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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1925)
THURSDAY HORNING, J AITUARY 1 1925. V i V !l -1 J S Employs 124 People the Year Through; Inlerccti I'll Procecc23 Uced in Producing Articles Made df 'W ; In 18S0, Thonss KzySr., erect ed 4i woolen" rail!" In Salem. Thi3 Thot-as Kay was" the father of Hob. T, B. llsy, who Is bow presl4 dent aed minl-er-of tlia Tliosnas Kay Woolen Hill "company of- a lem. The mill built by Thomas "Kay'burned in. 1895,- and -was re 'built in 1896. - Ilea. T. B. Kay is a man of well known integrity, out? Islanding- business ability, and ha$ la 'splend id -'public spirit. ? J He served two - terms as -state 'treasurer or. Oregoa.'and, after an interim -of fouf years, has been , 'elected "to ""tliatAoffiee, -again, -and will nssume his duties on 'the "5tb, hhr 'first-Monday tn January. ' c A liHion Pounds Wool Approximately 1,000,0 00 -pounds ! wool were consumed . by the '' v. Thomas I Uy TToolen Mill company Baring the IZZl year. Most of th wool'com'&s f roOregon and Cali fornIa,'altLoUa'soziB U imported from AusiralLa, and other joints. The wool: that 3 Izapdrted from AstrallaJ Is st fine graae. jpeJng little lonter:than that obtained npoa Oreran, -cad CaUfornia. tnar kets.i It ,'safims tlierfore a "little ttrtnge. tst-aeterthelesa It is true oat .-the 'wool -which, i imported Iront Australia caa be shipped first u liondoa . and "then to this "coun iry. aad-a dxlty of 31 teats, per yoand pail oa It, and 8tni be sold ; fat ess tian the price asked .for ioartestie-wool.' : , ' ".- . 'X i : Tc-ijr Itouaa "VTcr'Jt; , . The ccrr.?any employs I24 .iaca iflj.ircEta, -jWrs thert -year round and highly remuneratlTe employment. The mill Is situated da X2ta street between State street and the pDUthern Pa c ",1c depot. It Is thproushly. modernized, andthe machines are all run by electric nower. There ;is consideracle t , anger of fire in a nlll o this na- 8 lure. l and the plant is accordingly fitted with an automatic ?rlnk- ivitm Whtrh Affords Stlea- "r -- aid protection, and at tka same lime -greatly reduces . Insurance ratesl; ; O -. y- - - '-1;: ; '( Process of - XlaimfactHrlas i The wool arrires at the mill in tmK e bales. These : ; bales are packed : tightly and - require - the concerted fffort of sereral mento handle therj. The wool is stored It a wool warehouse from which tt is taken as needed into a scoar- Ink and drying room. r Thr"e ets of scourers ach equipped with a a2:27P2ls.fc:u!: A PArifrsfivi - OrefTon ' Inductriil Icmlizinn on "Qre-dn On approaching Ealsxa Iron the torth over- the FacIHc Hi-s-ay there win be icserved Jnst oat ide the, city limits of Calem. the ,lge concrete .builJlns of the Talley Packing' Company. TT.e building I Impresses one with 13 at substantial appearance ana vidence. of- tnrinf t ?en especially fonstructed for the use to- bkl it is put S3 a moiera paciis lant" That characteristic of the raiding;!! -a rellex tf the charac ter bf the .'men -who ccnccivcd il ."d whotErate the Vallry ric 1 coanrsy.- Ttf.-are F. W. td W IL Steusloff and Curtis U. Cross. ' These '- men :". have s;t-t tnelr Hvej la'tta :ccat i-'r: Tbey i have-, been -eccistcl-.witn Jt In every stage of iU . devclcp at during the j)J.st .23 ycirs, , nsore.: , It is n orth whila ,t lote here;'-that - darirj t!'.:o Hars no line of human Industry 8 made more rapid s-Irsrce-ent than -the-' prejarr ' - n handling of nc .t : - ' "-" -trod. -; So aciercs ! ; " t " t deHct and t:;. nd-onwholese 3 . i ... . :. :. 'I- -learned how to ' r " iroducts cf the p-cki. .soman needs until to C7 tlisre is scarcely. an ounce cf zzr " ' - product-et the .r cl: - - ' "' 5 " " dastry v ;rr.ltt. :, i-j t - -Even the eecreUw-J ...i rtlaads have been .": : It) f tain ..-mc-1 ialv " " .t5aTHIe3 -tLat la ".. !3. cf vrrlcser, and filled villi n solu tion of hot water and alkali, tae a ; turn at the "wool before .', it Is thoroughly cleaned. !These scotus era are fn a row so that the wool goes from one "wringer Into the next scourer: They are ions tuba equipped with "plungers which eilr the wool and "keep It moving tow-j ard the wringer!. -After the wool has passed through this series of aeonrlngs It isput into a steam drying machfna where tt is thor oughly dried.- ' - ;'- T . . ' rrora.'Another Akc In; - this '-samti roOra "with the scourers and dryer are two -relics of an age which was Just'awakea ins to the possibilities' of elaetrjU cal machinery. Cae of " tkeais sa large round tuhwfth a s'team pip? com in gup lb to ugh;the bo tto xa oj it. This tanfe msa, -tms&i wiui TOOartns' waterv : and - the wool tht&itd in 6a top 'of; It; It was necessary to Istfr ) the wool '- with long poles. ? and to 'tale it-out Cf the scourer -"when the process - was completed. J 'The X5therv i a , tabli eotered 'witbi' a tieee of screening! Ueneath this table not ;!r T-pe "were arranged. ' The wrool after it had -been sosrel;fss placed . oi this long rick and 'the -tot Ir larned on The wool-liadt- turned often ia tba process ct firyins; and all In all it was a Tery slow method of cleanliig. : too rared -wlib tie t?ne -Rita -tie mod ern machinery." v - ' . -'rariicr rrc:csca'. . ' ' u . The wool when' thoroughly dried is - taken i Into 'what is' known, ats the ; P icker. roortV,cU. Jiaa t acomes so -dry and brills dsring the pro4 cess of clc'inirj t- it it must foiled ta , orLer . t..at it will suck together and blend, properly. Some ot the colors Jirel cttalned by dy ing, but for. lthe-r.cstf part they are; made -ty blending , :tarfoaa ehades ot natural wool. . The wool is tfcrowa upon the floor in front or. the picker, and after; the vari ous shades bare beea mixed H la put into ;tfrs picker. The; picker puUa it apart- and arranges tba fibers, and when it: U castjoui of the picker tfcsrwooMs picked into; fine bunches-whlcl &re ft Wend df the various wools thrown In. The vool thea goes to the cards wherel the fibers are combe J and larrang ed. It comes from the cards in the form'- of a piece cf yarn, ex-i quality rrouuvu modern physician vale of ."u--- value: to ;v s-f ferns' htiraarityi: JIL . V. . . "1 COl in ; Lcc.il Plant cept that H has not' tern twisted and as therefore; no strength. -It Is next pflt on' the spindles bre it is spun -into long spocls t of yarn. , '- .) K,,-; V.J- "Marvelous Dexterity There are five mulea and "H40 spindles t Eact mula is la charge of a man 'who sees'that the spin dles are changed when they ;are fall, and that the machine Is do ing its rork property, "The lx terity with which these mea re-? place -- the empty' spindles oa T. the avule : is marvelous., - Whereas it would take an ; Inexperienced inaa some time to pat on each p la dle, these men perform the task 'fid rapidly that .one can hardly count the spin dies as they are- placed I t 1 t 5.- The yarn is 4kn vtaken i it, the foopfa, where it is wprea into -various. patterns and ! designs. . ; ,: After, tbe Weaving " I Tbse4?looms veave - the cloth' very.lopseiy.ndL'arter.this opera-, oa.3timnst 'be.'hrtiiLk;an4 "ran through a napper. Before It is shrunk, ilioweverjj it.la Imrled; That is the rough edges and snags are cat 'off. Thehrrnkers or washers as they ' are called are . large tuba fnied Vlfh "water tfnd seap ands. The clotn runs tea eontlnuoua f circle --through: ; this : waster tmtifthe desired Shrink- i Se : aa !, been acu Ired. The j cldta';3s .then'ut Into the napper where- Itiia cleansed cf the oap ttat'.- ft atstt't ea 'An - it e f?rast.er; After it Is talen from the' napper it ; sees hrouh ; . set jef : ahearsi These shears wcrlr very Tauck like alla.wn,-iaowrf-'bel2g;;-at .et : ff ; biases " arranged Tm.?.fu'$. -cylls-sr j which rotates as the clath is "pull ed trader It. . 'TJiis shear cuts te rofegit xaxs'aft -fram 'the data and i teases -ft tsa desirti tllcthess. The clotlt then feoes t-rouga 'tbe presses, hEte it is smoothed out and pressed,. 'and thea ft la 'In spected, . weighed, graded, ahd bolted. i -. Mostly GofnsXSt- Most of the completed .product is sold In eastern markets,' one company' la St. Paul purchasing nearly half ot the .yearly outputs The cloth ' is sold by the ounce. Ia connection with the mill a re tall t department , saa.'Jbeen estab lished and overcoatings, salts, -and woolen blankets and goods are sold at very, moderate prices..", ,? , Aside from the valuable materials found In the waste products of the r packing- houses the r packers are - j onstantly experimenting j in (heir. laboratories for still further Values and alto for perfecting ma chinery and apparatus which will enable them to handle their pro duct still more "economically. The Institute of American Meat Pack- 1 ? 4 iultlli .. VL.c j you all a Hippy and Pre: 2ej -I - on: vh.vr Year and invites yeu to vicit : thij -"Focrd Center ' of HcJll tt.t; v.i ..... t.J tt 1.(8 lir '- i rei-arci'Iafccratcrlesila tke world for tLa "purpQ3e cf learning; hoi t o sup ; 7 ; .3 it I'w tt h bet t e r and . cheaper meat products, ' " - "Every "tesslt 1otuiaed"-lirnMs eficint .! orgai;JzatIon Is 5t 'the ecluaad -of t'a Valley Picking ccr.pany, mdH-e'esipaiiy ia not slaw I i4raJl itself cof all sucb resiiUsaa ae appUcabte te their butiaesa,? ' t:'.; V :y - Few, if any, industrial organi zations in Salem approach the Val ley -Packing' Company ia impor tance and ralue to the community, or i' the tatei Fit 'hai a capital stock of $ 3 0 6 10 0 : "nem ploys 50 pec pi e ; aji n u"al on tpu t $ 7 5 Q fi 0 0 0: payroll of SS0.000.V0. Its bailding is of concrete, brick: and iteef.". Its -business Vpracllcalry, doubles -aaca year, it buys its butcher stock tfom. -local 'pro ducers, as. far a'It is possible to da so. "The local supply-of hogs Dr. Lonas Institute iHcI:Ii Center -cf Slem TheVell:ICept at Peak cfPrcduetive .Activity -There re two classes of paH rons of T)r. :Long8 Institute locat-' ed in basement of the .Oregon bnlTdlng.- :. . , - -1 r. First, those wTio know they ore, sick by reason of the physical dis comfort' resulting from the dis ease." ' " .7 1 : j r," Second, -those J who know that many of the most raaa-klU'ng dfi-' eases creep lipoa the Individual i a, " such dnsidiouA ways a to 4 tract ao serious attention until the .disease ls so -thoroughly. .-8tab-lished joa to': make Its eurediffl-; (Sultit -not dmposBlblaV" V Dri Long U a akillf aliagBOstic Un ot'mahr Tara uccssf ul .ex oerinee. Tb-aid his a'ill n has auppUed hia iaitttato riCa the most modern tnstrumatitsand'ap pliancea far , ot enly !dlagncsin disease tttt for treating It k well. Dr. Long coacerna nfmself toora with method salute ouggests ia eaeh individual case as test adap ted to proctrredesired results, than wSa'-any partictlar r ehool c? t:itlry; of "medicine. -lie -la;; a tr .iuafe ,f "Ct irepractle; akdKed in Electro And Hydropathic metk oU: Ja naedtion iwrtJ 5 proper diet, ; HitnstHate' ia a. most terestmg place to visit becauseof the vast, array of instruments and appliances installed for the cure, of the tick. A spinalTercussron ma- ciliej ttaotar traction i a'diast xn st table; "a Ilarso-Victdr ttja frequency machine f or proocinn: tha violet ray, treaties bigk blood pr : surev aeumoaia---it: la -ywortt whila to remark -here - that Dr. Lcc 1 taya-he has never-lost case til -eutoonla -and that It la bso-1- !y cselesa.fdr jeoi to'dioof tl disease. lst' -4 Mea , ;fta el: trical . take , oven . for jtrekt tr i rheumatism 4 of tao? riinlbs a. iVali : Joint diseases. Forther a; 4Uc treatment uy axuoa ot neat at 1 light he has a machine of the latest dealgne A . Marathon bath cili&et, the most :t effective t reit ment'for rheumatism known, in v,ich a stream ''of -water of even Uiz$ e rattre :, under hlgt pressure 13 a. factor. Vv - -.- r ' 7hen 4t comes to hatha the Vk stituta i supplied with every vtj tatle . form known, steam batta. shower baths; mineral baths, elec trictub' tatts, electric light cat -tfet baths, all calculated to fill U fekef at place in making sick peO;'a Weil or, making well people strong. - -vis stated in the teginning of Chli article, the most fatal man killing diseases creep vpea their victims so insidiously a to - nt t to make their presence 'known nk tfl' advanced far ettoujt tofcaui attbal physical dlsccmf ort. ! It is aiundaafly demonstrated ttat any ef these diseases' may be eradicai t i if taken 51a . time. The first st 1 ia that direction Is a thorough t aosis by a skilled scientist to ti limine the possible - presence, tii nature aad tke atage of devet: cpzxent of .the disease. "This pk X. a prepared to 00 in ms ia- Si itts teaTThe next etep is to take TV il ' .2, OPvECON c!t-t far Its neada. 1 The local markets absorb a siall portion cf tUi eatput. Evtry dollars worth f its prodads shipped t f Salera brings new money to , the city, .much of ; which .la aid Out to local fari ierg for hogs and fitecp; and, cattle. ',tts shipments to i outside : points, alone,' -run around. 10 0,0 09 poaads aiSreek. -Nt - only ? does this company I uralsk , heme market for the grdweTS bt hogs, -sheep and cattle but- It furalshesjai source ot stp ply for the local ..poultry growers ;ct meat icfaps,:ground cracklings. blood--raeai., and ground koae. . i The , 'CUSCADK' brand , Is'its Standard . for, hams, bacon, and lard. This is becoming known all alor.g iha coast frotn Canada ,tb Mexico as' a standard " of ' high quaJUy. It ''alao puts up a 'brand Of bacon called the "PIONEKR.' I iZYnTy ' animal slanghtered in ry stes to- -erailcnte the la its incipient form. This t Ij tlso trcired.to- da. It i? .... tils cf fcU ftrvioh' tLat epee lalij c JJ.4to IherroCactive lnJos tril cu;;a i,t -ihod t-Xin LU freatr;f st, . .' . '. V ITuVTew- peupte give ."thought to .this, phase , of his" work They are inclined to give no thought to the Long; . Institute unless , sick enough to go .tome, or. to bed. The person v who .gc ; to work , f a morning; feeling bam, Sk slight headacbralovratlovrnntia work, drags through vthe day, with, half the a'artoal'outpat, -should kaow that : a vlsrt-u. the Long Institu te. one of ihe: Various kinds' of baths madaf to fit ta -case, and the per son retnr J rta workHtt-high ear, producing probably more than m "V. TLe Kcw Home of tto cJcia ClJcteaiealocaU4 at &Z&$i N.'OoUase it?'! P. :0.''B96' .V t -? mo R VV li: Lil i - Stiidenfe -,1 I tfeALSO DO-ALL) dCINDS OFj V SCHOOL; AND COMMERCI At , :- printing ; Promp t Satisfaction 1 0 I LENT S. KRAPS,; Prep. by the United States. Gorcrame-t tsapsctsfa and bears the' stamp .-of purity and freedom frorn diseased conditions which a Government inspeetioa assuresv - 'Kot only are the . animals inspected bat every bparalloa and every procesa j as well as every condition necessary for perfect sanitation end health protection as prescribed by Uuited States Govcrnisetst tegtlations are under the supervision af Federal inspectors. ; - It would be impossible to" guard" the public fcealth 'more ccsaleuiy ttaa is don r la'.- tbe vegralar daily service of this com pany. , -t r t - The -cc-.pany is Justly' proud of its pant and ; theroerriee it .;.- able to rend;' "and extenda a eor dial invitation to visitors V. who Wish te inspect the plant any 'week day between the Jiours of8 a. m. and . p. ta. - - - - The Slcli hinds' 7cll; In Orejcn Building fsverare output. Those who think Ithis Ja ""bank" should try It Just once ana ce tonviscej. v - - .. . . ' . .. The-lmoKt miraculous -results attending Dr. .Lees's tratmeuts are ill "the t.oreTcmatable wlien It la cnsidered that the vast ma jority of tTs patients come to him as -a sort of last resort' after., the disease with which - they ; are ; af t lie ted -has gained a strong foot hold land baffled the eklli of other ph ysiciaDa. requiring much prelim-, taary treatment to get nature to functioning aloag normal lines throughout their f entire tody be fore treatment directly applying to tie specific d lactase may be un dertaken. Patients .coming i 0 k Ira without- this; baadicap are gainers by many odds in time and health. ,0 i , .. I V HU' 4 Phone 1256 4- j " m lOEHG AjulU W1 O for. TsecheiTJ S ervics Guaranteed Thej Cross Marlcet xo by the Grandfather of . The stability ot Salem as a busi ness center is well represented by the Cross Market which was found ed ia the early days by the grand-, father of the present owner. ' The market taa located then at the corner of t Center . and Liberty streets, which was a noted place in those days. TJsfore coming to Sar lem the elder. Cross tad been en gaged in meat packing? easiness In Chicago. . After establishing the market tere fn Salem te later en tered into The packing business and developed wtat was; then con sidered a wonderful business.'. He handled as many aa 4,000 toga a year and made shipments by boat to Portland. ; In 18S4 the father of Curtis Cross, the present own er, purchased the market of his father and eoadacted it until 190JT H hen he scid lt to ni.f eon, Curtis. Hal conducted it personally until 1920 wlua. he retired" from the personal management--of It to de vote'hia time to , the business ,of tt Valley Packing company, ' of which te Is one of the fouadera. serving as secretary and treasurer of the organization. r The hiatory of the development o the Cross market la history of toe development ef aaodera meth Qfia of handling . food products, especially meats. Artificial refrig eratlon. which -is a very vital fac tor n handling food by modern methods, was unknowa when the Cross market was first founded. Ia fact the nse ' bt ice for preserving meats and food materials was hut little used - Towns and cities re ceived the balk of their meat sup plies, through their local markets, largely from the farmers direct. The iTarmex having fat hogs for sale butchered them himself and hauled them to town for sale the 'same as any other product of the farm. . Artificial, refrigeration which began to be used in a com mercial way about 1890, soon changed this practice and laid the foundation for the great packing nausea ot today.. Later the devel opment ct methods of artificial re frigeration brought it .within the react of the retail markets, even in ;-.. . Enclosed Models r r "Vvi- more than R; M. MacDonald v. PIICNE79J v. - '. . -i t ! . I ' ' . v Vc vHcK to thank cur r r.tror.3 fer tl:c:r loyalty in the pact. May v,e talis tli" : "time to vich tliem and all cr Sr.lcr.i n - Very -Happy end J. Pre:;; crcus : ' ' - - Nev'Ycar ...1 - - I x- l-T Salem was Found r the Precent Prep r: -:tcr the smaller places. This i a closer study of tie prtr.r 1 of sanitation" and . nyglens at I ' oped tne pre -en tcny retail r - t in which everything is as t . i -. 1 lously clean and sanitary n f. s operates room cf a no-?rr4 J - . i tal. Science -developed ritt! : '3 cf detecting-diseased jneats t.-. 1 t 1 wholesotne condittans wklci 1. ; t bsea cTyst-!i2cd izti taws z - lag. the- tidt: cf food 'jr especf ally meats and 'fool. from animal sources as r;i . - Lt ":d milk proiucti.' . .:; ' - ' ; ';.:'-' The-; Crosa'-i raarltet.--- ! -;t abreast of vthe . times' ail t . . a lines. It he adopted every in prvcs!nt and dsvisa vLLli c'a-tribitted- to" the tetter' tar -".!--. ct its products, as' xsi iiiy j-j i 1 a improvements, have been d a strated as -practfcatle end 2 ve been' placed on the market. Lj.r Ing tkese years.' Sale n. has frown rom a straggling villaee to a racd ern city. Sanitation has grown into a science which has contribut ed In a large measure to the wip'.cs out of conditions which ' at one time, were ; the souree ot elsease and. death but; were then consider ed as a matter of course 11. - 'r deadly Influence accepted as cn t;t of, ProvideriecU It tas taten yars of 'patient effort on the part c t Y I- nee to educate the pul'.io to n t p- preciation of these facts, Eut Z" it progress tas been xnade.- ' Tl.e Cross market tas been one t f tl.a foremost leaders in this car a ot education for.tetter h; 1; ia Salem.'" It has. ma5e cf it 'I a' demonstration laboratory la v 1 ' -i the principles of aanitatica - t-d hygienic tandlinjs of food for L t ter health tis been ma-e : - ? cf Its cardiaal principles cf c'..":a. The success of the market la r ' t of. the appreciation of tts i ..1 . r. public for the service thus x c z 1 ered. Z . . -- ' ' -.. - ': American 1- investr:? rts ' tlr--i amount to 10 bullous row. ..y. that would be enough money for a:aian' ta love.; i ' - Sell for $ 1 30.00 open car 256 STATU
