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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.
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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 '
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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