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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1910)
DAILY CAPITAL JODRNAti. HALK&ir OUEOOfJ. SATURDAY, APRIL 0, 1010. rags Kons. Wisdom, the Wealth of the Wise SIEZE OCCASION t is better to walk a mile and live in your own house than a few steps and carry the rent chains '. Buy your own lot, . Plan ym own house, The installment plan assists you, The best of all investments today, Mr, Workingman, is in W6Sl Willi VirT1i lri TlHiiir iTrti A Terminus. of Salem, Falls City & Western Railway, The hub of future commercial en terprises, Big factory already completed, Fine residential districts, Lots on installment & plan, Now Is Your Opportunity, Act in the Living Present. $5.00 Down and $S.OO Per Month Without Interest A great financier once said he attributed his success to the fact, when others were think ing he decided, and when others had decided he had executed, West Salem is a Sound and Productive In vestment. We invite You to See For Yourself State Street ers Brothers Investmei United States National Bank Building Ground Floor nit Co, NOTICE TO OWNERS OF PROPERTY Owners of Farms Large and Small, Improved or Unimproved rin'ho mth rJav nf Anril trm uhnlpsalfi mal p.statfi firm of P. 0. I avfiv & Cnmnanv will begin, at its offices in the cities of Salem and Portland, Oregon, the listing of every avail- I-T1 r 1L.J !- I. ! iU- A!ll,,U nllmi Ar mill l!o -forrvir -Pnr cola rn aoie Tarm llrdL IS i(JI Salt! III -1110 Willamette vaoy, vvo vyni mui noi icunio iui oai6 uii commissioni as this firm does not sell on commissions. q. Wan"" to B??v'y$nsr Ffrrm Outright ilere is a iorn; for yoii to Pill Out and Send in to Us. Section Township Range Terms State .'. : County . No, Acres Cleared Slashed " Pasture, Timber Kind Fruit . Kind J Age , Condition Soil Character of Land House Cost $ Barn Other Buildings Mortgage Rate Due Taxes Fences Miles from Water Insurance Windmill Distance from School Exclusive Agency Remarks: Address all Mail Regarding this Advertisement to P. C. LAVEY COMPANY WHOLESALE REAL ESTATE. U. S. National Bank Building Saem, Oregon. IT'S A SIGN OF WISDOM To be thinking of owning some real estate, It is wisdom itself to act on the thought, If you are in earnest about owning wour own home we can help you, Drop in andtalkmattersoven Wehave sever al propositions that mean good .money for those that take them up, Why not you? Some of These May Interest You Wo have a cosy 5-room cottage, in choice location in East Salem, near car line; plenty of fruit, flower beds, etc., $1600. Now up-to-date 6-jroom cottage on 18th street, at a bargain, $2300. Eight-room house and choice lot on Cottage street, close in; if' taken soon, $3000. Fine new modorn 7room house, close in on Chemekota street, rustic barn. It you are looking for something choice this will interest you, $4500. Farms and Acreage ISO acres, near good town, 10 miles north of Salem; 90 acres in cultivation, balance timber, C-room house and barn, $6000. 100 acres, all In cultivation, new house and barn, one-half mile to school and three miles to good railroad town, $6100. 30 acres, all in cultivation; well improved place; two miles from Salem, $375 per acre. 25 acres rich black soil, three miles from Salem; 20 acres just set to apples, 5000. 21 acres, seven miles from Salem, in Howell Prairie; house, barn and hop house; 14 acres in good hop yard, $3650. 20 .acres, house and barn, one mile from steel bridge, in Polk county, $5000. If what you want is not set forth in this advertisement, call at our office for large printed list of property for sale, Our booklet contains, not only a description, but also the prices of property for sale in all sections, both city and country, and will prove a valuable guide to the buyer. H. A. JOH 388 State Street, Salem, Oregon, NS Ground Floor DO YOU WANT A HOSIE? AVE BTAVE THEM. 106 acres, 70 in cultivation, bal ance good timber. All fenced and , , i i .i i ,i ,i i I gOOU lailU, O" BpitlUUlU 1UUU 111 I ! miles of Salem. Only $50 per acre. A snap. 1 575 acres, 5-room house, 2 barns. goat house and orchard; 200 acres in cultivation and crop; 200 acres open pasture, good; balance timber; well watered; all stock and machln- iery goes; only $20,000. See this be ! fore you buy. I 18 acres now 4-room house, barn, I orchard, ilne well, 10 acres in culti vation; three acres of line timber; balnco pasture; all fenced, on good road. For a few days only $2700. Wo havo houses in all parts of city, from $800 to $7500. Soo us, we can suit you. Some fine lots close in cheap. We havo some cholco acreage in .small tracts. House to rent, etc. If you want to buy, see us. Wo seil them. i A. O. ' Fhono 1507 SMITH & CO. 544 State St. I ; Address j '.Price Cash Mortgage , J $ $ at per cent IH SOMETHING NEW Good 6 room house, barn, well, fruit trees, 2 flno lots for only 80Q. Terms easy. A good 6 room house, barn, fruit, etc. Lot 100x165 ft.; 2 locks from car: $1400. A fine 20-acre tract 5 miles out, running water; good well; house; 2 barns; orchard; 3 acres Umber and pasture; 3 cows; L heifer; 2 calves; 2 horses; wagon; buggy; hack harness; all tools; 50 chickens; 140 bus. potatoes and corn. A snap at $4000, terms. A beautiful 20-acre home; good 9-room house; 2 barns, orchard, All kinds Iruits and (lowers. This is a dandy, close in. Terras; see It. 12 acres, close, line Improvements. Lots of fruit. Just outside of city, cheap. S5700. : 40 acres 5 miles out. Good tin Iprovoments, fruit etc; no better I land, tine location. This Is worth seeing; only $7500. I 5 acres of splendid orchard, 6 'miles out; mostly winter apploa; no buildings. $1,500. I Two nice lots on State St., $100 each. j Good new house and lot, north front, $1,000. Easy terms, small payments. I 5 room house, north Commercial St.. $1,000. j I Houses in all parts of city for salo and rent. Fruit tract orchards, I small and large farms. For bargains I of all kinds seo mo. Also employ I mont for both men and women, all ' lines of work. Notary work and In surance. For tho best opening, In u flno i now progressive town on the Chlca ; go. Milwaukee. & St. Paul It. It. at j Othela, Washington. Lots from $7( to Jpnuo, oasy payments, unar antoo steady work, at good wages and if, property is not ns represented your monoy back with expenses. SEE It. It. HVAN FOR RESULTS Cor. Commercial and Center Sts, FARM BARGAINS NOT D V ERSION BUT OWTH OF COUNTRY Striking Evidences Seen in Recent Activities on Texas Gulf Coast Galveston Lays Foundations Millions Expended as Bases for Great Port, City and Pleasure Resort Gar land of Orange Blossoms. Perhaps tho most trlklng ovldonco of tho growth of this country In gen eral Is to be seen In tho tronQ of commerce and Immigration In recent years, and particularly in tho move ments now In progress, commercial ly, Industrially and nErlcuIturally, along the gulf Iront ofho state of Texas. When the improvement of Galves ton harbor was undertaken in 1890, Galveston folks figured that a large volume of business would Bhift from the Atlantic ports to tho now gulf outlet as soon as tho big ehips could oome up to tho wharves, as Galves ton would fmrnisn "tho lino of least resistance." Hut In this they wero disappointed for a time. Water can't 1)0 made to run up hill. Railroads' loading from tho "granary or the nation" continued to take products for export to the Atlantic ports, al beit rates slumped. The dream of diverting commerce was not real ized. Within the last few years tho com morco of the port of Galvoston has grown enormously. It Is now 882 per cent greater than In 1890. Growth of tho west nnd southwest, growth of tho "business of the coun-i try In general, Is the causo, Atlan tic ports aro still doing business at tho old stand. But they havo be come crowded. To oxpnnd their ter minal facilities nnd to build to thorn now lines of rallrond would Involvo enormous expenditures. It Is cheaper to hulld to tho gulf, and tho groat railroads of tho west havo boon pu'tlng'out lines to that body of water, as the cotton plant sonds Its roots to motet soil In a dry son son. Upon tho surplus commerce Galvoston Js growing. Tho Atlantic rosorvolr Is full; Galveston and her sister port of the gulf have beeoino HEAL ESTATE IIAHGAINH. 205 acres 4 miles from Dallas; 100 In cultivation. Good house and two barns. Price $14,000. Tormf. 118 acres, 60 cleared. Now house and two barns: 4 miles from Dallas. A snap. Price $35 por acre. 58 acres all cleared. 18 acre hops, two acres of orchard. Good houve and barn. Mineral springs on place. Price $150 per acre. 40 sores near Shaw. 11 acres in fruit. Horse, cow, 100 chicken, wagon, buggy, harness, and all tools go with place. Also some oats and .IifHi. Price, $5,060. IIUGIIHS & I'AHKHK, Kalem, or IIUGIIHS & HIUD, Dallas. C-room house, 3 closots, woodshed, well wator and city wnlor at cor ner nf lot- barn. 20 larire fruit troos, chicken park; 2 blockHfrom Yow Park school; 1 blocks from carllno. This is a real choap place can bo bought for only $850; $C00 cash; balance $5.00 per month. 05 acres, 3 miles south of Salom; running water on it, good tlm bor, some In cultivation; for $85 per acre. 80 acres, 3 miles south of Salom on Jofforson road; excellent fruit land; can ho bought In 10-aore, 20-aoro, etc. This Is good land, and will soon raise in price, so you had bottor toko advantage of tho opportunity and invost in a good thing. Now is tho time to buy your home Wo have ItT . J. O. SCHULZ & CO. Hush Hank Illdg. HUH SAVAGE & PRUNK l'r lrrin und City l'i'it-rl) 1UO H. COMMERCIAL HT, tho spillway for tho nation's foreign commorco. Influence of the Big Ditch. Somo diversion will In all likeli hood como with the complotion and utilization of tho Panama canal not becauso of tho gulf ports aro so much nonrpr tho Atlantic portal of the canal than are our Atlantic ports Dut oecauso tho gulf portB will thou be as favorably situated as aro thoBe of the Atlantic seaboard In ro- Bpect to Oriental and. other Pacific coast commorco. At tho presont time they aro tho least favorably sit uated of all American ports In that regard. In corcsoouonca of which Or iental business moves by rail to Pa cific and Atlantic iorts oven out of Texas. reading Itooni I Coast Country. Llkewlso tho Texas coast country, Hie great 'coastal plain, is being rap Idly populated, aovoloped and util ized, not through a process of dlvor- ulon, T)ut becauso tho surplus of In habitants from oldor sections Is horo 'ilndlfctg o'lhow room. No part of our country Is yot crowded as Is Europo and Asia, but Amorlcans havo boon nccustomed to plonty of breathing spneo and donrand it. The plonoer Bpirit yot lives. Whonover a section becomes modoratoly thick In settle ment, ttio 'nomadic Impulse assorts Itsoir. Thus, tho now sections got settlors, not so much becauso of su perior advantages in soil und cll lnnta nB because thoy havo breath ing space; and thoy do not got sot tlure In considerable numbers until that space is needed. Transportation facilities, of course, havo much to do In dotor Tninlng tho oholco of the homoeuok or. Transcontinental rnllroUds, ocean to oean linos, which wo'o stretcnod ticross tho country In the C0s and "70'h, afforded nccoss to Bufllolbnt now country to last for many yonrs. In consoquonco tho trl anglo of Texns, which lies bolow the southernmost of those transconti nental linos, was practically neglect ed until rocont yonrs. Itathor cur lously. It was oarly tho subject of. colonial effort, for in 1685 tho Chov- nllor LnSuIIe planted the Ill-fated colony; St. Louis, midway tho Toxus coast. Not until tho lnttor half of tho nineteenth century, howovor, was much progress mado in tho set tlement of Texas, and tlion the building of transcontinental rail roads to tho north loft tho lowor tri angle of the stato to one side, nnd only within tho last twonty years havo tho ports beon sulllcloutly de veloped to make Its seaboard Im portant, Taken Out of the Back Yard, nut this strip of country has beon taken out of the backyard, A rail road travorsos tho coast country from end to end, following tho trail which Genoral Taylor made on his march to Mexico. This road was built tlvo yuuis ago, partly to open this country to sottlomont, partly to establish a new short lino to the City of Mexico. Benjamin F. Yoakum, tho railroad magnate, projected it. He Ih a Texas product; grew up as a farmer boy, raised and sold fruit t,uu, itia! Riiowm a mi u'uuut sc'.'., agriculture nnd horticulture. When In training for his big work he learned that some of the pioneers of r he coast country were succewi fully growing oranges upon u small scalo. Ho stored this information awuy, and, whon he got out upon a largef stago and next t6 the monoy boxes, he built tho Gulf Coast Lino and placed arnottior gar land of orange blossoms upon tho brdw of Columbia. During the last three or four years tho Influx of population Into tho coast country has boon enor mous. Tho nurseries of America and Japan havo been swamped with orders for orance. lemon, crape fruit, flg nnd olive trees. Commer cial shipmonts of tho fruit has be gun. Thoy nro raising cane on tho battlolleld of Resaca do la Pal ma nnd elsewhere In tho lower Rio jGrnndo vnlley, and up nnd down tho said valley and up nnd down the coast, tho production of sugar, rice, onions, fruit and vegetables has grown nnd is growing enormously.'. Millions for Foundations. These largo movomonts aro re flected In tho towns and cities of the togion. Gnlyeston, notably, has ibeen busy during tho last nine years . in laying tho foundations for great things. Many millions of dollars havo been put Into improvements public and private Two notable works have been, completed, a third is tinder construction, a fourth and fifth nro projected and assured. Tho first of theso was a great sea wall, 17 feet htgh, 20 feet wide at thq base (tho same being protected by 27 feet pf granite riprap), and 17,592 feet in length, constructed by tho people of Galveston, through their county government, at a cost of $1,500,000. This has been ex tended 5,506 feet by tno rcderai government to itrotect Us Fort Crockett military reservation at a cost of $300,000, the ontlro wall forming an embankment for tho grade raising, which comes to a, level . with tho top of tho wall, tho enUro . length, 4.37 miles, nnd, breadth,' one mllo, of the city. The Btorm of July 21, 1909. Was a severe test to this wall, and a most satisfactory Oho to Galveston people, who had bullded it, aB the protection It afforded was. thorough, there bolng no erosion of tho grade, no damage to tho city, and not tho least damago to the wall lt solf. In raising tho grndo 16,000, 000 cubic yards of material was Ail ed In at a cost of $3,200,000. Tho third notable work, now un der construction, Is a great cause- way to connect Galveston Island with tho mainland. It will bo two mllo long, will cost $1,500,000 and will havo ways for pedestrians, automo biles, wagons, etc., for the steam: railways and for tho Galveston Houston (electric) lnterurban rail way, which Is now under construc tion. It will be tho largest structure of its kind in tho United States, ex cepting the Floriaa Keys viaaucis, and will bo wider than any lengthy vlnduct in the world. Greater Galveston Harbor. A fourth project In courso of re alization Is Greater Galveston har bor, as planned by -the engineers of tho United States army, which will includo tho port of Galveston and tho subports of Texas City and Port Bolivar. Tho plan Includes tha deepening of tho channols to thlrty flvo foot and tho opening up of the ontlre water front of lower Galvos ton bay. The work will cost approx imately $30,000,000 nnd require 10" to 15 years to execute At present Galvoston has thirty-two feet of, water and Texas City and Port Bol ivar 'twenty-flvo foot. Texas City ity sevon miles distant from Galveston and Port Bolivar live miles'. Tho federal government has thus far expended $10,500,000 on tha Galveston harbor improvomonts, with tho result that tho poople aro saved more than $30,000,000 por an num In transportation charges, or about the cost of tho now project. It lo worthy of note that tho saving; In ocenn carrlago on foreign com morco within tho last twority yoars has been groator than that which has beon accomplished In rail car riage. For example, tho rate on cot ton from Galvoston to Liverpool haa fallon from 60 cents per 100 pounds to 27 cents, whereas tho rail rates from Texas common points to Gal voston hnvo been roducod 15 conta. Tho Pleasure Side, Anothor notnblo feature of the -now actlvltlos along tho Toxas coast Is tho development of plcasuro re sorts. Tho most ambitious of the projects is that of Galveston. Thls city has for many yoars had consid erable ropntation, especially In tho southwest and west, ns a resort, but It is now proposed to place it in the front rank. A stop In this dlroct'ou Is tho proposod nnd nssurod erection of n first-class soasldo hotol, front ing Seawall boulovard and overlook ing tho bob. Within two wook nioro than half a million dollnrs In stock was raised by prlvnto subscrip tion for this purpose, nnd It Is prob nble that a million dollnrs will be Investecl In tho ontorpriso. The proposod slto of tho hotol Iff tyi tho gulf front, across tho Island from tho sconos of shipping and trndo, "far from tho mnddlng throng'B Ignoble strlfo." Bases for tho expectation that a hlEh-olass re sort will bo developed aro salubrious climate, an incomparable beaah long and showing, snlondld for surf ' bathing and affording thirty-two nillos of, flno drlvowny; tho mntch- . less Seawall boulovard. three mlleu . 'n length, connecting at one ond with the bonch and at tho other with oleander nnd palm-llnod Broad way, -and through It with the Causw- wny and tho shall road to Houston. fifty miles north, tho wholo afford- l Ing opportunity for the most lordly nutomoblllng on the contlnont. Also ,. there nro nquatlc sports, llshlng and ' hunting, from tho tnmoBt to tho gnmost, ard n city of quaint charm. '' All of which development nnd ' projeciod development, as was saldi.; at the outsot, is ovldonco not of dl- version, but of tho tromendouB, rest-,,,, less growth of our common country., , , o Tho Sound Bleep of Good Health. '." The restoratlvo power of sound " sloop can not bo ovor estimated and"" ' nnd ailment that provonts it Is a ' "' mennoe tn health. J. L. Southors, 1 ' ' Eau Clalro, WIa says: -"For a Ion tlmo I have been unable to sloop, soundly nights, becauso of pnlns ,t cross my back nnd soreness of my , Kidneys, My nppotlto was vqry poor' nd my gonoral condition was verT" much run down. I have boon tak 'ng Foley's Kidney Pills but a, sljqrt.iw. time and now sleep as sound aamici rook. I eat and njpy my moaifej and Hiv Tfncml ondlMon n grtrntlyi Improved. I csh honestly ruuuas mond Foley's Kidney PJlla as I knsiw ... they have cured mo," J. 0. Perry.