The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, September 13, 1908, Page 23, Image 23

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    THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. ' SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER IS. 1908.
IKY BRISK MOVEMENT IN RESIDENC
Purchasers of High-Class Inside Property
; Announce Their Intention of Erecting
; the Best Styles of Modern Homes at
i Once on Their Acquisitions:
m
E PROPERTY;
I 1 .. .. .... : .. . .. ',
Several Tracts Secured by Firms Who
Will Improve With Up-to-Date Houses
Activity Is Also Marked in Purchases
of Suburban Realty.
Marked activity In all classes of real
dence property during tha last week
presages prosperous oondltiona In- tha
local market for' the autumn month,
While no sales of an unusual character
were reported, many broker were buijr
winding; up former transaction and
closing deals with reoent purchasers. ,
In a large number of Inatanoes pur-
Chasers -of lnalde realdenoe property an
Bounce their Intention of making; Imme
diate Improvement, . showing unbroken
confidence In Portland as a city of
nomas.
Suburban properties are attracting the
Sttention of email Investors and brokera
and lln outside tracts report numerous
ales. Many purchasers of this olass of
reaiiy ere giving contraote xor nomes
supplying builders with tn, large amount
of small construction. A glance at Sat
urdays Duiiding: pegs In The Journal will
show that there are more cottages val
ued at from $1,000 to $2,000 now under
construction In Portland than at any
previous ume in me nistory or me city.
These modest little cottage homes are
springing up ail over the east aide,
while In nearly every block Indications
re 10 pa aeen or wont about to Degin
en a new aweuing.
Xlglt C1M Improvements.
The largest purchase reported last
week was that of. nine lots on Overton
street between "rwenty-nrtri ana Twen
ty-eixth streets. The property was tur
Chased bv Frank L. Bhull eiWI Martin
W. Hunt, secretary and superintendent
of the Portland Flouring Mills, from the
Goldsmith heirs at a prloe named as
130,000. It is the plan of the purchasers
to pat the highest class of improve
ments on tne property, malting it among
the most attractive residenoe spots in
tne city. Tne purchasers will each
build a handsome private home on two
of the lota and will later on improve the
remainder. oi me property witn attract
lye homos.
In addition to the Shull-IIunt nur
chase, unimproved property to the value
of ever $60,000 has changed hands In
that immediate vicinity in the past few
days, all of which was acquired with a
view to immediate improvement Beno
& BaJUs have purchased five lots on
Overton between Twenty-fifth and
Twenty-sixth streets, just opposite the
property purchased by Bhull and Hunt
It is understood that Beno & Ballls- rep
resented other Investors in the transac
tion and that all of the lots will be Im
proved with high class residences at an
early date
One of the quarter blocks at Twenty
fourth and Pettygrove streets has been
sold to Robert Lutke of the Lutko Man
ufacturing company, and It Is under
stood that he will immediately ereot a
$10,000 dwelling on the site. In the
neighborhood of $7,000 was the price
paid for the property.
F. Van Duyn is another recent pur
chaser' in that vicinity, he having taken
over two 60-foot lots on Overton street
between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth
streets. These lots were also purchased
with a view to immediate improvement,
the purchase having already announced
his intention of putting up a modern
noma on the, site.
Marlon Dolph to Build.
Marlon F. Dolph has taken title to a
ov-iooi lot on vuimby between Twenty
fourth and Twenty-fifth streets, with
tne intention of building on the prop
erty. On Northrup between Twenty
sixth and Twenty-seventh streets, F. K.
Cooper has purchased a home site. The
average pnoe ror which inside lots are
selling In this district is $3,000. while
corner quarters bring from $7,000 to
xio.ooo and in some instances corners
bring i2,uoo.
Nerotiations are understood to he tin,
dsr way ror the sale of the Isaiah Buck
man tract There are about 14 blocks
In tha tract maklnar eomethinr nice 115
iota ine tract lies between Kiut An.
keny. East Everett, East Twenty-fourth
ana iuui x wenty-eigntn streets and is
among the most desirable residence
property on tne east side. While no fig
ure has been named as a basis for th
negotiation, it is understood that the
fries is not rar from $1,000 a lot.
W. H. H. Miller has closed a transae
tloa with Mra Carrie L. Ross for the
it
urohase of a house and lot at East
tark and East Twenty-seventh streets.
The consideration named was $6,000.
Helen B. Leland has purohaaed from
Amanda McHolland 12 and a fraction
acres near Rose City Park for which
4)uu was paid.
Out la tha Subturbs.
In College Plaoe addition, new Univer
sity Park. Melcholr Frutleer has nur-
chased from O. A. Cobb a house and six
lots ror 17.&00
John McCourt United States district
attorney, nas purchased a residence at
tne soutneast corner or East Thirteenth
ana Broadway streets. The property
lormeny oatongea to jonn . nerrla-an
. . ......
ana was sola ior id.uuu.
Mra Lulls McKenzIe has rjurchaaed
rrom tne uaK farK Juand companv
Quarter block on Hancock street be
tween East Sixteenth and East Seven
teenth 'streets, paying for it $4,400.
Marv E. Parker hnx sold tn Tsahallo
Collins a house and lot In Overlook, con-
siaerauon ji.buu.
. James Wntaon hn a mirohAMfl frnw.
Anna O. Mitchell a house and 31x100
foot lot on Everett street between
Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets,
consideration $5,100.
James H. Harris has sold to K. E.
Sloan a 94xlOO-foOt lot near the corner
of Corbett and Lowell streets for $6,000.
Mrs. Elsie E. Wlllett has purchased
from O. M. Smith a house and lot
Division street and Prettyman avenue
for $4,200.
m. J. Deiahunt has sold to Oeora-e
nroufrnion a nouse ana lot on East
Fifteenth street between Tillamook unH
xnompson streets for J7.500.
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Residence of R. J. Lewis.
HEAVY ADVANCE
III HEI6HJS LOTS
Property at High Altitude
Keeps Pac With Ele-Tation.
REALTY DEALER PLANS
NEW IRVINGTON HOME
Charles W. Henry, Junior member of
Charles K. Henry & Co.. has commis
sioned Architect Berndt to prepare tho
plans for a new home which Mr. Henry
. will build at once on a quarter-block at
East Eleventh and Thompson streets,
Irvlngton. The residence is to be two
and a half stories high, will cover a
ground space 49 by 53 feet, and will con
tain, 10 rooms.
T. C. Oreen i lat the contract fn
me erection or a two-story flat to, be
erected on Minnesota avenue, between
Shaver and Mason streets. The build
' ing will cost ahout $6,000, and wlR have
four apartments.
a. C. Baker has let the contract for
the erection of a $2,000 cottage at the
corner of East Thirty-second and East
r landers street.
Delos Endleott and J. VIesrers will
each build a $3,000 two-story dwelling
im uim mi aide. mt. Binoicott s noma is
to go up on a lot at East Twentieth and
mi i urea streets, ana mat or Mr. Vlgi
win he erected on Greenwood street, be
tween Clinton and Tagsrart.
William Doherty has taken out a per
mil ior tne erection or a modern one-
ana-a-nair-siory residence on East Fortv.
seventh street between East Vfnf.nn
and East Salmon street. The estimated
cost of the structure Is $3,000.
Gilbert E. Johnson has let the con
tract for the erection of a $2,000 cottage
cwmi ui Aiaur ana cnapman
VITRIFIED BRICK BEST
UNDER SEVEREST TESTS
Apropos of the pavement proposition
Which many cities. Including Portland,
are pussllng over, it may not be amiss
to show the" experience of other cities
which will be of Interest to our own city
fathers who have the economy of civic
affairs, at heart and who are anxious
to see the cltlsens' money expended :o
the best advantage.
By comparing statistics of costs and
the durability of the various pavements,
it would appear that vitrified brick com
pares favorably with all other tried
hard-surface pavements, and Is destined
to come Into general use In metropolitan
cities where there Is very heavy traffic.
Tha fact that nitrified brick is al
most universally used along street rail
way tracKs wnere tne pavement is gen
erally put to the most severe test on ac
count of the constant trafflo of all
kinds of vehicles crossing and recrosa
Ir.g. the sudden sharp turns made by
heavily laden wagons which take to the
track where the whole street is not
paved. la possibly the best proof of the
durability or tnis aina or pavement.
Vitrified brick, when properly made and
laid. Is practically indeetruetlble, and
costs nothing for repairs for 20 or 10
years.
Phale vitrified brick was first used In
llt6 In Columbus. Zaneevijle and 8tu
benvllle. Ohio. As its merits were In
vestigated, Its adoption became general,
eintU new over 400 municipalities are
elng it for street paving purposes end
the total Is said 4o exceed that of any
Other class of pavements In the United
fttates I'Mladelphla adopted brick paT
wient in and In November. ?.
the city council pd aa ordinance for
pevles tl block with vitrified brick,
requiring 11 . of brick. Reffata.
K. T, has tals pavement ed Frasalvn
street since ltlJ, reculrlng no repairs
since. Madln. jnd has vitrified brie
pavement since 1112. which has bo4
sw4M sny repairs sine, ana It la said
It will require nosje fvr 1$ yr to
n. Indianapolis, Ind, bs bad Oils
nui ef pavement fr If yara. and It
Itas iteedd iw rvrwira. The MsntrtpeJ
ioumal and Fngineer, pnbllabe4 la New
era city, seat la lbs city eaglaeees ef
all etties in tha United States of over
8.000 population, blanks asking for In
formation concerning city paving and
tnere were replies received from 4 34
cities that had used every class of pave,
menta, with the result that the sum to
tal ror brick was 2,063 miles. viVIeh
was mora than that of any two other
classes of hard-surface pavements com-
Dineu.
streets in oeattie ana 1 aroma are
paved witn vltriried orlck. and some In
use over 15 years hsva required little or
no repairs. virrmea brims are no
manufactured on the Faciflo coast and
some of these bricks are laid along tho
j n i ten najiway iracas on Btam atiwi
and on Belmont street, near Tblrty-flfth
street W. C. MltcbalL manager of the
ienny Kenton Clay Coal comnanv.
$24 Chamber of Commerce, says bis
comnany wilt, wnen tne demand war
rants It build a factorr in Portland
for tha manufacture of the best grade
vi n.ritiwi DTi uiu Duuaing snate-
ruuau
Portland Is a city of beautiful homes I
and each and every section has Its I
share, but for picturesque setting, cosy
wooded nooks, artistic terraced heights,
a high altitude and a pure and rarefleA
atmosphere Portland Heights and Coun
cil Crest park have advantages pos-1
sessed by few spots offered to the
builder of a beautiful home.
During the past two years values in
this section have doubled and trebled
and here Is found a practical demon
stration ' of the effect good improve
ments have on property values. With
out exception the class of improve
ments on Portland Heights and Council
Crest park have been of the highest
order and there is today more wealtn
represented in this district than In twice I
the same area In any other part or
Portland.
Three years ago lots on Portland
Heights could be bought for from $500
to S700: o days ago lib.ooo was orierea
for a certain building site only 100x100
feet in else, and conservative real es
tate men predict that the same niece
of property will briug $26,000 inside of I
tne next two years.
All tne view property on tne lower
neicnts is now in strong nanas ana is
controlled by men of large means, who
nave eltner already improved tneir prop
erty with handsome residences or who
intend doing so at an early date.
The once fashionable Nob Hill district
and that portion of the city lying north
of Washington street and west, of Park I
' an niiwwiwuwiiiniiji.ua m mm.i . 11 1 1 i,w 1 ,. ... . rmmmmmmmnmmmmumnwm
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Ainsworth Home.
HEW APARTMENT
ECLIPSES RECORD
Suites ia Gotham's Latest
Will Rent for $500
Per Month.
Honeyman Home.
L
6
E TRACT TO
BE IA1PR0VED
Kta!?drnoi.iyP?,,n Street Soon to Profit
pants or tne once stately mansions in
this district have been forced to seek
cither locations on which to erect their
more modern and luxurious homes.
It is but naturarfor them to turn to
the heights,- a property which was al
ways attractive, but couia not oe util
ized on account or its
Today, however, it Is se
lent car service. An eight-minute
schedule is maintained and Council
by Heavy Purchase Dur
ing the Past Week.
P. L. Shull and M. W. Hunt have
within the past week purchased through
the agency of Vanduyn & Walton,
Crest park, 1,200 feet above the city, is $17,600 worth of property on Overton
only 25 minutes distant. Ik-. m ...
Nature has been more than generous r1"" ""w-"w
to this section and has lavished here I nell road. This is practically all of
her choicest gifts of scenic beauty
From this point can be viewed a range
of mountains grand and Imposing, set
far away In the distance, wrapped in
their robes of eternal white. Just be
low vou see the Columbia and Willam
ette rivers reflecting on their mirrored
surfaces the delicate blue of the sky
Portland spread before you, rendered
silent by distance, yet constantly mov-
the desirable unimproved property left
In this high-class residence part of the
city. Overton street is to be Improved
rlth hard suface pavement clear up to
and connecting with the Cornell road.
which will then be one or the most pop
above, and at your feet lies the city of ?-lar?,"d hV hl n.l tr.t 'hlcl7j
Portland .nrMrf hffnre von. randdred I It Will be the only ...street, north of
lng onward In her struggle for the mas-
terv of the Pacific
IjOok tne otner wav ana aamire tne
peaceful, restful sun-kissed Tualatin
valley, its comfortable homes, green
pastures and waving rieios or yellow
Lovejoy street that will reach the Cor
nell road and will possess advantages
or ease or access and a cnarraing un
obstructed view uneaualled.
It is the intention or botn Mr. enuii
and Mr. Hunt to build residences for
themselves on some of the lots. Wbile
Kff. " " r.. looklnir for a desirable site they became
SdhusUe i
and Wcoorr.Pfe.hl b"reTxe0-! S to Insura no"thlng but. decade Yel;
nered hv the warm janan ocean current
Hera you have a different climate,
different atmosphere. It Is Invigorat
ing. It rests the tired brain. It soothes
the excited nerves and at night brings
refreshing sleep to the aching body and
bright eve ana a rosy cneea witn tne.
dawn of another day.
Already several fine residences cost
ing J 5,000 and upward have been
erected on this tract and mors are soon
to follow. A uronilnent city official
has predicted thdt the laying of water
mains on this tract win be tne toucn
f magic and that in three years this
property would develop into the pretti
est and most exclusive residence dis
trict in the city.
dences on the street. As soon as the
street Is Improved they will put the
remaining lots on the market at a rea
sonable advance over original cost under
restrictions that will bar all flats or
apartments, thus insuring notning nut
first-class homes which will make the
property In demand by those wanting
desirable surroundings.
Vanduyn & Walton nave also sola on
the same street a quarter diock to J
J. Hawes.
Good Fishing: at Newport.
Advice has lust been received that
allverstde and Chinook salmon are being
caught on trolls in Taqulna bay.
RESIDENCE TRACT
IN SELLWOOD SOLD
E J. Daly reports tha sals of an "L
shaped lot 10 by 10 and It by 100, at
tha southeast corner of Williams ave
nue and Sell wood streets, consideration
$$,.
Mr. Daly sad asweeiatea have recent
ly clewed a deal for the parchaae of a
number sf lots wn Orertoa street K-
tweea Twawty-flfth street and Corswlt
roa4. It -la toe Intention of the new
owaers of this property t hard surface
Orrtce trrt sad make ptVr Improve
rnmts that will nnll tn snaking It an
ef the hand
Portia.
eat res Id awe streets la
if ra fTHolihaa TMs Mrwf aan
ttier do tw wn-rawai la elXnai.
Pbwhst T Ta tblrk it kHt? 7HoH
baa Ol doana abwitt tha awr-i ronwa. twt
many a rd ar-rTuaef t baa ea t
av a be tea, u rta , uuj&aia .
News. . , - . i
VR
BEGUN
SWIFT TOUTE
Twenty Stone and Brick
Dwelling-s Are to Be
Erected at Once.
Kxoavating preliminary to the erection
of 20 atone and brick dwellings Is in
progress at Kenton, the Swift townsite.
near the packing plant site on the Pen
insula . Upon the completion of the
first Installment of houses, work will
begin on a large number of frame cot
tages, which are to be erected for the
occupancy of tho packing house em
ployes. Several construction crews will
be put to work building the houses as
fast as the excavations are completed.
Construction material of all kinds is be-
ng assembled on the ground In order
that no delay will occur in compietin,
the work. All of the concrete an-
brick dwellings are to be erected on
one street and these are to be as nearly
fireproof as It Is possible to make this
class of buildings.
Tha Kenton Building & contracting
company, which has the contract for
all the Kenton Improvements, has given
an order to a local mill for 600.000 feet
of lumber which is now being hauled
to the Kenton townsite. a large order for
brick has been placed with a local soli
ng agency, delivery to begin next week.
The contractor estimates that within
Ix months the new town of Kenton will
be an established fact.
FAMOUS
TO BE
CASTLE
OCCUPIED
vf
APARTMENT HOUSE
OF CONCRETE
Tha first reinforced concrete apart
ment house to be erected on the east
Ida is soon to be built at the south
east corner, of Hancock and Stevens
streets. The new structure Is to be
three stories high- and will cover a site
75x100 feet It will have a full con
crete basement In which a modern heat
ing plant will be Installed Architect K.
H. Davidson Is preparing the pinna for
the proposed structure, which will cost
when completed between $:5,i'0 an.1
$80,000.
Up to the present time the largest
and finest apartment house in tha world
la on upper Broadway, New York, and
belongs to William Waldorf Astor. but
arrangements have Just been perfected
for the erection in New York of a build
ing of this class that will far outdis
tance, notn in size ana cost, tne Astor
building, and that in all probability
will mark the highest point reached in
apartment house construction in this
country for many years to come. r.
t ne projected rmuaing will occupy a ,
400-foot square block, fronting Broad
way and Amsterdam avenue, will be llj
stories high and will cost about $3,
000,000. It will contain 125 apartments,
the cheapest of which will command an
annual rental of $2,000, while several of
tne most sumptuous apartments will
rent for $600 a month. . j
Superb Equipment.
An electric Dlant eautooed with de
vices not now In operation anywhere
will supply heat and Illumination. Each
apartment will be aupplied with a re
frigerating plant, so that , "table lee"
can be manufactured for Individual use, ;
There will be no cold storage apparatus,
as It Is commonly understood, but there
will be a system of refrigeration, and
an apparatus for cooling In summer
unlike anything now In existence. Each
apartment will contain quarters for
net less than two servants. There will
be four Immense laundries for the ac1
commodatlon of tenants and each suite
of apartments will be provided with a
separate steam clothes dryer an in
novation not introduced elsewhere, v
The project takes in a tremendous
scope In its general architectural fea
tures, aa well as in its individual nlart- :
nlngs. The first two stories will ba
of Indiana limestone. Ten floors will
be of buff brick with terra cotta trim
mings. The building will be 150 feet
long, ZOO feet wide and 150 feet high.
xne total area in square rest win oe
Tha M r hrlclc rastla that for manv about double that of the. Madisott
- , g-paniah Courtyard.
.... - r. The most striking feature of this
ins waiuu u.r ui. great collection of houses within a house
Portland, has again changed hands. I will be the courtyard, fashioned partly
Thio tim tho nmnfrtT was nurchased arter uu epanisn patio, or xne more-
i,.. rK-i., f. nl-orfUv whn nofrt rhnriaa familiar Italian garden. The main en-
I. Rurton 1S.000 for it. The building I "ncB win consul oi a. uouuie urive-
a rn,i, frnninnni in way from lgnty-stxth street' The
in thn RBventh atri-et Terrace addition, courtyard itself is to be a. rectangle
r mill h .ttiiM di zouxiuu i eci. i nere win oa a sine
k.. .h- n.h.oAr. I.. r.i,,,ii,iino- th in. walk dotted with entrances Into the
- . . . . 1. 1 i. i . w... varlnii. inartmAnt. tha, .hitt am Ih.
tenor or tne nouse, wiutn hub uw una - 1 , ... . I - 5 -
orcunled for several vears ana is some- "--.. nmmj
what out of repair. with oaken-JWocks and a central lawn,
Following the completion or tne re-1 win ui iu? .uoimtr urai , ui w
nalr work, one of the purchasers will usea ior various reran enterxain-
. . i. tv. hMi.A aa n nrlvflt. raidnnoe. I ment
1 irk. 11 anavf-
mvm WITH A EECORD T'oriprn sz
EjlB(liy-.l.lII .UQ DlllllJ 'BBVCII I U Bll TCIO.
The retmatnder ofthe aFroun(i floor nirfl
This One Has Ilstln)rulsnea tumaeu i racing tne tnorougnrares win oe re-
i bankers, nonata and art anona
From the Milwaukee Free Presa I Beneath the central court will ba a
The chances are strong that within a sub-courtyard, lighted by skylights and
. . ..... I f i nitiif. n, wiu L.t i Q .uunMi.nn uoi.
coupis oi raumuo men v.cu w.u b, uai exclusively by .tradesmen
the animal colony at Washington I who come afoot or in vehicles. Sight
hwu hr from Circle Cltv. .rce. elevators win carry .tne sun-
Brick Structure on Seventh
Street Terrace Sells
for $8,000.
plies from the sub-courtyard to the
Into
Park
Alaska, which, according to the stories 1 apartments of the tenanta No wagons
tr,ii nhmit him bv hla recent owner. I will be permitted to enter the mala
. . I courtyard. That will be reserved ex-
Kooen uurry oi v-ir. "-J. '""J cluslvely for carriages and those who
to demoralise all of Keeper Bean's well choose to Come afoot,' and enter the
h.h.H mnaerle grand foyer, There will be an inclined
1 A m PUh.MM.nh mtr-mMt
t-aat tnr Ih.l la th now rnmmMl.
thla rmixiuit aHHttlnn tn I 4UTey WUBaT JOT UVSUim
the zoo Is only in his teens as regards The arrangement ot the apartments
his bear age. But he has ruined the will be for perfect comfort end con
best chef In Circle City, has cost much venlenca Beyond the foyer will be the
monev by his dissolute habits, and has parlor and tne dining room.
acaulred a reputation known to all one siae or tne
Alaska.
tar's
HUTS TWO-ACRE
Mr. Curry gave the bear to his brother
William ot Milwaukee. And William
Curry says he is going to hand the
wlU adjoin. T
right angles to the foyer.
and on
dining room the but-
and back of that the
kltchert. The quarters for the aevanta
will adjoin. The family bedrooms will
be on one aide of a short corridor st
. , - . , . pain,t.P hoar man I ngnt angles uj tne iryer. .vrry awr
v T.n V tha oft In the living rooms will be of solid ma-
Keepfr Bean, of the soo hoeanv. a the derations of eaeh
Teddy was capiurea Dy innian. ui.-,, -,;-. h.-.,,.. th. at
he frozen regions of the silent Louis XVI.
t
way north of Circle City. He wss less
than a day (a six months dsy) old when
he was caugnt. a
His real career began, however, after
he and his brother struck Circle City
and became ine property or air
ho l
RMldae tf E. W. Hradrickt.
MoaqnJtoea Capture a Fort.
Beattle Corr. Los Ang'Ies Times.
Halt, tennla and rrrwuit with whlrh
Currv. I tha nfflara at Fort Law ton and their
wealthy mine owner tnere. At I families ur to a few weeka ago ware
Circle City a man can pay higher prices I wont to pass their Idle h'Mir. nave been '
for food than In almost awy other spot I abandoned at the poet No have the af-
I under the sun. Porterhouse steaks corns I ternoon banc ooncrti
i at t7 and side dishes are onlv eaten brl Tormerly there ware wot haTf a dosea)
TTMPT HV ri?l-T millionaires. It was when Pierre Leg- hours In the day when the links eai ithe
i ,,. ciwi. ritw hn.al'a iw.h ibb i courts were Oi orcupia. nf
ct.ef.' forgot to put the strawberries In h7 are Ufalesa The reason is.woe-
the safe that Teddy cot Ms first caper. I quitoea . . . '.
a. awaut. A sat a at asLaaTlaai aa Aaku M I 1 fll DeMU niT ! W I SS i-wn ea w -a a
" ' " I 7 V a.e K Is. I.e. aa.A
tat. i-lawIaa ti w4mt m Brantlf II KA aeul IIFIUI U) W's, -ew - .
there were sbiut 20 small boie. T of the 'M"" FTI jTll?. JT
i . -..k. t on raniiuo our -
They represented
Wm. 8. Bridges closed a Aral j-eat.-r-day
for the purr has of a two-acre tract
a Council Crest adjoining Council
Crest ra"k The property formerly be
longed to T. H. Bennett, who a.-ld it
for $7,000 It ia understood that Mr
Bridges will utilise a portion of th
tract as a site for a handsome new
borns, which ha ia contemplating erect
Ing. and the remainder will be Improved
and put on the market aa high-class
residence sttea
COLONIAL HOrSE
ON CORNELL EOAD
Architects Travis Wliami ha ra been
eommlnlnaH by Tt K. A. Varthal te
prepare the f Una for a 7-roonv two
etry reeldeace te He erected rm Johai
street -r Cortiell rtwA The belld
inr Is tn ha Cnlnatal In oVarign and wh4i
mrrr-leted will be one of the "most at
traetrve ef the wtaay handaorae boroea
goiavg sp ateta CerneU rvd.
Ioo!a hla appetite.
about $200. Teddy ste them up clean
Then he consumed enough other aell
rnrlea te represent a small fnrtuna All
thl was paid for by Mr. Curry. This
im Teddy's first effenae.
The next time he got a chance Teddy
raided the Arrtte Inn. a fashionable boe
telry la the saining city, aad stole a 12
r"und ham wortli $1T and a lot ef as
sorted meats wo rta $10.
Mr. Curry- bewan te realise that tha
beer wae a creUT asset It had J readr
cost hint $112. Put while the earner of,
Teddy wss wnnderrng what te sVa tha
latter hastened Me rteclatoa bv entering
the store ef a baakrwpt ateatUe asar
chant which had peed late the handa
of a rwceirer. Teddy miwM Inte tKe
store by eight and eard tere f.-.r t o
daya Ilia last raid was sn expe-eatT
one, end after eettHff It Me r:-
rhalned oi bis pet and 11 t '-m to 1
d,asar;.a. J
hoods of netting about their beads, and
f loves, no are me enniren i im ii
leers when st play. Lieutenant J. t
I.eharly, eaaiaiaet mar9on, y'eriy
felt tha golfs fever " str-s.'y tt
he donned a saoequlto hood sd anolmej
his hands with kereaene and etan.i
areund the reuree. The tttaecta srnva
blm berk ewartere lr It minutea
All porrfcee at the poe ere a. .-
and the fatlree nertiea ere armed ri
hurkels ef aereean. whlcfc thay r" ir -i
er-y 4aa sp4 ea the pec l U
t' ma ted that it eii4 cat $11" i
fill tn the low ale a where t !."
breed.
Is epfe V fet that ta f
reretty ef Voerow 4ee e - t '
ivew aio e-a it ta t a t '
vtea tri''r t -r'a..
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