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THRIVING HINTERLAND TEEMS WITH INDUSTRIES EMPLOYING : THOUSANDS Southwestern Washington and Other Portland Tributary Sections Abound in Resources of Fruit f Lumber, Fish, Cranberries; ; Plants Turning Out Products That Bring New Money. - Whi th ' Portlaadr apeaka of the Orearon: country h hasn't in tolnd Oregon alone. He thinks of the apples known as Delicious which come from Lewlston, away over In Idaho; he think of the oyster of Booth Betid and Raymond n-WUlama. Bay, and, .the lumber of Hoqulam and Aberdeen on jprays" Harbor la Southwestern Washington: he thinks of the. halt billma r1 s district-boast of wlth sucfcneisy Clarke County prunes and ot White Salmon. valley air It fronts HoodRrrer yalley from the Washington shore of 'the Columbia: He thinks, In other words, of the districts which? either by-proximity or bjf. the advantage of water grade transportation. are related to Portland by trade affairs.- Hence his ready Interest la the stories of accomplishment that coma from, the eeveral communities that, though beyond the state line, are in Port- f rjTDXrSTBXES PMSMB-- : i ' , The plants of. the ; Oregon; Packing company, the Washington Prowers Packing ecrperetJoa-and -the Dubois Mill company are he three large in dustries that employ labor in Vancou ver, although numerous small plant employing from to 15 men help out the Industrial situation. - . . ' The first prune ; orchard lndarke county -was pleated In a7 by Arthur Hidden on a tract of land lying north of 26th street and west -of ,Main.j Over $000 acres of prone twee are la bear ing in the county today, , of -a total value. Including dryers and other equipment, of f,000.00a, and an out" put this year of t.fiOO.OO poandav which will sell tor $1,260,000. - '-'-"V The Washington Growers Packing corporation, organised .three years age. will t handle approximately.' : 7.000.000 pounds of the pack this fyfc, The la dustry gives employment "to- ennrmy e workers during - the drying and packing season, and a Urge per cent ot the money received from the sale r prunes comes from outside of this state. ." , " - CAXmEBTES XEIT BUST.. ' . The 'cannery of the Oregon Packing eompany " has a dally capacity of 6000 eases of 3 i4 -pound cans of fruit or vegetables and employs 00 men and women twhen' running te capacity. A small Cannery was built in 114. by the Clarke County Trait Growers' associa tion, but It did not prove a financial success and was taken : over ta 118 by the Oregon: Packing company.- la 11C. the output was SO. 000 eases, with a payroll x $52,000. - This year" the output will be 275,000 cases, the ; pay roll J240.OOO, and. $300,000 will be paid Clarke county growers for fruit. The plant of the Dubois Hill com pany, - erected t& 1906. has - operated with few,- shutdowns ieince." The mtU has a capacity ef feet of, lum ber in 1$ boars and em;7V an aver age ef CO, men.. A large part of the output goes to California, v.," -WOOLE3T i KTXXiS " ACTITB - I ' The Washougal Woolen mills r took over the original plant and equipment of the Union Woolen mills in 1912. The plant was operated under , lease until the purchase, a few month later. New buildings were erected , from .time to time to house the new equipment that was - purchased. - i -.-; ' f ? vj D urine the first years of operation the annual consumption of grease wool was approximately 1(0.000 pounds, and about 5 men were' employed. As the plant has grown, these have Increased to 600,000 pounds of wool annual con sumption. - and approximately 150 em ployes, to whom a payroll of approxi mately liao.oeo is distributed - annu ally.' ;-. ,. , f - , - - s. WHITE SAXX09 TALX.EY- The -white Salmon valley, lying be tween the Columbia river on the south and Mount Adams en the north, is a fertile fruit.' dairy and timber ooua try. Situated 70 miles from Portland, it is a direct trade tributary to the city, witht which it -Is; connected by highways on either aide of the. river. The valley contains some 4009 acres of actual bearing orchard. V - The large plant of the Northwestern Electric-company is situated on the White Salmea river about three miles from the town ef White Salmon. .The dam contains SO.00O - eubio yards ef eonerete. It is 11 feet hie-n at, its greatest height, end .the entire struc- ture , Including beadworks. Is 471 feet In length, with a spillway section of 233 feet. It impounds a reservoir 13 acres la extent. . , SAIBT PKOSTJCTS - - t The : Rldgefleld Milk IVodticts com pany's cheese factory la having a good run, despite' the seeming scarcity of milk and cream receipts. About 20.000 pounds are taken, in a week and the plant is putting out about ICi cases of chss cf the triplet variety whjci JL. Is in much demand in various markets in the Pacific Northwest.. The plant resumed operations April 1 after being idle since the summer of 1921. - Chehalis is located midway between Portland and J the - Puget sound, and is the trade i center and distributing point for a large quantity : of dairy products, etc Iewis county, of which Chehalis is the county seat,' is fast becoming a' great center for the pro duction of pure bred stock. Holsteins predominate at this time, but the-Jersey and Guernsey breeds are' rapidly multiplying. Two large plantain Che halis take the milk from a .wide sec tion around Chehalis. The Carnation Milk Product company maintains one of its largest plants here: The Lewis Pacific Dairymen's association, later organisation, also has a large plant in Chehalis. where Is manufactured Darl gold products. Darlgold- butter . re-' cently won first prixe at the big Pa cific Coast Dairy .Product show held in Fresno, CaK, scoring & per cent.' CHEESE MAirtTT ACT tTEB ' The Xtewis-Padfio plant also manu factures .a high grade of cheese, and turns its skim milk into milk powder. This latter product is now being mar keted in Japan in rather large quanti ties. This association is affiliated with the United Dairy association of the state, and la a cooperative concern with over 800 members.' ; 0 :iv r- z Chehalis is also the location of the Palmer Lumber A aCanufacturiBg com pany, which is affiliated with Robert Bros. of Davenport, Iowa, and one of three factories in the United - States which . manufactures V cut-to-order houses for this big " distributing firm in- Iowa-: - "; -. t ' ?L Pour ; transcontinental lines operate through ? Chehalis, : giving excellent shipping faculties.' ; The Cowllts, Che halis Cascade railway is an insti tution owned locally, which operates as a .common ' carrier : 17 - miles : east ef Chehalis to Onalaaks, and taps a rich timber section. - This line la headed to wards the famous Big Bottom, section, which is . rich in untold potential wealth.' only; awaiting, development. OTSTEBTJrS: I3TDU8TBT pi " ' V WHlapa Harbor, to -.Pacific county. Washington, saw , its first-: industrial development almost 70 years ago when small calling vessels from California entered . the deep" water channel in search' of the native oysters that abounded her, with the help of the natives they scooped the bivalves from the shallow reachee of the bay. - Oys- tertag- soon drew a large number of picturesque characters and the bust- nees - blossomed.- . -i ; y-'-'i .' i So great did the demand for the oys ters grow that in later years the beds of native oysters became depleted and the industry : is now carried on by planting Eastern seed oysters. " Many acres of tidelaad en -Wulapa Harbor are "planted- with Eastern oysters : It was act long after the coming of the oyster men that the giant trees attracted loggers, and for over half a century logging has been the leadtng Industry on the harbor, later supple mented by lumbering " as mills began to rise in South Bend and Raymond. :.The forests on the hills about WH- iapa ,- Harbor - are - peculiar for one thinff the excellent quality of .the spruce.1- ; During the war, when; - air planes were foremost in plans, Pa- ciSc , county - woods swarmed , with tpruce dlvis:n men;who;ct from tie cream of the 'sprucb timber. There is about one billion feet-of this, wood standing here and at present much of it , Is being used as veneer slices for- fruit boxes, furniture and other thingsj Although man has been cutting tun-ber- about ' Wlllapa Harbor for many years,-: a vast amount of timber still atanda The . WeyerhauserC'Timber company, the biggest timber owner in Pacific county, pays a quarter million dollars in taxes here every ;yesr. '? ' The rivers ' emptying " Into . Wlllapa Harbor have long been" known 'for the salmon that enter them each fall and salmon fishing and canning have , long been leading' Industries here, though as in other" places, the last few years have brought a radically decreasing pack. " i - : - -. . The southern end of Wlllapa Har bor country Is occupied by peat bogs and here are raised delicious cran berries. Pacific county leads the coast in this Industry, x k. Berries of all kinds seem to thrive in this climate and a cannery in South Bond 'ran this summer off the ever green .berries which are growing in vacant lots. '. The clam and crab in dustries arel thriving, v-'; ;s-: : ff : The long peninsula, which separates Wlllapa' Harbor from the ocean con tains what is claimed to be the long est Straight .stretch of beach cn .the Pacific coast. and i it has given : rise to another industry the . pleasure re sort business. - Though It has been go ing for many years, this, industry-has not yet drawn the capital to erect the costly, resorts desired today . and must be considered in it infancy, r though thousands of tourists visit the hr every year. - - - IABGE SAWHXXXS ' . ' The Wlllapa "Harbor region enjoyed one boom SO years ago and another shows some traces - of growth. Two large- new a mills are - beins; t buflt in South Bend and another one, the big Weyerheauser mm, is in prospect within the . next few years. . - Ah .estimate of the number of feet of lumber that wfa have been shipped from Raymond when the year closes is 100.000,000 feet by-rail and by water. This ;; I nearly, .twice the. amount shipped last year." "There have been heavy utercoastal shipments : made from" here this: year. Zjast year large liners began coming here In April and there have been aa average of two per month since. . There have been large shipments of Jap squares from here thU year. -. , j . - s Great headway has been made this year byr the government' dredge Ore gon, which U digging a 14-foot chan nel la Wluapa river, to as far up the stream as Case's ; mill ? in- Raymond. Several vr mill have resumed ep- rations en Wlllapa Harbor thi year, having been down for from twev to sts years. 1 ' -' - , . . - ABKBBZX3T IS GBOWETO Aberdeen has witnessed the greatest building activities the past year - of any similar period In the past necade, with the xception of 190V the year following the , conflagration -which de stroyed: a large , part of the city ' and created, a tremendous building season because , of the necessity of rebuilding the devastated 'portion..;: The-' ' Grays Karbor : pert improve meet.' in which tSOO.CCS -'was -'Invested, . is the T-,.ert undertaking in the line of building. By i the - -voting .-- recently -; of additional bonds - in the amount of $250,000 for the purchase of an inner harbor dredge and for addition to-docks and warehouses the people of this section have again indicated their confidence in the port of Grays Harbor as a. 'fu ture great highway of commerce for the Pacific coast. , . . ; In addition to the port Improvements Aberdeen , has secured a state armory which has cost $150,000. several busi ness blocks' and a large number of new;: residences and three apartment houses.-' The total cost "ef the building win Teach the f 1.000,000 mark. - This is not Including , public work' in the way of permanent pavements on which $200,000 has been spent. ' L.A3TD HECULCHED - - r The city has also spent $75,000 in re building: two of its' bridges." In South Aberdeen the work of clearing, drain ing and dyking $00 acres of . land, which is to be disposed of in' five-acre tracts for gardening -purposes and which enterprise will cost $150,000, is another feature In the dry's continued progress. r ; For J next year , plans are under way for a hotel to cost $500,000. Three large warehouses, two of them under way, will be built at a total cost of $150,000 and the Elks new temple, a belated i enterprise, is expected to be carried through at a cost of $150,-000.-. Ten residences, to cost from. $10, 000 to. $25,000 each, are also to be built the coming year,. Under - way- is the Bay View sanitarium which .la esti mated to cost $25,000. v.- ', HOQTXtAJTS BIO TEAS , The year 122 was a banner year for ail Hoquiam's Industries and a par tkrularly big year for -lumbering. The six sawmills of the city shipped ap proxlmately,; 280,000,000 feet of ram bar by water, which is more than they exported by water in any year In the city ; history. ,1 Fishing. canning - and man ufacturing plants all had a prof itable year. The payroll of Hequiam for 1822 win amount ; to approximately $6.000.000, according to estimates of panares. This will : include,, of course,- the pay of . loggers ta campa tributary to the city. ' " i AD the snflU of the city operated at least one shift steadily throughout the year, and three of the plants operated two and three shifts: Wages for com mon labor In the mills ranged from $2.50 to $4.: and skilled Ubor drew pay accordingly.. Business men of the city enjoyed a fruitful year, as evidenced by; their increased advertising space in the newspapers. -y' -BTEW" CTDU8TBXES ; : . , The dty Increased Its industries as follows: - The Iamk Machine eompany built an extension to its big plant in West Hoquiam by which the output' of the plant was Increased by about a halt The Northwestern- Dumber company built a new shingle mill with a capac ity equal to that of the larger ones of Grays Harbor and employing about $5 men. '. v , , -- '. The E. K. Wood Dumber company built a new dry kiln and a big ship ping shed tor storage of finished lum ber. - . -' -' ' The TTarber ITtacJirrr.'.th cotr.?ry U at present about to put up1 an addition in which . truck bodies will be built. This will be the only, plant of its kind on Grays Harbor. . v v -: ranging in cost from $1500 to $8000. . s The' Hoquiam -Manufacturing com pany, a woodwork plant, built an ex pensive new- factory, and Installed much new machinery. . - Major Brothers, operating- another carpentry and woodwork plant in Kast Hoquiam, extended their factory and are now contemplating the - construc tion of a door factory in connection with their original plant. - ; ; Oliver: S.' Morris, owner of the' Pa cific Sea Foods company, built a new cannery on the Dlttle Hoquiam river and , started .' the plant - when' the salmon season opened. Remedy: for Jam ;. 1 In Circuit Coiirt Cases Suggested The greatest need today in the Judi cial system of Multnomah county ts some provision for expediting the dis posal of litigation and some means for caring: ' for the1 Increasing number of cases, in the opinion of the incumbent Judges of the circuit court. -Requests for two additional circuit Judges have' met with disapproval from legislative and supervising bodies. The number of cases handled weekly Is 0 Per cent; higher today than it was three years ago, but the same number of Judges are handling these casea Presiding Judge Stapleton be lieves there is ample -work for nine trial Judgea ' The chief Justice of the supreme court has authority to assign as many Judges to Multnomah county as are needed.' hut it is the precedent of that Jurist not : fo .assign any Judges who have not expressed a. willingness) to stt in this county. : In . addition to this difficulty, when "an outside Judge sits In Multnomah county and '. decides a case. ' In the event of appeal . or new motions or any resulting ex parts af fairs relative to that' case, the record must be taken before him. in his county, which scatters the record and hampers the orderly progress Of court affairs, not to mention Inconvenienc ing attorneys la the ease. . Jndge Stapleton, before retiring . as presiding Judge : to resume duties as a trial Judge, has made two sugges tlons to remedy this situation; A law authorising the payment, of $10 a day to viaitins: Judges while, on . the "bench here,, in addition to expenses, and a law creating Judge . Kamuer of the court of domestic relations a circuit Judge, increasing his- salary- to $5500 and placing under the Jurisdiction ot his court all divorce matters and wid ows pension affairs, in addition to his Juvenile work. This -would release Judge TasweU ef the probata division for trial work and relieve the presiding Judge cf the burden of divorce mattera Judge Stapleton is preparing to sub mit these proposals through the proper channels in the near future. ilium r r-r irr ift niiitiini . immiAiiiA IN BRIEF SURVEY OF ITS ACTIVITIES FarmSjYield $313,000,000 in Food and Other Products,' While Forests Bring Annual Income of $100,000,000; Dairy ' : Ranches Play r Important Roles. ' All over Oregon you can see timber being framed from the woods Into homes and bridges. You; can see greatreapers, powered perhaps by mnleer perhapa by gasoline bringing Jnto reach of millstones, tha material of , the world's bread. . Ton can see plows cutting Into the aawe BjivauBW vmv aan.s,.n- vf a pvm nuvwv VU rwiiva yi ,IlAt5v sa-IlVA sUlI later the harvest loads wagons and trucks, then ships and trains, so that the hungry In great cities, perhaps aronnd 'the glebe, may Snot b1 disappointed. " -i.'""- . ?Ayt ' '.;' r.J ... . . " Tou can see the nuts of Polk county Join In a vast 'exit processional of provender with the grain of Umatilla and Baker, the fruit of Grants Pass and Roseburg, the canned fruit of The Dallas and the vegetables of Yamhill and Utua' counties. Tou can see Joining the roll call of production the people of districts such as will now be reported upon." v .'"'" '-' - " ' liASTE COtTJTTT Lane county, one of the largest in Oregon, has an annual business turn over, in industrial and other producing lines, ot approximately $21,000,000. Roughly. 10.000 people -.are employed and a yearly payroll of $8,200,000 main tained : in these industries.- which! In- eludes all sorts of manufacturing and pastoral pursulta -These figures were secured from a- comprehensive- Vurvey xndocted -by the Eugene Daily Guard, woperetlng with the Eugene chamber f commeroe, ' - 'f',.;. Although Iane has 1$ per cent of the standing timber of Oregon, or enough, if cut into lumber,' to house all tha people west 'of the Mississippi river." the lumbering business in volume does not exeeed the smaller" industries of the county, nor agriculture. Sawmills and logging campa employ tOOO men and dispense a $2,000,000 payroll annually, but their $4,000,000 business falls short by $900,000 of the combined smaller in iustrtes . which employ but- half - as nany men and as a result have pay roll In proportion. , -, AGBICTJI.TTXBJS XITKSTOCK In agriculture and livestock, S300 own ers or tenants are engaged.. They em ploy $500 hired "hands," and do a busi ness of $$,000,000 annually. Agriculture is really the principal industry of the county. ;V--;--;-'v' - , Public utilities and wholesale houses do a business of $5,100,000. the former's share being (3. 000,000 and the letter's, $2,100,000.' Eight hundred and twenty three people are employed in these lines of activity. Eugene Is ' quite a wholesale center,: being-centrally rand strategically located. - Rail lines run In all -directions from.: this, the county seat ot Lane. . '.: ;-- . : ' The production of saint oil. a new en terprise In Oregon, is attracting the farmers because there Is a maximum rfcttira from a-, minimum of expense tilth the element of chance practically eliminated. O. H. Todd of Kuvene- is said to have Introduced the mint Into Oregon about 1 or 15 years ago. Since that time Todd has been buying up the mint oil and shipping it to his brother at Kalamasoo, Mich, who has a large refinery there. Government tests have shown that the Oregon mint ou.. and especially . that produced In the lake La-bleb bottom, near Oervals, uusim ysspuu ... . . . ; '-'"' mint in the Lake Lablsh bottoms and wiww im Dsins pianiaa. - jrrom oerveie alone, $16,000 worth- of mint oil was shipped during the fall of It 2$. mabiok couarrr . ' ': Salem's - numerous varied industries give employment to more ythan X&oo people, representteg an annual payroll of approximately 1.600. 0OQ and an an-r-ual output valued, at mora than $10,000,000. "'1 ,:;,: '..:", :; "Located in the heart of the famous Willamette r valley fruit district the packing and canning of fruits and ber ries alone affords employment to 1&30 people during the peak of the canning season, six big canneries and a number of smaller plants. operating nlrt and im-r w uuuin uim jiruuuct 01 orcnaro. vineyard and garden from the time the rnOMhArriM berln ta arriva aarlv m the spring until the apples and pump kins have been. put away lata la the fall.-';:v,;vv:'''. 1 ry"'--i- Figures eemptled " by W." G. AUea. manager of the Hunt "Bros, cannery here, - place the 4otal pack of Salem plants this year at $50,000 casea valued at approximately $2,500,000. Logan berries bead the list with pick of 160.000 cases ; Bartlett pears, 145.009 ; blackberries. $5.000 ; Royal Anne cher ries: $0,000; apples,. 70.000 1 pruns, 60,000; strawberries, CO.000; squah, 12.000 : gooseberries. $000; Mackberrton. 4000 black raspberries, 1200; and re i raspDenues. u.w ous. . It is estimated . that $400,009 is pa! i