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