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About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1912)
r t r WW. rr; , J' 1) ; CsS If UP liJTO ORCHARD TRACTS C. H. Leadbetter Completin Details of Plan for Land I: N ear Roseburgr-Realm- News Throughout State. ar- I , 9 C. H. Leadbetter wan in Rosehurg last week perfecting the details ef, putting on the market in 10 and 10 acre sub divisions the Sutherltn franc!), purchased by him for a. number of Portland capi talists. Mr. Ixnflbetter's Ideas Involve an entlrMv new denarturn fn land inr In Oregon and will be the means -of attracting no unie attention to Rose burg from the flood of homeseekers soon to turn their steps-westward. The Jiosebursr Orchard comnanv which nur chased the 1700 acres comprising this line old stock ranch has as stockholders a list or names that reads like a bank era' directory, and their ivns) tmr pose is to acquire large tracts, subdivide them and sell them to home builders at price that will enable the buyer to eian in witn a reasonable chance of success.'.-. . v.: .. Mr. Ler.dbekter and associates Intend to sell this land lying immediately norm or town at J100 per acre to ac- . iuat settlers. The company has half a dozen teams plowing and preparing: 95 acres which they will plant to fruit and walnuts this spring ana it is intended to inaugurate tne wine grape industry on a. large ecaie next year. Several noted Eu ropean experts oil viticulture have pro nounced the Umpqua valley the only one In the t'nlted States that is perfect ly adopted to the production of highest Quality dry wines. Our Land company,' an organization of Eugene business men,, which some time go bought nearly 300 acres on Fern ridge and set it to fruit, has added an other tract to its holdings, having Just purchased the Henry Douglas fine farm f 100 acres adjoining the other tracts. for m.ooo. With this purchase the company now las 398 acres of fine land in one tract, and it will all be planted to fruit. The entire place Just bought will be planted to apples this spring. . A deal which means much to the de velopment and the bcautlflcatlon of, the suburbs of Salem was pulled off last week when, through the Oregon Realty -company, R. Hailberg became the owner of 83 acres of land on the River side drive. Just outside the city limits. A. 8. Burch last week disposed of his litue alfalfa farm near lleppner to John Bpi.ulu, the consideration being $5000 Mr. Sprouls takes charge of the place, at once. The ranch traded Is a ' good piece of property and conveniently situ ated,, being less than a mile out of town. . ' T.9 J. C. Phillips place' in the north ast Pt of Sheridan, has, been bought hL? t00-"" the consideration being $1600. Twenty-one acres of the if;"81 Placr adjoining Angus Mo culloch s a-ere sold to Mr. MoCulloch for & an acrv After" havina- (vw over fnf;;r. -t.a . "w,t ee , .,. wiui u a eye out for a uZZ Jn0n' U S- Louary has re iurt K? Ila mor than ever atls lied that there .is no bettor country than that which surrounds Dallas, and th" n,s cpnvlctions are not merely transitory, he has just invested the sum of i,000 in one of the 'fam- hiaSarrU!?,e lor5:hards near Dallas. The place which he bought was owned by Jn i a3il" a,nd le on,y Bhort dis tance north of that city. It consists 5 -m of, very fln fru" and, 30 ?f 7-h,ch already in bearing orchard. able trfi. Wn " e8pec,all'r val" Whit Sr r ..i.. .. .. . ... . , me Fred I rt.h 69 acre? located a mile-) i.mi Buumeast or lyewberir to s 4b i Y68,1?1 htts e"1 hi moun tjtin farm to Henry Shuls for'the mii , tract on the PortlaJid road west of K Se. rmeJIy knWn the the n D. E. Hunter of Dayton, Ohio has Jr fSL It B ttcro8B the Deschutes rlv lion , township, 17 south, rano- i cast, situated in the southwest aid southeast quarters of the rthCt quarter of the section, The Troperty lies along the river front north of the Wring and residence purposes Th Price paid has not been announced. The 18 acre tract known as h p.. al !6tat? deal wa consummated last Monday in which E. A. Griffin Improvements are the order of th ay in Gresham. So rapidly a changes coming it is hard to keep track of them. The Klwt State bank bufld lug is receiving tl,e finishing ? tourtea of the carpenters this week When completed it will add materially toth" office, store and hotel facilities It the nn" building is now ready' for the im.d finishing, having been plas tered during the past week This wni add two good modern stores to the trowing lint for Qresliam. U C liobs has nearly completed his neat "brick front" on Main JtreeT and has rented both stores, one is taken by -.-..- .., Have You Tried This? Simple Prescription said to Work ' i or Anennatism, - This, has been well known to the best doctors for years as the quickest and most reliable cure obtainable for rhen. uiaustn and bachache. it ha. i . ; una uetii hundreds of the worst cases cured by it Jn a Short time. "Frntn vm a . ..,., uur uruggiHt - " vaaini - -.----,-. vuuiijuuna tin i originai sealed nackatei nn Ift'l U11A D imtA fir TTAIa I Of' SVPlin Of. KarK.anat.ltlM . Tfike these two ingredients home and vvut them tnin a 1ai . . . . 1 . din - Iut mem into a half Dim nr key. Shake the bottle and take a table spoonful before each meal and at bed time. Results come the first day. if jwur oruggiat ooes not nave Tori Com. pound In etock lie will gut it in a few liours from his wholesale house. Don't be influenced to take some patent medl cine iiiMcad of this. Insist on having hn Kl!LSti" Tort'' compound jn - the 'irlrM. ISA I'uuCo, itaiu7yelitiw ; x ; ""v. - ft r s i f, it: """""--w-,. ... t j- . t HandBome .neur homa a Mr. Boyle for a confectionery store. The other is rented to Mr. Ketterly who will occupy it with a meat market. . Tlinri t fcitilillni aMI ax av.,v hand, at this early season and much mure in prospect xor tne coming sum mer, . Tjlflf WAlr a vara Imnnrtttnt Mai - tato deal was consummated at Lakevlew when Fred R. Fisher, of the West Side. purchased the RobertMcCulley ranch near New Pine creek. T?hls is the prop erty that Mr. McCulley acquired of the lata, Thnmoi : W rilw1n nitnU t years ago, and comprises 335 acres of tunu. -ino price paia was not given out but no doubt was a good figure as this Is considered one of the best tracts in the valley. n V. Phlllfna nt TTmatllVa xnnnlv ttaa sold to Chester R. Offner his fine ranch Ih the Hudson Bay country for 126,500. closed last week in Astoria by A. R Cyrus, involving about SS000, whereby nearly B00 acres of rich timber and brus"h land between Cullaby lake and tne Liewis & ciarK river was sold by O. R. Peterson and John Prye, of the Peterson & Frye Logging company, to St. Paul parties whose names have not been divulged. -,v;"' '"M - It la said that the purchasers will AiviA : ftla land im ItitA amoll tvaMs and will sell it for agricultural purposes. it is only a snort distance from the Cul laby lake cranberry bogs, and is said to be very rich. " Atlnrnav JTnanh T TTlnlrla .rt TTa. mtntnn hnn sold 40 arrpn tiabt f-Termln. ton to Fred F. Fisher of Portland for consideration of loOOO. , F, "R. Arrcll has sold, his farm of 41 acres at Lacomb iiear Lebanon to D. W. JBuniJor- jssou. jdr.vBuhl has been llv- from Tennessee a year ago. II "i i With the bright weather of the last week or so many lota have been sold in t.... j . . : p I , for the tract. The malorltv of thnim I - ., " - buying are arranging to build homes, several handsome dwellings having al- mm Dim IRVINGWOOD ADD ready been started ana witn building vv. i, operations now under way and projected entire consideration amounting to be there will be from 20 to 26 new houses tween $60,000 and $70,000. J. B. Dawley within a radius of three or four blocks. These will range in price from $2000 to J8&00. These iota1 nave been sold at from I72S to MOO. ' thn hornn district - hnlnv one of the few remaining portions of Irvington where lots at less than $1500 are obtainable. O. A. Clearwater housht a lot on Van phirty-flrst near Klickitat for $750 and 'lie Is now building a $2000 bungalow with garage. He will occupy it as a home. Frank E. Swope, attorney, has hftntrht the adtolnlns- lot fnr (ha anma price and has let contracts for a pretty awening wmcn win ue startea mis week. ino iui aujuining nas ueen soia to w. E. Farrell. attorney, for $725. also a& a site for a home. Mrs. Barbara E. Ken nedy bought a lot on East Thlrtv-firat strset near Klickitat for $825. Plans aru now being made for a home to cost $4600. . Two Of the finest hnuseif In thl In. callty are to be built at East Twenty eighth and Klickitat streets on lota put- cnasea oy a. j. union, xney win cost $8000 and $7000 respectively. Contracts are to be awarded in a few davs. An- drew J. Pearson has let a contract for a $2000 bungalow on his lot on East Twenty-ninth near Klickitat street. Improvements In the Irvlngwood dis trict, consisting of eradlnir anil lAvtnir of water mains, cement sidewalks and curbs, have been completed and ar rangements have been made for putting street lights and telephone connections hvthe tract. -' ; " Secretary Danforth of the Builders' Exchange has received the design and working drawings of St. Elizabeth's hos pital, the new structure to be erected by a Roman Catholto society at Baker, The plans will be held at-the exchange Ian ..V... ur several oays, in order to give Port (.vuuanun an opportunity to rig- Job. ; uuuuiug win do a inn The building will be a three story tiint,,.A - , .. .. . wnu u main wings.- I'leas- ant Vallev hi ma vain atnna nrfll k. Mn hA ATtnrlA ntl. MHja ,1.. ....... In the exterior walls, and the trim will be. of the same material dressed and tntiih rhluota n,... . - ..... tooth chiseled. Everv im tn flat hn. pital appliance and convenience has been provided in the specifications, with the result that Baker will have one of the finest hospitals in Oregon. The trustees of the State Normal school at Monmouth have commissioned a firm of Portland architects to get up the slanti of a new dormitory to be erected, this year. The building win be 1 inrea.. story brick otrvetme 'Willi H cs oommoda tions for 70 pupils and will cost approximately $50,000, DESIGNS RECEIVED FOR - ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL la Murntymead. East Twenty-fourth MANY INVESTORS BUY REAL ESTATE Good Six Days in Realty.-. Mar? ket ReportedImprove ments to Follow. Last week' was another unusually good six days In the Portland realty market. Probably 75 per cent of the deals reported were In the nature of In vestments for Immediate or future Im provements, v . The largest, sale reported was that of. the fractional - half block located at the southwest corner of Main and Fourth streets, and known an th Mo- Kimmell homestead. This property was purchased by James W. Davis, a Port land attornev. for a client. Th rnnsld. eratton was 1110,000. t It was sold by wins marj num xmiwkiiib, wnq mner tted it some years ago from Dr. Henry McKlmmell, , a pioneer Portland ohvsl- clan. Mr, Davis reports that the-par cel was purchased as an investment and that later it will be improved with Some character of substantial- building. The piece has a frontage of 138 feet on tha amith sMa nf'ftfntn atraat anrf infl feet on the north Bide of Fourth street : W. B. Walker, a Washington county oapitaliet, closed a deal last week with the Ladd estate for the purchase of a of East Third and Madison streets for a consideration or $33,000. The prop. ertv Is nne block niit nf iha tlar thal figured extensively in the real estate news iubi jjecemDer, ana wmcn was Da lie ved at the time to have been pur- .Cl'lARArl fni mflron1 nnrnAaaa Tt la un derstood that Mr, Walker contemplates improving the site with a warehouse building. One of thA Inro'Aaf anpAacr tNnnA. tions in the territory tributary to Port- mim recently conBuramatea was tne pur chase bv J. N. Steel A. nt thA Rrnnir. oictio uuiujjMiij, ui an Buu-acre aaary rrm and stock : rancn located east of Vancouver In Clark county, Washington. Mr. Steele Paid 175.000 for the nlace. together with a fine herd of dairy cows ana an outnt or rarm machinery. . niuiui, xvcco v. yi uyc vy ltm cated in the vicinity of the Falling school, South Portland, were taken over transferred a 62x200 foot parcel front ing on the east of Front street between nuuncr Ena roner. rnr siz.niiiir a. i: Going sold the district a single lot at the northwest corner of Water and Por ter Streets for tlO.EOOr Jncnh TTmtt anA Jacob Losll each sold to the district a 40x100 foot piece, located on Water street between Hooker and Porter, for a total consideration of $12,000. Another large Portland sale was the ImnrnvAd KO.fant Int. a tha nnMhoxi comer of First and Meade streets, which was purchased by Adolnh Wlldman from E. J. Moore for $10,000. 3. F . Rhnrt n1 aaanelAtAa Kam nU to Lottie A. Vinton an improved parcel 1A1ET RELIABLE HOME TREATMENT Vhe ORRINE treatment for the Drink Habit. can be used with absolute confi dence. It destroys all desire for whiskey, beer or other alcoholic stimulants. Thou sands have successfully used It and have been restored to lives of snhrtarv ami usefulness. Can be given secretly. Costs oniy fi.vu per dox. if you fall to get results from 'ORRINE after a trial, your monev will be refunded. lr fnr fa booklet telling all about ORRINE. Wood- ard, Clarke & Co., 280 Washington st: Skldmore Drug Co., 151' Third st. TheKavT to success ys. .Builders of Homes. Our ' "PKOFimillN Investment Certificates' areHEMIIoneyMakers .V ,. ' ;; If " 'i . 60456 CorbcttBIdPcrtbad.Orei. and Lincoln streets. lorjated at the corner of Killlngsworth and Mallory? avenues for $14,000. tots 1 and 2 in block 116, Stevens addition, which is located at the south east corner of East Tenth and Btevena streets, were taken over last week by Michael Brennan from H. H. Ferrell for $10,000. Luther H. Hamilton has purchased from the Ladd estate two .lots located at the corner Of TIollv And Mania striata In Ladd's addlflnn fnr tfiKnfl ) ' rea .J9.uHhark.ey has purchased the Irvlngton hom of Robert. R T?at nr. property Is described as lot 3, block 101, Irvington, and.. was sold for $6000.. ALMA D. KATZ TACKLES CROOK COUNTY PROJECT (Speelal to The jMrod.) Salem, Or., March 2,-After cancelling the contract with the Oregon-Washington & Idaho Finance company in con nection with the old Columbia Southern project in Crook county, the desert land board at a meeting yesterday afternoon entered Into a contract with Alma D. Kat of . Portland to maintain during this year the : portion of the project completed, with an agreement to enter Into a final contract wMh him to com plete the project providing he secured the necessary financial backing. TRELLIS TOMATO Grows htcrh. thfolr huahv Ci..in. el, beautiful. Immense bearer, A Vine shon id supply family , all summer. ? W. Deaver, Pa., says; "Mine grew 13 feet high, verv, nrolrf in. f reh ami fia. vor excellent' P. o in.ii . w v. "Had fine success last season." lfth year. PHOTO OF MY 16-FOOT PLANT ana TiRrknirA tTrKi0M wftK . ai..uai. for Ont-of-Soor Cmtnr . f on ioht , cent stamps. Mrs. Frank Holt.. 6 Mlll- inry, tart i nomas, Ky. tary. lOrt ThOrnaS, Ky. '-.- ?. . ';-i.Tim............nriiin,,i ., .-..it, ..nr.!,,. -. .,., , T-TT-T- T M,., ii II 1,1. .11 LUUIlllllllAiiijiiBaMMM, TT Tr? NATSONAE of Phones: Marshall 2248 A 1274 C0 . ' -5 ' I There are many reasons why Parkrose is the most-talketj-of, the most Widely discussed addition in the city, and breaking all real estate records of the past. v The sightly location (jusi beyond Rose City Park), the unusual opportunity to enjoy the health and happiness of a country life with all city advantages-r light, water, goocJ streetcar service, etc; the unquestioned investment possibili ties, and the only real means of solving the High Cost of Living-!! these com bined make PARKROSE r THie kyestment of tbeHoiir Go out today on the new tarline (tale Rose Qty Park car). Size tip Park rose from every angle, as an, investment, as a place for your home; then stop and realize that a Parkrose acre, larger than a whole city block, Ncosts you less than a good single lot closer in. - . ', HARTMAN&THOMPSON Main 208 Phone and Swift's Official Subdivision Look at Kansas City, OmaKai, Chicago, or any manufacturing center, and see how real estate values have increased. Lots that sold for $300, $400 or $500 have advanced to several thousand dollars in a few years. You have the same opportunity now in Kenton is THE manufacturing center of Portland. v It is destined to be the greatest manufacturing district in the Northwest. A few years ago Kenton was a wilderness. Today there are over fifty thriving manufacturing plants. What will it be a few years hence? National Addition is but one block west of Derby street, the main business Uiorougnfare of Kenton. The land is high and dry. Go out today and see for yourself. Note the development. Size it up from all angles and see if our claims are not absolutely true. Think of it $400 up buys a lot right in the heart of the residential section of this great factory center. Pay 10 per cent down, 2 per cent monthly. Take Kenton car at Second and Washington. - ffiM I 520 RAILWAY EXCHANGE, Chamber of Commerce Building Make Appointment to G iri One of Our Autos ADDITION . , ' i v " REA FOURTH AND STARK STREETS A-2050 Autos Every 30 Ifctes Frca Office .