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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1926)
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1926 9 mm One drop of water does' not; make a waterfall One man's effort will not build a AND- FAYROL vcommunitn How great this community may prow, how prosperous and complete it may become, depends upon us our willingness toujour "desire to work together ONE for ALL and ALL for ONE . I THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALm OREGON 5MBUSTRIE-S MAKES . "" V : , v,-.. , - - , .... - . ..... - .a , ...... - j, 4 3 ti. -0 1 7 4 AND ADD I N B VERY MATER) ALLY JO ITS MB: LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN ALL IS SECTON The Monthly Payroll Will Be Over Fifty Thousand Dollars a Month When the Improve ments Under Way Are All Completed, and Its Forces Directly Employed Will Be About Five Hundred, With About as Many More Engaged in Getting Out and Trans porting Raw Materials and in Other Ways Directly Dependent Upon its Operations Constantly Improving The outstanding news item In connection with Salem's paper mill for the annual Slogan num ber last year was the fact that red and Douglas fir wood was being used successfully, on a commercial scale, in making..' high- grade paper ; And thia. is the only paper mill in the world where this thing has be-en done, excepting with soda or kraff papers, or a 'combination of the sulphite and soda processes. C. P. Beyerl, manager, and J. n. Wilt, sulphite -superintendent, had succeeded in - developing a process whereby this wood ' may be so employed, as easily and cheaply, by the sulphite process, as white fir and hemlock. As a consequence an almost unlimited quantity of pulp wood which was formerly considered unfit for paper, due to its resinous nature, is .now available to keep the mill I jJt running indefinitely after all the J I other woods have been exhausted; to a plentiful supply of white fir and hemlock, and larch when it may be had. ... n Coining to Artificial Silk The Salem mill produces the highest grade papers a.nd bleached sulphite on this coast. Bleached sulphite is the raw material of artificial silk, and since hemp, jute and plant fibers of all kinds are high in price, the world's fab makers are turning rapidly to Hie use of wood pulp fibers, and the' Oregon. Pulp and Paper com pany mill, under, the progressive leadership of. its-efficient manag er, C. F. BeyeH, is alert to keep pace with the times; .though no stock is yet supplied to the arti ficial silk makers. : This fabris goes under the name of "rayon," used for women's garments. Wonders lielng Worked Wonaer are being worked, miracles performed, hourly at the Salem paper 'm-ijl. of the-Ore-Eon Puln and Paner. moanv V kRTt: Fr cord wood from our farms I I yf and logs from our -forests arebe-" 5 . inz taken in at one end of this plant and turned out at the other end in the form of paper for the markets Beautiful paper, embossed glassines in a wide range of colors for candy packages and other uses, grease proof -papers for butter and bacon wrappers, wax papers bond and ledgers papers, and papers for various special uses. This process is going on in the midst of a ' teeming population; and not one person in a hundred realizes the magic of it all; the study and experimentation that have been carried on to make all this possible. Such a modern pa per mill is a most interesting ex hibit' of the ' accomplishments of present day . chemistry and me-' f-hanical ingenuity. ' An inspection of this institution must prove of interest to any one, and the stn- Fall hats and a . new line of felts, 3.95 to 4.95, and the ex clusive Priscilla Dean children's hats at the Salem Variety gtore, 295 North Commercial. () Parker & Co., 444 S. Commer cial. Don't fall to see Parker about repairing your car. Expert mechanics at your service. All work guaranteed. () What do you need In the hard ware line?,Mechanics' tools, house hold goods and cutlery, anything you wish. Quality at a low price. bqnare Deal Hdw.,:20 N. ComT. Becke & Hendricks Insnrance of All Kind ' ' J 180 North High Tel. 101 Helllg Theater bobby-, ; ITS dent could ' find enough In its various processes to keep him busy half an- average life time. Some New Things In the making f the bond and letter and envelope papers of the highest grades, which is a new line in this institution, and which gives great promise, a small per centage of balm wood or cotton wood is being used. Little of this wood had been used here up to a very short time ago. Alkali proof soap wrappers, both the inside and outside wrap pers, are being made in consider able quantities now, and' shipped through the Panama canal. as far as New York and Philadelphia. There is an experimental plant at this mill. Experiments are- be ing and will be carried on con stantly. Whenever there is any thing new in the manufacturing of high grade specialty papers, the Salem paper mill people will "try it once," and if it is worth adopt ing they will adopt it. A mill making such a wide range of specialties must have a great variety of cutters and fold ers and appliances generally. In this respect, this mill has all along been kept strictly up to date. The Sulphite Plant The Salem paper mill consists of really two plants; the sulphite plant and the paper making plant. The superintendent of the sul phite mill is J. B. Wilt. It would be impossible to give the general reader the full details of the won derfully Intricate and interesting processes employed' in sulphite making. It would take too much space (whole books are published on the subject), and many of the processes could not be grasped without a thorough knowledge of chemistry such as only few men in each country posses. But the following paragraphs will give a general idea of the sulphite plant of the Salem paper mill. The Sulphite Mill Proper "The' wood room has a capacity of 60,000 feet of hemlock or white fir in eight hours. VlThe equip ment used in preparing the wood is as follows: One electric log hoist, two 84 inch cut-off saws-; two vertical type steam splitters; four hand barkers; one 88 inch chipper; two rotary chip, screens. The wood room also has cutting and stacking capacity for 60 cords of wood in eight hours. This wood ,is used as a reserve. The monthly wood consumption of this plant ' has been, approximately 3.000 cords,, or 1,14,000, board teei per month. ..." It will ,be doubled with, the increased. capaci ty. - w ' -! Arid Plant . , The acid plant will be practical ly new, as mentioned above. The old towers , will, be discarded. There will be two Urge acid stor age plants 20 feet in diameter, 30 feet high. ' There hay already been instal led 15 new ! Valley Iron Works flat screens; to be used when the new improvements are completed; will btfse for rescreenlng the hlear.hed nu)D : to make it clean. The fact is, --the whole great'plantl Walter H. Zosel. automobile tires, tubes and accessories.- Vul canizing that holds. High quality, superior service. - A trial makes s customer. 198 S. Com!. (J T " We have me-hat lou want at the' price you want to pay. Many new patterns and felt hats come in daily. The Vanity Hat Shop, the place to buy thevBetb, Hat. () "Ti. CAPACITY EFFICIENCY IfJ Is being practically rebuilt; must be, to double its capacity through out. A Lot of Water The-whole city of Salem, out side of the paper mill, used on June 25 of last year 6,132,200 gal lons of water. That was- the big gest day. The average for the year was 2,822,490 gallons a day. The Salem paper mill 'will, as stated above, now have a capacity of 16,000,000 gallons of water a day, and will use most of it, most days. That is a lot of water. The substance that goes into 'the paper making machines is 99 7-10 water and it comes out at the other end finished paper. ! And a Lot of Juice The Salem "paper , mill takes about a third of the "peak load" of electricity used in all Salem. But the paper mill goes right on using electric power 24 hours a day, and it therefore uses almost as much as all the rest of Salem In each month. F. M. Peyton, whq has been with the mill ever since it started, is the chief electrician. He has a domain of his own, in a room at the west end of the machine room. It is the control or switch board room. The plant carries a 6,000 horse power con nected load. There will be over 300 motors to look after when the whole constructed plant Is going. There are connections to look af ter now for 295 motors; 75 of them new. Six Tears Old Now The Salem paper mill has been in operation six years. The first car of paper for the market was shipped from this plant October 1, 1920. On that date. The States man was printed from paper made at this mill -from a trial run fit wood pulp secured from a mill using ground pulp. News print is made from ground wood pulp. The sulphite process is used ex clusively by the Salem mill No single day has passed in all the" '"six years without some Im provement or plan for improve ment. - Paper Making Process The wood Is delivered to the mill in the shape of cord wood or slabs and the bark removed by a machine known as a barker. It is then reduced to chips. This is accomplished by machines called chippers. -The blocks of wood are convoyed direct from the barkers or- from the- storage pile, as the case may be. The, chips are cleaned of saw dust and dirt and conveyed to the top itt a hundred-foot . building' knowp as a digester house. At the top of this building provision is made to store 1 50 cords of chips from which the digesters are fill ed. These digesters hold 24 cords of wood at one charge or "cook" as it is called. ' The chips are dropp" in at the top of the digester, ami, when It is filled,- sulphurous acid to the extent of about 25,000 gallons is run In, a cover clamped on, and the mass is raised to a tempera ture of 300 degrees or more and a steam pressure of 70 pounds is maintained for from 10 to 20 hours, according to the quality of the sulphite required. This cook is then released from the digester under pressure. Into a large wooden vat or brow pit. The action of. the sulphurous acid on the wood separates the fiber and bleaches the color, so that after it iaf washed in the blow pits it is a white, cottony . substance. From the'blow pits it Is pumped to screens and ta beaters, where It is ground and refined Until it is in a fit state to go to the paper machine, f ' : , ' This machine takes the stock in a liquid state and it flows onto an endless wire mesh cloth to which a shake is imparted so that, the stock is eventually distributed across the face of the wire and at the tame time a large part of the water drops through the wire and is gotten rid of.' The sheet is transferred from tbV wire to the felts and is car ried between the rolls of metal or hard rubber and from these press rolls is taken to the dryers. . v ; - These dryers are large hollow Iron cylinders around which the paper travels in contact with the face of the dryers. ' , . . . - Steam Is admitted to the In terlof of the dryers and tbs paper comes out at the end of the dryer, run thoroughly dry and is sub jected to a calandering to give It a firm texture and finish. " In the case of glassine paper a further calandering is necessary. In making the sulphurous acid with which the wood is cooked, limerock is placed in towers near by a hundred feet high and water is allowed to percolate down through the limerock. Sulphur is burned In a rotary burner and the gas after being cooled thoroughly In submerged pipes passes-through a fan which forces it through the three towers one after the other. The sulphur gas is absorbed by the lime water which is pumped from the bottom of one tower to the top of the other. When this acid has the proper strength it is pumped to storage tanks from which it ts run to the digesters as needed. The mill started operation with one paper machine, but a second machine was added the first year, and a third, the largest of all, in 1922. . i The main machine and beater room is the most substantial and attractive building of the kind on the coast. Miscellaneous Items The glassine papers turned out here are water and air and grease proof. The fiber produced by the sul phite process is pure cellulose-: the same as celluloid combs are made of. The sulphite process takes the lignin from the wood; about 55 per cent of the wood on the average being lignin, which is waste, leaving on the average about 4 5 per cent of cellulose, or sulphite. . Much of the preferred stock of the company is owned by people who live in and around Salem, to whom 8 per cent annual dividend checks are sent monthly. The Personnel The Oregon Pulp and. Paper company is largely under local management. Its officers are: P. . W. Leadbetter, president; Dr. B. L. Steeves, rice president; Wm. F. Walton, treasurer; Frank D. Andreae, secretary. Directors, including these four officers, John H. McNary, E. T. Barnes, W. E Keyes, -Truman Collins, !. L. Leadbetter, George Putman, C. F. Beyerl, and. Dr. M. C. Fin,dley. Superintendent of the paper mill, Thomas B. Armstrong. Superintendent of the sulphite mill, J. B. Wilt. Superintendent of the finishing room, W. A. Shaf fer. Chief electrician, F. M. Pey ton; master mechanic, F. L Odom; chemist, Edward P. Wood. Office manager, H. E. Ingrey; auditor,' WT P. Donnelly; time keeper, W. J. Wilt; sales depart ment. K. wi Heinlein. assisted by Ralph Olson. Traffic manager, F. W- Karr. General office force: G. H&lseth, Wayne Shumaker, Mrs. Ipha Knox. Miss Ruth Pey ton and Miss Bessie Taylor. C. F. Beyerl, the general mana ger, hasr.been on the job for five years, and in all that time he has dreamed the dream of the com plete mill that is coming Into be ing now the largest and the best of its kind west of the ' Rocky mountains, and one of the larg est of its class In the whole conn-try- T Salem: Markets ! a FE'ED No. 1, wheat, white Krd, wheat, aarked . S 1-20 1,4 Lis .45 14.00 Oata, par so. Hay, oata, Ttah per ton PORK, ITRTOS AXO SBT , - Top hoga : .l" 8ow -11 Top eteara - . . .ag- Cow, .,, .,-,S.4- Bulla A .5 Spring Iambi, ander 90 lbs, - aO Top Teal $.9 D retted veal .IS Dreaicd hog .18 POtn.TT . Light hen a . Hmt-jp .aema Spring ,,,, Rooatera Heary try . .li .SO .176? .23 .M .23 EGOS, BUTTZK. Standards BTJTTJatTAI .35 .37 .24 ., .4S Par poand Batterfat Cream hotter VXQETABLks. raTJZTS Vegetable beeta, tacked - .09 Onioaa, . dot. banchea 40(3 .SO ' Celery do, haaehea t.75-Q01.10 New eabbage 1 , 22H ' Iiocal lettoee .75 Old potatoea - 9.50 Local new potatoes i.H4 Oalclan df Po n t iac Sales and Service - VICICBROS. High Street at Trade MIME REMEDY NO 0AC Booth at the State Fair Grounds Will Show the Oregon Farmers How The farming public scored a victory over a class of Importers constantly preying on agriculture, when a so-called "cure" for in fectious abortion in cattle was re cently exposed in court, reports tlw Oregon experiment station. This material, which ' consists largely of brown sugar and bran, was liown to have no merit in the control of that dread disease of the dairy herd. In spite of the wide publicity given to the work o f painstaking scientists, who have no thought of personal gain, and who have conclusively proved that some of. these so-called "cures" cannot cure, many farm ers still wiste money buying quack stock' remedies. The Ore gon Agricultural, College experi ment station' has been working for years on the " best system of control of infectious abortion. This will be a part of the experi ment station' exhibit in a dairy and veterinary booth near the stock barn at the state fair grounds. ' The seriousness of this disease may be recognized when it is known that it has caused the loss of the last 12 calves cropped in one pure bred herd. The experi ment station wil demonstrate its method at the fair and show farm ers. bow to avoid losses from this trouble. Slate surface roofing applied over your old shingles. We have over 200 jobs in Salem. Nelson Bros., plumbers, sheet metal work, 355 Chemeketa. () Don't be held back by tire trou ble. An ounce of prevention is Worth a pound of cure. Buy your spare now, save yourself a rainy walk. Malcom's Tire Shop. () Bonesteele Motor Co., 4T4 S. Com'l., has the Dodge automobile for you. All steel body. Lasts a lifetime. Ask Dodge owners. They will tell yon.. () FARM HiEHS - FROM THE COLLEGE Now Is the Time to Make Selections of Seed Corn and Potatoes. Etc, (Following are excerpts from a current news bulletin of the de partment of industrial journalism of -the Oregon Agricultural col lege:) Now is the time to make hill se lections of potatoes for next year's seed. Get a buncl. of lath or other small stakes. Go - through the fields and select vigorous healthy plants that, are not near to dis eased ones. Avoid potatoes show ing yellowing leaves, badly wrinkl ed or ruffled leaves, or leaves that are discolored or mottled in any way. Stake dark green plants with three to five or more vigor cms stalks, not spindly, knobby at leaf stems, or excessively all. leaves should be rather smooth. Keep Tour Money la Oregon Bay Monument! Made at Salem, Oregon CAPITAL KOXTtTMEVTAXi WOXXS J. C Jonea fc Co., Proprietor '" AH Klnda of Monumental Work Factory and Office: 221ft tt Com'L, Oppoalto X. O. O. T. Cemetery, Box 21 '- raoan'flSS. BAXeM, OXXGOV GIDEON-STOLZ CO. ''Manufacturers o -VINEGAR -fiODA WATER Fountain Supplies Salem Phone 26 Ore. DIXIE BREAD DIXIE HEALTH BREAD Ask Your Grocer 1 1 1 even, dark grfeen and free from mottling. Corn ear selecting time will soon be here. Select good ears from erect stalks, vigorous, healthy and early: Drooping ears on long shanks are good for west ern Oregon. Save no earn from Jown stalks, weak or suckering plants, or from those with striped or abnormal leaves. To check the swarms of insects that seem at times almost able to swamp the vegetable garden, fall garden sanitation is a big help. These pests that persist from year to year must find some place to winter over, and " many Qf them lodge in and about the gardens in some form adu't larva, pupa, or egg. Hosts of them may be de stroyed by plowing the gaidens in the fall and leaving the sur face clear except for the late fall and early winter stuff. Then in the spring the ground is lightly cultivated and spread with poison tran mash to get the early start ers before the crops are up. Rye grass and hairy vetch have been profitable seed crops in west :rn Oregon for two or three years. Both are fall sowed on rather heavy land. Cover crops are said by certain orchard growers of, Oregon to be the biggest single factor in good yields. Crumbly soil, increase! fertility, better waterholding ca pacity of the soil, more vigorous trees, and better fruit and higner yields, are listed as advantages by C Li. Long, extension horticultur ist of the college extension service. The Dixie Bakery leads on high flass breads, pies, cookies and fancy baked supplies of every kind. Best by test. Ask old customers. 439 Court St. () F. Li. Wood and Geo. P. Peed, real estate, 344 State. Farms and city property. They bring buyer and seller together, for the bene fit and profit of both. () For students going .away to school, we are showing a large se lection of traveling bags, trunks, hat boxes . and . fitted cases. Dis count prices to students 'this month. Hamilton's. () The Pontiac Six is outselling because It Is Built to Outlast. It displays unfailing sturdiness and dependability. See it on display at Vick Bros. () CAPITAL CITY CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY BUTTER-CUP BUTTER "Known for its QUALITY" Buyers of Best Grade Cream Our Method: Co-operation Our Ideal: The Best Only 137 Sonth Commercial Street Phone 209 Is Your Well Properly Lined? Use our sanitary well pipe, thai keeps out surface water, and lets only deep ground water in. Made of strong: materials and reasonable in price, OREGON GRAVEL COMPANY Hood at Front Street Salem SHD? BY SALEM NAVIGATION , CO.' . : - STEAMER ORTHWESTCRN V:. '- ' OPERATING . ON A REGULAR. SCHEDULE -Handling Merchandise and Carload Shipments Between SALEM and PORTLAND and Way Landings - : SCHEDULE ' 1 i " . . ! Leave PORTLAND 0:00 M. Sundays,-Tuefldaya and Thursdays Leave SALESI 0:00 A. BI. Mondays, Wednesdays and Frldaja . x ROUTEOUR SlSSiiS0CK --.J SALEM DOCK and WARnnblfpE Phone EAST 8871 . asnn? by 1 ! General Markets DA1H-T PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept. 2p. CAP)- Dairy exchange net price-: Butter V' tras 41c: atandards. 40Hr; prim tint SShie: firsts 35 He . , . . : Eggs extra 41c; first 39e; pallet 36c; current receipts 37e; nndrried 21t. r i i , . LIVESTOCK PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept. 22. (AP) Cattle steady; receipts, rattle 230; calves 25. . flog steady; receipts 185. Sheep steady, receipts 260. - gbain' PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept. 22. (AP) Wheat: HIS B hard white, Sept., OcU, Nov. SI. 32 Vi ; hard wite. blnestem, haart, Sept., Oct., Nor. l.32V4 : federa tion, soft white, western white, Sept., Oct.. Nor. l.32tt: hard winter. Sept., Oct., Not. $1.32; northern -pring Sept., Oct., Not. $1.31; western red, Sept. Oct., Nov. $1.30. Oat, No. 2, 36 pound, whita feed. Sept. Oct., Nov. $29; No. 2, 36 peuod gray, Sept., Oft.. Nov. $29. Barley, No. 2, 45 pound, BW 8ep,t. and Nov. $27: Oct. $27.50. Com. No. 2. EY shipment, Sept., Oct. $37; Nor. $36. Millrun: Standard, Sept. $21: Oct. $21.50, Not. $22.50. )F" HAT . PORTLAND, Oie., Sept. 22. (AP Buying prices: Kastern Oregon, timothy, $20(822;. do valley $17(317.50; cheat $13; alfalfa $17.50S 18 : v oat hay $13; oat .and vetch $14.50(S? 1 5 ; s,traw $7 7.50 per tou. Selling prices $2 a ton more. HOPS STEADY NKW YORK, Sept. 22. (AP) Evap orated apples steady; prune fain trad; apricots and peaches quiet; hops steady; state (1926) 4.(rt60c. WHEAT UNSETTLED CHICAGO, Sept. 22. (AP) Indies- WELDING EliECTRIO ACETTLENB TRACTOR SPROCKETS Tracks etc., built up good as new for less than half price. General welding of all kinds Steel, cast, iron, aluminum etc. An Oppen.Weld . Ha. Alwaya Held ER THE PLACE 95 MILL 8T. a D. OPPEN DEMAND "Marion Butter The Best More Cows and Better Cows Is the Crying Need Marion Creamery & Produce Co. Salem, Oregon Phone 2422 V T. A. Livesley & Co. Largest Growers. Shippers and Exporters of . PACIFIC COAST HOPS Offices 1 Salem, Oregou imci Sa vaurorma , ' ' i ' , i' i i ; ; -' 'i l - ..-v. . . ...... ...... . ureg Pulp & Pap on Manufacturers of t BOND LEDGER GLASSINE V v GREASEPROOF TISSUE ' V : ' . . . ' tLLx u . . Support Oregon Proddcts , ' , k Snaolfv "Xo1an Hf.J roo.' Office WATER and SAVE THE DIFFERENCE S - w wateuzz t3Ayc OTif DiFFEnriccr:: tions of prompt settlement of the British roal strike did much today to make wheat prices -average. lowr. 'After ireqnent irregular changes, the wheat snajket her -closed asa4tled. half cent offlto L3-c up, earn at l-8c to e gain J oala tuiraangea to n-oe nigner ana prTji unchanged to" 42c-advance, .i ; t ? J . "BOSTON", "Sept.. 22.--(AP) The bet--ter elast-,ef 1 French combing is beiag footed highea tth wool market, up to $1.08 Is be fug asked for some Of tha choicest " offerings j and in a few cane the asking price has been paid for limited, quantities. Average lots of good French combing fine territory wool bring $1.0 ' quite readily. There is still eoniidersbla demand for fia top making wool at around $1.00 and occasionally small quantities can be picked ap at that fig ure. The Opera . House Drug Store. Serrlce, quality, low prices, friend ship give Increasing - patronage. Old customers adrise friends to trade here. High and Court. () L. A. Scbeelar Auto Wrecking Co., oldest in the Willamette Tal ler. New and used parts and equipment. Low prices and quality service here. 1085 N. Com'l. () CHIROPRACTIC Is Right No one can tell yon positire-' ly what Chiropractic or any' other system WILL do in your case. We know what , it HAS done in similar cases and if you give it a fair and impartial trial, we know what it MAY do. This is you chance of getting well. If you are wise, you will Jump at it. The Health meth od that locates and adjusts the CAUSE of disease instead of fooling with the effect is bound to be O. K. Chiropractic Ad justments given according to a Neurocalometer - reading . will do you good. Try them. Remember this: The Xeurocalometeri Locates Nerve Pressure . Chiropractic Adjustments Re move Nerve Pressure ' Neurocalometer readings ' by appointment only Dr.O.L. Scott, D. C. 25a North High' Street Phone 87 or. 828-R OILO-MATIC whatis itrl . SEE I : . THEO. M. BARR Phonel92 ; ; : x x. smrsicQOB Salem Wicker Pnrnlture Manufacturing Co. -Ws San Direct caalaa Battaa Bead Quality Furniture , -k fcepatrinf, Xeflnlshln, tTpaelsterlajr 821S State as, Saleaa, Oragaa. erCo. Stationery, ? . .... rhnna cm ' f - If