The annual meeting of the stock
holders of Clackamas Co. Fair will be
held in Oregon City, Saturday, Feb.
7, at 9:30 A. M.
31st"YEAR
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Clackamas
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Clackamas county may be describ
ed as being a land of opportunity,
with a wealth of natural resources
and advantages, not surpassed by
any section in the great state of Ore
gon. It is, situated in the western part
of the state, and embodies within its
confines, both mountains, foothill and
valley land, each of which possess
es advantages of its own.
Clackamas county has an area of
1,600 square miles, or 1,224,000 acres.
The eastern half of the county is
mountainous, most of it being includ
ed in a government forest reserve.
The tillable lands are in the western
and southern portions. Along the
watercourses the land is compara
tively level and there are wide plat
eaus removed from the streams,
which are easy of cultivation.
Through the county flows the Wil
lamette River, an uninterrupted high
way of commerce, 365 days in the
year. No powerful trust or individ
ual may dictate the rates on this
stream. The Clackamas River, fed
from the never failing snows of the
Cascade mountains, rushes down the
hillsides and furnishes an unlimited
supply of the purest water, capable
of being transmitted into elecrtic en
ergy sufficient to drive all the wheels
and spindles of the Pacific North
west. The soil of Clackamas County is
adapted to every form of agricultur
al industry, and varies from a rich
loam mixed with volcanic ash, to a
clay sub-soil, strongly impregnated
with iron oxides, nitrates, phosphat
es and potash, eliments so essential
to the growing of large crops. Every
' product of the North Temperate Zone
is successfully grown in this county.
It is not necessary to irrigate in
the county. The precipitation is large
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and the rains come until the crop is
almost ready to harvest. There is an
absence of rain during July and Aug
ust, during which time, where water
is easily available, the vegetable gar
dens are irrigated by some of the
truck farmers.
The assessed valuation of property
in Clackamas county, based upon the
summary prepared .by the State Tax
Commission, shows Clackamas to
rank sixth in the state with a total
assessed valuation of $30,521,327.12.
This figure is based upon a 55 per
cent valuation, and proves Clackamas
County to be one of the richest in
the state.
Land values in Clackamas county
depend on the character pf the land
and its location, uncleared lands
range in price according to locality,
from $25 to $50 per acre. Cleared
land within two or three miles of
Oregon City sells for from $100 to
$300 per acre. At a distance from
two to twelve miles the price is $60
to $100 per acre. These latter figures
are for land ready to plant. A few
acres of Clackamas county land' if
farmed properly, can be made to
earn an immense return.
Our facilities for reaching the
markets of the world will always
give the farmer of this locality a
great advantage over other portions
of the state. Portland, with a popu
lation of 225,000, has the only deep
sea, freshwater harbor on the coast.
At her docks ships from all parts of
the world are loaded with the prod
ucts of' our mills, factories and
farms. Besides the products that
find their way ,to foreign markets,
this county constitutes a large por
tion of Portland's supply territory
for small fruits, vegetables, milk and
many other products of the farm.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY PRODUCTS
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Clackamas county is possessed of
a rich productive soil, capable of
high cultivation,, of an excellent cli
mate, of an abundant water supply,
and of the steady cash market afford
ed by the growing population of its
cities and towns. Add to these an in
telligent, industrious, enterprising
population, and the secret of the
prosperity of this county is at once
apparent. It is a region of cosy, at
tractive and even elegant homes,
where all the graces of life flourish
and where industry and culture com
bine to produce their most charming
effects. The entire county is one vast
area of promise and its natural re
sources await but the touch of hu
manity to yield up their treasures to
the world.
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Our King
Water power is king at Oregon
City and it has been crowned by
many large manufacturing' indus
tries some of the largest in the
west.
A Fact
Actual experience has demonstrat
ed Oregon City is the most economi
cal point in the Northwest for the
operation of a manufacturing plant
at the distribution of its out-put.
Are You Interested?
Are you looking for a manufactur
ing site? If so, then come to Oregon
City and see what this place has to
offer to the man seeking a location
for a factory you will locate here.
Rich
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OREGON CITY, ORE., THURSDAY, FEB. 12, 1914.
City and Clackamas Co
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EYEVIEW OF OREGON
E CITY
OREGON CITY OFFERS MANY
ADVANTAGES AS A PLACE
OF RESIDENCE
Though a city possessed of every
advantage to make of it an industrial
center, it yet cannot become a city
of great and enduring importance if
it does not possess those things which
make a city desirable as a place of
residence. Oregon City combines to
a remarkable degree, the charms of
a city, of homes with the activities of
a busy industrial center.
Oregon City is noted for .its pret
ty homes, schools and churches. Fully
80 per cent of the people here own
their own residences, all of which are
kept up in an attractive manner, the
majority of them having a well-kept
lawn. Here are also the advantages
of good school and church privileges,
good water, pure air, inspiring land
scape, and every means of making
a livelihood for a man and his fam-
ily.
The scenic beauty of Oregon City
is not to be surpassedby-any city in
the county. Here are the strength
and beauty of the hills, the golden
skies, the music and dream of waters,
the oft winds freighted with the
perfume of flowers an ideal city for
an ideal home. Everything conductive
to health, happiness and prosperity
that a wise and progressive city gov
ernment, and a commendable public
spirit can provide may be found here.
Measured by the standard of en
vironment, comfort, health, educat
ional advantages, pure water, excel
lent sanitation, diversity of commer
cial and' industrial, pursuits and ac
cessibility these features that are
most important in selecting a place
of residence Oregon City stands
first among all western cities of the
same population.
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OREGON CITY'S GREAT WATER
In the prolific use of printer's ink
that is incident to the present age
and generation, it is very often the
case that exaggeration of more or
less extended character is at times
restored to by writers, where if they
would only stop to reason, they
would at once see that the facts
would answer this purpose far bet
ter. Using this logic as a standard,
we will say that facts alone are
needed when writing about the water
power furnished by the Willamette
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Oregon City, a City of
Eight Thousand People
Offers Excellent Opportunities To The Investor of.
Capital-City of Homes, Schools Churches
Situated on the banks of the beau
tiful Willamette River, and nestling
in an amphitheater of sheltering
hills, like a diamond in the rough,
sits Oregon City, the judicial seat of
Clackamas County.
Oregon City is located twelve
miles south of Portland on the main
line of the Southern Pacific Rail
road, and is also reached by steamer
and electric cars. The city has a pop
ulation of 8,500 contented people.
The class of citizens who go to form
the population, are of that hustling,
wide-awake kind, which promote and
advance, and are ever alert for bet
ter opportunities.
The impression received by a vis
itor to Oregon City . is one of thrift
and energy. He may look from his
car window as he enters her portals
and .view the large factories and
mills, where hundreds of men are
employed and other indications of
the busy life of the industrial city.
But it will not be a confusing sight,
nor a conglomeration of shrieking
whistles, nor an un-wholesome riotu
ous strenuosity. It will be the thrift
which speaks of untold energy,
strength, progress, manhood, devel
opment and ambition, with perf 3 t
control j nd scientific management.
One of the greatest water powers
or. the contii.pnt is developed at ihe
Willnmette Talis, and which will i-r.e
duv make C'recon City the manufac
turing center of the Northwest. The
FALLS OF THE WILLAMETTE,
Falls, located at Oregon City.
Imagine, if you can, a giant team
of 187,500 horses in harness, contin
ually refreshed and kept in the full
of their strength and vigor by relays,
then try to mentally grasp the tre
mendous power of such a mammath
team, leady for duty every hour of
every day and every night for nine
months of the year; supplement this
for the other three months of the
year by another team of 68,750
horses, always ready to apply their
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city can now lay claim to three large
paper mills, comprising the Willa
mette Pulp and Paper Company, (he
Crown-Columbia Paper Company,
and the Hawley Pulp and Paper Com
pany. These three industries alone
employ upwards of 1,200 people ev
ery working day in the year. Besides
these industries, Oregon City has
the largest woolen mill in the west,,
employing 350 people. Also a large
foundry, saw mills, furniture factory,
a modern ice and cold storage plant,
and numerous other enterprises of
more or less importance. In fact Ore
gon City is a growing center of in
dustrial activities. v
Oregon City . has many great re
sources behind it which will contrib
ute very largely to its growth, wealth
and business prospentyMn the future.
The developement of these resources
has only begun, and the field is still
largely unoccupid. Many important
lines of business are as yet entirely
open to enterprising men who want
to employ their energies and capital
in the pleasing and profitable under
taking of building a new commercial
and industrial empire in the great
northwest. With conditions unexcell
ed, Oregon City offers unparalleled
inducements to the man pf capital
looking for a profitable investment.
The prominence and prosperity of
the city is founded upon fortunate
location, established wealth, merited
prestige and successful achievements.
The resources, advantages and facil
ities are at hand, and the time has
AT OREGON CITY
concerted energy at the touching of
a button. If you can do this, you will
gain some idea of why Oregon City
expects to some day become the
greatest manufacturing center, in the
Northwest.
A single horse power, according to
the prevailing calculation , is that
measure of power which is required
to lift a weight of 33,000 pounds one
foot high in one minute. The real
power of a horse, it is estimated, is
only about three-fourths of this unit,
If yon want, to buy, sell or trade, try
a small ad in The Courier the best ad
vertizing medium in Clackamas County
and you will get. the desired results..
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arrived to see Oregon City become
the city it should be, and conduct the
business its surroundings and condi
tion warrant and make possible.
Socially and educationally, the city
can meet all ordinary requirements
and the most fastidious in that re
spect mav locate here in the full
knowledge that their children can
have "the same home advantages as in
the older communities of the East '
and Middle West
The country intervening between
Oregon City and Portland now teems
with settlements. Manufacturers,
schools, churches and modern resi
dences have dotted the landscape un
til it takes no prophet to see that
Oregon City is now, and will be more
hereafter, a part of the giant young
city. And in becoming a part of the
city all persons will acknowledge
that this will be the most romantic
and healthful portion of the metrop
olis. V
Today, there is no question of the
powers and strength of the city,
and the upbuilding forces which are
behind it. The only matter of conjec
ture is the rapidity of the realiza
tion of the greatness and magnitude .
which the future holds in store for
its people. Many conditions combine
to make Oregon City an ideal place
for business enterprise and the es
tablishment of a home. It is today
a city of opportunity the place that
is beckoning to capital and enter
prise, offering splendid facilities and
a rich reward to both.
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POWER
hence the estimated total water pow
er of the Willamette Falls, at Oregon
City, which is placed at 150,000 horse
power for nine months in the year,
equals the total pulling strength of a
team of 187,500 horses. During the
three months of low water, the esti
mate is placed at 55,000 horse power,
or a force equal to that of 68,750
horses.
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