Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-02-28
FOUNDRY NO MORE.
Machinery to be Taken Away
Building and Lots to
be Sold.

part OI last Week. Ml Elduk-
lin was a resident of Corvallis
for several years before going to
Mt. Vernon, and while in this
city was one of the proprietors
of what is known as the Frank
lin Foundry.
Mr.. Franklin has been making
arrangements to move the machin-.
cry Of the foundry to Anacortes.
where portion of the machinery
will be placed in the electric light
plant. Charles Franklin, a.
brother of w. H. Franklin, is at
Anacortes and has an interest in
the light plant. The foundry
building aud the lots on which it
is located are to be sold and the
owner has been trying to dispose
of them, so that he may close
out all of his interests in Cor
wallis.
According to Mr.. Franklin, he
has prospered since going to Mt.
Vernon. This is town of about
2, 800 inhabitants and is situated
on the Skagit river about nine
miles from its mouth. Mt. Yer
non is about IS miles north of
Seattle and the Great Northern
railway passes through the place.
River steamers ply the stream
and do considerable business.
The old Elwood, we'll known in
Corvallis as she used to be oper-
ated on the Willamette, was
destroyed on the Skagit river not
far from Mt. Vernon during the
past season.
The erstwhile Corvallisite says
that the numbering interests of
that section are Of great magni-
tude. Vast cedar forests are al
most in the lap of Mt. Vernon
on one side, while in another
direction is to-. be seen most
fertile valley extending along
the river. Sawmills are every
where and their output is a great
factor in the general prosperity Of
that region. A peculiar thing is
noticeable there in regard to the
cedar forests; there seems, to have
been a very heavy growth of trees
centuries ago and these giants of
the forest must have been leveled
to earth by some sort Of violence.
The ground is covered in places
with monster cedars and from
the tops of these fallen trees
others have. taken root and now
the forest Of the present in
large degree stands rooted to the
trunks OF trees Of by-gone, age
The cedars of the younger gener
alton are several feet in diameter
Some of the trees that were razet
to earth centuries ago are beins
logged, but it might better b.
said that they are being mined
as they have to be partially dug
from the ground. Part of the
timber country is very rough AM
broken.
The valley lying along til
river is about fifteen miles wild
to thirty miles long, and it is ex
ceedingly fertile. Immense crop
of timothy hay are produced an
pay well. Oats, too, are raise
in large quantities-in some in
stances 200 bushels are reporte
from an acre. The larger crop
are reported from the low lands
but the uplands are also good fo
oat crops; the latter lands pro
duce about rs per cent as muc
as is produced in the bottom, bu
the oat is of a finer quality an
not SO stalky. Some of th
bottom lands have to be dixie,
and for the accomplishment {
this a tax of $1.25 per acre
levied.
The weather, Mr.. Frankli
says, is not very severe. Durin
the recent cold snap the the
mometer was down to zero for
short period. lee Termed to
thickness of about an inch an
a-half and skating was good te
a short time. The roads wei
frozen so stiff that a fairly we
loaded wagon would not brea
through the crust. It IS said {
be hard country in which
bt1ifd roads. II does r1of, rain !