COMMERCIAL IHUB
OFST. JDHNSPLANS
PRAGTrCALWORK
Businessmen Willing to Pay
Expenses of Campaign to
Put Proposed. "Manufactur
' ing Center on the Map."
i St. Johns, Or., Dee. JO. Much la
oped by tha cltliena of St. Johns
' from the new commercial club recently
erg-anlaed to "put the city wbera It be
long" on the commercial nnap of Ore
gon. A number of problems ar to be
solved, reforms to carried through,
before St Johna can ret Into lta atrlde
and finally become one of the great
manufacturing centers of the coast as
lta river and railroad situation entitles
It to become.
The new club ia aealously. yet
shrewdly, attacking the big task that
lias before it. It haa elected a live
president, an active board of directors,
an alert, hard working aecretary, and
several committee, haa chosen commo
dious Quarters, engaged an organisa
tion and publicity manager, raised arn
' pie funds to carry the undertaking
through for a year with more prom
ised if the club makes good and by
January 1 will be ready to begin the
work mapped out.
Curing tha Town's Sis.
What a prominent member calls "the
Ills of St Johns" the drawbacks that
have prevented the clty" development
along lta destined lines will be, first
attempted to be remedied. When good
headway la made In this work, efforts
to secure new industries will be made.
Another aim la to make St Johns
an attractive residential district Na"
ture hag dona Its part In the way of
fin scenlo effects, and the city coun
cil has helped by spending this year
alone $$00,000 on civic Improvements,
During lta seven-year evolution from
the "wilderness" to a modern city of
COM people, tha city has erected a
large public dock and a fine school
tmlldlng, to mention but two of lta not
able constructions. Several wealthy
Portland men nave moved to St Johns
and built costly and beautiful resi
dences. Many people employed in Port
land Hv in St Johna, where they buy
lots and. build homes cheaper than in
ine larger euy, ana nave lower taxes to
par.
,v Want Better Oar Trice, i
The reforma Immediately aimed at by
the new commercial club are: A better
car eervlce to Portland; a dally poatal
delivery (the whole population now
Journeys twice a day to the poatofflce
for mall) ; a free approach to the city
dock, which now ooata (10 a day Inter
est . on tha $60,001 Investment and
earns nothing; a good highway, or an
lectrle railroad, to Kenton; to get river
team packets to atop at St Johns to
land and take on paaangera; larger and
better equipped police and fire depart
ments; the total and everlasting abo
lition of "moaabackiam" In St Johns
So that several. Important thoroughfares
leading to Portland can be Improved and
made passable and that valuable deep
water river frontage can be made avail
able for factory alt s at present held
at prohibitive prices.
Will Work for Western Oregon.
Theaa are a few of tha reforma tha
Commercial club hopea to accompllah.
The club also alms to get In line with
other organisations to help develop and
boom the resources and attractions of
western Oregon. The project to tap tha
streams of tha Cascades ao as to irri
gate tha Willamette valley during the
dry. season, will have tha support of
the St Johns Commercial club, which
also will do its best to encourage the
Mount Hood Railway company's electric
road project through the peninsula.
As the largest ocean craft can coma
tip to St. Johns, where the Port of
Portland has Its immense dry dock, tha
water frontage here offers a situation
unparalleled for the establishment of
large Industries. On tha north side
the Columbia river needs but to bo
dredged In parts to offer superb ship
ping facilities to manufacturers. On the
Willamette side there are 12 or It im
portant industries. Including two large
lumber mills, and over the river there
la quite a cluster of industries. Includ
ing the government dock. Direct con
nection with this thriving district and
with tha large farming territory In tha
Tualatin valley lying south of it, will
be had before spring, through the free
ferry to be operated by the county of
Multnomah. It Is expected St Johns
and the entire peninsula will benefit
largely by the increased trafflo and
trade resulting therefrom.
The officers of the club, who will
direct Its campaign for a Greater St.
Johns, are: President Prank Test, as
sistant superintendent 8t Johns Lum
ber company; 80 directors, comprising
the solid and representative men of the
towrg publicity manager, B. F. Craw
shaw: secretary, A. w. Markle, editor
t Johns Review.
Mixed hardwood, best cheapest At
blna Fuel Co.
Magnificent Home Ready for National Bank at The Dalles
Pioneer Financial Institution Has Modern Office Structure Ready, Outgrowth of Small Business Opened In
1881; Founders Have Remained With the Bank and Control Its Destinies; Capitalization Increased Twice.
(Special to The JournoH
The Dalles, Or., Dec. 30. Tueaday,
January 2, the First National bank will
occupy its new building at the corner
of Washington and Third streets. The
new, building is 44x100 feet five stories
high. It Is of reinforced concrete, the
first story being faced with gray sand
stone and the upper four stories are
faced with light pressed briek. It ts as
nearly fireproof as Is possible, end Is
by far the best building In the city.
The entire first floor, excepting the ele
vator lobby, is used for banking pur
poses, and is supplied with all modern
conveniences. There Is a large vault
for the use of customers, where they
may store valuables in Individual boxes.
The largo vault for the bank's una con
tains a manganese burglar proof safe.
The trimmings are dark Vermont mar
ble, and the woodwork throughout Is
cherry. The walls of the banking room
are light cream. The new quarters of
the bank are commodious, and compare
well with the best ,bajnks in the large
cities.
On each of the four upper floors are
12 commodious, light and airy office
rooms. Each room Is outside and opena
onto a hall, and in each Is hot and cold
water. An electric elevator connebts the
upper floors with the street and around
the -elevator winds convenient ataira
with marble steps. A pneumatic mall
carrier connects all the floors.
The First National bank of The Dalles
Is the outgrowth of a little private bank
opened by John S. Schenck and H. M.
Beall In IS 81. Both men had been em
ployes of the Oregon Steam Navigation
company, and leaving the transportation
company in the spring of 1881 with a
limited capital and meager facilities for
conducting a bank they opened an in
stitution in a room Kx20 feet In dimen
sions in the Huch building on Second
street The men possessed energy, and
also had the confidence jot the people,
and their business was a success from
the start In two years they merged
Into a national bank, capitalising for
850.000. and Interested a number of local
capitalists. The late D. P. Thompson
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Home of First National Bank, The Dalles.
was president of the national bank for
Its first two years; then Mr. Schonck
was made president, a position he has
held ever since, with Mr. Beall super.
vising the bank.
Mr. Beall retired from active work In
the bank a few years ago, but Mr.
Schenck still retains general supervision.
A few years since the capital stock of
the bank was increased to $100,000, and
with Its surplus of 1126,000 It haa a
working capital of a quarter of a mil
lion. The present officers of the bank
are John S. Schenck. president; K. M.
Williams, vice-president; Max A. Vogt
cashier.
MODEL VILLAGES
TO BE ESTABLISHED
Educating Plan to Be Inaugu
ratedTo Be Similar to
Sage Foundation.
Chicago, Dec. 10 Model villages, sim
ilar to that erected by the Russell Sage
Foundation near New York city, are to
be established as object lessons in safe
and sana suburban development through
out tha country, according to plans an
nounced here today.
The immediate object of tha plan is
to attract to good homes families of
moderate means. The ultimate and chief
object, however, la to show real estate
operators with millions of capital that
beauty of design, the use of fireproof
building material and an abundance of
playground space are not inconsistent
with fair profits.
In order that people in all parts of
the United States may gain an accurate
Idea of the - construction and appear
ance of the Sage model village, plans
were made today to have a model of It
constructed for exhibition at the Clay
Products A Permanent Home exposition
to ba held at the Chicago Coliseum next
March 7 to 12. Hundreds Of thousands
of persons from eaat west north and
south are expected to attend tha exposi
tion and efforts will be made by the
management to Interest the visitors In
projects for the erection of model vil
lages In their own communities.
To determine suitable building ma
terial for tha Sage village, architects
conducted elaborate fire and strength
teats at a laboratory build especially for
the purpose. They teated stone, con
crete, brick, terra cotta. hollow tile
every material that could be used In
home building and selected burned
clay as the very best material.
The village covers 140 acres- of
ground. Tha buildings are constructed
of fireproof hollow clay tile and de
signed in conformity with a definite
architectural plan.
Growers Would Cooperate.
Freewater, Or., Dec, 80. atie question
of cooperation for the hay growers Is
being agitated throughout the valley
and aeems to be finding favor. Those
most Interested say that to have their
entire output of hay marketed through
some central agency would mean a
great deal to the hay growers In the
whole valley. If the plan should be
adopted. The Milton Fruitgrowers union
seems to be the choice of many and the
matter will be submitted to the stock
holders of the union at their next meet
ing on Tuesday, January 2.
On the iim date the hay growers
of Hudson Bay have culled a meetlnar
In the grange hall at Vincent to con
sider the question and to form some
feasible working plan. The HudBon Bay
country alone this year put up about
20.000 tons of alfalfa, for which they
did not receive the best prices on ac
count of the limited area to which the
market was confined.
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Warehouse or Light Manufacturing
Floors For Rent
In brick building now being erected at'Hood and Baker
.Street., South Portland. Ready for occupancy Febru
ary 1. Thuiv-five hundred square feet on each floor.
BEAUMON
GROWS
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III A RAPID RATE
Over 60 Homes Built There
Within Past Five Months;
Others to Be Built. "
Remarkable building actlvltr hn
taken place In Beaumont In the. last
five months. There has been over 60
homes built In this tract in that tim.
ranging from J2500 to $5000, and several
much larger homes will be erected In
the near future.
Beaumont has all the natural advan
tages of a high class residence district.
While it has a fine drainage, It Is com
paratively leveL The first elevation is
about 180 feet above the main part of
me city, me tngner elevation Is above
the house tops of the lower and affords
an unobstruated view of the city to the
inis level nas been well named
the Portland Heights of the East Side.
A large number of fine hrnnpi
been built on this location. Another fea
ture is the ODCninc- of the Alumedn
drive, an 80 foot boulevard, whioh will
connect with the Alameda In Alameda
ana uimstead Park, continuing through
Beaumont to Rose City Park, and on to
the Country club.
The Columbia Trust company, selling
agent for Beaumont, announces that It
win soon have the remaining 10 acres
ready for the market. It has already
been platted and will soon be open to
me puDjio, xne work of Improving this
new plat will begin as soon as the
weather will permit. It will be Improved
the same aa the former tract cement
aldewalks and curbs, the curbs being set
to shade trees and rose bushes. In ad
dition to sewers and water main, the
streets will be paved, as haa already
been done In the former tract. The en
tire tract will be lighted with cluster
lights. The big contract of planting
shade trees and rose bushes haa been
let to the Carlton Nursery company and
work will begin in a few days. To
carry out tha contract will require the
digging of over 15,000 holes to plant the
trees and bushes. One of the principal
features of the future of Beaumont is
that a fund is provided for keeping the
curbs and lots free from wild growth
The Portland Railway, Light & Power
company has built a carllne from Forty
second and Sandy road to Forty-first
and Klickitat streets, and is now main
talnl ng a regular service. The cars run
on the same track as the Rose City
Park cars, west of Forty-second street.
SELLS UNION AVENUE
PROPERTY FOR S15.000
EDUCATOR SAYS ISLANDS
OUR RICHEST POSSESSION
Chicago, Dec. 0. That the sale of
the Philippine lifands to Japan, or
withdrawal from the Islands, would be
tho greatest calamity that could befall
the Filipino was the assertion of Pro
fessor J. Paul Ooode of the University
of Chicago at the weekly luncheon of
the ways and means committee of tho
Chicago Association of Commerce in the
Hotel LaSalle.
"We are Ignorant of the vast opopr
tunities offered in these islands," said
Professor Ooode. "Lying as they do in
the tropics and covering an area equal
to that of California they need develop
ment to make them the richest bonanza
in the world. Their soil is ideal and
the fact that only 6 per cent of the
total area is under cultivation, yet sup
ports 8,000,000 persons, is remarkable.
"If cultivated as is Java, the islands
would accommodate 100,000,000 people.''
HALF WALLA WALLA
WHEAT CROP IS SOLD
Walla "Walla. ' Wash.. TrL n Th.
wheat market during the last week of
me year was quiet more quiet, perhaps,
than any week of the year. Club huns;
around 700 with few sales recorded, and
there were practically no offerings for
bluestem at all.
The 1913 cropi,-- is estimated. Is Just
about half sold, and there is every prob
ability that there will be much carried
over until another year. The crop this
year was large and there Ere many who
are not forced to sell, and who will not
sell until pricea find a higher leveL
Journal Want Ads bring results.
George E. Croxford sold his Union
avenue property, consisting of lots 6,
12 and IS in block 16, Lincoln Park an
nex, with B0 feet frontage on Union
avenue and 100 feet frontage on Grand
avenuo and 150 feet north of Bhaver
street. The lmprovemnnts consist of
a modern nine room house on Grand
avenue and a modern greenhoune on
Union avenue. The consideration was
$16,000. Lucy D. Slpprell was the pur
chaser. The sale was made through
Goddard A Wledrlck.
RATHER HARD ON TEN
"PRETTIEST" GIRLS,
SO LISTED IN WILL
Canton. Ohio, Dec. SO. The
10 prettiest girls In the Stark
county courthouse are likely to
lose flOOO each if the suit start-
- ed by Letltia Rudy to break the
will of the late Samuel Rudy is
successful.
Rudy was an eccentric bache-
4 lor of 86 years, lie frequented
the courthouBe and 10 of the'
most beautiful girls employed
there were often complimented
by him - upon their stunning
looks. He died two months ago 4
and when his will was read it
W was found that he had left 110,-
000 to the 10 prettiest girls, "be-
cause he liked them."
The 10 girls have been made
defendants In the suit to break '
the will . Miss Rudy, a relative '
of the bachelor, says she cared
for him and his household for 19
, years and la entitled to the e
4 money. . .
REED INSTITUTE
PLANS BUILDING
Hall of Art ' and J Sciences to
Be Started Next Year;;
Bids to Be Asked.
Among the Important building operas
tlons In sight for next year is the con
struction of one of the main buUdlnga
in tne group mat la to comprise the
Reed Institute. This buildings will be
the hall of arts and science, but It will
also be used as the administration build
ing until a tmlldlng can be erected ex
clusively for this purpose.'
jyios ror the nail of arts and aelenoel
building have been received by tha archi
tects, Doyle, Patterson & Beach and have
been delivered ' to the - trustees of the
Institute who ( will ' probably make the
award within a few days. The building
Is to be completed In time for occupancy
September 1. 1913. " , i ; . . . , .
The building will cover a ground apace
of 60 by 25.7 feet In addition to a wing
SI by 83 feet in dimensions at each end
of the main building. It la to be two
stories and basement high and will
have an English tile roof. The-type of
architecture will be the Tudor-Gothic.
; V Didn't Bell It. '
TDId you sell your voter -',
"No slroe. I voted for the feller
cause I liked him."
"But I understand he gave you f 10."
"Well, where a man gives you $10
'taint no mor'n natural to like him, is
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To save time In barber shops-a New
Jersey Inventor has attached a comb, to
one blade of a pair of hair cutting
hears.' v,
An attractive five room frame bunga
low on Thirtieth street between Clinton
and Division streets, for City Building
Inspector Plummer. The . dwelling is
SO by 41 feet with a full cement base
ment It will be of double construction
throughout and will contain built-in
bookoases. window seats, linen closet
and a buffet with leaded art glass doors.
Across, the entire front will be a wide
porch and at the rear will be a screened
In porch,
Rent a New Piano
New pianos to rent at M per month!
rent allowed on purchase. . The Wiley
B. Allen Co., corner 7 th and Morrison
streets.
near
the
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HE NEW Apollo Player Piano is a maryel of player
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will find the difference caused largely by these
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HE NATURAL TOUCH. DOWNWARD on the
keys; the SOLO THEME which accents the mel
ody of theme and subdues the accompaniment
or allows you to omit the melody alto
gether; the .TEMPOGRAPH insuring artistic
interpretation of the most classical music;
the METRONOME MOTOR giving perfect time
and so mechanically perfect that it will automatic
ally rewind the longest roll without pedaling; and
the TRANSPOSER which enables you to trans
pose a composition into eight different keys.
O OTHER player piano contains all of these fea
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forbid "their use outside of an Apollo. We wish to
emphasize the fact that the Solo Apollo is radically
different from any other player piano, and that with
a Solo Apollo you or any one can play with great
er ease and a more musical expression than the
highest salaried expert demonstrator can play on
any other player piano.
IVE us only a few moments of your time we be
lieve you should know the Apollo at its true worth.
Priced at $650, $850, $1050 and $1100, according to
style and finish.
Victor
Victrolas
and all
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all the
time.
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On Morrison, at Sixth, Portland
All other
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Instruments
Taken in
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AT THE
Thursday Evening, Jan. 4th
AT 8:15
Largest automobile factory in the world, comprising the eight mammoth plants of the STUDE
BAKER CORPORATION'S E-M-F FACTORIES of Detroit, will be reproduced in motion pictures
"From the Pig Iron to
the Finished Automobile"
, See the E-M-F "30" and Flanders "20" cars built and assembled. See every method in de
tail which is used in building 150 automobiles per day, 50,000 a year. Automatic machinery in
action which appears almost, human. Foundries and milling plants which are xt city in themselves.
See them on the race track and in endurance contests.
These films (6000 feet in all) have been shown by request at some of the leading universi
ties and educational institutions of the country. Whether you own an automobile or not, you
will find this entertainment intensely interesting. , "
ADMISSION FREE, but alKseats on main floor and balcony will be reserved.
Tickets can be secured at our salesroom, beginning Tuesday morning. Children admitted
only when accompanied by parents.
. ' L. H. ROSE, Manager ' " ,
CHAPMAN AND ALDER STREETS
' Phones Main 5969, A-2436