The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-24
Down Hill to Portland''

present half OF the wheat grown IL
the territory is ground into flour and
the other half shipped abroad as wheat
Two-thirds OF the grain that Is exc
ported goes to Asia. 1t Is said that
the export trade In wheat has already
reached It's maximum because the PEG,
e5e whs gone rh In to raise wheat
acreage Is now about is per cent.
oregon has one sixth of the standS
Ing timber OF the United States. ID
Portland the forestry building Of thS
Lewis and Clark Exposition has been
preserved as a permanent exhibit III
park maintained by the city. IT.
Io ,nns would dns cut over million feet Of
forests with their bark Intact. and
many OF them weighed between forty
and fifty tons apiece. Sixty-four OF
dred feet IN length and seventy fiyesiL
height. Sixty-seve varieties of Ore
gon woods are on display. including
the Pacific yew. from which the choice
all over the continent; mountain ma
nosany, which makes such a hot hrG
that few sticks OF It will melt an
ordinary stove. and tho chittem bark,
from which the cascara OF medicine il
made. a fr 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
Va tIS WOTlu.
Portland is the greatest lumber porS
In the world. Its saw mills annually
cut about 65o.00o.000 feet OF lurnbet
which goes to Australia, the Philips
p PINES; Chine i,n and other parts OF tig1
normal It is said the saw mills Of
Portland earn profit of $4,000 day
Inc manager OF one OF the big local
hrms. IN his testimony before the Inter-
state st Commerce Commission. stated
mat his concern had earned a million
collars in five years. The INVESTMENT
IN timber lands. mills. railways and
70 Portland doubtless amounts to $50.
100000 The notable feature OF this
section is that the trees WIN cut 50.-
ooo feet to the acre. while less than
Idea OF the magnitude OF our homo
market may be had from the state-
ment that less than 10 per cent. of the
export Experts estimate that 1t viii
be from fifteen to fifty years before
TINS great supply is e1haus:ed-ffty
years II used at the presen. rate Of
consumption, and fifteen Il the supply
should be exhausted elsewhere and this
zone become the sole dependence OF
the general market.
most important purely productive IN
year being valued at s17.ooo.ooo. Ideal
climatic conditions which permit OF
sAAacaSNouS t!i0 GA
tire year. freedom from storms so that
cows are outdoors instead OF being
confined In barns all winter and the
excellent water of Oregon. have given
the cream and its products an excell-
ence and richness to be found In no
other part OF the United States. Many
OF Orcgon's dairymen are from Switzer-t
land.
Portland has become famous as thu
Rose City because 1t produces, the most
beautiful roses in the world. even sur
passing those OF the celebrated Eng
| lish gardens. The scientific culture OF
these flowers is carried to such an
extent that during the height of sum
mer the choicest specimens are pro-
tected with Japanese umbrellas so
their delicate tints Will not be impaired.
The only time in the year when the
people OF Portland forget their geo.
graphy Is during the rose carnival In
June. According to an old story, the
two men who selected the site for Port
land had dispute over naming 1t.
! One OF them was from Maine and the
other from Massachusetts,. One want,
| ed to call 1t Portland and the other
Boston. They tossed pennies and the
man from Maine won. He made a mis-.
take in calling II Portland. It should
have been named Rosemary-thatsl
for remembrance.
Downright. 1905 by Frederic J..
Haskin.)
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