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the Columbia. In 1881 William was tho proprietor of two canneries, 

 one at Astoria, Orog;., and one at Eagle Cliff, Wash. R. D. Hume, 

 a third brother, in the same year had a cannery in operation on the 

 Rogue River, and established three others, one at P>agle CHff (then 

 owned by William Hume), one at Rainier (then belonging to Jackson & 

 Myers), and one at Astoria. The fourth brother, Joseph, came to the 

 coast in 1871 and some time later established a cannery on the river. 



One of the pioneer canners on the river was the late F. M. Warren, 

 operating as the Warren Packing Co., who established a cannery at 

 Cathlamct, Wash., in 1869. The same company is still operating 

 the plant. Later another cannery was established at Warrendale, 

 Oreg., and it also is still operated by this company. Mr. Warren was 

 the inventor of a retort, patented on April 10, 1877, which was in use 

 by the principal canneries on the coast for a number of years. 



John West was another pioneer. He built a cannery at Hungry 

 Harbor, Wash., about 1869. In 1881 he moved his plant to West- 

 port, on the Oregon side of the river. Mr. West was the inventor 

 of a packing machine for placing the fish in the cans. 



In 1871 the firm of Megler & Jewett established a cannery on the 

 present site of Brookfield, Wash., and named it in honor of Mrs. Meg- 

 ler 's birthplace. North Brookfield, Mass. In 1876 the plant was 

 greatly enlarged and J. G. Megler bought out his partners and took 

 in Mr. Macleay, of Corbitt-Macleay, wholesale grocers, of Portland 

 and San Francisco, and changed the firm name to J. G. Megler & Co., 

 under which title it operated until 1929. In 1879 Mr. Megler bought 

 out this partner and owned the plant until his death in 1915, since 

 when it was operated by his widow for a number of years and then 

 was leased. 



The first soldering machine used on the Columbia River was in 

 this plant, while the steam box and lacquering machines were first 

 put in use on the river in this plant. 



In 1874 the Adair brothers, S. D. and John, jr., erected a cannery 

 at Astoria, the second one to be built there. Before packing began, 

 A. Booth, the well-known Chicago fish dealer, and progenitor of the 

 present Booth Fisheries Co., acquired a half interest in the plant, 

 which was then named A. Booth & Co. John Adair, jr., was the 

 manager. The brothers established canneries on the Fraser River 

 and in some seasons exchanged places in operating on the two rivers. 

 S. D. Adair sold out his cannery on the Fraser and bought one on 

 the Columbia and operated it under the firm name of S. D. Adair 

 & Co. After selling out his interest in A. Booth & Co., S. D. Adair 

 formed a partnership with William B. Adair under the style of S. D. 

 Adair & Co. in 1881. The brothers were active in the industry for 

 a number of years. 



J. O. Hanthorn, under the firm name of J. O. Hanthorn & Co., 

 established one of the largest canneries on the river at Astoria in 

 1876. He invented a rotary can washer for washing cans after they 

 were filled ready for soldering and before the tops were put on. 



In the same year Marshall J. Kinney began his long and interesting 

 career in the canning business by establishing a cannery at Astoria. 



One of the most noted men the Columbia River produced was 

 Mathias Jensen, a Dane, who fished there for some years. He 

 achieved especial fame from his important inventions in canning 

 machinery. His first invention, however, was a machine for filling 



