The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-05-16
CANNING HORSE MEAT
This Oregon Industry Has
Resumed Operations.

lust resumed operations. ] ne anlnlals
from the ranges Of eastern Oregon are be.
ing converted into food for tn. people Of
Europe and the fighting Tommy Atkinses
in Africa and elsewhere.
A ready demand exists for Oregon cay.
uses and there IS no trouble to dispose of
the product Of the Linnton canning fac.
tory. Monday for,y.ilve horses were
slaughtered and yesterday there was an.
other big killing.
The linnton meat factory has been
closed kown all the winter. IN December
the horses began TO get poor and they are
not 1T for use until the spring ranges
ireshen up.
Superintendent, kinsman, of the factory,
when asked about the market for canned
horses yesterday, said dubi,usly there
was no money Ia the business. That Is
TO say, there is not much profit In the
business.
at would have been better for u.s." he
said, iii We had not resumed until June !.
During the winter we are always shut
down. The first installment of horses
was not in the best OF condition. They
have no, had the time to iatten up YET, but
] found some around The Dalles that
were IN good condition and the animals
viii IN a short time become very fat and
nicer Tor canning purposes.
omorrow 200 head Of horses will ar.
rive here from the country around Airing.
ton and elsewhere. a. B. Miller is buy.
ing at Arlington. Next Tuesday another
big shipmen, will come to their Inflated
end. Scruhhy looking creatures many
are, but the most unpromising hide may
cover Juicy steaks.
"Mr. Miller, At Arlington, is buying
cayuses from the Indians. Some 1000
head ol scrubs are 10 he gathered ny aud
shipped To the aba,,oir rs rapidly rs they
can be reduced Ia useful purposes"
The business OF converting cayuses Is
getting down 10 a finer point all the time.
with the exception Of the hooi and the
slucal nothing Is lost. Hide, bones, flesh
and tail is utilized, and the time is near a,
hand, doubtless, when the hoo,s oi the
animal will I've turned into manufactured
articles. lloois are utilized now, but the
industry Is still IN its infancy In the north.
west. The cannery AT llnn,on is the
only one on the Patiiit coast.
Superintendent kinsman says there is a
mistaken idea lha, there is great deal
more actual workable material in a cay.
use than there really is.
Sixty pounds. he states, is a good aver.
age amount oi flesh gotten out OF an or
iinary range horse. Mos, people suppose
there are 200 pounds OF flesh In one OF the
animals.
The ahattcir has capacity for 100 .
horses per day. The BUYERS pay $3.50 .
each Tor them out IN the country. The .
purchaser pays the reisht,whch is ahou, .
IS Tor each one TO Portland. This makes .
them cost $3.50, not including ieed aud
care while awaiting the slaughter Tor three
days In the pens.
The most successful run Of the factory .
since its inception was during the Chinese.
Japanese war. when the Armours and
other interests handled large quantities OF
canned cayuse from Linnton, shipping II .
TO China and Japan, where II was rated as
a delicacy, having a flavor that, even il
the consumer knew II, made him forget.
From theoretical standpoint il is said
10 he a cruel shame to kill the creatures.
There seems to he no good reason for this
view, in the estimation Of the practical
business man. The cayuse Is Of little