Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-14
Queer Things Out West

! fal Of the water will produce 10000
horsepower and that there viii be a
million tons OF water dropping down
daily out Of channel Il feet vide In a
vertical fan OF more than q quarter OF
a mile. This power will. IL Is estimated
sell for more than enough 10 pay the
Interest on the Investment. Il viii be
furnished within - miles Of Los Ange-
ies. and the receipts therefrom will. Il
Is calculated. bring 10 something like 1
per cent on the total investment The
undertaking OF scheme like this gives
one some ides n the Los Angeles spirit
The people Of that city are among the
best boomers OF the west. Every one
Is interested in the growth Of his town.
ara Is will!ng 10 spend time and money
10 help H. Los Angeles has a chamber
of commerce building which belongs to
the city and It's chamber Of commerce
comprises 1890 members, who each pay
81 yer month. 4 magnificent exhibit Of
thr products and manufactures OF
southern California il always on show.
and new schemes are gotten up every
week cor so 20 advertise the country aud
Push other methods OF increasing the
, population.
PORTLAND AFTER THE FAIR.
Anothcr city which has been growing
very rapidly is Portland. or Although
1t cost the people something the ex-
position was a paying Investment II
WAS rot succeeded by slump az the
c.ose. such as Chicago had after the
worlds fair and such as 81. Louis felt
Cos q % Of ht
Purchase exposition The merchants
o. p0'tlard tell me that business has
been good right along and that their
trade has steadily Increased. The job
bers ar, now doing O business of some
thing Ike S2Go 900 coo a year which Is
$50. 10000 or Y0.O000 600 more taau In the
days before the exposition. Real estate
values have gone up fully % per cent
and los on the principal BUSHES,
streets are now selling at one, two and
three thousand dollars a front foot
There are many new residences and
several sky scrapers Zoo course Of CON.
struction.
THE RICHEST OF THE PACIFIC
Portland men claim that their town
Is. man for man. the richest ON the Pa
CSC coast and that the people are more
evenly well to do than in any other
city Of the world Portland has ranked
among the Wealthicsi cities for many
years. II is surpassed only by Frank
fort-ou-thc-M Main, which gets us wealth
through the R0thschilds Jnd other big
banking interests and hy Hartford,
Conn. which IS corpulcnt with the saw
ings " the poor stored away IN tho
various insurance monop0iios
The riches of Portland come from
business and trade. Its situation. well
inland ON the wide and deep Columbia,
makes Il an excellent shipping point
for a great part of the inland empire
and 10 is one 81 The chief lumber ports
Of the world. Il ships in the neghbor-
hood 81 a million barrels Of -four every
year and q vast amount of barley and
wheat
II is financial center. 10 has Is
banking institutions with deposits Of
between $4,000. 600 and $4,000 900. and
its clearinfs are in he uaighborhood
Of 500. 600 Geo a year.
As TO commerce. 10 is the chief port
OF the valley of thc Columbia. and 60
has large number of wholesale and
retail firms, some Of which are oporat-
cd with considerable capital There are
30 business institutions each Of which
has capital OF a million dollars or
more and A. whose capitals range be-
tween $3.50 o00 and $1,000 600. The city
has 1000 manufacturing establishments
which produce goods 60 the amount of
$4,000 000 a year.
LOOKING FOR TOURISTS.
The city ~ Portland has had It's ap-
petite whetted by the fair and Ike
Los Angeles and salt Lake II now
looks upon iis scenic and climatic sur
roundings as a commercial asset. ]
spent some time M the chamber Of
commerce talking with the leading bus
lness men, and from them learned that
the travel has been large since the fair
closed, and that there have been many
accesslons 20 the permanent residents
from persons IN search OF comfortable
homes
All Of these Pacific coast cities have