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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1882)
iTt THE WEST SHORE. March, 188a OUR ILLUSTRATIONS. This month's illustrations will give our readers an idea of what ran be Hone in Oregon. We ahow a stork and grain farm, both in the Wil lamette ralley, Reedville, on the west tide. Oak Foinl on Ihe east. Both farms have Iwen. br pood businett lact, lirtMight lo the very highest state of production, and no arlimlr rrsnn rxMi why every farm here, where grass grows nearly the entire yrar and croi never fail, ahould not look equally a well. There arc numerous grain farms in the Willamette and other Orecon vallcvs that would make equally and tome even better picture man mote we h.w. We know of farms in I Jnn, Marion, llrnton and Yamhill counties where the houses and barns on each one of them are valueil at from five thousand lo eipht thousand dol laia. On such farms the riirictr is alwavs a man ol business, his farming implements are all housed when they are done with, his stock, and he has none but the best, is well cared for, he always hat good butter and rich cream on his table-he has an orchard and raises his own vegetables his surplus more than pays his entire B-ery bill, his wife is a neat, well-fed, healthy and happy looking mation v. ho needs no " Illoom of Youth" of other lotions to give freshness to ncr lace. Hit dauchteii i.lsv the nlan,. ,.,u:u... neat flower garden, nive , ftw ,,, plan for """" , help to milk the cows, make their own every day ilrriuetan.1 m.,.,1 .1..:. r.i . ... , , ' mh.ii miners nrl linul,, working clothes Hi, ,, uua,v . .rw uncy iee,I, of chickens and after "Wlying.he table. HI enough egg, ,o, in course f lime, buy , flnc norie ( ,elrovn Thfje T p.w, e indy with all kind, of iol. .nd make ihemsrlves generally useful on the farm. The successful farmer NhniM for ncwlv a he ,,m8 (tn t, J" n "" tead. them all, h" " ,imt '" l sal.K,n. when an e".n, call, him to town. Lscep. on Sundays J? "".-Ir - fa quick huMne.ik walk a. once , tin, him (Mil at ft. lit . i " -..,., ,tmtt, Tk- n,,. i K "uccesMiil ""go" f.im,-,, ,n nincynine case, out of . hun.i t4 hciefton(ffttfn (o HuHi.Cc., and occupies i,yVhe hl' .ron.ds '-ly sera. he. ove , ;"7l''-mg..nd1 eaves, he pW in ,.,'JT " ' " m"k - '"'"t. raise, no vere . lie runs a p.,.. ....i i. ,n . .own y. flBd him - fhutrs his lailuie, to bad luck S..II l t. the pUce Wus , it mM urur the piifg J41 hne residence .frucXdg Thi. Oak Point farm consists of over eight hundred acres "1 is the property of Joseph Hamilton, Esq., one of the solid Linn county The Reedville farm consists of eight hundred acres is valued at about $75,000 and is the pro- Dertv of W. S. Ladd and S. G. Reed of this city, It is under Ihe superintendency of L. B. Lindsay, Emj. Stuck raiting in general is made a specialty on this place and annual auction sales, inaugurated last vear. arc held to disDose of the surplus. All . , the houses and bams are built with special regard for convenience and safety, a line half mile track to sed horses on, is located immediately back of the training stables which are U;ed for exercising in in boisterous weather. Nothing has been left undone to make the place productive, and a further addition of a cheese factory on an extensive scale is to I inaugurated there this season. The 0. A C. R. R., west side division, passes right through the farm, dividing it in two nearly equal sections. The place has its railroad station, and post office, with a daily mail, and is in fact one of the finest farms on Ihe continent. Okkoon Furniturb Manufacturing Co. This establishment, of which detailed illustration are furnished in this numlier. is one of the mixt complete institutions of the kind in the United States. The general appearance of the buildings have been faithfully delineated bv our ariii. that but little remains for us to state in type. The buildings were erected and hist comnlet,,! hi the company with espial regard to facilitate their constantly growing business The First street side contains the two largest show windows on the Pacific Coast; dividing the windows are two im mense doors forming the entrance to in, n.i salesrooms A steam nassenwr .lu.i. 1... 1. placed in the rear of these mollis, an tlnf ... . - 1 v s.1,411 uur- chascis arc taken from floor to flnnr .u. . "I.TOUl IMC fatigue of climbing stairs, although safe and easy lairwys have also been provided for those who may prefer " Ihe good old way." The factory is entered from ....... .1,1. li... "rwi. ana .l.hough located directly in . line with the sales rooms the noise and buu of ii i- j . cninery have been efWhiM.. j , 'piously ana alley ways The shin. P'ng department hu a from.' L ' St"P .i :. . . -" oaimon street ".d.. connected with boih factory and salesroom, in.r,hirhT; 't0Vered 'Prin6 " right loaded f 'umiture or carpels. iTlVT? rm W faclory for city delivej or packe.1 for sliipninir i . I. er "i". This .dvan.a,,. LI l T ,0 ,h,st w 'ynoc,.,c,es,aldisl,ni,o r (he buildings illmiraicd .1.. kuiti tensive .umLr X Lrr' here an .mmen l lr.'1 '.y kept on hand :; "UW00d.,Um ofieuo. .. "K'ng the proces, The Oregon R..r..:.. . pany -J-one continuous and V"dhMb- inc. its organiiion "ment consiating of buildinci ,h I ' fh' ''repjVcrpr1 country; the president, Mr. Samuel Leewenstein ' was in the furniture business here for many ' years before the organization of the company, and almost since Portland began to be a city. Hc itl thorough mechanic and well up in every branch of furniture manufacturing. The secretary, Mr i Wm. Kapus, is always found foremost in all en-' terprises likely to prove of benefit to this st- 1 and is especially noted for his executive ability. Oregon woods which have gained an enviable reputation abroad are used entirely by this insti- tution, with the exception of walnut, which is imported direct and in laree Quantities, m... at J confine themselves to no particular grade of goods but manufacture trom the cheapest to the most elaborate and expensive. One hundred men, nearly all 'of them heads of families, find remu nerative employment here all the year round, and thereby add no little to Portland's general pros perity. Besides their immense stock of furniture the company also deal extensively in carpets, oil- cloths, paper hangings, curtains and general household fixtures. ' Every resident of this state has reason to feel proud of this institution, as it is indeed one of Oregon s great oaks from a little acorn grown. The "Cattle Round Up " is a decidedly Eastern Oregon and Washington scene, and generally occurs in early summer. AH herders, and fre. quently owners of stock, gather together in certain localities and with the most experienced and skillful stockmen for leaders, inaugurate a ceneral gathering in or "rounding up" of cattle from a circuit ot many miles. Mounted on their swiftest "cayuses" the "cow boys" scatter out across the range, gathering in every animal and finally con- centrating the property of perhaps a dozen promi nent stock growers in one immense herd often numbering 20,000 to lo.ooo head of excited bovines. Passing near the home ranch of re. spective owners the animals are halted in a con venient location, and part of the cow hovs hold the masses, whilst others ride through and single me brand or animal beloncine to the adiacent range or ranch, and separate it from the main body of cattle. As the calves will alwnva follow their mother, the increase is of conrs umml and after being branded is again turned loose on me range and requires no further attention for feed or otherwise until the next year's "round "P-" Moving along to the next man'a range the scene is repeated, and so continnod until .11 cattle are divided and the young stock branded. uns ume mat buyers for Eastern and Cali fornia markets make their purchases, leaving every season nearly two millions of dollars in Eastern "ICB"n aml Washington for our surplus stock. The Columbia River Salmon Cannery presented llVwt ? situated at eXimn fB00th&C-.i one of thirty- T rW ,0Catedat differen' P'" on the Columbia river. Tb.c- c.v... rm-ai .... - "w- "aiiciici are a fS0'1110 thi product rfthemUing.bounhrmimon.ordoLper next w7l.T Ppear$ in thi ,Cr,p"0"ofH'ieSt.bli.6hment.