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About The times. (Portland, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1912)
THE TIMES ARMSTRONG Portland’s New Suburban Industrial Town on the Oregon Electric Line. Men Wanted BANK Building MR. B. N. GARRETT, Mgr., Armstrong Townsite Co., , Portland, Ore. DEAR SIR: Beg to advise th at this com pany is rapidly arranging its attairs and getting in shape to move to our new location at Armstrong. We especially urge th at you rush tho pro motion of the town to the u t most. I t is im portant th at we have a large volume of available labor tliero in the very near future. Only one thing can possibly delay us in moving and th at is labor. I do not believe th at this will be tho case. Ie believe th at when the laboring man is shown tho many attractive features of Armstrong th at they will lo cate there and it is up to you show them these attractions. Plans for our new factory have been completed and same can be seen at any time at our office. Our buildings ns planned cover some 50,000 square feet of floor space, and we will furnish employment for 230 men. We wish to have this much labor available in the shortest possiblo time. Requesting th at you keep us adviged as to w hat progress you are making, etc., we are, Very truly yours, ARMSTRONG MANUFAC TURING CO., H.H. By E. P. Armstrong. "Work on the new Arm strong State Bank build ing has begun and it will be rushed to completion. UNITED SECURITIES CO., 223 Lumber Exchange Bldg., Portland, Ore. G ENTLEM EN :— Regarding the Ely-Norris Managanese Bank Safe also tho Vault Door purchased bv you for the Armstrong State Bank. Beg to advise that same is now in stock and ready for im mediate delivery and will be shipped as soon as you notify us to do so. Yours truly, NORRIS SAFE & LOCK CO., It. V-'. .Holler, Local Mgr. 1IWH.S Several enrs of brick are now on the ground for the big Armstrong factory and the buildings will be rushed without delay. THERE IS A REASON FOR THE ARMSTRONG MANUFACTURING COMPANY BUILDING THEIR EXTENSIVE PLANT AT ARMSTRONG OTHER MANUFACTURERS SHOULD KNOW THIS REASON ARMSTRONG OFFERS REAL ADVANTAGes—Shipping facilities; high-grade labor; men who can own a big piece of fertile ground around their comfortable homes; men whose spent energy can be recuperated in the pure atmosphere of the luxuriant Willamette Valley; men who can begin their daily shop duties with vim and courage of good health. City-life with its nerve-wrecking effect and demoralizing influence on body and soul, fast consumes the spent forces of men in such environments. In ARMSTRONG such conditions are absolutely obliterated. Workmen and skilled mechanics can reach their shop in two minutes’ walk. The half-hour or hour spent in stuffy streetcars can be more profitably spent in their vegetable gardens, reaching their city tenements. MANUFACTURER’S ATTENTION FREE The Armstrong Townsite Company is offering liberal factory sites FREE for the establishment of industries. Negotiations are now in progress with Factory several extensive concerns who are attracted by the advantages of ARM the new manufacturing town. Call or write for particulars be SITES STRONG, fore the trackage sites are all gone. HOME S E E KE RS We are offering full lots 50x100 feet, in ARMSTRONG as low as $100 on easy terms; $10 down and $10 monthly. Every purchaser gets a'GUARANTEE that the property purchased will be bought back at the price paid in a stated period in ease ho is not satisfied with it. Call at office or write for particulars. ATTEND TO THIS NOW. Cut the corner coupon out. fill in your naimf and mail it NOW. ARMSTRONG TOWNSITE CO. 223 Lumber Exchange Building Corner Second and Stark Streets, Portland, Oregon A