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INDUSTRIES OF THE PAST WAV ELAND WOOLEN MILLS
WAV EL AN S BIGGEST AND OUTSTANDING INDUSTRY WAS THE ULMAN WOOLEN MILLS, CONSTRUCTED AND FINANCED BY THE LATE ALFRED ULMAN IN THE *80S.
SHEEP RAISING /WD WOOL GROWING WAS QUITE A COMBINED INDUSTRY IN THAT AND ADJOINING SECTIONS* SHEEP HEREABOUTS NEED NO OTH R ATTENTION THAN THE NATURAL GRAZING LAND AFFORDS.
LOCATED ON NICHOLSON AVENUE, IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE RAI'LROAD TRACKS,
THE MILLS WERE FR/WE BUILDINGS. PRINCIPAL PRODUCT WAS WOOL BLANKETS; SECONDLY, SHAWLS, LARGE 13.ACK AND WHITE PLAIDED SHAWLS IN BLOCK PATTERN WERE POPULAR. MANUFACTURED OF PURE WOOL AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE FABRIC HOLD, THE SHAWL AND BLANKETS WERE COMFORTABLE AND EVERLASTING*
FUR INDUSTRY
THE FUR INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY* THERE WERE 15»000 ACRES OF TRAPPING LAND AND 60 MEN ENGAGED IN TRAPPING. IN W5-3S THERE WERE 50,000 HIDES SHIPPED BUT IN 1936-5? ONLY 20,000. THESE HIDES 3.R0UGHT„.AN AVERAGE PRICE OF 85 C^ITS PER HIDE. THERE WERE TEN FUR BUY TNG OPERATORS IN THE COUNTY. SOME OF THE LANDS WERE LEASED AND OTHERS WORKED ON A COMMISSION ON GROSS SALES.
BAY CANNING CO.
THE BAY CANNING CO. WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1935 BY THE FOLLOWING COMPANY:
R. J. LAINER, MRS. R. J* LAINER AND MIQUEL PARILLO. THE FACTORY WAS LOCATED ON THE BAY OF ST. LOUfS fN THE NORTH WARD AND WAS ESTABLISHED R)R THE PURPOSE OF CANNING SHRIMP, OYSTERS AND VEGETABLES THOUGH VEGETABLES WERE A MINOR OBJECTIVE. THE CANNED PRODUCT WERE SHIPPED BY WHOLESALE THROXIGHOUT THE UNITED STATES* THE FACTORY CANNED TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY BARRELS OF SHRIMP AT A COST OF $14,595 AND THIRTY THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE BARRELS OF OYSTERS AT A COST OF $18,069.08* THE COMPANY OWNED TWENTY LARGE POWERBOATS WHICH EMPLOYED EIGHTY MEN AND NINETEEN SKIFFS WHICH EMPLOYED ABOUT THIRTY-SIX MEN.