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OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD NEW YEAR NUMBER.
33
j One of the most popular of our rural ho
tels is that of F. C. Perry, the only one in
the town of Molalla. He is not only a genial
landlord, but, which is fully as important,
everything about the place is neat and clean.
j"Bcd and board" are equal to the best. Trav
eling salesmen never miss an opportunity to
patronize Perry's Hotel. To accommodate
them and the numerous summer tourists,
iMr. Perry also conducts a livery stable.
I Molalla Prairie produces a large number
of hogs, and for years a pork packing estab
lishment has been in operation here. Mo
lalla bacon has become celebrated, and such
is the reputation of its sugar-cured hams
that they are preferred to all others, their
price being the highest and the demand al
ways greater than the supply. The proprie
tor of the establishment. W. Gray, may justly
pride himself on the purity and excellence of
the lard and flavor and rare keeping qualities
of the cured meats he produces.
I The various mechanical trades are repre
sented as follows: W. Trullinger, blacksmith
shop; Win. Mackerell, harness shop; W. D.
Adams, cabinet shop and undertaking estab
lishment, j
The public school of Molalla is a large and
imposing structure. It alone tells the tale of
the intelligence and progressiveness of this
community.
Molalla is connected with Oregon City,
the county seat, sixteen miles distant, by a
good wagon road, over which a wagon load
can be hauled by one team in mid-winter.
It is a fact of historical interest that the
first settlement of Molalla was made in 1843
by Bill Russell and W. H. Vaughan, who
next month will celebrate his eightieth birthday.
BAGBY & DIXON'S SAWMILL.
Two rustlers, F. S. L. Bagby and W. F.
Dixon, are in the sawmill business at a point
one and a half miles south of Needy post
office, or five and a half miles southeast of
Hubbard railroad station. Their mill has a
capacity of 30,000 feet per day, and they run
it up to the limit in order to be able to keep
up with the incessant demand. They are
located in a large, fine belt of timber, ash,
maple, oak, spruce, fir and cedar, which they
own. They make a specialty of fir and cedar
piling. The hardwood lumber they manufac
ture is equal to the best. Being surrounded
by a flourishing farming community, they are
able to easily procure the ample supplies nec
essary to run their own logging camp and
board their force of men and teams. During
the past year the demand for lumber was
greater than the mill could supply. Their
outlook, consequently, for a prosperous run
during 1902, could not be better. Messrs.
Bagby & Dixon are deserving of whatever
measure of success they may have. The sen
ior member of the firm is a Clackamas county
boy, son of one of our pioneers. Both being
young, they will not miss pushing their busi
ness for all there is in it. They are doing
their part toward putting the wealth of our
valley into marketable form, and incidentally
are scattering much money in the form of
wages in the section where their business is
located.
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Harless Residence, Molalla
Russell's Bee Ranch on Upper Molalla
Perry's Hotel, Molalla
Molalla School
(Photos by F. C. Perry.)
Silver Creek Falls, tributary of Butte Creek.
Upper Clackamas River Bridge