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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1923)
THE OREGON STATESMAN, XATmrnwnm SUNDAY LlORyriNG, DECEMBER 23, 1923 V V I 1 J i I j TV J Coupe $1385 - P. O. B. Sdlcsi ;;Y We ?; Have No, : Vifcration i Tho, -Gardner ;:LIctor.i3;tii3. ' Reason . , (KSv,PETTYJOIIi:!rT CO. UJlft NY COML 1 VMSM .J.'IW l.'li mi- L : UOW is tne time to hare the car painted for Fall and Win ter use HERE is the place to have it' done. ? Tiperb . workmanship plus deti.-.ei. , aristocratic, distinc tive color schemes and the fin est - quality, 'paints and -varnishes insure genuinely satis factory work. v ': J RELIANCE AUTO PAINTErCkCO : 2i9'ct.-; ;; : ; . cor-er rrc-t. ra i 11 R. and J, II. ZIcALVEI General , AatoTop and- VpliCstrlnMTork . . roTmerly with Woeds Anto Top 'pt5 N. Churih Et. ' Slem, Ore, Thq Gif t .Hp, W.oulti f I lia AnsVer in 1 - -L, Y- - II. '4 ti . . -. w t " ' 11 Y 1 ''ni in ' ' - C , r : ... .- M , lie knows no other, gift will brihg'hinV so much pleasured So why not let your Boy enjoy the most ; health-giving,; srart. Bicycling. It costs So little considering the health and appi-'. ness that it brings. - ' - Drop in and see our new easy terms can be-arranged. !r,lp7,T.Y)r .- i - . -c ; Tho Cyclcmn" . 147 EOUTII COr I IE n CI AL STREET ArbhaaV ;Pofao2: Usedto Brin- wwauui, By ALFRED IIOLMAN Editor San Francisco Argonaut Salem., OrQ , k- ta. preceamgr letters,.! nave. t. fear, so far .-surrendered to the fascination; of the romantic, story or uregon and : of . itscQntinuIng Influence upon Oregonian . life as to have ; slighted '' more - material matters. There is - that In what "The , Covere(JWASQn::. symbolizes that enchains, the imagination. The, migration to Oregon in the 40s. f50 and'60s' was the last gTeat drive ot the Aryan race, the Culminating trek in a movement that -beean -before the era of ; re corded history In far Pamir. "And 3? it ras the' last, no In a sense it was the . greatest of r series oC unnamhered'; xaoTements- toward the setting sun. ; Oregon was the final ; primeval wilderness to be subdued, and it is an Inspiring, re flection that in its final drive there . was.exhlblted. aa energjr and a hardihood not surpassed. In 'any. other age -or by any other move ment tfhXArwTslDk?V? ' . I turn now to ,Lirsentme4t "ot matters fundamental t toth i for tunes of .Oregdn It Js a country of curiously substantial ..atHo Dhere.'" Ef ervthtn z' about brerotf . from the skyscrapers "of "Portland . to. the", orchard ot i Ilood. Hivef and Medford "wearsthe" look oi soIidUy..' "What has been attained : has'come by natural processes and without artificial promotion. Ma terially Oregon stands on her own legs. And as Oregon jkas'not been 1 the creation of a day, it is not! an ' effect of a narrow range of indus try. The '.development , of the eountry .has been faarmpnions.' in the sense .that U. has rested upon a. rariety ot natvral. conditions and therefore not subject, as we oftentimes see elsewhere, to, the blights that come now and again to a community whose eggs, so to speak. ar,e all in one basket. : Thi population of 4 Oregon 1 in 1920 was 783.289, as against 413.. 556 In 1900 and'-672,765 in1910. Thus, while the population has in no sense 'been; 'boomed," "there has been a steady growth based upon a; general expansion ,of In dustry.' The movement has ,'not been; $0 apid as to-leave 'large elements of the population' unas sim Hated. Through ; the play of social forces dascribed in previous lette rs Oregon has a way -of her own in dealing . with her new pop; nlation. So fixed is the Orego nian character that it makes' over the incomer Incite own 4nkae-!Eh4 man- who estiblished"- himself In Oregon only a' few years back If commonly, f oijnd to beas : ard,hi in "his. love of itho, State, asre1 spectful. of. her history, and, ae revert-nt towafd ' her traditions and. her heroes of ihe'4eary;era ."as. any- son ? of the soil. ; So vital 1b the spirit and. sol powerful the' in fluence ..of the ? earlier times jthajt few; "resist them- and - practically pone f aiU" altimately" of a loyalty dot. surpassodjn any of the newer States.""""., '' ;';1;a'T: . x Pride in Stat.Engroea AU 1 In the creation and mainten ance of Interest and pride, inf he State niahy fixed Institutions beat theirTprt.j Tor many years June 15 has rbeen set side as Pioneer Day, celebrated all, over the State but ' with.'- special I' reverence and elaboarte. ceremonies at Portland. The .inflneaces' of this annual cele oration are .widespread, t The ."aa nual ?Round Up" .at Pendieton is another Ihstltutlon,, very, different in kind hut likewise effective Jn Us stimulation of. State Sentiment-, ' 5 There is, further, an inspiration in certain physical charma .Talued4 by Oregonian , f oik. The -; snow peaks. Hood, f Jefferson, and the r - if t - Appreciate Mo; t ; Will Be " v ; and complete line. If you wish. V" - i i 1 4 a m i jrqsiucn OTama juanai upens ureat Three Sisters, have "a powerful hpld tipon the Imagination'df 1 the people. Another unique' natural feature,' Crater Lke, makes Its contribution to the pride- and Ioy altyJof t the Oregonians. The Co ldmbfa River Highway, than which there is nothing of its kind more beautiful in-Jthe whole worlds Is another stimulation to ; local af-fe9tiqa?-; Jng famJar fwjth Ore gpn.,at Rimes' i hate wondered -if. In; Jtheir sentlmeaiif or, the natuur al wonders , and beauties of their country, and in the very i natural tendency ? ; to"' emphasize " these charms, the ; people: ( of ? f Oregon have not done their vital interests aa : injustice. ? Oftentimes I have found J that i the fame i ot i Oregon has rested upon ' her noble ' river and her glory of snow peaks than upon conditions of greater mater ial value.?. Be this as it may, Ore gon presents to every sort of man objects and 'conditions of interest o -.other state-' , holds : in- greater variety-r-that which Is worth the attention of the nature lover; the investor; the engineer, and the In dustrial .settled- VV 5 - -' The''tandamental - industry of Oregon is tlaf of : agricultttre in which classify b6Ur ithe , trutt growinisr and Hhe live stock inter ests The notal acreage t of Im proved farm lands in Oregon, as reported by "toe federal census of l20was 4,913,85irthe area of irrigated farm lands 986,162 acres ?and of high potential . value' now unproductive but capable of pro duction - under irrigation." 1. 34 04$ acres. In Its variety agricul tural production in Oregon ranges the full gamut known to the tem perate tone. All the gralos all he vegetables, all the fruits,7 are produced. Jn: Quality; unsurpassed. In! the, year i 922 Oregon produced tor export general farm products to the volne of $75,000,000 fresh fruit shipments of - $1&,000,000, dairy products K f 2 1,0 0 0, 0 d 0.i rA few. detail -wllf suffice IaVS2$ Oregon " exported ' B,06,000v.boxes of apples ' 1,000 ,0 06-; boxes of peaches,' 3, 00,000 boxes of pears, 65,000r0(M pounds of prunes, 114t 000,000 (pqnd8 of berries. s Of vegetables 'she exported 15,000 0 0 0 bushels ' of '-potatoes. 3 S,0 0 0J 000 pounds of 'carrots, C.OOO.OOQ pounds dried bana. Of field pro ducts, V she exported 22.000,000 bushel "of Wheatn 0.000,000 bush els Of . hops,. S,000,00 0 bushels Of oats,' 2,300,000 "bushels' of barley. The livestock census of Oregon in 1922 - was ; -; Ran ge , 1 cattle , v about 300,000 head, dairy cows 115,000 hogs 800,000 sheep '1,800.000 horses 90,000, goats 475,000. Tki record-is sufficient to Indicate the range .and values of commercial agricultural Jndustry Jn, Oregon.'" 1 ) Canal An . IxpprX: Byeloper ! i While Oregon -has : missed, the growth '.in population that would havet, ame ;with 'early develop; j ment of her timber ; resource she j has this id hef.credit, namely that in large measure her. f of eSta, haf j been saved.' While exploitatioh'of the Oregon" timber fields' hai, been : slow In . coming, It has come at last, and today the timber Indus try Is perhaps second 6hly to. tha! of agriculture. . According to the census :of Jtff22"there are 6?0'saw mills, small ahd great lh the state of Oregon; employing 22,884 mfenl and producing; annually; "mainly 'for exDprt;;tlmberr products, in the aggregate value4 of $ 5 3,2 2,0 0 07 I will nqt burden this .writing"" with further details of manufacturing industry,; in Oregon. The record is not one of "great. Importance, as besides lumbering and fruit can- nlng.ad- tha-Hvcstock Interest there is "little that , goes beyond local supply and' consumption. V' 5 Qutslde.ot ;tha Jineai athoxe- .de fined, there is relatively,ftman de? yelopmentandit is bnlJttst iow that Oregon .has been, Blaied.ln, situation aftprdlng , any promise of prof ft through 'export Of 'local prcdncts other jthantose; of the forest and the soil. JT sp "Just now in recognition of two Impor tant fats.A One .is;' th Recently developed, channels of the ".Colum bia and ;Wnianiettei rtver8. it The other ta.cC potential 4n. its relatldn to joaanufactorlng derelopmeat in Oregon, isj, the l3thmlan;Cnal. which, although .toexistence now for a considerable-period, was fnot under1 war. 'conditions available.; It is now possible for products orig: inating in Oregon' for export a the Columbia , river and , passing through the canal to compete for Atlantis seaboard trade with the Mississippi, valley. The relative cheapness of water transportation compared with rall transportation establishes, practical . equality, bs tween'ipolats5 far West as Chica go or -"possibly 'Omaha: Hardlj appreciated as" yet.1 there is W 'thls ractvopportunltyort great potent tlalTalae to- the vStater or Oregon. - - Oregon- shares Vwitbl $er -sister state "ot Washingtbn; and Idaho fully one-4hird of the- whole avail able hydroelectric power of. the baited ' stated I The ' Director pfj me united states ueoiogicai sur vey estimates the available water power of. Oregon at 68.4 , horse- ; power for each square mile of her area of nearly 100,000 square miles. How significant this f act is as related to the future I leave to the calculations of the engineer z3 tlo'ca'aufacturcr,. ;Kot only Stated tb Iu Prciexit is ' the available water power "of Oregdn very great, but it is widely distributed. If less in her seastern section : than" In" the WesteTnVpart Of the state, there Is still sufficient in- her various' districts for an en ormous development of whaeVeT" may find ', a' resource ' in 'cheap power. ' v ; - DetferloraUon in Politics Y1 turn now to the political life of Oregon; and with ho great plea sure, for under a "curious combin ation of Influences the state In re cent years has measurably declin ed in her political character "as compared with earlier timesV - For many "years, Oregon was made not able by the" talents, powers 'and distinctfons of the men who rep-; resented her- at Washington.' This generation r knows little of - Sena tor Joe Lttne.'a notable figure in national "councils previous to the Civil War- and Democratic Vice Presidential candidate in the year when Abraham Lincoln was elected to the Presidency: f It ' is hardiy more famillaf with the name"and fame" of 'Senator Edward D." Bak er, ?'or-'thatioI Senator ' Oedrge- H., Williams," "Attorney TGeneral " l- in Grant's cabinet; of Senator Jose-, ph K Dolph,' for many years a man of - national mark; of ' Sena; tor Senator La Fayette Grover ahd of bthers -who long ago passed off the stage of 'life. " Today the po litical" lire br Oregon Is without notable "distinction, and so it must continue - to' be hntil ; there- Shall come' surcease of wild political ei-i perrmentation' - with a' 'sounder public 'attitude toward the requirements- of "' political - representtlon". ; . The success of ' a nondescript candidate- for the Governorship of Oregon last, year was. due: to -two, clrcumsUnces-jHone,' the eame" spe cies of .jKjpuiar 'discontent especf' ally ; among,: the farming , element, .hat led jecently. to th election, to the ".Senate of Brobkhart bfl'l'ow(. and- Magnus . Johnson." In Miripe SQtal . ' The ' 'second ' circumptance was the .risof vthe Ku Klux Klan which, has .taken a,; strong bold in the rulal. districts; . Th.e'-republK ean' cahdldate". stood., openly v and positively ror conpervauve prmv-j pies , and . as; , openly r and '.as,'. POsI tively. In .opposition.. to the "Kla,n;, Pierce,,who won the election,, was; supported, oy me raaiQais anq. oy tbe . Kian: ;';. The vpting.j;; strength of the Kian, I tm.toia, was drawn jnitelXiftom! thipWgxsslTaAeXi: ment of the old republican organl- tatlon.. ; . ... ; ;YU; ',Y " Y. As I " talked with .OovernorO: Pierce 1 gained the impression that he was a 'sincere but an nn- conscious andvajdangerous. fanatio- without-" real knowledge", or nor mal judgment In "relation- to mat ters and things Under "his hand. I liked 'the man, as one a.lways,does where , there i are? "sincerity t and Courtesy, but t could not help feel- 'hSC'that Oregon' had Tinade. a sad mistake injer. seKc$iQ.n of a; gov ernor.-- - : .; I WHAT, IS BACK OF V V J -CHEVROLET . . The Chevrolet 'Motor, company is an Important diyisipn of.' the largest and strongest of all automotive- organizations. General. Mo tors - Corporation Although the various. General Motors i , automo tive ' divisions, 'each' producing eomplete vehicles of varying types and prices, I are! largelyj seltrsus talning being ? manufacturing units' rather than mere assembly plan ts--thelr - operation's, are 'sup plemented' by' other General I Mo tors' .Divisions, "f-'i". t;'C : .j' -'"4;.. V Vast Resoaroea -of General Motors ,.-.-; " 3oeporoisr;--;-;. - As a result, of the size and scope of its . Varied Interests and the huge volume ,pf its - business the Corporation " and its constituent divisions- enjoy a- number' of d dis tinct advantages which would be beyond tbe scope of a lesser insti tutiQnJ ,;i,VA tf:-..,1'-',.", Inclading subsidiaries and -affiliated companies, there is a total of :tf 'divisions In the General Mo tors Corporation, with plants lo cated la - 35 ciUes : in the United States and .Canada. Measured by resources and volume of business, theCGeneral Motors 'Corporation ftands second among the greaff in dustrial groups of the world. ,T General; Motors properties em brace 2000 , acres . ot land, . upon Which there" are bvet 15 Otf build-t In gs .with a", total '. floor space of over 32,000,000, square feet. ", In the mammoth factories the following products are built; air- planes, automobiles, trucks,' trac tors, farm lpmlements, farm light ing and power, plants, electrically operated refrigerators,- cng'aes. transmissions, wheels, axles, steer- Ink gears radiators, starting and lighting equipment, ball and roller bearings; open and closed bodies, eastings, forgings. malleables. cold draws steels, .Klaxon warping 'K tjls f OIauipnjtJv0 hn4 industrial uses, spark pings,' bicycle hubs, coaster bralces and upholstery leathers. ,A centralized purchas ing department, backed bv- the great buying "power of the Corpor ation. ' insures ' the lowest prices on iraw; materials, and on such part and commodities as are the cor oa need of the car divis.'ons. : General -Motors Activities ' : The General - Motors Research Corporation at Dayton- which .fias a laboratory second, to, none, in the world has a. corps of .experts, in cluding specialists in fuels, metals, cnemlstry,, lubrication.- motors,! chassis, axles, etc., who are work ing year in and year out on new developments, 'A General I . Motors , Statlstlci Bureau .follows , trade - conditions and renders a. special service ytd the units of teh Corporation. -With a view of serving those of its' customers who. find - it ; more convenient, to purchase General Motors products under a deferred payment plan, the General Motors Acceptance Corporation was org anized In 1919 and today, ranks 18th among the banking institu tions of this. country. . , t , , . Realizing; that ' insurance Js of vital -interest to. every dealer and purchaser ol General Motors cars, the Genera?: Exchange Corporation was organized by, tbe General Mo tors. Corporation to lend its aid in handling Insurance of automobiles. , GeneraVt Motors ; "Export ''Com pany 4 ahd" other, foreign ' organiza tions " of . the. Corporation " cover every city v of r importance, in the world j, "V .General", Motors Export Company alone .has 12 ' branches and. 5 00 deajers. , . ' -' t Y 192i, ; 7605 .Chevrolet cars anairucs -were sum iu iuo uuhcu States, in '. Canada; and,' for export. In .1922," more1 .than" three times this number Were' made - and sold, or 243,373. V In, the calendar. year pt 19 23, ', about ; thTee v times as many i;aevroiei cars auu iruci are; expected .to" be sold.' . '; "; 5 ? Y During ithe I past twoyears "the groFth,. of . Chevrolet manuf actur-ing-jracllities thas been4 , hothitrg sbprt.ofphenomenal ' 'Each of the seven olde.praQts' manufacturing ort . "assembilng .;VCkevrqlet cars, trucks' ahdjparts, lias Jeen enlarg ed ancLttsl capacity increased,' ahd five" entirely new'plants have been TWmalid plaiirat" Flint, has been increased to a total floor space of ,3 3 5,0 00 square feet. the SCIiJis Assembly Plant tot alalZiTMo: square feet The Oakland California,. ; 'Assembly plant" has been" increased to near ly a half million square feet, while how, exceeds." this ty ,50 per cent.' The largnlant formerly devoted to other. General" Motors Corpora- tipn business at Janesville, Wis.; has been changed; Into" an assem bly' plant for Chevrolet, with floor space. of, nearly ; a: half million squire " f eet" In addition, new f.uonimuea on page .j ' 't; '-n" I; , rcr this These models on display now in our sales room are positively guaranteed to be i .- . , - . r - - . "' . . -, j y, - . -'upvalues in perfect condition to have many extras and to be as represented. . The selection of closed models has never been more complete. 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