Oregon and its natural resources

w there's an old Legend in Oregon that our early explorers the Lewis and Clark expedition each year send back a trusted Scout Mission travel again the old Oregon Trail and return with the latest word on what is ahead for the beaver state to this Pioneer Scout of our Legend here is the new state of Oregon south of the Columbia River in Washington state west of farmrich Idaho north of sunburn Nevada and California and clear to the wide Pacific where a new frontier of opportunity in our United States our vast natural resources are now being discovered and developed to the nation we're becoming known as the Eager Beaver state two states in one towering Cascade Mountains still divide our East from West and our climate into moist and dry steep rugged grandor right down the center of the state on Eastern slopes High Plateau land found to be perfect for dry dirt farming great Rolling Acres of grain and fine potato land crops to thrive with limited rainfall on Western Cascade slopes warm Pacific currents still bring moisture to help us develop our Rich Earth into Lush pasturage for dairy farming and out of the weird spires and Bleak Rock Crags of Central Oregon a new Treasure of minerals is Flowing bucket line dredges scoop up tons of gold or bearing Earth floating factories in the mineral fields [Music] tunnel from our Painted Hills are the ores of silica silver copper lead zinc manganese magnesite perlite and diamite near Roseberg is mind the AE of that strange fluid metal called Quicksilver or Mercury at glass butes Oregon the hill slopes gleam with obsidian natural glass created by volcanic explosions jewels of shining black flashing red huge deposits of alumina discovered near Portland give promise for a great aluminum industry to come in a light metal World from The basti Cliffs of Oregon comes a strong material to build dams and bridges man-made Stone from Mills like this busy cement plant here at lime out of the strata of minerals piled 30 million years high is pouring more and more riches through our Eager Beaver State minerology research center of our state's mining industry is a million-dollar laboratory operated in Albany Oregon by the federal bureau of Minds working patiently skilled minerology combine objectives of both Science and Industry to create a better way of life zirconium germanium brillium chromium and thorium are among the metals produced here all vital today in the manufacturer of radio vacuum tubes and in atomic energy developments the shape of Tomorrow is being cast in Pilot plants today research advances into nickel lead zinc chromite vadium Florine platinum and high iron content boide the Oregon mineral Trail is well on its way toward the light metal era ahead and we shall owe much to the pioneering efforts of Bureau of Mind scientists at Albany and to our tireless Prospectors who still search the mountains of Oregon for new traces on Western slopes of these Cascade Mountains still rises another Oregon treasure trees watered by rain winds from the sea as in the days of our earliest explorers here is the yearround greenery vast forests of towering Douglas fur of tall Spruce Hemlock and pine of The Fragrant Cedar more stands of Virgin Timber than in any other state of the union here in the most perfect climate for growing trees Timber is raised as a crop to be harvested on a farsighted schedule by the lumber companies cooperating to keep Oregon Green Tree farms nurse seedlings which will be transplanted to grow new forests for our grandsons from Watchtower strategically placed in all wooded areas alert Rangers forever scan the landscape for that Telltale whisper the smoke the terrible warning signal that the greatest menace to our forest Heritage is on the prow fight scorched Earth funeral P to a careless flame here are the black scars of the 1933 Calamity at teluk worst in Oregon's history 10 billion board feet of Saw Timber were seared to the soil but from the Grim ashes of desolation Rises the timber for tomorrow through our unending reforestation today and forever the Ring of the axe Echoes through these fabulous Woods where you Pioneers a hundred years ago hunted the beaver now more and more lumbering processes are being mechanized speedier and easier methods through the miraculous power of modern machinery [Music] handling millions of board feet of lumber every year calls for special mechanical equipment this strange vehicle was invented by a group of clever native sons who knew just what was needed fast pickup Oregon Lumber is hammered into the homes of our nation worked into Exquisite forms art Creations which go out as Goodwill ambassadors of Oregon is the rare wood of the Myrtle tree treasured for beauty and Lasting utility new exciting use of wood scraps once discarded as useless waste is made made possible through wallboard after chips have been shredded the wood shavings are squeezed together in a hydraulic press under terrific pressure wood fibers are compressed into a composite board rivaling the strength of standing Timber new methods for making plywood have created another important industry in Oregon great peeler logs are now paired like f Into Thin sheets which are welded together into solid walls of wood strong and Beautiful from the products of Oregon's Forest now come much more than Beaver skins for the felt hats of [Applause] yesterday from Flat arid Eastern Plains over which you early Oregon trailers kept on rolling because you thought this dry Wasteland until Also Rises a new Harvest here our yield of wheat per acre now compares favorably with the best Harvest of the dtas huge mechanized combines reap and thr vast fields in record [Music] time this High Plateau land is ideal for mechanized farming equipment on 65,000 Farms brightening more than 20 million Acres oats are another important food crop with our average summer temperature hitting just 67° and in Winter holding a 30° average Oregon offers just about ideal agricultural conditions for Rapid crop production in the western section around Salem barley does exceptionally well Alfalfa which you Pioneers never heard of a 100 years ago is feed for our farm animals along with our great hay Harvest fields of fragrant Clover a soil restoring rotation crop also provide our Farmers with more than a million pounds of clover seed to sell each year to Farmers in other states 20,000 acres are planted to Sugar beads from this root crop comes sugar sweet as a of Cuba more than 2500 Acres of crisp green lettuce are packed each year ready for Market when other lettuce Fields have gone to seed potatoes more than 40,000 Acres of the tubers averaging 160 bushels from each acre tribute to our soil of volcanic ash in Sandy Loom perfect for all root crops including the squash so amusing named by Oregon's early Indians along the Oregon Coastline fertile soil and moist climate make the Pacific Highway a path through a fragrant flower garden the bulbs of these lilies are sold to garders the world over near Portland are shimmering fields of tulips at Grant's Pass where once mighty forest grew now bloom a crop of gladiolas that yield a greater profit to the B Growers than was earned from the standing timber in Oregon roses blossom red all year round our annual Festival in Portland world renowned as the city of the Roses is a mecca for flower lovers world famous to is Oregon's fruit $45 Million worth a peach of a crop our luscious Anup peir is also becoming known from coast to coast as the perfect Christmas gift from the Northwest a pearshaped $12 million a year there's a saying if it comes from a tree it probably grows in Oregon our wonderful Hood River apples stem from 800 original seedlings and a few grafted trees you early Pioneers tracked over the Oregon Trail in 1847 from from other Eastern Oregon trees come English walnuts now known as Oregon walnuts our Bieber state is the largest producer of filberts sometimes known as hazelnuts bing cherries from the Dells are an all year round crop no more does America import from Italy 90% of its Mariscos they now come from Oregon as do blackberries raspberries gooseberries and strawberries and an annual crop valued at $3.5 million and extending the old Oregon Trail into the lives of people everywhere bringing them new enjoyment and health through the fruits of our Eager Beaver state to deliver the fruit of our trees in perfect freshness great factories close to our Orchards work around the clock processing to perfection [Music] oh [Music] packed in refrigerated trucks and railroad cars some quick Frozen and the rest canned those treats travel a new Oregon Trail of good taste our turkeys too are now traveling High wide and handsome range fed for some holiday table Far Far Away approximately a qu of a million head of sirloin Stakes raised on the good grass and Sweet Water of Oregon ranges each year give us a gross return of about $60 million on the yearr round Evergreen pasture land of our moist Western Meadows a quarter of a million milch cows now graze Dairy ranchers they're never called farmers in Oregon sell most of the rich Jersey milk and cream at tmok here is churn the famous tmok cheese in Pioneer Days a slice of tiok was literally worth its weight in gold and was so traded even Steven from Pendleton Oregon in the North to the Navada line in the South now graze our flocks of priz sheep our sheep herders are descendants of the blackeyed basks who came here from Spain and still retain the language and customs of the [Music] Pyrenees raising sheep cheering them and then weaving the wool into Oregon designed garments we're one of the few American states to do the entire process within our own borders more swimsuits are woven in Portland than anywhere fishing boats put out from KZ Bay Oregon for offshore operations all in all our wonderful fishing resources add up to a $25 million a year industry which also delivers to the nation Al aort tuna sturgeon bass and Shad watch the leaping [Music] fish to help our fabulous salmon get Upstream over the high dams built across their spawning bed Rivers our specially constructed fish ladders another effort to conserve the natural resources of the old Oregon Trail one natural resource in Oregon where we can't improve upon nature is the dut River the only stream in the world which practices its own flood control here spongy Banks absorb all overflow which then seeps back into the river to keep its flowing Waters at a constant level the Oregon water Trail is leading our state to power and productivity undreamed of by you early Pioneers Reclamation projects such as magnificent Bonnie build Dam on our side of the Columbia River transforms our flowing mineral into electric power and in addition along others of Oregon's Rivers like the clamo and the Rogue other man-made barriers harness the water for power power to travel through high tension cables to all parts of Oregon behind our dams great reservoirs store the water for irrigating the once dry fields of the Beaver state through irrigation ditches in the theuts valley in our John Day country and on the plateaus of Central Oregon Reclamation is producing new Treasures to travel over the modern Oregon Trail from thousands of Acres that were once Aid wastelands the old trail is now paved for highspeed progress from Seaside to Riverside and across our mountains a 7,000 M network of modern highway to move Oregon traffic to the far reaching of the nation through the locks of our engineered waterways out of the ports of our Harbor cities ships the cargo produced from Oregon's natural resources from outside Oregon are imported the resources we lack [Music] high in dollar volume are the precious petroleum products which must be brought into Oregon from California diesel fuel lubrication for our Motors gasoline for our cars through these vehicles of modern Transportation the Pioneer Villages of Oregon are now just ghosts of the the old days new cities and towns grow and prosper in their places along the Oregon Trail of today atoria Seaport City first permanent settlement in Oregon with its fairy boats and fishing fleets asoria is a far cry from its original fur trading post founded by John Jacob Aster in 1811 Portland here an Ever growing vigorous population creates an industrial capital of the Northwest as well as an important cultural center of artistic and intellectual leadership clth Falls near Lake clth is now a wealthy Business Center Marketplace for lumber cattle sheep and a city of attractive homes Salem on the wamit river is now our state capital here proudly Rises the symbol of Oregon new forms from old traditions always the Pioneer Eugene in the Upper wamt Valley is a center of learning here is the University of Oregon now spreading over a 100 Acre campus from its humble beginning in 1876 Coralis to the north is the site of Oregon State College which started as a community school in in 1852 Oregon though one of the youngest states in the union is second in literacy 199% of oregonians can read and write in proportion to our population there are more schools in Oregon than in any other state of the union and twice as many hospitals as the national average churches of all Fai Grace our every Community spires Rising an answer to the prayers of the four Indians who retraced the early Oregon Trail to St Louis Missouri to ask for what they called a Christian book there is a spiritual quality in the scenery of Oregon in the Mystic Stillness of Crater Lake High in an extinct volcano a mind can know the [Music] truth here is s to far reaching and forever there are beautiful dreams to find in the blue depths of Clear Lake water 40° cold and Crystal down to 40 ft there's Peace of Mind in the full quietness of huge Lake clam calm Inland Sea along whose Shores even baby pelicans can walk unafraid along the agot seashore from Columbia beach at the river's mouth to Gold Beach where the Rogue River plunges to Sea there's a white sand and Blue Pacific to create a paradise of Simple Pleasures for Oregon's people Seal Beach Oregon is for other Sun worshippers here our heard of about 300 sea lions come each year for wintering in the ocean caves of our Coast after a summer in Alaska up the Rogue River a rainbow and speckled trout and a sea of salmon in Ocean and stream we go for ticles neighborly get togethers in Oregon City south of Portland each year our Governor's horse guard climaxes our centennial celebration to honor our Pioneer Tradition at our famous Pendleton Roundup the whole state turns out to see the same name Pioneer daring in action taking a chance for a prize The Unbroken Spirit of Oregon is as alive as the wild horses which still roam our hidden valleys our youth grow up with the energy of the Nimble deer in our virgin snowy Woods our recreational resources are as joyfully free as the wild ducks geese and pheasants which soar and dip over the bird sanctuaries of our re marshes the four seasons of Oregon give our people an exciting Vitality spring summer autumn winter [Music] Oregon State of great natural resources of mountain mines and Valley forests state of good people good Americans who like you early Pioneers will bear no prejudice against any man for his race his color or his Creed look into their faces to see what is ahead for the Oregon Trail a state of plenty of butter and cream of potatoes and greens of bread from great fields of Amber wheat of honey sweet beet sugar of delicious fruits of filberts and walnuts and red red roses of Oregon turkeys for our feasts of Thanksgiving yes take back the word pioneer Scott of our Legend This is the End only of our s Centennial report to you not the end of our Oregon Trail there are many great things ahead for this Eager Beaver State along our Trail to tomorrow a