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other dairy section, according to information furnislied by local
creameries.
"When speaking of the live stock industry the first flash of the mind
u to cattle, either to herds of beeves upon the range, or the patient
cow in the dairy. With the growth of settlements the stockman has
found it advisable to become a stock farmer. Under the old-time
methods the animals were permitted to shift for themselves without
reference to either feed or breeds, but with the transformation of the
range and wooded hills into farms the farmers are awakening to the
advantages in stall-feeding and improved grades. The number of high
bred beef cattle in the state is steadily increasing, and the enthusiast
along that line of industry will find conditions here favorable for the
play of his best efforts. In addition to the economy in producing beef
in Oregon, the proximity of the markets and their continued expansion
is a guarantee of big profits.
The agricultural development of the western part of the state has
created a big demand for good horses and here in Clatsop county are
numerous ideal spots for first-class farms for the raising of either
working or racing stock. The development of the timber limits, mines,
and the building of railroads has created a big demand for horses, and
they bring prices which would astonish an eastern farmer.
Sheep are raised successfully in almost any part of Oregon, which
produces more wool than all other western states combined. Condi
tions in this section are favorable for their promulgation probably more
than in any other part of the state. The mild climate, the dewy nights,
and the rapid growth of forage all combine to make sheep-raising a very
successful occupation in Clatsop county.
Hogs are also beginning to attract attention of the farmers who
nave discovered that a very excellent corn for forage can be raised in
the rolling sections of the district. Chickens, geese and all kinds of fowl
are also raised extensively, everything being very favorable for their
production.
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CLATSOP COUNTY'S
NEW COURT HOUSE.
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BFTER making history for half a century in its old official habitat,
Clatsop county has built a beautiful and modern court house, at a
orr,rnv;n, ,tir,(T l fin 000 and the early structure of frame, smoked
and grimed and worn past all semblance of utility and comfort, has
been relegated to the realms of nothingness.
The old house has done excellent service in its f0 years .f use, but
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inaptitude has been crucially apparent during the past decade, during
which the public business of Clatsop county has trebled over all the
volumne of the past; rendering the new building an immediate ami
imperative necessity; and the government 01 tne coumy is now nmuin
in capacious and handsome quarters, than which there arc none letter
in the whole State of Oregon for this class of service.
The building is reared on a sandstone base, and is w ithout any cellar
room whatever, and rises to a third floor which is surmounted by large,
low dome of copper; and while it is severely handsome, its real value
are apparent in the clever arrangement of the offices and the excellence
of its construction.
It is of brick, with facings of cream pressed brick, and terra entta
trimmings, designed especially for the structure, with heavy plate-glass
windows; the only relieving strain of color being two snow-white marble
pilastres flanking the main entrance at the head of the splendid flight of
sandstone steps from the street. Once inside the building its formal front
is forgotten in the bright and beautiful equipment of polished oak and
glistening marble floors and wainseoating that mark the halls and cor
ridors, stairways and entrances, and all the appointments incident to
the complete finish of so costly and important a structure.
The ground floor is given over to the big heating apparatus; and
to store-rooms, always essential to public buildings when the steady
accumulations of the years begin; and it is left in such shape that add.-
tional offices may be established there at any time mey mm. .u,u ,
the future, and especially is it useful for additional vaults as tune shall
impose their construction and use. .
The second floor is the business floor of the establishment, as all the
county officers are assigned to this floor, each and all with an abundance
of room; that is, all except me coumy u,?v., -
quarters are on the third floor; the main corridor is on
L a 5 riM, in its lobbv-lines and finish, bi-secting the
building from the main entrance to the foot of the magnificent oak stair-
way at the rear; this in turn being crossea oy uc "
lead to the various offices and reception and court rooms. Ihe lofty
panellings of (eight-foot) marble and the white marble floors are the
panellings on g , ratifying to the eye and every
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sense of what is adequate ana essentia: 10 y. - -
Seleriff, and the county clerk, with all their vaults and waiting room,
and priv te offices occupy the easterly half of this floor, wh.le
a. P J::: mvon nvPr to the assessor, the treasurer, and
somely equipped with retiring rooms anu
The third floor is given up almost wholly to the circuit court de
partment of the comity, and district officers; to jury rooms, consultation
rooms, retirimr rooms for the indue and bar. for witnesses and all the
various use inseparable from the conduct of this branch of the judiciary.
The district court room is very complete and strikingly finished; one
third of its area being given over to the bench, the clerk's bank, and the
bar-spilces, including, of rouiw, the witness-box and the bailiff ' and
sheriff quarters when in attendance upon the court The room will be
lighted with one hundred electric bulbs distributed In the great oval
ventilator in the center of the ceiling and in half a dowrn pendant chan-,
Idiers conveniently placed. Daylight is provided amply by three large
plate-glass windows in the west and south fronts and by the central
;lass ventilator referred to. The room will le so seated as to make it
comfortable for far more people than are likely to gather there except
upon the rarest of occasions. There is probably no handsomer hall in
the state devoted to this particular service, and it is the "Rtar" chamber
of a splendid edifice, in the best sense of the term. It will be initiated by
Judge Thomas McDride, and there are thousands here to frankly hope
it will lie under his especial use for long years to come.
The conception of the project, and its entire construction and equip
ment, have fallen to the hands of the men whoso names are perpetuated
in marble, testified to by a handsome tablet Inserted in the west wall
of the main hall on the second floor, to-wit ;
C. J. Trenchard. Judge: Andrew Young. Commissioner; C. C.
Clarke, Commissioner; William Larson, Commissioner; C. C. Marten,
Commissioner; John Frye, Commissiftner; hdgar M. I-azarus, Arctii-
tect; Hastie & Dougan, Builders.
To John Montgomery, of this city, the well known contracting
plumber, is due the credit for the installation of the splendid heating
plant that serves the structure; and to Jacob Heblack, superintendent
of construction for the contracting firm of ITastie & Dougan, and a
member of that house; and to C. G. Palmberg, the leadjng builder of
this city, as superintendent of construction, for the Honorable County
Court of Clatsop.
From its deep foundations to the apex of its dome, inside and out,
the Clatsop county court house is a model and modern building, thor
oughly well designed and built and will be for long years to come a
monument of the progressive spirit of the county and an invaluable
adjunct to her official life and history. And so solidly is it founded,
that if the years shall make demand for extension, its walls will amply
maintain a super structure of several stories, a wise provision in this
i ehalf, since its lateral expansion might be curbed by limitations of the
i 'ock boundaries circumscribing it.
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