h 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.
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-OREGON'S CLIMATE
u Mild and Genial, Witt Just EnoutfL Rain
fall to Brin All Varieties of Crops to Their
Fullest Maturity.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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'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
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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
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Front and Main Streets
Below Steel Bridge
CELEBRATED BRANDS
Violet Oats, Cream Oats, Columbia
j wv.. rt,io av.
Flakes and Pancake Flour Wheat
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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. . ' ' '
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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
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? 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'
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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
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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
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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 . , . .
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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. : '
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