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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, "NOVEMBER 26, 1911.
120 ACRE APPLE
I BRINGS $75,000
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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.
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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.,
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: 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.
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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. .
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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.
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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
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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!
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