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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1925)
THURSDAY HORNING JANUARY i'lfCS: 1. f Tewivlpreland Street Gar Busses Now Operating ih Salem O .urc'ect StpckQ;bf Truk Repair, Parts in the Entire Northwestern CoaVt 'ne u The past year has shown pheno- growth in the truck busl One of the reasons lor this is l en because tracks have been Tfected and constant use has' .o"n their practicability. They ive passed , .the v experimental ajre iM4 baveLientered;the.d.eslr is with ..good 1 prospects i of o!s j ,4s,mg.td the. necessity, , , f 7. .: iorelajul Tnick' cernpany Ijis "Angeles has. ha -a good jeal to do with - popularizing jruek,hcause it ha3.furnJ3hed to lie traffic .vehicles that hare met very dBand f rpiu -levery; apgle. hey. are made- oa thcoMt and. oast men. are using UUem For, 4 years this- company, .has-been raotlcully, demonstrating s trucks JtA manufacturing ibept-itq ,'aup- iitr i via Kidman? - Thav tiaw. ,uitu largely io . me, up Duuamg 7 . Industrial life.; During, the .ast year George Keep sold thel nree buses which are nowf being isd in.thQi'city.of Salem as aux liuries, tbtha .street". car service, fheir attractiyeiiess-hasradded to he appearance, of the streets" ra her thai.. detracted . therefrom ;as ras feared .and thbse.who opposed he . fitissea. iha jnost. strenuously re now reconciled and becoming ;reat boosters. 5 ".' i A year . ago In . the Statesman Innul lttwas said, that the More and company. Vas. to have; a rec rd breaking : year. That, pro-, hecy has been,more than fulfjll .1 ant s;iTeg warrant i far the, urlber statement- that- the year 925 MSUZMeat greater; business tan ever before. vV,vi ! During, the, past year, the More- rid people completed . .two large iildinsX and are rrpw - able to eet the'demands of the trade. At ; rst there-was only one, model of i jck -bat ibl has, been, developed t meet the. gyow?Be demand ua- tU now tbeaot fastidious, cannot ltisfieU Tbeie area number. of f nicks running from, the, fastroad. Inner, as It wasjiamed. to thB-fiye, In. massive, kind and -between iese -there "-are- some- satisfying (OdefcK , The bps models, sucbas W. in Ss&wa. are of. course, de. gnd entirely 'for passenger tra iling and care Jaas: been; used to sea. that; theyi were symmetrical and did not offend the eye in any way. i - ",.'-;. is ,the -. ceoTge- A. .Kep 3 Thpt Morelandf'col develppmeat of an of Id4as. , It waAt of Watt , L. 24qreland the,resent yfce-presideni and igeneramaa sivtMeAlalii" ; i I. and experimenting-nights, he fi nally succeeded ; in perfecting th4 Moreland; Gasifier, which today after-theSA VPftm nf Knnitg.t In' provement. along automotive lines rV still stand unexcelled for its, pur-1 Having perfected , the gasifier the problem : was to make It use ful, to, give, its beneficial advant ages to the, public. He paw in hi vision the truck and the important place it- was to play in every de? par t men t of life in tbe future. He designed, a truck,. to use the gasi fier. ; But, like jniiny another;Vith something tp" give.-th world was handicapped by.a lack ' of ' money to provide the. means to give it. ' K, Kverywbere be , went with, his Idea of building motor f trucks, on the coast-he, was met with skepti cism: : He waa told that this terri tory " waa not a- place- for manu facturing," that it was ridiculous quality' products on a . large scale to think that manufacturing of could be successfully, carried, on la competitions witb, j thOi great,- or ganized; manufacturing-centers of the east. :; " v - Ilei believed it could .be done. He believed in. the future of; the cost, . Opposition- only, stimulated bis efforts. - At last. be latersted Mr. R. H. Ilaphnel. another far seeing, citizen, who helped him . to Something of a picture of this Cfo thT tay "te oria,lnfedrp5r tie follow:ins facts;7 ; i'-i--:.nu'f.? From' a capital of $65,000 to as sets of $3,152,871.5. - -From a working force, of four to a payroll of over, 500.. From a( sales record of, two trucks to , a monthly sales record In a recent . month of trucks and parts totaling over' 1 6 44000: - " ' From a, little ahack with scarce ly any equipment of topis and ma- and obstacles of eTery sort,; filled Uh?many:7d3couageaeatsi:,but Mr, Moreland, and hla co-workers and helperaT have . nevey faltered, but have gone on with the abso lute faith in their own future as enfolded in. the certain future of tbe. western coast. ' '. ; ' : ? The steadily Increasing popular ity of, the . Pacif ie Coast maiiufac- turedUrueklia proveni little; short of phenomenal, stated, the More land sales director. It is a strik- -ri ; One ofc lieMost Rapidly .Growing Jln Produces! .Quality Butter i - -A i Street Scene Monmouth. Oreirbn''" '' K i- - r'c?i.t- , . :k v't -'-'-.z cninery to tne present great; mod ern plant at Burbank, California, fully equipped with ;the very latest ana fiinesi macninery. ror . . truck manufacture known to .'modern manufacturing, science turning out a regular schedule of .100 trucks of the highest class quality madev i. .;-iV-V iv-.;i ' 'v Where the Moreland company, has.led in manufacture, thousands of others7 have followed. . Its dem J Auctionesr 'GeorgSt Ropni. 25-2flL Breyjaan" Bldg: SAJJOr, ORE.' Write forf Sales Dates ( 1 '"-i ! '!,.. Ll i ! . ! - '? --i 4 -i : :! - !.J If- rf ' Or course Salem is' the Cherry City of tbe worldt . The four, great est sweet cherries of tbe world (were . born here; Bing, . Lambert, Black Republican, and. XiongLfitemt med Waterbouse. And the Royal Anne and other great, cherries at tain greatest perfection here. ... . ' Salem' is the strawberry center of. ttte Pacific; northwest. Nearly all .the- canned; strawberries of f these. three, states are, packed In Salem. And we send strawberry plants, to market In car loads. ItoiMe. of -he Jloreland Jlotop.Tmck .C. 4J ager of thel company. Over 13 years ago he became obsessed with the! idea of low-priced, effective transportation as the-one great no eWsIty'In: ,tBe uIOmaTte' .develop ment of the business and econom ic life of tha country. ; . i ; HIa first, effort,- in thosa! days when gasoline engines were, going: through the early, throea of experi mentation,, was to develop , some means by which low cost fuel, like distillate could be ttsed effectively to furnish the power for (hose eh? gines. Working lays, Btndying start the work of carrying out his idea, j''-' "' 'y''-: . : In. a. little sheet metal: shack In Loft Angeles, Mr. Moreland, with two Tor three Kelpefa'and lftle"ln the way of machinery save for a few kits of mechanics', toola' built the first Moreland truck, in. fact two ot them, which at last reports were atill in operation. - ?: ; Their; success led to the forma tion : fj a. company with a total capital of $65,000. From that. time on the., rapidity of the company's gnawtbu has been, phenomenal.' onstration of the manufacturing possibilities on thej coast has led many to locate here, drawn by the certainty of proven success. It has brought skilled, high-paid mechan ics and ' their, families . It 'has helped, in. the. start of many small-J er. industries.,.. Oyer; 65 per cent of. its, suppliea are bought from a list of oyer' 200 manufacturers and business, houses, onthf cpast , :Therei i: a record, of but J 13 years. Vv; The., present ? attainment has not bet-n easy, i It has been a constant,, fight against - prejudice V v H Oregons Hi ii c c ghest Grade Butter r i.' : ! i tt ; . . . . : :'.'--!- !! .'--v.-;'. ........ ' .1 ! f . , 4 . T.TATYR 171 SAT.T1T.T FOR S ALEL1 PEOPLE ! Manufactured jnnder 'the-most, sanitary andj modern, conditions from; i If c c c G GRADED CREAM Only first grade cream goes into our first-grade butter, from famous Raleni i . . r district world-famous' cows.' " " 4 -V-'.-K ;f; -i district world-famous" cows. BUTTERCUP i Jr: . . - Mr I t ; 'it ' :. ' 1 -: -i ii - i ' am if . FOUR C 'I. c c c .1, - 4 c brands of butter will please your' taste. V Ask yonr grocer for our brands CAPITAL CITY GOOPERATIVEv CREALIERY 137 S. Commercial Ct. Phoie 229 Xalexn, Oregon V A- non-profit- of ganization - controlled, entirely byu tha dairyiaen. .4 ,-J.. i i C C C:C - . ' . . - '.' i ij .. ,! J .. . .: rj f I.- . . , '. i -:; 1,.-. .. : .r; 'i ;it'-' -y .; 1' Ki ii i :; :. j '.V'-a - :: A'.r-'-" 1 .: Clk ' ' ' ' m ing testimonial to the success of western, manufafturingas well as concrete., evidence, that Pacific coast; truckj operators' are nwake to th. ranspprtatiop efficiency and . economy of . . the. .truck, , de-; slgriedH tand constructed . wlthia their: own. borders, M 4 .... i.? Salem isn't lodged to , death. but, there is almost, every i lodge that anyone wants to Join located in Salem.' There re. several fra ternal organizations withmember ships running well above, 500; one with fmore thn i t Off members, and still growing.; And. the churches, too, ; are, k-splnedidly represen ted , with .almost every known Ameri can denomination, having its own buildings and. working., organization.-.There Is no' better'social city ahywhere.In the west; 'yu''! "', " Blessed ' are the, peace makers. They win neVer be'out off" a- job. , Oil. City Derrick. y ; - ... :y. .r:.y ;-, . Because,; Pf lta policy; bt.deallnr; fairly with ;the producer and gtr ing the consumer a quality of bnt ter,. tha has not , been Burpaseed, the. Capital i City Cooperative Creamery Is one of the most rapid ly growing institutions In Salem, meriting the approval ofjltsipat ron$ and the consumers alike, FVwr nine yeari this creamery has been operating . as . a . coopern ive nou- profiting? organization. . .r : I It succesa was built - on v the policy of grading cream,' and tbla rrsteia- has since been, adopted J)jr a large number: 4t :thejnost sac-tftsfiffilv-creacaeries -en . the-fc coast. The Change was radical but Is now acknowledged as tb salvation lot the dairy Industry f ia ? the' slate: The: farsightedness of JIfj Bates, they manager "of tbe cooperation, eolred 'the problem thai had Wor ried dairymen from' the 'belirnlBg f the" Industry, Mr. iTBales' plan wa logical. If radical, and-elnrply consisted yrin .payinthe;J-: hlhest price' Tor the highest grade Vream and a towerprlce. :for-"cream.1bf a "slightly - inf eribr tonality. fn;A few. patrons were ioysCbx; this pol icy, but; the ; lossj was ' niore than compensated for, rby 'the'. lncrease otl dairymen who. wished "to -sell tne cignest graoe-cream ppssi.Die for ihem to produce.' The "best butter, can be made bnly "from the best 'cream,' and the peoplet are demanding and are entitled -to. the highf r grade ; than: can be pro-; duced- .. - :';.;y..v.J 'r ' --.J" . Tlje gain of. business over last year j is recorded at oyer.' twenty five per cent -.Most oCthe. butter produce by the Capital City Cb- operative Creamery" ls 'sold J in local marsets, ana ine insiuution could, find 'a ready.: sale "here Jfor their product if 'the output was" In creased two-fold. 1 C Since thejih novation oif cream J grading ' the qualify of, the butter has' "y been raised from; medium to the high est grade that can be made, and brings the dairymen- the' highest price paid on any butter exchange. The - fact that such a ' great num- J ber. of the dairymen in this dis trict belong to the cooperation 19 the best proof that they are satis fied with the grading system and are ! willing ( to do: their part to ward, placing tt'bf ttei; product en During the past year the. Capital CUyCreamery paid back $ 2 2 6.5.S 5 la dividends to Its patrons and an other dlstrlbutlon.wiU be made in December. The memberships list Includes' most' of the more- Impor tant 'and substantial, dairymen in the Salem district. and the officers o t the organization are prominent men in the Industry. " They are R..N, Magnus, president; J. H, Yb U emanQ vice presl deatj Warren Gray; 'secretary; j E. F1 sSIade and rr. J,. Sblpler.' directorsV aad C, F. B&tM.y rnana'r;--!; .-: : ".-"' " :;y .-The., officers of.- tha association belle ve4' that J cooperation In. the dairy., business Is.; the. key-note , to BiticessT arid, vihat! by this method the highest f pr jcesv that i .are $53. any where may be secured for their 1 product. These top prices are1 ob-j talaed;, because , of tbe cooperation L the dairymen give In, tr?irslS-. cream of . excelUnt, crai t tor. Jb;J r own association. . Because of t!-'i ----spirit of .cooperation . between. V..3 - creamery itself and th dairyme-a' largo dividends are voted .tack to -the''membfira. at. the' tad cf.e:ch.-. fiscal ; year. . This .bonus is ' according: to- tb, amount f .eres-i,- shipped In during y the preceeilrr year,nva. pro rat; basis, V,: . it is Ukeii,iata.conslieratl3a. tlrl, . the: top: market price, U j tlr:-; pild. for the butterfat,.aad that a large ; bonus :- is -t paid ? aajaually . the Success pf the. coope ration.' can.. b readily,;unferstobd,7'r ' " ' . V " I ;:' , ., v ... -f ; 'Jrm-tr'" ttv nt1TfHTV tTDf T)1HT I: FOUjSALE OR "EXCHANGE '-': i ,.-' yv",'-'--- -..-y . -.f- i3E!Browri:i':br--::-f '.-'-1 ' C mr.:-'.m - if " ' ' .. . - : - : Melvm t Jobnson '.J v 100 S. Commercial St. - ' Salem, Oregon ;-; ' - - (Licensed and bonded Under Oregon laws) ' !' It'" 4 KRUEGERi . 1 1- ! Member of Marion-Polk County Realtors 'Association and MaltipleListir 53ureaur; ,; t. ; ; -j ;;',ry!-yy;;" ;-.l--y" y;':-. Vy -U ' ' : r; ix.ua,Ei:owTjii.T?A:; ; . 147;KfiOom15- Stir! ;-1 ':f . ;.Pif2-;VCil5a0rr; ;OT:i;:;i . . 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