The Oregon daily journal., December 31, 1908, Page 38, Image 38

- THE OREGON " DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, .1803.
n (HOREGON INDUSTRIES
OBEGOil INDUSTRIES
WOOL, SHIPPING.;
MAC HIKE RV.
. v AGRICULTURE.
LUMBER. TIMBER.
MANUFACTURING. ;
WATER POWER. v
HORTICULTURE.
DAIRYING; ' -
TRANSPORTATION.
PAPER. MARINia
VOQDPULB.
A FISHINO, LIVESTOCK
MININO, COAL,
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IVESTbGK
IN OREGON
Portland the '-Packing Center of the Pacific Coast -Gat-
tje on a Thousand HillsTThe Dairy Industry Growing.
Profit in Hog Raisings-Sheep and "Wool Add Millions
Annually to the Wealth of the State. ;
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to inc. pacK- 8iKht increase in the number of milch ' B,nca. wim n.git cost ot iea. tninnea """Vr " , " i "
sec great ac- t--i.ri,tf. iT";;; " out the herds somewhat, but the in- yr - ' , .
yards of the OWS .w.!"g to hlh Pre of bnttcr dications are for increase in the 9"Pn : annually sold for.S
company .Mt.vW" makes the dairying m; territory tributary to Portland within 35W- ' ' 1 '
mirside of custry one of the most profitable vo- the next few vears.i Another cause ' The state of Oregon' is nolseU.,
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- The livestock Industry of Ore-
gon la flourishing;. It Is estl-
mated that there are 1,666,000
head of all , varieties except
horses. Thli includes 18,000
milch cows and 450,000 head of
other cattle besides 100,000 head
of hogs, and 2.000,000 sheep. t
" High prices during the--past
few years have' stimulated the.
production of hogs, but even
, with this Increase the supplies '.
are not more than a quarter of
what the demand Justifies. Fully
half the hogs slaughtered In the
Faclnc , northwest each year
come from east of the Rockies.
' , Late prices for , cattle - have
" stimulated - the . industry, and
while the total holdings in the
state have not been Increased to
any extent owing to former low
prices, the Indications are for an
Increase In this territory In fu
ture years. , .
'
ing center by . Douglas K. Holly,
editor of the Record-Stockman, a
daily livestock publication of Denver.
Here hark to what Mr. Holly had to
say in The Journal 'August
After- traveling over the i'aciUc
coast, makincr , a thoroimh mvestiga
tion irfto the conditions existing along,
the slope, I unhesitatingly say that
no other city west of the Rocky
mountains '.-can compare with Port
land for- natural advantages relative
to the livestock industry. Contnbu
tarv to this citv is the most mag-
A nifirent area nf land that I have ever
seen, and just what is needed for the
industry in question, i-.S
"'believe that a modern packing
house here would pay from the start,
and not more than. $500,000 would be
required to build it and equip it with
tip-to-date machinery. Stockyards are
needed, but -with a packing house,
they would naturally cojne.
"I learn that ther are 1,300,000
head of cattle, 8,000,000 head of sheep
anH 7m 000 head of hotrs raised yearly
w w w w w w v w w ww w w m the territory triDutary to ron
:, land.
"Portland is in a nositton to cap
By Hyman It. Cohen. , -n hnM thr meat trade of the
irt'iuvnin i. i;...,. i. "'.v ... i.,..
ii.-"'" uiv uy orient, ana ner citizens snouia kb
1 pnes oi ine jracmc nortnwest immediate steps to ao so dciojc
for market; to gain' control, of other cities with less natural advan-
the orovision and meat trade of tatres cet ahead Of her. , she nas Det
the same territory; to invade the ter; railroad facilities, which; xom
orient after filling Alaska with our bincd with the wonderful area of land
meat. t 1Y nm Inol Ivmcr nacK oi ncr. mane iici viic
T .u:- i. " natural vantaare ooint for the trade.
n'nri, K..11, t "A "Portland is destined to be the
l.f.cti, .'...j. .t , t naclrinir house center of the north
... ii out iui xuinanu, local . r , v.- v....
packers are aided by the best ma- wcst- Livestock can be raised here
terials for the warfare-closeness to cbeaper than m the middle west
the localities where the 'bulk of the 0T east becase -.you rt not ham
bvestock is raised and where rai and red by drouth; you have good grass
ocean transportation meet on terms r-ar'y aU of the winter and conse
that combine to give the lowest pos not hav,e to tL yt Vk!
si ble rates in moving the livestock, high price several months of the
tirst to the pack nir plants and thn year ana yu a,sc .
in various difection? J?cosril' Jfe
i nat rortiana is by far the best lo. aaic rtl1"u "
tion for ... large .packing center markeMqual to some of thos m the
on underbrush and shrubs, and there
is much of that sort of land here."
Prophecy Fulfilled.
The prophecy of the Denver editor
is nowi being fulfilled, only he did
not go quite far enough in bis pre
dictions. We now have iseveral
, plants , of the volume and si?e he
thought capable of doing the business,
and stilly they are unable to take care
of the northwest trade without
branching out into Alaska and the
orient
Out on the peninsula-surrounded by
modes of transportation that could
not be greatly improved by nature, a
large and up-to-date packing plant is
being constructed for Swift & ,Co.
The foundation of the new era for
Portland as a packing center was
started when the first shovel of earth
was dug out to make room for the
concrete, foundation of the . packing
plant. The foundation is i .completed,;; - Cattle on Thousand HUla. ' ' low the producer of cre&m'.to-wax in secured the feeding of ca'
ana recently 1 contracts were- let tor -,t Jt 'is estimated , that there 'are' in fc wealth, the" rest of - hjs days. . .given a new standing. ik '-..
the upper works. VThis portion of the Oregon at thjs" time, 2,566,000 head of k Many'New Milch Cows could not be better than
work will be pushed forward with all Hvestock. divided in' varieHe . fr.1. ...... ' .' " Oregon's Two Million 'i -
possmie speea. ana tne installation ot: lows': o " : ; ' n i - - L . " . , The t,een tnrf,trv. i n 1
the packing machinery 'and actual Cowmilch-.:.:::::.:, unm i" ne "Zfl:: .stand.bvs-of the livestock tf t
. a . - - ' J w. Bidicai u inucn uriccr t.u w s i cv arc. s. . l - . .
.operaiion ,oi tne. piant wtu: De Other catt e 4J?nnnri ,i.i,J. w.r about .WO.UW -sheep 'own. k
1. i r f e i i. . .. - - ww,w w 7it iiujuvv a lohig ji v i .. . - - sr '
chinerv anZm .. ' a' "ogs K., .. J. .V.....;. 100,000 is;' little.if any, increased over the .stat!" "B0" onejot
chinery and money cando.it. , , ; ;. ,: gh .vu.v,.. ;.vV.. ...;.,;2.000.000 past few years.., Low prices ior cattle ;mst ' that ine in.th.e cou"f
S'l. "'V,c"n8''10.':Urows-''": '-fX In''recent;vveara'Vth-reiha(beew:.i';-n'the;hoof.-
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, it you win journey out :
mg town site you will
tivity there,' The new
Portland Urtiqn. Stockyards
are under, construction alo
the Swift ' plant and v early to the cations ln .the entire country.V While of the decreased, holdings of cattle its Angora goat's and the mohair T
spring the last nail is expected tobe the increase ba,i.,been. very slight the was the. lack of .-market ;in former for the, highest price in all mark' 7
unvcn ana ine nrsi up-to-aate.stocK- numDer ot cows now coming into the yes, tor; aitnougn, rortiana nas aK ior, ,unusuaii gooo quauiy .is i
yards on the Pacificcoast will be state means " that sbjne,' time in, the ways been! the leader i livestock afr & .With -X adfquate packing, facilir w )
thrown -open for the accommodation futures-Oregon will- produce enough fairs on the .Pacific coast, .the: market now.in gigfit the rural resident of j f
of all who care .to use it. In action .Golfer fat to make,, sufficient butter up ;to ihis time has been narrow.g0h is encouraged in raising r. j
it will be a uniqn' stockyard fot th-e' for not only its own iise, but "will be Ievertheless the future could scarcely hogs. High prices for hogs here r
foundation of this -was started re- able to .compete with the middle west b,J brighter for , good ' cattle prices stimulated the hog industry of , .
cently when all arrivals here -wpre on most favorable terms, instead-of than itxis at present. : v:"v'-. state to a great extent and this,.,.J
handled by regular livestock commjs-; at present bringing in the bulk of its ' Of late years tbere has been an in- the supplies are greater than evet ;
sion firms instead of by the stock- butter requirements frorn east, of the crease in the' demand for the, better fore,-: although still not a quarte a
yard- cprnpany itself.:;;,-?. y ' u' JRockies. However, with a population class of 'cattle; and the! public1 has what the demand justifies. , ,
Portland today ; has more regular growing; matenally.faster than. does been more, 'willing'-to-? pay :,for: the The age of automobiles has no v i
livestock commission; firms than any the output of cream here there is not goods than in . former years. - The' fected to even the slightest exten- -
other city on the Pacific coast, and the slightest. doubt but: Pacific north-- lack of -'suitable 'market. for fancy demand for horses and during v-.-.
ranks quite well in this respectwith west consumers, wijl continue for cattle- has"; heretofore held back the last few years there has been unu'
some of the. larger markets; pf the some time to pay the highest priced-production of 'select cattle but with a prosperity in the horse raising b
east and central "west, jr .v;. ( i , i f or., butter in the cotuitry and thus ,al- demand nbw' for the bet thatcan be ness. ' j
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ca
the Pacific coast has been believed
vy a icw oi me trade tor many years
larare eastern cities. The industry
here is in its infancy, but from indi-
but now the fact ; cations it will srrow very rapidly from
Portland Pcir;nJ ? this time forth. Hogs are scarce here,
ortl P!Sjjm Center. v fini Frora the kind of ' country
j- 4 j l904 reat future here, I believe there would be. big
yitca ior, Portland as a pack- money in' raising goats. They thrive
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I 11 OfOfPr fl .A - 1 11 P ' and travel to Portland and if
Vlv VVN J -XllV 'on Columbia and Willamette -Vf
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. ... Sand.'sittd' -nn. of sand- Ara- ssanOals ..In th prog-ress. and development f any communtty: rAmon the rtoneer captalnrf of! the sand industry A i, "
land are Cantaln M. A. Hackptt.nnil Cnntain V. A. trn.Uott naMnt mnA KM,.n,tin.r. n ri,,m.i ri. ... j.
lii March, 1899. Th principal busjuess of this wrapny is furnishing- sand and gravel to the city of Portland and the towns on th Columbia and'1
i'"?". HiiCT'irawciu wsgors, wima nc numueria i, nu , are Kepi in -constant commission meeuna tne deraana Xor the Important mf
for., pavement and building purposes. ;-.-;. . ;4- -, i. . f T-- ., , ;. . . I
t ,i The plant of: the Cplumbia Digger eompany Is - modern In every respect, having all.thnrssary' faeltltles for th4 prompt handlina of : the mil
It is the intention of the company to enlarge their plant during the winter. A new dredger or digger will be built, and their steamer-Paloma will 1
larged and made more powerful, i The Paloma is brought Into requisition for towing and as her services are often sought for havy work, the ownett
. Jh company Is ready to supply sand and gravel to all outside towns on both rivers and to attend to 'ttdeland diking,.' railway embanking aid
and gravel digging, and has derrick scows for .rent. . The of flcs and. docks of the company are at the foot of Ankenv street. 1
It's Worth While.
Because
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Closset &
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Portland Oregon
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Extensive Portland i Concern Manufactures Any thing That Can Be Made Out
. CanvWking
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Tweaty-rour years ago in list there was established von Front street, niar
Burnsldev a. small tent and . awning concern which employed .only two people. . It was
. an -unpretentious little shop With 400 square feet 'of space, which was ample for the'
number of tents .and awnings which it- manufactured. Todev --there . Ktand . on, the
northwest corner of Front and Bumside streets a masfiive brick building -with, over
' 65.000 square , feet, of space, every foot of which Is utilized for the manufacture of
tents, awnings, porch curtains, wagon covers, s-heets, canvas hose, hammocks, flags,
camp iurnuure. Dags, .coraage, umoreuas. waterproof- clotlitng.leggtngs. tiorse covers, -
lap and merchandise 'covers, oiled clothing, leather, coats, knitted woolen goods, com-
.1 oners,- oianaets. .gioves,, overalls, nors oianketa andy in ract.'-.everythlng that can
be made out of canvas. And this extensive and Important' home Industry the Wil
lamette -Tent ' Awning company, was the little J020one- floor shop in its embryo .
state away back in the eighties, .when its principal output was awnings -for the mer
chants who could afford the luxury in those days,-and - the sun could not beam too'
little awning
: f, unmercifully in the windows those days to suit the proprietor -of" the-,1
.sliop.,who needed all the work that Ola 80I could send his war. 1
But it's different today. Portland -la -growing wovaK and Its, In
keeping pace with It. and, some are. even ahead of.it.
It- can be said of . the Wai-
,Waterproof :
Clothing Leg
gings, Hats,
Horse,; Lap and
Merchandise
Covers,
Oiled Clothing: -Leather
Coats,!
Knitted Woolert
Goods,
Comforters ,
Blankets, - ,
Cotton Gloves,
sOveralls,
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. ; ONE CORNER OF FACTORY AREA 15,000 SQUARE FEET .
amttA 'Tent-ft' Awning1 company mai w. in At lant up. to the times, for It ban All the n.ot modern farfHtleA In, it parTbu factory"" fr the mS
us varutun uroum-i, hhu mh u'i miwu,iiu urniui hi nn.jinf ctti i itivri, . i. n DHWfmni Iff usen JOT ipw mHciiinprr unci woofl and Iron Wnt-u
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the factory with lo.OOO square feet of space. It Is said that thin factory Is uneonsled In the cltv f6r light, air and general sanitary condlttnis - ThelVr'
window and skylight ' etirfaoe lights' up everr inch of space. A special celling, t& it, cooling spare in summer, thus preventing the Intense heit'from ov
heating the factory. The automatic sprinkler system I perfect, so that In mm rf fi- .h rlaneer at an outburst ia ellmlnmorl Th..r.iJi. '.'.;....'
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with th lt m(-Iltn,rv. k'nlVM And-Shear nr rirtn o a v wifVi mnA kiut.i. hMiiff-h miw Inrhca Af hw .4 . . ir - . .' I, ? '
lackknffe cuts a piece of p.-ifer.-- Chutes from . the factory -deliver goods in a second down three, stories.-. Speaking tuhes connect alt departhents
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large lunch room is provided Tor tne employes, this being about the , only, factory In tbx city with such.' accommodation.. . An automatic timereaister A-
vanta lrrpi)lrltv an thnt'fhn Whole etnhl lllimanl Im ivilcm In thn r Thl firm ahlm .11 . r,- !'r .r '
lines Of goods find a ready market in New York, Mexico and even Russia, the South 'Africa'. water bag and horse blankets having a big salJln the lt
country. The officers of.-tiiq company are K. H. Wemme. president; Max. S. Hlracb, i vice president ard manager, and H. A- Welsv secretarj) Ind' tressut,'