Record Crowd Tops at 30th Pacific International Exhibit
Walter Holt reports the 30th Pacific International drew the biggest crowd and record numbers. Exhibits totaled 136 146 with 5 733 show animals across livestock, poultry, dogs, dairy goats, and crops. The two day show featured 1 251 dogs and 1 200 birds among 29 49 land product displays and 1 068 in prize money.
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Walter Holt
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West
T Can Sociely
Berns
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Northwest States
Oregon Dairy Industry Statistics and 1947 P I Show Review
The 8 year period 1987 1647 published as Oregon's Dairy Industry includes cattle by class farm production values and prices. Dairy cows reach 261000 in 1947 with beef cows surpassing since 1943. Western Oregon hosts over 70 percent of milk cows led by Marion Tillamook Clackamas Coos Lane Linn Malheur Jackson. Beef cows total 313000 in 1946 led by Lake and Malheur. Central Oregon counties hold many beef cattle. The 1947 P I car lot set records with open class 110000 and 4 H 146396 F F A 81061 in premiums. The show was praised as a great event.
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Oregon
Marion County
Tillamook
Washington
Clackamas
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P. I
Holt
Lumber Piling Up At West Coast Sawmills
H V Simpson reports lumber stockpiles growing due to railroad car shortages. At end of October total on hand reached 559 758 000 board feet, up 5.47 fold in six months from 361 778 000. Douglas fir region October production averaged 146 382 000 feet per week, with October shipments near September levels. He notes sustained strong orders imply heavy construction through winter despite usual weather slowdowns.
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West Coast
H. V. Simpson
Portland
Simpson
Traffic Annual Ready To Be Distributed
Oregon's 1847 Traffic Annual, a 33 page booklet, outlines the accident year 1946 statistics. The Traffic Safety Division notes sharp postwar increases in deaths and injuries with highway wrecks accounting for about four out of five fatalities.
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Oregon
Secretary of State
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