Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24
OREGON ExcELS IN
LUMBER AND IN
DAIRY PRODUCTS

Oregon has one-sixth Of the standing
timber of the United States. In Port
land the forestry building Of the Lewis
and Clark exposition has been pre-
served as permanent exhibit in park
maintained by the city. Its logs would
cut over a million feet of lumber. They
were brought from the forests with
their bark intact, and many of them
weigh between forty and fifty tons
apiece. Sfxty-four OF them form a
grand colorado two hundred feet in
length and seventy-five in height. Six
ty-seven varieties of oregon woods are
on display, including the acific yew,
from which the choicest bows are made
for archery clubs all over the continent;
mountain mahogany which makes such
a hot fire that a few sticks of 1t will
melt an ordinary fire, and the chittem
bark, from which the carscara of medi-
cine is made. A fir Flagstaff In front OF
the forestry building is 1874 feet high.
and shows what kind of sticks Oregon
grows to make masts for the shipping
OF the world.
Portland Is the greatest lumber port
In the world. Its sawmi.ls annually
cut about 65o.0o0.ooo feet of lumber.
which goes to Australia, the Philip
pines, China and other parts of the
world. When the lumber market is
normal 1t is said the sawmills of Port
land earn profit of $4,000 a day. The
manager OF one OF the big local firms, in
his testimony before the interstate
commerce commission, stated that his
concern had earned million dollars in
five years. The investment in timber
lands, mills. railways and equipment in
the territory tributary to Portland
doubtless amounts to s5000o.000. The
notable feature OF this section Is that
the trees will cut so 600 feet to the acre.
1T ~ L. a. Ia.
elsewhere.
Some idea of the magnitude of our
home market may be had from the
statement that less than 10 per cent of
the product of the Portland mills is for
export. Experts estimate that 1t will
be from fifteen to twenty years before
this great supply is Enthusiastically
consumption, and fifteen If the suppl
should be exhausted elsewhere and this
zone become the sole dependence of the
general market.
Dairying has developed into the most
important purely productive industry
in oregon, its products last year being
valued at SIT, 100000. Ideal climatic
conditions which permit OF pasturing
throughout almost the entire year, free
dom from storms so that cows are out
doors instead of being confined in barns
all winter. and the excellent water of
OTcBOny nave given the cTtdifl anu It's
| products an excellence and richness to
| be found in no other part of the United
States. Many of Oregon's dairymen are
| from Switzerland.
| Portland has become famous as the
Rose City because 1t produces the most
| beautiful roses in the world, even sur
passing tho5e of the celebrated English
| gardens. The scientific culture of these
| flowers is carried to such an extent
that during the height of the summer
the choicest secimens are protected
with Japanese umbrellas so their deli
cate tints will not be impaired. The
only time in the year when the people
of Portland forSet their geography IL
during the rose carnival in June. Ac-
cording to an old story the two men
who selected the site of Portland had a
dispute over naming it.. One of them
was from Maine and the other from
Massachusetts,. One wanted to call II
Portland and the other Boston. They
tossed pennies and the man from
Maine won. Is made a mistake in
calling it Portland. 1T should have been
named Rosemary-thats for remem-
Copyright 1908. by Frederic J. Haslin)
| Tou,orrow-Tananese I'm San Francisco.