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SALipi, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING. JANUARY 1, 1925
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213 is yo riave Mils to Weave Local'Fla
A Hundred Million Dollars a Year Will Corne, and a Million Peopi
Will be Employed Dxrectly and Indirectly in trie Manufacture of Line,
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Salem is to have her first linen
mill this year. The machinery has
aireaay oeen ordered. The Initial
; buildings will begin , to assume
shape soon. It is planned to have
the machinery started by the first
oi juiy. me Miles Linen Com
pany, with B. C. Miles, well known
Salen man as the moving spirit,
Is the corporate name. , ,It is all lo-
r ca.i capital to start with. The be
ginnings win be carefully made.
The plan Is to' proceed cautiously
na io avoia an mistakes as near
ly as possible. But the enterprise
j- nas m it the makings of a big con
cern running; into the millions.
The makings are in the character
of present stockholders and in the
nature of the business. Such en
terprises carefully managed live
throughout the ages and grow con
stantly and take la the" world as
their field. That, is the outlook
for the Miles Linen Company."
YV'ill Ik Others
This will be the first concern in
Salem to spin flax "yarn," a'nd to
turn out twine; and perhaps to
weave linens. But it will be tol
lowed oy others many erf them.
There wil be other linen mills
making coarser fabrics , and also
. those turning out the finest of fine
linens. There will be others mak
ing specialties; for there are hun
dreds of these, in both linen and
hemp articles because "we can
grow the finest hemp in the world
here, as well as the finest fiber
flax ever produced or that can be
produced. ,i --. .'
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Is a Great Event
This is a great event, the build
ing of the first linen mill in Salem.
It is sufficient cause, for great re
; Joicing here, and throughout Ore
gon for it means the ambitious
beginnings of the greatest Indus
try in Oregon, to last as such for
all time . .-,
. And this la sufficient excuse, if
any were needed, for calling at
tention to, some of the benefits that
' a ill accrue from this development
- here, 'and to" the" fact that the rais
ing of flax and the making of lin
ens will make a permanent indus
try . vhu-,.;,-:, .:.
As permanent, for Instance -ej
" Salem's paper Industry; based on
; the fact that the world will always
need paper; that paper la made
trom cellulose, and that there will
be cellulose as long as there Is any
vegetable growth that will stand
up; that has fiber- from the Trer-
- lest garden weed to the giant ' of
the forest. ";
- So there will be need for the
manufactures of flax as long as
civilized man shall use napkins or
I table cloths or towels or clothing
or tapestry or laces or handker-
, chiefs or air planes :
And so long as he paints houses
' or automobiles or any single thing
on: which paint is used, from a
hairpin to a floating city called a
ship; and so long as he uses putty
or windows or doors In shacks or
palaces or skyscrapers: and so long
as he makes linoleum for his
floors. 1
, Why? , .
Because linseed oil Is (flaxseed
oil ; lin r is the - word for flax In
French and -several other languag I
es. i Linseed oil is pressed or boil-1
ed out at. flaxseed; yielding In
weight 3 S to 41 per cent of the
flaxseed; about 35 -per cent of the
flaxseed grown on the" fiber flax in
the Salem district ' . : - ". ''
'And linseed , pil Js the only oil
produced in commercial quantities
that is a "drying" o!l.: What Is
this "drying" process? It is" not
really drying at all; not like the
evaporation that takes place when
the housewife hangs her washing
on the clothes line. ' The "drylnl'
Is due to the instability of linseed
oil and its sensitiveness to atmos
pheric influences. ; It 'changes it
self chemically, combining' Itself
with the oxygen from the airi If
a film of linseed oil is exposed to
the' air it absorbs oxygen quickly,
becoming more and more '-. sticky
and viscuous during the absorption
until at last it dries like an elastic
skin. The amount of oxygen this
absorbed by the oil may be ' as
much as 20 per cent.ot its weight.
In making paints and varnishes
the coloring material, white lead,
lamp black, ultramarine or rd
lead is ground with aimall quan
tity of linseed oil and then mixd
with-more linseed oil. and With;
the oil of turpentine;! an
a layer of paint is spread on a sur
face of,, metal or woo it I "driel"
quickly, and a protective ; skin Is
left. The glazier, too. denenda dnf
me rarymg" quality of linseed oil
when he fixes up a new pane of
glass with putty. He uses whiting
ground up with linseed oil, and it
Is the linseed oil that- makes; the
mixture hard when it Is exposed
to the air. The same, thinp hap-
pens wnen me maxer or linoleum
mixes ground cork and rosin with
linseed pIL -The linseed oil drinks
in oxygen from the air and oxidiz
es and solidifies the mass.
The Miracle Plant
Now take the flax plant. Here
in: the, Salem district j it ' may ; be
planted and harvested (pulled) In
70 days or less; some irrigated
flax was planted and pulled last
year' within 50 days, in the Turner
neighborhood. It is j a miracle
plant It will grow 'la that short
time and it will last throughout
the ages. Its fibers are so fine
that they may be divided and di
vided to microscopic fineness, "and
an Irish girl, 13 years old, spun a
thread of ft 1432 miles long, from
a: single pound of -fiber! Arid
spun together and woven: Into cloth
firwllt outlast the life pf the splfc
ner and wearer 5000 years, as wit
aess the fine linens in the tombs pt
Egypt; and, it will make a cloth
that will defy the elements, as In
the sails of ships and the .wings of
airplanes aloft in a hurricane."
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First in value is the seed;fr
linseed oil and poultices and medi
cine. , fj,
Next Is the fiber for upholdster
ing or spinning tow or for spinning
Into "yarn for thread or twine, hr
for weaving into cloth of various
kinds, v ; v . ; ' h . I
: .;Then the water of the retting
tanks is usea zor ieruuer. The
oil meal, after being pressed f or
the linseed oil makes dairy feed.
So do the bolls with the, broken
and. small seeds.' The " latter ts
also good for horse feed. The
shlyes or woody part of the ilax
straw the inside part after the'. fi
ber, which Is on the butside, is
taken off is burned for fuel; In
making Bteam heat or other heati
. So there is no waste: In flaxf
abs61utely"oner' " '"T f;;-""1t
.; The pulled flax does sot exhaust
the soil as much as grain crops; or
cabbage or potatoes.' A second
crop the same year may' be grown
In flax land: I With 'proper rota
tlon. flax may be grown, for 1-000
years on the same land. : It will
produce each year what iwe sell
when manuactured, for as high as
t?l flftn an ficr- or more, i
, It will go on doing this f orevef
. So the flax and linen industries
are good for all time. They will
last as long as civilization lasts.
They are payers of high wages and,
salaries. They may be developed
here In the Salem district, on less
than 100.000 acres of land, giving
employment to "over': 1. 000. 000
people, directly and Indirectly, for
all time. . .( - :. s
s There are only a few districts In
the world in which the finest fiber
flax can" be grown and retted and,
manufactured with the fields with-,
in eyeshot of. the factories. I The
Salem district is one of '(hese, We
have" the setting to become the
Belfast of the Kew World. ' And
more than . a Belfast," for we
have" the American' genius for
quantity production. We will see
linen, five times as durable and
potentially valuable !as cotton
goods, cheaper in $be markets of
the world" than cotton goods. Per-
haps before very longj -And Sal-
r em no doubt will have a master
hand in. bringing this about.
Brief History f 71a3C ,
-. "Old things . are passed ' away;
behald, all. thingB are. i become
new." : ' . ' .
? Corinthians, 5:17.
-. In the flax industry, al) old
things are not passed away, and
will not;, but some old things have
passed and others are passing,' and
more will pass.' But the miracle'
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tbolomew; came a time (arouor
1635) when persecution's sent colr
onles of Huguenot weavers front
France to the north of Ireland
came the slow: development of the
pow : great linen Industry of th
Belfast district. , ' ' ; '
' Belfast became the great linen
city" of' the World, drawing her
supples of fiber from Holland
Belgium, France and other coun
tries, including " ? Russia i ". mostly
Russia, where she got the bulk o
It before the Iwar, Ireland 'itself
producing only some' 10 to 13 pe
cent of it. "Ahd her hemp flbe
from Italy,', :. :'' ' ' : -V
. AH this made Belfast a very
rich city; a 'cty of 650,000 peoj
pie,; and that that part of Ireland
a very rich' section. ' ; s - ." ''
.Then came cotton manufacture
lng on a large scale, and cotton
was largely substituted for linen.
mis phase retarded the rapid
growth of the linen industry in
England, Belgium, France, Aus
tria ana Germany, and in Scot
land; and in the Belfast district,
toobut Belfast has held ' her
own and more, even In face of this
fierce .competition, despite the
fact 'that she has not succeeded in
her, many attempts to 'much en
large the home growth of the raw-
materials ; in Ireland; depending
on imported fiber.
r So 'much for the "Outline of
History;"1 - "
:'"' The New Things
But little was done in all the
long years towards : discovering
and adopting new processes; ar
riving at shortcuts. : : 1 -'r'
' N"lCintlan4 on pt T) '' V'
And We iGrow Most Pounds to the Aqre and
With Highest Menthol (Content and Best Flavor
Salem district peppermint oil is
being" quoted in the New York
market at $6 to tS'a nound. Stirh
prices would make' the mint ; in
dustry in this district a bonanza
Industry. Half those prices would
make mint "grown here a mosTprot
f liable crop. . We have ' a boom
now in the mint industry hereof .
And we should.' have a bigger
one.. ' .v ' '' ; '..vy 'Vi-' l r '
: ' Salem should ! have a pepper
mint refinery.. J..She can have One.
if all , the grower's Will join the
Oregon Cooperative Mint Growers
tions. That the; farmers of the
Willamette vajfey are destined o
aupply the increased demand there
is little doubt because they can
do this at'a good profit." "
"The following ; are pertinent
facts',' worthy of the attention of
proepective ' new comer; also of
farmers already here who have
suitable mint land. ' 4 '
'Peppermint is a profitable erop:
. Because it is of, hardy growth
and' has fewer. i natural , enemies
than almost any other farm crop;
Because it produces a4 full crop
223 Lliles of Paved Roads in 2C-L3
Marion County Has Expended Two Millions of Dollars in Read Ei ild-
i.L D.i. C:.. vri.-:i. j .ill ni . r t v r- i n
luiu uici usirivc i ears, ana me nan is 10 rroceea co . runas j .Lev;
The map herewith tells the sto
ry of how completely Salem is the
center of a great paved market
roads system ' radiating in : every
direction. It shows that within
a radius of 20 miles of the cap!
tal city there are 223 miles of
hard surfaced highways; all lead
Jng j to this city and connecting
air the; important market-towns
and cities' in this rich and poten
tlally vastly richer eection of .the
potentially richest state in the
Union, pi : . i.v-J,: : '".f - '
The feader wilt note that of the
223 miles of paved roads within
this radius 124 miles are county
markets highways, and 97 miles
are. sections of. the Pacific high
way, paved by the state.
A study of the map, with Its
legends'; rlll convey to the reader
a very good idea of the'' charmed
circle of ! progressive development
in this' field for thfsr territory, but
there h$ also given below some
brief facts gleaned from 'the - rec
ords of the' Oregon state highway
department, followed by a very
plain anq; straightforward check
ing, up i; pf progress by Marlon
County ;oad Master W. J. Cul
ver: y il
From State Highway Records
Salem is fortunately situated on
the Facif id highway 52 miles from
Portland jnd 25 miles 4 from Al
bany. The through travel over the
'Faclfic i highway at Sale'm 'daring
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SlacDonald: Has .ExRsriencb
Ar-al AfTPnf frtf ..'Marmnn:? Cjr' Gives TlistorV
V From 1 899 to Now Has Seen Many Chances
Jl. N. MacDonald is one of the
- oldest men in the automobile' busi-
, ness, starting ' his "career "In T8 9 9
by serving as a, mechanician ap
prentice for three years with R6ss
Stationary Engine company of
Buffalo. N. Y.'
In 1902 he went with the Con
rad" Steamer company, manufac
turers of steam automobiles, later
Thomas FJyer when the company
was building one cylinder autos
then with Pierce-Arrow when they
built their first fwo-cyllnfier ver
tical motor. In 1303 going with
Franklin Auto company, Syracuse,
'N.j Y, helping to buiid first 1905
-Franklin nodel3 of which he has
a picture.; 1907 found Sir.' Mac
Dotiald employed by Packard dis
triJjutors at Baffalo, N. Y., as a
mechanic. , In 1909 returned to
Thomas factory when company
built their famous New York to
"tPaj-ls racing car, which won the
race defeating German, Italian and
French cars, was tbe only Ameri
can car in tho race,. only old-time
:. aulomotile men " :'! remember
tbli great race
0 II:
.tri- 'Jtor 'or Thor.3? rtrs at Ja
tow n, N.' Y., rersa!,:t.;' with tl.:. i
pany ceased tol manufacture auto
mobiles. ". ; ""'." ' . j ,' '.
' 'l9 1 3 ' was dealer " for lazier
tos at Jamestown, handling th
line until they, went out of bosi-.
ness. 1916 Mr. MacDonald decid
ed to return to Packard dlstribu
tors at Buffalo, coming west in
191S he has been associated with
Packard at Boise Idaho, Portland;
Ore.; and Salem. . Recently he dis
posed of his 'Packard i interests
here, and desiring to remain in f'a
lem spent three weeks ; looklag
over and testing out several hlih
class cars and with his years Of ex
perience" in" building and selllSg
automobiles decided upon the Mar
mon as one of America's best
built and constructed, also power
ful and most economical car on
market today. Marmoa .still re
tains its famous -six-cylinder mo
tor and chassis" improving , the
lines of Its body which i3 the 1 3t
word, in comfort and eleano.
lost every professional ; racing
driver of today ij a Marnon owP",
cr. ; , " : . !- ;
::r. :'icD-.:-3i will i ? r'ai to
i.:ctt bis fric. Ii at 1-1 3 t..i.uriy
location 236 Ctste street, and w!l!i
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the!
plant that grows from the seed la Association; if they will organize
70 fo 90 days and produces a fiber
that -lasts; "forever," for all- prac
tical "purposes, ; is the same ii It
was In ancient Egypt; excepting
for improvements made by ' mod
ern methods of" selectlo'n and cul
tivation. After" the manner of
If. O. Wells, but very briefly, take
following "Outline of History,"
Pplled to tbe flax industry
Flax is the oldest known -vege
table fiber used In the making of
articles for wear and household
use. it was grown in ancient
Egypt. Fine linens are found in
the tombs in the "Valley of the
Kings," where - the mummified
bodies of the great houses' (phar-
oahs) were put away 6000 years
of so ago and samples of these
fabrics, many of them preserved
la the British museum, : show
weaves that our modern machin
ery and methods cannot imitate.
The narrowness" of theso textures
shows that the shuttle-was not
known to the 'ancient Eyptia-3;
the width was limited to the
length of' the human reach. " But
the shuttle was known In the time
of Job, supposed to be the oldest
book in t-c'wcTld, for JoU ii re-
r'cJ" ' t: ' 1.2V3 "Y-li,- -:rf days
, s" i btb rrsnt without tope."
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C"-:3 t V"-:::r9 cf Ct. rr-
pc
an
tl?
100 per cent. The advantages
would be many. - In the first place,
the full profits would be' brought
here. Iq the second place, the
product would Sbe" standardized,
and "higher prices' would be real-izedo;:;-'
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" The finest and richest" pepper
mint oil in the world is produced
In the Salem district- An oil with
51 per cent" of menthol content,
against the 38, per cent of the oil
produced In Michigan. Indiana and
New York, our competitors in this
country and an oil that ranks at
the top' for purity of flavor so
that dealers pay more for ur oil
than for the eastern oil. and the
eastern oil must be mixed with
the Oregon oil in order to give it
the proper flavor. r
Besides,1? our growers gel more
pounds of oil to t;he acre. "
All these are tremendous advan
tages; they give bur groweri what
amounts' to a franchise in the pro
fitable production of peppermint
oil, for which there is a rapidly
growing demand, especially in the
caniy and gum i trades - of the
United States, j
, 'lint was use " ia nedicine 400
Y rs b-'Drc JtJ bir i of Clirkt;
pt;L.i;s a great deal lcz-r.
Ert it. is enly cf Iste years that
tLz C.zzi2.3."Lz wff'a to ezor-
t?u3 ti eve? jr. crc
first year that it is planted;
V Because it produces a good crop
lor several -years' after the first
year with very little labor some
growers say 10 'years: : ; ' .'" ''
lec'ause'it does not have to be
marketed immediately bul can be
held without ' deterioration until
maket prices are" favorable; i
f ; ' liecaise the crop is ' of such
small bulk that the cost of hauling
to market is practically ? nothing
and the distance" of "the' grower
j"rom transportation facilities does
hot have to; be considered: "
1 1 Because the oil commands a
good price, taking ' one " year with
another, which affords the grower
a' good" margin where the land is
properly "adapted to mint. "
: ; The mint. industry, is not likely
to be overdone, in view of the in
creasing demand and the higher
production and quality of the Ore
gon article -; . . .
1 And in some years It will be a
bonanza crop a f
j And during a series pf years it
will pay well, as has been; the ex
perience, of all the older growers,
who have been the pioneers cf the
industry.;;;:'' . ,. - ,
! Another thing,.-there, are three
d'stiact varieties of peppermint,
t' e Japanese, the Black .Jichem
.1 ha, 1
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the summer season now reaches
fan average of about 2500 vehicles
per day, and it Is safe to say that
therewjn '.be 1 a leaet a 20 per
cent increase, tpis year, ju aging by
past experience, i
. Connecting Salem with Dallas.
the county seat of Polk county; is
a ; paved highway , 1 " ' miles; in
length which affords :' excellent
transportation facilities ' between
the twp countleB.' ; The. Salem
Dallas' highway also connects witii
tnewest Side Facile highway and
taps that travel artery and diverts
considerable through travel to the
cast side route. Jn addition,' trav
el from McMInnvflle ahd Tilla
mook county uses this road as a
direct Tiighway to Salem. ".
During the summer months the
Salem-Dallas highway carries an
aerage traffic of 800 vehicles per
day. and the west side' Pacific
highway after the opening cp-f
the new pavemeaf south of Lion
mouth last year carried a.n aver
age of. 1500 vehicles per day for
the first monthi- These figures
will increase proportionately as
the west Eido route becomes, bet
ter known.-. -; ::;-'
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through the small towns where
paving has been done to connect
up the roads. ' :
; Thirty-four; market roads were
named by the 1919 special elec
tion.' ;:-'. -.-.I'-.-.;, i; ';".'."": -
On 30 of these roads some pave
ment has been laid, on most of
them for the entire length; on the
other tour roads-: there is good
gravel macadam. ' .
All market centers in the coun
ty are connected. up with good im
proved roads. -.
A large amount of paving has
been done by the county; for the
cities and larger towns in' which
the municipalities have paid back
to the county the actual cost of
the work;, the saving to the prop
el ty owners reaching -a large sum;
the cities benefited by the work
have been Salem. SHverton. Mt.
Angel, Voodburn, Stayton and
Jefferson. . , -
Where paving has been laid on
the market roads the widt is 16
feet ; the ' depth of the paving is
Inches laid on a 5 Inch base of
travel macadam; in a few places
ine wiam,was reduced on hills
and uneven ground to make con
ditions' better : for team travel. V
The work has been done in the
laet five years;" the total cost be
ing close to i2,ooq,ooo. ' c
The average' cost of the com
pleted paved ' road per mile ; hss
been $15,000, "' and .the average
cost of gravel macadam road $5,-
ooo.: . .0 -' -1".-;. t "-'.. : '.
The money "with which to do
this work came from the sale of
bonds,; $850,000; from the 2 mill
tax (Pierce market road law); the
auto license law ., and from ithe
regular . levy made br . the county
uri or roaa wora. . ..
liistlyear $85,000 of the bonds
were paid , off; in July. 1825.
$85,000 more will be paid, and
equal annual! payment f Villi ' be
made each: of the eight succeed
ing years until the issue is retired.
The work' has been done by
county forces Working for wage.
uniy one-third of one I mile of
grade -and - paving work has been
done by contract, and that because
no " county plant was near;' the
work was done at Brooks by
contractor working on the Pacific
highway,' who had a plant located
there. H - r; ? s? - - ,;
Seven concrete bridges from 1
to' 120' feet are' included in the
above work, i The ' pavement has
stood the heavy' traffic remark
ably well and the cost of repairs
has been smaU,- f?-.'.,..:."--'';v-,
The first of this year we had
100 miles of pavement completed,
and the repairs' on the same dur
ing the year 'has been less than
$5,ooo.;-' V i- ' ; -J' .
:. The work undertaken in 1919
has been completed;" the county
has four good paving plants, sev
eral large crushers and plenty of
grading -machinery . to go ahead;
with TOad work. -1 ';:y--:,y--
addltlonal funds as t teal
money, is gone. Howe r, with
the two sources of lr.ee at ova
named remaialng tha i 'tl.3
court can expect to pave f ; : i tea
to 1 miles and Improve frcn 15
to 20 miles with macaiin cac'a
year, and if the several districts
through which the cer r.irket
roads run will encouraga the work
by voting small special taxes tie
mileage can be increased.
tt is likely that the amount ct
paving to be done for tLa next
few years :wiU be reduce J. aaj
more attention given to grade and
macadam work, so that the rcaij
will be ready for paving when the
traffic shall make it cecc :ry.
When the cost " of maistair.lr- a
good rock roa4 is less than ths i
terest on the cost of tirlzz tl. j
same. the paying can wait. ' '.
; lfelping Self ' HeTp
For the. coming year the court
is trying a new plan to encoisrarq
the districts to help themelvei.
. In "each road district votir-t a
special tax amounting to 2 or more
mlllsl; the . court 'has provided a
sum! amounting to 2 mills on th
valuation in, the district as an e i
ditional fund for permanent work.
Thirty-six districts in the coun
ty have taken 'advantage cf tL5j
offer and have voted special taxes
amounting to $57,000; ' and tia
amount "Contributed by the court
will 'amount to $25,000. ' TIU
money, together with the regular
district funds, will permit much
good work to be done.
' The" other road districts will
have their regular 4 mill tax
with" which to keep their roads la
repair and in some cases make
permanent improvements, jjnr!: a
county roads now stand as f:I
lows:: ,.
Paved, 122 miles; standard
macadam. 3 8 miles; graveled aui
rocked but hot to standard wiitb,
7rp; not 'surfaced,260; pivel 1
Btate :on Pacific, highway, 23;
Utal, 1,246. miles. ' ?
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Has -Sc! J-''Bicyc!c3 fc:
1 0 Yearo in Capital Cil -i
Lloyd 13. naa.s.!rn in Pionrrr Ii
,.'v-v Eicycld: Xincss U 1 -
(:'-'-':' ' u' "' B&lem '-
WH.;3o; On Bufldlng
. .In the spring after the legisla
ture adjourns it Is likely that the
county court will map out "an ad
ditional - market road system' and
go ahead as fast as the funds will
permit."
It is to be hoped that the legis
lature will not change the 2 mill
tax, of decrease the income of the
counties from 'the auto license law.
-. : In order to keep up the road
improvement work to the- present
Lloyd E. Ttamsden, who cpsr-
atesi a l)lc7cle shop at 387 Court
street, has' been 'lii busine z in
SaJem for tbe past ten years. I 'r.
tlamsden started in business ca a
small scale and gradually Iscreza
ed' until at the present tfca Lj
hae a very complete shop. I.:r.
Ramsden does not only spec!aI'-3
in bicycles but handles a cor?r!rta
line of bicycle, accessories-ar 1
specializes- in children's whetl
goods such as scooters, tricycle i,
velocipedes, autos, etc. Ha a! o"
conducte a first class repair shop.
repairing .bicycles and all chil
dren's wheeled goods.
Mr! Ramsden Is very "optimUtlj
an to the future of his bU5!T"-3
and looks for 1925 to be a L na
tter year". He expects that t t: o
mand Tor children's wheel gools
will be' greater than ever before.
There Is doom here for a Henry
Ford of the drug garden inf 'rr.
It Is capable cf fc-tln tna3
gantlc Industry. V.'e can t r
them all, and produce then c "
pace it will be necessary to provide I er than any other section can.
Many .Drug:; gtoes -in C:
City Has Twelve lip-todate Ectnbli-limen
-One Doing a Large Wholccale Bucin.
a firsi mousnt n seems as
though twelve drug stores in a cjty
the size of Salem was coins: orettv
strong, but upon consideration this
does not appear to be so. f There
are ; twelve drug stores In Salem,
and they are all doing a good bus
iness. The population of Salem is
over 22,000, and If the rural trade
was ;, not considered ; that . would
still ; leave a possible number of
patrons for each drug store ' of
1800 . persons, iThe rural trade
is a very important Item, however,
and would have to be flgtied ia
an accurate estimate of the .num
ber of patrons that the drug stares
have to 'draw from. ; : 1 ' '
." ' Names "and Locations
The names and locations of the
drug stores la Salem are as fel
lows: Capitol -Drug - Store,: cor
ner State at Liberty; Ccntr. !
Fharmaey. : 410 State; Crown
Druj ftcre, 332 Ftate;' 'CirSvs I
Dru? Tlcre. Conrt -Tr cf .
ccrrT cf ; " r!'; ' I."
J. Try. C ) ; : ' :i f
southwest corner of Court; J.
Perry Drur Store, 115 f
Commercial; : Rc i Crc 3 I ! r
acy; 3?6 Ctste; r. A. VC
"Drug Store, 135 North Ccr.
clal; J. F. Tyler Drug Store, 1
South Comn:rclaI.
There ij a rei .11 c'rv " 4 ,'
soclatlon In ths city, . . r
once every
nettle. s, i:
lal . t:'.-:'.: :
hcllt iu i -cf
Com:.
Darty of t:
tla irc:J'
and A. G. II.
Store.' 13 Q
soclatlon
mota 'a :
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