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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1926)
U v -Y..nJ Tl.il W ...... J V THE STAX8XaH FTTBXJ8HZHGI COaCrATC 215 South) Commercial Bt Salem," Ororos ' t S J K. Head rick . - j J'red J. Tool - ..' i loo M. Merrimaa - : V .Audred Baaek - - - t Ute(ir I W. H. Headers Cirealatioa Maaafer Manacinr Editor I J1? H. Kletxiaf - Advertieiaff Marrr . ,. n.t'.. i "rank Jaekoaki - - Maaaffer Job Dept. Newa Editor E. A. Rhotea - LdTeatock Editor r Society Editor W.C.Conner ..... Poultry Editor MEMBER OF TjfcE ASSOCIATED PBES3 ... Tho Aaooelatod Proaa ia ezelaaively entitled to the naa for publication of mU am lapatchs credited to it or aot otneriHao credited ia thii paper and also Ike local Mows pwbtithod here la. susxhess oitices: Jiw Keller, 3 -Wort-eiUr Bid., Portl and. Ore. , Taomae r. Clark Co, Now York. 124 13. W. Slit gt': Chicago, Marquette Bld.? Doty Payae, Sfaaroa Bid-.. Saa Franeiaco Calif.; Higriae Bid, Loa Angelea. Calii. Baalaoas OfHte ,.! r 68S Society Fditar "ff TELEPHONES: Circulation Offiea (81 Newa Departmental or 10(1 Job Department- S83 Eatorod at the Post Offieo ia Salem, Oregoa. as second class natter. September 2, l2fl OUR HELPER "Hitherto Lath the Lord helped us. I Sam. 7:12. PUT IT TO A VOTE ,Bnt" iff I ,t - The slownes.of the concern making: the appraisal of the water works system for the city is the cause of failure to get tne question of city ownership on the November ballot Which should have been done, for economy's sake. . . , ..a , - t rail a a rsut tne matter must not De dropped, mere must do a special election, at the earliest possible date, to conform to the charter requirements. In,- justice to the owners of the system, "the people of Salem should decide to either take it or let it alone. There are other weighty reasons why the vote should be taken, and the date of the election hurried. There is just ahead of us a big movement for gobbling up the water rights of. the streams in the Cascades, for irrigation and power pur poses, to say nothing of a possible great activity in mining in the Santiam district.' . There are sound arguments in favor of the city owner ship of Salem's water system. The city can Jborrow money at alow rate, and it can build for the future; put in large mains and permanent "Improvements generally. It can count upon certain growth, and in justice pass on to future generations part of the burdens; generations that will be better able to bear them because more numerous ? But these things can all be threshed outjater And the thing now is to take the vote. wlU be IzToriTpr onoiineed, f rcm monthHo .mpnh and year to year.' -f : ' v j A - V;" :;-.( ; The Salem canneries in the year 1911 put up about 30,000 cases of fruit and vegetables. The Hunt cannery in this. city now puts up that : many cases in a three day run,' or about 240,000 family sized cans a day, and there are eight canneries in Salem now : And the Salem canneries pack over a million cases of fruit and vegetables a year, or about half the pack of the whole state of Oregon; and the canneries oi the Salem district use about a third of all the cans used in the Pacific northwest states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho in which to pack fruits and vegetables. And we will have canneries with larger capacity, and more and more of them, to take care of the raw products which we produce and will produce in larger and larger volume And our canrters do not get all our fruit, by any means. Our dryers get great volumes of it, and so do our barreling concerns,, fruit juice makers and other processing concerns, and our fresh fruit shippers. In other lines of manufacturing there has been great growth in the same period, and it is not too much to say that Salem has already become a manufacturing city of outstand ing importance, as cities of her size on this coast go And her more than $12,000,000 annual payroll for a city of 25,000, and with her suburbs making up a metropolitan community of something more than 27,000, gives a better showing, according to good authority, than is to the credit of any other city of the size in all the Pacific northwest. Salem has the largest paper mill west of the Rockies for the making of the finer grades of paper; and this mill is con stantly growing ; growing in quantity and average quality of output. It is now finishing an addition to its main machinery building, to accommodate additional machinery and equip ment that will almost double its capacity. There will be more paper mills in Salem. Salem had and will have again the largest loganberry juice operations in the world. Salem Has the only fine fiber flax industry in th United States, turning out fiber of the highest grades for. the world's markets. " The first plant to spin these fibers. lUs been in successful operation for a year; erected by the Miles Linen company, a home concern, lhis tactory maKes twines and threads from the yarns, and eventually will weave various linen fabrics. A second linen mill, being erected by the Ore gon Linen Mills Incorporated, will be in operation in a couple of months. In due course, we will be selling $100,000,000 annually of flax products, and employing directly and indirectly in this industry a million people. This development, which the writer believes is as certain as the rising and setting of the i A PAYROLL CITY, A MANUFACTURING CENTER Salem has arrived as a payroll city and manufacturing center; is on her way,' with a certainty that these distinctions sun, wlilusiff y a city Here of inany more fiStfioaogcpeppie. JThere" was built last-year t h?, factory of the Western Paper Converting company, ' to making boxes and envelopes and a great number of specialties from the paper of our paper mill, and from its by-products. This plant will no doubt eventually employ several hundred people. : There is to be built soon in Salem a beet sugar-factory ; and this will bring many such factories to this and other sec tions of the Willamette valley. ' We will have here a potato starch and dextrine and flour factory, a peppermint oil refinery, and others. All these thincrs will brine manv more factories. There will be a cumulative industrial growth. Salem now goes to the ends of the earth with her prod ucts, bringing in new wealth year after year, and capable of being continued and increased throughout all the ages of the future. There is "white coal" enough available to fill all the Wil lamette valley with the hum of industry; a power that may be used and used and that will never wear out, as long as the laws of nature permit the mists to arise from the oci?an and to fall in the form of snow and rain to keep the rivers running down the mountain sides. Salem will be a big city, and it will be an industrial city, so prepared for by the decrees of nature. And thus it will be a prosperous city surrounded by a. thrifty rural population And it will be a Gibraltar prosperity, in the land of diver sity, in the country of opportunity, where there is seed time and harvest in all the twelve months of every year; some thing to do and something to sell every day of the 312 or the 365. There is no such diversity in -any other district in the world; no other district in which there are so many exclusive opportunities, in crops the cultivation of which amount to a franchise . ' ' So what we have done so far and what we are doing now furnish only a glimpse of what our children and children's children will do, by merely ''carrying on" and enlarging the lines of endeavor that the pioneers and the people of the present generation have, demonstrated are feasible. o 1 o Bits For Breakfast I . ; . o Salem is a payroll city m "a Is a growing factory center Has a Rood sized and increasing dinner bucket brigade. "a "a We must aim at quantity pro duction. We must not shy at over production. The more we grow and make and market, the better we can grow and make and mar- . t- 1 jet . ... . t. -pipe joy YES, indeed. Prince Albert and pipe pleasure go together like "fair and colder," "Romeo and Juliet," "song and dance.'' Inseparable companions ... in fair weather and foul. Wherever you see one, you see the other. Prince Albert means jimmy-pipe joy precisely that! v P. Ae is cool as picnic lemonade. Cool and consoling when problems press. Sweet and fragrant as. wind-blown blos soms. Mild with a mildness that lets you smoke . all .you want, morning to mid night. Yet with sufficient bodyto let you know you are smoking. Nicely balanced! You'll like the taste of this fine old pipe tobacco. More men have liked it than any other brand. This is a matter of record. Quality through and through. Real tobacco for real men. That's Prince Albert. Kind to your tongue and throat. Friendly in spirit and friendly in fact. If you haven't smoked P. A., you can't possibly know how much deep-down sat isfaction that old jimmy-pipe can give you. No 'matter how set you think you are, buy a tidy red tin of Prince Albert today. Tamp a load into your pipe and take a deep drag. Good? You said it! P. A. It 9rIJ everywhere in tidy red tint, pewnd and htlf-pOHnd tin humi dort, and pound erystal-glt humidor "wilh tpongt-moltfener lop. And ' eieyt with every bit of bite end perch removed by the Prptfe Albert protest. yt&-JS. riro' other tobacco Tv '; .,: - 111 NW ? is tike it! ' -?i:;V:'. - ket,. and at better prices. Salem is packing: over a million cases of fruits; and vegetables this year, about half ' of Oregon's, pack of something .over 2,000,000 cass. But California packs 24,000.000 cases, and California has no notion of over production. S When we raise a crop and man ufacture and market it, we have produced new wealth. We are do ing this every year, and every dy. in the Salem district. More Sid more of it. That is the main rea son why Salem is growing, and will grow indefinitely. a "a "a A friend at the writer's elbow wants to have a certain newspaper man who seems to shy at the idea of having sugar factories here, built by a company controlled by Mormons, informed that a man in these later days is not obliged to have more than one wife in or der to be a good Mormon. In fact, he may be a good Mormon with out any wife at all. Therefore this newspaper man is eligible, if he wants to join. "a "a Speaking of prunes once more, our growers must change to the Noble French variety, and do it as fast as possible. Then they will always top the market, with three Pomeroy & Keene, Jewelers, never fail to give you 100 on the dollar. Watches, clocks, pins, charms. Standard high grade stock in all departments. () Capital City Cooperative Cream ery. Milk, cream, buttermilk, The Buttercup butter has no equal. Gold standard of perfection. 137 S. Com'l. Phone 299. -() Ulrich & Roberts, realtors, 122 N. Commercial St., kmow property values and make for you profit able investments. Will both save and make you money. () At Shipley's the ladies of Salem have satisfied themselves that they can get the finest fall and win ter frocks, coats and dresses ever shown in this city. ? () vF..L. Wood and Geo. F.v Peed, real estate, 344 State. Farms and city property. They bring j buyer and seller together, for the .bene fit and profit of both. I () '. ', r--, - J - t .1 AVtft one making, the neaviesr,rtiputt per bushel of the dried product. r .. ' : : Vibbert. it Tod Electric S$tore. High at Ferry, Sta. ErerytihlB,? electrical. Good aeryice and low prices are bringing an Increasing trade to this store. " "v Gabriel - Powder & Supply Co., lumber, building jnaterlals, paints md varnishes, roofing paper. jGet prices , here and make , a big fear ing. Office, 175 S. Com'l. J) The Dixie Bakery leads on Mgb, lass breads, pies, cookies .nd fancy baked supplies of every kind. Best by test. Ask old customers. 439 Court St. .'() Acclimated ornamental nursery stock, evergreens, rose buslhes. fruit and shade trees at Poiarcy Bros, in season.' We have our own nurseries. 178 S. Com'l. ,() Buster Brown Snoe Store. '"High class, stylish looking, comfort giv ing, long wearing shoes forfthd' least money. Come and be convinc ed. 125 N. Com'l. () W. G. Krueger reaJtor, progres sive, fair, equitable. iGrowingj city and country make possible -buys that will inake you good money. Complete listings. 1'7 N. Oom'L 4 Sj? with L'emoii The only harm less way' to bleach the skin white It to mix the juice o two lemons wltt three ounces o Orchard White -which any drug istrfTll supplj for v Jew cento Shake well In a bot le and yo have a whole quarter-pint of th most wonderfiul akin whltener softener and beautifler. Massage tbls sweetly fragrani lemon -bleach' Into the face, neck arms and h nds. It cam not Irri tate. Famous stage beauties u it to brin; that clear, youthf id skin and- rosy-white complexion: also, as a freckle, sunburn and tai bleach. -' Yoa must mix this r& markabe UMon yourself.. It can not be bought ready to use because it acts bast immediately after It ii prepared. Adv. For health and nourishmen t try our pies, cakes, pastries, dough nuts and bread. Better. Yet. Bak ing Co., 264 N. Com'l., home of Better Yet Bread. () Henry O. Miller, 184 S. Com'l. St., where most people prefer to get their auto parts for all "makes of cars. Trade here and make savings .on all auto parts. () Army and Outing Store. Biggest bargains in clothing, shoes, 'under wear, hosiery, gloves, valisfes and suit cases.' The working man's store, 189 N. Commercial. ... ! . () yisitors Reported in Salem j -o i i -Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Schmidt vis-, ited Salem Tuesday. They are' residents of Norway, Or. W. H. Brewer and Sam Peter son spent ruesaay iugni in ims city. Both are residents or ieD-anon. Marion Bowen of Awtoria was among the Wednesday yisitors in Salem. - L. E. Shipley and William Her ron of Grants Pass spent Tuesday night in this city. Louis Bean of Eugene was In Salem Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Hartung of Eugene pent Tuesday in this city. Ir. and Mrs. J. E. Shannon of Marshfield spent Tuesday night in this city. S. S. George" Of Eugene) visited Salem Tuesday. - F. P. Rowley of Turner' visited, Salem Tuesday. Clayton L. Long of Corvallls was in Salem Wednesday. Esther Gulliford and Florence Steele of Portland? spent Wednes day In this city. Among the Wednesday visitors in this city was L. C. Lestton of Eugene. A. P. Hanson, telegraph oper ator of Eugene, and formerly of Salem, was in the city yesterday renewing old acquaintances. F. L. Chander of Eugene was in Salem Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Ferguson of Portland were Wednesday night visitors in this city. .Mr. and Mrs. M. Stanley of As toria spent Wednesday in thie city. Among the Wednesday visitors in Salem was C. E. Perkins of Eugene. Mrs. M. A. Ball and Mrs. Charles McMullen of Eugene are in Ihe city today. Neva and Robert Service of Baker spent Wednesday night in Salem. Mrs. H. L.. Campbell of Oak Grove was in Salem Wednesday. C. Dillard of Astoria spent Wed-, nesday in this city. II. Denman and Joe Minton of Newport were Wednesday . visitors in this city. W.C.1 "Ramsey of Ifillsboro was in Salem Wednesday night. . The ;Opera House Drug StoJj Service, quality, low prices, friends ship y.ive increasing patronage Old customers advise friends trade, here. Hieh and Court. Ji 1 f li- A. Scheelar Auto Wrecking Co.,, oldest in the Willamette val ley. New and used parts and equipment. Low prices and quality service here. 1085 N. Com'l. () ."New line ef satin and vengelin. hats for better wear. The verj latest for the smartly dressed' woman. The Vanity Hat Shop, 387 Court street. ( America is welcoming the Greater Oakland Six" as it wel comed few other cars with out- spoken praise and an eagerness to take the wheel and drive. Vick ! rv. hop- , He) lability is one of the good j features of the famous Federnl I .coras and Balloons. It pays. U v.- . t. , W 'cai wiui iuaituiiu a lire one i05 N. Commercial. ) ' Slate surface rooriqg applied over your old shingles. We haw over-200 jobs In Salem. Nelson Brof... plumbers, sheet metal wo 3 5E Chemeketa. The Cherry City Baking C$ bread, pies and cakes are of lfiji.? est quality. One of Oregon's Jnost sanitary bakeries.' Visit it. Worth whiles A Salem show place. () The Midget Meat Market never fails to give you the finest meats and fish. There is but one placo In Salem to get the finest fish. The Midget Market has it for you. () j The Bake-Rite Bakery. Busy every day supplying best hornn with bakery goods of , itH kinds; 1 baked In a kitchen cIea(Va.s your own. 345 State St. () The Square Deal Hardware Co.,' 30 N. Com'l. Most elegant and ; practical lines pf mechanics' tools. huildexs' hardware, cutlery. ConwJ here and save the difference. () Fall hats and a new line of" felts, $3.95 to $4.95, and the ex-; elusive Priscilla Dean children's! hats at the Salem Variety Storo,' 295 North Commercial. White House Restaurant, Zf,2 State St., where hundreds of peo ple prefer to eat. All you want to eat ior less than you can etfwai nome. Quality and service. & pa-; O. J. Hull Auto fop Co. Radiator, fender and Eb repairing. Artistic painting adds 100 to the appearance of your auto. 267 S. Commercial. ' j H. L. Stiff Furniture Co., leai ers in complete home furnii priced to make you the owner. store that studies your every ana is reaay to meet it, absol i., leai hby er. f v ry il olutcr;. T i X J A ' e r or siuuems going away school we are showing a; large lection of traveling baes. trunkT hat boxes and fitted cases. couat ttrices" to students tl r-month. Hamilton's. - r, : - k ; - ITS COMING It Will Soon Be Here r- - "hi BlRMCOUOTER .if I i ii. torapany, wiattoa-Saieia, K. C Kir MWkSawSSSwW ''""'''''iMMeaaMeaMawMR-f' aMaaaaaMaaBaaaaaaaHaaaHaal , -' , . - . - . . ,1UL' . - . ill