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THURSDAY IIOIINING, HARCIM.9, 1925
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Dates of Slogans in Daily, Statesman
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(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
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ACTIVITIES OF TOE STATE HIGHWAY
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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-
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Woodworking. Etc.. Sept.' 17
Paper Mills, Etc., Sept. 24.1
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(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.) . .:. , : ;,-. ,
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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)
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-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:
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BDiOBilLDIfiGlllfllDIIIISTIfiGT "
OF Ollll FISTIOfiSL OR'EtOPfM
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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'
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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. '
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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 -'
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