The fertile and productive portion of Washington County, tributary to HilUbJr0 i town ot live thousand inhabitants. New buildings
and manutacturinjj plant mean more people employed and are the most impor ant .factors m the development o! any community.
Intelligent' well directed ellort, coupled with the co-operjj ol her citizens, is the basis ol growth ot every city.
Our Watchword
The New Hotel
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IS FIRST ON THE LIST
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This handsome structure, consisting ol three
stories and basement, will be built of
chocolate colored pressed brick,
with solid concrete foundation.
It Will Contain Forty Booms and Cost
$35,000
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Oae of the main factors which baa
retarded the development ot Hillsboro
has been tb lack of a flrat-clasi popular-priced
hotel.
Drummera object to remaining over
night In HllUboro because of poor
botel facilities. As a general thing,
there Is not a routn to be obtained,
and even If there Is, It Is one of the
lust remaining unoccupied and far
from satliifactoiy. While the manajo
ment of those small hotels now open
is sutlbfactory, the buildings are en
tirely Inadequate.
In the near future, Hillsboro and
.Washington County will receive ex
tensive advertising In our state an J
the Middle West as far east as Chi
cago. It Is the intention to employ a
circulation which should reach the
prosperous fanning class in the sec
tion of the United States named, with
about five million copies. This will
mean that hundreds of prospective
purchasers of farm properties, or capi
talists Interested In securing good in
vestment, will remain Indefinitely In '
Hillsboro.
A man pleased with his board and
lodgings is usually In a good humor
and will remain as long as necessary
to transact his business. Given the
opposite conditions, it would be use
less to induce people to come, as it
Is more than probable that they would
not remain to be convinced.
This hotel, plans and specifications
for which are now complete, will be
erected at a cost ot 135,000.00. It will
be thoroughly modern in every par
ticular and handsome enough for any
city. The outside will be chocolato
colored pressed brick, which is uu
doubteily the most effective ot all ex
ternal finishes.
Its three stories and full sized con
crete basement will make It a most
commodious and Imposing structuro,
forming a very satisfactory neucleus
to the further projected industrial
enterprises which will follow.
There will be forty rooms In the
hotel, all bed rooms to have natural
light and to be ot comfortable dimensions.
Every room will be electric lighted,
and the entire structure heated by a
modern and efficient steam plant
There will be bath rooms and toilets
on every floor, and running hot and
cold water in each room.
The elevator which will be Installed
is electrically operated and of the
latest approved pattern.
The lighting, heating and water
plants in use will be owned and op
erated by the hotel company.
The first floor of the hotel will be
comprised, firstly of a handsome and
comfortable lobby of sufficient dimen
sions to insure at all times plenty if
seating and elbow room.
The barber shop and cafe adjoining
will also be neatly and artistically
finished, as well as thoroughly com
fortable, every detail having been
carefully studied in order to make the
structure thoroughly modern and a
credit to the community. There will
be a public bath In connection with
the barber shop.
A large billiard and pool parlor will
be provided and the best quality of
tables and appurtenances will be in
stalled throughout. In fact, nothing
will be found lacking which could be
demanded by the most fastldous
guest
The kitchen and dining rooms have
had speclU attention in arrangement
as It is the intention ot the builders
to make this department as satsfac
tory and up-to-date as the best city
grill. .
On the second floor, besides the bed
chambers, both single and en suite,
will se provided a handsome ladies'
parlor. This will be prettily and com
fortably furnished and always at the
disposal ot the friends and patrons ot
the house.
The arrangement ot the top floor
will follow the same general outlines
as the second, with the exception that
In place ot the parlor, a commodious
reception room for public meetings
will be provided.
The climate of Washington County
Is similar to that of Portland. It Is
never very hot nor very cold, averag
ing for the entire year about 6' de
grees. Four passenger trains a day to
Portland and vice versa furnish un-
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Some Hillsboro Hems
excelled transudation, there U
also rumor tha'. ftll ejtric road will
be built between hilhboro nl Port
land within the yfar
The Tualatin Rver mi within a
short distance of Hillsboro, and It
numerous sma'i cr-eks or tributaries
flow in every direction throughout
Washington County.
The annual ra.'nfall averages a llttlo
less than 48 inches, which, although
by no mans an extreme of precipita
tion, assures plenty of moisture to
grow crops without irrigation.
The growth and development ot a
city depends principally upon its re
sources In that section of the country
immediately tributary thereto, or
from which It draws its trade.
According to the products of that
tributary territory or that which may
be made tributary by steam or elec
tric transportation connection, tho
manufacturing or Industrial enter
prises are based.
We have said that In order to prop
erl negotiate with Investors, we shouii
first have good hotel facilities.
This being a fact, we will look a
little way into the future and see
what industrial enterprises are thor
oughly practical In the town of HllU
boro, arid which would not only be a
financial success Individually, but
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The milk condenser here shown is
one of the most valuable plants ever
established In any community.
During the summer months a cr
load ot condensed milk per day is the
output, requiring about 00,000 pounds
of milk.
Condensed MilK Factory
Capacity One Carload o! Condensed MilK Per Day
This industry furuUhei employment
for a large number el iople, and re
quires about two tLo-iiaod dollars
per day during th Mmmer months O
pay all expon.-es, lncuiinl wages of
employees and milk.
The condenser li KM to be double 1
in capacity, machinery now being cn
route. This fact la conclusive evi
dence of the value of Washington
county as a dairying section. This
industry is rapidly Increasing and Is
eminently successful.
The dairy farmer has less to con-
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tend with here than In many commu
nities, climatic and other conditions
being in favor of successful stock
raising, without the risks which form
such a discouraging element in mor.t
sections of the country.
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NEW PEOPLE FOR OREGON
(Prom the Oregon Dally Journal.
The Joint work of the Oregon De
velopment League and the Portland
Commercial Club la bringing results
entirely beyond any reasonable ex
pectation. During the past month, it
la announced, the correspondence re
ceived has been Immense. Ninety-
five per cent ot all letters comes from
people asking questions aa to the
possibilities of farming, fruitgrowing
and other agricultural and horticul
tural pursuits in the State of Oregon.
Inquiries ln regard to dairying have
been received In large numbers. Par
ticulars concerning the Irrigated dis
tricts are desired. The timber Inter
ests of the state, of course, attract
much attention and are the subject of
many eimunlcatlons. But the op
portunities for general farming in
Oregon are the central feature of this
vsst correspondence.
It Is the desire ot the Oregon De
velopment League to have each and
every one ot the sixty three commer
cial bodies throughout the stata,
which make up the state organization,
not only correspond with these In
quirers, whose name are made np in
lists and sent out from the head office
but to send literature as well. If the
different communities could be n-
h w2 ,DJlr,d,la, adTw
s. ii would U . .ffectlve, now
that the v-'t ttleC. " ,ht.
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The names are of people who with
in a few weeks have personally askI
about this state. In taking advantage
of this opportunity It should be re
membered that It Is during the winter
months that the farmers If the great
Middle Western States, like Iowa,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Mis
souri, Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas and
Oklahoma do their reading, and, If
they are contemplating a change, de
cide where they are going to move
during the enuring spring or summer.
Indicative of the wide Interest in this
state Is the fact that 'Inquiries have
come in a half dortn languages,
though the majority are English. Ger
man. Swedish and Polish. It will be
necessary to have a translator asslt
ln answering some ot the letters.
Two million young men and women
are coming of age In the United
States every year. Hundreds of thou
sands of these are anxlius to move to
a new country. They are crowded off
the old home place and the cry
would furnish employment for hun
dreds of people In our community.
That would mean Increased popula
tion and a demand for more dwellings.
This would necessarily result in li.
creased values of real estate. The
manufacturing plants would require
property upon which to build, this, cf
course, tending to further Increase
said values.
At the present time there are in
Hillsboro a few enterprises which
conclusively show that money Invest
ed there Is wisely placed. And there
are still opportunities which should
prove to be as valuable as any now
ln operation.
We will, as an Instance, suggest 1
plant for the manufacturing of bricks
and tile. Within the town limits are
extensve deposits of brick clay of
very line quality. Fire brick could
be made here in unlimited quantity
end the market for the same would
be Portland and vicinity, as well as
the many other proxlmlous growing
towns. Fuel Is cheap here and the
location central, two prime factors In
the development of any factory or
similar enterprise.
Another excellent suggestion would
be a furniture factory, as Washington
County aWunds In ash. oak and
maple of first quality, and a first-class
saw and planing mill Is In operation
on the ground.
Not far from Hillsboro there are
unlimited deposits of iron ore. There
Is any quantity of available wood in
the Immediate section, as well as un
developed coal beds, showing veins of
over nine feet in thickness.
Water power may be had here at a
ridiculously small expeuse, and there
Is, ln fact, an opportunity for thj
manufacturing ot any Iron product,
seldom equalled.
An ice plant would be an excellent
financial investment. The surround
ing towns could be supplied from
Hillsboro as a distributing center with
little delay or expense.
A basket and box factory would
here be Ideally situated, and glvon
proper conditions, the manufacturing
of these commodities Is Invariably at
tended by success.
Although the raising of fruit la
Washington County is still In Its In
fancy, or may be more properly
stated, neglected, however the un
qualified success which has attended
every effort along this line Insures a
great future for this section of tho
state. Different varieties ot fruits
have been raised equal to if not supe
rior In quality to the products of any
other county in Oregon, so it is ap
parent that evaporators and canneries
will be sending forth their products
from Hillsboro at no very distant date.
A reliable, wide-awake commission
house would be a valuable adjunct to
the community. It would enable the
farmer to secure proper protection
and right prices for his crops, and to
do business at first hand.
With the Increase of population In
the country districts tributary to
Hillsboro, local merchants would find
it Imperative to Increase stock, anl
drummers coming and going daily
would enable them to contlnua'ly
keep same up to date. This would
result In retaining local trade, con
siderable of which now goes to Port
land. The extensive advertising proposed,
In order to secure more residents for
the country districts will find ready
attention, and as the farms are re
duced to smaller dimensions and th
tributary territory thereby containing
much greater population in same area
all business, mercantile or otherwise,
will further increase the wealth and
vro.peniy or the community.
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ent It. own advantage, m th. .tronK
st, most forceful way.