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RECORD YEAR FOR PORTLAND 'STOCKYARDS IS ENDED TODAY
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THE LOCAL MARKET
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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, C.XLlUIi 31, i 1913.
LIVESTOCK VALUED AT
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DURING
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SEASON
RVALLIS
This Amount of Cattlef Hogs
and' 'Sheep Have Passed
" Through Yards This Yean
By Hytnan H. Cohen. .
WITHIN a rear' time fully 136,000,.
000 worth of livestock has passed
through th Portland yard. Most
of it vu sold in tha open market here,
while some per cent came direct to kill
eer from their country buyer.
The year ISIS hat proved by far theH
most prosperous in tha history of tht
. Fprtland stockyards. Tha ootpany hs
. been operating in the new yards only a
. few years, but since tha day Of removal
from the old cramped yards at Seven
teenth and Vaughn streets to tha greatly
enlarged and modern yards on tke Pen
insula, the growth of business In the
Portland livestock market hps expandeJ.
The growth has been a most healthy one
and has been profitable to all concerned
the livestock producer and shipper, a
wen asr the packing Interests,
To the commercial life of Portland,
the union stockyards has added many
benefits. Almost every Una of Industry
has been aided directly by the establish
merit of tha stockyards here, but ther
Is not the slightest doubt that, the fu
ture will bring forth even greater r
- turns than tha past
Portland has today the only regularly
operated Union stockyards ' along tti
- Pacific coast, from one extreme of
South America to the upper portions of
the Arctic circle. The closest competi
tor of the Portland stockyards Is Den
ver and really that Is no competitor
at all, when prices avallaM are con
sidered, f
Broadly speaking and VI th the bei
of intentions .toward other stookyard
of the country, the Portland yards have
actually proved the moet profitable foi
shippers of an empire etretchlng from
the southern part of California to
Qrltlsh Columbia, and from the Pa
cific ocean to most portions of Mori
tana.
In face of general losses In receipts
of livestock at practically ' all Ameri
can stockyard centers, North Portland
arrivals continue to show an Increase.
Even the much boasted of famine V
cattle that has been forcibly broug.it
to the attention of American consum
ers by record prices for beef during
recent years. Is unknown here so fur
as total offering are concerned al
though the prices .reflect the general
scarcity throughout the country.
im Months' Xecord.
For the 11H months from January
1 to December 15, there were received
In the Portland stockyards ?8,689 cat
tle, while for the entire-12 months of
1912 the arrivals were but 71,081. This
is a most excellent showing.
The Increase in the movement of cat
tie to tha North Portland market
(luring the ourrent year was not due
to any actual Increase In the produo-
tion of beef In Oregon, Washington.
. Idaho, California and Montana, but to
the fact that this market paid
relatively better price for offerings
than did so-called competitive centers
The livestock Interests of this vast
domain have found that they can s
cure better returns for their average
shipments than would net them In any
other market
That Is the sole reason why the move
ment of cattle Into the North Portland
yards Is showing an Increase while the
rest Of the country is crying famine.
One very noticeable feature of the cat
tie market at North Portland during
the year was tha material Improve
ment In tha quality of offerings. Old
timers, who have not visited tha city
for years, say they can scarcely realise
that such a change in quality oould
be made within such a short tlma.
The reason la a most simple one,
Livestock men- have found that there
Is a bstter demand at all times for first
class quality than for poor staff, gad
that on all occasions the prloe returns
for tha better class quality, are muoh
more profitable to the producer,
The run of cattle at North Portland
snows ror the various period in 1811
Month. Head.
. January 6,531
February 6,474
March , 6,658
April 8.S43
May 7,(00
June 0,115
July 6,64
August - 7,6 id
September 7,(82
October S,88(
; November 4.99.
Deoember (half month) t,3S7
Total (UVt
months)
.71.688
: Total 1812 78,081
Even that much talked Of famine of
calves is not at all reflected in the
statement pf arrivals at North Portland.
The first 11 H months of the year
: showed total receipts of 4(88 heaJ,
while for the entire 12 months in 1912
the run was 27S8 head.
All through the year there was an
i excellent demand for calves in the North
Portland market, and this was the rl
reason for the increase or offering.
Calves are coming to the stockyards
from centers that a few years ago
- .shipped none at all.
' Tha movement of calves to tha local
market shows:
Month. Head.
January 13
February
, March
April
May Is.
June . ( .. '
July ..
... August
' September
" October , , ,
November
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. December (hair moninj... 48
,' Total (11 months) 4,688
Total 1812 ..- i.7a
Oone absolutely is the croaker who
has , persisted" for years in saying that
first class hogs could not be raised In
the Pacific northwest In Oregon alone
.1,000,000 of them were produced within
the year, (Amilar galas have been re
ported tn Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana, as well as in California. All of
- thesa sections market a vary large per
eentage of their hogs in tha North Port
Un4ryards, '
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touring the "first 11 tt months of the
. present year there were marketed at
v North Portland 180,291 hogs, compared
w;th total arrivals of 120.808 head
- dirlng the entire 12 months of 1912.
J " There were two reason for tha lib
: anal inoreaaa In tha marketing of swine
'; atl North Portland during tha year.
JCfcief of these was tha fact that with
the exception of limited intervals, the
, .North Portland market paid- tha high--'.est
price, for swine In the entire United
Hates, .All other markets were bested
'moat of tha time, and the only market I
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.that beat this city and thesa Instances
are almost- tooisolatea-to 'consider.
was Chicago, which perhaps far, a day
or two, when- some especially heavy
supply was marketed here, was paying
perhaps a nickel or a dime above the
price in effect here. jvi'
Portland's closest neighbors In the
swlna trade Denver, Kansas City,
South Omaha and St. Joseph, Mo., were
unable to compete with this city at
all for hogs when It came to paying
good prices. In all competitive terri
tory Portland secured all the hogs the
trade went after.
The run of hogs at North Fortland
shows for the year:
Month. Head.
January 21,092
February 15,688
March 15.141
April 13,510
May 3 4. 11 j
June IN, 820
July 11,448
August 6,241
September 11,981
October 18.603
November . 80,687
December (half month) $E 13.148
Total (11 H months) 180,891
Total 1015 120,906
Sheep arrivals at North Portland for
the first lift months of IMS beat to
a considerable degree the run for the
entire 12 months of 1912. This year's
run for the more limited period was
286.780 head, while the total offerings
of a year ago reached 254,572.
.Seemingly there must be some na
t ,.mh ff.Pi-r w. in th
face of more limited offerings else
where.
Xiocal Market Mntton Center.
While up to this year the North Port
land market was scarcely taken serious
ly as a mutton center by the trade,
events of the year have proved beyond
a doubt that the local market Is destined
to become one of the greatest mutton
centers in the entire country and that
day is not very far distant.
For year there was little demand
for mutton In the Portland market
Evidently tha market- here ... waa tool
close to the base of supplies, and there
was very strong objection to the taste
and smell of mutton. Wltj the higher
price of ether meats there has been a
noticeable increase in the call for mut
ton, end this has been the basis of
the rather favorable values that have
rnl.d In th local vanda during the
year.
In detail the run of sheep and Iambs
shows for 1911,
Month. Head.
January 17,677
February 24,728
March 22.60
April 14.630
May 28.266
June zt,ih7
Ju t 28,220
August 22,182
BentemDer ih.hj
October 23,743
November 26,4')1
December (hair month) 10.:'4
Total (11H months) ..285,780
Total 1912 264.672
ft Is the average price that makes
North Portland one of the most popu
lar livestock markets in the country
For the year the average price of hogs
was 89.08 per 100 pounds. The average
for steers waa 88.68, eows 17.45, heif
er 87.61, calve 89.07, bulls 26.84, stgs
88.98, wethers 85.95, awes 26.06, lamb
17.41 par 100 pounds. Theae prices
Include all class of offerings and all
quality from good to bad and Indlf
ferent, a well as to "tops."
How tockyard Are Ooadaoted,
Tha bualness at tho North Portland
stockyard 1 conducted through com
mission men. who ar bonded to sea
that shipper and buyer alike receive
proper return and treatment. Bvetv
thing in tha local market 1 done in the
open. The price of each article sold 1
placed on the scale tag; a figure auto
matically printed by tha scale giving
the exact weight. Tnese weignts ana
nrlces are open to the inspection of til
Interested parties and at all times. They
are kept as a record or transactions
and ar accepted a official by both
buyer and seller. Neither of these in
terest have anything at all to do with
the actual weighing of livestock. That
task Is assigned to regular employes of
the atookyards, and there, i no appeal
from their unbiased decision.
Showing the extent of the business
in the North Portland yard In th
number of carload of stock handled
) tha Increase that ha been noted
during the laet two year, in 1911
there were fcl4t ear of livestock re
ceived In th North Portland yards.
In 1911 -there were 6i oar, and for
tha flret 11 month of 1218. th total
war 8909 oar for th first 11 months
of th year or more than the II month
of any prevlou year.
Aa A paoKing canter roruana is rani
oaftnlnar to tha front While A large
pi. Vnt of It livestock arrivals are
utnttfd oy me oig paosing' nouses or
Tacoma -gad Seattle, a well a Van
couver, B,X, several modern plants are
located In this city,
Th local plant ar generally eon-
ldered the most modern in th coun
try, and there is considerable talk of
additional plant being constructed hera
witn tna opening or me jranama
canal it ia expected that a large ex
port meat business -will be established
here. The local stockyards and packing
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SEASON'S WOOL CLIP
Output Amounts to 18,000,
000 Pounds; Mohair Yields
700,000 Pounds,
Wool is one of the big products of
Oregon and this year' clip of th
state had a total value of 82,700,000,
compared with 22.660,000 a year ago.
- While the output showed a small de
crease, totaling 18,000,000 pounds, com
pared with 18,500,000 pounds a year
ago, the average price were somewhat
better, although extreme price were
not an good.
Efforts on the part of Oregon wool
growers to create a central market
for wool at Portland are bearing fruit,
ana there is every indication that with,
in g few years this city will be one of
the leading wool marketing centers In
the country.
Th location of Portland Is given by
wooigrowers- organisations a the basis
for the efforts to create a central mar
ket here. It Is contended that the pres
ent system of selling wool by having
the buyers travel to each individual
point Is wrong In principle and rather
expensive. , Th extra cost of buying
this wool is Drought back to wool-
growers by the lower prices they re
ceive ana ror mac reason mere is a
strong effort to change the system
Portland ha one of the best woolen
mills In the country, and there are sev
eral mills located In th state. All of
them are modern, and while not as
extensive as some of tha biggest plants
of the east they are nevertheless fi
nancial successes.
The production of mohair In Oreiron
this season was 700,000 pounds. The
output was valued at $217,000. A year
ago the production was 660,000 pounds,
of a value of $211,000.
The Increase in the number of goats
held In the state waa one reason for
th Increased output and. total value.
Tha angora goal grow nair in this a Ac
tion that is said to be almost aa good
a th best stock from Turkey. -The
latter is considered th best In the
world. , s
Goats ar being used extensively In
this state in the clearing of brush from
lands. They are likewise, used for
fresh meat, owing to the extreme cost
of beef, pork and th better grade
of mutton. In recent years tha breed
ing up of goat herd ha been quit
notlceab) and th quality of th mo
hair has, therefore. Improved together
with, the price obtalnabla
plant are located with both rail an J
water transportation at their very
door. Car can be loaded and .unloaded
directly into the stockyards or peak
ing plant, ana largevesseis from any
part of th world will be enabled to
reach the yard and plant a goon a
th dredging operation are finished.
Gutta-percha now obtained from the
leave of th eaoqtchduo tree 1 aald to
be more durable than that obtained by
tapping the trunk and la coming into
use In France for Insulating submarine
cable." - . .
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Portand Union Stockyards. Bottom
Lumber Industry Shows In
crease; Notable Gain in
Postal Receipts,
Baker, Or., Dec. 81. Compared with
a year ago, the gain In volume of atl
business has been large In Baker. The
postal receipts for the month of No
vember, 1912 were 80.8 per cent more
than for the corresponding month of
1912, about half of which Is due to the
parcels post, and the rest to general
Increase, according to Postmaster Lach
ner. Another indication of -noreaaed
business is shown by the figures of the
First National banlc The reserve fund
In November, 1912, was $1,898,288.22
while this year it is $1,665,753.79. The
other banks, the Beker Loan and Trust
company and Cltlsens National show
corresponding lncresses.
The school census, completed recent
ly, Indicate a population of the city
approximating 9000. The figures o'
the 1910 census were 7126. Several new
lumber companies hare entered the lu
oal field, the opening of the Sumpter
timber reserve putting on the market
the finest standing white pine In thi
country, and hundreds of men nave been
added to the city and county payroll
through the lumber .Industry alone.
Government figures show that In 1912
Baker county produced over two-thirds
of the gold in the state and with four
more large mines operating this year,
that has been largely Increased, th
wealth all finding outlet through Ba
ker. Many new public buildings have been
completed In the past 12 months. In
cluding the new St Elisabeth hosplta'
at a cost of a quarter million, a T. M. C
A., built by - popular subscription arid
costing $40,000, Christian church, dedi
cated last month, new warehouse of
the Bergman Commission company.
Country club building, erected by Ba
ker Country flub, and Hansen-Wets com
pany's new modern furniture warehouse,
tn addition to these new buildings, the
city purchased a. large brick building
adjoining Fire Station No. 1, and re
modeled same for modern-quarters for
fire department and purchased an
up to date Webb auto fire truck to
supplement horse drawn apparatus. The
new mill of the Baker White Pine Lum
ber company, replacing the old plant da
etroyed by fire. July 4, Is th finest
of Its kind In the northwest, and the
1 Hllgard Lumber company ha recently
compietea a modern piam on m Bump
ter Valley line near, tha city, -,
With the lumber Industry, .. mining,
general agriculture and other line
giving promise for still greater Increae
th coming year, and the probability
that the loi.g expected Thief valley Ir
rigation project, watering 77,000 acre
close to the city, will be under way, as
well a several smaller! projects, th
feeling of optimism that Baker lq 1914
will enjoy unprecedented prosperity,
eem wU founded. i
A an . Indication of th growth af
population Is the fact that at th pre
ent time, modern house cannot bt
rented, th demand exceedln thn mn. i
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ARE OVERCROWDED
Crook CountySeat" Develops
in Proportion to Neighbor-
ing Country.
Prlneville, Or., Deo. 81. Probably no
town In the Interior of Oregon is
making the solid substantial growth
that the small city of Prlneville has
made In the past three or Jour years.
The rural development In this vicinity
has caused a parallel development In
this city. The county high school has
been supplemented by a new manual
training and domestic science building
and before the present term waa half
completed even these new buildings
were overtaxed by the attendance of 80
per cent more pupils than during pre
vious years.
A new electrlo lighting system ha
been Installed and power from the Dee
chutes river has superseded the old
steam power plant
The new reinforced concrete tore
building of L. Kamstra and of Clifton
and Cornett and the new postoffic
building, which Is an annex to tha
latter, are a great credit to these pro.
gressive merchants.
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FOR MARSHFIELD
Year's Developments In Coos
County Towns Have Been
Marked,
Marshfleld, Or., Dec. SI. The most
Important improvement of the year at
Marshfleld was the completion of the
big paper pulp mill at the plant of the
C. A. Smith Lumber & Manufacturing
Company. The pjant cost $500,000 and
will manufacture pulp from the waste
wood from the lumber mill. The Smith
company has made many other im
provements. An electric power plant
was completed and furnishes power to
the lumber milt and pulp plant and
later will be transmitted to logging
campa to supplant th. steam power in
logging operations. New camps have
been opened by th company and the
logging railroad to the south part of
the county Is under construction.
Tha C. A. Smith company Is opening
a coal mine near Marshfleld which will
have when finished the largeet output
of any mine In the county. The Bea
ver Hill Mine company is opening a
new shaft which will increase the out
put and other mine Improvement have
been made. New market for th Coo
Bay coal have been created. At River
ton, On th Coqulll river, two mine
there have again been put In operation
and a third mine Is to be opened.
Th city of Marshfleld has secured a
Carnegla library building. Many plocks
of streets have been improved and
core of new residence have been built
a well As a number of business .houses.
Tha largest improvement in the busi
ness district were the erection of the
Irving block and the Chandler hotel
annex, bofiT hTodu brick-structure.
Tha grading end laying of tracks in
North Bend occasioned a general trans
formatlon of the streets of that city and
thousands of dollars have been expend
ed In grading and paving. Throughout
the winter large force of men will be
busy on street work. There have also
been new residences and buildings erect
ed, as well as a marked Increase In the
population. The lumber mills and other
manufacturing plants of the city have
all been operating and North end has
had a bigger pay roll during 191) than
ever before in the history of the city.
Marshfleld and North Bend have been
brought more closely together by the
completion of a planked waterfront
speedway for the use of autos which
make regular trips between the two
cities and give a service equal to that
of a street carl Inc.
Throughout the county there haa been
a strong movement for goodyoada and
it ha been decided to bond the county
for th purpose of building hard surface
road beds on all of the trunk lines, so
that there will be thoroughfare on
which uto can travel at all times
of th . year and react) the Coo county
cities from th outside.
Ave. East 246. Portland, Or.
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Oregon Agricultural : College ,
Has Broadened Its Field of?
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REGON AGRICULTURAL COI4
LEGE. Corvallla, .Or, Dee. SL
Growth In atudent enrollment f
teaching force, courses of study, ma-
terial equipment and scientific investl- L
gallon has. masked th year lf$ at tho?
Oregon Agricultural college. Taking )
mes essentials altogether, it ha been f
th moet notable year for progress in i
the history of th Institution. Other? r
year have shown more decisive growth
In particular directions, enrollment f
equipment, course of study but - no t
former year has rivalled th olld and v
symmetrical progress of the rear Just i
closed. v
The book of th registrar show an
Increase in the long course enrollment 1
of student for this semester amount-
ng to over "20 per cent over that of
the corresponding date last year. Com- f
,aring the enrollment figure fe pre- f
.'lous year, a 10 per cent rain at thla.f
Im of year Indicates an Increase of '
'uliy $6 to 40 per cent for ti ntlr t "
allege year. ; $
To accommodate thl increase in stu-
ient enrollment with It corresponding i
demand for more classea and more f
courses of study, and to relieve the al- !
most intolerable condition of overwork '
which confronted th teaching staff.
last year, 40 new instructor hav been.
added thjs year. Of these, over half f
are aotual addition to the teaching- !
force of the Institution, the others sup- :
plying vacancies mad by withdrawals.
Th total teaching fore of tha college ,
now number 811. ,
Curriculum X Broadened, -
Th college curriculum haa been "con
siderably enlarges during the past year.
Three new courses leading to degrees .
have, been established; the course In
logging engineering. Industrial arts and
floriculture, the latter including land
scape gardening. In addition the etu-
dents are allowed to major in agrjcml
ture for teachers, a course especially
dealgned to benefit th public schools
by training teacher for agricultural
Instruction and supervision. Tire
new majors hav been offered In ag- .
ronomy, those in soils, crop and Irri- '
gatlon farming, and a number of new
courses have been organised In horticul
ture, including those in tree surgery,
town planning, by-product and ra.
search. Considerable interest haa been ,
manifested In a new course In wireless
telegraphy, instituted by th depart
ment of physics. Finally, an exchange
of extension course in Journalfsm Is of
fered at the college by a representative
of the Unlveraity of u re gen, lecturing;
very week. .
The growth of the college la mater
ial equipment Is obvious to all visitors. -New
macadamised roads lead from t je
main part of the town to the campu(
mm imuugn mnr pans ox me grounds.
The domestlo science wing of th new
home economidi -totillding, and the new
gymnasium now "loom up In the west
ern quadrangle. Th athletic field ha .
been drained and 1 in, th process of
completion. Th new stock barn, west
of the college orchard. Is almost com- '
pleted, and" will be used for tho first
time for the poultry show during Farm-
era" week, beginning Monday. Science
hall, Cauthorn hall, and several other
structures were either partially or com- .
pletely remodeled during- the summer
to make them more useful to the ad
vane ef eciene. . : - .
Important Sesearch Work Conolnded.
In reaearcb work the state haa bean
given great benefit Some important,
discoveries have been made, which 'will
soon be-glven out to the public In bnlic- I
un lornu important conclusion hav
been , reached In -cherry pollination. Th
gross morphology of the apple haa been
explained In a bulletin by Professor
Kraus.- Investigations In lime-sulphur
spray have also produced definite re
sults. Nut -mure 'and by-products
studies hav been considerably ad
vanced, and some very interesting fact,
will be put forth In bulletin form th th
near future. .:
The department of animal husbandry
has carried on eome valuable " feeding
experiments, the poultry deparmnt
ha produced two hen with the world's
record In laying capacity to their
credit, while their feeding, housing and
marketing experiment place the de
partment tn the lead of all of the world
in that Una
These ar but a few ef th exoerl-
mental Teeults that hav helped to make
the year or is is on of remarkable
growth at the Oregon Agricultural col
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Four wlreles atatlon ar
being
erected on th Island of Borneo.
BARBER
Asphalt
The street pavement is
a most important fac
tor id the upbuilding -of
cities.
BARB
Asphalt
Has, in every progres
sive city throughout
the country, .and un
der thev most exacting
testsdemonstrated its
durability and -economy.
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