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t CITY'S SKYLINE IS Portland Growing So Fast That Even Oldtlme Residents Canlfardly Keep Track of Advance FEDERAL G0H1S0L URGED AS GUARD AGAINST FAKERS III STEADYCHAHGE Wonderful Growth in Popula Meeting Called by Director cf tion During Past 12 Years Reflected in Large Number of New Buildings. Reclamation Service Newell; Rigid Censorship Over Land Selling Is Planned. THE SUNDAY JOURNAL rOBTLAND. SUNDAY ZTJItNlNO. JUNE . 1111. SHOWING A RAPID lfry month la lha ' el.aoa U ebart4 In P1!imI line, du t lb cMttlifct of rrat. Not only mi a(ranr appear la ll rlly aH.llte lln ety e lno..n, but elf! rtnea et4 Ihe Ierru- of nnr dialrirta at mSs fog Irar.afurmatiotta tttnafkebl ee 1 to il Ik it. aroadar f raiUiMi . j raiajal t Hilars r nil4 lih admlr- lion over lh ImpKMemante ton- inil it, prtgr It in eenlr of th H Th growth of lerilai4 in yr from ely of , pupl to ilh (juaritr of a million In.tabi lama baa nceallall lha ronelanl panaion of lha retail diatrlcl and fcuel nti. evetion Mtrta ami iwrl of etraete arhirh t f tw year a t doi,l .nttrely ta reeidamaa and email H' ara now filltnl up with a- rraptra and. aubalanttat buelnaea huuea of itira tofiv aloriaa f aw kyaorr. Bthl In lha ranter of lha citv there ara ttiraa ek.yai-rare Jut comp!tl-l. and anuihar Ithln 10 i'ae of rompl- nun. in four raprcaantlnf an lnvt nnt uf attxit H.tio ooo Juat on lha ojiakJtla of thi rantral btiatneas " lln ara four modern aubatanli! b'llll Inge of a emaller lpa nearly rt4r for nrruran"'. lha one irtl In Port'nd which haa undergone lha moat remarkable Irene. I fom.allon In lha leal thraa yaara a I Jh'T Uoti than II.0C0.O0O baa bn '!. prndad In Alder at rut akracrapaa w iinr, January. ISO. Klflh atrett la erarrely aiwond o Aider In point Of da vlopmnt in th earn perhid. Havanlh and Vanillin la undergoing ehaage. wMrh within ona ) i will aurprla even th reaidanta of tha city, much ! tha ocra tonal visitor. Hecantlv Com pi tad. (hla pace ara pltturee of four Portland skracraper. Ihraa of which i luir been romplrled within tha month and th fourth will h ready for oc n.iny not latr than August 11. The lilendid new half block. 10 atory bull.l Inar on Fifth stract. built by tba I'or lirti eiUte and O'Bhea Bros., for tha I. H man & Wolfe Co., department store will be ready for occupancy early In July Th estimated coat of thtsl structure, Including- the interior furn- lMnn, la asllmated at llOe.ooo. Arroea i Waal Ington street la tha Holts building, I-letcd !at niuntii at a co it approxi mntl:iK $250,000 VI Alder and Weat Park la tha niag ii i fit en l new home of the Wonriard A Clark Drug Co.. which will be occu pied by that firm with Its retail de portment, In the noxt few daya. The eM minted cost of this Improvement Is $;no.ooo. The Journal's new home, at Seventh end Yamhill, will bo ready for occu pancy early In August. This la a 13 Mory. fir si-oof structure and will cost aliout $:ii0,000. Anotiier coeNy building Improvement nearliiK completion in the business dis trict In tlic five story structure of H. AV. Tries and associates, at Twelfth and Washington street. This building will cost approximately 1176,000. Combination Store. Covering a half block front on Stark street, between Tenth and Eleventh, Is a new four story combination store and hotel which Is Just about ready for occupancy and which cost over jino.ooo. Within the year the city's skyline will bo further punctured by a It ' story hntel at Seventh and Oak, and tna Empress theatre at Seventh and Yamhill. At the northwest corner of Park and Morrison construction of a seven story box 100 root mercantile building Is under way. One block east of that location at Seventh and Morrl- in i i ' , i I -,t- yfu iT "v 4vz i ii. f ill hi ' ri i i ; ! i in I 111. I . 1 ' in .. 1 1 " " i an i i ii . . . , . ... III ... r .. ."i-..-.. . .. CVA mm rw & mM 1- 1 I III .. ihil y lfs'.njtT:.-,:. n n n n.n SfiV I Ir'-PJi JJSrt'- fl: - ?A 'i .-i' in r- frf-r. - f fir ? n fi n n i " - .7.? 11 1 ga I W -" 1 . Ml JL I - II l.'i Ai IP1 Vfcli: iwr am. . ., 1 rirt a'gaifNaat alrp takes) hp f ii lJi 1 eaM.l I Mlla fat ' t .eie p a r la l4r at a i ! fli4 -r r. II S i iwur f ka t'kii4 ft! 1 '. 1 1 ear Ii Mr, vaa tta4 1 y 1 iMht't af ! f a I ear f fVUU K.l .itirif fi a M4f f ttaaU ' im .1.1 u-'4 1 ! alaiea fiaaa) .I at it '. SHri'sf late 'f t li rowifta" ! so' rfere) lh e d bf uiklf ri ltllalla (Ivtaf a ! b ra 1 cnalrwl t all IHlue limiiiil frm lftM alai fr ta4 rvtuMii.Mv trv)ela II ufaM plblll Ilea f r r'fid eeorhtp e la4 ail Iff ii.eiS'-l. ti la " lktr tkf will t lat tiS.l a unlral Sur fae IK !- daia t fueihar reform later m4 a1etal-l 4 W i ai.diai il fnte af the CtaJl lal- lae.d lxtd nffr4 the fnlUtwIaff re-Uitl..n. vhlrtt a adnpla4 Willi it lnn Itea-lve-d. Tbat we rf UJMn ffi lr a-!.iiura tf lha ataiea lha paage) of iltti Ua ptolda? foe " tabtiahmani of )", authorll 1tft Mrr l ennlral an.r1 rror all lllr alure or rtreulara purponinf M I frfr.alin In tba prepx,l lllr upon the farm landa ef aaH atat. and l laaua lirenara la aetl landa IruaU worlby prana only npa tbatr filing of a gu4 and aufflcNot bond, 4 be l( further - rteaolved That wa urg aooai til governor er na ariCKta aiaiaa at uinr mretinf at Bma Oly. Idaho, te) M.r th adtisabiluy of racomroenaing uniform leiiallon In their reepocU iiiti alr th Unas heretofore est forth "After careful eonaldera t Ion It m ' deatrable and naary lhal mma eea tral organlaatlon be effected throuftt . which all concerned may eperat for' the nrcoitipliahment of plana to prevent the fraudulent spread of literature rt garJlt.f lands." FINDS SOLUTION OFDTOPROBIEM Cowlitz County Farmer Builds Dyke That Resists Rising Waters. i H4ir i-Vj V . eiA7l WAVERLY GOLF CLUBHOUSE PLANS Drawings Show 2 Story and Basement; Large Ball Room. as son. R. M. Gray and associates will beeln the erection next fall of a 10 tory store and office bulldtnR. At Klftii and Alder the Falling estate has begun the erection of six additional ftories to the building across Alder from the Yeon building. These building projects under way and arranged for, together with a num ber of others contemplated for the next 12 months, Rive ample assurance that Portland's sky line will be changed for came regularity that it haa for thre years past. PRODUCE COMPANY LEASES BUILDING Xegotlatlons were concluded last week between the Lewis Investment company and the Pearson-Pago Produce company, whereby the latter takes a 10 year lease on. the Chambers building, located at the southeast corner of Third and Alder streets. The ground floor of the building is to be remodeled and converted into a modern, up-to-date mar, kct. The structure is a two-story brick, covering a 60 by 100 foot lot, with the long frontage on Alder street. Notice has already been served upon the ten ants to vacate. Among the tenants who will have to seek new quarters are ticket and freight offices of the Rock Island, Illinois Central and Santa Fe railroad systems, and several small shops front ing Alder street. There has always been more or less difference of opinion among engineers as to whether or not the overflow lands along: the Columbia river could be suc cessfully diked. Many have adhered to the opinion that the seepage through the dikes would be too great for an ordinary pumping plant to handle. This theory has been disproved by a Cowlitz county farmer. W. J. Matchette, says the Kelsonlan, ofTCelso, Wash., has built a dike which has successfully resisted the rising waters of the Columbia. It encloses 20 acres, but Mr. Matchette says that the seepage is so-slight and the success of the experiment so evident that he will probably enclose more land next year, j He built his dike at a verv amnti .. pense, 20 days' lime of one man and a team completing a wall 12 feet wide at the bottom, four feat wld nn inn three and one half feet high. It will protect the enclosure from a Ktne- e 21 feet, and will reclaim 17 acres of swamp land. Three acres of the enclos ure Is land which does not overflow. Inside of the dike he has duo- a HHnh one foot In depth, into which ail th More than 12.500,000 has been Invested in big buildings In Portland since January 1. 1 Llpman & Wolfe's new department store. 2 Holtz department store. 3 Mallory hotel. 4 Journal building. 5 Fries building, annex to Bowers hotel. ing tha week in the club rooms. Among menls have been made to begin the In. other exhibits which will be shown will stallutlon of a water system. Mr. Tay- ba the drawlnga submitted by the stu dents in the competition for the $1000 traveling scholarship prlre offered by th Pacific Coast Architectural league, at Its meeting last winter In Los An geles. This prize was won by a San Francisco student and represents an open air coliseum. A great many drawings were submitted aid a large number of them reflect credit on the work of the students. lor expects that 80 families will ba liv ing In Ventura Park before the summer la over. This number will be greatly Increased as a result of electrifying the Mount Hood road. seepage flows and from which It Is be ing pumped by the gasoline plant which he has Installed, lie now has a six horsepower engine and a two-Inch cen trifugal pump, but he states that a 2H horsepower engine could easily do the work, pumping only one hour a day. The larger motor wait purchased for other and heavier work. This year Mr. Matchette haa planted the reclaimed land In potatoes, arti chokes and turnips. He anticipates a splendid crop, as the reclaimed land, having been enriched by annual silt de posits from the Columbia, la the best on his place. Mr. Matchette adds that such a dike as his would probably not withstand the wash or a swiftly moving stream, but for any place where back water alone inundates, such a wall could be easily and cheaply constructed, and some of the finest land In the world could be reclaimed." Arizona, which heads the list of cop per producing states, Inst year made Its preatest output In the history of the in ARCHITECTS PLAN FOR 'OPEN HOUSE' Local Club to Entertain Visit ing Architects During Fes tival Week. SALE OF OVER 600 LOTS IN PAST MONTH F. E. Taylor reports the sale of over 00 lots in Ventura Park during the past 30 days, many of them going tov buyers In Rocky mountain and middle west states. Numerous lot buyers have already begun building and many others are planning to put up cottages and bungrtlows this summer. Ptreet grading Is In progress In the tract, and arrange- RESIDENCE OF COLONIAL TYPE BEING PLANNED Pr. C. E. McChesney Is having plans and specifications made for a handsome colonial type residence which he plans to build at Qlen-Morrle. Both the ex terior and Interior of the proposed dwelling will be a faithful reproduc tion of the colonial. The house will be finished throughout In white enamel. The site selected by Dr. McChesney for his new home Is a large plot of ground comprising more than an acre occupying an elevated position on the west bank of the river south of the city. Arrangements preliminary to begin ning the erection of the new club nova for th Waverly Oolf elu are prograa-; sing favorably. Drawlnga of th pro posed new building are being made In the plannery of Whlthoua rouii houx. Thy show a 2 atory and bale-' ment frame structure with shingle ex terior, and much after th Colonial type. The ground dlmenalon ar !7J by (I feet. The alte overlooks th Wlllam-' ette, a block away, and 1 Juat opposite Overllnks station on tha Oregon City ' car line. On the ground floor la a Urge hall room, lounging room, dining room with glaied In porch, and servlc . de partment. The eecond floor contains the women's lockers, private bedrooms and bachelors' wing. The men's lock ers, grill, shower baths and neating plant are In th basement. Tha est!-. , mated cost of th building 1 MO.OOfl. Other Improvement conCemplited "by the governing board of the club Includ a boat house and swimming- hous on; the Willamette river and a large atabla, for the Polo club with accommodations, for M ponies. These Improvement to gether with the clubhouse, will represent an Investment of approximately $100, 000. Something like $25,000 will be, ex- pended In landscaping and otherwise -Improving the grounds and link. Journal Want Ads bring results. The Portland Architectural club is preparing to keep open house all next week for the purpose of entertaining vlsitlnsr architects who come to the city to take In the Rose Festival. A public exhibition of the drawings and other work by th students In ar chltectural designs will be given dur- x I L E When thinking about TILE, by all means see our NEW EX HIBIT. We carry the largest and most complete assortment in the city. MANTLE, BATHROOM and -; all FLOOR TILE FRED W. WAGNER 363 Stark St Phone Main 8339 o j JOURNAL COUPON. This coupon will bring valuable Information. Send It to Bay City Land Co., Portland. Nam . . Address' GREAT INRUSH To the Tillamook Country Forces Railroad to add another train I On account of the heavy traffic into Tillamook County, the Southern Pacific has added an additional Saturday train leaving Portland at 1 p. rn. Returning leaves BAY CITY at 4 p. ml Sunday. Fare, round trip, $3.00. PEOPLE ARE WISING UP TO THE GREAT FUTURE OF DEEP WATER SEAPORT iLvrii ii ii ii RAILROAD TERMINUS ON TILLAMOOK BAY PACIFIC IRON WORKS aTTXTTCTTnLab BTTEZ& aVSOHZTSOTV&U XXO Xnunadlat vilruj . : Vortlaafl, Ob No one will dispute the""FACT that pioneer investors in any town unquestionably destined to be a GREAT CITY reap the greatest profits. BAY CITY lots are selling rapidly at the present low prices. With the deep channel to BAY CITY assured, with the establishment of immense saw.mills, the entrance of-more railroads (United Rail ways Company has hought terminals), BAY CITY lots will quickly advance in price. Present investors will make BIO PROFITS before the completion of the Panama Canal. LOTS f 65 TO f 150$ ON EASY TERMS Write or call for Folders and other information. , BAY CITY LAND .CO. j-j-i-u 701-23 SPALDING BUILDINGS ALSO SALEM AND BAY CITY kali PARK ROSE r?aarr-.' Ku a M - i . tsT t r& m fti W' Tavfi. .vsw s. " ' Jit) ntl H j! i mill in lii iii nininiiini PARK ROSE BRO AD ACEES OF HAPPINESS-' Nestling among the fir trees, and surrounded by broad green lawns, the bungalow of Mr. J. M. Fisher at Parkrose is just one of many, representing the cheerfulness, happi ness and prosperity reigning at PARKROSE. . . There are 50 families at PARKROSE. You ought to see the pretty homes, surrounded ,. by large grounds. You know an acre at PARKROSE costs no more than a good fity' lot, while all the city advantages are there water, lights, telephone, deliveries and all. An acre gives you room for vegetables and chickens. , You can keep a cow if you like. ; And of course trees, big green lawns aift myriads of flowers are characteristic of PARK ROSE. It's a wonderful place for children. You ought to see the PARKROSE "kid-, -dies," healthy, rollicking, brown as berries. Take the R5se City Park car and r see PARKROSE. Families who moved out to PARKROSE have , surely solved the, high cost of living. PARKROSE is the place for YOU a place where you can be happy and get ahead. There are just a few acres left at PARKROSE so HURRY I Come in now and see us about a home in PARKROSE. The terms are easy for you. SLAUSON & CRAIG COMPANY Successors to Real Estate'.Department of Hartman & Thompson. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING, FOURTH , AND "STARK STREETS w1".' ( ;r ' : - ' -? -';,,:--',!'' t ' . ... ,s. ....