THE .ORBUO.V STATES3IAX:. TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1018 PIONEER PRUNE PACK1NGCONCERN Gile & Co., 'the Firml That Made Willamete Valley Prunes Famous . t ... . ... i ' - 'V "A prophet Is teldom without lion- i or, save fa bis own country' Is a true a Baying as It was when it ; was first spoken nearly two centuries ago, when conditions were similar to those right here in Salem to-day. Many know, or have heard of the firm of II.'. S. Gile & Co.. but I am tafe in saying that few know much about its business, or'the blg month vly pay-roll it maintains, and has since ! lTtany years ago. , , . j ' Mr, Gile, senior tn ember j of i the .company, established the first prune r,:packing plant In S.tleni, and has-seen this business grow from the iploneer , of small beginnings, when prune or chards were-not numerous nor so well cultivated as they are today, to ..'one of the largest prune packing in dustries lc the entire northwest. . -K Watched The jlluKine irw, ; ;JMr. W. T- Jenks became Mr. files' associate many years ago, and to gether they have (worked and watch ed the development ofj Oregon prunes. - They: own and manage tome large m Jortebrda In a successful manner. ' .1. ITKey . ship-prunes to all j paits Of -the world in which It la possible for Oregon prunes to T plants at NewbCrg and Roseburg em ploy almost as I man I' more. ; Allied Manufairtitritig Institutions, ' Mr. Gile la president pf the Pheas ant Fruit JolcCoiripany, manufact urers of the finlonj "Phex." the "kllcklesa". beverai which la saip ped to all jaruof tie United States, and many orefgn countries, as well as to all arrayf cantonments and to ships of the United states navy. This company lalt year, ordered 140 car-loads of gla4s bottles, moved them to Salem, If illedf and shipped the larger number put with "Phez," and . far this yeartthe cLmpany has con tracted for. eigSty ci f many more. r: be consumed. They were the first td introduce Oregon prunes into England, Francej and -Germany, in all of which countries the company did a large business un til i the war f broke' out in August. 1S14. It. is not Very fashionable to , fcfcip Oregon prunes, to Germany Just now, but the-firm does ship to neu ! tral countries, and to our allies f when they, can get shipping. j Th Plants and Kmplc-ye, ' vThe firm of IL S. Gile & Co.. ' filiated with the Willamette Valley Prune ssociation, Jin whicn name the Salem plant, is operated, while ; the 1 packing 'bouses are located at I New terg, with assembling warehouses at . Kiddle and 'Myrtle Creek, owned by . IL S. Gile & Co., with malo . for all in Salem, j : r In .the height Jof the season the plant In Salem, employs upwards ot 125 people, mostly men, while ; the hi is af- bffice Y'H. A. JOHNSON & C6. This firm has bee doing busings in Salem for 18 years. It does a general real estate, jloan and inaur ance business, fand itheir slogan is "We Believe lnTSalekh." Mr. 11. A Johnson U the Insurance man of the firm, being district! agent for ths Oregon Fire Relief Association, of McMinnville, abd represents other large companies Mr. J. -S. Aistln f is in charge of the real estate! department, and Is a hustler, and then some. They re port a good buJlnesa; this year. Mr. Austin has beea connected with this business but si years in Salem, but has made an e viable record. The firm deals in all kinds of .real estate, such as farm and citjr property, et-;. They also doj an j extensive renta' business. The havi just changed their offices from 3S7 State street to Rooms 1 and fjin th Ladd & BhsIt bank' building, j when! they will be pleased to have! their friends call oh them.' :- - ; I L- f : )--.'. VICK BROS. Dealer In Automobile and Ant Supplier, 1MM North High St. Phone 195. Every year since 1911. when we took on the Ford agency we have i - ..i i i 1-lWaUS Ul - t 1 I K..r. bottles, and n dodbt will require 1 ' year just closed, which has been our banner year. In the past year we have addsl the Farm Tractor Hni and have soil a good many carloads'. The farmers are beginning to realize that it 1 cheaper to use the tractor for gen eral farm work than touse borsos and with much better results, as the work requires less help and ran be done so much faster than by. the old methods. J ' We have again outgrown our building, which at present runs en tirely through the block from Ilicn street to Church street, fifty fer S0C0L0FSKT, REAL ESTATE who conducts' a office in the D. D. Socololfcky, reneral real eskate Bayne Block, has been In Oregon but two years. lie came .to Salem from Kansas j fn : search of a more pleasing" climate, and al though he looked all along the way between Kansai' and : Oregon,- found nothing which pleased - him better than to ' look upon Salem. ' Mr. Socolofsky Is a hustling busi ness man, with- a very Pleasing per sonality, and meet his friends and acquaintances more than half way. No hot winds in Oregon. wide, and have rented. a, brick build lngr on State street for the storage of tractors and farm implements which are coming in, in carloads, to be ready for the spring trade We have Just installed two more five gallon stroke pumps for gas and dis tillate and four three-hundred, gallon tanks for storage of same. We are enlarging our office and stock room, which will be needed to take care of our ever-increasing business. " We are specializing on Federal tires, which we are distributing, and also are handling the other leading makes of tires. We expect to Install a vulcan zin? plant to take cafe or' our customers and will -do our own adjusting on Federal tires, and will see that the tire owner gets a square deal. We have built up our business on the plan of riving a square deal-to every one, stocking only reliable poods and giving satisfactory ser vice. 1 ! 'QUALITY BRAND CANNED GOODS the buver, and those to whom they 1 sell. - For the -rower they have estab lished a steady market for'the prod ucts they handle, bavin? Luilt up ! thefr business largely through j the term contract idea; that t.He grower was entitled to a steady market at a Hnnl Prnt fn SMn tft AH profitable price rrV V. R xocti znl Berry and ram ot worm rruits and Vegetables WThen Manager W, G. Allen f irat established In Salem the .plant of Hunt Brothers company, few tf hl associates at -that time. 1913, real ized that Hunt Brothers company was destined to be one of the leading manufacturing companies of the Capital city, as well as the entire northwest. They started in without any blare of trumpets, but came to Salem and went to work, and from the very fact that each succeeding year they "have practically " doubled the putput of the previous year means tjbat they have held the -confi dence- of their patrons, both from iW-X-'i - i'ri-ra:iiti-'''i'-:--'-S' PRODUCTS ridiana Silos In these day of necossary Uhh eonjwrvntion one big problem that contronttlie farmer ist how to reIucc feeilini iosU atid at the same time provide a ration that; in a result geiter. TIi c answer i the uilo The Hue of ullage naves hay grain and mill feed and still .''produce results etiual to those from cows on good i)asture. . : The answer to your silo prohlem is the Indiana Silo. Tested out in actual use n C5.000 American farms for 15 ears now, its recordi for satisfactory service is well estahlished. Add -.o this the Spaulding Ouarantee and Spaulding Service and you are assured of a satisfactory sup auu gooi results i roin tne very start. ' : ; i Today you can buy an Indiana Silo for lesH' bushels of grain, less tons of hay and less pounds of milk than ever before, and it HviM save its initial cost in less time, owing to the high prices of grain and iuill feed. . Buying now, you are assured of a silo under any condition and you get the advantage, of our special E All LY HU YE ITS Discount. Write; or ask for particulars.! : : : i !i - . -' 5 Boxes "Duy Early' that's our best advice to lasers of loxes and crates this year. Owing to unusual labor and lumber conditions, it is otiitg to 1k a difficult matter t secure boxes enough to supply the demand and the growr who waits until late injthe season to order is SURE to Ie disapixinteil. All indications point to an enormous demand for 1918 so doit 't bo cauglit in the. "Last linute" ush and perha'ps, lose your crop on account of inability to secure your needs in time to save it. j 1 - 'I i , r I. ' : - ' . : I " . The rjuality of. Sfaiilding Boxes is well fstablixhed there are FEW so good. and NON'E better.- This quality cosi s 1 them in n attractive container. 'T L3) s you no more, and it does help the sale of your goods Iry placing ljft us show you what we have for your needs. Our line would not jbe complete unless we could Furnish yon with'jreneral building ma- . t uilding material Chewy Market. From the verv fact that Salem Is rec.f?nizeu as one cf the best cherry markets in the state, while It is known as the "Cherrr CIty.T it should also be just as widely known as -The Berry City.4 It is today known to be one c the best berry producing sectiona. i of all varieties. in the whole country. j Among the berries handled, men tinned In the order of their ripening during the reason are gooseberries, raspberries, both black and red va riation, loganberries and tame black berries. .; .7- j ;-vcrirrc?n Blackberries online to the Front. Last, but not least, in Importance for both grower and: consumer, is the Evergreen Blackberry, which grows wild in every section or ue vvnum ette valley, and the enltivation of which is becoming a very important factor In the development of the berry industry. , i . . Co-opert ion With C row eni. . Hunt Brothers' company believe in rendering every possible assistance to all of their patrons that grow fruit for them,.' by giving them I the benefjt or the experience they have obtained in other sections as to the best varieties to grow, and the con ditions nnder which the grower can obtain the best result. With this end- In view they are spending no small amount of money in experimenting with promising; va rieties of berries, or other; frtittJ. Their payroll i growing In propor tion to the size of their pack, and now, during the busy season jtbe compa-v is paying out In wages a good many thousand jof dollars each week- - 3 - vA- ', Their market has expanded With I be growth of their business, so that now, when the leading jobbers of tho country want. tVe best order Hunts' Quality canned fruits and vegetables. SALEM STEAM LAUNDRY Established In December 1889. the Patem Steam Laundry, which turn ed out its first work on Christmas Day from Its first location, the Old Frick Store In South Salem, baf grown from a small beginning to a recognize' 1 business Institution em ploying on an average of thirty peo ple the year round, i From the first day. the management; has been nnder the direct supervision of Col, Ci J. Oimstead; D. D. Ol instead, his brother,-being associated, with him in the business. ' i ! In April, 1890, the laundry was moved to its present location, 136 South Liberty street. At that time, and for a good many yeats. It was the only, laundry (steam) between Portland and Oakland. California, and the- Olmsteads had thirty-five arencies scattered over the state which accepted and delivered laundry for the Salem plant.; This was 'not the first laundry experience for thee gentlemen. In Ionia, .Michigan, they operated a ''band laundry" as early as 1880, continuing there until No -MBsM, fi ill Are Yqu Registered? OTien you have your battery registered at a Willard Service" Station, and receive one of our service cards, you have virtually, taken put a battery lif 5 insurance policy. - But it's better than ordinary insurance in two respects. 1. - You don't have to pay premiums instead, you save what you might otherwise pay out in repairs. 2. Your battery doesn't live to die to get the benefit.; It is assured of longer life, better health, and greater efficiency, i Come in and register today; : -. V Auto Electric Shop T Phone 203, 418-420 Qonrt Street, Salem,. Oregon .i f 11 11 ' III M ,., 1 II ' " !. ' .... , ; , new replacement Talue'jftrnfii cbinery Is $34,888. , , 7?' t One ! very inteisting operation that goes on dally: at the laundry Is that of molding collars, cuffs and tblrt bosoms.; t The collars are ' so molded! into their original styles af ter being washed, starched and ironed, ; that there is plenty of room for the: ties and are given a shape that will hold for days. This pro cess Injures the collars I n no way. A single collar: has been sent through these machines. Just for -an experi ment, . 26,000 1 times without any noticeable-damage. Col, Oimstead says that whiskers are me greatest enemies cf white collars and are re sponsible for the worn collars for which the laundry is of times blam ed. There is absolutely no rubbing done oa collars, cuffs, neck-bands, etc. ; I; .- : .-r To demonstrate how methods change from year to year it Is only necessary to call attention to one machine which formerly turned out sixty shirts an hour, all ready for delivery. That is, after the shirt was Trashed this machfne did the pressing Into shape. They now have ,a ma chine which turns out only thirty an hour but does it so much better -that there no comparison. Piesent de mands call for quality work and to meet thij requirement different ma chines were necessary. When the rhlrt leaves the press every button if exactly opposite the button-bol and Is as nice Is , when taken out of the shif t-bos in the toggery shop. The manufacture of bleecblng fluid is a peculiar s proceeding. A large vessel containing alt-wate'. just an ordinary salt- brln. Is passed river olprti ! hvi tUtt anl nt inn vemoer. ansa, mey; lost just thirty , comes la contact with electricity, Jk S--A r I a I r bath towe!sinay be dried in eight minutes. This is accomplished by a fan which sucks warm sir through the clothes, taking all moisture out. There Is one; sure fact; afer a gar ment has .gone through; 'the Salem Steam Laundry It is sterilized. A great deal of power is necessary elegantly famished and. in one end of the room we noticed a beautifully decorated Christmas tree. : Easy chairs and comfortable sofi rpoke rest to-the tired and weary guest. As our eyes wandered over 4ie different rooms I in search of uiuifiuinz lnni won in , initofa an to operate all these machines, which j undertaker's business, we were dU- lact was stated above, aqd it would be le expensive to ' use ' electric power were it not essential to use so much steam and hot water for cleansing. .Aa It la the laundry gen erates its own electricity for lighting. Last and very important comes the marking department. Every arti cle received I marked.., Kach cus tomer has his own Identification mark, which is- used on every piece sent in. It requires from four to sU persons working all the time io fteg regatesnd wrap the Individual laun dry. Strange to say, although hun dreds of thousands of articles are handled monthly,. seldom is there an error mr.de. ; ; ' tcrials along with, our clumber products. So jwe carry in 'stock at all times eonipjete lines of roofirrgs, building papers, cement, .plaster, linie-, tc. Iiuying for six retail yards ives us a line-tip on prices that cannot be had, as a rule, so we are able to give you prices on" these lines that will bring you back again. Yoi .will finVl-r-fp our warehouses the most complete line of general building materialsthat can be foumf in the Willamette valley. I)on!jt forget this. : -. - i ' 1 ' ; ' , ' ' '' L ' I I "I " ' "-' ' ' , - PAULDBMG CO.: . . lasts and Offices at Portland, Salem, Woodbam, Independence, Mcl.Iinnville and Newber, Oregon; and Sari Francisco, California. , 1 C days between selling out in Michigan and opening in Sale.n. During this time there hi been Treat improvement In laundry ma chinery. It Is necessary to keep abreast of the times alon- this line, too. that the growing demand for more efficient work may be met. The The solution is kept at a temperature of about 90 to 100 degrees. Th electrical current breaks the particles of salt land absolutely disolvea It, taking out the lime a.-..? magnesia and ultimately transforming the liquid JtHo Cniorltone.. the greatest bleach ingtfluid known as well as a power- overage housewife has little Idea ; si j ful germozone.' New York City uses o how n any processes a earment passes through before being readv fo delivery. It is an education in itself to have the prlvliedge of watching the various oDeratlons essential to turn out a clean, white, glistcnln? dress shirt. It requires two forty horse power boilers to prcrluce steam for operating the machinery and washing purposes.. There are seven hydtaulic washers mammoth fel lows which revolve , three and i a half times one day and then the same number the other and so on 'tntll the clothes, are clean; There ire large and small pc-wer Ironers. Tbe large one is capable of Iron Ins thirty-four feet per ; minute, and from four to eight people are re quired to feed the pieces and fold them as they are Ironed. A new attachment to this - machine ellm' nates the danger of getting one's Jiands caught between the rollers an extra apron on which the piece Is started toward the rollers and a guard just. In front of them answers this purpose. There are machines costing from a few hundred to $3,250 each. Some idea of the amount In t ested in a plant of. this kind may be gained by learning that the In surance value of the machinery alone is, placed at 2,694 and that the this geiinozone in the city's drink ins water and a case of typhoid fever is seldom beard of. even in. that pop ilous city. For bleaching purposes it Is unsurpassed, for the most deli cate articles may be .soaked In u lor hour without - weakening the fabric. The process of wringing clothes ir i wondir. The Scotch have it on us when It comes to manufacturing these, although in everything . else pertaining to laundry machinery the United States leads the world. This extractor is a cylindrical bowl, which revolves within an outer casing ut such a rate or speed that the pres sure upon the clothes becomes so jreat as to. force every particle ot water out through holes in the inner bowl. If clothes were left for a lit tle while within this whizzinz ma chine they would be absolutely dry. Hy using; these wringers the clothing is not wprn ont as, ir is when put through the old-fashioned ones. Certaiij articles are nut through the drying machine which turns them out ready for folding and delivery and does It so nicely that every piece appears as straight as It did whQn purchased ew. This cannot be ac complished by drying on a line; 800 TERWILUGER FUNERAL v;.-b-hV,H0ME The stranger In Salem, in walking down Chemeketa street, will not fall to notice tlje fine residence at .No. 770, which is known as the Jud? Murphy , home. While looking for something to use our pencil on, the writer pulled the door bell at this number and was cordially invited to enter by Mr, Qt E. Terwilllger, . the present tenant, and owner of the Ter willlger Funeral Home, 'f Nothing on the exterior of th" building or Its surroundings wouid Indicate the fact that it was the home, of an undertaker. As wt stepped i appointed, for notblng-'of the kind greeted our gazeU In fact as an un dertaker's home and place of busi ness It is unique. A -stranger, not knowing that it was Mr. Terwllllger's place of business as an undertaker, i would never know by outward sizns the business of the proprietor. No chapel, no rosettes, and none of tbe rrewaome signs that usually greet f me eye in tne professional under taker's establishment. ' : ' Upon expressing our surprise at these conditions Mr. Terwilllger er plained that this was his idea of what- such a place should- be. The bereaved ones feel that it is to a home among friends that" they hav-3 brought their dead. Five large rooms can be thrown together, and folding chairs be placed therein, for a chapel. These rooms have ampl seating ca pacity for the average audience on snch an occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Terwilllger are both graduate embalmers as (well as li censed undertakers. j On the second floor of the resi dence a well-furnished chamber for strangers Is at therr disposal with out charge, llelng a home, and not an establishment,- the bereaved and their loved ones are never alone. The sympathy of the home-like sur roundings appeals under such cir cumstances, and-we think; nothing like it exists In this state. Mrs. Terwilllger is always p'resent uiw irvrjmiu iwiu. ii uu cTrrj win ner proressionai neip ana sym nppearance of a refined home.. The pathy to assist in" taking care of large double parlors were neatly and women and children. 1 THE YEAR 1918 WILL MARK THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF The intioductlon of shoe-pegs. The Invention of the velocipede. ' The Invention of "patent" leather. The Introduction of macadamized roads; The admission of Illinois into the Union. The first use of steam for warming houses. The first dramatic performance in St. Louis. . , - ' i i The publication of 'Endymlon," by John Keats. ; The adoption of the present United States flag. The launching of the first steam boat on Lake Erie. , The" founding of the. New York state Library at Albany. The! The The establishment of the first in- fant schools in London. founding of the Order of. St. Michael and St. George. Invention of the process of en graving on soft cteeL. The fall or Table Rock on the Can adian side of Niagara Falls. . 'The expedition of Sir John Ross to discover a northwest passage. The laying of the center founda tion of the capitol at Washington. - The re-establishment of peace in India, following the Mahratta war. The Florida Indian war and the rapture of Pensacola by General Jackson. ...--! The appearance of the curious novel "Frankenstein," by Mary Woll stonecraft Shelley. The. inauguration of the System of American pension legislation by an act of Congress granting pensions to needy veterans of the Revolutionary War.;,- :.- :J ..- ! The Congress of Alx-Ia-Chapelle,. consisting of the sovereigns of Aus tria, Prussia and Russia, aided by ministers of Great Britain and France, which provided for thewith drawal of the army of; occupation from. France. and the reception of France Into tbe European concert. 7 v K n