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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1926)
Sunday gy;ftmhyr 2t, 192(5 " THE KLAMATH NEWS CITY PAVING OUR ACTIVITY Aggregate Expenditure of City for 1926 Will Run Close to Million Dollar Mark. With more than a hair million dollars' ' worth of paving already under process of construction in Klamath Falls, final steps tcward the completion of eight additional improvement units comprising 54 blocks of paring, wero taken last week when City Clerk L. L. Cng hagen announced that bids will l-e received on the proposed nrjjects tomorrow ulght. The engineer's estimate of the construction com of the eight new units, exceeds 1300.000. running the aggregate figure for the city's enor mous paving program this year, near the million. dollar mark. While paving has been dormant here for a number of years, under the Im petus ot the remarkable building and population growth of the city this year, street improvement once begun, hoa spread like wild-fire throughout the city. Nearly Million Involve,! With the work on the eight new units expected to start within a month's time, after the bids have been opened ' and the contracts awarded and signed, 1t Is anticipat ed by the city engineering force that construction will proceed until at least May 1. ISI7. Due to un favorable weather conditions which are likely to start in the near f tnre. It is net expected that a great deal can be accomplished on th new jobs this fall, in spite of the fact that residents in the sections served by the proposed units eager ly await their atreet improvements. Following are the units and num ber of blocks included in each: No. CO. three blocks: 58. s blocks: 61. three blocks: 48. seven blocks; 59. six blocks; 63. five blocks: 62, one block; and 64, four blocks. t'onNtrnction Is ltapld Those improvement units for which contracts were let late in the summer, are being rapidly pushed to completion, and in many parts of the city the puffing of steam rollers and gas shovels can be heard. Dunn ,& Baker last week com pleted pouring concrete on Worden avenue unit, and early this week wiU finish the Lincoln street job. bne where a great deal of rough grading was necessary before par inc could e laid.. This company holds several other contracts on city paving work, all of them call ing for concrete pavement; the first in Klamath Falls. Mnln Street Gets Attention The Warren Construction com-1 pany is making excellent progress on Main street, where they are pav ing with, asphalt. Nearly a block a day was (heir record last week, ami at that Tate the Job is expected to be entirely completed in the im mediate future. A fill on each side of the railroad crossing and its subsequent paving, will retard the work slightly. It is reported. This street will be ready for use as soon as the steam roller is through Its work there. It was announced last week that the Inland Construction company, which took over the Seydcl com pany's contracts, would commence paving on Crescent avenue lute last week. Realty Transfers i Continue Brisklv ! With Big Dealers; I ConMnttcil tvM rulnte activity in' Klamutli Kalis, feature city r.f 1 taourhrrn Orofion. aiM lv.ih of ".iu : cm pirn a wakening," ts ImlU-ilVil My! Ilho aprcd with which Chilcole & Smith ami Rirnhisel Realty com- t puny disposed of several . roper ties lelonjslnR to A, A. Mehaffy, Oak land. Calif., who came up here the firrt of the week to soli part of hi. tuitllngs. Among the sale was a lot to Ulchard Smith, and a heme on Lin coln street to H. Kratiburg. Mehaffy. who has returned to his home in Oakland, in a former rest dent ot Klamath Fulls and at one time U reported to have held a prea! deal of city property here. He si ill ecntrolfi a number of other houses an) vacant Ims which ho ex perts tv 'H off gradually. "Klam ath Kails has a treat future. he declared, "and its growth will con tinue over a number of years. If I did not have greater interests at Oakland. I'd like to h'ny in tio swim here. GREAT OF SUBURB T 1! u Swan Lake May Have Irrigation On Own Account Small, private y owned reservoirs, supplied with water from artificial wells an J winter precipitation, are going to make efficient irrigation possible in the Swan Lake district next season, according to F, C C'oll man. Swan Lake raucher, who as In the city yesterday. Wells are numerous throuphcut th? district and the supply of water ieemlngiy unlimited. Collman stated, declaring that his plans to start ex cavation for a small reservoir in the near future, and that one of his neighbors who already has one well, is constructing another. He also anticipates building a reservoir from which to irrigate. Collman is raising beet and dairy stock at present, but next year is going to start seeding alfalfa, he said, and wants a dependable sup ply of Irrigation wa'er for the crop. The only dryland alfalfa growing which has teen successful to any great degree was on the Applcgatc ranch this year, according, to. .Coll man. Most of those in the Swan Luke country who -have Joined in the res ervoir move plan not only to water hay fields, but to experiment with other farm crops as well, it was stated. Several of the stockmen will plant sugar and stock beets when water is available oa their places, according to present plans. "I am operating a gasoline pump now on a well, and while the results are fairly satisfactory, the general opln'on is that IrriKating from a reservoir is preferable." Collman said, stating that undor such a plan a big supply of water is always on band against emergency, and the flow from the pump is assuredly constant. Industrie! Addition Proves One of Great Investment Sections of Industrial Klamath Falls. Prol'ably no other section of Klamath Kails so adequately re flects the enomonal growth ami prosperity of this city, as Industrial addition. wlieVe. under the tmiHMiiK of unparalleled terminal develop ment, home building hi expected to touch new hiph levels this tall. i Ti) years aso there were virtu ally nn In u es in Industrial niMltion. but today tills Is one of the mo! .Thrivink of the newer sections of the city, and comprises tu'er lf0 homes. It is larselv 'through I lie efforts of the Klamath Development company, which is h-tmliina the r.-eporty. that the addition has taken such a leap tcward the ulti mate goal of utter settlement. A great Ural c.r building activ- ; ity has Ik-cu constantly iu progress throughout the summer. In this sec tion of Klamath Falls, and it Is txpected that no slackening will b.' apparent until weather conditions in mid-winter put a damper on the work. Tl-ere Is a heavy demand for homes and hoiitcs to rent in In dustrial ailditicu. acrordiiiK ot 1. T. Henderson, directoi of Kl.imith l)e volopment company ucflvltles here, as well as for lots. District .cc--ible As the addition is readily access ible to the business district here through its chief traffic artery. Kast Ma'n street, and is located nour the site of the new $S00.000 Southern 1'arific terminal, homes and tracts arc being sought especially hard by tiie railroad men who are moving tr this city. Yany Southern Pacific employes have already purchaseil in the addition, and with the new yards In full operation, a great ' many more are expected to tuy or build homes in this vicinity. An Indication that Industrial may 'some day become one of the nicest residential districts here may be Jscen In the apparent pride which the people there are taking in their new homes. On every hand now lawns are in various stages of planting and growth, while attrac 1 live .beds of flowers brighten the homes. j District Xear Terminal ; Henderson believes that a portion of the addition lying adjacent to the Strahorn railroad, is a potential terminal site, and he bases his opin ion on the fact that even now an Increasingly large number of cars are being spotted in the vicinity, and their freight unloaded by local ' consignees. There is one lumber yard In the addition at present, and ! other yards and warehouses desire ; locations near the railroad facilities. ' he stated. ! Buys Property As Investment; Finds Activity Splendid i Indicative of the steady demand on the part of new-comers here, for houes to relit. was the Irans atllon Thursday when Joe Taylor purchased the five-room L. Ilrennaii hiute on Wall street through the Trl-States Healty company, nud al most before the ink on the pupers hud dried, rented the place at u nice flctire. Taylor is a resident of I'oe Valley and does wot expect to , occupy his new home In the near ! future. i Other sales reported ! the Tr. States include the purchase by It. , M. li cks. Merrill road, of the II. K. ItrooVfield pri. vrty t n Klierleln street. Hicks plans to move into Ms recent purch.ise by October 1. It was stated. P. Cither's house on I'lilon avenue was so id tltroitvli this ! company to Charles S. Wuldrlp. who will probably rent the place. , With the purchase of n fine lot en Oregon arcntio by a .Vr. Dreher, Klamath Kails Is soon to have an other new house added to Its rapid ly rrowins total. It was announced by Tri-States. I Hirultoii of lite two enterprises i deslragle." said A. P. Slouil Jr., president of tleueriil Motors. The lVlco-I.lt.ht rtmpany will eontlnuit to munufurtttro and sell rui 1 1 iv mi in iikiii iiiiii I'vnir g'luutn 'and water pressure systems. Krlgldalre and Ielco-l,lglit manu facturing operations are to bo com pletely separated under the plan an nounced. Delin-I.lglit will be pro vided with new factory space, leav ing Kiigidaire the product plants, with Sit acres of Hour space Iu use and under construction. When new buildings uro ertnpleted Frlgldaire will have a capacity of bo.opu elec tric refrigerators a month. For' results use News Clans Ada NOTICE I am an lnileiendeiit can ilidalo for the wtfiro of Jus tice of the IVnee for l.b'k vllln district, Kbilimtli County, Oregon, ami nmul fur Justice and economy. Any support tlurlni: tho election will bo duly upprt elated. II. A. KM MITT. CONCRETE FACTS - READY MIXED CONCRETE DELIVERED . OUR OWN SAND AND GRAVEL SAND GRAVEL CEMENT SERVICE Now is the time to Gravel your Driveway PORTER Construction Co. PHONE 13 Refrigerators of . General Electric Will Be Handled NKW YOKK. Sept. 24. A new, (eneml Motor? tfulHuliary, Frlr,i j (inire ruro ration, nan been incor-1 rwated nailer the laws of IVlawuro. ' la take ovtT tlistributi.iii mid :ilc ot electric rf rijeerutors manuUi t un-.l by the DWco-LiKnt tompuny. This iubsiihary hax boeu t rented to seg regate the elfctrlc rofrisirator from the electric liht olant business of the IKli!o-IlKht company. permanent offlcord and directors of Frididaire lorporaflon will it J practically the same tho.se of the Delco-Ught company, whfih U head-, ed !-y E. t;. Bievhler. president and Keneral manager, with headinnrtem at L'aytou. Ohio. "Trenietidtiu growth of the elec tric refriKerator liidiiHtry. In which FrtKidiilre hold the leading posi tion, and encouraging l-rospectg for the future of this busine, makes WISCONSIN- H.SH XKW DEMtH KAT CWXIHUATE MILWAUKEE Wis., Sept. 25. (United Press) .1. . S. Titteniorf. Omra, Wis., annuunct-4 his candi dacy for United StHtes senator from Wisconsin on an independent ticket here Saturday nixht. TlMemore was candidate (ct the republican nomination for lieuten ant governor at the primary elec tion. September 7. An 'thine too wtrti to "n? Or to out? Tell all Klamath Falls anon' It In the economical, efficient ay hrntiEh a lit.tp Ve riSMlf'ed Ait To read The Klamath News day after day is to keep thoroughly in formed on happenings of importance throughout the world as well as in Klamath Falls and vicinity. Reliable Painters F. R. OLDS 902 Klamath. Phone 192-W Ready-mixed CONCRETE and BRICK MORTAR from our Central Plant. Proportioned Right Mixed Right Delivered Right Priced Right A Time Saver and z Money Saver. Klamath Concrete Pipe Co. 805 Market St Phone 582-W. MILLER TRACT IS NEARLY SOLD (Continued From Page Eight) there is ample room to realize extra revenue from thete stMirces. Xew Dlitrlct flow Homedale, lying williiu a even minutes' drive of Inn city. Is located conveniently near principal mills aud factories here, which iuak'H it further attractive for the working man who would own something more than a city lot. Sales In Homedale wero made chiefly after the advent of the planting season this year, so that buyers had little chance to take full advantage of the gardening possibilities. Even the produce planted late, however, proved profitable and outstanding success met the efforts of those who raised potatoes. Those who have bought in the tract find the location affords the country atmosphere and charm sought after for homesitcs. com bined with all I lie convenience and comfort of city life. Congolvum russ, largo size, only 112.00. Ivory dressers cn'.y $25.00. Term if desired. Klamsth Homo SuppiV Company. 1038 Main St. Soft. 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