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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1925)
the cohegon statesman, saleii, outgo. THURSDAY IIOIINING, HARCIM.9, 1925 QUALITY v- , ;Y-V;;' PRODUCES: '! ' ' PRODUCTS '54 II ? 1 1 X " . ' J -This cut'Is-use by courtesfr ot tSef.'''d7. Associated Industries,' of Oregon: j , Dates of Slogans in Daily, Statesman L ' (In Twlce-a-Week Statesman Following Day) ? (With a few possible changes) Loganberries. October 2 Prunes, October 9 Dairying, October 16 '.Flax. October 23 I Filberts, October 30 - fWalnuts, Norember 6 Strawberries. NoTember 13 Apples, Norember, 20 Raspberries,' November 27 -Mint, December i - .. .. Great Cows,Etc;," December 11 Blackberries, .December 18 Cherries, December 25 Pears, January 1, 1925 Gooseberries January 8 '" Corn. January-15 ' Celery, January 22 ' Spinach, Etc., January 29 Onions, Etc., February 5 ,; Potatoes, Etc., February 12 Bees; February 19 5 Poultry and Pet Stock. Feb. 26 City Beautiful, etc., March 5. Beans, Etc., March' 12 ' " ' Pared Highway," Kirch 1 r Head Lettuce; March 26 Silos, Etc.-, April 2 1 Legumes, April 9 Asparagus, Etc., April 16 Grapes,. Etc., April. 2 3 Drug Garden, 'April' 30 - r it 4,j aciflQ Highway Five lliles South Li - , - r . . . . -r - - I . : : : Po6t and Painted. Center-llne jTraf fie Strip r ACTIVITIES OF TOE STATE HIGHWAY . 'r . - . ' ! J-;- , - ' T 1 Salem Is a Highway Center, With 223 Miles of Paved Roads in a Circle With a Radius of 20 Miles Heavy and 'Increasing iTraffic Vastness of the1 WorkBig Sums Expended Peak Load Comes in 1928 Most Equitable1 Method Here Comparisons of u License Costs With Those of England j ' The .ctftitieg of the Oregon state, highway department, radiat ing in erery. direction and extend ing Into ali portions of the staje, center in Salem. Here are located the main "engineering, legal and clerical offices, the, "testing labora tory and the main storage and equipment . shops. Each day brings" hundredsjbf "communica tions, requisitions, estimates .and reports to the various offices, and a 1 close touch is - kept with the progress and condition of all of the field projects. -, t , ' ' j Genearl Offices Here ; The main offices covers group of several individual departments, each handling features of the major -work., These consist of the general office, the, "auditing denart- V, ment, Uh legal department,, . tho . bridge department," : the " ' market .roads, department and, the ; office engineering department. Working; under the latter are the drafting r department, the cost' keeplng de partment and'the blueprinting de f . partment. These Tarldiis offices : have a personnel of , 41 employees, j all permanent residents of Salem. The testing laboratory, handled by a .materials' engineer and two ; assistants, carries on continual lesta and control of. all materials i used" in .field construction. I .Eighty , In. the .Shops The equipment department Is '. perhaps. the. activity of -major Im portance to the prosperity of Sa- lem. The headquarters and main t plant are located just eat pt the t clty'Hmits and occupy approxima l tely fivq acres of area. --The plant i consists of four main buildings, used for a shop 'and storage pur ; poses two storago sheds,"5 in parts j of which are located auxiliary re ! pair shops, two; loading and un E loading platforms, a 'gencral serv lce building and 'heating pla'nt and an office building. . (Some Jdea-of the Importance of . this department to Salem may be i gained .from tbe.fact .thaj.approxt-r Sugar Beets. Sorghum. Etc., May 7 ; ' Water Powers, May 1 4 Irrigation, May 21 ' Mining, May 28 Land. Irrigation; Etc.. June 4 Floriculture,- Jane 11 -Hops, Cabbage. Etc., June 18 Wholesaling and Jobbing, ; June 25 Cucumbers, Etc., July 2 Hogs, July; 9 . j ! ; Goats, July , 16.1 f Schools, Etc., Jnly 23 Sheep. July 30 1 1 National Advertising, AuguBt 6 Seeds. Etc., August 13 Livestock, August 20 . Grain and Grain Products, Au- gust 27 f '-".. ' Manufacturing, September 3. Automotive Industries, Septem- 1 ber-10 - -:- ......:.,,.. ... Woodworking. Etc.. Sept.' 17 Paper Mills, Etc., Sept. 24.1 -:. ' . - :;i H - r : (Back copies of the Thursday editions of The Daily Oregon Statesman are on .hand. They are for sale at 10 'cents' each, mailed" to any address. 1 Current copies -5c.-)" --i- . of Salem; Bhowtnpr Concret Mile THOLIR PFIHSPERITY mately 80 employees are located here permanently, with an annual payroll of $120,000. The purchas es - of materials, supplies, -repair parts, etc., during the past two years amounted to : 1760.000, of which business Salem firms receiv ed a share, is ; Traffic Enforcement Department .Working under the joint control of .the state ) highway department and the secretary of . state, and ! with headquarters in Salem, is the traffic enforcement: department. This department has a total per sonnel of IS, including Salem of fice employees, and covers the state highways In all portions of the state.' The policy of the state in the activities of the traffic en forcement department have been: first, the safety of -the public; second, the r protection of. the public; third, the - enforcement- of payment of i the license : fees! pre scribed toy law. In carrying out this policy the officers have been instructed that the - purpose for which the ; force ; was created Is to secure an obserrance of the laws, and-not merely .'make a large number of arrests.' "Constant at tention to duty.' withvcourtesy to all and paKlality t to none.; has been adopted as a4 working'motto. : Salem' Highway i Center j C In addition - to ? being'-the; loca tion ot the I headquarters controls of the various activities mentioned above, Salem is located . unusually advantageously from the . stand point of highway communication. Perhaps excepting Portland, there is no other city In Oregon that has as great, a mileage of , radiating paved highways "within ' a- twenty mile radius. : , ; . ; " The , Pacific highway, traverses Marion county, .north and south, and in' passing through Salem 4s joined by f he Salem-Dallas' igh way. ' ' exten4lng jrest to "Dallas. Approximately 'i10J miles to the west; and generally parallel' tot the pacif?cM-waythe .West S'de H SALEM "OREGON QUALITY:' Pr6du6ts kre establishing themselves in world markets; they make our pay rolls ' they build oiir cities ; they attract new capital and new people;" they provide a market for the products of our farms. 'Oregon forms produce a wider variety of profitable crops'of "Oregon Quality food than any other spot on"earBT::r Pacific highway traverses Polk county, north and south, and "pas sea through the Salem-Dallas high way at Rickreall. J V . ; . Connecting with this framework of state highways there-has-been constructed an Admirable system of county highways, serving as arteries for the transportation of products and linking, all communi ties of importance, to the main state ' thoroughfares. The 'state highways in Marion and. Polk counties have been pared through out, and may be .considered com pleted. The county highways hare not yet reached this stage, but a, large mileage -of pavement - has been laid on the more important roads, and the work is continuing from year to year. : With Salem as a center, a circle with a radius of twenty miles in cludes a total of 223, miles of pared roads. . Of this mileage 97 miles, are on the State .highway system and 126 miles are on coun ty .highways. The. map accompa- nying this article shows clearly the strategic location of tSalem on this system of pared roads. ... - Heryr Increaslnie Traffic Owing to the fact, that the pol icy of the state highway depart ment has . been to reelect obeerva- kion points far enough from large centers of population to avoid the effect of purely local traffic; no continuing traffic ' counts ' hare been made in the immediate vicin ity of Salem.- However, a brief resume of some of the counts which hare beea made in the gen eral vicinity may prove Interesting. A count made at the - Pudding rirer bridge at Aurora In -July. 1921, showed a total of 1,347 vehicles passing from 6 a. m. to 10 p. m. . In July, 1922, the re sults were 1,360 rehlcles; ; July, 1923; 1790 rehlcles - and July, 1924. 2,388 rehlcles. J; A count at a point 6ne-o.uarter mile nouth of Jefferson, July 1923, showed a total of 1.459 rehlcles. A count made In July, 192;.at-Jthe same point showed : that traffic -had in- creased to 1,904 vehicles for the same sixteen-hour period. These counts ' show a marked and con sistent increase In traffic, and it is a safe prediction' that- during the summer season ot 1925 from 2.000 ta 2,500 -cars will ; pass through Salem every twenty-four hours on the Pacific highway. - ' East of Rickreall,- the counts on the Salem-Dallas highway hare been as follows: July. 1921, 190; July 1922. 498; July 1923. 442; July 1924, 782. As on the Pacific ' highway,' 'these counts . . Yithaln-AS.a;ccnter,!a r'-with a radius of twen .tbit mileage jailes are gsi " ? highway system ancl were made for the 16:bur period from 6 a. ifato 10 p. m and skew the same consistent Increase .in traffic. In . view of the recent completion of the final sections on the West Side Pacific highway the 1925 count is . expected , to show in excess of 1.000 vehicles. Vi ; In summing up, it appears cer tain that the Pacific and Salem' Dallas highways will carry at least three thousand cars entering- and leaving Salem each day during the 1925 season.- No -, figures are available on the traffic on the many county highways leading into town, but ft seems probable that "this traffic may equal, ' or tyen exceed, the .state highway travel. The combined -total Is at least, worth . recognition as. a .very material factor in the prosperity ot the city. ; f - " f , Oregon With the Leaders" i Considering, lh state . highway system, of -the state, as a whole, Oregon is fonnd to be one of the leading states tn' theUnlpnj, and from the standpoint of scenic at- tractions available orer.imprqred roads need - be - considered - second td none.:, . There is only ' one" Columbia River highway, and we have it. i Tbie same, may be said of Crater Lake and various other points' of exceptional interest In the state. That the !many.ad.vantage3 which Oregon may offer the homeseeker, and the unequalled attractions in viting the tourist, are becoming known is attested by. the fact .that during the twelve months ending December 31', 1924,' a total ; of 75,671 visitors permats were Is sued to cars entering Oregon from other states." 5 This number prob ably will be greatly exceeded dur ing the present twelve month period. This immense volume of tourist traffic is of Immeasurable (Oontlnud on pay 12 THISVEEK?&- SLOGAN DID YOU KNOW that the main repair and storage plant and testing and blueprint outfits and principal offices of the State Highway Commission are located.in. Salem; that this forms a. basic indostry.for Salem, keeping here or re porting here atall "times a large i' And Increasing force of skilled men; that; the : Oregon system for building paved highways is the best ever devised, making for permanency; that the building and' repairing of paved, highways will go on through all the years of the f uture. gradually bringing to this heart and center of the system' larger activities in many, many ways?, ,i (And, also, -Marion county's paving and repair plants' are in Salem, and growing, and will grow throughout all the years.) . .:. , : ;,-. , ' ' ! . . t ' " " : t -' ' i i . . - .... ' " OREQUn OFFERS WEALTH OF PROFIT! " ' ; 1 PlIASURE. BEAOTY SRD BSANDEOfl Tourists Find Undreamed of Lines,; New Life, Renewed Vigor, Greater Vision, Happy and Contented People It Is the lvlagtc "Spell of Oregon r ' r';:::;!:,'c:c:t r4-" (By EDWARD T. BARBER) Goldsmith pictured his "Village Preacher" as an individual of such charm of manner and per sonality, and his services so im pressive that "Those wno , came to laugh re- j mained to pray.!, I Oregon. " in like manner, pre sents such charm" f climate, such grandeur". of scenic attractions, of forest. mountain; lake,"-' rlverM ocean beach, mine; comnierce, in dustry; such marvelous Treturns to man for "every effort ' in develop her treasure, house . of natural re sourees. that -.those -who pJan fa summer tourist trip through the state abandon "their original Inten tion Jot coming , to' "filay". and decide to "stay." : It is difficult to break the grip of the. 'speir which Oregon castB over .her visitors. The few who do break away from it find sooner or later; that the ; Inoculation has entered their 'veins and they re turn Do you love to fish? Oregon is the fisherman's paradise. .As this article is being written the smelt are running in the Sandy river, a few-miles east of Portand. The city of Portland announces La holiday.-" Highway officials prescribe a one-way route to the-Sandy and back over paved ty miles includes a total of 223 miles of paved roads. Of mile? are on county highways; are market f bad Highways. Opportunities in industrial roads. Special police officials are detailed - to control 24 miles ' of automobile fishermen . , t r at f i c which packs the highway with thousands, of. cars. - Each car re turns laden with its catch. The true fishermen gets no Inspiration, however, in fishing with a water bucket on a pole instead ' of line and hook. 50,000 people were fishing on 12 -miles of river. r " The Columbia river is the great est salmon stream In the world. The lakes and streams of Oregon are alire with trout and other mountain stream fish. The lakes abound in fish life of ; various kinds. The sea fishing is found all along the coast. 'You may dig clams or catch 4 whale ; if you wish - Is it boating you prefer to fish ing? The sea shore of Oregon is eeveral hundred miles long, with numerous r world-famous 'beaches, Its lakes and rivers present ideal conditions ' for ; boating. Quiet nooks where one may commune with nature in her kindliest mood and randest dress parade Does ranching appeal to you? The great sheep and cattle ranch es of eastern arid central Oregon are' unsurpassed. Scrub' cattle" and sheep- have been displaced by "pure bred animals carrying ' worldV're cords. j- 1 . " -' ' ' " ' Irrigation farming is practiced In its 'tnoBt intensive form.1 The great dry-farm' wheat. ranches are world -wonders andworW 'beater s-. ,,;The; fruit '' and berry x farmt around Hood Rirer arid "covering practically all of western' Oregon will open your eastern ; eyes ' to wonders you neTer dreamed of In fruit and berry; growing. The fruit you will get from them pos sesses a quality all Its own which Is grveh it exduslrely by Oregon soil and climatlcr condtions. r- ' Perhaps 1y'our " perspiring body and - wilting ' collar suggest '" the cool nooks in the shadows of the great heights of the snow-capped peak's which mark the' course of ( Caution d ob! paz 10) LEGEND State Highways (Paved) County Roads(Paved) County Roads (Graveled) County Roads Unimproved) -, i -Thi eat is used- by courtesy ot.the1 Associated Industries, of Oregon.;. Beginning about January 1. 1925, The Statesman will suppla-: ment Its slogan articles on this page with a series of stories of Industrial Oregon from the pen of Mr. Edward T, Barb? who Is. one of the most accomplished .writers along these lines In theV Pacific Northwest, f Mr. Barber ia a painstaking and careful investigator. His articles will be based upon the xnoet reliable Information obtainable and! written from a constructive optimistic viewpoint. The following subjects will be included- :ia;these;arttcle8':; "X:Xy.'.TZ'7;Z T.X'.Z'''.ZZX:.SS The Willamette Valley, Its Physical, Historical, Geographical and General Features. r . V -"V ' . . - ', Lumbering' and Forest Products. Manufacturing Industries and Opportunities. 5 , Market at Home and Abroad. . ' a Fruit Growing Conditions and Opportunities. Commercial Kut GrowingT. I IH Poultry and Its' Opportunities. General Agricultural Conditions and Opportunities. Labo Conditions. Irrigation. , . ; Educational and Religious Resources. Tourist Trails and Scenic Attractions. Taxation and Financial Conditions. , t 1 - General Living' Conditions. '. ;. , j Dairying. Milk, and Milk Products! Mineral Resources. , Commerce. . ". , . . . . rt ' Hydro-Electric Development and Possibilities. - 4: i. . - - - -- - TV). - ' i " - SlgCon rcifl!eHiKn'waycr Xnlerstaie 3Irtd"geiinlUrSisas. ArA? v iiocaiea at J-rtncr important BDiOBilLDIfiGlllfllDIIIISTIfiGT " OF Ollll FISTIOfiSL OR'EtOPfM . - - f - - ! ; - : ' "- Oregon Roads Built on Substantial Lines, Centered on the Idea.of Coordinating . Her Industrial, and Commercial Development With World Commerces-Columbia Basin Poursiler Vast Resources Into the Lap of Oregon (By EDWARD T. BARBER) The course' of empire Is ever directed-by . trade routes of com merce. During the long ages preceding the days of modern in land transportation trade routes were limited to waterways, lakes, rivers and .oceans.' f .-V . .. Nations, have been strangled to death through lack of sea. port and: ater transportation. - Wars hve b-een fought to Obtain posses sion or control" of" water routes and track terminals. '1 ' : fV' " ""The" recent " "Incident of the Italian fight over - the possession of; Flume was based upon the de sire for a- sea port. ."'rne centuries of : war. which have Stirred .1 Balkan, regions liave been to olh tain adequate connection with the sea, each nation wanting" it for;lts own" aggrandizement rand 'as a weapon to strangle its neighbor; '. The American road building inf stinct seems" as' natural as the damloudlng' instinct' of ;the' tea-; ver. ' " V " " J .7 - As the , westward movement progressed in; the conquest of th continent. the two most distinctive traits ot Americans f was thei desire fo good government based upon law and orders 'and 'thelt activities inrhuilding and-develop ing "means of transportation.' - " Early , in , the" last century the Erie canal was built under the in fluence and! stimulation of qover n6r, Clinton. , , -The great lakes were -united with the Ohio. river. A great na tional highway was started across the' continent to connect the At lantic with the Mississippi. It was what Is now. called a "hard surfaced" road; or then called a turnpike. ' A - well built crushed rock covered " highwayl ' Its 1 con struction was discontinued some place in Indiana because -the In troduction of the steam railway made it unnecessary.'1 Today that old rNatlonkl Pike" is a part of a great auto route. : . " ' it: -Prlor to the civil war the build ing f of .- railways ,' became- such a "craze'V that several 'states went Into practical bankruptcy in finan cing railways with state aid.' I The" necessity of a military foa' ' X' " ; a . - . K'oinw or aj.ni-ry u piaie r it 'i's'i J3 !- S . connecting' the head of narigatlon on the Missouri, at Ft. Benton, Montana, and'the head of naviga tion J on the ' Columbia at- The Dalles, Oregon, was such that la 1856 the governor of T)regoh was authorized by the federal govern ment, to have such a road built. Captain John Mullan was select ed to take charge of the construc tion of , what is now Vrhlstoric highway. After- many discourag- f ing - experiences he ' com plated" his task in J864. or abonr eight ears ' after starting the Job. At " one time his men3 were ma'ssacred by ,the Indians; and "it 'required' two years Tof "T&lnt to Tecrnit another bunch of men. ' v '" The, Mullan road is about. 800 miles long and cost what was then considered " an enormous; amount of money, $32,000, for a road. ' - ' , r - . , This, ; however. .. Indicates the high value .that was then placed upon the necessity of roads to this. Oregon cquntry. I:- ;. ' ) Today numerous - monuments marks ; this old highway. Marble statues of John Mullan mark Im portant i locations.. T ,One near Coeur d'Alene.' Jdabo. acd another at Deer Lodge, Montana., It is an Interesting. Toad en gineering; fact to note ' that the route" Jbhn'MulIan'selec ted follow ed closely the old Ihdiia" traiU, tneseWiturn ,Eid-.'follo-ti. tba game trails -across "the mountains, and today - two v'transcoatinental railways follow the : sarie jtrall.; The buffalo was the tralli breaker for; the 'modern railway .'enl'.aeer. : The building or the Mtllan road Indicates the great "interest .In road bunding In- the Oregon coun try, at that, early date. This in terest has : grown and ' developed with the development of the state In, all other lines until today it la doubtful if any 'other state can show 'a better record for well built highways.' . t . From personal experience of the wTiter, after traveling many thou sands of miles over the roads cf the Pacific northwest states, Cra gon appears to hare secured more and better roads' for te x.tzy spent the past few years, than a -' - 0Btirad on 1" f