DAILY CAPITAL JfOljiWA&l HiJLjEM OREGON.
Magnificent "Equipment for Teach
ing Scientific Agriculture, Horticul
ture and Animal Husbandry
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GORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY,
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-Splendid Assets of Cnrvullis.
Besides Doing ono of tho threo
great educational cities of tho state,
and surrounded by a splondld farm
ing and. fruit growing region, Cor-
vallls has tho following prominent
features among its assets for community-building:
Throo railroads,
and on tho lino of tho West Side
extension of tho Oregon Electric;
two sawmills, ono now and ono
doubling its capacity; two planing
mills, ono canntory; two National
Banks; two department stores; larg
est Agricultural Collego Wost of tho
'.Rockies; a flno now high school; ton
churches and nil tho principal
lodges; two newspapers, oho a dally;
two commercial hotels; a cannery
and cement block factory. From a
transportation standpoint, tho City
of Corvallls also Is especially favor
ed by bolng at tho hoad of naviga
tion on tho Willamette River."
Corvnllis 'Commercial Club.
This city maintains ono of tho
most efficient commercial organiza
tions in tho state, having its own
woll-nppointod homo, built espochtl
ly for its uso in tho Bonton County
National Bank Block. Tho rooms
nro beautifully finished In fir, and
oqulppcd with all that goes to make
a modern club houso, and promotion
headquarters. Ono aftor noon In tho
wook Is BOt apart tor tho Indies, and
ladles day 1b liberally patronized.
Tho oflicorB of tho Commercial Club
aro B. W. Johnson, president; N. II.
Mooro, vico president; W. P. Qrovos,
Bocrotnry; A. R. Woodcock, treasur
er, Board of Trustees, B. W. John
son, N. R. Mooro, W. H. Savngo, W,
P. Qrovos, W. P. Gnsklns, Robert
Johnson nnd A. B. Cordloy. Tho on
torprlHo'of tho club Is Hhown In three
ways: First, in listing n largo mem
bership, practically ovory livo and
onorgotlc man In tho community be
ing onrollud. Second, In a splondld
sp'rlt of goodfollowshlp ontorlng In
to Its monthly mootlngs. Third, in
carrying on a very onorgotlc public
ity campaign. With auoh an organi
zation to promotQ Its fortunos, tho
City of Corvallls Is bound to bo a
loader In Western Orogon.
County Well Advertised.
Ronton county has nlwuys boon
tho homo of a largo livo stock in
dustry. It Is ono of tho largest
horso, shoop, hog nnd cnttlo countioB
in tho wholo stnto. Horso shows
nnd county sohool fairs nro qulto
common. Tho county was also ad
vertlsod by successfully conducting
aovoral largo poultry shows. Noxt
tho county was advortlsod by organ
izing tho Bonton county Citizens
Longuo. This was gradually morgod
Into tho lnrgor movomont known aa
tho Orogon Dovolopmont Longuo of
which tho Corvallls Commercial
Club bscnmo an notlvo mombor of
1907. That organization grow until
U was safoly housod in Kb now quar
tors, whluh nro among tho flnoet In
tho stnto, nnd would bo n credit to
a olty of 20.000 population. Tho
county wns tlrst glvon wldo publicity
through an axhlblt mndo by n Bon
ton county real oatnto firm, consist
ing of fruit nnd vegetables, which It
tool; to tho Portland Exposition in
1801 nnd surprlsod tho moss-backs
of Ronton county by taking sbvon
Jlrst premiums. This county axhlblt
attracted n groat deal of nttonlon
to Bonton county. It wns tho most
beautiful nnd conspicuous exhibit
and wnH Holootuil by tho Stnto Board
of Immgmtlou for Ifltistorn ndvortlH-
tng purposes. B. W. Johnson went
(MSl with It and did tho first roul
aatntp boosting for tho Wllamotte
V'alloy -when for nluo montliB ho
traveled through the Eastern atates
with the exhibition train of Woatern
Orogon produots. lie was probably
tho first man to realize how nbso
lutaly Ignorant the pooplo of tho
United States were In regard to the
uroduQta of the Woat.
Mayor mul Fruit (Jrowttr.
"Virgil B. Waiters la the present
mayor and n believer in the future
of tlu fruit industry in Benton
county. While serving as county
judge he organized and held the first
SALEM JOURNAL
applo fair over held in Benton coun
ty, in 1903. As county judge he
built orte of tho flniest public roads
in Western Oregon, that connecting
Philomath and Corvallls. Mr. Wat
ters has been an inspiration to fruit
growers by bolng tho firat man to
cut up some of tho largest ranches
into orchard tracts. Ono farm of
2G0 acres he sub-divided and planted
in flvd aero tracts, keeping about CO
acres for himself. It is known us
Pleasant View ranch. Recently he
has cut up the Harding farm of 400
acres threo miles north of tho city
of which ho has already sold off 200
acres. Ho has seen fruit lands In
Bonton county advance from thirty
to forty dollars per acre, to ono hun
dred and fifty to two hundred dol
lars per aero. It is impossible to
converse with Mr. Watters withput
becoming enthusiastic over the fu
ture prospects of Corvallls and this
part of tho Willamette Valley. Ho
is convinced and can convince any
one that hero are the most splendid
opportunities for Investors and for
tho establishment of commercial or
chards.
Building Prospects at Corvnllis.
It is always a question In consid
ering a city from tho standpoint of
tho homeseokor, whnt ano tho
chances of employment? Aro there
any opportunities for mechanics to
bo omployod? The situation at Cor
vallls for tho year 1910 Is very fav-
orablo Indeed. Not only aro large
buldings bolng constructed on tho
Collego Campus, by tho state, and
thoro will bo a largo expenditure for
street paving, sldowalks, and sowern.
but tho outlook for building opera
tions is very flattering. Besides sev
eral hundred dwolllngs, tho princi
pal hotel 1b to bo romodoled and
modernized at an oxpenso of about
$15,000. Steam heat and batlu.
and hot and cold water throughout
aro Included among tho Improve
ments. Tho largo sawmill plant is
being entirely rebuilt, and ono now
sawmill Is nearly completed. Tho
following now buildings nro being
planned and put under way for con-
Btructlon during tho coming year.
A brick block 75x100 for a modorn
dopartmont storo, to bo orected oy
Oust Harding; tho Mnsonlc Lodgo is
contomplntlng tho orectlon of a $2G,
000 brick building. J. N. McFnd
don, a two-story brick, 50x100; Miss
Paulino Kllno, a two-story brick
50x100; J. W. Foster, W. A. Wells
and J. L. LowIb, two-story brlclc
75x100; tho Union depot, 30x130 Is
indor construction, of oonareta
blocks, tho same stytlo as tho Al
bany dopot, but larger. A number
of Qonoroto bloak atruaturoe have
been orectod tho past year, two
story. 30x100. The cement blook
Industry Is a thriving ono horo. Or
namental fnoo brlok, porch columns
nnd oapa, oapa and stlla and omw
oreto foundations aro also uianufaa
turod extensively. A first rate
quality of red brlok and tile are
manufactured at Corrallla.
Mayor Virgil 13. Watters, Prominent
Kstate
EDITORIAL ON C0RVALLIS FROM THE SALEM DAILY CAP
ITAL JOURNAL
Corvallis is a fine school city of the Willamette valley.
It has everything from a college of a national reputation
down to a well sustained public school system,
Corvallis is one of the finest home cities of Western Oregon,
The quality of. the homes and grounds in that town are bet
ter than one finds in cities of that size,
Corvallis is also a good church and lodge town,
There are enterprising real estate men and fruit growers
in and around Corvallis,
Corvallis is an attractive theater and amusement town of
the better sort,
There are people in Corvallis not above taking a drink or
betting on a horse race, but the majority do not rely on that
for making a living,
Corvallls has always been a -good hotel town, and they
have been well kept,
The banking interests in Corvallis are pretty strong, and
there are enough Johnsons to make up a militia compnay,
The Corvallis Creamery Co, is. handling about ' half the
cream produced in the Willamette valley,
Corvallis is a railroad center, and one of the largest ship
ping points in Western Oregon,
It has both water and railroad transportation, and commu
nication with the whole state bvtwoteleohonesvstems,
Connection with the other world is maintained by ten -
. '
churches,
The business men maintain a fine commercial club, with
headquarters that any large city might well be proud of,
There are not many cities in the United States that have
better foundation for growth than Corvallis,
Given the natural location, productive soil, fine climate,
live men result a growing city,
The federal government, the state government, the coun
ty government, corporations and capital conspire to make
Corvallis a city,
Agronomy Building nt tho Corvallls
Corvnllis tho Cantor of n Lumbur
Industry,
This olty has by tho construction
of the Corvallls & Alsea River Rail
way become tho oentor of a larg
lumber Industry. There nro on the
river front sites for a number of
large sawmill plants and at least two
of these aro being developed. Tho
Occidental Lumber Company with
G. O. BasoU aa general mauager la
baoked by such men as A. J. John
eon. John P. Allen. O. A. Dobell and
Dr. Harris ot Eugene. They have
ample capital to rebuild and In
crease the capaolty of the old null
Fruit Grower
Mmi.
and Corvnllis Ileal
Agricultural College, nt Corvnllis.
at tho foot ot Second street so that Ho oooupled the samo position In
It will bo nblo to turn out 50,000 tho old Bonton County Bank. Tweu-
feet per day. Tho company owns a ty yonrs ago on tho 7th of next April
large body of timber on tho Alsea this institution was nationalized,
and Lake Crook ombrnolng about and has onjoyad n substantial in-
three billion feet which' can bo oroaso in buslnoss, On Novombor
"brought to Corvallls to bo manufac- 1G, 1909. tho annual roport showed
tured for the local and shipping doposlta of $600,187.00, and they
trade. Tho company's plant oocu- havo boon materially Increased since
pies about nine aoros with three that time This bank employs a
blocks on tho water front and rail- working forco of elovan poople, and
road tracks for loading and unload- 1b notod for carrying tho largost per
Ing. Dry kilns and planers are bo joontage ot cash and Immediately
ing pm in Huon as are required by ,
any modorn sawmill. Mr. Bassett
has a long record as a practical and
AND
successful operator of largo sawmill
plants, having servjod in that capac
ity for olght years in tho Coburg and
Springfield mills owned by tho
Booth-Kelley Company. He retired
from tho latter job to enter upon
tho development of the Corvalll3
plant. He Is thoroughly allvo and
enthusiastic as to the possibilities of
the lumber business in this city.
The Corvallis Lumber & Manufac
turing Company has just finished
building a new mill at Corvallls,
where Mary's River empties into the
Willamette. It will have a capacity
of 50,000 feet a day. This mill was
erected by McCready Bros, and Geo.
Gerlinger, experienced sawmill men.
They aro working about 30 men to
start with, but will rapidly enlarge
thfc plant to Include planing mills
and driers. Logs are brought In
over the now Corvallis and Alsea
Railroad.
Corvallis also has two planing
. mills, and sash and door factories,
andplants for doing mill work for
building and finishing houses.
Well equipped establishments for
rapidly turning out all kinds of mill
work aro very Important to modern
architecture. There has been such
a change in the stylo of all private
dwolllngs and public buildings that
mill work to turn off tho finished
material has become a science.
About twenty men aro employed on
the machines nearly all the year
round. All tho mill work for the
new Agricultural Collego buildings,
for tho now Presbyterian church and
for the now high school building
wns furnished by these mills. A
now steam "lightning drier" dry
kiln with a capacity for 6,000 feet
a day has been Installed at tho Bux
ton mill. It is tho most modern In
vention for curing lumber without
cracking, warping or shrinking It.
'It is not dono with hot air but by a
dry steam process. Mr. Buxton hos
nil nlftna P-OTrmlotprt fnr lmtlrHnir
now two-story plant 50x100. and he
' I rt n1lnMAliiW - 4.- rt Inn t n f i"v
18 co"s1,d"ie thectln; a fl
nrnnr millrlinr T-Tia nlnnf lino ifo
proof building. His
plant has its
own railroad tracks
the river shipping.
and access to
Corvnllis a Solid Banking Town.
The county seat and railroad cen
ter of Benton county Is a solid city
financially. Tho people and the
community are out of, debt. Tho
pioneer bnnker and community
booster is M. S. Woodcock, president
and principal stockholder in the
First National Bank of Corvallls.
convertible seourltiya of any bank
In the Willamette Valley about 50
per cent.
Woodcock conftnea
himself almost entirely to financial
investments. He is a man of slow,
deliberate judgment, always hope
ful and optimistic on conservative
lines. This trait in his character la
so strong that ho has an almost un
broken record of having made no
mistakes In h!s career as a banker
and Investor. His great faith in tho
Willamette Valley and Western Ore
gon In general was put to the test
during-the panic years of 1893-1897.
In those dark days ho not only sus
tained tho high character of his
bank but showed his ' confidence in
tho future of tho country. He liter
ally believes in tho Willamette Val--ley
climate, soil and people. He be
lieves this will grow into the ideal
productive homo community and
that the time Is not far distant when
this part of Oregon will have a mil
lion population. Mr. Woodcock is
an enthusiastic believer In tho
transforming power of electric rail
roads, and believes that the early
construction of the Oregon Electric
extensions would not only prove
profitable to tho Investor, but would
exert a remarkable transforming
power upon tho Willamette Valley
land values and cities. Ho has
avoided a political career, although
onco serving as mayor of the city.
Ho was for a number of years owner
of tho Corvallis Gazette, and estab
lished tho practice of that paper in
not allowing It to bemean members
of other political parties than his
own. His hobby is tho development
of a beautiful ranch homo west of
ho city, which ho has stocked with
thoroughbred cattlo and sheep.
Second Largest Creamery Establish
ment in tho State.
The Corvallis Creamery Company
under the management of H. W.
Kaupisch has in nlno years attained
a rank that is second to only one
similar institution in the Northwest.
Mr. Kaupisch left the Columbia
Creamery Company of Portland nlno
years ago and located in Corvallls.
He leased an old warehouse and
opened up on a small scale, doing
"business of about $15,000 tho first
year. Ho now occupies threo floors
of a largo building on the river
front, where . ho owns a block of
ground, has his own railroad tracks,
and steamboat docks and did a busi
ness in 1909 that aggregated ?500,
000. Cream is received from about
fifty different shipping points and
in the height of tho season employs
from eighty to ono hundred people.
Shipments arrive from as far as .
Sluslaw, Waldport and points on Ya
qulna Bay. Ho has shipping stations
from Brownsville to Canby, from
Lebanon to Almsville, from Corval
lls to Forest Grove, from Toledo and
Junction City via Albany to Corval
lis. Tho plant consists of a modol
up-to-date creamery. It Is probably
the only creamery In tho stato that
has a perfect pasteurizing procesSi -whero
all tho cream is hoatedxto20?f
degrees,- thus killing all possible
germ's, then Is cooled and Impreg
nated with tho proper bacilli for fer
mentation and then warmed ngainv
to the right temperature for churn
ing. Mr. Kaupisch has manufac
tured as high as 16,500 lbs. butter
in one day and 1,000 gallons of ico
croam has boon distributed in twen-ty-four
hours. Tho plant also man
ufactures ice ami that produce as
well as butter is shipped in car-load
lots to tho largost markots! Hia but
or commands several conts above tho
market price and is always sold In
advance. Tho buslnoss Is still grow
ing, and the secret of its success
lies in tho thorough mastery of his
profession, "it la our pride" never
to lose a customer. Our ambition
is to treat tho trade at both onds of
the line so as to hold all wo havo
and got mono." Corvallls Is very
favorably situated for transporta
tion purposes, having three rail
roads and steamboats on the river.
The Masons of Corvallls have pur
chased a lot and will at once com
mence the erection of a inagnlflcont
Masonic Temple.
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