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 600 UNITED STATES': — OREGON

Finance, Defence. — The receipts and disbursements of the General Fund of the State, for the year ending September 30, 1920 : —

Dollars Balance, October 1, 1919. . . . 226,787

Receipts, Oct. 1, 1919— Sept. 30, 1920. . 7,984,650

Total 8,211,437

Disbursements, Oct. 1, 1919— Sept. 30, 1920. 8,194,950

Balance, September 30, 1920. . 16,487

In 1920 the amount of the State indebtedness was 19,859,025 dollars. In 1919 the assessed value of taxable property, as equalised, was 990,435,472 dollars.

On November 30, 1920, the National Guard of the United States and of the State of Oregon consisted of 12 companies of Infantry, 1 Headquarters company, 1 Supply Company, and 1 Machine Gun Company, completely equipped and officered ; also, 3 companies of Coast Artillery.

Production and Industry. — Oregon is one of the semi-arid States. In the river valley west of the Cascades there is a good rainfall and almost every variety of crop common to the temperate zone is grown. East of the Cascades lack of rainfall has been to some extent compensated for by irrigation by private companies as well as by State enterprise. Oregon has one-sixth of the standing timber of the United States ; in 1920 the forest area was 20,000,000 acres, of which 10,500,000 were in forest reserves. In 1910 there were 45,502 farms with an acreage of 11,685,110, of which 4,274,803 acres were improved land. The total value of all farm property in 1910 was 59,461,828 dollars ; in 1912, it was 631,317,255 dollars. The leading crops are wheat (22,900,000 bushels in 1920), hay (2,160,000 tons), and potatoes (4,230,000 bushels). Oats, barley, and flax-seed are grown to some extent. Sugar beet and hops are important crops. Fruits are grown, especially plums, apples, pears, strawberries, cherries, and loganberries. There is an active live- stock industry. Horses on January 1, 1921, numbered 276,000 ; milch cows, 216,000 ; other cattle, 675,000 ; sheep, 2,270,000 ; swine, 272,000. In 1920 the wool clip yielded 14,040,000 pounds. The salmon, sturgeon, halibut, and oyster fisheries ate abundant.

The State has not risen to much importance as a mining State, although it possesses various mineral resources, including gold, silver, copper. The output of coal in 1917 was 28,327 net tons, valued at 95,663 dollars. Granite and other building stones were extracted to the value of 413,867 dollars. Other minerals are occasional gems, cobalt, lead, gypsum, and platinum.

In 1914 the manufacturing industries of Oregon had 2,320 establishments with an aggregate capital of 139,500,379 dollars ; they employed 4,431 salaried officials and 28,829 wage-earners ; the cost of the raw material used was 63,257,821 dollars, and the value of the output. 109,761,951 dollars. These industries are associated with the forest, agricultural, pastoral, and fishery products of the State.

Oregon has good water facilities in the Pacific Ocean, the Columbia rivi-r the Willamette river, and the Snake river. The Dalles and Celilo Canal, completed in 1915, opens the Columbia and Snake rivers to river naviga- tion to a length of 570 miles from the ocean. Large ocean-going vessels can navigate the Columbia as far as Portland. Rivers and harbours are constantly dredged and improved. The value of imports at Portland for year ending December 30, 1919, was 3, 151,964 dollars, and of exports, 112,464 dollars. In