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WELCOME AND ANNIVERSARY EDITION, JANUARY 1921
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SPIRIT
Welcome is a fine
TO CREATE FOR NEW COMERS
tat Mr. PiilhamTU Thinks the Old Resident Is a Greater Asset
Than the, New one, ana we snoaia lock out lor nun and
Stand Up 'or Our Rights in This Whole Northwest.
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fi. statesman, patou
: Gentlemen:
I BELIEVE your policy In Is
suing an Edition of Welcome
is a line spirit to create In
tehalt of the new resident, but
1 have an old fashioned t&ntht
the OLD RESIDENT Is a GREAT
ER ASSET than the NEW RESI
LENT. la my Judgment the west de
totes too much energy in behalf
of the resident that is to com
USERS
OF
PAPER
STOCK
Kay you enjoy a great
er volume of business
in 1921 than ever be
fore. It will mean more
sales for us and thus a
greater volume of busi
ness for the ,
RODGERS
PAPER
CO.
Greetings
SALEM
Oregon land does not give as much con
sideration as should be extended
to the resident who is now here.
What we need In the Northwest
are the beet possible conditions
for ther esident that we now
hare. If ,he makes good, we will
hate a prosperous country. , Bv
dividing tip our energies in be
half of the new settlers, we are
very liable to lose our Tision of
the present pettier.
What the Northwest particu
larly needs is a market for what 1
we can produce better than can
be produced elsewhere.
In other words, as the logan
berry acreage of the Willamette
valley increases, we must find
markets for the increased volume
or the grower will not make any
profit out of his crop. Most
farmers study only one end of
their business that of produc
tion. Suppose, for example, a
farmer has the best land that is
available, and that he under
stands farming from a scientific
standpoint; that he has sufficient
funds to purchase all of the fer
tilizer that he can use to good
advantage, this would mean that
his crops would be bountiful.
But suppose that hij crops are
of the best?
What is he going to do with
them after they are produced un
less ne devotes as much energy,
to the marketing end as to the
growing end? '
It is a 50-50 proposition.
There is only one method by
which the marketing can be done
successfully and that is by co
operative marketing. The great
trouble with marketing in thin
manner .is usually found in bad
management or disloyalty on th
part of the members! either on
of which will wreck' any orga
nizalion. ,
i We people of the Northwest
must ascertain what we need
most and then make a concerted
drive for what we want.
It is my judgment that all of
the states of the Northwest are
not selecting with as much cars
as they should their senators and
congressmen. We too frequent
ly support a candidate who does
not have many qualifications in
addition to being a good fellow,
We should tend to congress the 1
best business men of our. com
munity for the reason that to a
very Urge degree our entire busi
ness fabric is dominated at Wash
ington, D. C.
: We have just had an example
of this- In the transportation
question. When it became neces
sary to raise more money to re
habilitate the transportation lines
we all admitted that it was nec
essary for an increase in .trans
portation rates.
But we people of the North
west sit around on store boxes,
spit on the stove, . criticize th
rovernment. and rrmit the
Northwest to be put out ot busi-l
ness by . the present method of
increasing the transportation
rates on a percentage basis.
1 When an increase of rates was
necessary it listened good when
some wise (or unwise) individual
advised that the way to raise the
rates was to make a flat increase
of 25 per cent on everybody. Of
course, this listens fair to the
average citizen, but, when you
digest It, we find that the shipper
that is now paying the largest
rate because he is farther from
the markets will be. increased by
the 25 per cent advance very
much more than his competitor
at some other point whose rate is
much lower. "
We citizens of Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho must realize
that we have a real problem and
that It will be necessary for us
to diagnose this problem and
work it out in a manner that will
permit us to live. Instead of be
ing spasmodically- prosperous, we
are doing fairly well some of the
time, exceedingly well a part of
the time and mighty rotten the
balance of the time, with nobody
to blame but ourselves on account
of the lack of constructive vision
I am pleased to congratulate
The Statesman on its Be vent y
flrst birthday. When I become
71 years of age, 1 am sure that
my usefulness will be greatly de
preciated, but I am sure that The
Statesman is very much like ''Old
Taylor," which, some of us un
derstand, improves with age.
with kind personal regards,
W. II. Paulhamus.
President.
Puyallup. Wash., Dec. 23,
920.
ST AYTON THE SUBSTANTIAL
(Hon. W. II. Paulhamus. who
wrote the above, is the biggest
man in the fruit industry in our
neighboring state of Washington.
The eastern readers will recoe-
nize him as the man who puts up
Faurs- jams and Jellies and
other good things, so widely sold 1
In the American markets, for he
is president of the Puyallup &
Sumner Fruit Growers Canning
Co., with headquarters at Puyal-
up. Wash, and with a plant also
M Sumner. Wash. This concern
also operates extensively In the
Salem district, having a large
cannery and shipping plant at Al
ga nr. Ore. v
Mr. Paulhamus was asked to
write on the fruits and vegetables
most needed by the canneries of
the Salem district. This matter
Is pretty well covered by other
writers in this edition.
Men engaged in the frnit Indus
try, and in all other industries
of the Pacific Northwest, will
generally agree with Mr. Paul
hamus that we ought to have
more concert ot action in goinz
after and getting what we want
and need in this whole section
Ed.)
r-j-HE city of Stayton is one of
the substantial cities sur
rounded by one of the sub
stantial communities ot Marion
county, with a rich section of Linn
county just across the river.
At Stayton is taken out of the
Santiam river the water power in
Mill creek that is divided at the
eastern limits of Salem and be
comes North and South M il creek
in Salem, furnishing all the direct
water power that is used to run
a number of the factories of Sa
lem. There is a great deal of unde
veloped power at Stayton in this
creek or mill race, and in the main
river from which it .s taken. When
the paved county market road is
extended to Stayton, as it Is ex
pected to be ibis year, connecting
that city with all the main paved
roads of Oregon, that city will be
come, more of an ideal manufac
turing po.nt than it is now, and
In many other ways will be able
to offer splendid opportunities to
newcomers.
The people of the country sur
rounding Stayton, both the old
timers and those who hav coriie i
in the past tew years, are a thrifty 4
Salem Is the City Beautiful. It
has the making of the most beau
tiful city in the world.
OEEGON
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A Typal Stayton ReiIeacc,
WILL E. PURDY ACTIVE CITIZEN
White, Cloud
Tea House'
A Chinese restaurant for
ladies and gentlemen, where
they will find the best of
Chinese dishes, such, as:
NOODLES
CHOW BIIN
CHOP SUEY
CHOW FAN
RICE and PORK
FOO YOUNG, etc
Well conducted, neat and
clean, courteous treatment.
N. L. CHUNG, Proprietor
Upstairs, 110 Va N. Commercial
1891
We Welcomed
You Then .
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30
Practical Experience in the
Leather Goods Business
1921
We Welcome
You Now
The Willamette Val
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Opportunity
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Headquarters for Spartan Leather Belting, Best Made Harness, Gloves, Auto
mobile Robes, Leather Goods of Quality, Bags, Brief Cases, Suit Cases, Puttees
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ii l to date and enterprising, and
wilh the Irue spirit of welcome
points that will be appreciated by
all who seek homes and opportun
ities in this great land of diversity
j and country of opportunity.
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Stayton Fire Department.
Present Building of the Fanners and Merchants
Bank of Stayton.
(A fine new brick bank building is in process of
construction and will be ready for occupancy rery
soon. It is on. the corner opposite the present
building.) '
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N printing this Annual of the
Statesman, it is our endeaTor
to reach out among the busi
ness and professional men ot Sa
lem, after any and all information
which would be ot general Interest
to the public. Mr, Will E. Purdy.
the object of this sketch, has ex
erted considerable influence la
Salem, and for that matter, in
the state "of Oregon, in the up
building of those communities in
most worthy business enterprises
by jway of a public bath house
has been Installed at a consider'
able expense by Mr. Purdy. and
this bath house, which consists
ot Turkish, Russian and shower
baths ' and a sw!mming pool,
would. accommodate S9 men and
women at the same, time. It Is
up-to-date in - every respect and
has no equal in the state ot
Oregon. This bath house is.be-
which he has lired. Mr. Purdy! ing patronlred-by Salem's most
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use unerro.Tiuur good bread ::
is not an old resident of this city.
but for the few years he has re
sided in Salem, he has been Tery
active in modernising and renov
ating' old structures into much
needed apartments and residenc
es. During the time he has re
sided here he has Worked over
on an average of one building
each two months. One of the
respected citizens, and great
pains and care is taken by the
management to make It a place
worthy of such patronage.
' . Mr. Purdy Is president of the
Oregon Realty Exchange Invest
ment Co.. Incorporated, and In
this capacity he Is doing much
to advance the real estate inter
ests ot Salem.
STAYTON WELCOMES
There are unequalled opportunities for the newcomer to
Stayton and vicinity. Agricultural lands are of the best.
We offer inducements to farmers, dairymen and those in
terested in fruit raising. ')
Manufacturers looking for plant sites ' would do well to
investigate JStayton, the source ot cheap water power. We
already have a large woolen mill, excelsior mill, two flour
mills, a saw mill, electric light, water and power company.
The swift-running . Santiam River contains the potential
power. ,
Good highway construction furnishes communication with
Salem, 18 miles away. Bates Station on the Corvallis and
Eastern railroad is one and one-half miles distant.
We have four churches, high school, fire company, banks,
and a weekly paper, telephone, express service and daily
mail. Come and look us over; you'll want to stay. Stayton
is the home of prosperity, pep, friendliness and opportunity.
This space made possible by:th following public-spirited business concers of Stayton:
Farmers & Merchants B4nk.
Stayton Flour Mills. :
Bnrwn-Pctxel Lumber Co.
Stayton Light & Power Co.
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