Enterprising Grocer of ?fHlYE.
A. W. Schrunk
CASHIIEDBYSALmilN
THE SECOND LIBERTY BONDS
TOTAL, RECOBJJ LIBERTY
BOXD SALtES jIX SALK3I
Ladd Bush'Bank.. 1239,550
United States National i
Ttanlr 200.700
$ Capital National Bank H0,80'
' merce 65,600
Total of all Bales. . . .$616,650
(By W. C. COWGILL.1
At the time the government, was
: borrowing - immense Bums o moncy
from the people, issuing to them its
second series of Liberty Loan bonds,
the question was frequently heard on
the streets, in the hotel and. bank
corridors, "What in all the world
could our Uncle Samuel do with so
many wagon loads f "money?" and,"
to some, it seemed that there must
be a "graft,' or "rake-off", in the
deal somewhere, even though the
new bonds paid 4 per cent Interest
semi-annually, and were exchange
able. If desired, for the first Issue of
war loan bonds, which only drew 3
per cent. .- i .
5 . Shortly . before the second issue of
Liberty: bonds .was thrown on the
market by Secretary McAdoo, : there
appeared in ythe Saturday "Evening
i Post, a journal "which, has t always
stood by the: government smce the
time of Its foundinsr bv Hen iamin
Franklin In 1728, before there was
any Liberty . to defend by i George
Wasihhgton, or to preserve by Abra
ham Lincoln, and as George Pattullo
in that short; article tells where a
few, hundreds; of millions - of these
J borrowed dollars must go, when we
send, any considerable force of: men
to France, it, is well worth teading,
especially in View of the announce
ment of the government that soon
upwards of twice five billions of dol
lars wilt have to be raised. If we hope
to win the most stupendous struggle
of right against wrong the ages ever
knew, or ever will kbow again:
Port of debarkation In France.
Must, accommodate 25 ships "at one
time. "s
One thousand "American locomo
tive to go to France. . - - i
Forty thousand freight' cars, from
U. S. , . , t
One thousand cold storage cars.
Four Quartermaster depots, 2000
yards by, 1000 yards. ;
. Four ammunition depots, ' each
j 2000 yards by 1000 yards 1 1 mile
'apart. - " -
Medical depots and iiospitals.
- Barracks to , house 'troops at least
335,000 men, !; or. about 14.000. 00tf
square feet,' 400 f eetj of space ' re
quires 1000 board feel; X'- 1,
Laundries, bath houses, disinfect
ing plants, repair shops, i shoe snaps,
cold storage plants and bakeries. i
' , Will: require 15.500 men Tor for
estry service to get out timber and
fuel, each soldier requires .16 of a
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The Farmers Store of Qualityji J
cord of wood per month In wintei
and 114. of a cord in summer. Strid
ing a rough average an army of half
a million men would consume around
75.000 cords a month.) Probably can
not cut more than 20,000 cords a
month, ' balance will be made up of
about 51,000 tons of anthracite coal,
or 36,600 tons of coke. 2,650.000
gallons of o-il. France has been strug
gling along with 625,000 tons of coal
a month short- we, will have to help
her out. This only scratches t ho sur
face. " .' . v: t -;;':'! ; :
I Quartermaster's department will
require 100000 laborers, stevedore
battalions to unload ships, ordinary
labor battalions, and such. For work
on railroads and wharves we most
bring' over 4i,000 men; forestry serv
ice, as mentioned, 15,000 men; the
signal coiTs demands 12,500 special
ists, telephone linemen and electrical
experts; miscellaneous " labor adds
12,000 men. The grand total being
189,000 men, and that Is conserv
ative. ; :-.;';'
For 500,000 men it would take
I 2,500,000 pounds of food daily. This
army would eat 13,500,000 pounds of
beef a month; 3,375,000 pounds of
bacon; 1,375,000 cans of fresh roast
beef, hash; corned beef, corned beef
and salmon ; . 13,3 50,000 'r pounds or
flour;"2.266r'000 pounds of hardtack;
150,000 tins of baking pow?er. Other
items of issue are . corn meal and
beans; potatoes they will eat 14,
830,000 pounds of spuds 'monthly;
baked beans rice, tomatoes, prunes,
apples, peaches, jam, coffee, tea,
sugar, condensed milk, salt, lard, but
ter, lard substitute, oleomargerine.
r-yrup and spices. The British Tom
mies are strong oh tea, but the quan
tity drunk by American soldiers is
insignificant compared with their
consumption) of coffee; 40,Ooy
pounds of tea will suffice, while it
takes . l,046j6OO Pounds of coffee.
When you include rock salt and soap
600,000 pounds every month. They
are very stingy with sugar over theie.
in addition to these Btaples the com
missary has (to keep on hand a list
of "sales articles" about ninety feet,
long- everything from cigarettes to
ginger ale. !
To store one month's 'supply 500,
000 hearty (American stomachs re
quire, a couple of million cubic feet
of buildings. The stuff , would fill
eight buildings 50 feet wide and 500
feet long, when piled to a height 'of
ten feet. And they call this the field
ration.. r- .,'vi.ii:' -'"z-
Every soldier starts with two suits
of clothes- meaning Uniforms
three suits f underwear, two pair3
of shoes, blankets, poncho, overcoat,
and other equipment. But these arti
cles, speedllylwear out,s especially un
der hafd nsape in trench life. So it
takes 1,050.000 pairs of breeches.
323.000 woolen coats. 1,050,000
Jpairs of overalls, 210,000 pairs of
rubber boots. 1,070.000 ; shirts,
1.470.000 pairs leather shoes. b04.-
000 , blankets, ' 1,890,000 pairs I
.. I j tlve business man .of Oregon most-l Mr. Schrunk has two sons who, are j I ' ,. . - ' - V "
- "' i I I nf that time in Marion county. I Lis I married and live elsewhere. Natnr-ll:- . j -:' V i
socks,' 17378,000 fatigue and -service
hats, 3,444,000 suits of underwear,
210,000 overcoats, 168,000 ponchos,
113,000 slickers, 323,4 00 shelter
halves. 418,000 cots. 15,400 pick,
axes, and so on. - -
-Four hundred thousand mules and
horses, would require .3000 tons of
feed every 24 hours.
Impossible to estimate ordnance
and. ammunition. - . . :
The same may be said -as to gaso
line. : It must be supplied to the en
gineers, medical and hospital corps,
motor trucks and aviation. To show
how the demand for it grows in an
offensive, let me tell you, what hap
pened at Verdun. In the last offen
sive on that front the French burned
in twoweeks 3,500,000 gallons mo-e
than their normal consumption. The
very lowest estimate of our own re
quirements would be 3,000,000 bar-,
rels per month. Besides that we
should use 33,000 tons of oil and
grease.
Sixteen thousand miles of tele
phone circuit, and-our" need will be
greatly in excess or that 30.000
miles of ciicuit probably; 400O miles
of cable a monthmost of it is lead
, Then there Is the medical depart
ment. 56.500 doctors, orderlies, and
such what is known as the sanitary
personnel. Five thousand Of thes
are doctors and surgeons, the other
must all possess specialized training.
Thp medicos estimate their require
ments as less than te bed to every
fourth man, or in the neighborhood
of 122,000 iron, beds for this army.
To every Jed go six or eight Sheets,
four pillow cases and three blankets.
One large hospital - ward will . coa
tain 40 beds. It has been proved in
this war that economy Is attained by
large , hospitals 1000 bed institu
tions. In addition to this they will
need two evacuation hospitals at the
front for every 25,000 men engaged
there, and each of these must have
1000 beds. Also there are four field
hospitals for every; 25.000 men
each with a capacity tor 200 patients,
and four ambulance companies. The
quantities of- medical; supplies are
staggering.. They total 34,000 tons
for half a million men, and an addi
tional 20.000 tons for replacement In
the first six months. They will use
gauze by. the millions of yards. .
The only thing that it would e
safe toj say ' about the aviation de
partment, with any hope of getting
by the -censor, Is that for a 500,000
men army the air service would need
58,000 experts. jAs It takes about a
tpn a month per man to sustain this
service we arrive at 58,000 tons
more. One thing they will not tell,
and that Is the number of machines
that would be on the line for such
en army. It is 3000,
' Transportation of 2-500 tons or
food dally, 6000 tons of forage has
to? be moved fer horses and mules,
and the worn out stuff and.sick must
ba brought ba:k.
So come on with' the punch:
From fCome On With the Punch."
by George Pattullo, ia Saturday
Evening Post, October 13, 1917.
the Willamette valley is the great
est country , in the world for small
fruits: this Is well illustrated by the
king of small frslts the loganberry.
hdoq, the raislne of whut. tki. ..n...,
'has what amoanti to a franchise.
Tbe past' seventeen years the sub'
ject of this sketc h' has been an. ac
tive business man of Oregon most
of that time in Marion county. I Us
smiling countenance and Jolly goal
fellowship have made him a host of
friends and acquaintances that with
out a doubt has added greatly to his
Success. Hei gives you. a "No" !n
such a good! natured 'way that yon
go away better satisfied than witii
the gruff "Yes" of some other busi
ness man. His genial personality Is
characteristic of, the man and; not ait
insincere , assumption for the occa
sion. This is proven by the fact thai
those who know binu best are bis
best friends. !
For several years "Schrunk's
Store" In Aumsvllle was t'hi head
quarters for people In that 'section
of Marion county.. His customers
knew that his promise was as good
as his bond and when he advertised
a thing as so, they knew it was so
without further Investigation.;
Mr. Schrunk has been successful
In other lines as well as merchandis
ing, for he has j been engaged rn
farming a large part of the time he
has spent in Oregon, j He has also
been in the real estate business.
Some three months ago be opened a
new . store The Farmers Store "f
Quality at 2'70 North Commercial
street, where be Is now doing a phe
nomenal business. Salem is glad to
welcome him as a live wire; In its
business family - . j
Mr. Schrunk resides In a beautiful
modern cottage at 1213 Center street
with nls wife and three daughters.
Misses Ida, Alice and Bessie. The
writer, a short time ago, spent a de
lightful evening there.. v Thej young
ladies are all musicians. Miss Bessie
a talented violinist, and Is accom
panied by her sisters on other In
struments. We were .delighted with
a concert which was a treat. Miss
Alice is attending the Salem high
school and the other young ladles a'
FLOIMGIIIIS
GRINDING ALONG
MM BIG TRADE
Capital City Concern Ready
to Take Home or Gov
ernment Contracts
(By W. C. Cowgill) j
When it comes to making good
flour from Marion county wheat.
Manager G. K. Bryant, of the Cap
ital City mills; who said yesterday
afternoon that he had been in busi
ness in Salem for nearly aquarter
of a century, but does not like to
brag about himself very much, Jn
doing his "bit' in buying local wheat
from the. farmers and turning: it Into
flour for home use. or forr the allies.'
I Mr. W. G. Prunk is a partner in
the business. He has just now few
government contracts direct, though
the Portland house that; buys the
largest part of his output may, and
probably does, have contracts with
the government.
The output in flour of this plant
is 100 barrels daily, besides 30 bar
rels a day of cereals or breakfast
foods.
At Holden,' Wash., near the Idaho
line, the Salem company also oper
ates another1 flour mill, which runs
on hard wheat, turning out 120 bar
rels of flour - each day, as well as
cereals.
Each of these mills employs durlHtle money, but will clean up j
ing the dull season only four men.
but they take care- of all the bus
ness the mills can do without ru
nlng overtime.
C RL EPPLEY
Grocer and General Merchant
For twenty-one years, C. MEp
pley has been doing a generalmer
chandise business at his store 19 th
and State -streets, and In this perled
of time' bas built up his bpsiness
fipm a small one-man general, store
to its present proportion J, where it
now requires; a considerable force of
clerks and an up-to-date Jdelivery
carto care of the orders. j
Mr. Eppley is one of the beet
known dealers in Salem, and has a
host of friends. He, Is popular not
only with his fellow townspeople, but
also, with the farmers, a great many
of whom are his constant patrons.
He calls his store "The Neighbor
hood Store."; .' i
Oregon will be a great lunrberlns
state for a hundred years. She has
the virgin forests to build the world3
wooden ships and flying machines,
and a large share of all taei other
manufactured articles 'made j from
wood. This Is the country for the
man of enterprise who knows how
to make things out 'of wood.
Salem is. a splendidly paved city,
for its size. We have forty to fifty
miles of paved streets 1 i- ?
Ist tbefr father In the rush of biui-
tess at the store, i -
! Mr. Schrunk bas two sons who. are
married and live elsewhere. Natur
ally a man of his social qualities is a
"Jiner, and Is a member of several
rraternal orders. Mr. .Schrunk told
us that he depended upon his suc
cess in business-to giving the "high
est quality of goods for the lowest
price possible." and from the large
number of patrons in his store at al
most any boor? of the day we ar
constrained to think his policy a suc
cessful one.. ; . ..- " V
He not ; only carries . one of t
largest stocks of groceries in tkj
city but carires also a large 'a'
varied stock of notions, drygoei
men's hats. caps. oils, greases. W1
Cedar polish, Neats-foot oil, KurM
harness oiL cream separator o, 9t'
Ing machine oil, automobile cyliB
oil and Zefolene, heavy callol cdT
machine oil, cup grease, axle
turpentine1 linseed oil. denatured alcohol.-
AIbo all: kinds of Snrln:
Williams paints, varnishes, J
varnolac, javalac and floorols. War
not, etc. feome of the fines now
handles such as men's hats cntl
and a few other lines he exp1 to
close out it.Bpecial prices d
continue the handling of tHme-
!- Mr. Schrunk's store Is rrtrfdly b
comingthe markelt plac for ta3
farmers of the j ommoIt' Mr.
Schrunk buy Alii kinds of poultry
and farm, produce from tiem pay
ing them the highest market price
and paying it In cash. Xturally he
appreciates the pationsO ot those
people whose produce purchases,
but he pays Just as mKk in cash as
he will In trade, j
5 1 His wide acqualntase among the
farmers of Marlon cooty la evidenc
ed by the number of ftrmers among
his patrons. It takes farce of sever-
la clerks constantlya the Jump to
wait on the trade
hut no difference
how big the rush
rot find him still
smiling and never tt the "dumps."
-
A BUSES r
MrmmoN
That PreTdti Waste tad
Conserve: i the Country'i
Snppl of Metals
j BWS mmim -
i There Is frobably no business In
Salem that if doing more toward the
conservation if needed supplies than
the Westers Junk Co., owned and op
erated by IL Solof. V. ,
In the csiduct of Its business, this
company ceflects many articles which
would othffwise be a total loss, such
as old iros, old brass, old copper and
other meals, old . rags, paper; rubber,
etc. For these he pays fair prices, so
-that the people are paid for some
thing ettirely -valueless to mem
selves, .rhese articles are shipped In
large qsatnltles to tne larger cities,
where Iley are transformed Into new
article of use. ' J
It reported tnat In Germany,
Austria and Italy, and In a lesser de
gree A France and England since the
war, J many household articles pr
mAtJ have been melted ia order to
supjtfy the metala j necessary for thej
conlttct of the war
; fcch Institutions as the western
Jugk Co. are doing a great deal to
ward avoiding such conditions in
Anerica. . ; - i' " . .
It ia the duty of everyone who
tit rnnmrv nunnfies. to gather
in all old Junk on the premises and
ifAnu of it to the iunk. dealer. "By
lie doing they will not oniy mae
"
city or saiem, diikiik n
tractive place in which to live.
Mr. Solof has been in the junk
tusiness in Salem since 1912. About
a year ago he purchased the junk
business- of H. Steinbock Co..
and has done business on a largei
scale since that time.
Previous to his coming to Salem. It
was the custom of the Junk dealers
here to buy and sell in small quan
titles. Mr. Solof. understood the ad
vantage of largo shipments, and con
sequently has made his shipments
less frequently, butt with a larger
quantity of Junk in each shipment.
He has shipped hundreds of tons
of stfrap iron and Immense quantities
nf nlhor Innlr from Salem.
Mr. Solof pays particular attention-
toward securing jun irom pv.ut.
outside of Salem. He receives ship
ments from such points as Roseburg.
He operates two places of business
one at 402 North Commercial street
and the other at 302 worm v-ommer
I.I ,tiial
, Th mnf noints in the junk
business which require tne very keen
est business judgments A junk deal
er must. In the first place, be a
shrewd buyer with a thorouch knowl
d. f h.f the market Justifies
him to pay for the junk he buys. He
trust keep In close tonch with-the
markets, and roust lopk into the fu
ture In order that he may Judge In
telligently at what, nme
.-! vr SAir t CnHaaate in possessing
a -erj able assistant In the person of
-:-p-".f ,--" f '"T' ,-, '"': K'v ;' . j
Bring
to every reside
of this Mnd of
a b puhteous supply
of eyrjhing th
makes f 6t
arid prosperity.
THE
STORE of
A. W, SCHRUNK,
270 North Commercial St:
PHONE 721
his son, Lewis Solof, who acts as hU
right-hand man In the conduct of the
busjness. : - y' !-.': 'i -.
The Western Junk Co. is an asset
to this community and deserves the
patronage of those who wish to beau
tify Salem and aid In the war by
conserving the necessary supplies.
I ROBERTS
Salem's Talented Blind Mu
sician, Instructor of Piano
- and Organ I
'-'" . . . - " M5'- f: :-
As a fitting introduction to the
writeups of Salem's musicians, w
mention the name of T., S Robetts.
Mr. Roberts came to Salem from
Philadelphia In 1904 after having
spent seven years ! receiving musical
training upon . the piano and organ
from two - or America's " prominent
musicians and composers, PrV D, D.
Wood, instructor of organ and piano
and Dr. Adam Geibel, piano Instruct
or who is also ono of America's well
known composeis. among his com
positions being the famous song,
"Kentucky Babe."
After having been Instructor in
music at th.e State School for the
Blind for-many years he relinquished
his position last year to devote 'his
T. H. r-onert. ,
entire time to his constantly growing
classes of private pupils who 5
blind. Ataong those who have studied
under him is Miss Olga Wikberg. ac
companist at the recent rendition of
the "Rose Maiden" at the State Nor
mal School at Monmouth.. - c
Although blind.: Mr- Uobert. by
the use of the Braille touch system,
has acquired an ability rare even
among the most talented of ; musi
cians. He has entertained many audi
ences In Salem.with the ivnditlon of
such works as .fEIijah. Mendel
ssohn, "The Holy City.- by Gaul, and
"The Coming of the King by Buck.
. As organist of the First Methodist
church In Salem for the Jast thirteen
0
! J
happine
CO
QUALI
r Established i
; STILL.
THE OLD LCC
Groceries and -
' General 1
; 19th and Ctct3,!
years, his work ha
favorable comment.
from the Portland (
cember 23rd bespes
of critics as to Mr.
ability; v .
"T. S. Roberts, of
elected president of
of the Oregon Stat
Association. He ca
Philadelphia about :
for many years li
the First Method!
last Sunday he v
companist for a rer
-Messiah." and.
blind; played f ror
difficult thoiuses,
teen dictated to
has numerous fri
ette valley, and t
ent of the ' Sal
teachers' associa
mark of appreciat
Ills studio is 1
Winter street,
Less thzzijl
of Strccl
Approximately
street paving y
during - 1S1?, .-at
compiled by Cit;
Skelton. . y
The -lineal at";'
14.026 feet. . r
three miles.; I:i
engineer the ig
60.000 square 3
Streets and si
was done. were t
the alley in C
Leslie street.
North J-ifth f
Church stre
Commercial t,i
street. . '".
If th
land, and
tensive fa
war, Crf
Belglur-
Cc-rali"-cec
will l.
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