The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, November 26, 1911, Image 21

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Newspaper Page Text10 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, "NOVEMBER 26, 1911. 120 ACRE APPLE I BRINGS $75,000 1 ' ' "" ' ' ' ast Hood River Land Co. " Sells Orchard to the Mosier I Development Co. Sales of .' Other Country Realty. ' The largest land deal reported In nrwenn lmt m wai the Ml OI a HU acre apple orchard located at liosler for 176.000. Included in the aeai were 3t acres of undeveloped land, the entfre .iMr.v .mnimtini to 1SS acrea. The tlutviii,. w -flp property was aold by the Eaat "Hood Klver Land company to the Mosier De velopment company, a Portland cor poration, which, it la reported. haa ample financial backing to complete the de r velopment of the property. In addition to irrigating and colon ; Islng the 12,000 acrea adjacent to Pais ley, the Northwest Townslte company, successors to the Portland Irrigation company, has platted and will market a townslte located on the property re cently purchased from George Conn. The new company has entered into negotiations with ZX Cattle company for the purchase of the J,000 acrea comprising that ranch, but no final deal haa yet been made. If this ia done, it is asserted hat tha greater part of tipper Chewaucan valley will be put un der water from tha same system and altogether their company will reclaim about - 10.000 acrea of some of the finest wheat and grain lands In Lake county. . .. . Engineers have been on the ground for some time making contour maps and preliminary aurveya and It ia believed that conatructlon will go forward in toe early future. ; - Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pendle ; ton la among tha newest purchasers of irrigated land in the Stanfleld district, m deed being placed on record today from Henry W. Coo and wlfa to him for So'aerea. f -Wert Larder and wife have sold to X E. Cannon 240 acres of land north east of Meacham for a consideration given as 111,000. - Charles M. Brotheryon and wife have sold to Delbert Barges certain landa adjoining the townalte of Athena for a consideration given at $10,000. The tract ta described by metes and bounds and tha acreage is not ahown. . 'Perhaps the largest real estate deal that haa taken place In the Baker City district for some time ha Just been ' completed between A. E. Tunnecllffe and Mr. Bpeelman of Pocahontaa. The former traded his residence property on Grove stheet, a full block, for a con sideration of $4000 for the Bpeelman farm In tha Pocahontaa district, paying a difference Or ii&uu. arra com prises 160 acrea and Is located next to . the foothills. Mr. Tunnecllffe Is very nthustastlo over hie deal. .The dis trict is one of the best fruit sections of this country, believed by some to be ss good as the Hood Kiver valley, ' though fruit has not yet been exten sively, raised there. Charles Hanson and Arthur Touvelle ' have, purchased 15 acrea of land from . C. A. Prultt ' The land la situated Just ' half a mile south of the Butte creek 'I bridge, near Medford, and the price paid ': was $4500. The young men expect to ! divide the tract, 'each taking half, and 'after the division they will each build ;'!' borne and occupy them with - their ; 1 families. They will set the land to fruit. ! This sale waa made by T. K. Pottenger. . i A small' building boom haa struck Aurora. Four residences and other buildings are under construction, ow . Ing to impossibility of securing houses ' ' for rent - Real -estate transactions to ! the number of six have been consum ' mated ' within a short time, which- Is ',: more . than has' occurred previously in a year, owing, to the disinclination of ! J owners to sell. Even now It is diffl- cult to find residence sites, and more ' ' houses would go up were , It easy to . secure building property., . . .i i - , : t' That It pays to Invest In Washington county farm lands Is shown by-the ex ; perlence of Henry Harrington, of Hllls- boro, who , nine years ago nought ; ai acres of the company's third year or- ' charda on the Reed farm. Miss Snow aays that without a -doubt, at least 100 acres of the George Hawley farm,, pur chased by the company' last spring, and which will be set principally to cher ries, wth peach fillers, will be taken by friends of these same people. The Bohrnstedt company la . giving these people a monthly payment contract which makes It easier and more con venient for the purchasers. This .deal. represents, more than any other, what orchard development means to this com munity. The purchasers are all people i . wno expect lame aay to jive on tneir u...uMn. I'Ul I D. 1IICT RIO VI III. RtMllV, class of people who have been coming nere ror -over two rears and Creawell people are glad to welcome them. "The Improvements and the real prog ress of Grants Pass In the past two years la something remarkable,"' says the Rogue River Courier. "During the season of 1(10 and 1911, no leas than 150 buildings have been erected in this city and many of these are costly af faire, such as the high school, the Cal vert-Paddock mercantile structure, the Claus Schmidt building, the Steward hotel, the rebuilding of the Josephine, the rebuilding of R. L. Coe's mercantile establishment, the rebuilding of the Lis ter building or Old Colonial, and a half dosen other public and business struc tures, which contribute largely to the real prosperity of the town. "The new residences, of course, make. up a large portion of the improvements which have come to Grants Pass during the time mentioned and. notwithstanding the-" great number o. new homes, there is still an active demand for up-to-date residences. Every day, people are searching the town over for places to live where they can secure modern Im provements. There Is scarcely a doubt that at least a hundred more desirable residences will find occupants." The following sales of land located in the Pilot Rock district, were reported last week : , J. H. Brooks and wife to Lorenso Belknap, 420 acres lying between Pilot Rock and Nye, for a consideration of $10,000. Milton E. Pomeroy to Albert Michael, 160 acres lying east of Pilot Rock, for a consideration given as $560. John D. Mulr and wife to George Run- you, 320 acres lying north of Pilot Rock, for $1 and other valuable consideration. L. J. Gray at Co. haa sold the 40 acre farm of Max Hofltch three miles southwest of Albany to C. H. DeLancey. The consideration was $4000. This Is unimproved timber land, hence tha fig ure would seem to be satisfactory, though the soil la that section Is said to be very fertile. Paying $60,000. B. F. Graham, of Chi cago haa purchased a 160 acre tract of land lying three and one-half miles northeast of Medford from R. V. Hold ers. John D. Oldwell made the sale. The 1 tract is a splendid one and Is practically planted to young trees. Blanche Field' and husband have sold to Fanny Wilson 11 acres of Improved fruit lands near Milton for a considera tion given at $1(00. The transfer car ries with it a full water right for all the land sold. A ranch sale of Interest has iust been made wherein E. E. Rorapaugh of Grants Pass, has sold a handsome prop erty he owned on Rogue river to Chicago people. The ranch contains 10 acres and Is set to Spitsenberg and Newtown apples and Bartlett pears. The trees are four years old and are noted for uniform growth and thrift. The property lies three ana one-hali miles from Grants Pass and faces on the river and on the lower river road. E. C. Hianer and R. A. Denton, agents for eastern capitalists, after thoroughly Investigating conditions at Astoria and the mouth of the Columbia river, have evidenced their faith In ita future, by Investing In a large tract of land at Warrenton, and thla as well as all fu ture Investments will he handled through the Germanla Trust company the stock of which Is largely owned by Iowa people, , Mr. Denton in an interview says that In his opinion, this section must ad vance by leaps and bounds immediately upon the complerhrti of the canal, since the tide of foreign Immigration .will then be turned to the Pacific coast, and aa California Is already highly develop ed. Oregon, with her wonderful resource and cheap land, will brlng a majority to the port at the mouth of the Colum bia. Mr. Denton also atates that the prom ise of early completion of -the canal has turned the eyes of capital to the pos sibilities of the four ports on the Pacific and that the mouth of the Columbia, because of its advantage of grade, will ultimately be second to none. I 1 1 : v . Ilk 1 . 2. fr t; ' t . r i .Mil : sjMis;M ... ' V,.:. , ' i.i '.lit 1 If ;P -sis c , - r - per-. - - , . .Vj iili I , - Wee. ' ' if 'hi. I : J r2r RU1LDING RECORD SHOWS FOR YEAR $1,600.000 GAIN Thus Far Figures for i 911 In- dicato Big Increase; Orie ' Permit Issued Last-Week Calls for $800,000. East Side Library,' branch of Portland Library association, just completed at East , Eleventh and East Alder. 2 GANGS AT WORK ON MORE LAND SPAN Entering Portland at rilght by trains from the south on the Southern .Paci fic main line, travelers now see as the first Indication of the activities of this city, a blase of light at right angles to the track and probably half a mile long. A moment later - heavily loaded work trains drawn by electric locomo tives are seen, in the light, high above; the track, moving back and forth, de positing various ' construction materi als. This, operation, , which is being carried put ,by the. Pacific Bridge com pany with both .night and day gangs, is known aa the Eastmoreland viaduct and Its purpose Is to provide an over head entrance into that residential dis trict for street cars, autoa and... other traffic, and thus eliminates for them all dangers of a level railroad cross ing. At present the outline of .the viaduct is Indicated by a temporary timber trestle, from : the highest point of "Which a new view of the surrounding country Is afforded. To the east In Eastmoreland Is seen the campus of Reed college, along the northern bound ary of which, It Is stated, that the first buildings j will - now be erected in; ac cordance with - ths revised plan.. The style of architecture has been slightly modified and It is reported, will follow somewhat closely one of the buildings of , the University of Oxford. England, known as the "New College." Profes sor Hastings, chairman of the commit tee on grounds' and buildings of Reed college, bar now arrived in Portland and Is In dally consultation with - the architects, arranging details prepara tory to the letting of building contracts which wilt amount to several hundred thousand dollars. IS 'fronts from , Queen Quality more than cash at 187 3rd. get At the close of business last night. building permits for the month had been Issued from the office of the building Inspector providing for new construc tion to the value ofciore than 1.800,000. The total' for November, 1M0 wa 1, 119,805, Up to date the volume of new construction authorised this year ex ceed that of the same period of 110 by about 11.600,000, r!th indications are according tov building "inspector H. B. Plumraer that' the December permits will be close to $1,800,000, compared with $4,000,000 for December,, mo. If, the building Inspectors estimate proves to be correct, the phenomenal . record of 1910 will be at least equalled and prob ably surpassed, which means that Port land will, for: the secona consecutive year have . a record of new. construc tion in excess of $20,000,000. . . , , The largest permit Issued last week and Incidentally the largest one in .the history of Portland, with one exception, was that authorising the construction of the west wing of the new conrthouse at a coat of $800,000.; , The second largest permit of the week and the oly other one of considerable else was that taken Out by Charles K. Henry for the new . Mallory hotel at COMPLETE PLANS FOR ? W FI RESIDENCES Plans were' completed last-week for rl two handsome Colonial type residences, : one to be erected In Laurelhuret and the other in Mornlngslde addition on Mount Tabor. , . . , The former is to be a two story, eight room structure and will " be r built by Charles W. Erts and I M. Dole, on East v Everett street, -near East Forty-first, ifr The ground floor Is to be finished lnfti selected slash gram Oregon nr and the second story in Ivory enamel. ; Its esti mated cost la $6000, The same guilders have under construction on an adjoining lot a $4000 bungajow. v:v. ,)-:' Th9 Mornlngslde dwelling is ' being built for E. O. Hopson ty A. W. Kutsche. It wiU occupy a commanding site on the north slope of Mount Tabor. Hardwood will be used In the finish and flooring of the first story and Ivory enamel will be used in the finish of the. four bed chambers on : the second floor. .. The house will cost about; $8000. Tjownsdale and Yamhill, which is .to cost $160,000. . . A . December will In all probability . In clude In Its permit record th-new Ore gon hotel, which It Is expected Will cost between $600,000 and $700,000; the Holts department store at Fifth and "Washing ton, $260,000; the Woodard ft Clarke wholesale and retail drug building at rwest Park and Alder, $200,0002 and the Cook hotel and store building at Third and Main, $150,000; '- , Lewis Moyer is having plans drawn for a two story brick building with mill construction interior to be erected on Russell and Borthwlck streets Lower Albina, The structure is to be 60x6$ feet and its estimated cost la $14,000. Pianos rented IS, $4 per month drayage. Kohler ft , Chase, (7S Wash lngton st. . IMhI good sized place, near Hillsboro, and has sines sold enough of It to net him a profit of more than $6000. leaving him still the owner of a fine big farm. . He recently sold a tract to William Behrmann, for. $14,791, embracing 105' acres, and this-sale alone netted htm $1300 more than b originally paid. Pri or to this he had aold off a strip for nearly $5000. . This goes to show that buying farm lands pays in Washington county,'- ; Lanada McFee has sold his farm of 72 acres near Lafayette, to H. P. Kemp . ton of Lincoln, Nebraska, the consider ation being $10,000. I 4 Thomas Weaver yesterday sold' his farm of 40 acrea Just this side of Wa terloo, near Lebanon, to J. E. Johnson for $5000. Mr. Weaver bought this land about four years ago for a little less than $30 per acre. a . ., Fred Warner of Enterprise, has sold Jamas Baldwin's homestead at the head ft Train creek In Wallowa county, to unn money lor izoo. Other sales recently maJe by Mr. Wagner Include Dan Boyd'e Whiskey creek ranch of 200 acrs to Charles iBead for $2500, Fruit land near Free water figured In this land deal, v Mr. Wagner has sold to Thomas Mor gait for $26 the two acres south of town he recently bought of Ed Ander son. The tract adjoins on the south Mr.; Morgan's place a mile south of The members of the Pine Grove grange have purchased an acre of land adjoining their property at Pine Grove . The new purchase will be platted and sold for town lots. -We expect to start a little city In that portion of Hood Riv er valley," said one of the members of ths grange. ' Ths A. C. Bohrnatedt Orchard com pany baa sold to a syndicate of Minne apolis people 135 acres located near Eu gene, the , total V consideration being something over $90,000. L. b. Schel who represents the A C Bohrnstedt Or chard company, Is the agent in the deal Ths parties represented In the deal are principally Minneapolis people en gaged In educational work, many of whom are women. Miss Mae b"now, a member of the Minneapolis board of education, and Ml Nellie Trufant represented ths syndicate la closing the deal. :-:1;i";M'.1,'1,;,'';:,t;'v. :: ','.-,.' The tracts chosen were those known as the Schmltt-Scarbrough 110 acres, about one mils from town and set to first, year apple and pearst and 2$ PLANS THREE STORY BRICK APARTMENTS Architect Ernest Kroner Is preparing plans and, specifications fo a three story brick apartment house for K. W. Eckerson, which he will build on Elev enth street - near College. The struc ture la to have ground dimensions of 85 by 70 feet, and will contain 12 apart ments. The exterior will have a pressed brick facing, and the Interior will be of mill construction. The entrance and corridors will have a marble wainscot ing and tile floors. - Its estimated cost Is $18,000 to $20,000. Architects Harvey ft Hogner have been commissioned by the school board; of Lyle, Wash., to get up the working j drawings or a nanasome new school house, which Is to be erected In the thriving Columbia river town. The structure Is to cost -between $8000 and $10,000. It Is to be a two story and basement frame structure, with four large classrooms on the ground floor and two rooms op the second floor. - It will be of the mission style of archi tecture, with Spanish tile roof. The same firm of architects has com pleted the drawings of an attractive 2 H -story frame dwelling for Attorney Carl A. Applegreen, which is to be erect ed on GreenwMy street near fat ton road. The structure will be of the colonial type, and will cost approximately $4000. REALTY BOARD WILL HEAR GOODSPEECHES Chairman E. H. Lehman, who will preside at the Realty Board luncheon at the , Portland hotel tomorrow, has arrangedthe following program:' Address, by Theodore B. Wilcox; "Agricultural Possibilities In the Treat ment of Hillside Properties," by J. V. Benncs; "Landscape Possibilities of the West Side Hills." Howard E. Weed, landscape architect; "Heights Values," Dorr E. Keaaey. '.,,vX",f In the newest electrlo lamps the tung. sten filament is only one half the. di ameter of a human hair, yet it Is as ' strong, proportionately, as steel piano wire, j you can afford own it even if - s-fc. w tm SgXlV 1 to own it even if VrirW M : S you don't use iU' U13 2 s&i i ds . waf IE ma - ll III III II''!1. I . . 'r l1"-- '.f. r-aW I , , ' ' - M'( J oy Over Twenty Contented Families Are Already Located qn Their Tracts at COLUMBIA ACRES It is less than one month ago since Columbia Acres was first introduced to you and the announcement made that the 2000 acres comprising this section of rich creek bottom and valley land was to be disposed ' of in tracts of from 5 acres to 80 acres, and at the remarkably low prices of $20 to $60 an acre. In this short space of time over twenty families have actually located on their tracts, to say nothing of others who have taken up orchard and home tracts here and who will undoubtedly be located on them in the near future: Convmcipg: of itJhi of Columbia Acres "Oown the River"? convincing of the advantages and possibilities that this section offers to homeseekers to those whose future hangs in the bal ance? This question is best answered in what has been accom- plished since Columbia Acres was first brought to the attention of the people of Portland and the Northwest less than one month ago. . '.. ' ' Everyone who has tajcen.up a tract at Columbia Acres has done so after careful investigation of its merits and the merits of other acreage propositions.. Isn't this, then, sufficient to convince you that there's real merit to Columbia acres -to our proposition in offering these most desirable orchard and home tracts at the attractive low prices of $20.00'to $60.00 an Acre, and to Help You Financially in Securing It! Come and Have a Talk Wifh Us Accept K ; This As the Opportunity You Have So Long Awaited! V" m m m Mf ti HI m rp !J Phones , .Main 5396 ' A 7507 F lumber; exchange building Second and Stark Sts. c . cm out, no ajtd suzx, V.- B. Holbrook Co., Portland, Or. ' ' Gentlemen Please send me Illustrat ed and other, matter descriptive of Co lumbia Acres. , -s Name ,"...., .' Address .!.,.?..,...,,.,.),.,.,, Town ., ............................ 1 . .