THE -OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1308.
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? nOEGOII IimUSTHIES
WOOL, SHIPPING.
MACHINERV.;
AGRICULTURE.
HORTICULTURE;
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MANUFACTURING,'
WATER POWER.
DAIRVINQ.
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PAPER MAILING. -
-W. . MINING COAL;:
WOOD PULE
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)ain Growing -
( I learly 55,000,000 Buskels of Wheat
Jiiown Annually in tnc . Pacific
West--Otler Products .' , " "
4 4 larger crop will be turned out from
the granaries of the three states dur
, ingrthc coming season.
; This wonderful showing of wheat
production during the past season
waS" made in the face of obstacles
which would have paralyzed the pro-
T auction in znv other section. Uis
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rwV"EE"jntfea; In the Paclflo
.northwest produce annually' on
'Yn.; average 3, per, cent Of the
total wheat crop of the United
' States.,,; One of these, Umatilla,
In .eastern Oregon, sends forth
V Whitman, In eastern Washington.
iows 2 per cent of the oouti
i,.' v' total yield. v.- ,?
' With un,usjjal. cllmatlo condi-
Ions that would have ; discour-
gea ana entirety ruinea ido
P roduct of almost any other sec
t, in, the Pacific northwest pro
( yced during the past season
Voee to 65.000,000 bushels of
r heat and had conditions been
I ,rmaj a production of fully 5,
ijjOO.OOO bushels would have been'
uhown and all Pacific northwest
f records nave been broken. '
V '-.The i wonderful - character of
Sifjrpgon-ldaho-Wushlngton soil la"
I shown by producing an average
in 16 bushels nf wheat to thn
Lteore ,'ln 1908 upon ground that
inf. u); ,b or u , 11 v 141 in iiitj ;
pawin: Home favored sections
Athlon received almost their nor- -
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. mat supply 01. muioiurc. uiai .ro-
I son proflucea in
T appointing weather conditions, whicn,
T by the way, are unusual here on the
J. north Pacific coast, beset the crop at
W t iKriniy tli ornw.
ita-re.'.
almost every period during the grow
mg season. 'S.-':'s ' '
- The wonderful producing qualities
of the soil of Oregon Washington
and Idaho's wheat belts cannot be re
produced'''" any where else so far as
known. Upon ground that scarcely
hat a Amn nf rain . durinir the late
a mrins mnntht t rrno that would av-
4 erage well above IS bushels to the
acre was producea ana in iow
the favored section where the rainfall
was not sufficient to meet the qireJ
ments of the growing crop, although
very much under the normal, the pro
duction in some instances reached as
high'as 65 bushels to the acre, v l i ;
; Nowhere; else, unless , it be in
semi-tropical regions could wheats be
sown so lae in the winter as in. the
PiJfii unrthwMt. Tlurin? the 1 oast
season producers irt the- vicinity of
. 2" Pendleton icontinued ? their ; seeding.
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few Instances
high as 66 bushels -, to the
Xieias or so io g uusneis
5, per - acie were .-common. even,
Turing the off year .for. grain
V-owing:. .... '!.;,. . ' . i
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Tie best grade of oats in the en- operations -even after the turn of. the
eo
?al manufacturer, anywhere- oi mis late sown graui ncv w
rcauee of this fact the, three
r&tea of the north Pacific coast
iinually snd to eastern manu
tfaeturert large quantities of our
whlu1hrtiv?Uch KO' Into the
ine4r brands of rolled stock put
ft bv eastern , manufacturers.
.csuiie of their more favorable
up- its shoots and ; produce 'golden
gram later tn the year. ; -
:.: Not only did Umatilla .county con-,
tinue itaheat sowing until long after -resiWntsSamost
world's wheat belts
urn "undwMi in lor the winter." but '
United Sfates-and that is' not a very.
idle record when one comes to know :
that the United States is the. world's
best producer of wheat. - v
Even with Umatilla's most' excellent
-' recora in wneai gruwniK, mcic aic
... .. . j' ' other sections of the Pacific north-
, ricinc northwest produced ...... i.. a -f i K.Kioit .w
PW- rrnmnnn , .. wk iw vrv....... .v.,
., o ,uuu,uw wusneis or anei one in particular turned out even
during the past season a larger percentage of the country's
f ,ome tbing unioreaeen 4oe grain.- ' This was Whitman county,
2 to the coming crop a much eastern Washington, which gave forth
ilot'buy as much of our superior
1 tiii uo lie wuuiu wisn ttna mm .
the reason why eastern rolled
Hits have never gained flrm' e
-fithold In - the Pacific coast
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to the world 2 per cent of the tbal
production of the "country. ' .,-
These two counties are the leading
wheat producers of the northwest, but
other sections' with more limited grain
area produced 'perhaps as many bush
els to the acre as did the two leaders.
There are Walla Walla and Columbia
counties in Washington, and Morrow
and" Wasco in Oregon that are not
far behind and even more counties
could be named which produce an
amount of wheat per acre that would
make the report almost unbelievable
to the average producer of the east
or middle west. , However, these two
facts ' can be confirmed by govern
ment report.
hoarse grains form a large per cent
of the grain growth of the three
states. Eastern Oregon oats as well
as the Willamette valley stock is
known all over the country for its
goodness. ; Cereal manufacturers of
the east annually purchase a large
amount .of this gram from the trade
here and would purchase all that
grows were it not for the' excessive
transportation rates to the east and
the fact that Pacific coast manufac
turers bid higher prices to keep the
grain right here at home. There has
never been the slightest denial of the
fact that i the reason eastern rolled
oats manufacturers cannot success
fully compete with the Oregon-Washington
.manufacturers is because they
do not have the oats to produce the
quahry.v Our oats are so much better
to look at 4tnd are so superior ' in
other respects that, when two pack
ages of rolled oats are. opened one
from eastern grain and one f ronv Pa
cific coast growth the consumer will
10. out'of 10 times select. the coast
, product,' ' :T:';. 4.' ! 4 r j .vv4.) vv'
Xast. season with a rather i short
crop, . owing to the unusual ; dry
wcatner me scramDie to buy racific
northwest oats pushed the price to
the highest figure ever obtained.; ;-i
Then r everyone :who is ; at all ac
quainted with barley knows that Pa
cific northwest barley is better than"
that grown elsewhere--just why . no
one seems to know. ' The prjce ob
tained tells that't is so and there is
not the - slightest appeal from this.
' Along", with other grains there was a:
shortage in the production of barley
during- - the 1908 season and at all
times since the first shipments of the s
year were made there has been no di
minishing of demand.
Hay forms one of the northwest's
big crops, but owing to the dry
weather this year's yield was not tip
to the average in quantity. What the
crop lacked, in volume, however, it higher. The' fact 'that California's'
more than made up in price," for there stipplies are more scant than usual
has-been a very liberal demand for has further added to the demand for
hay and prices have been swinging. this state's product-
OUR RESOURCES
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for the production of paper will be receipts from the sales of grain and
much larger. - flour ould add another $50;,; from
. - .t t?-.r.. ' : livestock $25; from- dairy products
Our , Mineral Resources. - $28.33. The poultry 'and egg returns
The production from 'the mines of amount to $5 per capita; thoBe from
Oregon is steadily increasing. At the mines to as much; from fruit to
present it totals about $3,000,000 per over $S.
year, most of this being from gold. If afl the gmaii items were taken
Many rich properties are. as yet un- into consideration, it is probable that
developed, but will be adding largely the per capita surplus production of
to the productiveness of the state In the stite would be found to be nearer
a few years.- $260 per annum than $250.
In addition to the sources of Ore- . .The Unearned Increment
gon's surplus wealth already men- ' - j ... . . , .
tioned there are a number of Wor An this is not all. There is an
industries which, though at present f.tne and very important factor in
producing hot very heavily, yet - give s rapidly increasing wealth of Ore
promise of future development. Taken C " estimated that the value of
altogether, 'they already, give a very ' gJM 2ds g present totals about
respectable total For instance. Ore- WMOflpQ. But this is . not a sta
gon's bees will one day be an impor- l.ry fie- I" steadily and rap
tant factor in her productivity. Ore- fjf ,n.f e",n-. ?thon-'
gon honey' has a flavor that is pecu- llcs.esi'mae l?at the total of Oregon
liar and which is pronounced superior 'andjr doubles in value every 10 years,
to the output of the hives of any other continue to do so for the
and in time may equal; that of JUH- "H.ur i special .purposes,
ACME MILLS GO.
Big East Side Industry Whose
Business Is Growing Abreast
of the Times
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The production of mohair, also, at far the future. , And mean
-nni ,.. U increasing and ine euioearnea increment'- n
r'nrrJ-rS.-V'.: . -v ' steadily growing. Without anv effort
Will UC llllUUItdlll. . :-v U - -.-a. Vl. f t .
Oregon's stone quarries add Isome Part oi the people of the state
hundreds of thousands annually to hef f'"1 f ..are b,c!n ?dded
wealth..1' ';';;:-::.':;"5'"''i'.;..:; : 71 ' vivgum auiutua-
In addition,' therelre a number' of fr,. ' 'i.u n
manufacturing industries that produce 9 course, this wealth is not equally
largely For f , instance,'. Oregon's dded .amn H Pop. A com-,
brooms are made at home a'nd but of V??1 . few ,and .owrtf s Prgf,t
material grown in this state. - Her "Jst. by the increase in values. But
cooperage is manufactured her?. Some the money finds its way
10,000 bales of her hops are put into 'ntf;!hc hand.8 and pockets of the
beer in the breweries of the state, the ople as a whole. It is, or will be,
output of which runs into the mil- !f nt!?r? .e,y Jn W "nd s, m
lions.' ' " v-v I the end the wealth of the people is
..:... 1 i ' . . .. . f added to. .":-.)-'.:':. :-'
it is not 10 oe wonaerea at mat tne
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Branches:
Tacoma, Wash.
Lamar, Wash.
Floor Space
189B
18S
100
10S
.1908
1.000 square feet
4.001 square feat
. . . oou square Teat
4.23.600 square feat
, 5,5,500 square : feet
The above figures show the progrreas of the Acme -Mills Co. Since
the Incorporation of the company In 1805. it has grown steadily until now
the capacity of the mill Is 350 barrels of cereals and (0 tons of feed
dally. The products of this mill find their way to almost every point
on the Paclfio coast, and as far east as Colorado. The bulk of the
goods, however, are consumed locally where thev are best known and
appreciated for tbelr quality. All Oregon and Washington wheat, oats,
barley, rye, corn, etc., are used in this mill. r
The Portland plant' recently equipped in""Alblna contains the newest
and most up-to-date machinery of any cereal mill on the Paclfio coast.
The grain la handled in a way that insures perfect cleanliness and the
big cleaners and dust collectors -wttrtcTTmost humanlyas they sift out
the small foreign particles whlchare extracted from the grain before
it enters the actual milling operations. , :, . v
' In1-addition to the cereal business, this company operates a large hay
warehouse and. handles a large amount of the : bay business in this
locality. v, - .-:'- f:::V::.' '.V.
This company has been the outgrowth of a very small cereal business
of 10 years' standing, and today their products are sold in points thou
sands of miles from the place of manufacture. -
Their choice brand of rolled oats is called "Goldenrod" and the qual
ity of these goods ere unsurpassed east or west.:.
surplus production of Oregon
rreater per capita than that of mojt
other states when one remembers tht
if the returns from the lumber indus
try, alone were divided among tie
600,000 inhabitants of the state equal
ly,-,eacrr person would receive a lU
pend of $50 a year, A division of he
D.vD0BAGK
OPTOMETRIST
leadquarters f or J&aydee and Holt
: Fast Eye Glasses, Crystel"
c Ray Toric Lensies and
Invisible Bifocals
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The fact that
Is a fact that there are only four 'factories In the
V first duality optical alas In the rouah m.tsrtol.
has an institution that buys dlrectlv from tho.a firms nut. thia
f a very favorable light. J. P. Duback, the professional optician and V.
wv. .v. vtvftu,, Bim , ui iuiiiu upiitiHt cumjmny,,. vnu is .regisierea
A Orewon state law of ODtometrv and a araduata nf h TTnfvor.itv nf
,ieHn'Bnd the Michigan Optical college, manufactures ' from' theroughw
I ai piimu wiui 11 in jinpuriea mere oeing none maae tn tnis country"
ifrom the semi-finished and finished g!a. The process of manuao--yt
,rrm-he rough material is very -delicate work and can be seed at:
i ' urth street dally. Mr. DUback baa eaulnnad hla factnt-v .ith ih. .:
tf modern machines , for grinding and finishing for the most difficult '
b. ji vmpiuy. irom inreo 10 nve. sjtiiiea opticians ana carries the
rut st.ck of lenses and frames In tfra Pacirio
lesale land retail. .Olass fitting Is a very important matter, as It can '
i'y ouiriii ur injur me eyes., wnen properly ritted and worn when
'j, gltsses saVe much trouble.. It is fal.e economy to delay-wearing .
i when the first symptom of eye trouble appears, a reliable optician
It be at once consulted. , When the sight la neglected yout injure your-
fid ltse money. . - .- j - .i....... .... i . . . - -t . . , .... '.
) D. Iuback is exclusive agent for the Crystel Kay- Torio and the
e mountings. iTlia Kaydee mounting Is something new. with t low;
e andi no screws to loosen. The. Kaydee- mounting, combined with.
Cryste Kay Toric, are the most becoming and popular glasses ' now
n, and rou are not considered stylish without them. , These mountings
the ony ones sold with a full year's guarantee for .breakage. -The
old-Fast jor handy Rhur-On "so popular with many, and '!00 other styles
ie carriec:, and Mr. Iu back Is the only optician west of Chicago that
lisrantets mountings against breakage. The eyea ere fitted perfectly
m the leases are ground as per prescription at this factory. All errors
refraciidn which will respond to glasses are corrected and all work is
iaranted. The wise person will avoid the traveling faker. It pays to
Ttisult a reliable optician who guarantees results and who is always with
.u. Ocilists' prescriptions are nromntlv fillnd here at a u,ln nf n
' c.ent.i There are glasses and glasses, but remember the glasses gen--!'
aoB ln- department and other stores as merchandise are no better (
Vwhst they cost often worth less. Don't be deceived. Remember.
-imvfoniy iwo wye ana you can never get new ones, preserve those'
rhsve. t'ome and gret them fitted here and you can rest. assured that -r
f.rli will not be Impaired. Should your frames nerd adjusting at
thru, ypu are Invited to come In and have them adjusted f res of -ee
atj the headquarters for Kaydee and Hold-Fast mountings, Torio
cs anil InviHihle bifocals, at 178 Fourth street In the Y. M. C A. bulld
.;, beten Morrison . and Yamhill streets. : r , ,t ,
GOMPAMY
Most Extensive Exclusive Mon
ument Manufacturers in
Pacific Northwest
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' Haying acquired thorough Vnowledge of the area Its trade frem his
vconnectlon with the big granite quarries of WIsconsin. H. J. Blaesing came
2 west In 1894. -In 1896 he established the Blaesing Granite Company, work
ing alone for some time until bis business became too big for one man to
conduct. From this - infant Industry Mr. Blaeslna ha built u tha
extensive exclusive, monument business in-the Paclflc north n...
application to thejreouirements of particular cmnU. liii nai-na tn ,tm
name and reputation for high grade. work that assures for him a select
The works have been located at ssT Third street for 10 years, and an
average of eight skilled men are employed there during the yr. In ad
dition three men are on the road covering all western Washington and
Oregon. A branch is conducted In ftalem also, so that ail points in the
two states west of the mountains are served by this Arm, whose artlstlo
work is in evidence In many districts. . .
The secret of this comonnv's aiuwsa tiaa in tha fact that
and attention Is given to the smallifst marker as to a $10,000 monument.
nisn srauo wia in mvxto ana ins tm marxer executed tn the works
characteylaes the Arm's i superior work as truly aahe great monument does.
The materials used are principally the world famous Vermont marble
and granite, and Scotch granite. Special memorial work Is executed
promptly and entire satisfaction is guaranteed. This firm manufactures
all kinds of memorials and Invites Inspection St anv time. r-Put Imates will
be cheerfully given on any kind of work which will be vixe:uted bv the
mom akilled artists In their line, and strictly as per specifications. When
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will be done right. ' . ., , :
mim 1JEM CdDKAMY
An Oregon Concern That Is Doing More fpj Oregon
velopment Than Any Other ne Company. -
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The Union Meat Company's Products The Columbia Brands.
It Is perhaps difficult for the busy womsn or absorbed man to real lie the wide-spreading Influence of a
small action, such as saying to the grocer, "Bring ana Columbia lard," or to the waiter at club or restaurant,
.?ii0r.d,i!Lof li"1"' tf y' hv Col".mb' brand otherwise a steak but be sure ifa Government Inspected." A
mall thing, it seems, but on small things hinge great ones.
Do you know what would be the result If every one of the 150,000 householders of Oregon should establish
tomorrow morning, a habit of demanding Columbia ham. bacon and lard, and the Union Meat Company's Govern
ment Inspected V?h nieatsf This Is what would- happen, and It would begin happening mighty quick: Hundreds
of thousands of ! dollare that now go east, daily, to be expended In eastern stores, on eastern homes, and in eastern In
vestments would be faced right about and turned into Oregon stores. Oregon homes and Oregon Investments. Whether
you are a professional or business man or woman or a farmer, you and your family would feel direct benefit
The reason Is easy to figure out: The greater the consumption of these Oregon products, the greater the out our'
i?.?1" I"t.a' mainl more employes; additional employes would call for. additional houses all 'their wants
filled would Increase trade In every line; Increased demand for western cattle, sheep and hoga would mean
more farmers and greater prosperity for each one. which would but continue the endless chain of moving
capital. . When the farmers are prosperous, the cities , are prosperous. All of which hinges directly on the mo
mentary thoughtfulness of the Oregon consumers in specifying the Oregon brand "Columbia" ham, bacon and
Jerd', '-nd :, Government Inspected .meats,-. -.-.. . . , ..
Oregon Is the coming stock center of America. Nowhere in all the world, excepting Great Britain, where the
best breeds bav originated In the past, are pelmatic conditiona so favorable to the growth and development of
fine stock. Already many Oregon breeds have been sent to eastern stock fsrma. The eastern climate has a
degenerating Influence the best breeds, deteriorate. In Oregon, on the contrary, the best imported breeds de
velop Into something flner. In the future, with time and experiment, stockmen will send to Oregon for the bt(
bred stock in America. This assured future- can be brought rapidly Into the present by Immediate and Insist
ent demands on the part of housewives for he Oregon product. Men can't raise blooded stock without capital
they couldnt raise capital until a great packing plant came to buy their products; and the packing plant must
have the patronage of. the people in order to encourage the, heavy raising of stock. ,v
Hog raising in Oregon must be doubled, trebled, quadrupled. With a strong home market assured." a stem
larmera with caoll will be glad to come west and i raise hogs. There are alf the inducements when hogs can
be fattened to m to J60 pounds weight in less time-and at less expense than In the east, with minimum loas
from disease, and thsn sold at tbetter price per pound further argument is not needed.
Oregon range cattle are preferred today over all others. -With the irrigating of thousands of seres of arid
land, and a more Intensive development rf the cattle Industry, the grade will be raised still higher. Get peo
ple looking to the west for thetrchoicest meat foods; there is Just, one way for the private cjtixen to bring this
about demand Columbia bams, bacon and lard. . v . .- .
When' cattta amd-hoga are shipped east, fed, for eastern markets, turned Into food product and reshaped
west. It stands to reason that these products cannot be sold at as low a .price ss those manufactured
right herein Portland. If they are offered at as low a price, there must be less quality value to the pound.
The Union Meat Company is expending- thousands of dollars In Oregon. This la an Oregon eon-ern, its
officers are Oregon men whose families . live here and patronise western industries. This company, as every
one knows. Is building an immense plant on the peninsula, preparing to furnish employment to hundreds of mm
who will in turn spend their earnings In Oregon. Portland" will rapidly become known from Alaska to Mexico,
from the Orient to the Mississippi valley as the great packing- center of the west. Portland cltien in par
ticular should show their business judgment by making every possible demand for this company's product-.
But business Judgment Is not all; you actually get a better product for your money than yoti cotiM nf an
outside firm. The raw .material is the best there is. submitted to U.S. Government Inspection which c".
stroys for food purposes all unwholesome carcasses. The process of preparing these products in sanitary .
wholesome. Columbia hams and bacon ara niclrled In nura atia-ar nA ...
and maple smoke. Nothing could be more cleanly and appetizing. Columbia Lard la kettle rendcre-l whi
and pure. All these products come under the praise of lr. Wiley, the Government food expert, when he Ml
apk I" Of meat preparation t "In thia country tha mechanism of this process is very her perfection a , 1
especially so ln the larger establishments, where the blghest , skill Is employed." Oregon la fortunate i.
bavs one of these "larger establishments" the Vnion Meat Co. ?
' The accompanying photograph Is of Union Meat co.'s nroducta Fumiiiari a vmir.r m-lth ttl lir.n r r.
member the name, "Columbia" a good old name In Oregon. Remember the firm the plnne-r i sd.,., ,
Pacific that Is supplying the beet meat products on the market, every fiber, western frMi. ycii t--,-.-msnd
"Columbia" .you put the price right back i into Oregon. Reciprocity's the thing- buy wbera n,
wl those that trade with you; lkeep western money at home.
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