Morning Oregonian., January 01, 1909, SECTION THREE, Page 8, Image 36

THE MORXIXG OREGOXIA', FRIDAY, JANUARY 1. 1909.
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COMMERCIAL CLUB'S NEW HOME
Splendid Organization Accomplishes Great Work for State and Pacific Northwest and Han Greater Facilities for Coming Year Than Ever.
LAKGUK In its membership and the
extent of Its quartern and work
than any other elmilar organiza
tion in the world, the Portland Com
men Is I C'Iubhas Just cloned ita most
mici-essful ear's work and I entering
on the next with greater facilities and
more enthusiasm than ever before. The
cluo owns 1i eljtht-story sieel frame
bulldlnn at Fifth and Oak atreets.
which covers ground pace 100 by 100
feet, and occupies the four upper floor,
renting the remainder. The club has a
1 .eribershlp of over 1400 and ha a
t:aily average attendance at lunch of
S7S. which Is 50 per cent greater than
any otl.sr commercial club In the
I'nited States can boast.
The social end of the club is han
dled by a board of 15 governors, while
the publicity work. Including advertis
ing, conventions, etc.. is controlled by
the executive committee of nine leading
Tor;!arid business men. Tom Kichard-
on. who has been called the greatest
community advertiser and developer in
the country today, is manager of the
GAIN IX tlK!i F PORT
LAND povroKFirE.
Portland's postal statistics have
climbed steadily upward during
the past years, and the total for
108 shows a remarkable gain
over the figures for 107. the big
gest year in nearly all lines that
Portland had ever had up to that
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time. But. prosperous as l0i
was. the year ending last night
lett Portland people with more to
be thankful for than any former
t months. Stamp sales are in
dicative of the volume of busi
ness transacted In the city, and
money order transactions at the
local oiflco ard also an index to
the prosperity of Portland's pop
ulation. The totals of stamp sales
and money order transactions at
tli1 Portland Postofflce for the
past five years, with December
of 1U0S estimated on the basis of
business up tu the last week of
the month, follow:
Stan.p Sales. Money Orders,
i . . It.5.-i'.; $ ;.:i7g.35.i.To
!::. 4. 3 "M.nH 7.77.i'c'.79
i4rt.2ii. '3 SSl.S77.57
l?7 ;V4;j IS ll.V!?.!74.:
ln 74.:l4.6a 12.513.50.29
ptihiir;t;y tie pa "I nint. Tiie object of
this brant-h of the citib'a activities t
to ilf-vrlcp the r5ourcf of Portland.
Un;on ami th- Pacific Northwest. The
club : fh mother of the Oregon le
velrtprnent l-apii. mhlrli has M
brant hes regularly organized through
out the slat-.
The club's quarters are splendidly
appt'intcj. heir- remarkably complete
for an organization of this kind. A
"nrntion liall is the headquarters for
stl kind of state organizations, who
hr l thotr meetings there, and the room
Is kept for them without charge. The
rli;b i j the Portland liome and clearini?
itous for the business men of Oregon
and tue Pacific Northwest who find In
Portland their metropolis and chief
market. No visitor of importance comes
to Portland m lihout being Introduced
into the Commercial Club. 1 where he
become acquainted with the city and
the NortrwM.
The chief duty of the club Is to in-
r Inquiries relative to this part of
the I'nited States, and such inquiries
MANY PRODUCTS MADE HERE
Oregon Manufactures Grow Yearly in Volume and Multiplicity of Articles for Home and Other Markets
Br B. Yiarent. secretary Manufacturers'
Asportation of tbf NortJiwest.
ORKtiOX rapidly is becoming welt
established in tiie roller of manu
facturing states. A decade ago she
was lit:!e known In a manufacturing
way. save for her lumber and gristmill
products. Today the products of her
mills and factories are sold all over the
Taciflc Coast, and some of her manufac
tured products find ready sale across the
Pacific and In other distant fields. .
That Oregon is to become a great man
ufacturing state and easily to be com
pared with some of the larger and more
noted manufacturing states of th Kast
cannot be doubled. Everything points
to her continued advance In manufactur
ing as well as In every other line of in
dustry. Her great natural resources have
hardly tvrn touched. The wealth of her
forests, her fields and her mines, while
at this period great, will be greatly added
to wit It the wonderful development which
tlie state Is witnessing at this time, and
her manifold advantages of location, her
HOME OF THE LARGEST PURE-BRED SHEEP HERD
At Haycreek. Crook County. Is lo
cated the largest pure-bred sheep ranch
In the United States, which Is owned
by the Haldwln Sheep & Ijind Com
pany, of which Mr. J. !. Edwards is
president.
This company was established in 1873
by Dr. Baldwin, who brought out from
Vermont a small number of the best
pure-brd Merino sheep that could be
found thtre. and these have since been
br-d up under careful Management un
til the Baldwin sheep today rank
among the highest class of Merino
sn-ep raled In the I'nited States.
from a small beginning a home
stead ar.d a few hundred slieep the
herds and aires have Increased year
by iar. and now the plant consists
of ij.'Jio to .".n.iiiio acres of deeded
land, which supports 30.0"rt to in.ooo
head of pure-bred Merino sheep the
.ear nround.
The output of wool of this concern
annually reaches nearly half a million
pounda. and their rams are sold to
every state of the Union, as well as
exported to many foreign countries,
intituling South Africa. Importations
..f Trench Merinos, the nambouillets
from the l'renc'u Government flock at
Kambouillrt. France, have been made
from time to time, and this branch of
the Merino family forms a consider
able part of the company's present
holdings of Merino sheep. This type
of the Merino Is an Ideal combination
of wool and mutton sheep, so much
sought by all sheepraisers. and rams
nf this class are sold principally in
the Interior mountain states, where a
hardy sheep Is wanted on the open
range.
Oregon may well feel proud of har
boring within tts borders a concern of
this ixe among its many breeders of
l:igh-claj-s livestock, as most of the
large concerns that once operated In
cattla and sheep In the Western states
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are always welcome. The club has been
sponsor during the past few years for
excursions of Portland business men,
who make trips to all parts of tne
Coast country and the members are
nlwaya ready to aid In the develop
wonderful possibilities in the develop
ment of water power and her shipping
facilities cannot but help send Oregon
well up in the list of states whose manu
facturing concerns have made them
noted for their Industries.
A study of Oregon's resources will lead
to the conclusion that this state is par
ticularly fortunate In the wide diversity
of her products. Her natural climatic
advantages afford the manufacturer su
perior opportunities in many lines and
that these advantages and opportunities
have been grasped engrrly by progressive
manufacturers is made evident by ''ie
rapid growth and wide range of her In
dustries. Portland naturally Is the great manu
facturing center of the state. In this
city are gathered the vast bulk of Ore
gon's mills and factories. A conserva
tive estimate of the output of her manu
factories at this time is about ro.000,000
annually with an invested capital of
about jjo.ooo.ooo. In producing this vast
amount of manufactured goods about
IT.Oon persons are employed. And unless
all indications fall the number of her
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HACH. HAYCRKKK. OIC
have given way to the homesteaders
and s.naller ranchmen, the homebuild
rrs, und but few of the large outfits
are left. With railroads the enemy
of tho l.irgc sheep and cattle outfits
on the range building into Central
Oregon, who can say how long It will
be before the fertile lands now used
for grazing purposes only will become
too valuable for sheep and rattle, and
tlie honiebullders by the hundreds will
till the oil and raise wheat and fruit
where now the individual large out
fits are running sherp and cattle?
The Baldwin Company, with Its deed-
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ment of the resources of all sections
of the jtreat territory of which Port
land is the center.
The Portland Commercial Club Is
known fur and wide as a model of its
kind and has furnished inspiration and
factories, the amount of capital Invested
therein, the value of the output and the
number of persons employed will be im
mensely increased during the next few
years. Because of the fact that Portland
Is the natural shipping point for a rich
territory of over 300.000 square miles It is
only natural, as this vast region is de
veloped, that she shall advance in every
line of commercial endeavor, and par
ticularly in a manufacturing way.
The Industries, above all others, per
haps, which have made the greatest
strides during the past few years are the
creamery, the slaughtering and meat
packing, the canning and preserving, and,
of course, the lumber and flour indus
tries. It Is estimated that the value of
Oregon's creamery products this year will
be approximately $.000.000, whereas In
1905 her creamery products, according to
Government census figures, were valued
at only Jl.009,643.
The furniture manufacturing Industrie
also have greatly advanced, both In the
matter of quality and the monetary
value of the output. A large number of
I factories are located in Portland, wkh
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LAD COMPAW
ed and leased lands, and acquired
rights It the Government Forest Re
serve joining their land holdings, con
trol sufficient areas to handle their
flocks until such time as the lands be
come .tiore valuable for agricultural
purposes, when the large holdings and
plant will probably share the fate of
so many other estates divided up for
the settlers- a.id there will be the
plow and the reaper and the mower
Instead of tiie rounnup. the shearing
corrad and the wool sheds the farmer
and the fruitgrower. Instead of the
sheepherder and the cowboy.
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methods that are being followed
throughout the Northwest by commun
ities anxious to make the most of their
opportunities and attract desirable set
tlement lrom othf r parts of the country
and abroad.
an aggregate annual output of consid
erably over H.000.000. Perhaps no Indus
try offers such an advantageous field for
development as does this one. Power is
cheap, transportation the best on the
Pacific Coast and her close proximity to
the hardwood forests of the Pacific
Northwest make Portland peculiarly well
located for the manufacture of furniture
of the cheap and medium grades, and
now that hardwoods are being imported
from Siberia and Japan and elsewhere,
the furniture industry in Portland is cer
tain to receive a considerable impetus
in the manufacture of furniture of the
higher grades.
Portland's iron works and shipbuilding
yards have made great strides. All of
the larger plants have greatly increased
their capacity and are branching out for
work in every direction with great suc
cess. The great amount of building which
Is going on in the Pacific Northwest has
GAI.' I. BANK t I.KAHIXiS FOR
JPIVB TEARS.
Steady growth in Portland's
business is shown In the figures
of the local clearing-house. Kach
year marks a gain over the total
clearings for the previous 12
months, with the exception of the
past year, which falls a little
short of the record-breaking to
tal for 307. when the Pacific
Northwest was at tho crest of a
great wave of prosperity. Last
year's financial unrest showed
lt3 effect in the total bank clear
ings, but the dii.eronre is smalW
and the coming year will, un
questionably, not only recover
the loss of the past 12 months,
but far surpass any previous to
tal. The following table gives
the bank clearings for the past
five years:
1!)04 ,189.051,469.32
liior. 228. 402. 712.89
lPOti 2Sl.lTii.79S.26
1907 3S0.SSS. 630.97
190t 327.037,306.16
December, 1908, estimated.
resulted In a great Increase In the output
of construction materials, and bridge Im
provements throughout the. Northwest
have given Portland iron mills and
foundries great opportunities for ad
vancement in this class of work.
The development of Oregon's manufac
turing industries and the promulgation
of the "Made in Oregon" Idea is due in
on small degree to the Manufacturers'
Association. Kach year this compara
tively small body of manufacturers has
extended the work of bringing new indus
tries to Oregon and assisting those al
ready established in tnis state by secur
ing additional capital for their operation
and advancing for the consideration of
Oregon citiiens the plan of buying "Made
in Oregon" goods whenever possible. It
should be the duty of every citizen,
argues the association, to assist in the
upbuilding of the state by purcnasing
"Made In Oregon" goods when quality,
price and other conditions are equal to
those made in other states. Thai this
idea is meeting with greater and more
favorable consideration, from the people
of the state is evident. The purchase of
any article, no matter how trivial, that
is made In Oregon assists in the upbuild
ing of the etate and actually adds to the
prosperity of the purchaser. The success
of any one Industry means' the success
of another. Just as does the success of
one individual mean the success of all.
During the past year the Manufactur
ers' Association brought to Portland sev
eral hir9 manufacturing enterprises
which have added greatly to the payroll
of the city, to its general prosperity and
to Its importance as a manufacturing
center.
The association was Instrumental in
locating and securing capital for the Im
mense cement plant which C. W. Nibley
and associates will locate here. The plant
will be completed sometime -this Summer
and when in operation will employ over
200 men and manufacture over lOnn bar
rels of cement a day. Mr. Nibley has
with him lji this enterprise some of the
best-known -business men of Vtah and
Idaho and a number of the best-known
capitalists In Portland have subscribed
to the stock of the company.
The Star Drill & Machinery Company,
of Akron. O.. waj brought to Portland
by the association. The company manu
factures all kinds of drills for borina; pur
poses. Representatives of the company
visited a number of Pacific Coast cities
but were induced, after coins into the
many advantage offered -by Portland as
a manufacturing center, .to recommend
the establishment of their Pacific Coast
plant In Portland.
The Pettit Feather &. Bedding Com
pany la another of the enterprises ss
cured for Portland by the association.
The representative of the company had
intended going to another city, but alter
consultation with the officers of the as
sociation, he decided that Portland was
the most logical point for the location
of the company's plant.
The Carman Manufacturing Conipanx.
of Taroma. which is one of the largest
manufacturing concerns on the Pac no
Coast, was brought here partlS through
the efforts of the Manufacturers Asso
ciation. Its Portland plant wi.l he In
operation within a fsw weeks. The Car
man Manufacturing Company no has
WHAT tK MAX DID WITH A
SMALL GARDEN.
At St. John this year we raised
In our garden. 7B feet "are
1003 boxes of strawberries. 100
bores of raspberries, loganberries
and blackberries. 20 boxes cur
rants and srooseberries and -000
strawberry plants. These, with a
few flowers, sold for $inS.. On
this ground are gruwtng i fruit
trees. 3 vears old: 20 fine rose
bushes." several other kinds of
flowers and many kinds of vege
t.v.1.. .nf fl-int for a small fam-
ily.
Thls shows what one-iemu
-m ,.A txt tirp?nn land will
111 nil - ' - -
produce when properly culti
vated. W. T. JBUNNE1.U
plants at Taeoma. Spokane. Seattle and
Portland. Its business Is the manufac
ture of upholstered furniture, bedding,
etc.
The Manufacturers' Association Is ne
gotiating with several Eastern manufac
turers with a- view to Inducing them to
locate factories in Portland, and it is
probable that the work of the association
in this one direction, will show some very
fine results during the coining year.
Livestock Is Big
Resource
Packing Plants and Belter Market Will
Mimulate Industry.
BKCAUSE of the building of big
packing plants at Portland, the live
stock Industry in Oregon was never
so Important as now. Oregon has already
packing plants at Portland, the live
stock Industry in Oregon was never so
Important as now. Oregon has already
attained prominence as a state that
produces fine herds of beef cattle, to
gether with trainload after tralnload of
sheep and hogs. It is doubtful if there
Is a state in the Union that can boast
of as many high-class herds of cattle
In proportion to the population as Ore
gon. This is pre-eminently a cattle
state and the favorable conditions in
Western Oregon have made It a sec
tion fitted to the development of dairy
ing. Hero there are many dairy herds
of the highest class. Indeed, the larg
est and mo.xt valuable herd of Jersey
cattle 1m the world is maintained at
Portland and Is a credit to the state.
The building of packing plants at
Portland will stimulate the livestock
industry to. a great degree. Conditions
are Ideal for the raisine of range cat
tle on the prairies east of the Cas
cades, while they are Just as favorable
for the development of a great grass
and stall-fed beef industry in Eastern
and Southern Oregon.
It Is said on good authority that no
where In tho world can better sheep
be raised than In this state. Every con
dition '1s here for growing fine, long
wool fleeces. There are now many
noted flocks maintained in Western
Oregon and the field' for mutton pro
duction throughout this state Is equal
ly inviting. With a big market estab
lished here by the packing houses,
farmers will raise mooe livestock and
sheepmen of the eastern part of the
state will not find it necessary to send
their flockn half way across the con
tinent, with consequent loss, to the
big abbatolrs of the Middle West.
Oregon is known as a great goat
state. Fine merino fleeces produced
here are in demand In the world's mar
kets. These animals are especially rie
oirable for their work in clearing up
brush land, and In this way serve a
double purpose.
Hogs, too, can be grown In Oregon
to the best advantage. In fact, with
the erection of packing plants in Port
land there will be a stronger demand
F. W. Baltes
and Company
invite your
inquiries for
PRINTING
' Main 165
Thones Home An65
First and Oak
FRED SECHTEM JOHN SCHLENK
Phone Main 919
First-Class Restaurant Service
THE QUELLE CAFE
AND GRILL ROOM
The Place That Made Crawfish Famous
SIXTH AND STARK STS. PORTLAND, OR.
Office PNoucs V lil!. Main
Iteiiidcocc Phone Slain 3240.
F. C. SHARKEY
Livestock and Commission Co.
POUTI.AND. OREGON
Successors to
LOUIS BURKE, Union Stockyards
F. C. Sliarkey, manager and salesman, assisted by
Col. C. P. Hall, who is the pioneer and originator
of the livestock commission business in Portland.
Our ability and facilities for handling livestock insures
the shipper the best possible results at all times.
Consign Your Mveatock lo
HUNT&LACEY
l.ivestvek 4'oniminlon Merchants. Pnrt
Ixnd I nlun KtoeU ard. SeveenteentU
and Vaughn Street. Portland. Or.
Mr. A. 1". Hunt is known through
out the Valley and in California,
having been a buyer and shipper
on Portland. Sound and San Fvan
ciscj miukets for the last 20 years.
Mr. I.ee l.acev Is best known as a
buyer, feeder and shipper of sheep
on' all the Kastern markets, ship
ping anil trailing thousands of
head voarlv from Kastern Oregon.
Washington and Idaho. Me has
also been ensragnd In the packing
business in Portland, and under
stands the needs of the market
perfectly. .
Wo feel that we are In a position
to handle consignments to the best
advantage and ask that yen give
us a triMl with your next shipment.
All stock fed and watered before
being weighed.
Settlements made for all con
signments immediately It passed
over tho scales.
phone Main 6A.t.
Livestock Commission Merchant
All Kinds Livestock Bought and Sold
J. C. LONERGAN
PORTLAND UNION
STOCK YARDS
17th and Vaughn Sts., Portland, Oregon
S. p. tiould, Sheep and Hop Salesman
Harry E. Moran, Cattle Salesman
GOULD
COMMISSION CO.
Livestock
Commission Merchants
UNION STOCK YARDS
Phones Main 4.V13, A 57S7.
POHTLAX1J, ORKUO.
for hogs and a. consequent Increase In
the number raised by the farmers. With
practically ?U the feed needed to fat
ten hogs grown by the farmers them
selves, there is large profit In this
branch of the livestock Industry.
Dr. James! Withycombe. director of
the Oregon Kxperiment Station. Cor
vallls. estimates the number and value
of livestock m this state, as follows:
Number. Value.
Cftttje l.ov.-,.nnrt $::o.7r.0.n00
Horses 28.-..0O0 27.:iK0.IK)0
Mules " ' S.otHI soii.ihW)
Sheen ". ! .' 3,S0l,tlilO 1 t.nO.txm
coat? 17.-i.non s-.-.ooo
Swine 3.-.5.0U0 2.5O.1.0O0
Total
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COFFEE
TEA SPICES
BAKING POWDER
EXTRACTS
OUST RIGHT
CLG5SET a BEYERS
PORTLAND, ORE.
mm
r. O. Bex HOI
i t. hi.. .11 ft
hwo txim;
The New Home of the W. i. le
Phrrson t'oiiipauj'. the Largest
Firm or II e a t I n k and
Ventilating Knglneers
on the Pacific toniil.
Pl.AVr K4ll
SCHOOLS. CHI HCHI'.S. BUILD
IMiS. IIKSIDHMES
Vsiuc Warm Air, Strum or lint
Water as llealins Mediums.
(ritT, Warm Air or I''un
S htems.
The W. G. McPherson Co.
3-.'S til.IS.W S'l
POHTLAD.
OREGON SHEET
METAL WORKS
Manufacturers of
Tin, Sheet Brass. Copper
and Iron Work
RE-TINNING. BOAT. HOTEL
and RESTAURANT WORK
OUR SPECIALTY
Phone Main 2146
A2M6
146 Front Street, Portland, Oregon
BELL & CO., Inc
Wholesale
Fruits and Produce
107-115 FRONT
STREET
PORTLAND, OREGON
J. W. P. McFALL
PAPER s
AND PRINTING
105 Front St., PORTLAND, OR.
Tilton Bros.
Manufacturers of Gal
vanized Iron Cornices
Class Awnings. Fire
Proof Metal Windows.
Metal Skylights. Metal.
Sla,te and Gravel Roof
ing. ROYAL WARM
AIR FURNACES
105-1 07 North Fifth St.
PORTLAND. OREGON