TITE MORNING OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1922
OREGON HAS 286 BANKS WITH RESOURCES -
AGGREGATING BIG TOTAL OF $300,447,528!
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Power of Institutions Has Been Used During Recent Depression to Steady and Maintain Con-
sistcnt Ratio of. Liquidation Good Conditions Prevailing and Tone Improved.
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By Frank C. Bramwell. Superintendent of , Demand deposits, however, have in-
Uanks, Salem. Oregon. creased since June 30, ' 1921. in the
'HERE are 286 banks in Oregon. aggregate net sum of $4,453,955.43.
consisting of 188 state banks, Uuring rhe period from June 30.
10 sfptemoer 6, Dins pay
able, rediscounts and certificates of
deposit, representing borrowed money.
were liquidated nl the Bum of
$1,260,727.51 and at the same time
actual reserves increased $5,568,174.96,
representing a reserve increase of ap
proximately 10 per cent.
The liquidation in loans and dis
counts of approximately J3, 000,000,
the increase in deposits of $4,453,
955.43, with the reduction of obliga
tions for borrowed money In the sum
of $1, 260.727. 51 and Increased reserves
of $5,558,174.96. with an increase of
savings banks and trust com
panies and 98 national banks with re
sources aggregating $300,447,528.81,
based upon the official reports sub
mitted at the close of business Sep
tember 6. 1921. No additional re
ports have been officially submitted
eince that date.
The banking power of the state has
teen forced, during the recent de
pression, to undergo substantial and
sudden readjustments, but the results
have demonstrated that the sound and
consistent policies existing and gen
erally established have accomplished
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I REGISTRATION OP PORT- I
I LAW'S SCHOOL SYSTEM i
BY 1KAI1S. I
Regis. I Year.
.12.51811911.
.12.99611912.
.13.606,1913.
.14,48711914.
.15.249,1915.
.16.492:1916.
.17,49511917.
.20,849:1918.
.23.298:1919.
.24.43711920.
.26,58311921.
Tear.
1900. .
1901..
1902. .
19U3..
1904. .
1905. .
1906. .
1907..
1908. .
1909..
1910..
. Regis.
. . 30.U93
. . 31.897
. . 33.161
. . 37.407
. . 37.928
.. 41.431
. . 42.900
.. 47,045
.. 47,156
. . 49.844
. . 51.345
Figures given Include regls-
tration for day and night schools.
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a steady end consistent ratio of
liquidation.
Compared with the statement of
condition submitted at the close of
business September 8, 1920, there has
been a decline In aggregate resources
of $50,161, 609.19. but there ha been a
net gain of resources of approximate
ly $3,000,000 since June 30. 1921, and
an increase of about $79,000,000 since
September 11, 1917.
The liquidation of loan and dis
counts during the past year discloses
a substantial reduction. On Septem
ber 6, 1921, these assets aggregated
$180,851,798.55. as compared with
$210,921,238.91 on September 8, 1920,
or a decrease of approximately $30,
000,000, and still loans and discounts
on September 6, 1921, were $63,000,000
more than they were on September 11.
1917; $46,000,000 In excess of those
reported August 31, 1918, and $3,000,
000 less than the aggregate reported
September 12, 1919.
During the same period of time
there has been a liquidation of loans
and other Investments, consisting
chiefly of bonds. In the approximate
sum .of $35,000,000. This condition in
dicates r learly that the liquidation
of loans and other securities has been
sufficient to meet the decline In de
posits and at ttie same time substan
tially reduce obligations representing
borrowed money which has been nec
essary. to provide funds for essential
requirements.
Demand deposits have decreased
142,479,331.94 since September 8.1920.
United States deposits and postal sav
ings deposits during the same period
of time have decreased $1,110,149.60.
$1,050,336.78 representing" bonds and
securities purchased since June 30,
1921, presents a ratio of adjustments
and liquidation which indicates a
gradual and consistent return to a
sound condition.
On September 6. 1921, time and sav
ings deposits combined aggregated
the sum of $80,216,607; September 8,
1920, this class of deposits were $S3.
746.996.72, showing a decrease of
$3,528,389.72; September 11, 1917, they
were $52,324,312.66, showing an in
crease of $27,896,994.34 during the
five-year period. Savings deposits
alone on September 6, 1921, aggre
gated $57,461,942.48 compared with
$68,427,046.82 on September 8, 1920,
showing a decrease In one year of
$965,104.34. On September 11. 1917,
savings deposits were $30,011,879.21.
with $33,685,166.72 on August 81, 1918,
and $46,787,135.63 on September 12,
1919.
While savings deposits have shown
a slight decrease during the past
year, it is no indication that the peo
ple are depleting this class of de
posits or that they are! drifting away
from the habit of saving. It is quite
generally conceived that the aggre
gate decline In savings deposits Is the
result of withdrawals for Investment
purposes. The decrease in other
classes of deposits may be attributed
in a large degree to the same pur
poses. In fact the investments In
government and municipal bonds have
continued with steady increases.
The aggregate Invested capital.
surplus and profits on Septenvber 6,
1921, was $36,099,837.28 as compared
with $35,877,248.01 on September 8,
1920; $29,917,848.97 on September 11,
1917; $30,660,141.66 on AuRUst 31, 1918,
and $32,938,192.08 on September 12,
1919, or an increase during the five
year period of $3,161,645.20.
On June 30, 1921, 48 cities repre
sented deposits In excess of $500,000,
aggregating $211,171,085.47, with 125
other cities and towns representing
aggregate sepoLits of $22,284,327.96.
On September 6, 1S21, 48 cities and
towns having $500,000 or more re
ported deposits of $214,259,304.49, or
an increase of $3,088,219.01, and 124
cities and towns not in this classifi
cation reported $23,303,248.08, or an
increase over June 30, 1921, of $1,018,
920.13. Of the cities and towns hav
ing deposits of $600,000 or more, 2
nave shown increases since June 30,
1921.
The comparative aggregate re
sources In Oregon banks covering a
period of 12 years present the fol
lowing; 1909 $127,688,959.93
1910 147,518.528.07
1911 A 153.424,899.83
1912 159.876.500.42
1913 169.462.838.55
1914 164.822,634.74
1915 164,481.127.14
1916 204,365.342.61
1917 241.475.469.03
1918 r.. 2S2.086.256.82
3919 361.895,366.61
1S20 352.532.946.01
1920, September 8 350.609.038.00
1921, September 6 300,447.628.81
The depressed conditions and the
financial complications existing dur-
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Bl'ILIMNO PERMITS ISSl'ED IN
POK.TI.AM FOR THE
VKAR 1021.
(Figures for December esti-
mated.)
Number,
. . 656
Month
January .
February
March . . .
-April
May
June . . .
July
August ..
September
October ...
November
S99
.1362
.1300
.1268
.1149
.1119
.1591
.1571
.1441
. .1082
December 900
Amount.
$ 646.560
1.334.220
1.527.805
1,940.305
1.454.320
1,421.940
1.446 324
1,486.982
1.789.195
1.942.510
1.374.615
1,000.000
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ing the early part of the present year
presented many problems. The finan
cial machinery of the country was
confronted with uncertainties. While
these unfavorable conditions existed
generally throughout the country the
banks of this state were in a position
to provide funds and extend credits
sufficient to meet the essential and
legitimate demands of all classes jof
business and industries.
The general condition of the banks
in this state shows a substantial lm
provemont since the official reports
were submitted February 21, 1921. In
some portions of the state bank de
posits have shown a healthy increase
This is governed, of course, almost
entirely by local conditions. The gen
eral financial conditions In' Oregon
are very gratifying when, compared
with other states which are not sue
cessfully undergoing the process of
readjustment. -This may be attrib
uted very largely to our great diver
sity of products and the sound and
consistent policies which have di
rected the financial and business in
stitutions of our state.
Financial co-operation is being rec
ognized as the safe and sane medium
through which proper results may be
accomplished. Bankers and business
men are working in-closer harmony.
The period of readjustment and re
organization of our financial institu
tions has demonstrated, as never be
fore, that "in counsel there is safety."
The establishment of sound business
policies and consistent practices will
steady and reinforce our financial In
stitutions until normal conditions
have been restored.
tered Portland from foreign ports,
The number marked an increase- of
400 per cent over the year 1920. But
between July 1, 1921, and December 8
Mr. Bonham's records showed that 141
vessels had entered port in the great
est rush of foreign shipping Portland
has ever experienced.
In order to complete the examina
tion without delaying the steamers,
immigration men board the incoming
craft at Astoria. Sometimes they con
tinue their work- on the way up to
Portland, but usually a part only is
completed and other government men
complete the inspection when the
steamer docks here. Complete medi
cal examination for quarantinable or
non-admissible diseases is made and
members of the crew or passengers
found afflicted with one of the num
ber of such diseases are placed under
hospital treatment at the expense of
the ship. The work Is designed for
humanitarian motives toward the
crews and for protection of the port.
Mr. Bonham's records show that
Portland receives very few Incoming
aliens. Japanese passenger lines stop
here occasionally to and from the
orient and the west coast of South
America with large lists of passen
gers. These are examined after the
same manner as the crews, but not
for admission.
The presence of thousands of aliens
on the ships in the harbor through
out the year proves no small task for
the Immigration service. The laws of
the United States require each alien
seaman, even though he may come
within the admissible classes of im
migrants, to have an Identification
card before he lands at any port. The
Immigration service in each port has
the issuance of such cards in dupli
cate in cases where the seamen have
not already been provided with them.
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n AND CLIMATE CLASSED SPLENDID I
of the fiscal year of 1922. j - tttt, - - r. .r. rTTTmTnTTT T r
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Hi a records Introduce some Inter
esting facts on the shipping situation.
The Japanese flag floated on 65 of
the 141 vessels entering Portland har
bor in the five months after July 1,
1921. The 141 vessels carried crews
of 4386 seamen with 976 American cit
izens. 2078 white aliens, 3348 Japanese
and 240 Chinese. Identification cards
were issued to 2726 to permit them to
come on shore.
Desertions from the crews of Jap
anese ships had begun to grow com
mon during the year. Probably not
over 40 Japanese seamen made their
escape to shore from the 65 Japanese
ships, and a large number of these
were picked up. One or two men that
attempted to swim the Ice-cold waters
of the Willamette to gain entrance
Into the United States were drowned.
To curb the practice rewards of $25
each are posted for Japanese desert
ers, and the amount Is assessed
against the ship and Is subtracted
from the pay of the captain In general
practice. A federal court fine of $1200
was levied against one Japanese
steamship company when negligence
was proven In connection with escapes
of its crew while In Portlands
The -work of the immigration serv
ice is supported by an $8 head tax
levied upon all aliens admitted tc
the United States. The tax cares for
the expenses of the entire service and
provides a surplus each year. The
Portland office does not turn over a
very large sum to the department, but
It makes its presence felt In a saving
to both city and state. The work on
shipboard protects the city from dis
ease carriers from foreign, ports as
well as from an unauthorized influx
of undesirable aliens
1 Northwest Tourist Association Chief Estimates Revenue Derived During Past Summer as $70,-
000,000 and Field Is Declared Scarcely Touched Many Agencies Assist Development.
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By W. J. Hofmann, President Northwest
Tourist, Association.
MONG the varied resources of the
Pacific northwest there are few
which yield more bountifully in
annual income than those intangible
assets of scenery and climate which
are being capitalized through tourist
travel. Conservative estimates place
the revenue derived from this source
during the past summer at not less
than $70,000,000, and yet, according to
those who have made a study of the
subject, this tremendous field has
scarcely been touched In comparison
with the development of which It is
capable.
Scenery and climate are resources
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WILLAMETTE RIVER BIG PLEASURE STREAM
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1 Summer and Winter Sports Are Numerous and Include Canoeing, Boating, Swimmin Motor- i
s ooaiing t-arties ana Kowmg w men I nousanas tLnjoy.
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By Charles P. Ford.
WHAT a treasure of pleasure the
river affords as both a summer
and winter playground is well
known to almost all of the lucky in
habitants of the City of Roses. Hardly
a day passes, weather notwithstand
ing, without scores of persons knock
ing off from their tedious tasks of
business to while away a few hours
either on or alongside the smooth
running water of the Willamette.
These scores are of the hardier ilk,
the ones who care naught for a bit of
a shower. ,
But when the days turn out clear in
the brisk mid-winter, the scores be
come hundreds and with the warmth
of spring the hundreds become thou
sands and the throng steadily grows
until in the August sun the waters
seem to be almost hidden under
brlghtly-hued pleasure craft.
Even during the high water period,
campers are undaunted and many a
party sets out of a Saturday night to
play In wooded nooks until the duties
of a workaday Monday bid them back
to the gloom of regret.
Many are the Joys of the outdoors
that these hardy sportsmen know and
which are seldom Imparted to the
city-bred worker. Canoeists 'and mo
tor boat parties form the major por
tion of the winter vacationists and in
their small craft they pack their sup
plies and put off for nowhere in
particular but usually end up on one
of the several islands and there make
camp.
If It Is a canoe that is taken along,
the little craft usually is dragged far
tip on the shore and there under the
protection of a grove of trees Is
tipped upside down and with the aid
ef a few boughs is soon turned Into
a windshield.
Next comes the task of making
ready for the night. Usually a bed
sack Is taken along and, in this, as
warm a nest as could bo desired is
soon prepared. Then the campers are
free to do as they may choose.
Another of the established winter
outings is the Christmas swim which
Is usually held with an exhibition of
diving by experts who perform from
one of the bridges. And then there
are the girls and women of the Mult
nomah Amateur Athletic club who get
a great "kick" out of the rather chill
December waters.
But the real activities of the pleas
tire seekers on the river begin to be
noticed more, only when the sun peeks
from the clouds between the showers
of an Oregon spring.
It is then that the gaily decorated
little craft appear. And nothing is
too good for these outdoor enthusi
asts. Many are the canoeist
fond with their boats laden
high colored blankets, showy cush
ons, over-stuffed larders and, above
all, phonographs. For let It be known
now and forever after that no river
trip is considered quite complete for
the entertainment of lady fair with
out the little music box and its jazz.
And what does it matter if lady
fair is caught in a shower and 's
drenched? The same lady fair gen
erally is willing to set forth just as
eagerly when the offer of another
trip comes.
But to get back to the party. When
the canoeist pushes away from the
float In those days of doubtful we&ta-
who.set
with
er he usually lolls about on the -water,
most of the time near shelter in case
a drizzle should threaten the party.
Owners of motor boats In the
spring begin to go over their craft
and put them Into shape. And some
of the earlier enthusiasts arrrnge for
outings and picnic parties as soon as
a fair day arrives. These motor craft,
for the most part, are sheltered and
in them the pleasure-seekers can
travel many a mile, often going up
the Columbia river, "Just for a
change."
These outing parties, both the
canoeists and the motor boat fans,
are made up both of transient visitors
to the river and of the river's colony
of faithful which makes Its home on
the water the whole year round.
On both sides of the Willamette
river, most attractive little homes.
some of them picture-palaces equal
to any of imagination, stretch far
past the limits of the city. These are
the floating homes of those of Port
land's workers who prefer a winter
breeze, a winter swim and a hardy
health to a life In the dull dark of a
rented apartment or even to the free
dom of a suburban residence.
These pleasant little resting places
are established in groups and in each
there is every comfort to be desired
Electric lights and city water are
there, Just as in any other home.
Every person In the colony knows
his neighbor and every neighbor is
considered a good fellow. Thus is
established the camaraderies of the
river. In the winter months there
are plenty of parties and then there
Is always the canoe and generally the
motorboat handy for a trip or for a
visit to a friend, if the friend hap
pens to live a little distanco away.
Not at all uncommon Is it to see men,
women or children taking a dip. It
is needless to say that all of them
swim. And they take to the faster
freshet currents almost as readily as
they do to the warm, almost still
standing summer waters.
And then there is the Motorboat
club and the Rowing club. Although
the most of the members of these
two organizations pay scarcely a visit
to the river in the dull months, some
of them can be seen at almost any
time canoeing, rowing or sculling, or
out in the power-boats.
The most of the social activities of
the clubs In the winter are - in the
form of dances and parties that do
not take the members out Into the
elements. x
But when summer smiles that's
different much different.
Then there comes the boating, sail
ing, surfboard riding and, "Oh, Min!"
what not?
Then the fun starts, or rather, it
reaches the high pitch.
Camping Is an every-nlght occur
rence and at no time is the night
without its hundreds of flickering
pleasure-boat lights. And there on
the waters the merry children of
playtime sing and just have fun.
All along the river there appear
cheerful campfires and the islands
are always fairly well populated with
temporary visitors. Some of them
do not stay longer than midnight,
but a great many make camp for the
night and sometimes pass a week or
two in tho open before they turn
back to the city.
And in the daytime the waters are.
fairly dotted with swimmers. Nearly
every schoolboy and many not yet of
school age pass the hot days, basking
on the warm sands with an occasional
dip in the pleasant waters. What would
a swimming hole be without Its fire?
Around it the carefree lads scamper
the whole day long.
It is not only the little fellows who
flock to the river for a dip. Their
elders also take to the water quite
readily and all of the bathing resorts
along the Willamette and Columbia
are taxed to capacity the most of
thee summer. In addition there are
thousands of persons who prepare pic
nic lunches and pass the day on the
banks of the river.
Then, too, there are the excursions
of canoeists and, of course, the big
regatta held by each of the river
clubs. The motorboat club has Its
speedboat races and then the rowing
club also has Its contests, each of
which is a big event and each of
which takes a great amount of prep
aration. But probably the most interesting
of all are the trips taken by large
parties from each of the clubs. Rock
island, several miles up the Willam
ette, Is one of the favorite haunts
and there an all-night dance is not
at all unusual, but, Indeed, has be
come quite an anticipated event.
It Is to that place that the rowing
boat club generally makes its excur
sion. The boats start out with a good
supply of food and about everything
else that could be needed on such an
outing. There the camp is made and,
with everyone knowing everyone
else, fun becomes king.
Excursions on the -..large " river
steamers also provide plenty ot en
tertainment. Many clubs and other
organizations throughout the summer
charter the big craft for a day and,
after delightful trips up either the
Willamette or the Columbia, hold pic
nics in wooded nooks and top it all
off with programmes of games and
sports.
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Immigration Important
Feature of Port's Work
Report of Chief Inspector Bonham 1
uncloses Mnrh Accomplished
Daring Year 1021.
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THE mention of immigration serv
ice brings to the mind of the
average person .1118 isiana, tne
great receiving station of the nation.
But the past 18 months have seen the
Immigration work in the Portland
distrrct take a leap of 400 per cent in
the first 12 months and an additional
280 per cent gain over the previous
record in the first Balf of the fiscal
year of 1922.
The work of the immigration serv
ice in Portland, however, is a direct
reflection of the foreign, commerce of
the port rather than admittance of
aliens. Each incoming vessel, both
passenger and freight, must have
every man on board examined if she
Is coming from a foreign port. The
work falls upon Raphael P. Bonham,
immigration inspector for the Oregon
district, and a corps of inspectors
working under him from the Portland
office. .
Mr. Bonham's report for the fiscal
year 1921, which closed upon June 30,1
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COOS BAY DEVELOPMENT LARGE
Most Rapid Strides in History of Important Coast Port Are I
1 Recorded Many Vessels Operate From There.
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K(E most rapid strides in the his
tory of the commercial develop
ment of the port of Coos Bay
have been accomplished during the
past year. Chief in this line has been
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I COST OF MAINTAINING AND I
1 DKYELOPIVU PORTLAND'S i
1 PUBLIC SCHOOL SVSTKH I
BY YEARS.
School years ending June 30. 1
Year. Expend.! Year. Expend. 1
I 1900...$ 644,054 1911 ... 1.784.020 I
1901... 404,19711912... 2.490,447
1902... 402.096H913. . . 2.052.358 I
I 1903... 420,879 1914... 2.564.982 I
I 1904... 720,739il915... 2.104,101 I
1905... 690, 86911916. .. 2.430,282 i
1906... 678.664:1917... 2.654.689 5
1 1907... 846.817:1918... 2.777.226 I
1908. .. 1,197,819:1919. . . 2 670 132
I 1909... 1,665.50311920... 3.74l'022
1910... 1.836.81011921... 4.975.933 1
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the inauguration of direct exporta
tion of lumber and logs to the orient.
Coos Bay is Included In the Oregon
customs district, the only seaboard
customs district In the United States
whose exports this year show an in
crease in value for the year just ended,
as compared with 1920. Heretofore,
however, the contribution of the port
of Coos Bay to the Oregon total has
been small. The return of sailing
-vessels to the trans-Pacific trade, a
development of the latter months of
1920, led to the chartering of several
schooners td carry full cargoes of logs
and lumber from Coos Bay to Japan,
and every Indication points to a con
tinuation of direct exportation of
southern Oregon lumber to the mar
kets of the world.
In connection with the Inaugura
tion of this traffic, the port of Coos
Bay rose to the occasion and char
tered an ocean-going tug to move the
sailing craft Into and out of the har
bor. A terrific storm that lashed the
entire Pacific coast swamped the first
tug engaged for this work, as she was
bringing in her first tow, but another
was secured to take her place.
A strong presentation has been
made by the port commission, com
mercial bodies and business interests
of Marshfleld and North Bend to the
United States board of engineers and
to the Oregon delegation in congress
for an appropriation to construct jet
ties at the entrance of the harbor. The
agitation for Jetties is based on the
belief that such improvement will re
sult In a permanent betterment of the
channel at the harbor entrance, In
stead of the merely temporary relief
afforded by the dredging which has
constituted the -only harbor improve
ment done by the government in the
past.
The fleet of vessels looked after by
the deputy collector of customs sta
tioned at Coos Bay includes 705 small
motor boats under five net tons, 58
vessels under 20 tons, 16 enrolled ves
sels (20 tons and up engaged In coast
wise trade), one vessel permanently
registered for foreign trade, and four
vessels temporarily registered for
foreign trade. There are 8830 gross
tons of vessels either licensed, en
rolled or registered at the port of
Coos Bay permanently
In addition to the sailing vessels
carrying lumber from Coos Bay to the
orient, there Is a large fleet of small
steamships plying regularly between
that port and those to the north and
south along the coast, and a freight
and passenger lino operaed by the Pa
cific Steamship company connects
Marshfleld and North Bend with Port
land. Eureka and San Francisco.
Important among the major Indus
tries of the section -Is the Buehner
Lumber company of North Bend,
which has furnished steady employ
ment for a large number of men by
keeping its mills running when busi
ness conditions did not fully justify
continued operation. During the year
the company manufactured about
32,000,000 feet of lumber, about two-
thirds of which was fir and the re
mainder spruce. About 200 men are
employed in the mill and the same
number in the camps, making a com
bined payroll of about $48,000 a
month.
The C. A. Smith holdings in Coos
county, operated under the name of
the Coos Bay Lumber company, ran
its mills for eight and a hair months
during 1921 and during this time
turned out 17.000,000 feet of cedar
lumber, 7S.000.000 feet of fir lumber.
7.250,000 shingles and 13,000,000 lath.
The company employed 625 men in
the mills alone. Besides its manufac
tured products, the company shipped
out 2.500,000- board feet of cedar logs
to San Francisco and Portland for ex
port, principally to the orient.
It is estimated that a total of 50.
000,000 feet of Port Orford white
cedar in logs and lumber was shipped
from Coos Bay In 1921 for domestic
and foreign consumption. Of this
total, about 15.000,000 feet In logs and
lumber went to Japan.
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PORTLAND ENTERS VITAL ERA
3
Exposition Movement Declared Proof That City Has Broken
Shackles of Mossbacktsm and Become Progressive.
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By Geoajte L. Baker, Mayor of FortTand.
COMMUNITIES are like, business
men. Some are short-sighted and
some are not. Portland is fortu
nate In two ways: First, it is going to
have an exposition in 1925, and, sec
ond, the majority of Portland people
are not short-sighted. Congratula
tions are in order on both scores.
No more far-sighted move has ever
been made than that recently by the
people of Portland when they voted
almost unanimously in favor of the
1925 exposition. It was notice to the
short-sighted obstructionist, the pes
simist and the mossback that he is
living In a new age an age of pro
gression and activity and an age when
he cannot longer keep Portland down
for the few paltry dollars of expendi
ture it might mean to him. "
' Portland has demonstrated on many
occasions In the last few years that
the old spirit is dead and that the
spirit wh'ch put Portland first In all
big activities still lives and thrives
and continues to keep the city on the
map.
Activity on the part of people with
a foresight has placed Portland 'where
it Is today a city freer from unem
ployment ana Kinarea conaiiiuns man
me majority u. i-inco ui nic-uuu,.. j.
Activity has brought trs factories, in
dustries, shipping, thousands of new
homes, new buildings and great new
improvements. Each of these has been
opposed by a certain class or clique,
and probably progress always will be
opposed; but, fortunately, all things
which mean a greater Portland have
met with the approval of the vast
majority of the people.
From an advertising standpoint
there is no greater opportunity on the
part of a community or a state than
the holding" of an International expo
sition. Through this medium the name
of the city of Portland and the state
of Oregon will be placed before the
people of the world as it could never
be placed In any other way. To have
Portland known as a Pacific coast
city great enough to hold an inter
national exposition is an advertising
asset in itself. It will get more favor
tible advertising for the city, in a lew
months than any other medium could
get in a dozen times that many years.
The tourist travel of tfie United
States is something enormous. Year
by year the host of travelers increases
and the trend is growing greater and
greater toward the Pacific coast as
roads are - improved. Hundreds of
thousands of these people, comprising
thousands who are either seeking- op
portunity or would take advantage of
opportunity, if it presented itself, will
make Portland and Oregon a part of
their itinerary. Hundreds of thou
sands more will make this city and
state an object of their special jour
ney. They will see the opportunities
and the city and the state will reap
a great harvest of benefit In value
many times greater than the invest
ment necessary to bring this all about
No person can avoid sharing in the
benefit. From the workman in the
trench to the man in the highest com
mercial position, the benefits will be
felt. Good conditions In business mean
good" general conditions. Wages are
better when the city is booming with
trade, and business and living costs
are not proportionately Increased.
What helps business helps everybody.
When times are slack everybody feels
It, and when times are good every
body benefits.
There is but one thing that the peo
ple of Oregon must now remember,
and that is that the 1925 exposition
must be a real exposition. It would
be a sad mistake to stage anything
but the greatest of an international
exposition. As the situation stands
now, we have covered a small part of
the ground the winning of the expo
sition and of national and Interna
tional recognition.
. The big nine-tenths stands before
us the staging of an exposition sec
ond to none ever held in the United
States or abroad.
which are inexhaustible. The timber
supply of the northwest Is rapidly
being depleted coal, when dug from
the ground-and burned, is gone; even
the soil of tho farm lands must have
Its fertility renewed, but thousands
upon thousands of eyes can feast
upon the majesty of Crater lake, the
wonders of the Columbia gorge or the
matchless form of Mount Rainier and
yet take away nothing from their
charm. In fact, the more these scenic
marvels are .seen and described, the
greater becomes their value as tourist
attractions.
Many agencies are assisting in
bringing this region to the attention
of prospective tourists but the sys
tematic promotion of travel to the
Pacific northwest for the past five
years has been in the hands of an
International organization represent
ing Oregon, Washington and British
Columbia, and known as the Pacific
Northwest Tourist association. Al
though it has never had funds nearly
adequate to the great task which it
has attempted, this association has
been able to accomplish some results
which experts ln'communlty publicity
have pronounced remarkable.
The Pacific Northwest Tourist as
sociation was organized in the fall of
1916 in a meeting which was attended
by representatives from most of the
commercial organizations of the two
states and the province. A plan of
tourist travel promotion was outlined
and at the sessions of the state legis
latures and provincial parliament the
following winter appropriations ag
gregating $62,600 per year were made
to carry on the work.
Although the war conditions made
the programme of the first two years
particularly difficult, a foundation
was laid during this period which has
been very valuable to the association.
Contacts were formed with tourist
agencies, transportation lines and va
rious publicity sources which have
been yielding rich returns since
travel was more generally resumed.
During the past season the associa
tion spent 85 per cent of its appro
priation for publicity, only 15 per cent
being required! for overhead. A large
portion of the publicity consisted of
newspaper and magazine advertising.
Large display advertisements were
published simultaneously in 55 of the
leading newspapers in those districts
of the United States and Canada from
which the , tourist travel is most
largely drawn, occupying a total of
125,000 lines of space. In addition to
this 20 full pages of advertising were
carried In national magazines. Spe
cial Issues of several national maga
zines featured ihe attractions of the
Pacific northwest and a number of
other magazines used Illustrated arti
cles on this region. More than 13,000
letters were sent out by the associa
tion and more than 30,000 booklets
were distributed. 1
It Is very difficult to make any
thing like an accurate check of the
tide of tourist travel which flows
through these three states during a
season, but some of the estimates from
factors which are known show that
it is bringing vast sums of money
Into this region.
As nearly as could be determined,
not less than 65.250 tourists visited
te northwest by rail and steamer dur
ing the past summer, and estimating
the average stay of each at only 12
days, as based upon the itineraries
of the tourist agencies, and at sk
expenditure of $10 per day, which Is
much less than the average tourist
by rail spends in hotel bills, sight
seeing. In retail stores,' automobile
hire, etc., we have a total of $6,630.
000. But this Is only a small factor when
compared with the automobile tourist
travel. Careful estimates made by
Oregon state highway officials indi
cate that more than 260,000 "foreign"
cars traveled the highways of that
state during the months of MajV, June.
July and August, and reckoning four
passengers to a car. It will be seen
that more thun 1,000,000 peoplo vis
ited Oregon during that period, ami
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I COT OF PORTLAND'" STRKKT 1
AND SKWKK IMPROVK-
MKVl'S lV THK. VKAR. ?
1900. . .1 137. 1 0911 9 11... $7. 577. 652
1901 . .
1902. .
1903. .
1904..
1905. .
19(16. .
1907. .
1908. .
1 9"9 . .
1910. .
i.l7. 849:1912.
191.81211913...
689.92.111 914 . . .
67S. 96211915. . .
f.15.219 1916. . .
515. .14 1917. . .
990.266 1918...
1 .828,260) 1919...
2.3l4:i9,1920. . ,
4.996.980 1921 . . ,
3.709,483
3.510.937
1.880.687
928.086
7 81.035
294.469
629. 32S
276.422
2.363.251
3,710.774
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it Is probable that there was not less
than this number whloh visited Wash
ington and British Columbia.
Even if there were no other return
from these tourists than tliu mony
spent while here, this trevcl would
be ono of our mont profitable re
sources, for It is practically all money
from tho outside which is brought
Into this region and put into local
circulation. But there is also a very
Important permanent gain from this
travel in the form of new residents
who locate hero as the result of the
favorable lmprrsslon made upon them
as tourists and of large investmenis
made by visitors who h' the oppor
tunities offered by this new land.
One Interesting fact In connection
with the revenue from the tourlrt
travel which was pointed out In the
annual report of the association is
that the revenue which the state of
Oregon collected from "foreign" cars
during the past summer from the
gasoline tax exceeded the amount ap
propriated for the share of this state
toward tho support of the Tourist association.
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INDUSTRIES OF OREGON HAVE LARGE GROWTH
Plant Expansion and Increase of Product, Combined With Size of Payroll, Indicate Development
of Basic Manufactures Expenditure for Help Rises to Total of $81 ,000,000.
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By D. C. Freeman. Manager Ansociated
Industries of Orexnn.
GROWTH of Oregon industries
and the value of manufactured
products accurately measures
recent progress of the state. Inter
esting major totals on industrial de
velopment have Just been disclosed by
the department of commerce of the
United States government.
Plant expansion and Increase of
value of output, as well as the growth
of Oregon's payroll are shown in
comparison between the years 1914
and 1919. . Notwithstanding allow
ances to be made for the abnormal
times between these two periods,
owing to tho war, wonderful strides
were made in manufacturing and dis
tribution of the state's products in
five years.
The total manufactured products of
the state Increased from $109,762,000
in 1914 to $366,783,000 in 1919. Of this
amount Portland's local products
were $196,380,000. The number of fac
tories increased from 2320 to 2707.
The number of people on payrolls In
creased from 28,829 to 58,559 and the
annual payroll of Oregon men and
women workers aggregated In round
numbers $81,000,000, four times what
it was In the years immediately pre
ceding the war. The call upon the
productive resources of Oregon was
amply answered and supplying war
necessities enabled many plans in the
Pacific northwest to find themselves.
The Pacific northwest as a whole
is developing along logical lines as a
great center of manufacturing Indus
tries with Portland as an outlet to the
markets of the world. The state is
maintaining a consistent rate of in
crease of new industries as well as
expansion of older industries, so that
the future looks very promising for
all who have survived the post-war
readjustment test.
Along with the rapid strides in port
development the fostering of the pay
rolls of Oregon and the northwest
and the business of increasing the
payrolls. Within recent years Ore
gon manufacturers, In line with other
coast manufacturers, have gone afield
for larger volume OX business and
have taken rank among national ad
vertisers and distributors of goods,
competing with the best In their, re
spective lines.
Among these are the fruit, vege
table and fish canneries miscellaneous
food producing plants, cereal manu
factures, paper and paper toweling,
woolens and woolen clothing, knit
goods, yarns, orchardists' supplies,
engines and logging machinery and
similar specialties, exported as well
as sold nationally, dairy products,
factory cut houses and garages, fur
niture and office equipment, and
many other lines.
Lumber manufacturing and by
products of lumber constitute a largo
class of Itself. Orecon fir, white and
yellow pine, cedar, for general build
ing purposes, and theiDreKon oak for
tool handles, et'., are well-known
staples In the lumber consuming
world. - Eastern and central Oregon's
box shooks go east and return as con
tainers for canned goods, clothing,
shoes, etc., while Juniper slats go to
New York and Europe for completion
into lead pencils.
Through the operations of Asso
ciated Industries consumers are made
cognizant with the fact that Oregon
and the Pacific northwest manu
facturers are making goods of equal
or superior worth to those with which
the averHge consumer who Is in
fluenced by tremendous national ad
vertising, may he more familiar.
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(postal RECEIPTS $2,000,0001
I Portland Office Crows Rapidly and 1921 Passes All Previous I
Figures for Business Savings Department Has Expansion. 1
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I OFFICIAL FHilRKS ON PORT-
I L A IS' D'S PUBLIC IM- 3
PROVKMKNTS.
I Nature of Improvement Miles.
I Hard-surfaced streets 445
i Graded streets 304
1 (Jravel streets S3
i Macadamized streets 62
Plank roadway 1
i Sewers 737
I Water mains 790
Conduits ,. 56
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OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT FIG-
l'BS O.V OHKUO.V'8 WHEtT B
CROP BY YEARS. I
Year. Bushels. lYear.
1900.. .16.198.01211911.
1901. ..17,168,06511912.
1902. ..15, 512. 46011913.
1903...12,438.827il914.
1904. ..14,050.19311915.
1905. ..18.382,58511916.
1906. ..14,215,59711917.
1907. ..15, 265. 00011918.
1908. ..15, 148. 00011919.
1909. ..16,377,00011920.
1910. . .15.853,00011921.
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Bushels.
.16,726,000
.21,018,000
.15.717.000
.16,604,000
.20,025,000
.19,650,000
.12,648.000
.15,228,000
.20.808,000
.22.900,000
.22.616,000
market for the products of those pay
rolls are subjects of paramount inv
portance. They are -receiving con
stantly the careful attention of the
Associated Industries of Oregon
backed by the Portland Chamber of
Commerce.
The forward-looking, business -
building enterprises represented In
the membership of the Associated In
dustries are grouped together to ad
vance the quality and claims of Ore
gon manufactured goods, to exploit
and cultivate good will for Oregon
products, as opposed to the intensive
competition of outside manufactured
products, especially eastern.
The people of the north Pacific
coast country have been for so many
years in the habit of buying from the
east, without thinking of the possi
bilities of factory payrolls here, that
systematic, concerted effort has been
directed to the education of the con
sumer in this regard. The importance
ot increasing factories is not over
shadowed by any oth&r movement In
the northwest.
Many Oregon and northwest manu
facturers have established coastwlde
and national reputations for their
lines of goods. The prestige of Ore
gon quality goods the general trade
designation used by Associated In
dustries and made familiar to deal
ers are worth a great deal of money
in advertising prestige to the state,
as well as bringing in a steady vol-
f-!ume of money for the support of big,
FOR the first time In the history of
Portland, the postoffiee receipts
will exceed $2,000,000 for the year
1921. The actual figure is not
yet known, but the monthly totals
throughout tire year have exceeded
those for 1920, the total figure for
which year was $1,960,009.95, and
while regulations forbid the publica
tion of monthly receipts, the margin
remaining on December 1 was so small
that there was no chance of the an
nual receipts falling below $2,000,000.
Tn comparison with other businesses
these receipts do not seem large and
It Is not until a study has been made
of the flow of mall from and to the
city that the real magnitude of Port
land's postal business is appreciated.
There are at the present time a
few more than 500 employes in the
Portland postoffiee, 224 of whom are
carriers and the rest clerks, laborers,
messengers and substitutes. There
are 80 women included In this num
ber, a few acting as stenographers
and secretaries, but the majority
working as clerks, sorters, directory
searchers, etc.
The first Portland postomce was
established in 1849 with Thomas Smith
as postmaster. Unfortunately, there
are no records of the volume and
character of business for that year,
but the total receipts for 1850 were
$82.98, which today constitutes a sum
less than the daily postage paid by
a number of the city's largest mail
ers. With the grqwth of the city the
annual receipts also grew until in
1860 they were $3608.99, and ten years
later had reached $14,534.66.
It was in the next decade. In 1875
to be exact, that the old postoffiee
building on Morrison street, between
Fifth and Sixth streets, was built, and
another Important development during
the same ten years was free delivery
of mall. This was instituted in 1879
and five carriers were employed to
deliver the mail over the city. There
were five clerks on the Inside and
these ten employes, with the post
master, constituted the Portland post
office system. The same decade
also brought a large percentage
ot increase in postal receipts and the
total for the vear 18S0 was $11,567.62.
In 1890 this figure had mounted to
$143,771.14. the period during which
the Increase was made being also one
of the Important periods in the
growth of Portland. The proportion of
increase was not so large, however,
during the next ten years, the total
for 1900 being $215,978.47.
In 1905 came the Lewis & Clark
fair and the growth during that
decade shows that it was one of the
fundamental reasons for Portland's
development Into a city of first-class
standing. The revenues of the postal
service are the best known barometer
of business. They are the first to show
a decline In business and they form
the pulse that reveals the health of
a community and Its commerce. If i
city Is growing the postal receipts
record that growth faithfully and ho
yond all argument to the contrary. It
a city stands still the postal receipts
stand still.
The receipts for the years Imme
diately before and those following the
1905 exposition adequately tell the
story. The Increase 'n nny one year
was not phenomenal but the growth
year by year afterwards plainly in
dicates that Portland had received
some stimulant which brought her
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M'MRKR OF TKACHKI1S l;
I'l.OtKIl 1 PORTLA N D
.- IIIXU.S IIV IK1IIS.
Year.
1900. .
1901 . .
192..
1903. .
1904. .
1905. .
1906. .
1907. .
190S. .
1909. .
1910. .
No. Year.
291:191 I . ,
297 1912..
312 1913. ,
338, 1914..
3r,H 1915. .
4 8 : 1 9 1 6 . .
4L'5 1917. .
605 1918..
582 1 919. .
633 1920. .
No.
756
884
906
981
1.041
1.133
1.129
1.152
1.201
1.300
70o 1921 1.383
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out of the smaller class and Into tho
first ranks of the nation's cities.
Beg'nning with the year 1901, the
annual receipts were: ,
1904 $379,522.70
1905 Jh 473,083.31
1906 f.40,8O.-.47
1907 627.4 75 1 9
1908 680. 813. re
1909 778.":i.73
1910 92.",,164.r,a
In 1911 tho annual receipts for the
first time passed the $1,000,000 mark,
tho total belnir $ 1,004,423.71. wliicVi
brings out the significant fact that
the postal receipts have Increased us
much In the past 11 years as during
the first 61 years in the life of the
Portland post office.
This growth has steadily continued
ever since, as Is shown In the yearly
figures since 1914:
1915. . .
1916. ..
1917. . .
191S. . .
1919...
1920...
$1,167,293.0$
1.220, 1ST. 89
1,327.979.71
1 .639.958.06
1.707.470.25
1 ,960,009. 9o
Every day In the year more than
410.000 letters and 25.000 pieces ot
parcel post mail come into the post
office from Portland mailers. They
are collected from SS2 street boxis
and building chutes and. from the
branch post offices throughout IM
city and started on their trips to
points all over the United States and
the world In less than two home
after collection.