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A Taste Of Oregon History: (An Exclusive)
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navigating the Columbia River he
was so impressed with the vast
natural beauty and natural resour­
ces of this unspoiled wilderness
ne of the fascinating things
about Oregon’s early history
that he vowed to return and estab­
lish a foothold. Watts went back
¡4 that many an aspiring entrepre-
to Missouri and returned to Ore­
rtber garnered the opportunity to
gon with his family in 1848. He ar­
assume a significant position in
rived in Oregon with 330 sheep
the business world. Those per­
which had survived out of the 450
sons who identified a need and
that began the journey. These ani­
then developed a capacity to
mals flourished on the newly
Satisfy that void soon found
emselves firmly established
found lushness of Oregon. Co-in-
cidentally, their fleece was extra­
ithin a given segment of com-
ordinary unlike their progenitors
erce. If such a person also were
Endowed with certain skills he back East. Watts and his family
fabricated many woolen products
Soon became one of the valued
by hand from this great abun­
members of a very special guild.
dance of wool. The excess was
; James Watts, previously ac­
sold. In time they supplied the
claimed for his invention and
envelopment of an effective
gold miners of California with
gloves which turned a handsome
sjteam engine, is credited with
profit. Watts then organized and
rjaving initiated the wuolen in-
built the first commercial woolen
cfcjstry in Oregon. According to
mill in Oregon. The Willamette
the legend, Mr. Watts first visited
tjie Dalles in the mid 1800's. After
Woolen Manufacturing Company
Uy Stephen E. McPherson,
Special Correspondent
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of Salem was established in 1856.
In addition to the commodable
climate of Oregon, the abundance
of mineral free water for process­
ing wool and the potential for
hydro-electric power made the
wool industry a natural endeavor
for this region. Within a rapid suc­
cession of events, a number of
woolen mills were established.
The Pendleton story had begun
long before these events and
spanned two continents. The wet
mild weather of the Pacific North­
west is similar to that of England.
Enter Thomas Kay. He began
services in the family woolen es­
tablishment at the age of thirteen.
After serving an apprenticeship of
seven years, Kay embarked for
the United States where the grow­
ing woolen industry had offered
all sorts of enticements in order
to attract trained and experienced
journeymen to our shores. At the
age of 20 he accepted an offer to
apply his newly acquired skills to
the woolen mills of New England.
For six years he pursued the craft
he had learned in England and
rose rapidly through the promo­
tional ladder. He served in a
supervisory capacity in several
eastern mills before succumbing
to a p re d e le c tio n fo r the
wonderlust and the pioneering
call of "Go West, young man!”
Once in Oregon he again ac­
cepted a supervisory position,
this time at a mill near Browns­
ville. By now, every important
event in his,life appeared to fol­
low a six year cycle. At the end of
that period he established the
Thomas Kay Woolen Mill in Sa­
lem. It became a family adventure
with total involvement.
Fannie Kay, his daughter, ac­
quired a particular delight in the
various nuances of the family
business to the extent that she
became highly proficient in its en­
tire operation.
In the mean while the Bishop
component of the family team
had developed a re-eminence of
its own at the other end of the tex­
tile spectrum. Clarence P. Bishop
had developed a thriving business
by selling fine woolen products to
Oregonians. It was inevitable that
he and Fannie Kay would cross
paths with each other, but it was a
delightful quirk of fate that that
they should fall in love and marry.
There was little doubt that their
children would also become in­
timately involved in the woolen
industry.
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ADOPTION
C .P BISHOP
Clarence and Roy recognized
the tremendous potentila of the
then floundering Pendleton Mills.
They bought it, upgraded it with
the latest technology and turned
o u t th e ir fir s t p ro d u c t in
September 1909.
Tire
Inspection
Guardsman
All-Season
SAT.
FANNIE KAY BISHOP
One of their products which im­
mediately caught the fancy of
many Oregonians and Indians
alike was a newly designed blan­
ket. Later they were to add a line
of men’s shirts and finally
women’s clothing. Their products
became an instant success from
the very outset because of their
strong emphasis on quality. This
is still the hallmark of the Pendle­
ton tradition. Pendleton operates
on the vertical system of produc­
tion which means that it can
maintain the high quality for
which it is known by controlling
every step of manufacturing from
the processing of the raw material
to the completion of the finished
garment. In addition, they have
established a tradition of quiet
eloquence with a low profile. This
feature story is one of the few in­
terviews Pendleton has ever given
to a newspaper.
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