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"AS ITHERS SEE US"
By J. E. DEFEBAUGH, Editor American Lumberman
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Portland annually stands either first or second In wheat and
flour shipments amoni the ports, of the United States. In
tv ' eleven .months -of 1908 it shipped 12,088,676 bushels of wheat.
THE PactfiCi northwest makes a wonderful appeal to
every visitof, and as he tarries the "appeal brings con
viction. It is a marvelous country. It is a land of living
. waters, of golden soil, of mineral wealth beyond com
prehension; of forests which, will bless mankind 'when
other lands- are desolate; a land of, mountain,., plain
and valley; a land where continent and ocean embrace
-each other;" and of a people great in intellect, energy,
endurance and' kindlines$, , . Its .people! They were
chosen by the'most rigid processes of natural selection
from all the conquering races that have made America
great. There, in that golden northwest, in a climate
which without the .harshness of the north or the ener
vating softness of, the, south encourages human effort
and assists in: accomplishment, these people are building
an empire. They have harnessed the streams for power;
they have poured them . over the plains, which'; they-have
converted into fruitful fields and gardens; they are
wresting from the earth its mineral wealth; they are
converting its forests into forms of utility and beauty
nd at the same time preserving them from destruction;
they-are-building schools and colleges and are'living like'
princes of. the earth. The Bible vision 'of every , man
dwelling under his own vine and fig tree ;is- realized here.'
where every man may have a . snow capped, mountain
peak in his back yard and where his every bodily need
and intellectual want may be gratified. The natural wealth
of that country is great and great are its achievements in
every line of human effort; but greater and better than
all are its people themselves a chosen race, growing not
only in numbers bnt in all the accomplishments and
graces which make a people mutually, useful and happy.
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Lumber ahd'TImber
From Oregon timber 1,700,000,000 feet of lumber .are , cut an
nually, valued at $25,000,000.00.-; .Within the borders . of the
state there sre 327,000,000,000 1! feet , of . standing timber.
Tke Westerner s Creed
' By Anne Shannon Monrde.
Whoever comes into this west of ours
' To find a home, and prosper in onr midst, "
Is more than welcome. He
. Whose mind is set on making much of life
, Qn getting; Tches for a worthy end
That better homes and schools may come
unto Jus. own.
That towns may grow and prosper as they
V , should
' Will feel the touch of countless helping
' hands,
The boost of shoulders strongly at the wheel.
But he who follows Greed's grim beck and
' .call,
.Thinking of himself and him alone,
Profiting from the people and the land .
And then enriching neither in like measure
Buying in the east instead of his neighbor
Helping pile those eastern fortunes higher
This man is seeing through a glass darkly.
He loves nofthis western country but him
self; .! - '
And himself he fools; for blindly sending
money eastward
Portland, 1 0reg-on, ' December Jl, 1908.
TtieiFrlilt Industry , ,
The Oregon' tpplc,r the Oregon 'cherry, the Italian prune, the
fully $10,000,000 are realized annually, from the fruit industry...
INDUSTRIAL OREGON
AVonJerlanJ.of Scenic Beauty and Stored Wealth
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IVlanufacturlng
There are' 3000 industrial" .or manufacturing , plants in Port-
land and Oregon ; cheap power, water and steam, available ;
Spicnuia 'Snipping ibcuiucs. . nicii niuiuiiviuiui). Hnn.uuuii.
IT IS THE. PRIVILEGE of The Journal to carry to
a multitude of readers the tidings of Industrial Ore
s gon. . It is a theme of abounding gladness. From
' the wave-kissed beaches of the Pacific to the eastern
borders ofUhe state, from, the reaches of the majestic
Columbia to the tiureted mountain chain . that forms the
southern .border line, Oregon is a wonderland of scenic
beauty, and stored wealth. Jppiaterial resources, it is
a kingdom of latent riches. j5n the mountain sides and
hill slopes stand one-sixtlrMr the forest trees of the
whole United States, comprising 300,000,000,000 feet and
representing a reserve wealth that stretches into fabulous
figures. Down these same mountain sides and hill
slopes rush water powers , representing more potential
energy than all the coal mined or stored in the , great
deposits of Pennsylvania. The forests '. and , the water
powers - alone are an asset sufficient when utilized to
make Oregon one of the richest of the rich states in the
Uniortj ."They are' a resource that has caught the eye
of eastern capital and there is rushing upon the state an
era of industrial activity rarely if ever paralleled in the
annals of American statehood. j - '
:Along with this 'resource,; there are showered gifts
from nature that make accumulation of wealth easy in
a hundred varying avenues.' Mifting, agriculture, stock
raising, fruit culture, dairying, and .husbandry in scores
of other forms afford narratives of an abounding plenty
for human comfort, and adornment that are recounted
in the accompanying pages, and which set in the rhythm:
of human activities afford a harmony for the ages. TheJ
average per capita surplus of . products per annum in
Oregon reaches the amazing aggregate of $250. It is
an average attained by few, if any,.. in this marvclously
wealthy sisterhood of commonwealths. It is an average
reached by a people who pursue wealth with an easy
stride, who are indifferent to the splendor of riches and
have no dreams of empire. It is an average wrought '
with industries in the mere infancy of its development
and is but a small exponent of the munificent material--ism
of which the fortune-favored, empire within state
lines is capable. .
Along with this, Industrial Oregon has scenic assets
and skies for a perfected human existence. Always, the
eye that turns from the green-sward of the valley, or .
from the fringing forests of the midland stream, alights
in restful change on the blue tints of f he majestic moun
tains or the whited silence of snow peaks. It has been
said that the color effects, the mountained majesty, the
green valleys and the winding rivers make for a sub
limity and intellectuality in the minds of the state's
men. A broadness of vision, uplift of purpose and
strength of character is' marked among the people who
dwell amid these environments, and it is likely that
the one is the aid to the other.
In the accompanying pages, The Journal recounts
the story in part of , the' marvelous Oregon ' country.
To push forward this wonderland in its career of growth
was a promise made'more than six years ago' when the
present owner entered upon the publication- of this
newspaper, and through the intervening years. , to the
utmost of its ability, heart' and soul. The Journal -has
kept the faith. The future can be measured by the past.
Water Power-ItsrUses
The energies of the water courses of Oregon, when developed
for power purposes, are as great as those of the great coal de-'J
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The electric trblley, the steam road and "open rivers" are the .
arteries: of commerce and trade; and better wagon and auto- j
mobue roads ts a demand '
that is being rapidly .met in. Oregon.
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