The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 31, 1908, Image 28

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Newspaper Page Texth rOfiEGOll I1IDUSTRIES 7 (TI OREGON INDUSTRIES WHEAT. FLOUK. ; LUMBER. TIMBER. -MANUFACTURING WATER POWER. DAIRYING. FISHING. LIVESTOCK, MINING. COAT.. : WOOL, CHIPPING. .MACHINERY , AGRICULTURE, " HORTICULTURE, ; TRANSPORTATION. PAPER MAKING. WOOD PULP. ill -OREGON'S CLIMATE u Mild and Genial, Witt Just EnoutfL Rain fall to Brin All Varieties of Crops to Their Fullest Maturity. i t i Oreg-oa's ciimat t Olanes. Greatest ralnfj!tttt any weath er bureau-Station, Glenoora, 138 Inches. . , .L.rast rainfall at any weather bureau station FrlnevJlle, 1.45 iWhS. 1 ;'. - Karllest frosts along- coast, November 15, JDecembcr 10. ' ' Earliest 'S frosts east i of Cas cades, September JO, November 1. V Average.' mean temperature Portland, northwestern tart ; of state, it degrees. Average mean . temperature Ashland, ettreme, south. '63 de-, grees, ;.-' : ,.' .. . Average - mean ' temperature Baker City, eastern part of state, niatic problems of its, own to solve The two ranges of mountains in the state's great .width, and when the clouds, still laden with moisture, have sailed over it they soon meet moun tains again mountains of even loftier summits, which seem determined to wrest every drop of, rain from the passing clouds. At Cascade Locks these mountains have brought to earth so much moisture that the pre eifiJtJttion is 79 inches instead of 47 as at. I'ortiana. riercea tnrougn ana 1 mi .... ... ... t ,i. western part of the state throw back l"r,ou .' . vr. mZZa upon that part of the state the greater cdf, h4l," i' "? ft, part of the condensing moisture in- " h l "e 1L& ?!! itir:1 distributed ioorh,cbu Th. pcipitatioX'gri v- Drawing a line eastward from Til- i'VIi ? f n LS lamook Bay the difference in prccipi- whirh s at the top of the Coast 1 tation.'is -surprising. -At the coast the JC' 80 Si 3 ,' ...:f-u . iZ.. tm : i - Here again is the rapid decrease in gam J :Twen y mil f rem the coasUhe trVe ' ''T niai , the M? ha, J clad heights of the-Coast range bin.yo'?dth.c t"" h p . ar Z. n -cc.w infiii.nc. uih!ii win K dwindled to 15 inches a year. Far- I r.; ' , n, at Arlington, only 10 inches is the average. . . e.... . . a 0:,rl?l?r"y Thus the climate of the northern which -srauun ui ine wcaincr uuruu .1 tu- ,i l,, ,A,V ... .. t r -two-t birds, of the state is affected by .leads the list for precipitation i Ore-, h , mountiin ran es Far. gon.f these bus lulls- have; brought-- h 6 h thcsc ac cr0S8cd down so much ram that the annual f. ... .i- . l"ii".'l.a'. down-pounng-of mrnstu dunngthe . dimate somewhat j ryear,;H.ssmanw equally distributed as to rain- T crn slopes of the Coast ranarc'arc cov- I - f i . I t a it "if. HE 'MAS-who first proclaimed SS" : 1 4.. v.b and ranging in size, from the tiny tree an fall. Frosts in Few Months. Along the coast the first killing asset of the most positive m0M to the argest fjr tree 0f tj,e frost, according to the records of Value in its climate spoke words forest. many years in the weather bureau. I so true that they have been taken up As the mountains become higher so' seldom takes place much before the tl. rJnn Ti,, lirst of December. At the extreme though the identity of the mah whp is no weather observer at the top of sot',crn Part of the state, m Ashland 2 first uttered them has Jong ago been the Coast range, but the bureau esti- the upper Rogue river valley, the forgotten. - mates the precipitation is here at ' ,r.s,t biting frost comes about the It is the stranger within the state least 150 inches every 12 months. middle of October These are the I who. berhaos. first realizes what a Tn h M c.j ' extremes of that district lying west its. i CO. Manufacturers o( High-Grade : Cerealsrr-Wholesale Dealers in Grain, Hay, Flour r T nd Feed- Mills at Portiand. Sekttle arid TacomaL i commonwealth eniov, by gift of na-; ...1"!:." ' 1 r"uu' ncc Inc .V" tnc;eastcrn side ot the range ; ture. He finds no burning heat in .If . CO,?i?S wh,ch.1,vldes two physical Ore summer and no cold in winter to sap v, "t "'.."i" : . n V ? ! r c w ,uca""H wne!e I his vitality by. enforced confinement 7trZ?dZnd n bu-M h,?siJ 3 nU'd acter occurs ,n I from oure air The seasons change .ora Jthe Pac,?c ocean. run- all but one or two months of the ?fPhlvn Along the upper Columbia rnmfort in the transition. . " yci ,Hl r-oruana, wun trosts may De expected trom the I Everv section of Oreeon with e,toP ,ot tfte. mountains a cpmpara- opening days of Novcrnber until Ker v-uy, Oregon, frosts sufficient rain to bring its crops to 1 ..v. . wu. snow. i oa 4 their fullest matarity, : In I the sec- lr' . '.. Im08t on the eastern -edge of ! tions of lss rainfall nature has oro- . " ',as uiougn ine entire wiliam- the average open season for vided a ,way, to- quench Jhe land's 5f" Ja"!L!'aS.i." Slu0W of -bc 18 Ptembf r 26 to June 1. thirst, and man is just putting voirs ready a small pro . ...kJ: ..:.i I:.a.u ciiuukii- uy - K,mnlv fhe fi,lHs wh,n Hal r.r,Jtl, rd,ed to give that w6tidetful sec- about the average for that part of the IU UC, J l ;. . . ..... - 1 ' the natural reservoirs ready to his "r,encn,nK ine-seaward slopes tirst of em part of the state, the season k haudHeVe 1 fLSL . i" .is aptly-named o , j - i.,,, , is uiouiv.1 rtiau 9iiuw5 it rccora wnic.n is i Miuuiy uic iicius wucn ucaik uui Willi , r ... . r-. S Wefilo-hr-Af'nrJere . . tion. of the state exactly the amount state less generously sprinkled bv the I Two State Climaticallv n needs t" the best fruition rain clouds. Happy Valley's rainfall , Two Mates. Uimatically. of'"0P5;1. t ,', .' bemg 16.7 inches annually. This sec, J So far as climate is concerned The breadth of theVVillamette val-.tion, by the way, is one of the most ! there are two Oregons each with cli- ley is but a small proportion of the productive of all Oregon. That Portland Is , growing apace' and fast corning into her own as a manufacturing center Is evidenced In the numerous factories to be seen in every section of the city. Thers is no better criterion of its Import ance as a commercial city than the expansion .of her hundreds of home industries, in addition to the scores of new ones being established. In the nature of things Oregon' should rank high in the tnilllng business,' inasmuch as it Is unexcelled ' for the production of grain and cereals. When the Albers Bros. Milling company first started In business all the cereals of any consequence were brought out here from the east. This In face of the fact that there are no better oats or wheat -on the face of the earth for the manufac ture of this clans of goods than that raised here In Oregon. It was not an easy task in the beginning to convince .the people here of that fact. At first they were very skeptical and.lt took a tremendous amount of ' . - 1 ' . : ' 1 v 'r 'J, fn' , W'o' pff7r- ntV and"" as far south as tha Mexico bor- . dor, . while' their ..celebrated cereal i' ' brands'flnd a 'market-lnthe Hawaiian t, .. islands. . China,' Alaska, 'and Siberia, j Vladivostok- belnjf a regular 'buyer. ; Thla 'Arm's big mill at i the corner i of Front an Main streets employs $ ab.a.t 75 men, the weekly -payroll i being in the neighborhood of $1500. I ' The - mill. Is -'worked 'to- .its. capacity 'to' meet ' the demand for its high i grade -brands - of -goods, . Violet Oats,,1 ; Cream Oats, - Columbia Oats,: Violet ; Wlreat' Flakes and Violst - Pancake f Flours Being also wholesale dualers in grain,, hay flour and feed, the to- ? 'caltty rof the mill- is . a 'verf -' busy 5 'placs.''4Th'eIr.big dock north 'of the i ".steel bridge ' affords excellent ishlp ping facilities, having ample track age for the quick handling ofihelr ; grain and products. The three. mills ; at Portland, Seattle and Tacom em ploy about 250 men all told. . Jt is t not unlikely that the firm will erect ' a larger mill before many years, as it feels the expansion of the city airti f state. It is loyalty to home Indus- Flour Mill Dock - work and energy to get their atten tion, and support. However, when their confidence was once won it wag a. matter of maintaining a high standard of manufacture and show ing them not only, that they could get nothing any better elsewhere, , but that, they could get nothing so good. This company was estab lished in 1892, and from a very small beginning they now operate large mills in Portland, Seattle and Tu coma and their products are well and favorably known in all the Pa cific coast and Rocky mountain states, as far east as Denver! ;!Colo rui a-- Front and Main Streets Below Steel Bridge CELEBRATED BRANDS Violet Oats, Cream Oats, Columbia j wv.. rt,io av. Flakes and Pancake Flour Wheat . - tries that makes such progress pos sible, and that Oregonlans will even be more loyal to home Industry Is the belief of this firm. With a strong faith in Oregon's 'future, and an anticipated support of a greater Oregon, the . Albers Bros. Milling company has. nothing but optimistic views of Its progress which will be in ' keeping wl,tfi that' of .Portland. The famous A. B. M. Co. trademark "is a guarantee of quality' in anything bearing It, andair'should .not only ' 'ask for it but fr.slst on'gettlrg it. - 'To get, this' brand means.: to getgen 1 ral ' satisfaction. . ' ' ' Oregoe . Tim 1LJ r i Cttlf -11. NX. Q1 wa lin: OfPOETUN The Oregon Electric Railway is truly the line of opportunities for the farriiVr, the homeseeker, the " manufacturer and the merchant, in the garden spot of ." the justly famed Willamette Vallev. where NATU RAL FERTILITY OF SOIL, UNIFORMLY MILD SEASONS, STEADILY INCREASING POPULA TION AND CONSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS INSTITU TIONS, NEARBY MARKETS FOR ITS PRO DUCE, with CHEAP TRANSPORTATION, all unite to make this wonderful valley an ideal spot for any person who is really and honestly in search of a "make-good" loeatiW v; 'I -' ? i This coppany iss prepared to-encourage in every "legitimate way settlement along its lines, and from ; lin.tCrcslecl persons it invites correspondence concern-, r H'13 tJle many exceptional opportunities at - various' points ' ' : l' The manufacturer ami the merchant ' .wilt f readily , discern the opportunities for satisfactory financial re ttirns obtainable by establishing WAREHOUSES, ; GENERAL STORES, LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL YARDS, ETC.. at numerous points JHvliere: the subdivision of large acreages into small tracts is spelling I NTENS1 FIED FARMING, NEW COMMUNITIES and GENERAL PROSPERITY. : is a generally conceded fact, fully established by the , success of those engaged, in like pursuit,' that WAREHOUSES and GENERAL STORES, oper ated independently or in conjunction, arc fruitful in vestments, and 'this company desires to attract- spe cial attcntjpji to the following staitions as presenting' 1 ' , T r 1 !" I ' M ' T-i? ' I -ill 1 - fV' S1 - r" ' fe-V k' i li.,.w.. , .i,,.- ,.t.iSWi,, ,-r . - - - ' - . .yVnr - - ITI1LS More Specific: Data on Request to GEO. mjnNSysi PORTLAND, ORE,GON most favorable opportunities for business of this char acter : TIGARD, TUALATIN and MULLQY, OREGON, all within 18 miles of Portland, in a sec tion of the valley famous for its prdduction of ON IONS, POTATOES arid GRAINS, for the transpor tation of which this line furnishes a quick and cheap route to market. ' CIIOPUNNISH, BRDADACRES, ST. LOUIS, CHEMEKETA and QUINABY, Oregon, all within 40 miles of Portland and 25) miles of Salem, in a por tioh of the .valleylkriown as' the "OLD FRENCH 1 'PRAIRIE' notable for its soil of deep; dark claV - loam of great fertility, and wonderful product iori'-rif WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, HOPS, FRUITS ,and VEGETABLES at these points WAREHOUSES. ' and GENERAL STORES; would without'question of doubt yield a highly satisfactory return on. the inVest .. ment. .- i ' ' V - ; j BEAVERTON; CORNELIUS and QUATAMA, OREGON, ,'ar& stations oii the new' Forest Grove di- ; vision, of, this linevkAt --the'two first mentioned -place ' . both a warehouse and store would 'meet .withsiccess :' v .?i7crv r'v..":-: f f-.V--.':"'" ?. . - Although less-than 12 months-since the opening ojrr"' this line,': thelde'vejopment that nas taken pace in this, short space, of "time is scarcely believable to one not .familiar; with. this portion of the valley prior to the 'advent of -the electric, railway; 1 . , . . I -, " ' . It isi safe assurance that this devclopiucut will be continued witli even greater vigor the coming year-V meaning INCREASED POPULATION, GREATER ; PRODUCTION and MORE PROSPERITY. : ' f ' , ' s 1 - ' ' J f A