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Newspaper Page TextUCID OA! CO IILLI UHLLu OF REALTY. v isitors Find rortianu uooa i.' . tA nnvflflt I 11 1 1 i ITT r. Transactions During Past Week Will Be More Than Made, Up in Near future. The carnival spirit which had com plete ' tway in Portland last week was reftponlble In a large measure, If not entirely, - for the- quiet mat prevailed throughout tne week in the realty mar ket. Aside from an, Important train action ln?vUey lands, there -was not pne eale of more than ordinary interest closed. Buyers and sellers alike were too much engaged with the Rose Fes tival to give tlnfe to so trifjlng a matter as bargaining over the price ot elty lots. - ' .' That the Mg celebration will have a marked Influence on the local land mar ket during the next few months there ta no doubt Thousands of visitors from all. over the Pacific northwest had their first opportunity last week of wit nessing the marvelous growth made try Portland during , the past few . years. Many of these are prosperous residents of interior towns, men of means who cannot help but be impressed with the wonderful development of Portland in recent years, and it is not unfair to assume that in a short time numbers of them will return to this city looking for an opportunity to invest. a- farmers Invest In tn City. It is a fact not generally known that an enormous amount 'of Portland realty, both Improved and unimproved, is held by Willamette valley and eastern Ore gon farmers, and many of them are in creasing their holdings In this city at every opportunity. A largo per cent of the profit made by eastern Oregon Sheepmen since 18-04 when both wool and sheep more than doubled in price, has been invested In Portland . realty. This tendency of residents in the inter ior of the state will be greatly strength ened by the first hand . knowledge , of Portland's growth' gained by the visit ors last week. . The one deal of Importance conclud ed last week was the nurchase by Wil liam. Rae Jr. and C. M.'.Balr of Montana of 18,000 acres of grazing land in the Grand Ronde reservation, for which thev -paid $160,000 cash. This property formerly belonged to and was sold by the May-Holland company of this city. This is one of the largest deals ever ut through in - western Oregon range anda. The land is located on the Yam hill river, about 70 miles southwest of Portland. Study PosalbUltle Closely. The purchasers , of the property are among the largest sheepmen In the Uni ted States, operating extensively in running- sheep in Montana Vend Wyoming. Thv made a close investigation of Portland's possibilities as- a, packing houHe center, spending a number of daya tn looktng over the Swift plant on the peninsula and other packing houses n the Portland district and.it was only after becoming convinced that this city Is destined to become the principal live stock market on the Pacific coast and that the big eastern packing combine intends to develop the business on a huge scale here that the deal for the, land was consummated. Messrs. Rtie and Balr declined to give Out any statements as to their future plana with reference to operating in this state, but it is known that they pur chased the Grand Rjonde land with a view to using it as a range for mutton sheep for the Portland market. It is said to be their intention to stock the place with about 20.000 head of sheep from the eastern Oregon ranges, where they will be fattened and shipped to this market. Confirms Early Prediction. This transaction confirms in a large measure what was generally said when jt became known that the Swift people Lighting Fixtures That To Lovers Of Art All interested should se our beautiful display of lighting brackets . and center lighting effects.' Suggestions'; from our corps "of experts always at your service. M. J. WALSH CO. 311 Stark St., - between 5th and 6th Streets. Tiling, and electric .work in all ' their branches." Bqtfi phones. " - , - Appeal - If V ; it jp ' !;L Steel frame: of' the, Olds, "Wortman - , Si- ' ' .'yi K -r-. w.- :IMli Si ij' r1 ' Hi il L "rr Ezx pX IfniTi M I, mum " toMiJMa&Wiwii,Ma if il itistaMteBfcM iiini ( mini 'The -Lumbermen's Buildtog, Recently Completed at Fifth were preparing to develop the packing Industry here, and that was, that the building at one packing house here would cause the- other big meat packing con cerns in the middle west to come here, which would speedily deyetop the live stock Industry of Oregon to lnlmense proportions. - - T ; v. . The largest deal eonveylng inside property jrecorded last week. was that of I. A. Peters to Thomas Barlow, trans ferring title to a three story apart ment building on the northeast corner of Tent.t and Hall. This is a recently completed brick structure and was sold for $30,000 cash. City Buy Park Property. ' Another recent sale of considerable size was that of tracts . "A" and "C,", Mount Tabor Park, which were mir- chased by the city park board from tha Title-Guarantee-&-Trust .company forf $23,600. James t. -Ogden has tasen title to a 69 foot ihtproved lot at the northeast corner of William avenue and Shaver street. The property was sold by, the Mississippi Avenue Hall association for a consideration' of $10,000. E. Ausplund has sold to Jennie G. Sheffield the wt half of lots 7 and 8, in block 270, city, located on the southeast corner of Twelfth and Harri son streets. The consideration involved In the transaction was $7760. B. F. Soden has sold to B. O. Rowan the east half of lots 7 and 8, in block 239, city, being located on Harrison, be tween Tenth and Eleventh streets, con sideration Involved,. $7000. Mrs, Josle McDevHt- has purchased from John ' Strom' a house -and lot on East Fourteenth street,: between Tilla mook and Thompson streets, Irvlngton, for $6260. - . M. E. Keilley has purchased, from' E. E. Pitcher a fractional- lot on Russeft street, between Vancouver and William avenue, improved with a frame building; for $6000. , -V.-.; . ' v Union aveoue property contlhuea fo attract- the attention of careful Inves tors. The latest sale on that thorough fare was van Improved quarter block at the . northeast j corner of .Mason, atroet, which "was purchased by J. A. Colfeit from Mary feeler for $6000. Schoot district No.- 1 . has purchased from T.. M. Word block 72 -In Peninsu lar addition for which $4760 was paid. G. W. Stapleton has sold Ho Mary A. Brown a 40 by 100 foot lot on East Couclr .streetr- between East "Flfteent rr and East Sixteenth steets, for $4000. J. B. C' Lockwood has sold to Mrs. Harriet & Dunham" a 60 by 100 foot lot on the 'northeast corner.of Unjo'n avenue SndTEastTAhkeny street for the sum vt $26,000:' 'Two buildings, a .three story hotel and a double flat occupy the prop erty, the two renting for $225 a month. Harvey Hutton hss purchased from Nve Kern a bouse and lot J?n Willamette Heights for $3600. , - v -; CIIAPIN & IIERL0W REPOET MANY SALES Chapln & Herlow report the following realty , sales closed, during th past week: - 4 . Four, lots' on Portland Heights, being the west half of block B in-Smith's ad dition,' purchased by Ira I' Ray from Thomas C. BfiHof Bay side. New York. Hous-;and Iot-t 698 East Taylor street, purchased by L. M. Kaser from A. B. Brown, consideration $5000. This tirm. also report the sale of three "t Small farms located In Clarke county. Washington, involving a total eonaidewtlon of 18600. - s ' ' '-- W, K. Parker of JUcMlhnvllIe, firt has purchased a 4(?-acre tract of partly im- F i roved land near Sandy postofflce, pay ng $4000 for the holdIng. It Is the Intention of the purchaser to Improve the tract and bulla a handsome country home.' -'-. Mrs. Elisabeth Glelshman of Topeka, Kan., has closed a deal through Chapin & Herlow for the purchase of four acres in Midland acre tracts, consideration $ 1860. :-. - , KEHEABING FOR LOUIS GLASS San Francisco, June 12. The supreme court, today granted a rehearing in tho case of Louis Glass, vire president of the Pacific- States -Telephone Company, who was convicted of bribery, and re leased by the appellate court. -The re hearing was granted on petition of the prosecution, .- . r . . & King' structure at- West Park and , , structure ,wiH resemlale, SEVERAL PRETTY HOMES PLAHHED Judge Littlef ield "Will Build Residence of Fine Desigfn. Judge W P. Littlefleld, formeely cir cuit Judge of the Gilliam-Sherman-Wheeler county district but who Is now practicing' law In Portland, Is prepar ing to build an $8000 nome on Wil lamette Heights. The residence is to be of attractive design, two stories high and will have an interior finish of hard wood and selected Oregon fir. Plana for the building are being drawn by P. A. Carlander, who will also have charge of its construction. F. R Schwan has let contracts for the erection of an eight room bungalow to occupy an attractive site on East Thirtieth street; near Ainsworth. ave nue in Irvlngton Park aaditlon. The building Will cost between $3600 and $1000. t! H. Kaser has taken title to a new six roomresidence in Hawthorne Park addition Dear Hawthorn avenue. The property formerly belonged to A H. Brown-and was sold for $5000. Alhnn FlechIle baa purchased from Mrs. Emma Chane a 60 foot lot on Love- Joy street near Twenty -second, on which he intends building an up-to-dafe apart rnertt, Jjouse, The purchaser- paidi 000 ror tne property, i worK on tne pro Jected building' wljl begin as soon as the plans are completed and the contract let. " " . A. Brownell, 'formerly a nurseryman in the Willamette -valley, has purchased a 120 acre fruit farm near Firwood and will go Into the nursery business on an extensive scale. The development of the fruit growing Industry In the Fir wood district is so extensive that the raising of nursery stoclt for the orch ardistS wt1irttts bPtteveiJ, prove prof itable from the start. "The tract . nur- chased by Mr. Bsanell Is covered by- a fine gravity wateystem, capable of irrigating a .ptacfi- twice as larger - $125,000 for Walla TValla Hotel. Walla Walla. Wash., June 12. To build a first class,' up-to-date hotel, the Store Lighting -Offers a. splendid opportunity . to com bine efficiency with simplicity of outline ; Meier h Frank ta&dard. i i i J It I.I & i Morrison; sho'wjngr a small portioal when the frame is completed. and Stark Streets. Washington Hotel company has been organized In this city, and capitalized at $125,000. The incorporators of the company are J. C. Scott, W. H. Kirk man, Robert H. Johnson, R. E. Allen and J.- M. Crawford of this city and E. B. McNaughton of Portland. The local men are to furnish $60,000 of the money and the Portland member of the firm the balance. CLACKAMAS COUNTY WILL GROW APPLES M. Walton of the firm of Vanduyn & Walton has bought 200 acres of choice fruit land at Firwood, 30 miles south east of Portland, In Clackamas county on the line of the Mount Hood railroad survey with the expectation of setting out a model commercial apple orchard along Hood River methods and other wise Improving his holdings. After closely examining; the Firwood fruit belt, which has an elevation of some 1200 feet, analyzing the soil. etc.. the company has, upon the advice and recommendation of Professor C. I. Lewis, the state horticulturist of the agricultural college, mae the above se lection for the purposes mentioned. Professor Lewis considers this section enpesialy adapted to fruit raising, pre dicting marvelous development along this line in the no distant future. A fruit growers' association has been re cently organised at Sandy, from which a great fruit raising center will soon be eetabllsnefl. PLAT ARM0RTA FOR SUBURBAN HOMES Th Snanton company reports the fil In of the Dlat of Armona, which la art of a 120-acra tract, 1 H miles below ,lnnlon, on the Cnited Railways line. The Arcadia. Land Co.. the, owners. are' grading the streets now and the United Railways will erect a station on the-property. ' ' Armorla 1a,,.platted Into villa site ranging rrom quarter or an ai-rv 10 n acres And is an ideal residence point, commanding a view of both rivers and all the mountains. - Boys Harness Mice- for- Sport. -' rwpnv(H Tnd.. June 12. The youth of the town are Indulging it a new dl- varslrtn ' Mtr in! caUKllt BllVe. haf- nessed up ' like- rae--liere-and- -drlvei4 by tne boys. women givo nn mi racers the rltfht of way. It la rather an unusual srght to usee a boy driving, under the lash, a mouse decorated in various colors. (Trade Mark) k J. C. Ehfllish ; Company , , . Tiffany's, Agent 128 PARK STREET ; X7 of th.e 'forest of - steel that this ' . ' . , T InHLIHII GET UlilOII PACIFIC J. M. Farrell Asks Council for Streets for Grays Harbor Line. (Special TMMMtcb to The Journal.) Central!. Wash., June 12. J. M. Far rell, In the employ of the Union Pacific In the right-of-way department, brother or J. I. Jf arrell, vlce-presiaent biki gen eral -manairer of the Oregon & Washing ton railroad (Union Paciric), stuted to the citv council last nltcht that It had been decided to build a railroad from Centralta to a noint connecting with Oravs Harbor branch of the Union Pa cific south of tho Chehalls river, lmm dlately south of Rochester, the same point at wnicn tne MiiwauKee rrom .mc Kenna, on the Tacoma Eastern, will con nect with the Union Pacifleis line to Grays Harbor. Mr. Farrell stated that work Is to begin immediately.' Would Reopen Btreata. The city council proposes to reopen streets that were given to the Union Pacific. thTee years ago for depot pur- noses, but which the Union acmc na failed to Use. The council put an ordi nance reopening the streets on first reading and then promised Mr. Farrell to give him 30, days before taking final action. Mr. Farrell stated that his brother, J. D. Farrell, is in New York attending a meeting of railroad offiolals represent ing the Union Pacific, the Northern Pa cific and the Great Northern for the purpose of settling the question of ter minals and depot sites along the line of the Northern Pacific between Vancouver and Tacoma Water System for Blalock Tract. (Special Dlapatch to Tin Journal. Walla Walla, Wash., June 12. After serving the city as water superin tendent for eight years, W. A. Knight has resigned to take charge of the water system of the Blalock acre tracts, recently placed on the market. The resignation comes as a surprise, par ticularly as Mr. Knight had recently weathered an attempt to unseat him. He will supervise the installation of a complete system from the famous Bla lock artesian wells.. The great Blalock fruit farm is being divided Into small tracts and will be watered underground from these wells. "Better Car Service to Ore gon Electric Depot." The Portland Railway, Light A Pow er company has placed cars In service to run from east entrance of the old Madison street bridge on Front anil Madison streets to First and Burnstde streets. The signs on these cars will read, "Oregon Eieotric Railway Repot" This new service will be greatly ap preciated by patrons of the electric line as it will bring car service within one block of the Front and Jefferson street depot. Passengers boarding thase cars at Front anl Madison streets will be transferred to any line In the city. - - ' 'T Journal want ads IS a word. D1IIAMAV I HI Come and Sec Beautiful - CAM IB Y (GAEPE MS "THE GEM OF THE WILLAMETTE" IT SHOULD BE the ambition business and of his own home. "TKK GEM OF -THE the Southern Pacific. Produces in profusion Canby s famous early . j DC grown OUXS1UC GARDENS and on the ROAD $100 tivated under Per Acre Up On Easy Term Perpetual Gravity Water Right From MoIalla River experiments surance during culture Bulletin No. no blizzards, sand river and elertrir vervthino' necessarv for modern homes, mr Vi iw-l rVinrrlie"l'telerihnne rl 1ertrlciHr. ' Iriee. lrrtinn f nn nthor onrVi nnnnrHinlfv tn arnnire- a HOMF. anf INnF.PFNnKNrE ran be found In the West. These, prices to IRRIGATION IS KING IN JTHE WIL VALLEY XI s trie Keynote of -Prosperity and Yoiir bprjortunlly GARIBALDI BUYS LAUD FOR COLOHY On Large Tract in Califor nia Will Locate Many .. Thrifty Italians. (Bolted Proas Lcaaad Wire.) Francisco, june 12. Giuseppe San (r&rthaldl. grandson of the Italian" ia trlot. negotiating for the purchase of 14,000 acres of the finest land in Marin county, near San Rafael, upon which he Intends to establish a colony of C00 Italian families, Garibaldi, who tuts done, extensive worK in Australia and South America for the immigration, department of the Italian, government. has been in tnis cuy ror nearly a month, and has been quietly at work on his project. He stated ,, today that the deal for the Marin county lands would probably be closed within the present According to his statement. Garibaldi plans to subdivide hi land and parcl it out among the Italian families. He said today: "Many Italians coming to this coun try "are compelled to work as day la borers until they aaVe enough money to bring their families aprosa the ocean. Then the saving process must begin all over , if they, are to be enabled to buy land and become independent. My plan will permit them to acquire property without tedtoua or discouraging delay. "The land will -ba given out accord ing to the known . ability of the men who are to' work It. They will be per- mltted to clear their luies ay wsjr . ml orrariiiiLl navmenta. tmring the sea- nm when the men'a time is not ro- quired on the farma, employment will be guaranteed them elsewhere Already I have received more than sufficient ap plications from ambitious Italians to take over all the land." Garibaldi expects to bring his first partv of colonists to the new holdings within two months. BENTON COUNTY TO 1IAVE STONE ROADS (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Prosser. Wash., June 12. Benton coun ty will use 76.000 yards of crushed rock from the proposed state Quarry and crusher at Selah Gap. near North Yaki ma, if the state highway commission locates It there, the material to be used during the next two years. This step was decided upon after a conference be tween the commissioners of Benton and Yakima counties. ivin nr.w nrill Benton county use large quantities, but the city council of Prosser will probably arrange for a larse appropriation to use sione in macadamising streets. The Prosser Commercial club has Indorsed the good roads plan and asked the council to make a liberal appropriation and estl- mnrn 11. B Gilbert, special attorney and as- I slstant counsel ror tne unitea iaieB reclamation service for the Washington division, was before the county com missioners and effecteu an amicable ad justment in a road and ditch matter, the reclamation service iimyiiib iwavcu n ditch in a county road. The government agreed to remove the ditch entirely from the highway. PACIFIC COUNTY MUST CHANGE ROAD PLAN (Washington Bureau of The Journal.) Washington, June 12. Senator Jonea of Washington has notified the people of Pacific county that plans for a pub lic highway through the Fort Columbia military reservation must be changed if they hope to gain consent of the gov ernment for the construction of the road, gome tlihe ago . the matter was brought to the attention of the senator and when laid before the war depart ment it was referred to the engineer's officer at Portland. His report showed that the proposed road would run through the parade ground of the res ervation, which, of course, the depart ment Would not accept. The depart ment held that alterations could be made in the plans to avoid trenching on the parade grounds and to run it hear the soldiersr quarters. If this change - is made in the plans, no difficulty will be experienced in obtaining consent for the road, which is much desired by the people there. LAND HUNGER SEIZES INDIANS OF COLUSA (United Press Leased Wire.) - Maryavitter Cai..- urre 12. Indians df Colusa county will bring suit against the government to recover several thou sand acres of the best farming land in the county, according to report . re ceived here today. They will base their suit upon a treaty made with govern ment agents In the early f if tie, which was unearthed recently in the govern ment archives at Washington. The Indians- a short time ago were al lowed to take up 40 acre tracts on the upper Sacramento river. They are how dissatisfied with this allotment and are determined to press their claims on the strength of the forgotten treaty, which of every hard thinking citizen to be To all such we extend an invitation WILLAMETTE" 20 miles south of Fige, level land, FERTILE AS THE VALLEY OF THE NILE. sil kinds o( f ruits, AUalta, Clover, walnuts, Melons, Strawberries and Potatoes in tact, t .i . : tj : : J Ol uic uuyiv. ou aix iiiiaicu have the sattstacnon of knowing TO FORTUNE, Ten acres irrigation means W n A L 1 n net an income of 50 to 500 per cent. We are The UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT by made at various points in ' has conclusively demonstrated the value of increases production from . two to four tunes and the dry -summer months, 'l (See Department of ' Agri 78. issued June. 1908.) Outside of storms nor - extremes of climate. first buyers and for a short time Mechanical Engineer Known throughout the Northwest, writes as follows: v' The Ilerpteide Co.; Detroit, Mich. ' Gentlemen: I am pleased to thus express my appreciation o the comfort that your Herpicide has 'afforded me. About: 10 days ago, the first, real warm, weather we had, my head be gan to , itch as a result of irritation, and on the following day my scalp was apparently on fire. I was post-, tively restless. In the evening I went to a Druggist and' bought your Herpicide and Soap. ' I took a thorough shampoo and .applied the remedy as directed. The irri tation was at once relieved. I re gard Herpicide as a splendid anti septic, even if microbes, are not present in the scalp. The use of Herpicide affords relief and bene fit. No flakes of white dust on the coat collar, irritation allayed, and real- comfort from a cool, clear head during the heated days, and a clean head at all times. Signed. NOTES Any one who wishes to, may write THE HERPICIDE CO., Detroit, Mich., and learn the gentleman's name. , , Why suffer discomfort when a soothing and de lightful remedy is' so easily available? Sehd 10 cents in stamps to THE HERPICIDE CO., Dept. 24, De troit, Mich., for sample and book let." One Dollar Bottles Guaranteed. At Drug Stores.' When you call for Herpicide, do not accept a sub stitute. ;, Applications at prominent Bar ber Shops. ; s FOR SALE AT ALL DRUG STORES Ti ' i i is said to give them an unalterable tl tie to 10,000 acres. They will hold council Sunday afternoon to discuss preliminary plans for the fight , . . 90 MILLION FEET OF : LOGS CONTRACTED FOR (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Warrenton, Or., June 12. The IX I Kelly" -Xitflnber company has completed a railroad spur for the purpose of un . loading logs in Sktpanon creek, the first shipment being received today. The contract for logs consists of about 90, 000,000 feet of spruce, cedar and fir, to be furnished by the Moore Logging company of Astoria. The surplus over the cut of the mill will be rafted here for shipment. A large dredge is now at work at an expense of $50 per day improving the channel of Sklpanon creek. ; ; . The Warren & Lester Logging .com pany is rafting spruee logs at this) place for the Oregon City- paper mills. In a new watch for the blind the fig urea are replaced by knobs, each o( which sinks during the hpur which It represents. The minute hand .is la the usual forms but heavier, to with stand tho pressure of the fingers feel lng of it. , - the proud possessor ! his own to visit (.adbi uakuhws. Portland on the main line of anytning tnat can . . .. oamdv uavi i vnnui, tnat you arc properly cul FREE and wui adding Government ' Report on Irrigation in tho Willamette Valley and Beautifully Illustrated Booklet FREE the Valley Irrigation. It serves as in the "biff freeze. Ouick transit bv : rait. inrliidinir eaod graded nH conditions COnSld- .only. COME ANt stt.