The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., December 13, 1890, page 2

THE NORTH DALLES

     The Dalles boot and shoe factory is nearly completed and the machinery arrived last week.  There were several car loads of it, and in a conversation with the foreman, he told us he had been given carte blanche in buying the plant and had the latest and best machinery to be purchased.  There is no doubt that the new company means business.  We are also told that the machinery would be running early in January, and from the way it is being pushed to completion this will no doubt be accomplished.  Mr. Taylor and another gentleman connected with the North Dalles Townsite Company will start east about January 1st, and will place the lots on sale in Eastern cities.  There is a certainty of every lot being sold, and this means that other industries will be inaugurated.  It is more than probable that the tannery which will be established in connection with the boot and shoe factory will be located here.

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     The locating of the tannery here would be a good thing for this section, and an equally good thing for the tanners.  There is an inexhaustible quantity of hemlock bark, the best of tanning materials, and it could be delivered at a point, say near the forks of the river for a nominal price.  It is cheaper to haul the hides to the bark than to ship the bark, and we believe that the big boot and shoe factory at The Dalles will yet be the cause of the tannery being located here.