and attraotive city may be
improved
Dalles Cherry Fair Preparation.
(Special Dltnatch to Tht Journal.)
The l)anes. Or., June J7. Prepara
tions for The Dalles Cherry fair, which
commences June 30, are Bearing comple
tion. The first day of the fair will be
market day, on which date there will
ba a parade. There will also be a free
auction by the Business Men's aaaocla- -
tion. Thera wiu ba no Fourth of Julv
celebration. All The Dalles oeonle who
celebrate will go either to Hood River
or jjuiur. ..
Owing to instructions In the will of
W. W. Wilson, auctioneer.- South-ond-.
on Sea, England, his favorite pony fol
lowed him to the grave and was shot
at Blllerlcay.
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HOOD RIVER TRACTS
(II ACTIVE DEfilAi
Local Firm .Negotiating
Many Sales of Oregon's
Famous Fruit Lands.
That Hood P-tver apples " and fmlt
lands hava advertised Oregon more wide
ly than any other medium or resource
la the conviction of MacRae A Angus,
exclusive dealers In Oregon fruit land a
F. W. Angus of this firm, who handles
tha business at Hood River, visited the
f ortiano orrioe tn tne Chamber of Com
merce Wednesday and stated to The
Journal that June had proven a banner
month in the valley and that prospects
pointed io me uiggesi summer ana ran
business that section has ever known.
"The financial strlnaencv in the nt
and middle west has - turned all eves
on Oregon and other sections of the
Pacing northwest," ha said, "and tho
result has been that a fine class of
moneyed neoDle are looklno- for invest
ments and homes. We have sold orchard
properties and uncleared fruit lands In
Hood River valley this spring to the
kind of peopla one generally expects to
meet in the most cultured circles of
eastern aocletv: and - thnaa twinla are
now uvmK uu meir new possessions.
Active Demand for Trffs.
"We now' have soma capitalists clos
ing up their eastern affairs and nego
tiating for , several thousand acres of
fruit lands in Hood River which they
Intend planting to, orchards. All this
promises well f er the valley and for
union KcneraiiT. zor n in nrincrino mon
ey and tha right kind -of peopla to our
"Our firm has received InnufrlM shout
Hood River fruit lands from every state
in the union durlnar th thru months
just ended and our mall is flooded daily
wun inquiries xrom tne most Important
fruit . centers of the country outside
Hood River Itself. This is due in a
measure to the fact that nn mint other
districts hava been visited by late frosts
or disastrous storms, and fruit rrowers
are coming to realize that Oregon's tine
climate goes a long ways towards suc
cessful fruit cultura
"Hood RivefMa verr oroud of tb fact
that she has never lost a crop and
this fact la attracting manv hnrtiniiitnr-
ists from other sections. .This is par
ticularly true in reference to Colorado
and Montana; the recent floods in the
latter state causing great dissatisfac
tion amonar both horticulturists and
agriculturists.
"a am just closing-up a sale with
soma nrominent Callforniana tnAn-r " Mr.
Angus continued, "and these parties are
delighted with Hooa Klver vallev and
all of western Oregon. They tell me
they have thoroughly Investigated con
ditions and prospects In both states
and feel that we offer far mora, both
present and future, than ' anything in
California
We are alwavs narticularlv nroud of
galea, to ..dur neighboring state, .for Iti
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ahows that Callforniana are oomlng to
realise that Oregon la tha right state
for fruit.
"Incidentally I might mention that
wa are now corresponding with prospec
tive - buyers in England, Jamaica and
Yukon territory, all of whom had heard
so much about Hood River apples that
they wrote for information about the
vallev. In this connection, a buver In
one of the large department stores here
In Portland told us the other day that
ha did not know much about Hood River
until he went to New York and there
ha saw Hood ' River apples advertised
everywhere. Including tile densrtment
atorea 'I had never paid any attention
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I saw these apples advertised In tha
storea on the fruit stands, in tha hotels
and even on the Pullman cars. I thought
ii lime o iuugaw want we nava nere
in Oregon. We expect to maka a. moat
enthusiastic orchardlst cut of this man,
but he had to go to New York to be
convinced that Oregon was a. , great
place." . " .. . . j
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POETLAND 1LVN i r
BUYS FRUIT TRACT
Through this arencv of Devlin s.nrt
rirefcaugh, tha H. M. Abbott 1H acre
ranch in Hoed River ; valley has boon
Hold to E. Gould of Portland for
$10,000. This tract is situated In the
neart of the fine fruit district aid is
considered , a cheap buy at tha price,
noarly J60C the acre.
Debts are about the onlr things that
crow, bigger by. contraction, ,