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.1, Directory of Commercial Bodies. I , Adams, Umatilla county Adams fm Commercial association. Medford, Jefferson county Com mercial club. Myrtle Creek, Douglas county Development League. Myrtle Point Coos county Board of Trade. Newberg, Yamhill county Com- Coal Mining in Oregon, no ftter than the ordinary wheat 2 land, without fertilization, and under LTHOUGH the industry of circumstances applicable on almost coal mining in Washington is ?ny &rain farm n hc Willamette val- much more important in vol- lev- thc Oregon Agricultural college ume of coal mined than it is at Corvallis produced 82,775 pounds of in Oreuron. there is direct evi- green alfalfa from two acres. This Tillamook County. Number of cows. .....J.... 681 Average income per coV.... $66.78 Mineral Springs Hotel Tillamook county is situate on the Thi result was obtained with mixed west coast of Oreiron, with a coast breds of cows and ordinary dairying methods. dence that just as extensive beds of UTeen feed was equal to 13 tons of line of 60 miles and has one of the best natural harbors between the Co- OREGON'S lumbia river and the Golden Gate. One of the most noted health rt sorts on the coast is th Ntw Mineral . Springs hotel on the Columbia, bt PHOTOGRAPHERS. tween Portland and The Dalle. Tfc medicinal properties of these wattrs 1 J. Albany. Linn county AIco club Alhanv. I. inn rntintv Cnmmrrit :.i club. North Bend, Coos county-Cham- coal underlie the surface of Oregon as cured hay. The highest yield in any It probably the richest in natural In co.pp.hng such an issue as th.s were discovered nearly half a C- Arlington, Gilliam county Com- ber of Commerce. are found in her sister state to the former year since the field was seeded resources of any county in the entire edition of The Journal it was neces- tury ago by the Indians, and tor mercial club. North Powder, Union county De- north. Washington coal runs partly to alfalfa was 55,744 pounds of green west. sary that the management secure the many years the place was a resort Ashland, Jackson county Commer- velopment League. to semi-bituminous. Much of the coal feed, equivalent to 9'4 tons of hay In surface area it has about 1.200 cooperation of the photographers of for the red men, who frequently via- cial club. North' Yamhill, Yamhill county found in Oregon is a lignite, but of a fr the two acres. The average yield square miles and forms a natural the state, and the thanks of The Jour- 'ted l and bathed in the healing Astoria, Clatsop county Chamber Board of Trade. high quality. The Coos Bay coal Per acre during the four years the amphitheatre resting against the nal are duf, ,he folowin artists and waters. Eight years ago the water Of Commerce. Oakland, Douglas county Dcvel- fields on the coast of Oregon are ''eld has been cropped is 4'A tons of coast range of mountains and tront- others whf)se namts was analyzed by a chemist who puy- among the oldest worked rhino of hay per acre. 1 he field was cut dur- ing the ocean. ...,.,,, u..rt ,v,rv wa . . .v. wu., :. .:.! . .u- in th rm, nf ion? nn th fnll. In this creat amnhitheatre are to be """ibered, who in every way have best coal for steaming purposes on mK dates. April 19, when the yield found the finest body of standing "'sted m presenting this pictorial the Pacific coast is now ready to be wa 40,080 pounds; May 31, 22,030; timber, the most productive dairying edition ot the resources of the Ore mined on a large scale. This coal is July 14. 10,525; August 25, 10,140. It is and farming lands, r , 'J I if tmf . &&mt nounced it of excellent medicinal qualities, since which time it has been a M ecca for thousands of persons in fhe best trout gon country" to Journal readers found in the Kinney coal fields the not unusual in Malheur county. Ore- streams and the greatest natural sum- I). M. Stevens, Portland, Oregon. property of the Nchalem Coal com- Ron, to f"1'' alfalfa crops that run mer resorts on the whole 1 acific Kiser Photo Co., Portland, Oregon, pany. These mines are in the Nekar- from 7 to 10 tons of cured hay to the coast. E H. Moorehouse & Co., Portland, nev mountains, and are within a haul- acre. N. S. Merrill, Merrill, Oregon, In the language of the aborigines, Oregon ing distance of two miles of Nchalem fr several years has secured an aver- Tillamook means "the gathering of W. F Shanafelt, Portland, Oregon bay, on the Oregon coast. This coal aKe of about 5 tons of cured hay per the waters," and this name is given can be laid down cheaply for use in acre on 200 acres. Reports from nine to the bay and harbor by reason of Portland. The company owns 525 growers in Klama'th county, repre- the fact that five of the principal acres of coal land near the site of senting 1,291 acres, give an average rivers of the county flow into it. It their nresent mine Four veins have f 4.92 tons of cured hay per acre, is about 50 miles south of the Co- alrcady been discovered here. These This hay sold from $6.50 to $10 per lumbia river, is due west of Portland, gon. veins are 28 33 38 and 57 inches in ton, thus yielding a gross revenue of Oregon, and is a land-locked harbor North Pacific Rural Spirit thickness, respectively. At a depth $40.59 per acre. seven miles north and south by three land, Oregon. of 20 feet the coal is solid, and en- The growing of alfalfa is not con- miles cast and west. Its entrance. Pacific Northwest, Portland, Ore tirely free from foreign matter, fined alone to irrigated sections, its 800 feet wide, is at the north end of gon. production in the semi -and listricts the hay i nil nates, i'ortiana, uregon. developing into an important industry. Into this bay flows the waters of Portland Railway, Light & T. Birdsall, Portland. Oregon. Iv W. Moore, Elks' building, Port land, Oregon. Weister Co, Portland, Oregon. W. G. Irvine & Co , Portland, Ore- Port- - 5 '. -4.r? . .. r-. " ' Mineral Springs Hotel. Traces of the veins show for. a dis tance of five or six miles along the r-.ountain. W. W. Hale of Portland, in a report on this coal made in 1892, said: "Compared with other coal mined on the Pacific coast, I would av that it is as cood as anv not ex- remintr that from ' Nanaimo. and the niiles of territory has for its basis the PORTLAND'S DESTINY. That Portland must ultimately be the shipping port for 250,000 square five rivers, the Miami, the Kilchis, the Co., Portland, Oregon Wilson, the Trask and the Tillamook, H W Lakin, Portland, Oregon, all of them rising in the mountains Astoria & Columbia River Ry. Co., and running through forest and farm Portland, Oregon. on their course to the bay. The Nchalem river, draining the analysis shows it to be nearly as good mexorahlc law ot gravity. VAater southern part ot Clatsop county ana as the famous Rock Springs coal of flows down stream ami cannot be (he northern part of Tillamook, emp- Wyoming." Dr. Van DcHurgh of made to flow otherwise. The per- ties into the ocean eight miles north Rochester, New York, made the fol- fection of ttaffic conveniences will of the entrance to Tillamook bay. The lowing analysis of coal fiom die Kin- force heights to f. .11. .vv the same law. NcMima livei which drains the ney fields: Fixed carbon 48.79, com- The constant concern of railroad ex- .southern part of Tillamook county bustible gases 42.75, moisture 5.05 per perts is to attain the highest effi- empties into the ocean about 30 miles -.r, ,ch lt firrni Vinimm mal rienrv so that movement .f traffic is South of Tillamook bay. The ocean the best mined on the coast, runs: reduced to a minimum cost. The commerce of these two fixed carbon 46.31 per cent, combus- fraction of a rent saved per mile in tible gases 32.16 per cent, moisture an immense volume is thc profit of 2.98 per cent, ash 18.55 per cent. the business. Heavy rails, enormous A Portland company has leased lotoimtiv ml vvUf lvrl ar the 2,000 acres of coal land near North perfected means of minimizing cost. Yamhill, in the Willamette vallev. When Nature split the Cascades This company has already struck one asunder with the Columbia and gon, the metropolis of the northwest well-defined ledge, six feet eight seamed western Oregon with the Wil- Back of Tillamook bay and tribu- rivers will come to Tillamook bay. Bay City is situated on the east shire of Tillamook bay at the head of dein wnler naritinn. It four lies from the bay entrance and 57 Oregon. les due west from Portland, Ore- D. V. Murphy, Portland, Oregon. S. P. Davis, Portland, Oregon. E. F Slifert, Forest Grove, Oregon. I! K. Wright, Carlton, Oregon. Frank II. Hull, Medford, Oregon. C. H. Lewis, Medford, Oregon. A L. Tin. mas, Newputt, Oicgou. I) H Siovall, Grants Pass, Oregon. C I) Nichols, Grants Pass, Oregon. W. J. Wimer, Grants Pass, Oregon. Mr. Baldwin. Klamath Falls, Ore gon Drake Bros, Silverton, Oregon. I S. Baih, Bandon, Oregon. ' Mr. Wrenshall, Bandon Beach, search of relief from various ail Power ments. Three years ago a stock com pany was formed, of which E. L. Shipherd is president and F. L. Ship herd serretary and treasurer. They developed one of the famous St. Martins springs, built a modern hotel, steam heated and electric lighted, and with porcelain baths. Without a douht the waters are the best of all hot springs. One may see remark able cures every day of rheumatism, stomach, kidney and liver troubles and various kinds of skin diseases. It is not only a health resort in Governor George E. Chamberlain. Astoria, Clatsop county Astoria opment League Progressive Commercial club Baker City, Baker county Citizens' League. Baker City. Haker county Devel opment League. Bay City, Tillamook county Board of Trade. Burns, Harney county -Development League. Canby, Clackamas county - Devel opment League Cleone, Multnomah county Fair view Civic Improvement League. Condon, C.illiam county Commer cial club. C .os count v -Board of county Cham- -Benton -Com- of C. .(iui Trade. Corvallis, Benton county County Citizens' League. Cottage Grove, Linn county mercial club. Dallas, J'olk county Board Trade Dalles, The, Wasco county The Dalles Commeicial Si Athletic club. Dalles, The, Wasco county Busi ness Men's association. Dayton, Yamhill county Board of Trade. Drain, Douglas county Commer cial club. Echo. Umatilla county Citizens' association. Elgin, Union county Commercial club. Enterprise, Wallowa county Com mercial club. Estacada, Clackamas county De velopment League. Eugene, Lane county Commercial club. Forest Grove, Board of Trade. Glcndalc, Douglas county Cham ber of Commerce. Grants Pass, Josephine county Commercial club. Harney, Harney county Board of Trade. Harrisburg, Linn county Develop ment League. Heppner, Morrow county Morrow County Development League. Hillsboro, Washington county t I f t...,,i jjiii. i .i ... i . i n. . Hood River, Wasco county Com mercial club. Huntington, Baker county Devel opment League. Independence. Polk county Im provement League. lone. Morrow county Develop ment League. Irrigon, Morrow county company. Jefferson, Marion county Im provement League. Joseph, Wallowa county Commer cial club. Junction City, Lane county De velopment League Ontario, Malheur ber of Commerce. Oregon City, Clackamas county Board of Trade. Pendleton, Umatilla county Com mercial association. Philomath, Benton county Com mercial club. Portland. Multnomah county Board of Trade. Chamber of Com merce, Commercial club, Manufac turers' association, Development League. Prinevillc, Crook county -Citizens' Business League. Roseburg, Douglas county Com mercial club. Rainier, Columbia county Com mercial club. St. Johns, Multnomah county Commercial club. Salem. Marion county Commercial club. Development League. Silverton, Marion county Board of Trade. Tillamook, Tillamook county De velopment League. Umatilla,, Umatilla county Devel opment League. Union, Union county Development mediate vicinity. League. Vale, Malheur county Board of Trade, Commercial club. Wallowa, Wallowa county Com mercial club. Weston, Umatilla county Com mercial association. felt wwiitiwwil liifip If 7 a- i "if w ti if, - wijft'-e" i v - - h , , r , ; j L.. ,- .ww- I II. mmii.i--.-.-ii-i-i...--r . .frr.J....,........t,A, 1 Benjamin A. Giffird, The Dalles, Oregon Arthur Seufert, The Dalles, Ore gon. W D. Rogers. Hood River, Ore gon. W gon. II K. gon Major Lee Moorhouse, Pendleton, Oregon. W. S. Bowman, Pendleton, Ore- F. Laraway, Hood River, Ore- C. Deitz, Hood River, Oregon. A. Pierce, Cascade Locks, Ore- K. Cranston, Pendleton, Ore gon. C. gon. C. S. Wheeler, Pendleton, Oregon. Colon R. Eberhard, Joseph, Ore gon. J M. Emerson, Joseph, Oregon. James Smith, La Grande, Oregon. Stearns & Fellbaum, La Grande, Oregon. ft - r '' "'i K. M p 'imMMS J Wind River Falls. de- Oregon's State Capitol. FACTS ABOUT OREGON. every sense ot the word, hut a The main spring which feeds Hot lightful resort for tourists at all sea- Lake in Union county has a flow of sr,ns nf the y(.ar jt js situated in 2,500,000 gallons per day. The tern- the Cascade range of mountains, 916 perature of the water where it comes fcet above sea level, where the tour from the ground is boiling, above 200 jst will find good fishing, hunting, degrees. The flow is three times saddle and driving horses, or may en greater and the temperature 70 de- joy himself in the dancing pavilion grees hotter than thc famous Hot or camping grounds at the hotel. Springs of Arkansas. Although the The site of the springs was taken institution is comparatively new, the up several years ago as a homestead medicinal properties of the water are by one of the sous of St. Martin, the" becoming famous, and last year Indian. nearly 4,000 patients were treated there. VEGETABLE PRODUCTS. All crops grow luxuriantly in Ore- ron without irrigation, vet in the east- vvestern uregon otters especially er and southeastern portions of the opportunities for truck farming, inches wide, with every indication lamette, she planned a city. She tary thereto stands forests of fir, state there are large bodies of desert there kcing no season ot the year nointimz to a larger ledge in the im- fixed its site at thc point where these cedar, hemlock and spruce, said to be lands that will be eventually reclaimed ' Th coal carries two river basins meet. From every WOOLEN MILLS. fnilif i' iif i nil oli m nn y luim j vi v. v. i onu 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 v, 1 1 1 - can ... , ditions have made Oregon the best ahnt U a ton U nt iMioInn eonntv . . . . a . . . aDOUt a ion a.id.i:u niaiv. ill luc llllic.ll li.l luc manufacture of woolens. In western Oregon the soft water and moist at mosphere, in the treatment of wool ens, produce goods possessing the peculiarly soft texture that has made English mills famous. The Ameri can Woolen Mills corporations rep- heen ittie development. Except in . I T 1 ... reseniativc at me jewis ana ciark the qoos p,ay region, the coal depos exposition, after a thorough examina- j(s nf Oregon have hardly tion, pronounced Oregon, with its cli- scratciled. mate, water power and raw materials, Af HO r.pr rent fixed carbon and 30.20 point in 250,000 smiare miles of per cent combustible matter. matchless region it is a gentle down Coal of good quality has been dis- grade until this site is reached. By covered near St. Helens, about 30 that unalterable rule that Newton miles north of Portland. For thc j discovered when he saw the apple fcet already shown on this vein a fall from the tree, by the unchange- thickness ranging from six to ten feet able forces under which everything is shown. It runs about 44 per cent movable seeks a lower and not a in fixed carbon, and is valuable for higher level, by the immutable fixity domestic and steaming purposes. It of natural laws that never swerve nor laid down in Portland for change, the city at tins gateway oi Nature is destined to become the com of fir and cedar, and from five to eight billion feet of spruce, hemlock and alder. This means 100 years of constant sawing for mills handling 1,000,000 feet per day and the steady I ' i . i i c t the by water. Several projects are now P"efI wun nome-grown, iresn vege- on foot with this end in view. Water ldmcs- lr,M1 . anu swcet potatoes, turnips, parsnips, nects, radishes, i r t slnnf Kvnrts ctat that there t. nof s h.u.,., , vw- an acre of arid ' land in Oregon that baSes' tomatoes, cucumbers and eel will not justify the expenditure of $75 are easily grown, and the quality an arr in hrinoW water unon it. 15 wlc OI lnat Kruw" auywncrc. A veritable empire of 3,000 square miles surrounds the city of Pendle- the finest body of timber in United States and estimated bv con servative cruisers to contain from is abundant and the supply is con 25 to 30 billion feet, board measure, m m ...UI.U oifinn rtool employment of at least 10,000 men in .... the lumber business at Bay City, for and l 8row'n and lumber ,ndl,s- no other point has the room for large tries haveu reached. tnormo.u5 ProP0';: unds and at the 1 " '"k -ti. i i :.. . i Coal of g.iod nuality has been found mercial metropolis, from which all c - ,iritl, ' ii .ran,- part of its possibilities. Truck gardening, especially in or near the larger towns and cities, has proven most profitable by those who have given it proper attention. At La Grande, Oregon, hundreds of acres are devoted to the raising of sugar beets, and those farmers who liai-p (riun triir 5t.pntinii t r tfiia in portatioti and deep water shipping. -or aiversmeu rarming, as wen as dustry haye bcen handsonleIy re. And with the sawmills will come the for specializing in any product that warded, in many instances netting the planing mills, furniture factories and thrives in a mild climate, Oregon of- grower ?25 to $55 per acre, other wood manufactories, pulp and fers exceptional opportunities. Prices Near,y eyery sugar beet farmef h9 paper mills, tanneries (Tillamook of well-improved farms range from a(,ded ca(t,e tQ hjs farm and pu,p hemlock is said to contain 25 per cent 25 to 50 Per acre- mal1 tracts makes the best kind of feed for cat more tannin than eastern bark), and orchards and hopyards are worth t,e About 100o head of stock and , .i irom aiu Der acre upwara. uf ru: j t - r i.. , ,- T I Illttl.V IHIILl 11IV1U..I 1 IV.3. " LCtI VdlllC dIC .lipL'Cll U. J-,a UldllUO bee" i'uIi; oil ending June 30 ''e exported As tjmber .g 0regon-s educational advantages every falI and wintered on beet pulp. . - V I. V ) of thc mountains it has a downhill are unsurpassed, liesides the gram- 0f this number many are fattened 1HM lit ),J .-. im i j u i i v i .j ftuui i - - , in Columbia. Yamhill, Clatsop, Coos, the artiticial environments ana an me Umatilla, Morrow. Grant and other devices of man cannot divert the traf counties.' The John Day valley, fic of the region of which it is the which has one of the oldest forma- natural arid unquestioned center, tions known to geologists, has exten- Portland has become supreme on she coal measures, but there has the coast as a grain exporting city, and torged to tourth place among the cities of the world. During 12 i. .. . i, ...;n i, mar and hich sehon s. the state sun- s . i. v... c. a. . u i . the idea wool-growing and manufac- GRASSES AND FORAGE PLANTS the period was I 840.41 , l uge sound iamifactun.(l Jn umbcr and its ports a university, an agricultural col- and beet pulp during the winter, with Hiring state, and predicted that west- ; lost 2,340.19. The growth at I ort- . ... ,. . .n esre aluI fo,.r nornlai schools. The . i;..i ' ;.. ,t,it .., ,i A great variety of forage plants land and tR. loss on the sound is the r. ,.tl religious denominations are reore- ..f ,u. illiy WUILI ' M1U iiiaiiuinv.iui v o liiv. li.vuiii(, o.i'vn. necessitate its being taken over long sented by numerous colleges and ern Oregon will become the center of the woolen mills industry of America, is found in Oregon, conditions west ot logic of destiny. It is thc operation the Cascades being favorable for the of the law of gravity. It cannot be growing of clovers, vetches and al- ERRATA. changed. On a former page of this edition falfa- whi,e in thc castern sect"MI appear the photogravures of Mount alfalfa is the principal domestic forage Angel college and Mount Angel plant. Among the varieties that do rruit academy will sometimes occur in hurried red clover, Kentucky blue grass NICKEL. unhill grades, which would add mate- academies, ana tnrougnout tne state riallv to its cost In dairying, Tillamook county has a schools, future of great promise. Already this Harney No crop can be raised this there are many private and parochial state more safely than Irish potatoes. A potato crop failure has never been more known nor has there ever been a year A considerable amount of this ore interest is large, as last year her cows acres in Throueh a mistake, which well are vetch, timothy, alsike clover, js found near Riddle station, in Doug- produced approximately 10,000,000 building stone, more horses, cattle, las eountv. on the Southern Pacific gallons oi milk county today has meadow land, more good when at some time or other the mar ket price would not yield a good The average per sheep, more money per capita, and profit. Oregon produces annually work, the captions of the photo- brome grass, rape, tall meadow oaf railroad, about 20 miles below Rose- cow last year was about $U. When pays more per capita into tne state aDout ,mj,vuv nusneis ot irisn poia trranhs became confused, and the rol- erass. Entrlish rve grass, kale and burcr. Several car loads have been it is understood that Tillamook dairy treasury than any other county in the toes. This quantity has not varied lege appears as the academy, and the alfalfa. shipped cast for reduction. The ore lands will support one cow per acre, state. academy as the college. A glance at Alfalfa is a perennial plant and eas- js genthite, which is a magnesite of and that as yet scarcely 12 per cent the photographs show that the error ily stands at the head as a crop for nickel. The deposit seems to be ex- of the available dairy land of the is transparent. The good Fathers irrigated sections, producing on such tensive and contains some high grade county is in use, one can form some Klamath Falls, Klamath county and Sisters of these institutions are land four good crops a year, with a ore. There is little doubt that a mine conception ot the tuture magnitude Chamber of Commerce. doing a noble work at Mount Angel, total yield per acre of at least five of immense wealth is lying there of the great industry. La Grande, Union county Com- and those girls and young ladies who tons, while seven and eight are often awaiting development. There are at present about 40 mercial club. are receiving instruction under their secured. It is fed to growing stock creameries in the county, making Laidlaw, Crook county Develop- care will have cause in future years and to fattening stock; to cattle, Poultry raising is becoming promi- cheese or butter. The Maple Leaf ment League. to bless their Alma Mater. sheep, horses and hogs. It makes the nent in Oregon. During thc past Creamery association, located near Lakeview, Lake county Develop- finest hog pasture known, the most year 2,750,000 dozens of eggs were Bay City, an average factory, reports ment League. - The Willamete valley contains ap- nutritious hay, and saves nearly half produced in the state, and 133,000 for 1906: Lebaflon, Ltun eettnty Board -ef prxiinatly 5,MXl,flfl acres, iour Sikhs the .grain bill. Vigorous alfalfa will dozens were exported. This was Amount of milk received for Trade. of which is susceptible of cultivation, support 15 to 25 pigs per acre, and, 'more than offset, however, by the year, pounds 3,745,480 Marshfield, Coos county Coos Fruits, vegetables, grain and hay grow on an average, when these weigh shipment here of 384,000 dozens from Amount of butter fat in milk, Bay Push club. luxuriantly throughout the valley, from 30 to 60 pounds in the spring, the middle west, showing that not pounds 148,852 McMinnville, Yamhill county making it a veritable paradise for di- a gain of about 100 pounds each will sufficient are yet produced for home Amount of cheese made and. Board of Trade. versified farming. be made during the season. On land . consumption. old, pounds...- 387,187 materially in the last five years. W. H. ABRAMS, President C. ROSS KING, Cashier B. LURCH, Vice-President A. H. KELSO, Assistant Cashier Bank of Cottage Grove COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, Capital (pail in) $25,000 -
