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-A- . i 22U bN STATESMAN. SALEM.' OREGON! Wholes ing and for f JODDing Loncern of balem Is DouWing Its Tonnaffe Over 1 1921 st Year, All Have Grown and Are Gmwina Steadilv in Business .. I'lSilE . E buildinjr located on Fifth and Everoit .I:",fM).N 1 M ''AN ho,.e!S,e ffr?- ocupinK uhole north side of display room; lower photo is' interior . r i, ' ,.oman UreC Khrman. head of the company. "r f humdor. sa.d to be recon. i 'i un oi shtpp.nj; room; ri"ht. sales and the mtsi mooirn in the West. Portrait is of Edward IF SALEM'S OLDEST WHOLESALERS They Have a Warehouse Here, and Make Salem This Company Gives Splendid Service in the Field in Which It Operates Handles the Products of Sa lem's New Paper Mill. One of Their Central Points forj4css Have Recently Put in the Largest Nort"Humjdor Wjtn f Capacity of Over a Million and cigars. TITimsr4Y TJORNING. JUNE 30. 1921 -a One MASON Ull & CO RODGERS PAPER Hffl IS ONE 6 REPRESEA If,1 SALEM I it . j , yZr"" 1 yM"gaMM HI I SlliaMBBSSSSSaEMSSMISSSSSBSSSSSSSSSSWSS.4' W "lit . II.' Mason. Ehrman Co, whole - ,v, it h r;tlvanized wire Bale gticers. with their headijuar- ll1'" '"'I'fcs circulat ion of air. Tim ii nth - tern In Portland have a ivarolit'iisc ! . ... ,"M of tin- humidor. in Salem. I . i.,K I ... h u ii it ii mm at . . at thi cornor of Soith ! rooln. uZT . , , ' Wnalil seri.i rate til.-ite High and Mill streets (former, j glass. k,4 , humldor air the Oregon Klectric depot build- j yM' a"- .in(, ,!,,. ing), where they keep constantly i, 1 from minim: into a large stock or flour, salt, break- wit" cigar, fast food, etc.; anil the heavier : 1 jH the shipping room rood K. C. Taft is their Salem;".," "" an sufficiently representative, with his head-I quarters at Hotel Marion. , This pioneer wholesale grocery firm has recently installed a mammoth humidor, the Largest in the northwest, with a capacity of over a million and a half cigars. What Is Humidor? - A humidor is an air tight con ' tainer to keep cigars at the proper ', moisture, humidity and tempera i ,ture, and ranges In size, anywhere I from one large enough to keep a If box of cigars fresh by means of a moisiener ai ine top oi me uu. to one sufficiently large to tuck 20,000 cigars into one compart ment of the 60-compartment hu midor of Mason, Kbrnian & Com pany, Portland, Oregon, which Is one of the most modern in the entire west. The humidor contains (0 sepa rate bins and has a capacity of be tween 1,500,000 and 2,000,000 cigars. Walls of three-Inch thickness with composition seal between boards, make it absolutely air tight. Sanitary metal tray floors, covered with an inch and hair thickness 'of sand, and surfaced with brick, are kept moist at all times. By the aid or overhead ventilators, the cigars are allowed to mature nnder the most perfect conditions, Shelving In the bins Is covered wide tow.. ,, . i department of the r rt.i tauhtfc( ,.ntire northwest side or th m,,. story building occupied k,W)n Khrinan & Co.. Fifth ai4 ztt streets lWjn Career. Fdw;iar preKj(ient or the comply Js ,((day activeiy connect(he busjness. l)lir. ing the fauntjine sjnf,e the firm was estaMiiU in 1885 hfl has been a a-th, member or everv social and tness organization Promo,il tie development or tne Oregon eoaaay The (om&ail has an organiza tion ot an,i enthusiastic salesm'l5iranches at Klam ath lalfcrMne. MetlTord, and Astoria Orej Seattle and Spo kane. Wi.:a)(i LeWston, Ma. Amoag tfcftiost trades or ci gars carried ri tli e comuanv are. "Carabana," paries the Great." ir U Unf- -Drv Climate." CinCO. "S kn In-tl-Tueen Little afan'Jmd "Isabella Ma nila Cigars. j "We advent the fact that we are th dkmtors of the na tion's finest eiirs." said George It. Buebler, tjaper or the ch'ar department tur selection of hue hat aotaiv been made to Justify Udi thn. bit we make every effort i slble service Ihddition." II sira & ns i wm ii ;ive the best pos- uniEii T The Business of This Firm Has Been Rowing in the Past Year, and They Are Accomniating a Wide ; Territory in the Central WiUaniette The business of the firm of SboWalter k. Jacobs has been growing In the past year; it was stated a year aco that they oc cupied about 140,000 square feet of floor space. They are now occupying nearly 200.000 sauare feet of floor space, and they have been constantly adding to their facilities for accommodating a growing trade in the rich central Willamette valley. ' This firm is comparatively new in mis city, but baa already built up a very respectable business in the Jobbing and wholesale trade. They began to get ready for op erations a year ago last October and about 18 months ago moved into their present commodious quarters on Front street, between State and Court streets, where they have, as stated above, near ly 200,000 square feet of floor space with a 15-foot celling and a splendid basement. Mr. Showalter, the senior mem ber of the firm, is a resident of Charleston, W. Va., and does not give his active time to this con cern, but he bas been 25 years Jn the Jobbing trade and is fa miliar with all Its details. Mr. -awns ine manager. He was for 14 years connected with one of the large wholesale and Job blnjrgrocery houses of Portland t1rvbame ,nt,mtelr acquainted jrlth this valley, its people and JS,.;p2lb-l,lt,es- IIe cognised that Salem is the center or a populous and prosperous district. r!v.exceUent fact"es for dis tributing to a large area, so he tVw JuBt the in ntca to build up a pood whole- .1 sale and Jobtag trade in a gen eral line of poceries and rood stuffs. And &r result has fully Justified his awlsion. They are jedoyin? a splendid patroiage in iradius of 30 to 40 miles, sot ot!r by the two prin cipal neans 'transportation, the rallrotd and ' truck, but also by private eonryance. many mer chant! from ighboring towns coming here od picking up their purchases fra the warehouse and taking til goods w,ith them in their ante' They have &ce traveling sales men, two f outside territory and oae baqGDS the city trade. They conduct I strictly jobbing house and da lot sen to restau rants, hotels, oKginjr camps or similar customs, but all their sales pus &ough legitimate merchants. -v are doing their It , -i; liCN. ,; .rTTt. : I jaSgtOT; 7S?Sf-" ll - ' sfjju-ii-.L.. -1 . . , : r .. ,,,..mm,ii. , i i , . 1 f W.il;, ft'.-- l-s.., -if 1 A pioneer in the wholesaling ' fanby on the north, to Silverton, and jobl,;.- trade oi Suj.m, is the Mt. Angel ami Scotts Mills on the ,, , , i - .. . east, to Dallas and Kails City on Kodgerv Pap-:- crtuii;.iiy. " f ,'h WOHt. A large part f the was conducted for sew ral years in )Us1ne-s is conducted by mail, but dire, t connect ioi' with the book- ! t tiev have also men covering the binding business of the same firm, j field regularly. but for some time past has been carried mi separately and under j dil fercfit ownership. 'I ll is partment is now controlled. !' Fred 1). Thielsen and A. J. llahn. Iut the name llod-ers laper com . . . i. . . j . , lia:i iius lu-eii reiaineu. Tlie wholesale and jobbing1 ! transactions embrace wrapping paper, bas, twine, printers' HUpj, plies and everything in the paper line, and their field of operations takes in Corvallis, Kugene and Hrown&ville to the southward, to sr.-A The voh'tne of business is very Katisfactory and steadily in.creas- dviiu. Their sales this year will probably pas S12r,i0. Handles New Product This company handles in its territory the wrapping and other papers or the Oregon Pulp and Paper company, owning and oper ating the new paper mill in Sa lem. Their customers rind these papers a decided success, and' the demand for them in this growing field is constantly increasing. PiEEff WHOLESALER I f'lual footing with any large city jobbers. Mr. Fry is not only a pioneer in Salem in his line, lint there is only one wholesale drup concern now in business in Oregon that was listed, as a wholesale house before his business was so listed. Alvi : .Manufacturer Mr. Fry is also the, manufactur er of a line of family remedi"s for sale in general sti.res. and of s'ii rt'l poison and other articles. Ijirijest ( rode llrui: Denier Mr. Frv is also the largest crud- jdrug dealt r in Oregon, buying very large ijnaTitilies of rascara hark. Oregon balsam of fir and Oregon grape root, and other i u d e drugs, and he is taking up .11 III' I'.llllf I'lIK in lM-Mrvi ; mint oil. ft r the mint growers oi 1 Clty Rowth and who has a ways ;he Salt-in s.t-titm. who are in OF SALEM IS JGEORGE E. His Business Has Grown Every Year for Thirty Years,. And It Has Had Its Largest Expansion During the Past Year. 4' The earliesj wholesaler and jobber in Salem and one who has been here all the time since he began business, and who has kept glowing all the time with the delivered the next morning. The volume or business done so J. Ilubinger Co., clastic starch Hunt Bros. Co. t local cannery). Marsh far has been entirely satisfactory canned fruits and vegetables. and is increasing all the time, so the concern is a permanent and important factor in the commer cial lire or Salem, with an annual payroll and expense account al ready or some $22,000. Speak ing or the relation or the firm to their sources of supply, Mr. Jacobs said: "It has occurred to us that it might be well at this time to say that it may not be generally known that the jobbing interests or this community have by un tiring etrort secured from manv manufacturers of foodstuffs an arrangement whereby the city at Salem has been recognised as a .terminal by the manufacturers, allowing the jobbers in this lo cality to own their merchandise' at the same price that merchan dise is owned in the larger trade centers or this state. This Js or great interest to both retailer and consumer, as it not only saves the freight but save the cartage, and besides a grea. deal of time for the merchant and is necessarily a saving to the con sumer. 1 "Generally speaking. th Man ufacturer has been willing to recognize our claim; to recog- jnizr- the community rights, and we have wondered ir il would not aid war-house spaco field and l.iow nsrille. I The earliest adventurer in the) I field of wholesaling in Sulem who ! ss persisted throughout the year.-: ; was Uan .1. Fry. who was one of j the early merchants in either the jwholesai? or retail trade in this! city. -Mr. Fry i - the only busfner-s j I man in ai in wtiose business is in (exactly the hajne ownership it wa at the time he started here. Mr. Fry has for several years car ried on a large wholesale trade in drugs, chemicals, pharmaceutical preparations and patent medi cines; but thi business has grown very fat in the past three yars. and esH-i ially in the past year. He has a dinc of customers in all tba towns along the coast as well as in eastern Oregon, and biyond tho Postoni ("ereal Co. ( Ltd ) post t state lines, toasties, grape nuts and postum. "The principal operations are by Mfg. . Co., CiystaF mail orders, but a couple of men Jauues Mfg. Co., K. C. baking j powder. Kellogg's Toast-vl Corn Flake. Kellogg's line. ; Charles I:. Knox Co., Knox':; gelatine. i K. K Itirkee( Dmkee's salad i dressing. 1 Th Fred Fear Co.. My 'Wife's ifaalad dressing. j Libl'.v. McN't ill & Libby. canned J meats, fruits and vegetables. Lib i by's line. Pacific Coast Shredded Wheat Co.. shredded wheat biscuit, i Quaker Oats Co. puffed rice, pulfed wheat. Quaker corn flakes. Quaker line. easing very fast in number now and the acreage devoted to their ' Top becoming an important part of the farniji.:; operation of this section. Mr. Fry hopes that a refinery for peppermint oil may be estab lished in or near Salem near future. Mr. Fry and hi? F.on. Dan J Fry, .fr.. ar-"1 now on a trip in the east, combining ltisiness with a visit to the Philadelphia college of Pharmacy of which they are both graduates and the nnn hun dredth anniversary of which they .".re helping !o celebrate. assisted in that growth with en t rgy and loyalty, is George H. Waters. t lie tobacconist. Mr. Waters opened business January 1. IK 9,1, when he was a young chkp with a long head for busi ness and he bas met with success every day since. In his whole sale, and jobbing operations he supplies the trade in a radius ot 2a to 30 miles, this territory be ing coverert regularly by "Judge" Foster, who has been with the house 29 years. (Continued on page 4) O LE IH1E CM I HAS Gasoline Consumption . Per Capita is Shown Dutch Peet Bros. White soap. Miller Cereal Co., Miller Made Meals. Cream of Wheat Co., Cream of Wheat. Ciidahy Soap Co.. Old Cleanser. Skinner Mfg. Co., macaroni. National Match Co., raven tip matches. Roman Meal Co., roman meal. t ncle Sam Cereal Co , I'ncle Sam's breakfast food. Southern Cotton Oil Co, Wes son oil and snowdrift. Approximately 43 gallons of gasoline were used by the aver age Oregon motorist during the month of May. A total of 4, 4rX.?,lis.5 gallons or gasoline and 1 S3. 907 gallons or distillate were consumed by motor vehicles dur ing, that month, according to rig u res made available by Secretary of State Sam Kozer today. On both gasoline and distillate, a facf.irer-- and therefore is on an total tax of S91.92f..')9 was paid. are on the road part of the timo. lit deals di;-'c!Tv with the manu- DOUBLED ITS T01V 1 YEAR This Old Concern in New Hands is Forging to the Front, And Finds the Salem Field a Splendid One for thi Wholesale Grocery afld Fruit Jobbing Business. The Gile Mercantile company, under the management of Theo. Kotli, has doubled its tonnage so far for 1921 over the tonnage handled in 1920, and the busitss is expanding steadily. During the past 11 years the Gile Mercantile company has done a large wholesale business at the corner of Trade and High streets, Salem, with the active manage ment for the first 'years In th bands of 11. S. Gile and Walter T. Jenks, but another big indus try grew, out of the operations ot the company, and it became ad visable to separate them, hence the wholesale grocery and fruit jobbing end of the business was reorganized under a different ownership, the above named gen- (Contlnued on page 4 DurchVslni- lctly through tno ! ' a,t th.is P to amc (:t.re Wash,llRton coffee. orirlnal handlrs. manufacturers - " ; ' es that Northwestern Yeas and imperterinnd this house is " ' " , " C,ty .. V...1.11,. .1... . .-,if Sab pi p.t the who nnc an,i under the samt- tern" uj ron. ditiar.s as elsewhere in the stale." F. A. Jacobs. Don Ami Co.. bon ami. the oily one lithe state not con trolled by a rvriiana joooer. Showalter 1 Jacobs are nicely loeateA-ior Billing their trade. Two railroad ith joint track age pass their doors, with facili ties for lOaOUK iiiuuduiUK at taa preml". and this, in con nection with & several freight ing truck line centering in Sa lem enables "m to ive 8 perl'er service the towns as far sooth a Joneoon City than can be had from J0'1 lard. and simi larly for town east and west or this city 1fla,' FaUs Clty' Stayton. MiH e,r- Wh,n an order comes Is the arternoon from these pi' " '" k i" ast Co., Magic e:ist ami yeast foam. King Food Products Co.. the dehydrated fruits and vegetables. Baker Food Products Co., Dtli cia canned meats. And many others. DATES OF SLOGANS IN DAILY STATESMAN On Twice-a-Week Statesman Follow Day) w . .-oganDerrles, Oct 7. Pmnes, Oct. 14. Dairying Oct 21. "Ux. Oct. 28. FilberU, Nor. 4. Walants, Nov. ll. jSSZZ&i?'19' Sm. Dee. 2J. Cherries, Dee. 30. mrs, Jan. 6, 1921 Cooseberrlea and Currant. Jan. Com, Jan. 20. ery. Jan. 27. Spinach, Feb. j. gnioru, Teh. 10. JoUtoes, Feb. 17. Sff Peb- 24 Mining, uarcn , f.'AprU7. a ' i Drtj jardea, May 5. Sugar bee May 12. Sorfham. RilOT W Pet Stock Jun2' W?ollesani!d Jobbing Jnne Cucumbers. &7 7. Q-Beantiful. flowera and bulb,. JfV-JJl jj AnS 4 NaUoXnal,S78n,S,n8- Aug- U' Seeds. Anf. JJ r itock. Bp- Z5 IStotoUTO ladnstry. Sept. 1. Grain nd a,n Products' MaActariW. R;pt. 16. Woodwork! "d other things. STaoeriai.- 29. rn.es: coplfl of s'm Slogan edlimna of T Dally Oregon T. at 1W eaal, mailed to aay srfdres' THE PACIFIC FRUIT Al PRODUCE corny is a house m sale m The Pacific Fruit rnd Produr company's Salem house do -s a heavy jtdibing and wboler.al.- lusi ness in fresh fruit r.nd vtRet ii.l and is in charge of W. II. Cravat; as manager. They purchas- all the seasonable fruits and vteta- oies possible I rom local growers nn a periotl of marked nronerit v and .ship in the citrus fruits and j in the w holt sale and jobbing line. ine iruus inai ripen in v aiiiorn. i . 1 ne I'acitie i ruit and Produce i t h"ir territory twice each welt ; The volutin.' of hu.-iin'-s handled is $:;.".. 10,0 to $ i . 1 1 1 1 1 a month. Mr. Cravatt bas I t-en in charge "I 1 this house ..boiit two years, and i li is well pl.-ased with Salem and ! thinks it i-; otilv ins! t nteriiiL' lll- lnfor the Oregon ripeni-R sea son arrive.?. ThU bouse serves customers westward to Iiallas. Falls City and hHle-vndt nee and eastward to Silverton. Mt. Ansel. Stayton, Mill City. 'tc. northward to Woodburn and southward to Jefferson. They keep two men on the road all the time and work company is one of the bi?:p:"t commission loncerns on the roa-! v.ith lioue. in San Fratuisco, l.os Angeles Portland. Seattle an other large cities, rind ha main tained a bra tub in Sal 'Pi for sev eral years, but up to last year it was under th name of the Salem Fruit company. THE BUSINESS OF SALEM'S OLDEST WHOLESALER IS IIREAS1 AS Dan J. Fry Is Not Only the Oldest Wholesaler in Salem, But He Is the Second Oldest to' Be Listed in All Oregon Largest Crude Drug Buyer. The business of Pan J. Fry hs been growing very fast in the past year. lie has materially increas ed his extensive wareboust? ware house space In Salem, and he has a large warehouse in TillamooK, 'P llfFl Slrl No chain U stronger than ft -" ft msTRrarjTOBS'OP vA JflL, "The Nation's FinesKigars" HfeH, Zg$mm Fifth and Everett Streets iPllP'rl Wl Portland, Oregon MM J ' ' j t ITS wmr. ; -: