i THE OREGON SUNDAt JOURNAL', - PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1911.
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LEAD FOR WEEK
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eals in Outside Property
Show That Fancy Prices
Paid for Orchard Holdings
Before, Still Prevail.
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: flood Elver Orchard . land wa
again th favorite last week with In
vestor In Oregon property. Several
Important transfer in the Willow Flat
district were reported at figures which
ehowed that the fanoy prices paid for
Hood River holdings for some year
back is still maintained.
Willow Flat orchards in the Hood
River valley were again active in the
realty market last week and several fine
traoU changed hands. ' A. J. Farrel
bought the Job Shepard 40 acres, one
of the finest tracts on the Flat
The price paid for the Shepard traot,
while not made public, is known to be
a high, figure, although not more than
the plaoe is well worth. Mr. Shepard
came here a few years ago. and. by hard
work and intelligent method, brought
his orchard to a high stated? cultiva
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'- Another sale was 40 acres belonging
to Burt Van Horn, to T. A. Decker, who
has bad charge ot the holding of Mr.
Van Horn for several years. This sale
close out Mr. Van Horn'a Intereete in
real estate in the valley entirely. The
latter has not parted with hi holdings
at Hood River through any dissatisfac
tion, but because he is retiring from the
apple business. He has also recently
old most Qf.jila big orchard interests
year travelihg'on a pleasure trip.
Job Shepard has sold bis valuable
property la willow Flat, in Hood River
valley, containing 28 acre, for 111,000.
The purchaser i an eastern man and
he expects to build a fine residence and
make this his home. The same gentle
man also purchased of Oeorge Shep
ard 10 acres adjoining the above prop
erty at a consideration of $f000. Mr.
Shepard, Sr., is undecided whether he
will remain in Willow Flat, where he
owns other property, or locate else
where. The numerous friend of the
family hope they will remain near Odell.
. Thomas Bailey, of the Bailey grocery,
ha Bold 100 acre of his farm five miles
southwest of Junction, in Lane county,
to C. E. Bailey, of Junction. Tom has
all his farm land, or about 260 acres,
till left, the moat of that sold being
pasture land.
H, ilL Coney of Albany ha sold hi
farm of B5 acres near Splcar to Mr.
Bell, recently from Nebraska, for $100
an acre. Mr. Couey expeot to move
to Portland for a while, a on of Mr.
Couey being in buslnees college there.
A real estate deal of considerable
Importance has been made during the
past few days by the Western Exchange,
which sold 400 acres of fruit and farm
land, three and four miles south of
JSugmie, to five Seattlo men, for prloes
averaging over $05 an aero, making; the
total consideration over $86,000. The
p:-'-"ors, whose names are withheld
for the time, were in the city this week,
looking over the property, and being sat
isfied closed up the deal. A crew of
sjurveyora was sent out there today
and began cutting the tract Into acre
age. It will be put on the market for
fruit raising and truck gardening. It
is land of an unsually good quality for
fruit raising.
Engineer L, C. Rogers is engaged in
platting the Sunflower dairy farm on
the Lewis and Clark, in Clatsop coun
ty belonging to Frank Busch, and in
a 'short time the enUre property will
be offered for nale in email tracts. The
ale will include all the farm Imple
ment and herd of fine Dutch belted
cattle. '
A A White, la doing things up in
the Cascade country. He has founded
& new town to be called White City,
somewhere above Cascadla, and Whit
Spring will be the name or tns mineral
nrlnK8 at the place. The plaoe is de
clared to bo an ideal one in a neat little
valley near the old toM gate, three
mile from Cascadla Mr. White has
bought considerable property, it is said,
and is In a position to make things go.
Manr small farms are being carved
out of the territory lying east of the
second Sandy bridge north of the Base
Line road. About BOO acres have been
sold out in 10 and" 15 acre tracts at
nrloe ranging from $75 to $185 per acre,
Another large tract, known as Banner
Acres, haa also been sold out and the
wtinlA rountrv is being developed to
uch an amazing extent that it will
oon be one of the thickly settled sec
tlon of eastern Multnomah. Investor
are seeking opportunities over there
and are offering big money for whole
farms. Charles Nlelson was lately of
fered $15,000 for his farm of 150 acres,
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danger of loss in finding
out too late that the title
of property you contem
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unless yon first secure the
protection afforded by a
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Putting up the Bteel frame of Pantages new theatre at the northwest corner of Seventh and Alder streets,
the former site of the Lyric - The buUdlng-laao be a typical playhouse, of fire proof construction, and
will be used exclusively for vaudeville.
of whioh only 40 acres are in cultiva
tion S. L. Scroggtns this week purchased
Charles Draube's 68-acre farm two
miles west of Sheridan, the considera
tion ' belnk $7000. Mr. Draube expects
to invest In more land in this or Folk
county. A-mt
TTalter B-oswurm. the real estate man,
reports the sale of the Elvle Jacobson
tract, consisting of 74 acres and sit
uated north of Buxton, to J. M. Ken
nedy, of Holbrook. Multnomah county.
M. Lemmer has sold his farm of 100
acres, a few miles southeast of Leba
non, to R. E. Schram and wife; consid
eration, $6600. Mr. Lemmer and family
have moved to this city.
Forty acre belonging to the McCul
loch ranch, about 2V4 miles north of
Ontario, has been sold to Nellie S.
Therms, of Iowa. The 40 sold is on
the north end of the ranch and Is un
improved sagebrush land, but has a
perfect water right. ' Brown & Taylor
made the deal, the consideration being
JS900. The purchase was made tot
Miss Therme by W. W. Cox before he
left Ontario.
One of the most important real estate
transfers of th season was recorded
Tuesday when J. A. Trench, a well known
Enterprise resident, purchased the E. O.
Makin farm on Prairie Creek, paying
$27,000 therefer. The farm constat
of 720 acres, 400 acres being under
irrigation. The place is well Improved
and has excellent buildings. The pur
chase price Includes 1 shares in the
Farmers Ditch company. A a part
of the purchase price Mr. Mukln took
the French residence property In this
city at a valuation of $6000, Mr. French
retaining a lease on the same for a
period of two years. Mr. Makin gives
immediate possession of the farm.
Another deal reported today was the
nale of the Curt! E. Hanford farm to
Henry R. Derenleau. The Curtis farm
consist of 160 acres of tillable land
and is well Improved. The crop was not
transferred and will be harvested by
th original owner. The price paid
was $4800, or $30 per acre. The price
received by Mr. Sanford for his quar
ter section is somewhat remarkable
when It la considered that he filed a
homestead entry on the land less than
lx years ago. The land is situated five
miles north of Enterprise.
Chris Chrlstenson. a new arrival from
Chicago, after visiting all sections of
Oregon, decided to take up bis residence
at Woodburn. He purchased a 16V4
acre tract of choice fruit land from
John Loser, about three-quarters of a
mile from the city limits of Woodburn
and will improve it and plant part of
It to fruit. He will build a fine $2000
residence on the property at once.
Mayor to. Sign Ordinance.
(United Pre Leaned Wire.)
Ijos Angeles, CaV, July 22. Mayor
Oeorge Alexander announced today that
he would sign the ordinance permitting
peddler and hucksters to cry their
wares between 8:30 a. m. and 6:30 p.
m. Declaring that the hucksters would
"yell their heads off," members of the
Merchants Exchange threaten to Invoke
the referendum against the ordinance,
Hemenway May Be Named.
Former United. States Senator James
A. Hemenway, who went down In the
Democratic landslide which swept Indi
ana four year ago, may be named for
rrpresentatlve by the Republicans of th
First Indiana district.
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Two of the largest t.nd finest apartment houses In Portland, erected by Morgan, Fleldner & Boyce on
Ford street, south of Washington. These buildings represent an Investment of approximately $250,000.
CITY AND COUNTY
TOTAL $5,000,000
Immense Volume of Money Is
Being Invested; County Ex
pending $1,000,000 Pipe
Line to Cost $1,000,000.
The governments of the city, county
and school district, ar Investing an im
mense amount of money in new con
struction of various kinds in and around
Portland this summer. Public Improve
ments to the value of more than $5,000,
000 are actually under way In this city
at this time. Projected improvements
for which the money has already been
provided to the value of full $500,000,
may be Inaugurated at any time.
The county of Multnomah Is expend
ing $1,000,000 in a new court house and
probably $150,000 additional in new
buildings at th county poor farm and
the county hospital.
The Portland school district Is build
ing a $600.0000 high school and making
additions to grammar grade schools and
erecting new grammar grade school
houses to the value of about $100,000
more.
The new Broadway bridge to cost
$1,500,000 or more; the second Bull Run
water pipe line, representing an invest
ment of over $1,000,000; fire engine
houses and other and smaller building
projects bring the cost of the city's
new construction propositions well
above $3,000,000.
Bonds have been voted for a new city
Jail to cost $150,000. Preparations are
proceeding as rapidly as possible toward
beginning the construction of a $500,000
auditorium. The people hav voted
bonds to the amount of $2,500,000 for a
public dock system, although from th
present progress of tha dock commis
sion. It Is not probable that any of this
money will be expended during 1911.
The. expenditure of this vast sum of
money during the next few months by
the various governmental agencies of
Portland, together with the huge sum
going into' all classes of new construc
tion by private builders, lnsurts a con
tinuance of prosperous conditions and
plenty pf work for some time to coma
Woman Adopt Her Own Son. .
Chicago, July 18. Mrs. "Vernon 1
Sawyer, 8201 Parnoll avenue, adopted
her own son before Judge John E. Ow
ens in the oounty court yesterday.
The boy, Edward, 10 years old, was
given in adoption to Edward E. Nason
of Hammond, ma., when l year old, a
ter the death of his father, whole nam
was Hobson. - .
; M. I Igoe, attorney, 'appeared in
court and told Judge Owens that Mrs.
Sawyers desired to regain her boy and
that she was In a position to support
him. ., .,
, Mr.. Sawyer's Butband 1 a ticket
gent tor the Chicago, Reck Island at
Paclflo srallroad at the Thirty-flrat
street station.
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BUILDING ACTIVE
AT THE BEACHES
Number of New Cottages
Have Been Erected Re
cently at Gearhart.
Building nctlvity at the various
beaches Is now Increasing as a result of
the warm weather of the last two weeks.
Peopte who purchased lots last year are
building beach homes this season, and
the Oregon coast la attracting new fam
ilies literally by the hundred.
Several new cottage have been built
at Gearhart Park on the high bank over
looking the beach and the ocean. The
building lots In the woods near the
meadows have attracted several build
ers of beach homes, while others prefer
the open meadows.
With mild winters It Is believed that
Clatsop beach will become popular with
cottage and bungalow owners both win
ter and summer. The hotels at Seaside
and Gearhart are open all the year
around which enables families who wish
to spend a few week In the winter at
tho beach an opportunity to secure ac
commodations until the cottage is
opened.
Clatsop beach ta easily reached from
Portland, and a fast train service makes
It possible for the Portland business
man to spend the week end with hi
family and return Monday morning
without loss of time. Families from as
far as Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma and
Butte are spending the summer at Gear
hart. and many Seattle people find It
more convenient to spend the vacation
time at Clatsop beach on the Oregon
coat than to go to Moollps, on the
Washington coast.
IN WE
E. I Mills, sales manager for Laurel
hurst, haa sold his elegant home at
Westmoreland, and will build a new res
idence in Laurelhurat The property jold
by Mr. Mills Is a two story, nine room
house, occupying a quarter block at East
Seventeenth and Bybee streets. Th
house cost about $7000. Th place was
sold to E. J. Rohrbacker of the Auto
Pump company for $16,600. Besides bis
home place In Westmoreland, Mr. Mills
also sold last week a on and one half
story bungalow, located directly across
Bybee street from bis reldenoe to Jur.
Wood for a consideration of $4500.
Mr. Mills Is now having plans drawn
for a large frame dwelling, which he
will build at the come.- of Hassao street
and Peerless Place, on block from th
Bandy road entrano to Laurelhurat,
A German expedition will go to China
to make meteorological observation
with free ' and captlv . balloons and
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MILLS SELLS HOME
STMOREIAND
REALTY HOLDINGS
BEING IMPROVED:
INVEST MILLIONS
More General Construction
Work in Progress Now Than
at Any Time in Past Five
Years.
That these owners and operators in
Portland realty who ordinarily cut more
or less of a figure in the market are
ngrosed with improving their hold
ings and thet this condition is largely
responsible for the inactivity in high
grade property, is the opinion expressed
by a number of the cleanest brokers on
the street A look about town. In al
most any quarter, will convince the
casual observer that this must be true.
There is no denying that there is
more general construction work in
progress in Portland than at any time
In th past rive years, tms win noi
hold true, however, with the central
business section of the city, but it i
true when the greater portion of the
west side and the near In east side are
considered.
In other words, capital that hereto
fore has found its way into real estate
investments is being diverted to new
construction. One of the best posUd
architects in Portland said last week
that there is more building in progress
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In this city than at any time in its his
tory and that with the single exception
of Los Angeles, more money is going
into new consructlon here than in any
city on the coast.
Million Being Invested.
Taking Into consideration the build
ings by the county, the school district,
the city of Portland and construction of
other classes by the city, warehouse
and business building, hotels, office
buildings and apartment houses, Port-
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DESERVES YOUR CAREFUL INVESTIGATION
WHY NOT COME OUT TODAY?
This is a section of the city possibly
you have never visited. Until youj
' have seen this
ble for you
value we are offering at such 'an ex
traordinary low price. The same rea
sons that have
landers are this summer literally put
ting millions of dollars Into new con
struction. That such a condition
could affect seriously tha market In the
more expensive downtown properties is
no more than natural.
AotMty in residence property , fur
nishes a notable contrast W the prevail
ing quiet in ail other classes ot realty.
In residence districts, lots and homes
are changing hands continuously and
without any apparent falling orr in
numbers. The people of Portland are
buying to satisfy their wants for
homes. As a jisual thing, these people
are not the moneyed claes that buys
the higher grade, near in homings or
that build In that district, and this of
itself tends to prove the assertion that
the men of large means are paying more
attention to improving their present
holdings than they are to acquiring ad
ditional property.
One of the . best posted orouers in
town declares, however, that he sees
an improvement on in nonson, not
that it is here but that it is coming and
comlna- soon. He says that for six
months past. It haa been impossible
almost to interest men in any piece or
property who heretofore were known to
be constantly in th market for an in
vestment, but that now he notice a
return of interest among several form
er heavy investors who are looking into
various offerings with the avowed pur
pose of investing, provided prices meet
their Ideas of values.
Suburban properties of all kinds art
in good demand, especially country
home sites and small acreage tracts in
th Immediate vicinity of suburban
ca rllnes. This might be expected, for
the summer season Is the time when
neODle ret out Of town and become at
tracted by the delights of country life.
such as is afforded in au me piciur
esqu country surrounding Fortiana.
BURLINGTON'S STREETS
WILL BE IMPROVED
By the time the work of dredging th
channel of Willamette slough at Bur
llngton Is completed, Portland's new in
dustrial suburb will have many modern
improvements. With the channel
dredged an additional six feet there
will be approximately between Zt ana
26 feet of water at Burlington, which,
It is thouarht. will safely float the larg
ert vessels that cross tne joiumDia
river bar.
While the work of dredging Is pro
gressing during the next 0 days, the
streets will be Improved, which will
Include rradlnsr and sidewalks. The
electric light plant 1 already installed,
and water la ready to be turned on.
With the improvement completed ai
Burlington. North Plain, tne metropo
lis of the rich Tualatin vaney country,
will be only IS miles from deep water
shipping. The products of the mill and
forest from that section or uregon win
find water transportation as well a
real transportation adequate for all time
to come.
Tributary to North Plains, and direct
lv on tha route of the United Railways
from Portland to the sea, are more than
mo oon acrefc of fertile oll and S,oo,
000,000 feet of atandlng timber. This
vast timber belt alone offers room for
sawmills and shingle and tie mills.
Tt. F. Bryan, representing W. D. Jel
llson. the owner, has sold to Charles R.
Eastman of the White Motor Car com
pany, and George A. Steele, a 240 acre
fruit ranch -located near ta Grande, in
Union county. The consideration in
volved in the deal was In the neigh
borhood of $40,000.
Nearly half the tract Is set in bear
ing apple trees of standard varieties.
The remainder of the tract is under
cultivation. It is the intention of
Messrs. Eastman and Steele to set the
remainder of the place in the best va
rieties of apples with the expectation
of developing the beet and largest com
mercial orchard In eastern Oregon.
property it is impossi
to appreciate the great
made lots In other
UNION
COUNTY
FRUIT
RANCH BRINGS $40,000
additions valuable wifl eventually
make these lots valuable. There is not an
addition in the city within a 25-minute ride
that the lots are not from two to five times
the price we are now asking la Ventura
Park.
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EVERY LOT
TEST EAST T2UC8
Keep in mind, too, that in Ventura Park water will be piped in
front of every lot and the streets will be surface graded. This tract
is beautifully situated and has a commanding view.
There will be 100 lots sold at this price. If yott hesitated on the
first 100 lots we soldyou lost. Don't delay acting this time. The
first 100 lots were sold quickly.
There's A Reason
Come Out Today and See
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SALEM'SiBUILDII
CONSTRUCTION IS
FORGING AHEAD
Total Value of Work Now Un
der Way Is $500,000; New
Wing to Capitol and Ma
sonic Lodge.
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New construction to the value ef
more than $500,000 Is actually tinder
way, or about ready for the contractor's
figures at Salem. Among the finer
structures under way or abowt ready to
begin at the state capital are the tot-
lowing: )
Masonlo lodge, $1,000; new wing t
the state bouse, $100,000; armory, M
000; Carnegie library, $25,009, and
brewery, $100,000. .
The Salem Journal of a recent date
comments on the 1911 construction
budget for the Capital City as follows:
"With definite assurances that toe
Masonic Temple will be constructed by
the Masonlo lodges of the city on their
site on the corner of ' High and , State
and with many business structures al
ready under process of construction and
business men making plana for the
erection of others before the building
season is at an end it is certain now
that the present year will go down In
tne history of the city as the greatest
building year of them alt
Additional Building-. -
From the members of the state board
comes the cheering news that just as
soon as the state architect can prepare
the plan, and it will not be long now
before he will have them completed
the work of constructing the additional
capltol building will commence. The
block lying Just east of the state house
grounds has been secured as a site
and It is a handsome one. The legisla
ture appropriated $160,000 for the pur
chase of the site and building.
Another fine building which win be
erected and upon 'which the- construc
tion work will be commenced soon la
the armory building which will cost
about $40,000. This building will be
located on the ground Just back of the
Hotel Marion, and Its erection will
mean the improvement of the block be
tween Ferry and Trade streets.
The library committee is waiting for
the plans for the Carnegie library
building and when work commences
upon It In the next month it will mean
still another public building for the
city. The money, $26,000, is here and
as soon as th committee receives the
plans back from Andrew Carnegie's sec
retary, contracts for the erection of the
building- will be awarded.
leaking Bapid Progress.
The construction work on the brewery
building of the Salem Brewery associa
tion is going forward at a rapid and
satisfactory pace. Upon its completion
the city will be able to boast of one of
the most complete brewing plants in
the northwest. This building, together
with the machinery, will cost between
$76,000 and $100,000.
Work on the White A Son building
on State and Just west Of Commercial
la progressing rapidly, and the same Is
true of the Inglebart building which is
- m nn Ta.lfth
in prOCe UI CHHliruouwn vm
street near Stata Both are two story
brick buildings. White & Son will oc
cupy all of th lower floor and part of
the upper of their building and the re
mainder will be used for office roonvu
The lower portion of the Inglebart
building will be used for store purpose
and in the upper story there will be
apartments.
Clarence Hamilton contemplates build
ing a three story brick on his property
near the McOllchrist corner, and this
will mean another fine structure for the
city. It is estimated that It will co,t
about $76,000. :.s -(
Clearance Sale
At Becker's Suit House now in progress.
140 Fifth street. '-.
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DIRECTIONS
TO TRACTS
Take Montavilla car to
end of line. Our automo-'
biles will meet you there-.
and take you.
to the tract.
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