Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 04, 1911, Section Four, Image 73

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Newspaper Page TextPORTLAND LUMBER CUT 700.000,000 FEET YEARLY Industry Also Extensive Throughout Oregon. State Having One Sixth of Standing Timber of Entire Country. POS5IM.Y m imp-THnrt and value tat thla city f the lurobr manu-facturl- Indualrx can beat b rrallied b laalna; Into conalderatlon the fart tr.at m..re Uian -." distribute, annually for labor an.! P plir by Ilia lumlT nianufai turera op eratina; ml'la In Portland harbor. Thl Industry ha srown In recent yeara until Cortland is now r"-"K"lid tha r,iinl lumber manufacturing city In the world. Tha lumber cut of Portland mills In. waa nearly 7'0.00tf.o00 feet. Tha f rxl U' t of t!:e mltla In thl harbor to all farts of the world and la ue.l fil'iul"1' all cl.ms.-s cf construction. upc-UH ' '"'j bull-tins and hearr lornlnnlinp work, whare atrena-th. and durability are re quired, aa wall ai for the lineal of In terior finish Th derka of om of tha larrest and moat rlraanl cri atloal today are mid from rr Bn fir; In ' li.m.n tar, tuit-t: wiilrli re.-r.tly completed her rareo at Portland niHIs. rarrte.l about l.o." feet of t'P rteralnr to llarrhur. ;rrmany. for one of trie world laret and fluent pa enaer steamers. Tils new iresscl. when rompklf I. wl l be feet Ion and have a--ommo.!atlona for iOOO passrn-f-rn. The crew will consist of about ! man. t.urr.rxr manufacturing le also the radlnfj Industry of the stile. whlt'U iaa. i,-rorlln( to he latest tlorern aiant e.ilimte. ". .. feet, or ene-sttth of tie atandlnc timber of the w.loio I nite.l staler, and nir tlun any cthar stie. The a!ue of thla tim ber, whan manufactured, will ba mora taan (our bllll"n dollara. The annual rit of the stale la alti'd at ahcit .a.i.i ". a aireat ferentaa;e tf which la paid out for labor. It la estimated that about per crnt of the money re ceived from lumber manufacture la ea en.e.1 for lahor and supplies. Th beauties of Ornon fir a a finish are little known outatde of the roast slates, but a campaUn wa started nt lon airo to demonstrate to people of the Kant that our fir la entitled to con sideration aa a finishing material. The proposed extension of this work will undoubtedly brine ood result by creatine: a demand whUh eventually will return a handsome revenue to the State of Oregon. The Orcajon aV Washington Lumber Manufacture Association last year accepted an invitation from John Har retl. director of the International Ilurrau of American Republics. Waeh Irrlon. I. C and rurnlhel the Interior nnlih for the reception room of the Tureau of American Republics rHilld Inc, which waa erected In WashlnRton at an expense of aoniclhlna; oer II. .).. This rlnlah waa very elaborate In deslain and hrousjht out the beauties of llr to an extent which drew very farorablo comments from those In at tendance at the .dedication services last May. which Included people from all pui of tiie world. This permanent ethlbit. In so prominent a place, will without doubt aid materially In tha development of the marketa for our product alone; the Atlantic seaboard and In the South American republics, the. result of which will be more fully appreciated after the completion of tha J'anama CanaL Tie cascade and Coast ranges, which border the Willamette Valley and are allild-d by the Columbia Itlver. contain some of the nnet aoft woods for struc tural and finishing purposes known to the bull. lira tradea today. Our fir. up to vory recent period. waa little known outside of the coast territory, but of late years railroad constructors and Eastern architects have begun to appreciate the strength and beauty of tula wood. It haa gone Into railroad construction and equipment to a very great extent and hsa met with univer sal favor because of Its slrenlh and durahilitj. While fir haa been used for several years In railroad construction. Its full value for use In building railway equipment was not realised by the mexter car-builders until recently. Their Investigation shows that cars built of Oregon fir are lighter In weight and stronger and wore durable than cara previously In the service. The difference In the weight of a car of the aame dimensions and construc tion Is so great In favor of Oregon fir. as compared with woods previously In use. that the transportation or ton nage cost represents quite a large total gain for the rallroada during the life of a fir car. These featurea have caused the railroads to look to the Northwest In recent yeara for a eojiav We Are Manufacturers and Wholesalers of Fir Lumber Operating one of the most up-to-date Band Saw Mills on the Pacific Coast CAR AND CARGO SHIPMENTS DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN CARGOES RAILROAD TIES OUR SPECIALTY WE SHIP 150,000,000 FEET ANNUALLY Mills Located: St. Helens Mill Co. St. Helens, Or. OWN AND OPERATE S. S. Klamath 1100 M Capacity., S. S. Yosemite 850 M Capacity -S. S. Yellowstone 800 M Capacity S. S. Shoshone 700 M Capacity . WHEN IN THE MARKET WRITE CHAS. R. McCORMICK & CO. 800 Fife Building San Francisco, CaL 605-6 Lumbermens Bldg. Portland, Oregon 660-662 Pacific Electric Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. PACIFIC EXPORT LlTMBER COMPANY Oregon Pine (Douglas Fir)for Export From Oregon, Puget Souni and British Columbia To any part of the world, in cargo lots by steamer or sailing vessel, or in parcel shipments Lumber cut to any dimensions desired for gen eral yard use, dock, bridge and all . i : ' . railway construction PILING, ROUND OR SQUARE SPARS, DECK PLANK AND RAILWAY SLEEPERS, ETC. ETC. Schedules supplied suitable for export. Orders ... carefully, executed. m Correspondence solicited 1004 Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Or. Cable Address: "Pacexport Portland" Code: Southard, A. B. C Fourth and Fifth Editions, Liebers, A-I.: Also Private Codes SALMON CATCH EACH YEAR ADDS $3,500,000 Wealth of State Greatly Increased by Fisheries, and Quality of Canned Output Is Standard in Every Market. HT H. K rtaalaa. Martw !" Waxifcra. COMMKHCIAL. naherlea. to aar noth ing cf tha In.luatry aa an aat to th atata from aportaman a tod rlnt. rank among tha ehlf TurcrB of nrnon. FUborla employ mant to or 0i0 nin during the greater portion ( th. year, and th catch haa Jn. rraaed t!. atat.'a wealth about J. .).')) during th. past IZ montha. Th. aeaaon of Jl waa a proaparoua lne. enpevlally on a number of th. caat ilr'tmi where th. Individual ft.herm.n rl.ared aa high aa 12000 to the boat. . Not only er. th. aalnwn more plentiful than In former yeara. but th. price, paid for th raw produ. t. aa well aa the prtcee received by th. canr.r. and packer, for tb. flnlahed prodirt. rar.gol hUh.r than .er K for. la th. himory of th Induatry. Th. Inrreaa. cn th. Columbia, Itlver waa lao .nrouraglng. but not aa notlceabl. aa on th. other coaat atream. on ac count of th. large amount of flan tag en from th. Columbia every year aln. th. cannerlea and cold atorag. plant, wera eatahllahrd. Salmon handled by the rannera. pa.g era and wholenal. fiaii dralera. taken fom our watera. Including the entlr. Columbia Itlver. during til pat year, totaled pound. whU-h aliowa an Inreaa f almost &.o.0'o pound, over th. 10 rat h- In addition. It 1 a dirrti'iilt matter to eatlmat the amount of au-h full conaumed by th. fiahermen tl.emaelvea. aa well aa th. amount taken by aportamen. Then, re aulte ara Indeed encouraging to th. of-fli-lala who have been atrlvlng for th. past IS or li yeara to pla.-. th. In duatry on th. aame fclsh plan. It waa It Ita early d-iya. before th. parent flak were Interfered with In their ascent of the atreama to tbelr natural .pawn ing ground. W ith a view of aillng nature in thla reapert. hatr-herlea have on.raled at varloua point, during veara. ana amioun' " - . m.nfml undertaking number vt year, everything la e!l In hand ann me rri'im tur. an effort la being made by aporta men to have provision mad. for th. taking up of trout work In conjunction with th. salmon work. Thla can b. don. at a very amall additional rx penae at th. hatcheries already eatab llehed. Inasmuch aa aulmon eggs are all taken In th. Fall and Winter, whlla trout do not spawn until Spring. " P I-and Value Gains Itapldly. J. If. Herry haa a three-arr. berry patch from which ho made JSOO clear profit this season. This tract waa raw land two yeara ago when It waa pur chased from Mr. Thebo by Mr. Tlerry for t:;0. Mr. Herry thla year refused 1 1000 an acre, for th. tract 1 mostly S't In atrawherrlea. Ontario Optimist. slderabl. portion of their construction and equipment malarial. Th. greatest handicap that tha In dustry has at the present time Is tha disposition of th. common grade, or manufacture, which amounta to a large percentage of the total output. Thla portion of the product Is very much greater than the markets of the Pacific Coat can take care of. and In order to dispose of It profitably a market must be found In the Prairie states, distant 1000 to 1M0 mllea from the point of production. At the present time the freight rates for these hauls adds so much to the manufacturing coat that this low grade of lumber can not now be sold In those markets where It could be used successfully In the construction of houses, barns, fences, etc. With the opening of the Panama canal In 1915. the market for the better grades of our soft wood should be materially extended. If the proper exploiting work Is undertaken without delay. There Is no question but that we have a timber here which Is superior for structural and finishing purnoaes. and which the markets of the Kast can fake care of If they can be broadened by a convincing cam paign extending over the next three or four years. Foreign markets are Inking more and more of our lumber each year, and some of the largest carriers In the lumber service are now making regu lar trlpa to the Columbia River for cargoes. Two of the largest cargoes taken from Portland last year were carried by the British steamer Knight of the fjarter. They consisted of about 6.000.000 feet each of Oregon fir, and represented the product of two average timber claims, or S20 acrea of our for est. The foreign lumber shipments from Portland In 1910 amounted to 135,65!, 771 feet, valued at l.in.41. eevrral merely for now a. town by the above comparison. Again - ... m..n iti itrrson orriciaia. tosether with tiie I nlled Stales l)u ratt of Fisheries and the Stat, of Washington, secured 5.0I.I salmon . th. reultlng try trom wnn-n win liberated In our watera during th. coming Spring. wUea conditions are nmt favorahl. I'p to the present time nothing haa been done to propagate trout and other gam. fish wlil- h art native to our wa ters, other than the allotments which haa been awarded some of our cltl ns who have persuaded the fnlted "tales Hureau of fisheries to transfer trout spawn secured at Kastern hatch ertea to this state. 11""". at the present session of the Oregon Ieglala- tiila eggs. orrin i. kku. :ttktk.xs I I:r Mion ii Hi:ii:n AC TMITV l PKOPKIITT. Real estate transfers, as offi cially recorded, by no means show th. actual amount of money paid for property In a given time. Th. tendency, especially In the larger transactions. Is to enter a nominal consideration of Si or 10 on the Countv Clerk, books, even though the actual price may run Into mll'.lona. On th. theory that the same proportion of the real totaie appear on the records from -ar t year, property ac tivity ha gone ateadlly forward In Portland. Indeed. It Is known from Important deals announced that there has been a real In crease, prohahlv even larger than that shown by the of fl. lal recorda. In the following table from the official filings, a tTO.OOO.OOO Item In the Iw-cemher total represent, the transfer of llarrlman proper tlea to the new Oregon-Washington Railroad A Navigation Com pany, whlrh was not a bona fide real estate deal: 10. Jnuarv... ;.:oi.nt February.. 5.0O.3.H Mor-h J a April- :.:.i.o.:i Mav 3.j::..C June 1.7 t Julv 1.7?7.SH August !.. 4I September- l.i4.?7 October.... ;.57.:n November.. !.IS. reeember.. :.0J.5T lis. 3.i5.:'i a.-.'iiu 3 i.;.i. I.SSi.l 10 I.41J.I44 1.744. i.i:.sii i.7:.i i. &.!..: 1.42i.lS dp BALING BOLT BOX BUOY LINES CABLES COWBOY OR LARIAT COW TIES FISHERMEN'S HALTER HALTER TIES HARVESTER TWINE HAY STACKING ROPE FOR ALL PURPOSES QUALITY THE BEST PROMPT DEVIVERY Patronize Home Industries We Portland Cordage Co. Factories: Portland, Or., Seattle, Washington HIDE HORSE TIES LATH YARNS OIL WELL CABLES ORCHARD YARN PAPER TWINE - PILE DRIVING TENT TRANS MISSION TRAWL LINES WHALE LINE WHEEL Chapman Lumber Co. Timber Lands Manufacturer of Oregon Fir Lumber St. Johns Lumber Co. ST. JOHNS, OREGON Sawing Capacity. . ..2,10,000 ft., ten aoure Dry Klin Capacity. .100,000 ft., ten lours rianlns C apaetty . . . 1CO,000 ft., tea honra Car and Cargo Shippers - PrealdentHenry Farrlsu, Duluth, Minn. ' Vlce-Prea. J. T. Gregory, Tacomi, Wirt. Secretary C. P. Hradshaw, Portland, Or. Treasurer A. J. Keltb, Enu Claire, Wi Chapman Timber Co. 1 1 20 Spalding Building Portland, Or. . Columbia River Loggers Sawmills Supplied With Fir, Cedar and Hemlock LOGS . Logging Operation, at Yacolt, Wash. Rafting Workt and Log Storage Ground at Felida, Wath. CLARK COUNTY TIMBER CO. 115 Spalding Building, Portland. Or. CHAS. K. SPAULDING LOGGING CO. GE5ERAL OFFICE, 804-805 OIUJGOXUX BUILDING, PORTLAND, OREGON- MANUFACTURERS OREGON FIR LUMBER TIMBERS UP TO SIXTY FEET, SIZING 1630. Klin-Dried Flooring, Rustic, CellInKf Stepplnar, Finish, Box Shook. MILLS: SALEM, OREGON; NEWBERG, OREGON .CAPACITY 350,000 YARDS IN OREGON, Nevrberg, Salem, SIcMlnnvllle, Independence, Albany. PORTLAND IRON WORKS ! OUR SPECIALTY Sawmill Machinery of All Descriptions PORTLAND OREGON Donald Mackay, President and Treaanrer. W. F. Burrell, Vlce-Preeideot. ' w. B. Mackay, General Mannstr. North Pacific Lumber Company Office No. 806 Wella-Farso Bldg., Portland, Oregon, U. S. A. Cable address, "Norpaciflc." Codes: Al, ABC5, Liebers, Lumbermans. CAR AND CARGO SHIPPERS ANNUAL, CAPACITY 125,000,000 FEET. Manufacturer and Dealer in All Kinds of FIR LUMBER AND LATH KILN DRIED LUMBER A SPECIALTY A 21 Marahall 3380 R. A. HUME BUILDING MATERIALS 411-414 Lumber Exchange Blda. Second and Stark Street. PORTLAND, OR. LOOKING FOR TIMBER? 'We Offer the Advantage of Country-Wide Experience and the Service of Men Who Know JAMES D. LACEY & COMPANY .Chicago TIMBER LAND FACTORS New Orleans Portland Seattle TIMBER LANDS I Lave for sale timber lands along the Pacific Coast. Good blocks always on hand of Sugar Pine in Oregon and California, White Pine in Idaho, Port Orford or Oregon White Cedar in Oregon, Spruce, Fir and Cedar in Washington, Idaho and Oregon. We solicit your correspondence. We buy and sell. References fur nished. FREDERICK A. KRIBS 326-328-330 Chamber of Commerce. Portland, Or. Phones: Main 1389, A 1389. TIMBKR LANDS AND IKRIGATKD LAND3. MAIN 515 Bradford & Finley ROOM 7, AINSWORTH BLOCK PORTLAND, OREGON 1202 Spalding Building Portland, Oregon Total. ..!:. 4s.:7 tioo.o.fto