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PICKLE WORKS SUE IS
W F.VVOODVARDTELLS
PORTLAND'S. NEED FOR
INDUSTRIAL'- REVIVAL
SCANDINAVIAN . VILl
HAVE UPSTAIRS FOR
- NEW BUSINESS HOr.E
Benson Building, . on North
east Corner of. Fifth, and
Morrison, to Be Location
WILL REMODEL BUILDING
ore; dement;
OF
OF VEK IN REALTY
INGT
Frei Company Buys 3 Acre
Says City Cannot Become
Great Unless It Controls
Means of Exporting Goods.
Projected Plants in-Washington
Vyould Generate More
Power Than All Others.
' Tract in South Portland; To
Erect Large Plant Soon.
EATING HOUSES' EXPAND
WANTS BULK ELEVATOR
RUMORS ARE PERSISTENT
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' XMghtm'm nd ths Haeelwood Both
' ' Outgrow Quarter and Will Opea
. Hew 3ininf Booms.
Tanners Cannot Afford to Sup Grain
Xoasy , Bspatsd ;-to Bs Abundaat fox
DsTslopment of AU Kinds; 7roJ
sets Ar sromsTona.
nrth Street Store will Ba Torn Out
to Xaktf Stoom for Wlds Xav , ,
bis staircase ' ' '
in buu, ana city wast ksss ,
Conditions.
THB v OREGON V SUNDAYlt JOURNAIiPORTIND SUNDAyrMORNINGilPEBRUARY-'4,tlM7'
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,r . No. Valus.
.This Week,........... 65 132.940
Last week . . . 64 !i'f II
Previous week 5 J-!;?
r Three weeks ago 80 SS'ifS
Year ago ....... 36 26,150
K" " Bf1- ESTATE TBAISfEU.
No. Value.
This week ............253 0.20S
Iast week 21 8 176,60
Previous week 248 165,795
hreJ week. ao ....... 21
I YeTr aso 190 105.813
The Drlzfl deal ot the week In local
realty circles was the sale Thursday
of a three acre tract on the Macadam
road t, the Frei. Pickle Work a for
$16,000. The tract is at 'Zimmerman
station, on the Southern Pacific elec
tric linVs 'and is Just south of the site
of the historic Zimmerman Packing
company. It was purchased from Louis
Kreuttner and C. Ij. Gardeiner.
The location of the tract is said
to be ideal for such a plant as the
VmI neoola nlan to build. It has
r ample rail facilities, being tapped by
two .railroad lines, the Southern Pa
cific Qswego-Portland line and a spur
of the S.. P. & 8.
i. Years ago, when the packing plant
-wu in operation, river steamers used
A to run 'their noses Into the bank at
j Zimmerman and load and unload car
;. goes there. The channel has changed
J- somewhat since that time, however,
i.l so that, now steamers could reach the
r- bank only at extreme high water.
There is plenty of deep wate: a short
way out from shore, though, and it
requires but the construction of a dock
to make it available.
It is the intention announced by the
Frei Pickle Works to build on their
new site the largest plant of its kind
on the Pacific coast. They will spend
between $40,000 and (50.000 on it, and
make it modern. The new plant wnl
, give employment to at least J00 peo-
'ple. Construction i3 expected to stan
. ..early In .March.
The deal for the site of the pickle
. "works was a straight cash transac-
r tlon, and was consummated through
' M the agency of the Stanley S. Thompson
company. This company reports that
' It has also among its clients one who
la looking for a site for a large siw
mill. .
m The second and meczanine floors of
l the. Flatiron building, at Thirteenth
x -and StarTc streets, owned by the Stan
i. ley '8. Thompson company, have been
rented by the Crutcher Drcssmakjng
Vj- company. This wag the last of the
iavallable space in the building, and it
18 now$ ali under lease before its com-
ftva; i-.-r. .i . i
Lmin Ars Signed.
; '.)& "Tw other developments of the week
that have attracted considerable t-
tentlon come from Leighton's cafeteria
,-v .and ..tho Hazel wood. A. II. Johnston,
L' manager of Lelghton's, announced on
..(Wednesday that he .wll double the
' capacity of his eating house by open-,
lngan adjacent dining-room on Broad-
way. Remodeling will be necessary
111.' ttvtnnt nKstut till AAA
The new dining room will be on the
basement level, with an entrance on
Broadway and a subterranean passage
way connecting with the ground floor
dining room on Washington street. Mr.
Johnston has taken a new six year
lease on the premises.
".:,!- "J.- H." Joyce, manager of the Hazel
' wood on Washington street, gave out
the. information Friday that, with F.
.;. N. Martin of Spokane, he will open
the - Confectionery and lestaurant on
' 5 Broadway between Washington an J
.."Alder streets, formerly the "Rainbow."
j and. more recently "Leiehton's" as a
. " branch of the Hazelv.ood. He has
taken a ten year lease on the place.
A new fountain has already been
Installed in the Broadway side of the
l- f. house, and thi3 side will be opened
early in the week. The rest of the
- place-will undergo extensive alterations
-"jj befoie it is opened. Architects Dev
. ' ereauc and Craig have been commis
sioned to plan the alterations. Among
V other innovations will be a complete
outfit of electric cooking appliances.
V Electricity will be used as much as
; possible in tho new restaurant. When
completely remodeled and opened to
'the public, the place will have a floor
':-lace f ovr 10,000 square feet.
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Has Seven Deals a Week.
' Seven good realty deals were closed
in tha office of the O. V, Badley coni
paoy during the past week.
' The beautiful home of J. W. Mc
Eachren at. 707 East Fifty-etghth
street was soTd to Charles Rusco of
V California for 110.000.
The two-story pressed brick bus!-
Stps
Tbthe
HomeOwner
Seaweed; 63 B-1383
OREGON DOOR CO.
SASH AND DOORS
.General 1CU1 Work
-f eet Spokane Ave., Portland. Or.
J. C. English Co.
Lighting
t;: .
Fixtures
ilfi. Vvlag and Vaiea Ave.
Factory to Couumir
General Insurance
;c BONDS
v.McCargar, Bate & Lavely
Yeon Buildina Main 168. A-2594
ABSTRACTS
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"She sails with her own Ships."
This is the paraphrase of our stats
motto that W. F. Woodward hopes
will soon be applicable. In an address
before the Portland Realty board at
C . 1 f . , 1 T7( -31 ' & ,
Woodward deplored the lack of re
turns from the government's expendi
ture of $40,000,000 In improving Port
land's shipping facilities, urged a great
municipal or -state enterprise to build
and operate wooden ships, and pro
pounded tne foregoing motto.
"When I came here 35 years ago,
said Mr. Woodward, "the first news
paper article I saw was the announce
ment that a ship, laden with grain and
drawing IS feet of water, had gone
aground on tha Columbia river bar.
New we have 40 feet of water to the
sea, and the biggest ships in the world
can come here.
"With an expenditure of over $40
000,000 the government has dredged
out our harbor, built the Celilo canal
and the Cascades locks.and purchased
the locks at Oregon City. All this m
vestment is lying idle and yielding no
returns."
Mr. Woodward referred his hearers
back. 1500 years to the time of the es
tablishment of the republic of Venice.
That little community, he pointed out
with a population much smaller than
Portland's, built up a navy of oyer
"000 ships, and for 1000 years was the
supremo maritime power of the world.
"And yet.'' he said, "we shrink from
the idea of such a municipal enter
prise as this, and say, 'Let the gov
ernment, or the railroads, or the mil
lionaires do it.' There is only ons
power under heaven that will make
Portland a great shipping center, and
that Is the people of Portland."
Another Important phase of the sit
uation commented on by Mr. Wood
ward' is that grain is no longer to be
shipped In sacks. The farmers can
not afford to buy sacks, and are going
to ship their grain in bulk. If Port
land Is to hold her own in the matter
of grain exportation; there must be
elevators built to handle grain In bulk.
Board TaTorj Commerce School.
The 'Realty board at Saturday's
meeting went on record as unanimous
ly . opposing the bill recently Intro
duced In the legislature to abolish tha
University of Oregon's cpmmerc
course. Many of the realtors are mem
bers of the university's extension
courses in commerce. It was argued
that only by coordination of the com
mercial experts from the university
and the skilled mechanics from the
trade school, can the olty' maritime
fultire be maintained.
A resolution to place the board on
record as indorsing the tall to estab
lish a bureau of grain standards was
adopted unanimously. At the instiga
tion of F. N. Clark, a committee was
appointed to start a movement "to
get a decent Union station In Port
land." nes block at 1327 Hawthorne avenue,
belonging to Grace Broadhead, was
purchased by Frank Langensand of
Sandy, Or.
The home of K. A. Harder of Oak
Grove, comprising two and one-half
acres, was eold to W. A. Fowler for
$4600 cash.
A six-room house at Sixty-sixth
street and Thirty-seventh avenue was
sold to A. G. Bo mated t.
The Manitou hotel at 261 Thirteenth
street, belonging to Fanny J. Long,
was sold to Elizabeth Smith of Wood
burn. A rooming house at 53 North Eigh-
i teenth street was also among this com
pany's sales for the week.
Will Build New Dock.
Work Is expected to start' about
March 1 on a new open lumber dock
for the West Oregon Lumber company
at Llnnton. Plans submitted call for
a dock 100 by 400 feet.
Selling House Bids Closed.'
Bids have been closed by Architects
Jacoberger and Smith for the general
contract to construct a two-story and
basement residence for Dr. Laurence
Selling on Portland Heights.
BANK BUILDING ASSUMING SHAPE
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The new United States National bank, designed by Architect AE. Doyle, will be one of the finest bank"
bunding jon the Pacific coast. One of the most imposing features of the building; Is the huge Grecian
pillars about the Sixth street entrance. .The bunding Is rapidly Bearing completion. i .
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Plot of grounds of AVTiit Shield Home, showffig disposition of screening shrubbery ,v driveways and secret garden. The landscape architect,
George Otten, has arranged the grounds from the point of view of the inmates of the house. The building and grounds complete rep
resent an expenditure of about $75,0O0, which is provided by a bequest of some $330,000 for the founding Of the institution in the
will of K. Henry Wemme. The home now has an income from itaroperty of $2000 a month. . 1 "
The White Shield home, scn to be
ready for occupancy, will be as nearly
as it has been possible to make it an
ideal home for unfortunate girls dur
ing the period of their confinement
and convalescence. But 15 minutes
from the heart of the city, the site Is
so situated that the institution can
be as a world apart; complete In It
self. Under the supervision of George H.
Otten, landscape architect, every de
tail of the grounds has been arranged
with a view to the psychologic effect
Plans Are . Filed
For Addition to
School Building
Hoffman School in Mount Scott to
Hare Assembly Hall and Six
More Classrooms.
Plans for an addition to the Hoffman
chooJ, Bast Sixty-ninth, street and
Powell Valley road, have been com
pleted and Hied at the . building Inspec-'
tor'a office. The addition is to include
a large assembly hall and stage, two
classrooms on the first floor, and four
on the second. The cost will be be
tween J 6 0,000 and $70,000.
The- building as it stands now, con
tains only eight rooms. These were
built In 1913. There remain eight
rooms to be added at some future date.
When completed, the building will be
H-shaped, and will contain 22 class
rooms. Reinforced concrete is the ma
terial used throughout.
The Hoffman school will probably
be the last of the two-story fireproof
school buildings built by the city in
out-of-town districts. 'The city build
ing department has adopted the plan,
since the Hoffman school was started,
of making out-of-town fflchoCla one1
story wooden buildings. When land Is
cheap, this plan Is much more econom
ical, because it simplifies problems of
lighting, heating, and ventilating; be
sides jthe saving in cost of material.
Morgue Moves Again.
The Multnomah county' morgue will
be established at the southeast corner
of Second and Jefferson streets. The
county commissioners have leased the
property for this purpose and will
have the necessary alterations made.
Sells Quarter Section.
A quarter section of land north of
Pendleton has been sold by Earl P.
Tulloch to George A. Sievers. a farmer,
Tttve deal wtas for 114,000 cash.
vn-jy
of the surroundings irpon the inmates.
Shrubbery about the entrances and
driveways has been so placed that
persons in tho house and grounds can
not be made objecto of curiosity for
prying eyes, but at the same time
will not have their own view ob
structed. . From .the windows of the house
there is a view of the mountain on
the horizon, a portion of the city can
be seen, and Guild's lake and the river,
are Just below the observer.
From a point 50 feet north of the
building, over a little knoll, the view
is entirely . different. Here the ex
posure is northern, and gives a vista
PORTLAND REALTYMOVEMENT
HAS UPWARD TENDENCY
"The lowest level In general busi
ness In Portland was reached some
tlmev ago. - Today the city is on the
upgrade and before 19 IT comes to a
close, the year will witness marked
advances in all lines. Portland has a
tremendous future and thereal bone
and sinew of the business interests
are going to see that the right steps
taken for the fulflllnieBt of the
clty'a destiny." j
Such is the sentiment expressed Jy
Frank L. McGuIre, president of the
Portland Realty board. Mr. McGulre
has been making a close study of lo
cal conditions and is convinced that
with, several big movements under
way, with the awakening of the lum
ber Industry, the increasing activity
In shipbuilding, and general Industrial
Improvement, that Portland is on the
verge of a prosperous era. -
"There is no question that Portland
is beginning to hit its stride one
more," continued Mr. McGulre. "There
is everything to Justify a most healthy
feeling of optimism. Every Portland
citizen who will stop long enough to
study the situation will share with me
in the conviction that only artificial
causes temporarily suspend progress.
Portland's strategic location in regard
to shipping and the vast tlmberland
that is directly tributary to the city
are tremendous assets. Their import
ance cannot be overestimated.
"Portland has more big factors in
its favor, more great natural advan
tages than any other city on the Pa
cific coast. For these reasons, noth
ing can effectually block Portland's
ambition to become a great commer
cial, industrial and shipping center.
"During the loll that started In
after the beginning of tne war, Port
land real estate, of course, was af
fected? The realty market, has been
at .a low ebb. One of the effects has
been the elimination of fictitious val
ues In both residential and. Inside prop-
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of the lower river, with the Columbia
university buildings and Swan island
in the distance.
One feature of the grounds which
shows the Insight of the designer is a
little enclosed lawn or secret garden,
out of sight bf the building, where a
girl may come to be alone with her
thoughts. This little glade is entire
ly shut in by trees and shrubs, and
the only view is of green growing
things and a little running creek.
As a tribute to the memory of E.
Henry Wemme, whose bequest founded
tho institution, wild rhododendrons.
broutht from Mount Hood, will be
used, extensively In the landscape
'Frank L-. McGulre.
erty. In my opinion. In view of Idi
p roving business and Industrial condi
tions, and the excellent prospects for
all lines this year, Portland offers
more attractive advantages for Invest
ment than any other city in the north
west. "In anticipation Of what Is to take
place on the Pacific, coast,, after the
war, far-seeing Investors will not over
look the splendid opportunities for In
vestment that are offefed right now.
I firmly believe that Portland offers
better buys in Inside real estate than
any other coast city. During the past
few days outside interests have been
Investigating the situation with the
view of Investing in Portland business
property and industrial sites. One
way to make money one sure way
is to invest in Portland real estate
and to become foremost In the mael
strom of activity, which Is Inevitable.
Real estate will soon be real estate
once more; the chances for the invest
or to make money are similar to those
offered at the time of the Lewis and
Clark fair.
"The Portland Realty board will, put
forth every effort to aid the city s
advancement. The Industrial develop
ment committee of the board Is form
ing definite plans for attracting new
industries and for assisting them in
getting established. Every movemea
for the general development of Port
land and Oregon -will .-receive the
-i hearty support of the Portland Realty
board." - " ; -
Realty Companies Combine. . :
The O. V. Badley company. U 'to
621 Teon building, has consolidated
with the Fred A. Jacobs company and
win' be associated with that company
hereafter In the "office of the latter
company at 164 6th street. j
The new ojombination will ' operate
under the name of the Fred A. Jacobs
company.
. Will Build Water System.
The city council of Camas, Wash.,
has accepted the plans and specifica
tions for a municipal water works sys
tem, prepared for them by I. B. Wlorf
ersham, a consulting engineer of this
city. Jones creek has been selected as
the source of the city's water supply,
and a concrete reservoir will be built
to hold 706,000 gallons. ' -
i ,f Rasmussen May Build.
Rasmussen & Co, dealers In builqV.
ins materials, have asked "the city, to
vacate a sortion of Eleventh vtneet In
Sullivan's gulch. Tha company Is ebn
temclating the erection . of a large
warehouse and factory, .but has not
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yet decided upon any of ths detail ,
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scheme. Mr. Wemme was particularly
fond of Mount Hood, and of the big
rhododendrons that grow there, and
showed his fondness . by buying the
Mount Hood toll road and opening It
to the public.
Other flowers and shrubs on the
grounds will be all native Oregon
plants. Fir and cedar trees, red and
white dogwood, Oregon crape and na
tive ferns will predominate. About
the building there will be an abund
ance of flowering plants, so selected
as to bloom In succession. With this
arrangement, some plant or other will
be in blossom at any period of the
year.
Two Big Deals Are
Made in Farm Land
Around Harrisburg
Ranches Totalling 479 Acres Sold
for Over $4QtOOO; Residence
Property Is Traded.
Albany, Or.. Feb. S. Two real estate
deals involving more than $40,000
worth of Harrisburg real estate and
farm property near that city wer
made last week. IL M. Roberts sold
his 179-acre improved farm on the
outskirts of Harrisburg to T. B. Gar
rison of Harrisburg for a cash consid
eration of $20,000. Roberts will keep
one of the houses on the place and one
acre of ground. The farm is leased
to M. V. Sitter until October.
John R. Cartwright sold his 800
scre farm eight miles north of Harris
bnirg to William Gnmea. In retnrn
for trtie farm, which is valued at 120,
000. Grimes gave a garage in Harris
burg and three pieces t of residence
property in the city.
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Xew Store for Bend.
T. M. O'Donnell. Bend meat dealer,
has announced that he will start con
struction early in March on a modern
one story store building. lie is also
having plans drawn for improvement
in his present building.
New Sawmill for Winlock.
Another sawmill Is to be placed in
operation at Drews Prairie, near Win
lock. Wash. , It will have a daily capa
city of about 25,000 feet, and will em
ploy 80 men.
Toledo Church Is Torn Down.
The old Toledo Congregational church
Is being torn down for the. lumber In
the building. Builit In 1890, It was one
of Toledo's oldest landmarks, and at
one tone was the largest and finest
place of worship there.
Store Works Will Build.
The Portland Stove vorks. 626 Hood
street, will build a new factory some
time next summer, according to tho
announcement of officials of the com
pany. The site is to be selected soon.
Tonic Fatal to 14 on.
New York, Feb. 8. (U.P.) Ollie
James, the bald-headed lion - cub at
Prospect Park, responded to Keeper
Jack. O'Brien's hair tonic treatment by
dying. .
MAGNIFICENT HOME ON THE HIGHWAY
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-The new home of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Jacobson, of this city, which is being' comtructed on . the O
; :Y', s lumbia river, highway at Coopey falls.' It is stated that the home Will cost upward of, $73,000 and Is
.. expected, to be the finest in the state of Oregon.- - The. grounds will be magnificent and .will haT a
, ' i" swimming pool, lily dotm1 fon tarns and other attractions. - - '
Industrial activity is the dominant
note In the realty and building news of
the week from neighboring towns and
cities. Beside the news items printed
below, there ha-s been a steady stream
of rumor flowing through all commer
cial channels of great enterprises to be
undertaken this year, and huge sums
Of monej to bo expended for develop
ments. .
Huge Power Plant Proposed.
A survev Is in -progress for the de
velopment of a p6wer plant t Priest
Rapids in Washington that will gen
erate more power than all the existing
plants in the stte combined. Priest
Rapids la nine miles north, of Beverly,
the c roing of the Milwaukee rail
road on the Columbia Tiyer. The proj
ect' is backed by the Washington Irri
gation and Development company,
NewYorlt concern,
T&e company's engineers are now
cooperating with the state and govern
ment geological surveys to determine
the stream tldw at Priest Rapids. Xhe
construction of such a plant as is
planned, It is said, would involve the
expenditure of between 125,000,000 and
130,000.000.
The total horsepower now devel
oped in Washington is - only 400,000
while the proposed plant would gen
erate 500,000.
Copper Mine to Go Deeper.
The Walla Walla'Copper company is
planning to develop Its mine near Kel
ler. Wash., in real earnest. After cut
ting an 80-foot body of8 per cent cop
per ore at a vertical depth of 600 feet
in an 850 foot tunnel and slnlCfig a
50 foot winze at tliat level, -the trustees
of the company authorized the pur
oliaae of machinery and the develop
ment of the mine at depth.
A three drill air compressor and a
hoist for sinking 300 feet are now be
ing installed. The company plans to
build more than a mile of electric
transmission line from the Keller smelt
er to the mine. A 100 horse power
motor is at the mine' and will be in
stalled soon.
Aberdeen Gets Paper MID.
Aberdeen is Jubilant over the assur
ance that a Jl',000,000 paper and pulp
mill will be erected there. The build
ing of the mil! became certain early in
the week, when the city council sold to
a group of mill men the water rights
and control of the banks of Charley
Creek for ISOttO.
The mill is to be founded by efght
Aberdeen men. who have enlisted con
siderable California capital. Construc
tion is to be started soon, and it is
hoped that the mill will be running
early in 1918. The plant In full blest
will employ more men than any other
concern operating on Grays Harbor.
Big Logging Season to Start.
Indications are that the close of this
month will see the beginning of the
greatest logging season the Lewis river
country in Washington has ever seen.
A number of camps in that vicinity
have announced their Intention of
starting work just as soon as the
weather moderates a little, and the
snow gets out of the hi Us. There are
enough mlllls and camps In that neigh
borhood to give employment to over
1000 men.
Will Double Size of Plant.
Plans leave been announced by ths
management of the Pacific Steel St
Boiler company, of Tacoma, for doub
ing the size of their plant. Increasing
the output and widening the walling
field. A new issue of $50,000 of pre
ferred stock is how on the market to
provide funds for the proposed Ittv
provements, and has for the most part
been taken up by the present stock
holders of the company.
Lents Store Occupied.
tients, Feb. 3. Katzky Brothers are
now occupying their new $15,000 de
partment store which has Just bees
completed. The materials used were
concrete and tile; the architects were
Goodrich & Goodrich. The main floor
togerthetCwlth a large basement and a
balcony, allow about 20,000 square feet
of floor space. The building is strict
ly modem and is situated on the cor
ner of Ninety-second street and Fifty-
eighth avenue. 'The firm of Katztcy
Brothers has Deen-doing business in
Lenta for the last eight years.
May Pack Own Prunes.
Koseourg, or., Keo. 3. The pruna
growers of Douglas- county ar con
templating the erection of their own
processing and packing plants. Tho
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The Scandinavian-American r bank
will move from its present location at
Park and Morrison streets to tha sec
ond floor of the Benson building,
northeast corner of Fifth and Mor- ;
rison streets, sometime in (ne spring.
The Benson building Is owned by. the
bcandinavlan-Amerlcan bank. .
Extensive alterations will be made
in the building to adapt It to banking
purposes. The store now occupied oy
the Portland Pure Milk & Cream com
pany will be torn out to make room .
for a wide marble staircase from, the
street to the quarters of the bank on
the second floor.
The Idea of an "upstairs bank" Is a
decided Innovation in Portland. There
are several banks so situated in the
east, and the First National of this
city adopted the idea to a slight ex
tent, but the new Scandinavian-American
will be the first all-on-the-eec-cnd-floor
bank on the Pacific coast.
Present tenants of the proposed new
location all hold leases until May 1. ft
is expected that these leases will not
be renewed, and that the work of re
modeling will start early In May.' -
question was brought up at the meet
ing of the Umpquav alley Fruit Union s
and a number of the local grow4rj
will go to Riddle, Monday, when a
meeting of the prune men of . Riddle
and Canyonville will be heldtof dis
cuss the question. . " . .
Many growers feel that they would
be able to realise more for their crop.
Farmers In the southern part of the
county are compelled to ship their
product to have it processed and have
the extra freight to pay, which Would
be saved with a plant In their vlclnltr.
Will Raise Good Stock. , .
Klamath Falls, Or., Feb. ,3. Dr. 'B.
II. Hawkins of Gardffervllle, Nev0 has
purchased ths 60' acre ranch of Rob
ert A. Emmit on the Keno road south
of Klamath Fails. Hawkins proposes
to commence the raising of thorough
bred Holstein cattle and Poland China
hogs on his newly acquired property
which is Irrigated with a private sys
tem and is considered one of the most -valuable
ranches In the county. 'The
consideration was not made public. .
W'ill Improve Factory Site.
Preparation of plans for improving
an 83 acre strip of land recently do
nated to the Hoquiam. Wash., Commer
cial club by the Grays Harbor com
pany for free factory sites, has been
started by committees from the Club.
Necessary improvements Include lay
lag of a spur track for rail facilities,
building a bulkhead along the water
front and dredging the chaimeL attCJ
Swaps Garage for Hay Field,;;
The Independent Garage, Pendleton,
has been sold for $30,000 to : David
Fathering, of Spokane. The deal in
cludes the transfer to George Haw,
former owner of the garage, of a large
alfalfa ranch on Willow Creek, for
merly "the property of ths men who.
bought the garage. V J
Realtor Is Active.
One Wallowa real estate dealer re
ports that he 'has made 12 big sales In
the lat three months. His latest
achievement Is the sale to B. M. Roun
navell, of Wallowa, of the Klein A
Williams ranch. 760 acres in area. The
land sold at $20 an acre, and 200 acres
of the ranch ere in cultivation, .
Water System Pays 8 Per Cent.
Aberdeen's water system during
1116 made a profit of $9000, according
to official figures compiled by the
cterk of the water department. A
profit of $9000 represents a return of
about S per cent on the money invested.
The system is valued t $116,231.
Vancouver Is Given Fountain,
Vancouver, Waeru. has recently be
come the recipient of a tvandsome gran
ite drinking fountain, a gift of the
Sons and Daughters of the American
Revolution of Washington. The foun
tain will probably be dedicated at ths :
time of the formal opening of the In
terstate bridge in June.
Deal Involves Three , States. -Ttiree
states are represented In a deal
recently closed at Ketmewlck, Idaho, in
which a Washington firm sold an Ore
gon man a tract of land in Idaho. W.
H. Mather, of Baker, Or is the pur
chaser, and the land, 67 acres, lies be-f
low Flnley, fronting on the Columbia"
river. The tract was formerly owned
by Argo & Cooper, of Spokane and
Walla Walla. '
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