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Four years older than The Statesman is, the textile
industry in Oregon, which had its start in 1847 when
Joseph Watt thought over the difficult trail from the
east a flock of 330 sheep, a carding machine and spin
ning wheels. First woolen mill west of the Mississippi
was that established in Salem in 1856. Today the state
is hub of the wool industry west of the same dividing
line, and mills still thrive in' Salem and surrounding
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Pioneers Foresaw Future:
Woolen Manufacture
Favored by -Nature
Pure water, vital factor in wool manufacture; climatic condi
tions and breeding stock which bring about production of wools
long and staple of strength and fiber probably had much to do with
bringing about establishment of, the first western woolen mill in
Salem. . , . . , , . .
1856 with its 1680 spindles and 30 looms, but superiority of the
product is recognized. From the' Salem mill the industry spread
to towns which have since become great milling centers.
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MODERN PROCESSES pictured here are partially responsible for the continuing pros
perity of the wool industry in the mid-Willamette valley, which reaches out to hill
sides along the southern coast border of the state, to the great ranges of central and
eastern Oregon and to the increasingly-important flocks in the valley for the fiber on
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whereby batteries of washing machines remove dirt and grease from the wool.
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HOTEL MARION
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Banquet Rooms
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HOTEL JACKSON
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brilliant future with the in
creased attention given to
breeding of fine sheep in this
area.
Climate similar to that of the
payroll or importance as a mid-
valley industry, the manufacture
of woolens has remained
throughout the years a stable in
dustry. Blankets and cassimeres
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products: today smart 'tweeds English mill towns is said to be
(and flannels are among the fab- particularly favorable for the
rics which may be added to the manufacture of nigh grade wool.
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First, Tilstorlcally speaking, . . ... . . , . ,
i with the exception of the lum- by the Br,tlsh industly Indl"
i ber industry, woolen produc- cate greatly-augmented demands
tion today faces an especially for the products of these plants.
Charles Hudkins & .Son
275 State Street - Phone 9191
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