The InUfprU ll lha
only Cleckamaa Count
MwPf" h' prima
ail of the ne of this
growing County.
OREGON
NTEMIS
The Weekly Enterprise 4)
la worth tn arica. Corn-
paro It with othara and
than aubaenba.
FIFTIETH YEAR-Ne, St.
TRACY PROPQCIY
OURTH SOLD
10 PAPER HILL
COUNCIL PASSES ORDINANCE VA
CATINO FOURTH STREET BY
UNANIMOUS VOTE.
PLANS ARE HOT COMPUTED AND
DETAILS NOT YET HADE PUBLIC
With Two Now Unlta In Oparatlon,
Big Mill Will Employ BOO Man,
Making Total of 1700 Workers
In Ona InrJuatry Mora.
It boiuiuo known Wednesday night
thut tlm llowlcy Pulp Paper nin
pauy will Iji't'.lu aixiu I lio conolrucHoii
nt a acroiid addilonal unit to Ita mill
hero, when llio computiy, through C. I.
k '. t. lAtuurrttv, lla attorney, ap
peared beforo tlio c oil lie II anil aked
for tho vacation of Fourth olm. t from
Main lo Ilia Houthern pacific trues,
part of tlio iitti of tmw plant Tb
council unanimously paed on first
reading tin) ordlltuiicv vacating tlio
street.
Tha paper company Wedneaday ac
quired tho hull block bounded by Main,
tlm Houthern Pacific. Fourth and an
alley from Jamce Tracy for $10,000.
Tho now building will oid-nd from
Third to tho alley between Fourth and
Fifth stroeta, a dlatauco of almoat 400
feet, on Main.
Plana Not CompleWd.
Wlllard I. Iluwlcy Jr., aaelatunt to
lila father, who la president and gon
oral munugor of tha rouipauy, aaltl
Wednesday ulKlit that pluu fur tlio
now uult to tlio plant have nut been
completed, and that on announcement
of tlio equipment and alio of tho build
ings could out be madn fur aovoral
daya.
Tho now mill, however, will probably
contain another largo pupcr inncblni)
and other noceeiiury equipment, audi
na bentera and finishing equipment.
He Inforced concrete will prububly be
used in Ita contraction.
Thn roiupnny now la completing a
l OdO.Ooo addition to Ita'plnnt. two
lilK bulldlnc. one along MiiIii atrvet
and tho other on tho Inland uear Mill
A. Thn new mill, which will bo In
operation tint month, will have a
US, 000 paper niuchllie, ImvliiK the
luritital drying nipuclty of any paper
iilnchlno on thn I'uclfiu coust.
1000 Employ! Ultimata Aim.
W. I. Huwlcy Br, niinounccd aovoral
inotitha hko that he Intended to build
ultimately a mill which would employ
1(100 men, and would rank with tho
largest In tho country. Ho then tnndo
known hi Intention to construct thin
second additional unit, but In August
ho wuh forced to postpone, hla pinna
until tho first nddltiniiul unit, now
Hearing completion, was In nperutlnu,
owltiR to tho press of detullH in Km
coiiHtructlou. .
At Hint time., however, ho acquired
in option on tho Tnicy property for
two yearn, anil mild that ho would bo
Kin construction prnliably In HUT. Two
liuiulred moro men will be employed
In tho plant which will bu completed
next month, and thin Hccnnd additional
unit will probably udd another lino men
to thn payroll, brliiKlni; tlio total niini
her of hands. In tho company's mills
tip to ROD, nnd tho number of mnn em
ployed In tho paper Industry nt tho
falls of tho Willamette to 1700.
Council Offera Aid.
The council expressed Kb doHlroa to
do anything to nld In tho upbuilding
of ImliiHtrlcM hero, nnd Counvllmon
Toinploton, Motxnor and Cox were ap
pointed a commlttnn to wait on Mr.
lluwloy to lot him know tlio city's po
rtion In tho matter.
A large part of tho property on
which tho new mill will aland now la
vacant, but a dozen buildings moot be
torn down or niovod to imiko room for
it. Tho freight Bhod of tho Portland
Railway, Unlit & I'owor company,
standing on tho corner of Third and
Main streets, is probably tho largest
structure on tho -property. Tho com
pany 'has exprossod Its willingness to
mnvo Its freight shod to mnko room
for the addition to tho plant.
A two story coneroto garage on
Fourth and Main streets alo will bo
torn down. The old nrmory on Main
botwoen Third nnd Kourth, tisod now
as a Btoro house by tho papor com
puny, stnnds on tho site as woll as
Hovornl dwellings. The company has
begun negotiations with the city to
buy tho site of tho Cnlnrnct flroliouse
on Main streot noar Third for $1500.
The council is willing to sell tho prop
erty to Mr. Hnwloy.
Many Improvements Announced.
This is the second Important an
nouncement of plnns for tho expan
sion of Oregon City tnaustrlos within
tho Inst throe days. Monday tho Ore
gon City woolen mills announced Ira
provomont which would add GO per
cont to the capacity of the plant and
make It tho largest plant of its kind
west of the Mississippi.
These announcements are regarded
with particular significance here,
showing the rnpldly increasing lm.
portanco of Oregon City as an Indus
tral town.
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TONI GEHBOHI IS SUB
JAIL'S CMM SOLITUDE
CHOWO OP OFFICIALS AND CATH
OLIC PRIEST HEAP) CON
FESSEO SLAYER PLAY.
In tha grim hltahed wall of
tho (-'unity Jul I In tho Imneiuoiit of the
court homo Ibeio was a louurt l.tlo
Thursday nlKhl. Tool .CerlHiliI, ton
fe. niiildcrer, was tlm al.tr; the
audience, was i oinpoocd of a Catholic
priest, tho sheriff, tho rolntaldn, a po
IlK-man, a iii- npupi riuoii and 'two
paeraby and tlm proKrsui, It was
a brief nelertlon or lo of pleanant
niimlc from fur off Italy.
Fred Halm mid Ceruld Warner, 'n
paxoltiK tha coiirtbouan heard rrles
which they Interpreted to Ini 'Tolli-p."
Officer CtMiko was summoned, but tho
mnn waa crying for prlt. Iter,
John lU riiHrd. who Is acting a pa
tor of Ht. Johns Catholic chiiri h In the
abm-nca of ltv. A. Hlllvhrand. waa
railed and with Hherlfr Wllooii and
Cotialablo Front (ha party wrnt Into
tha county Jail to comfort Corbonl.
I Tha Italian la tha only Inuiata of thn
Jail and hi Ion e no in en cm bad the boot
of blm Word Intended to comfort
him, brought llttln comfort until Hhrr
'iff WIImiii went to bl olflco and re
i turned with Cerbonl'a mapdollii. Tho
aolltudn of the grim walls of tlm county
Jntl MMin forgotten, onto Cerbonl
luld hla bund on hla Moved luxtru
liienl, and be played the Iticlodlca of
hi nnllvv land while hi' small but
varied crowd stood amaed at hla abil
ity. Cerbonl U nut ulono today. Ho ha
hla mandolin, which Hherlff WlUnn
thinks will lead blm to forget hla trou
ble. SLAIN IN STORE
BY A BOY OF 17
YOUTH NURSING GRUDGE KILLS
LESTER GIFFORO, HIS FOR
MER EMPLOYER.
SHOOTING OCCURS AS OFFICER
ARRIVES TO RESCUE RANCHER
Laborer Demands Pay for Injuries
Received While at Work and
Presses Revolver to Victim
aa Ha Writes.
1.KW1STON, Idaho. Dec 10. Joweil
I Freng. tho 17-yoar-old son of Mr. and
i Mrs. M. Frcng. of l.owlRton, tonight
shot and killed his former employer,
I l.cHter Clifford, who hud extensive land
Interests ciiHt or tills city anu was wen
known throughout this cntlro district.
Frotig was uii einployo for thrco
weeks lust summer on Mr. Clifford's
ranch, at which time, ho says, ho wus
required to drlvo a dofoctlve header
box, and as a result of which a surlous
accident occurred which necessitated
his being confined In tho White hos
pital at Lewlstun for a month.
Iloforo going to tho hospital ho pur
chased a ,:i8-callber revolver, which ho
constiintly carried nftor leaving tho
hospital, and told Mr. Clifford If ho did
. Ill nmiin mnnnu 1i n wntllil
UUl) Iimi owuiu iiiviiu; w " wis
i shoot him. Tonluht he met Mr. Gitford
land his brother on Main stroot and
I I'nrk avenue nnd put the munlo of tho
revolvor against Mr. Olf ford's body,
tolling hi in ho would etthor pay him
$130 or would surfor tho consequences.
Mr. Olfford plondod he did not have
that amount of money with him, so
Freng forced him into the Idnnha.
I'hurinnoy, whoro Mr. Clifford wrote a
chock In Frong's favor for $130- Mr.
Olfford said ho wus signing the chock
under protost nnd would stop paymont
on It. lie told his brother to go out
and got a policeman.
As l'utrolmun Ktigono Gasser on
tored tho door, Frcng whipped out his
revolver and shot. Patrolman Gasser
leaped upon Freng, who fired threo
more shots, the bullets going wild.
I.oster Glfford was 23 years of age,
Ho leaves a widow with a ono-month-old
baby girl; also a mother, fnthor,
two brothers and three sisters, nil of
whom live hero excopt Mrs. Frank
Shaw, who Is in California.
ACTION IS BROUGHT TO
FDREGL05ES10.000NDTE
The United States National bank of
Portland Saturday filed a suit in the
Clackamas county circuit court to fore
close on a $10,000 mortgage agalnBt
C. E. and Alice C. Flolds. Warren E.
Thomas, who acts as a trustee, is also
a plaintiff In the action. An entire
section of Clackamas county land is
Involved. Arthur P- Tifft Med the
suit for the bank.
LEVVISTON MAN IS
iu:iON citv j:ntj:im'Imhi;, ri.'iDAV, in:
2 GIRLS, 1 1
13,
ADELLA MASON AND JUANITA
MARTIN WALK ALMOST ALL
THE WAY TO PORTLAND.
MUSIC LESSONS DISTASTEFUL TO
ELDER OF TWO YOUNG TRAVELLERS
Threats of Punishment In Jail Do Not
Dltturb Girls, Who Had Visions
of Making Walth Immediate
ly and Seeing the World.
Why ly home and take indole to
aolie blih you dldn, wlirn tlio
world l' kun and offers you millions
Why llva In Oregon City when fame
lurka around tha corner and wealth I
oaslly made?
Adtlla Manoli, agnd 13 years, saw
no rt'Mtou for etuylnx at home, and
with Junlta Martin, II, thn to set
out to ae tha world and all Ita won
dera and uiakn a fortuno Friday after
noon. They were brought ba k from
Cortland Friday bight -w llhoul weattli
or fame.
Hot h glrla attended tba Faslham
hool and arc In tho iUtli grade. For
daya they talked over tha matter, tak
ing a fow other glrla Into their confi
dence. Friday noon, Instead of going
back to school. Uioy sturted for Port
land afoot. They rra lied the Ouka
when they decided to rldo the ret of
tho way, own though they had no niou
y. A klndhearted woman paid Iholr
fare tho rest of tho way Into city.
Hut Portland did not have a brass
band to greet them. They found that
the street were nut paved with dub
lur. and a healthy appetite, developed
by their long walk, begun to bother
them. Perbitps thoso millions, which
the Manon girl suid sho was confident
of naming before they loft Oregon
City, were not so easily socured. They
decided that they wanted to com-
back lo Oregon City, but they wcro
without money, and It was dark. They
could uot walk back home.
One of tho girls bad an inspiration.
They would hire au automobile and
have their parents pny tho bill when
they readied Oregon City. Hut,
strangely, tiune of tho automobile
driver with the big forhlro signs dis
played on their curs, would undertuke
tho trip on that Condition.
Tho two then went to the pollen
hendiiuurters, they say. and surrender
ed themselves. Tho father of ono of
the girls brought them to Oregon City.
Juvenile Officer Frost spent Friday
afternoon on tho taw und ho sternly
warned them that another such adven
ture would mean their committment
to the rtato training school for girls.
Tli reals of Jail did not disturb them
even though the fathers of tho gills
ndded to Juvenile Officer vFrost's re
marks. The girls were allowed to ro
turn to their home with their fathers.
Adelln Mason Is the daughter of Mr.
und Mrs. Ilenjuniin Mason, of Ml Mo
lalln avenue, nnd Junltii Martin the
daughter of Mr. und Mrs. l.ouls Mar
tin, who lives near tho Knsthatn school.
WIFE W1MTED PAlCFOH
DIFFERENT THEORIES OF MAR
RIED LIFE LEAD TO ACTION
CHARGES DESERTION.
HonJumlu .K. Wcddlo believes that
his wtfo should nlBO be his housokoop
cr, that he Bhould feed and clothe her
and receive In return hor-services as
cook und chambermaid.
Ills wife, however, has a different
theory. She thinks that a wife Bhould
recolve pay for all housework per
formed and so informed her husband,
according to a divorce suit Mod by
him in the Clackamas county circuit
court Thursday. She demanded that
she receive wages as housekeeper. He
refused, and she loft, he maintains.
The Weddles were married Decombor
23, 1909, lu Oregon City. Ho also
charges that his wlfo has a temper
which niudo living with hor unbear-1
able, and that she called him names.
Sldlna Davis charges desertion
against Frank Davis In a divorce suit
filed Thursday. Thoy wore married
November 23, 1912, In Hillings, Mont
Hrownell & Sievers appear as at
torneys for the plaintiff in both di
vorce actions.
BOSTON DRYS LOSE
BOSTON, Dee. 200. Boston went
"license" yesterday by the surprising
majority of 23,000 in a total vote of
84,000. There were 2000 fewer "no"
votes than in 1915. The majority was
one of the greatest in Boston's history.
The high water mark waa rached In
1905 with a majority of 28.613. The
next highest majority for license was
in 1910, when tho Fltzgerald-Storrow
mayoralty contest attracted the high
est percentage of the registered poll in
the history of the city. The majoritjy
for license this year was 27,122.
AD
RUN
AWAY TO
HAKE
MILLIONS
LIKE WIS DISCUSS
IS
BLIND MERCHANT,, B. F. COOPER,
APPEARS BEFORE BODY AT
WEEKLY LtNCHEON.
The f.lve Wlree Of the Commercial
rlitb heard tha n-ru shin of tha
Ooargo annotation1 to Multnomah
county plan eipounJVd by an Oswego
inert hnt, II. F. Coir, al tho weekly
luni heon Tueday noun. Mr. Coopor
la blind.
Tba Oregon Iron it Htnrl company,
owner of val tradts of prowrty
through the Oepo dlitrli t. Is back
of Ibo plan and only for oclfi.li rea
son, declared Mr. Cooper. He op
IjmJ a shifting of thi county boun
darle to the north.
Htata Ht-nator Walter A. Dluilck told
the l.lo Wlrea that If (iackamaa coun
ty wanted to ket-p Ui" Oswego terri
tory, aouietblng should bo done at
once- That neighborhood had been
urglrcted, ho eaid, I demunded lut
mediate attention, from the county
court, particularly l the matter of
road.
II. T. Mclluln, chairman of a com
mittee tba purpose ofjabli h I to arjo
the construction of a federal bulldln
here. r-orted that be had written to
every member of the Oregon delega
tion In congress and (hut each one hud
proiuliu-d his support.
Harvey K. Cross, chairman of a com
mittee appointed to tounlder tho en
tertainment of the county's road super
vlnors In February, said that plans
were being formed to entertain the
aiipervlsors one or to days.
ATLANTIC COAST
TRANSPORTATION IN NEW YORK
CITY HAMPERED; LABOR IS
DIFFICULT TO SECURE.
TWO DIE IN CHICAGO BEFORE
BLIZZARD WEATHER MODERATES
College Students In New York Put to
Work at Street Cleaning, and Cost
of Work to City Is Estimated
at $500,000.
CHICAGO, Dec 16. Rising tem
perature, a gentle snowfall and the
abutement of high winds took oft con
siderable of the ragged edge of win
ter in Chicago und its territory toduy.
Meanwhile, however, tho tempest
had moved on to the Atlantic soabourd,
driving before It a foot of snow that is
causing some discomfort in eastern
cities, chiefly New York, and transpor
tation Is suid to be badly hampered
thero by the snow, nnd unusuul trouble
Is betug experienced In sxcjirlng labor
ers to clean tho streets.
All the available collego students
wore culled Into service lust night nnd
today, but even with this active and
enthusiastic addition to tho force- tho
city was not cleared of the heavy
Bnow. It is estimated it will cost the
city $500,000 to clean tho streets.
In ' Chicago there was not enough
snow to cnuso any disturbance In traf
fic or transportation schedules. Somo
Incoming trains were late, duo to bat
tling with snok baiuks east nnd west,
to broken rails and other Incidentals of
a high Btorm.
The Btorm, while sudden and severe,
did not leave the usual list of deaths.
Ono two fatalities were recorded in
this city. One night wntchmnn, be
numbed nnd blinded by the cold and
biiow, Bought refuge In a lumber office
and was burned to death. Tho other,
an aged woman, known only by her
first name, was found In a basement
frozen to death. She was a ragpicker
and had not been missed. Firemen
called to subdue a Binall blaze in tha
building, stumbled over her frozjen
corpse In the dark basement.
The first and really formal entry of
winter extended over a wire area.
Chily blasts swept as far south ns
Dalas, Tex., where a mark of 20 de
grees above zero, the coldest In two
years, wob recorded. ,
Circuit Judge Campbell decided for
the defendant Wednesday In the suit
of A. L. Moreland et al against I. 1
Clark. Thlrty-slx acres of land near
Mllwaukle and a 60-acre tract near
Sunnyside and a $2000 mortgage were
involved in the action, which grew out
of a complicated series of real estate
transfers and mortgages. H. E. Cross,
of Oregon City, and Olson & Wheel
don, of Portland, appeared for the
plaintiff and Dlmlck & Dimlck for the
defendant
TOWNSLONGTHE
ARE
SNOWBOUND
GIRL KILLS SELF
A
HOTLE IN SALEM
CHUM OF SLAYER IS WITNESS
OF TRAGEDY ENACTED IN
GIRL'S ROOM.
T. H. CUMMINCS IS VICTIM OF
HYRTLE WHITE OF PORTLAND
Dead Man Was Clerk In Marlon Hotel
In Capital City Farewell Note
la Found, Eaplainlng Mo
tive of Act.
HAI.KM, Ore, Dec. 19. L'nrciuited
love sa-cme to be the only motive to
explain double tragedy at the Murloo
hotel In this city today, when Myrtle
While, 16yearoId Portland girl, shot
and killed . Thomas W. Cummlngs,
night clerk at tha hotel, and then fa
tally shot herneli'. Both are bllevl
to have died Instantly. The shooting
took place at 12:45 p. m.
Mla White came to Salem yesterdaj
on the Oregon Klectrlc. She met MUs
t.llllnn Klghtllnger, a 17-year-old girl
of this city, In the afternoon, and made
arrangements to attend a theater that
night, according to the story told by
Miss Klghtllnder- After the theater
tho two glrla went to the Marlon hotel,
where they procured a room and stay
eu during the night.
Shortly after noon today. Miss
Klght'lnger auld, she arose and went
into the bathroom, leaving Miss White
In bed. While In the bath she heard
knock on the door of the room,
which waa on on upper floor of the
hotel. Sho heard the door open and
aome subdued talking. A few minutes
later she says she heard scuffling.
"After the scuffling continued for a
time I heard a shot." said Miss Klght
llnger. "Following the shot there was
silence, and then another shot was
fired. Then came a third shot. I was
so startled with the ftat shots I was
unable to move. After tho third shot
I went Into the room. ,
'Mr. Cummlngs was lying on the
floor. Myrtle was standing In the mid
dle of the room. At first 1 thought she
was attempting to reload the revolver,
but I saw. Instead, she was trying to
shoot herself.
; 'He didn't treat me right.' Myrtle
said as I stepped into the room.
"I wus so excited I ran out into the
hall to find a bellboy. When I found
one and we started back for the room
we heard another shot. When we
reached tho door of the room it was
locked."
A note, written apparently hastily,
but In a firm hand, was found by
Chief of Police Welsh. It said:
"We've had our time. Thero could
never be another liko It. There must
never be another less perfect, and so
good-bye. If wo have erred our lives
pay." ,
II, GAUGHT
IN IjOILlE, ML
YOUTH COVERS MUCH GROUND IN
WEEK JACK FROST GETS
WIRE FROM POLICE.
Juvenile Officer Jack Frost received
a wire from tho Marysville, Cal., po
lice that Will Baxter, 16-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baxter, who
ran away a week ago hud been caught
and was hold in jail there until word
was received from local authorities.
The boy's father will leave today for
Marysville for his sou.
Young Baxter, riding freight trains,
reached Marysvl'.'.a in one week. He
was a member of a party of four local
boys who left town together for the
south.
Juvenile Officer Frost found a trace
of them when one of the youths wrote
his father here that he would be In
Oakland a certain day this week and
that they would meet a member of
the party who had gone on ahead at
Marysville Friday. Juvenile Officer
Frost wired a description of Baxter to
the police in ' Marysville and a few
hours later the boy was in jail.
THREE MARRIAGE LICENSES
County Clerk Iva Harrington Satur
day Issued marriage licenses to Grace
M. Irwin and Carl Leveen, 344 Salmon
street Portland; Florence Hosensteln
nnd W. E. Priest, Jefferson apartments,
Portland, and Delia B. Scott and David
R. Armstrong, of Hubbard, route No.
2. Miss Scott is only 16 years old and
her husband-to-be, 20.
DIVORCE DECREE 8IGNED
Circuit Judge Campbell Friday sign
ed a decree divorcing Catherina Fisher
from William F. Fisher.
AND
YOUTH
'. Tirn-y
.. ..i.-.i
Urn
HIS S0 IS DISMISSED;
FRITZ TIMMERMAN DECLARES
MILO C. KINO BROUGHT AC
TION WITHOUT CONSENT.
FrIU Tlmmerman, aged and feeble,
an Jnnikie of the I'atton Home In Port-
lurid, denounced his own attorney, mho
C. King, of Greihum, from tho witnea
stand In the circuit court Friday soon
after the trial of the old umn'e rase
ugitlimt hi son, Carl, bis daughter In
law, Harriet, and C. Brnurbel, aa trus
tee, opened. Judge Campbell dlomlased
tha action aoon after the old man mado
hi aenitatlnnal ttuteuients.
The aged p'alutiff auld that the ault
was brought without bis consent and
that he did not want It pronecuted.
He charged King with attempting to
defraud him and hla son, Carl, of their
$M)00 farm near Boring.
The complaint charged that Carl
Tlmmerman. through misrepresenting
thn raie to hla aged father, who can
not it-ad Fnglltib, Induced him to algn
a dwd to the property at Boring. Thn
old man claimed that be deeded the
valuable farm to the son on the condi
tion that bo be provided for the re
mainder of hla life and that his other
son, Julius, be given a share of the
estate. The old man holds a life lease
on the property and Jtjlius was given
$2500 mortgage, due six months aft
er the old man's death, and 20 acres
or land, which he sold for $200.
C. Scbucbel, as trustee for the hold
era of a mortgage against the land,
was named defendant. He also rep
resented the other defendants as at
torney. Mr. 8chuebel believes that the
case was brought at the Instance of
Julius Tlmmerman, who Is seeking a
larger share of his father's property.
TO END THE WAR
DUMA AT PETROGRAD WASTES NO
TIME IN TURNING DOWN
PROPOSITION.
WASHINGTON ANNOUNCES IT WILL
NOT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
Notea Will Be Transmitted to Entente
Without Comment Long Cabi
net Meeting Held to Debate
the Situation.
I LONDON. Dec. 15. A dispatch to
Reiner's Telegram company from Pet
rograd says:
'The Duma hns unanimously passed
a resolution against the acceptance of
the German peace proposals, after a
spirited speech by the Minister of for
eign affairs."
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. President
Wilson has decided that the notes of
the central powers proposing a discus
sion of peace to the entenfe alllies
would be sent forward by the Ameri
can government acting as Intermediary
without an accompanying mediation
offer of its own. He has not deter
mined whether any action in behalf of
peace will be taken later by the United
States on its own account, but Is hold
ing himself in readiness to serve in
any way possible toward bringing the
warring nations together.
Since the first note arrived, the one
from Germany, the president and his
closest advisers have been absorbed in
study of the situation created.
The fact that the cabinet meeting
today lasted more than three hours and
was the most prolonged of the year,
attracted profound attention in offi
cial circles and led to all sorts of specu
lation.
FEATURES OF PLAN
RUSSIANS REJECT
mm o
OF OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILLS
Size of building Three stories, constructed of reinforced concrete,
80 by 250 feet, extending along Third street toward the river from
present building. Building will house, on first floor, machine shop,
Btorage rooms, cafeteria and kitchens and rest and dressing rooms
for employes; second floor, weave room; third floor, garment fuc-
tory.
Special conveniences for employes A modern cafeteria and sanl-
tary kitchens will occupy space on the first floor of new building
and food will be served at actual cost. Space also provided for rest
and dressing rooms and modern cloak room. Plant to be well ventl-
lated and light will pour in through windows which will extend from
floor to celling on every story.
Interesting figures about addition Output of plant will be increased
60 per cent and 150 more persons employed, bringing the total num-
ber up to about 550. One hundred and fifty looms of the most
modern type will be installed, and the weave room will rank
with the best in the nation. Many more sewing machines will
be installed and throughout the new factory each machine will be
driven by an Individual motor, operated by electricity generated at
company's own power plant. New building will have over 60,000
square feet equal to one and a -half city blocks. Entire plant will
be rearranged, departments moved and mill modernized from cellar
to roof and from one end to the other.
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FACTORY WILL BE ONE OF BEST
AND MOST COMPLETE IN NATION
Cafeteria, In Which Food Will Ba
Sorvod for Actual Cost, and Other
Convenience for Employes
Feature New Building.
Announcement of plans for the con
struction of a tbreo-atory, sO by 250
feet, reinforced concrete addition to
the plant of the Oregon City Manufac
turing company and the complete re
arrangement of the plant. Improve
ments which will Increaae the capac
ity of the mill 50 per cent and make
It the largest woolen mill west of tho
Mississippi river, was made Saturday
by Adolph R. Jacobs, president of the
company. Construction will be Start
ed In the near future, said Mr. Jacob.
The new three-story concrete addi
tion will extend along tbe south lde
of Third street toward the river from
the present ihree-ftory brick building
which fronts along Main. The top
floor will be occupied by tha com
pany's enlarged garment factory, tha
second floor by the weave room, with
150 of the moat modern typo of looms,
and the ground floor will be used for
a machine room, storage and a cafe
teria and kitchens.
The building will have 60.000 square
feet of floor space, an equal to one
and half Portland city blocks.
Much Light and Fresh Air.
One of the features of the new
structure will be Its lighting. The
roof will be of the monitor type, wltn
five-foot windows. On three sides of
the building from one end to the other
and from the floor to the roof of each
story will be large glass windows, ad
mitting a flood r Kght
Ventilation, too, has received close
attention from Mr. Jacobs in prepar
ing the plans for the building, and
each floor will be supplied with fresh
air by use of a fan system.
On the first floor of the new build
ing will be a modern cafeteria. In
which the mill will serve food to Its
employes at coat Kitchens will ad-
; join the cafeteria.
The construction of this new build
ing, however, is only a part of the
plans. Practically every machine in
tho entire plant will be moved, all old
machines will be scrapped or sold and
only the latest types of machinery in
stalled. j Complete Re-arrangement of Plant.
A complete re-arrangement of the
I plant from basoment to roof, there
fore Is necessary. Economy of hand
ling the products In their various
stages of manufacture has entered
largely Into the drafting of the plans
for the new mill. Wool will be un
loaded from cars on one side of the
track and the finished garments.,
blankets, rugs and . other products
loaded on the other.
This entire change In the arrange-
ment of the mill will be made prlncl
l nallv herause it will mean a savin e in
handling.
With these Improvements made the
local woolen mill will be the equal of
any of the east in equipment and qual
ity of product and will also rank as
one of the largest In the nation. Us
position as the largest west of the
Mississippi will be undisputed.
Payroll Greatly Increased.'
With the addition completed 150
more hands will be employed and
the payroll, increased agout 60 per
cent- The mill will then employ 550
persons.
The Oregon City Manufacturing
company has a market for its wares
which is national In scope. The prod
ucts, or better say, the sales of their
products, total over $1,000,000 per
year. The famous Navajo Art Craft
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