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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1900)
22 t)Se aioBmyq okegonian, Monday, January, i, 1900. YAKIMA'S PROGRESS Population of the County In creased 3000 Last Year. BANK DEPOSITS ARE INCREASING Hailrood Business at Jiovth. Yakima Three Time as Much, la 1800 as in 1S9S. Yakima county reports substantial progress during 1S99. To this may be add ed that there never has been a time since the settlement of the valley "when pros perity -was so great or so general as now. Healthy conditions prevail. The farmers sre out of debt, merchants are doing busi ness at a profit, and working people find employment at good wages. There are three reliable sources of In formation concerning the volume and condition of business the bank deposits, the shipments of freignt and the postofflce receipts, and upon what has been gath ered from them your correspondent bases the above statements. As practically the entire population of the valley is tribu tary to North Taklma, there being no other town in the county which has to exceed 250 people, it is apparent that what may be said of conditions here applies throughout the county. The flrst statement of the condition of the Taklma National bank published dur ing the year showed deposits of $272,000; the last, published a little over 10 months later, snows deposits of $360,o6o. Presi dent Donald states that the gain for the year has been over $100,000. The state ments of the First National are not at hand, but their deposits have Increased Dy about the same amount The Increase in the bank deposits of North Taklma In the last 12 months has been over SO per cent. Northern Pacific Agent G. A, Graham, when asked for figures concerning the railroad business done here this year, said that he was not permitted to comply with the request He said, however, that every month's business in 1S99 showed a great increase over that of the same month in 1S98. "Roughly speaking," he usserted, "we handled three times as much freight In 1899 as in 1S98, and the passenger business is Infinitely better." It may be added to this that the freight forwarding business at this point now ex ceeds that at Spokane over the Northern Pacific and that it is asserted thatthere are but two points on the line In Wash ington where- it is greater. The Import ance of the station .from the railroad standpoint is further attested by the fact that the company has recently completed here the most expensive depot buildings "between St Paul and Portland, and In a number of other ways has made special efforts to deserve and retain the good will of the people of the valley. Postmaster Xi. E. Sperry states that the receipts of his office for each month In the year have exceeded those of the same month in last year. Immigration Commissioner C. "W. Mott stated to the Republic a few weeks ago that the Northern Pacific had put 1800 people Into Taklma county during the past season. H. B. Scudder, probably as well informed on this matter as any cit izen of Taklma, says that the increase In population In the county for the year may bo conservatively estimated at S000. B. F, Barge is of the opinion that the gain In North Taklma has been fully 500. He "bases this opinion upon the fact that nearly if not quite 100 dwellings have been erected within the city limits since Jan uary 1, notwithstanding which there is not a vacant building in town. Although faclities were provided this fall for 100 more school children, the schools continue to be crowded and it has been found necessary to refuse to enroll new pupils after January 1, as more room cannot be provided. Register Walter J. Reed furnishes the following statement of filings made at the "United States land office here since Janu ary 1: Acres. Homestead entries . 16,766.14 Desert-land entries 1,771.75 Cash sales 516.74 Cash, desert lands 1,117.75 county. It is- three stories the latest improved goods are of the highest put last year was $150,000. The number of men employed In all in dustries in Union county, including both quartz and placer mining, Is about CO0O, and the value of all manufactured prod ucts for 1S99 will amount to nearly $1, 000,000. W. B. PALMER. La Grande, Or. 1 WHOLE COUNTRY INTERESTED SriPROGRESS(f CLARK Government Should Build and Op. crate the Cable. I am asked for an expression of opinion as to the advantages which would accrue to the Pacific coast from the laying of a trans-Pacific cable. For reasons which I will assign I do not think the venture could have any substantive effect upon this sectlor which would not apply with approximate equality to the Middle West or the Atlantic seaboard. Therefore the question seems to me not to be what ad vantages would result to the Pacific coast, Failure of the Prune Crop03 a Temporary Chteck. A LIVELY YEAR IN tUMBERiffG Extension of Railroad 3ines Much, Good Bxpectcd From the Im. provenrent of IUverhamiel. A glance at the results along Industrial lines In Clark county during the past year Is sufficient to convince any one that the county has kept pace im the march of progress, Improvement aatS general proa- e o e o e o o 90 o ' 9 PORTLAND'S JOBBING TR&DE Though Portland's jobbing houses had strong ccNpipetitfon in, 1899, they increased their business 25 per cent over the trade "of 1898. The jobbing trade for 1899 was $100,000,000. Portland operates iia every part of the Northwestern field, and will do more business to 1900 than it reported for 1899. Never was the business situation in Portland in such! excellent shape, and never was the commercial outlook of the metropolis brighter. Portland's trade is substantial in character. It represents! actual transactions, goods sold, and, in a large sense, paid for, aw Portland's customers are doing fairly well in the matter of meatingj their obligations, and are not inclined, as In former days, to ask: long time on current accounts. The disposition is to meet all blllE. upon presentation, and to do business on the basis of quick returnai and small profit's. The present conditon of trade is very satisfactory. The general', lines all show decided Increases, month by month. Every section of Oregon, and, In fact, all that field ordinarily designated as Portland's territory, is in very good condition, and appears to be participating in the general prosperity of the country. The stock sections, with their high-priced beef, good prices for mutton and fair sale for wool, are all purchasing more, goods and stocking up more liberally than they have for six years. Merchants, generally, are laying in heavier stocks and purchasing better qualities of goods. The farming sec tions likewise are anticipating heavy demands upon them, and are stocking heavily. In fact, there were fewer cancellations last fall than for years. Stocks throughout the Interior have been fairly well depleted. This circumstance, together with the confidence in the fu ture, necessitates large and heavy purchases. The mining sections surpass in their demands anything we have had for years. The de velopment in this industry appears phenomenal, and since -miners are always very large consumers of the material of the staff of life, the demands from this source are exceedingly heavy. Portland has also found a fair demand for export, principally to the Orient and the Philippines. Vancouver & Taklma line above referred to, the company has completed its survey and location of the line to the Klickitat pass, in the Cascades, a distance of 85 miles from this, city, and has secured a good portion of the right of way. The Columbia Valley railway, which was in corporated during the year, has actually completed a survey and location of a lino from Wallula to this city, and thence over the old Union Pacific grade to Kalama, from which point a surveying party is now working westward toward the mouth of the Columbia. Much of the right of Way of this line east of this city has been secured. The general belief here is that the Northern Pacific is the power behind the incorporators .of this line and is fur nishing the money for survey and right of way. In the city of," Vancouver many substan tial lmprovemunts were made during the year, chief among which are several new business blocks and a number of substan tial dwelling,-. Twenty-five thousand dol lars were expended during the year In im proving the channel of the Columbia op posite the city -and the work promises to perform the object for which it was done, namely, of diverting the channel from the Oregon side at the river to the Washing ton shore, In front of the wharves of the city. In the opinion of experienced men, all that Is now needed to secure the de sired result is the expenditure of $10,000 or 515,000 in dredging out the present channel, when it is thought the work already done will result in keeping the channel open to. the dslred depth. J. H. ELWELL. Vancouver, Wash. NEVER HAD A BOOM Growth of Columbia County Always Has Been Steady. MANY NEW SETTLERS LAST ' YEAR a oooeoeeoeo eoeo Total 20,172.38 While the population of the town and county has been growing so rapidly, the Business interests have been expanding. Nearly every retail firm carries a larger stock than It had a year ago. Five new "brick and stone storerooms on Taklma avenue have gone up and found tenants immediately. A two story brick, with a frontage of 50 feet on the avenue, Is about to be started. An opera-house, which will seat 1200 person?, and will cost between $15,000 and 520,000, is ncaring completion. Nor have the building operations been confined, "by any means, to North Tak lma. Manager Miles Cannon, who has charge of the St Paul and Tacoma lumber-yards at North Taklma, Mabton, Tap penlsh and Prosser, states that the de mand for lumber at all these points has far exceeded his expectations. The com pany's business in Taklma county is three times as great as In any previous year. Joseph S. Allen, receiver of the Tak lma Investment Company, states that he has sold 1600 acres of land under the ditch since January 1. This has gone in small tracts, as a rule, and he estimates that It has provided homes for more than 75 fami lies. The Immigration of Dunkards to the Sunnyslde settlement has reached a total of 123 persons, and several families are new on the way out from the East, while several men have bought land and expect to bring their families later. I. P. Engle hart, manager of the Selah Valley Irriga tion Company, has sold several hundred acres of land this summer and located about 25 families. All of the land under .the Prosser Falls ditch, which was pur chased by Levi Ankeny last spring, has been resold to actual settlers. The Selah valley ditch will be enlarged early next Beason, at a cost of several thousand dol lars, and a largo tract of land will be re claimed and put upon the market. G. S. Rankin has completed arrangements for a ditch to be taken out of the Taklma, six miles above town, and run out above the Moxee ditch. It will cost $75,000, and will reclaim over 5000 acres of as good land as there is in the valley. Nine artesian wells have been sunk in this vicinity during the year, and are now furnishing water for 1200 to 1500 acres of land. Attempts are now being made to secure artesian water in the Wenas and in the Cowychee, and at Mabton. This brief statement of facts will per haps convey an idea of the activity which has prevailed in the Taklma valley dur ing the year 19. It has been a year of remarkable prosperity and of great de velopment. W. W. ROBERTSON. North Taklma. Wash. Union County's Factories. The most Important industry of Union county Is the manufacture of lumber and railroad ties. The capital invested in this enterprise la about 5500,000, with an annual output of 30,000,000 feet of lumber, worth 5250,000. It gives employment to 600 men. The next important Industry is the manu facture of sugar from the sugar beet. The sugar factory was built in 189S, at a cost of J5CO.000. within a half mile of the city of La Grande. During the past season 5W000 has been paid out to farmers for beets and 4,000,000 pounds of sugar was produced TJic factory employs, during 'ae running .season, 325 skilled workmen, Xuid t takes from .1000 to 1200 laborers to prt in and "harvest the beets. There are seven flour mills in Dnlon , county, vlth an average of COO barrels of lour n 1av !i:rlrg tho working season. Tv woolen mill built in 1S3S, nnd located in Union, Union county. In destined to be ana distinctively, but what advantages would result to the country at large, and Inci dentally to the coast. The project In volves, of course, two considerations ono commercial, the other political. With regard to the first aspect, it seems very clear that there Is no demand for a Pacific cable at all commensurate with the outlay which the venture would Involve, and without governmental aid the business of the cable could not be made to pay. Thrown upon the income from commer cial transactions the Investment would be a fatally losing one from beginning to end. I have not definite data at command which would warrant any attempt at a mathematical demonstration, but the case hardly requires It. The estimate for Cyrus W. Field's first cable, which was lost, was 350,000, and the distance to be covered was 2300 miles. The estimate for the cable which was laid in 1856 was GO0,O00. To merely hazard an opinion upon the cost of a Pacific cable at this time, perhaps the sum of $3,000,000 would be within limits. A 4 per cent re turn upon such an investment Is $200,000, taking no account of operating expenses, repairs and depreciation. If the entire Oriental business could be commanded for this line the Income would not support It. There would be no extended press serv ice, nor any board of trade or stock ex change dealings of consequence. The service would be largely confined to direct trafflc in products, which does not ordi narily require unusual haste or volumi nous instructions. The commercial world is now well served by the Atlantic cables and their connections. In point of time, no valuable gain would be made as be tween the Atlantic lines and one across the Pacific Twelve hours now suffices for the sending of a message to any Orien tal point and the receipt of an answer. This fulfills every practical requirement In point of time. The cost from Portland In connection with the Siberian land lines Is $1 76, and In connection with the Indian lines, $1 83, per word. This is for a dis tance approximately 18.000 miles. The Pa cific cable would cover a distance of some 6000 miles, and the Atlantic tariff naturally could not be expected to hold. Even on Its basis the total revenue derived from the service could not defray operating ex penses, repairs and depreciation, and promise any return which would Invite an Investment. If rates were reduced to se cure the business a deficit would still ex ist, for the entire volume of business could not make the cable self-supporting. But the Atlantic cables, would assuredly meet any tariff placed upon the Pacific line and divide the service. The result would be a relief to the patrons of any of the cable lines, but no marked public gain would bo made. The Sandwich Islands would of course be brought Into closer touch with us, but thein business Is too limited to cut much of a figure In casting up the cost of laying a cable. As a political Instrument It would seem that the near future may present such demand for a cable under the control of our own government as to justify the en terprise being undertaken. Whatever phase our Interests in the Orient may as sume, It Is certain that they will be of such a character as to make It of the flrst Importance that we should be In close touch with our possessions there and have under our exclusive dominion a line of communication with our land and naval forces and governmental agencies. It would seem that a cable might well be undertaken to run from the most eligible Pacific coast point, all elements of con sideration being taken Into account, to Honolulu, thence to Guam and Manila, connecting there with the cable to Hong Kong, and thence to the several Chinese and Japanese ports. If a trans-Pacific cable is laid, It will be either directly by the government, or based upon government aid. The first Is far preferable. The other Is not only wrong In principle, but we have had a sur feit of evils growing out of subsidized pri vate enterprises, and should never tol erate another. Let the government lay an 1 operate the cable, recouping from tho commercial patronage to be bestowed uDon it such earnings as may be realized against the outlay Involved. L. B. COX, President Board of Trade. Portland, Or. m Q Washington County. Washington county has the following Industries, which have been kept quite busily engaged tho past year: Fifteen sawmills, which cut 200,000 feet of lumber dally; U flouring mills, which manufacture 1000 barrels of flour dally; seven cream eries, two cigar factories, two sash and door factories, one elder mill, nine evap orators, one quarry, five brickyards, ono tile factory. C. F. LARGE. ForeFt Grove, Or. IB perlty with other counties in the .States of Washington and Oregon, and that, too, in the face of the fact that she was prac tically handicapped at the outset by the almost total failuf.8 of the fault crop, which constitutes the principle source o revenue of a large proportion of xhe pop ulation of the county. The prsne .crop of 1898 amounted to 150 cariOftds of 24,000 pounds each. With an equal yield, per acre last year the Increased acreage tfou Id have or at IN EASTERN OREGON. Umatilla Millers Ship Flour to Fdr eicm Countries. From tne most reliable statistics, Uma tilla county produces 4,500,000 bushels of wheat annually, and 1,125,000 pounds of wooL The eastern and southeastern boundary of the county Is along the sum mit of the Blue mountains for a distance of 85 miles, where large bodies of fir, pine ana. tamarack timber still remain un touched. The Umatilla and Walla Walla rivers have a fall of about 40 feet per mile, so it can be seen that ample power Is at hand to reduce this raw material to a condition to meet a market. There are eight flouring mills In the county, as follows: Pendleton roller mills, Pendleton; Farmers' Custom mills, Pendle ton; Peacock mills, Milton; Northwestern roller mills, Milton Eagle Flour Mills Company, Freewa'ten; Athena Flour Mills Company, Athena; Henrietta mills, Echo; Weston Flour Mill Company, Weston. These mills use water-power, with the exception of those at Atnena and Weston, which use steam. They give employment to about 75 men the year round. The ag gregate output of these mijls Is about 1500 ! barrels a day, most of which finds a mar ket In South America: China. PhilloDlne Islands and other foreign countries. Aside from the manufacture of common brands of flour, they turn out graham, self-rifilng and rye flour, gennania and farina In large quantities. There are six eawmllls In the county, notably the W. H. Fletcher mill, east of Weston; the Robert Forster mill, near Meacham, and tho one owned by the Camas Land Company, at Uklah. They manufacture about 1,250,000 feet of lum. ber annually, and a ready market 13 found at the mills. They give employment to about 30 men. Tho Pendleton woolen mill confines Its business almost exclusively to the manu facture of Indian robes, the designs of which are very artistic, and so attractive to the Indian eye that they find a market at almost every Indian reservation In the United States." This mill, in connection with its scouring and packing plant, em ploys on an average 85 hands the year Farmers Doing: Avray -With Old- Style Appliances and Adopting- Modern Methods. Columbia county, unlike many other counties of the state, has never suffered the misfortune of a boom. Since lt3 or ganization, In 1875, Its development and improvement have been of a lasting and substantial nature. It has never suffered a reverse on account of drouth or poor crops, and only once in its history was it seriously injured by early rains in harvest. It can truthfully be said that every year proud of. , It has never been the policy of our people, to be continually crying about their resoui ces before the world in flaming advertiseme its, but have rather been con tent to go on tneir way rejoicing with their lot, kn owing full well that there is not a better- county in this or any other state for- ag riculture. fruit and stock raising. R. E. PEABODT. Daytcra, Wavh. WALLA WALLA GROWS OREGOft CITY POWER. Manuf acta rin& Output of the City at the Falls, Oregon City has a population of 6000. It Is the county' seat. Its main street 13 paved with vl trifled brlcb . The business portion of the town has it good sewerage, system. Two large schoolhouses In the city limits, ana' Ave ott.ers In the im mediate suburbs, provideample education al facilities. Its municipal government is In conservative hi mds. T he annual tax 13 low. A wlde-gauj je elect rlc line connects the city with Portl and, ax.d passenger cars leave every 45 min-utes. Freight cars on the same road ma.ie three round trips a day. The main lln 2 of the Southern Pa cific railroad passes lUiroug -h the city, while steamers on the WILVametite river continu ally ply between tlie metropolis of the 9999e99e90999999999999999e -O O O"0 O O-O O O t0 G O O COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON PACK The salmon pack of the Columbia river in 1SS9, was the si nallest, with one exception, since 1873; and the value of the pack wa3 the towest with out exception, since 1S70. The exception was In 18S9, when th pack was. 309,885 cases. The total salmon pack of the Columbia river fi xzn. 1S66 to 1899, Inclusive, was 13,051,751 cases, of a value of $73,428,861. By years tho figures are: o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 99990O99 9 990000009909909090000099090900999 Sales cf Government Land Last Year, 15,000 Acres. . MANY" BUILDINGS WERE ERECTED Banlui o the County Carry Individ ual Deposits Amounting to $2, l jOO,OCO People Prosperous. Tear. - Cases. Value. 1866 :.. 4,000 5 64,000 1867 18,000 2S8.000 1868 28,000 392,000 1869 100,000 1,350,000 1870 150,000 1,800,000 1871 200,000 2,100,000 1872 250,000 2,325,000 1873 250,000 2,250,000 1874 350,000 2,625,000 1875 375,000 2,250,000 1870 450,000 2.475.000 1877 380.000 2.052.00Q 1878 460,000 2,300,000 1879 4S0.000 2,640,000 1SS0 530.000 2,650,000 1S81 .' 550,000 2.475,000 18S2 541,300 2,600,000 Tear. Cases. "Value. 18S3 629.400 .53.147.000 1884 620.000 2,915.000 18S5 553,800 2.500,000 1886 443.500 2.135.000 18S7 356,000 2.124,000 18SS 372,477 2,327.981 1889 309.8S5 1.S09.820 1890 433,774 407,456 1891 398,953 2,240,96-1 1892 487,338 t679.069 1893 396.6S0 U42.112 1894 491.100 :l,e351,940 1S95 617,460 I Ua2,928 1896 463.777 2 2S1.826 1S97 552.721 2 a.9,311 1898 4S1.461 2 DS7.74S 1899 340,125 1, 0,706 19000000999900090 O 9 O o Portland Postoffice Receipts Following is a statement of tho receipts of the Portland postofflce flpr fiscal years ending June 30: 115 5152,858 12 18b. .x 158,236 48. e yielded to the crowers an otitDUt. lpnst 90C rnrlnnrts- -roViorono vrofno' h ' the fnHllr horolv "IK finrTnaia vrmva. rtVifnt ed. I Whllfi thft immprHntn Inso frntn tVifo nti C6 I rOUnd Is considerable, the more Intelligent Jak I . Kobert Forster's planing mill, In Pendle of producers have come to look UDon fae" I ton manufactures doors, sash, frames, failure as a blessing in disguise, for the -r-nnann (Vint ....., .. ,11 . iVI f' """" .". jjiuue uoca, nive umer uuuga, ; a.OOOOOOO require a certain amount of rest in order i to produce the best results, and according to their reasoning the orchards should yield In 1900, allowing for climatic condi tions, an Increase more than sufficient to make up for the temporary loss sustained while the trees were resting last year. Statistics also show that farmers general- ' ly, In view of tho short fruit crop, turned thein attention to other crops, such as potatoes and other vegetables, grain and hay, all of which show a greatly Increased yield over former years, and for which a ready market at much better prices gen erally, including such fruit products as were produced, than formerly. The lumbering Interests of the county received more attention last year than for I a period of ten years previous, and have contributed largely to the general pros perity. Several large logging camps In the Interior of the county were In con stant operation during the year, furnish ing lucrative employment to several hun dred employes. The moat important are those at the terminus and along the line of the Portland, Vancouver & Taklma rail way. This small road, which was reor ganized at the beginning of the year, has extended Its line 5& miles Into the tim ber along the route of Its survey, and transported to the Columbia river during the year an average of 100,000 feet of saw logs and piling per day. Another logging road at Sara dumped into Lake river half that amount per day during a good portion of the year. In addition to the three large saw mills In this city, which have been kept running full tlmo during the year, a new mill with a capacity of 25, 000 feet was erected at the terminus of. the Portland, Vancouver & Taklma rall- 1897 161,20-1 47 1S98..V. 175,276 07 1899 190,992 18 The llrualness of the Portland post office Is steadily increasing. Re ceipts fir the year ending: June 30, 1900, will exceed 5200,000. 00009099999999909900000999 mouldings, stairs and all kinds of house finishing materlalf, and gives employment to 15 men. A large deposit .tf the very best' brick clay is found at "Veston, and last year about 2,500,000 brick were turned out at this plant. It Is estimated that the manufacturing establishments of the ccunty pay in wages about 5100,000 annually. About 2500 men are employed during threte months of the harvesting and threshing s jason, at an av erage of 52 per day. From tho best infor mation at hand, not less than 600 men and women are employed the year round, aside from those working through the harvest and employed by mills, at an average of 535 per month., To summarize, 1 estimate that the value of the manufactured prod- since the white man first turned a fur- , row, everything has gone forward, noth ing backward, 1n what Is now Columbia J county. This progress made during the year 1899 Is most gratifying from the fact that it has been general throughout the entire county. The most remote portions re ceived new seutlers, who have bulided homes for the&r families and made Im provements thai: will grow In value eacn year. Many oC the well-to-do farmers have abandoned their primitive abodes and built homes of modern architecture, ' with the latest conveniences, such as gravity water plants, electric light and acetylene gas 'plants. One has also placed an order for an automobile, and no douDt should prosperity continue to come his I way, another season will find him Invegtl- I gating the a utomoblle plows and harrows. He Is airealy in possession of tho com bined harvester and thresher, and has teiephonifc connection with the outside world. As thin Is a purely agricultural district, and as g oes the rural portion so goes the towns an d villages, progress consequently Is noted in all. Dayton, the metropolis and coun ty seat, has made improvements of the mc Bt substantial and beneficial na ture. The O. R. & N. Co.'s depot, which heretofore was a mile from the business center, hr s been moved to within one block of X lain street. A half block enclos-. ing the dei ot has been reserved for a park and freight: buildings have been construct- I ed on com enlent switches. The O. R. & N. track I as been extended through the city, and I he roadbed graded 10 miles In the directicai of Lewlston. Another substantial improvement Is the erection of a fine white pressed brick by Jacob Well ihard, on the corner of Main and Second streets, at a cost of 521,000. Mr. Welnhard has also made Improve ments In his brewery and malthouse and purchased lruid adjoining the city, .on which he wil I experiment in grape culture the coming y ear. W. H. Gllbe xt and C. J. Broughton have rebuilt the flouring mill at Long's station, and the Portl and Flouring Mills Company has made extimslve Improvements in their Dayton and Brooklyn mills, which are first-class roller plants, and have also erected a large elevator near the Dayton mill and put in an electric plant con necting both i bills. Besides the.'f Improvements, a large number of residences have been eructed in Dayton, costing; from 51000 to 53000. Three new stores hae been added, and Some of the older ones Improved to keep ug with the new. An entirely new electric light plant has been Installed in Dayton by. A. Roth, at a cost of 512,000, the alternating current system being substituted for the direct current. The First Baptist church, of Dayton, has just completed a new edifice, and G. A. Parker completed four new storerodms of frame on Second stret. C. M. Grape erected a 40-horsepowVr sawmill In the city, hauling logs a dla- Northwest and Its greatest manvd acturing city, for such Oregon City 13. t The falls of the Willamette, whj Ich have a direct precipitation of 42 feet, J ire situ ated at Oregon City. They afford a never failing power, sufficient to turn i he mills of the gods. The govern cnent 4 nglneers have estimated the power at 56,0 0 horse power at low water. For iIne months in the year the power Is praclticallj' unlim ited. A comparison with the Estimated horsepower of other well-known localities will be Interesting, as follows: Horsepower Water-power axpaclty. Oregon City, Or .... 56.000 Minneapolis . 20,000 Holyoke, Miss 19,000 Manchester . 11,000 Lawrence . 12.000 Lowell 11.845 In 18S7 all the difficulties con: tected with the development of the great i ower were removed, and from that time tl e progress has been but little short of marvelous. Following is a statement of h orsepower, employes and approximate val ue of an nual product of the different mt inufactur ing plants at Oregon City: Approxl annual Water- No. prod- power, nirco Oregon City ice'plant.. 150 10 Portland flouring mills 250 Oregon City woolen mills 500 Oregon City pumping station 100 Crown paper mill 1,000 Willamette Pulp & Pa- -per Co 9,000 Portland General Elec tric Co 6,700 Capen Shoe Co 25 uct. 25 $: 500,000 350 500,000 '125 iooiooo 500 :K725,000 16 11 25.000 0 00999999999999099099090909 999 9990 99 9 9 9 90 OOOO O O-O 9 9 9 99 99 9 OO OO t900 99090 09 06'999i O ) Total 17,725 1037 53 450.000 These figures, though seemingly very large, are authentic. No estimate is made of the value of the electric energy gen erated by tho Portland General Electric Company, but It amounts to a very large sum. Besides these figures as to horse power, employes and product. It niay be added that 1,500,000 pounds of wool 40,000 cords of furnace wood, 15,000,000 feet, board measure, of cottonwood, spruce anct white fir, for paper-making, and 1,000,000 bushels of wheat are required as part of the raw material to run the manufacturlrg enter prises of the city for one year. Eighty tons of paper and 900 barrels of flour are manufactured every day. During the past year ono new pulp mill has been put Into operation, employing about 60 hands, and utilizing 3000 horsepower. The burning of the flour mill at Salem has necessitated the equipment and starting up of what was known as the brick flour mill, with a capacity of 300 barrels a day. So wo are doing more manufacturing In all lines than ever in the history of Oregon City. H. E. CROSS. Oregon City. o During the year 1S99 Walla Walla county and city grew rapldry in population and wealth, a statement easily proved by ref erence, to official and other records. Tho books In the United States land office show thait in 1893 about 15,000 acres of land were entered In Walla Walla county. Thl3 means 150 new families. The returns of the coumty- assessor show a total valua tion of alL property for taxation of 5S,247 932, being an Increase over the assessment of 1S93 o! 5230.S40. Thl3 increase was all on personal property, as under the laws of Washington the real estate has not been assessed since the spring of 1897, when "hard times" prices were put on it. It will bis assessed next year. The tax levy for 1S98 for state, county, school and other purposes was 16 mills. As there were 2S1S votes cast in the county in 1S98. a simple calculation shows that the as sessed vsilue of Walla Walla county Is almost 53000 for every voter. There are on deposit In the four banks in the cdunty 52.500,000, which shows it be one of "the solldesf In the nation. The debt of the county wa3 reduced during the year 521. 322 08. The total debt of the county. In cluding 5SO,000 of bonded debt, is only 5109,572. It has a flne brick courthouse and jail, a fireproof hall of records, an extensive poor farm and no paupers. Applying the radical test of the sale3 of the lumber-dealers, we And them report ing sales aggregating nearly 8,000,000 feet, being over 43 per cent greater than during 1899. Of this aggregate the fiales to farm ers were about 30 per cent less than last year and the sales to residents of the city over 60 per cent greater. In 1S98 the farm ers. Inspired by the big price received for their crops, built new homes, barn3 and outbuildings. In 1899 the residents of the city followed the example of the farmers. Conservative estimates and re ports made by contractors, builders and dealers in building material, place tha number of buildings erected in Walla Walla city during 1S99 at 300. Thes'o range from little cottages of .two rooms, costing 5250, to the splendid memorial hall of Whitman college, costing 5100,000. The to tal expenditure for new buildings In Walla Walla during 1899 13 placed at the conservative figure of 5-150,000. With all this amount of new building there 13 not a desirable storeroom or dwelling for rent in tiie city. Merchants In all lines report sales larger than during 1SS8. Manufacturers of, and dealers in, agricultural Implements report their year's sales as being in excess of those made In 1S9S, which; was the banner year In their line. The health of tho residents of both city and county has been aoova the average and the general prosperity greater than usual. Despite tho fact that the extraor dinary winter of lS98"-9 destroyed mo3t of the fall-sown grain, rendering neces sary reseedlng of the vast majority of the area and thu3 converting the crop Into "spring wheat,' the average yield was "way over 29 bushels to the acre." the total crop being about 3,500,000 bushel3. During 1S99 there were built 60 miles of railroad In Walla Walla county and many thousands of dollars were expended In improving th.e old tracks. P. 3. JOHNSON. Walla Walla. Wash. LAKEVTEW'S GROWTH. More Building- In XS99 Than. Xnmbcr of Years. Xor a The Argentine republic and TJrmniav are among the few countries in the world I rectlon WHEAT AND FLOUR SHIPMENTS The following comparative diagram shows the total value of wheat- and flour shipments from Portland by cereal years (July 1 to June 30), since the season of 1889-1890. fi ... II WJ.Ji . i ' ".1 -""'I ' """I Ui"-Z. -'- f ''- I' " ' J aft""!" ! f fc ! WMW h&nl.i 2 3 4 . - 6 7 9 o z r$ rt s. & 7 ZkW : MMmbwmmpmwv X ' i iwf JJ ? y m mm mw mmmm wtmmmw Mta Mmfc phww I i- i- - mmmmvmmm r f?-?a wmmmmmmmmm i kio&ti3 ii . T ii i i .... ii i I i n rt Li i m ii ,n i i ' "f ' -w-H ii ' ' "' '" ' i i i I I hi i i t i i i tm tii mi i i L i iii -4-W- n "' '. m'n J" '' o?3- 1 -3.6.19 rot-n fv . 1 ,ii. in h ji 1 1 t Jilli iijim in n ii V 1 11 V '" ' '" ' ' Hi!' 1 ivy " f " '. ., "i i. r 1 1 1 " 1 t1 ""J"1 ' ' 1 ,i 1 m j "r t1 n . " V n 1 i wuuai.BLjiuwwnwiM L.J LJJ LtS ' ' ' -F -!-lL .J J Li-f."!!8 Klamath. County. It is not lack of power which, keeps Klamath county in the background as a manufacturing community. Link river, at Klamath Falls, Is the outlet oC Upper Klamath lake, iand has a fall of 60 feet 'n less than a mile. Its motive power would drive all the machinery In the state; but tt railroad outlet must flrst be had bet ore this power can be used profitably and that outlet Is but a few months off. Prac'-Ically all the manufactured product Is con3Umed here. The allowing fs an estimate for 1S90 of the brV-nches manufacture, which at present .are few in number and variety: Number of hands employed 160 Value of raw materials used S200.000 Gross amYmnt of capital invested.. 700,000 Value of taanufactured product at mill , 420.000 There have been more buildings com pleted, remodeled and repaired,, and mora additions built to houses In X.akevlew within the past 12 months than had been built altogether In the previous five years. Mr. J. M. Handley, a contractor and builder, prepared, at the request of The Oregonlan correspondent, a. list of all the improvements and the approximate coat thereof. The list follows: New buildings Dr. B. Daly, concrete business house.515.000 F. M Miller, cottage 1,200 J. S. Field, cottage . 450 James Williams, cottage 2C0 W. K. Barry, cottage 8C0 R. A. Paxton, dwelling ,. 600 M. A. Striplin, dwelling C00 Mr. Guilllam, cottage... 250 Post & King, Icehouse.j 15rt William Harvey, barn 2C0 Frank. Rodgers, barn 200 Total 520,450 Additions and improvements J. BT. Lehman, addition to cottage and cellar 5 250 John Mcllhlnney, addition to cot tage 175 William Harvey, finishing residence 200 Frank Rodgers, work on two cot tages - 500 Lakeview house, addition 600 T. E. Bernard, remodeling dwell ing and windmill 300 Bernard & Son, remodeling store.... 300 Bleber & Son, remodeling store and repairing 450 F. E. Harris, remodeling dwelling.. 400 Mrs. B. M. Cobb, remodeling dwell ing 175 William Behnky, remodeling dwell Montz Curry, remodeling dwelling.. 100 J. G. Walters, addition to dwelling.. 175 S. F. Ahlstrom, repairing business house 40 Post & King, repairing business house 50 Huff & Coulter, addition to business house 200 J. F. Frankl, repairing dwelling and store 1,000 Grand total 525,640 PAUL DH LANAY, Lakeview, Or. (TO oeo 00 o o 6 o 8o 00 o o o-o o 00 oo o ootoootoosectttooosetet o . o o Capacity, 750 Barrels Per Day Established! 862 o 0 e o acme mr Is Co H. P. ISAACS. Manager. Snow-Drift Flour WALLA WALLA, WASH. e9(93$e9ee999ee98eeeecseecet0(M0eseec8c999O9es0 road several months ago, and has been kept busy turning out flne cedar lumber. A.large number of farmers In the timbered districts have turned their attention to cutting cordwood, which has found ready sale In this city and barracks and in Portland. The price of cordwood Is nearly double what It was two years ago. The matter of securing a railroad through the county has ever been a sub ject of Interest among the citizens and more progress in that much desired dl- has been made during the past Sr":5.TS.uJ: i" tne number of 8he raised today is, year than in any former year. In addition v fMv .wuuM ,.. w j,w inriicr uiaa a. year aco. I to thft acjuaj eejwion of the Portland, ucta of the county will reach $l,320,p00, and that 5S00.OOO Is paid to those who work for wages. LOT LrVERMOCRE. Pendleton, Or. Presented by President Krusrerr Chicago News. Pope Leo JXIII has amassed enough val uable presents to fill a museum, and 'hla j Jewels are famous for their worth ancv beauty. He is the owner of tho largest: diamond In the world, and this, oddly' enouffh, was given him by that stanrtlu Protestant, President Kruger. It J ysl" ued at $4,000,009, tance of 14 miles for the same with slx korse teams. The experiment paid. Two new stores and several new dwell ings have been erected in Corello. The same can be said of Starbuck and Hunts viUe. In Huntaville, the United Brethren are building a new academy. The foregoing is a very brief resume of some of the progress made in Columbia county during the year Just closed. There are also other lines of industry not nere mentioned, such as improvement In flne cattle and horse's and development in mines, which all taken together make a sum total that our citizens may well feel 499009 9lO,900 OCOO-OOOO O O00'0 00000000000090499006090 OOOOOOSfi&OOSOOOOOOOOiOOOA 99000900900990 eocoo ooeoooo e o 9 O e 9 O 0 Q I Dement Bros Co. e e 9 41C3IU, I IUUI, I CCU ft 0 o - o o o Grain, Flour, Feed ' Walla Walla, Wash. e99$avo,iMo99eeo80SheaooooeLc8eeoeo9oeoocio oocqqsoqoosoi.