East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-31
REPORT SHOWS
PROSPERITY IS
SMILING HERE
And Will Continue to Smile Upon
Umati|Ia County if Crop Con.
ditions are Any indication.
.DuN's OUTLOOK OPTIMISTIC
Crors Are Such As to Make Future
for 1914 Very Bright-Towns in
County Are All Prospering and on
Every Hand Conditions Are Favor
able for Banner Year.

That prospects for continued pros
perity as evidenced by the crop con-
ditions are good in Umatilla county
Is the conclusion drawn from the re-
port OF II. G. Dun and Co.. noted
mercantile agency. in recent review
.of the northwest. Optimism is the
keynote of the whole report but
warning is sounded here and there
through 1t. The following paragraphs
summarize the conditions as noted in
this county:
Athena-Wheat, barley and oats
show an increase of 10 per cent. Fall
sown grain Is in good condition. Far
'ners are fairly prosperous and in
oreasing their indebtedness on account
.of buying more land. Merchants
while carrying possibly a little more
on their books are prosperous. The
outlook is good.
Echo-Hay and wheat are the prin-
cipai products and fall sown grain is
in good condition. Merchandise busi-
ness is normal
Hermiston-Fruit. vegetables AMI
alfalfa are the chief crops. Butter
making is the principal industry and
new creamery was established dur
ing the year. Merchants are pros
porous and carrying an average am
cunt OF stock and book accounts.
Prospects for 1914 are better.
Pendleton--Wheat. barley and al
falfa, the chief crops are about av-
erage. Wooden blankets is the chief
manufacturing industry. Farmers are
in fair condition, except where they
use their credit too literally. Farm
loans are increasing on account Of
purchases In irrigated districts di-
versified farming is being introduced
Merchants are In debt on account OF
carrying long credits. but owe less
than formerly. Stocks are smaller
in some cases and collections slower
than In 1912 Crop conditions are
such as to make the outlook for 1914
very bright.
Pilot Rock-Barley and wheat
show a slight decrease. alfalfa Is av
erage. Fall grain in fine condition
Farmers are borrowing for improve
ments. Merchants are generally In
good condition with less on their
books than usual. The outlook Is
good.
weston-wheat is practically the
same, barley shows an increase of 20
per cent and potatoes n decrease of
90 per cent There is the usual am
cunt of fall sown grain in excellent
condition. Farmers are prosperous
and the stock industry is receiving
i,, tnpc ra
Four new silos have been built. Mer-
chants are in fair condition and car
~ usual stocks and are not inclined
10 extend credit as heavily as in for
mer years. Conditions are favorable
for 1914.
In the following prologue to the re-
view, much general information l.
given:
Agricultural and Industrial produc-
ton has continued to show an increase
during 1913, but there is an admitted
decline in commercial activity.
In common with the general busi-
ness world much has been heard re-
garding "tightness of money"
The situation Is perhaps better de-
scribed by saying that exchanges OF
property and merchandise are not
readily made on former terms. The
postal savings bank by Its moderate
growth does not indicate that the
public generally had refrained from
using the deposit facilities previous
ly existing. Bank statements do not
show any withdrawal from circula'
ton: loans and deposits have growr
in fairly uniform proportion.
For a number OF years prior to 1911
capital was spent freely in the devel
opment of natural resources, New
canneries and lumber mills wer'
built. Much new land was brough
under cultivation. Railroad construc
tion was extensive and In the citie'
many millions Of dollars were spen
in business buildings, sewerage sys
TENS and paving There was a rapit
advance in values OF all classes o
real property and very great increas
in the volume of trade.
There has been reaction. Right
or wrongly the public came to assum
that values were placed too high AM
holders were unable to secure Gus
-ton.ary advances. During 1912 an
1913 many commodities. as we'll a
much real estate. which had pre-
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