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Job 1 201 UWay: b,ftM8ed be the name of tbe Lord "
THE NEW YEAR
. - The year 192G has teen good to Saiem, arid thd outlook
is for greater and better things for 1927
In Volume of business and growth of population, and all
the things material and spiritual that go to the making of a
progressive city, backed by the expanding developments of
a marvelously rich surrounding country that is capable of
enormous increase in the products that come from the land.
During 1925 Salem people built a home for every week
. day of he year, and in 1926 they Built more than a home a
day for; every day in the year, including Sundays, and stili
there is, no prospect of a saturation point.
4 ' With the certainty of an increase of at least 10.Q00 in
population in the next 12 to 20 months, founded on factory
developments alone, there must be a speeding up in the build-
.ing operations that provide places for people to live
. v And there is every reason to believe that manufacturing
development here is only getting a good start; that we will
AhaveBpecialty , mills for flax products, and more fruit and
vegetable canneries, . more wood working plants, including
more paper mills, and processing plants 6f various kinds for
" taking care of our increasing tonnage of fruits and vegetables,
"of the kinds and varieties in which we can with confidence
r expand almost indefinitely in production -
fV for instance, with loganberries and prunes of the larger
sizes, with filberts. and walnuts and flax and dairying and
. mint' and blackberries and held lettuce and celery and
-asparagus- '
And a long list of other products of the land.
We are this. year adding 50 per cent to our strawberry
acreage, though we have already the largest strawberry dis
trict in the world-for producing the canning and barreling
varieties; Oregon leading all the states in this field, the
great bulk of the pack being from berries grown in this
ydistrict.;- .
' ' . We; have a large and healthy poultry boom, with twe
of .our concerns alone to turn out here this year not far from
a million baby chicks; and with enormous expansion in every
branch d)f the poultry industry, and due to become greater
4 in geometrical "ratio- headed towards making Salem the
Oregon, petalumarpius.; -V '
. In the bee industry, -in onions and potatoes and beans; in
swine breeding, and other lines on. our land, we are making
good progress -
'Andi we are now looking forward to an immense sugar
beet .Industry i f or our district, which is bound to come, ant.
fyHl jikelyhae its ambitious beginnings soon, with a pros
pectiyeiictoryJn.Salem next year.
No less are we able tb point with pride to our fine new
business, buildings .
'' TheT shining mark being the 1 1-story First National bank
bufldingrTOur first sky-scraper. This splendid monument
to the growth and solidity of, Salem is now beginning to bt
occupied! and it will be fully completed arid occupied during
L i this month.. There has been
t period of great improvement on all our business streets;
& with scores of newfbuUdings, and many improvements made
fin old buildings. , -v . i
,x Sa 192,6 has been a year of growth and progress in Salem ;
;-tf trade! expansion, of substantial gains in eyery avenue of
. honorabt& effort
Andl an earnest of the greater and better things that
are just around the corner for Oregon's capital city.
Theire is no room for pessimism here. There are many
reasons or hope for greater things.
I In conclusion, in all modesty, the Writer is able to say
I that the! Statesman newspaper and printing establishment
j and its tallied; publications
The
partitions of the New First National
Bank Building are of
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Hollow Tile was chosen for this buildnig
because: It is easy to remove for alteration
lit is Firje Proof
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construct.
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.Homes
At i a t much better I
price than those, of
other construction 1
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during the past 12 months a
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during 1926; and; further there are certainties uof healthy
expansion ; and improvement ahead, for 1927"
This newspaper faniily Consists of the Daity Oregon
Statesman Weklyl Oregon 1 Statesman,1 Pacific Homestead;
Northwest' Poultry! JournaU and Oregon Teachers Monthly,
all of them enjoying a steady growth in circulation and
business, and in better shape than ever beforefor rendering
useful service in their respective fields, and now representing
a combined Circulation of about 60,000. .
New Ministry In Belgium
Makes Program Possible
Political Disagreements Prevent External Loans, But
New Regime Effects Needed Changes Italian Lira Is
In Best Position of Any European Currency
SEW YOlUv Dee. Slr-CAP)
HabJHzatioB of the HpIkIsii cur-
ency on a bpw gold basU, a re
markable' recovery in the French
frjine,Iate In the year.Mhe return
of the Japanese yen a ad the Nor
.rcRian kroner to within a short
iiitance of par H 5" and substantial
'raprovement In most of to other
foreign ' 'sehanfee Mgnalize a
vorld-w-W icyem nt toward
noi stable niPiietary .condition)
n 192C.
At the close of the year the ont-
nrk for yoimri -enrrent-v onli
on was brighter than at any
.ime since tlie wnr. largely due 10 '
.
he cumulative effects of a COn-
trucUve program supported by
nternational bankers and the
oremost economic authorities of
tII countries.
Within the next year, it has
hrtn predicted by financial ex
erts, the Ifrench franc and the
Ttalian lira will join the other Eu
ropean currencies wh.ich have
tone back to the jrold standard.
Revuhiatibn probably will be net
assary, as it. 'was in Belgium. Re
cent developments have indicated
that attempts were being mice to
ascertain the true levels of these
rtxehanges. ..
Stabilization Spreads
. The Belgian monetary program,
affected with the aid of a $100,
CK'0.000 international loan in Oc
tober, unquestionably gavi? a
owerful impulse to stabilization
:ians in other . countries. Pre
iously, both B4lrlan and French
'rancs had gone through the most
roublesome days in their checkt
?"ed hitories. plunging to record
low levels in a mid-summer slump,
" -After selling above 4 Vt cents
sarly in the year the Belgian
franc tumbled to 2.07Vi cents in
Inly after political disar?enients
nrd temporarily made it impossi
ble for the country to obtain ex
ternal loans and imperiled thoj
stabilization project. Under aj
nev ministry, financial reforms
v.ere subsequently carried out..j
pr ting, the government in a posi
tion to undertake its program -This
involved the creation of a
iew unit the belga vahuni
jvi und 13. Si ceirts. or. the equiv
alent of 5 francs then pegged at
.'.78 cents.
Tbe long delay in effecting a
Settlement of the French war debt
otlie I nited States, "oupled will
:erious financial nnsettlement in
.hat country, contributed to the
Jonfall of the French franc
jvliich touched a record low of
1.3.1 cehta before the decline
as checkeil. The return of I're
n'lcr I'oincaie to power and his
.-success, in reshaping the finances
tif 'he republic had a steadying in
fluence on the exchange. A grad
aalrecovery, which set in late in
:he summer, was accentuated by
the Belgian operation and toward
the close of the year the franc
wa? selling around the 4 cent lev
el, more than 100 per cent above
its low.
Urn's Position Jool
The Italian lira, protected by a
$100,000,000 loan, was in a bet
ter position to withstand the vi
cissitudes of exchange, trading
than other European currencies.
The summer reaction carried it
Sown to 3.16 cents but it soon re
rounded to a new high above 44
cents and was holding not far
from that level at the end of the
year.
Indications that Japan was pre
paring to restore the gold stand
ard were seen in the climb of the
To express ourappreciation of
Mr.' Livesley's keen foresight
of Salem's greatest need
Dr. Vehrs
Dr; Sanders
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yen . back to ; rirtuat , parity with
Kold above. 49 f entH." Hankers, in
close toujh with the situation,
however explained, that the year's
advance of almost 6 cents had
been dtte in part to. Speculative
purchases of the currency ant iet
patinr its complete stabilization,
Ed that the Japanese ;flnancial
puthorltle mljcht delay the IlftinB
of the Kold embargo until Kaffls
lied that the exchange v would be
ahle to meet the test without caus
ing any financial or trade disturb
ance. Large gold balances have
bn uilt i'P In the United State
aa a safeguard to stabilzation.
v. i i x m. :
is aimosi iriam 10 vuuie
in 1927
Ii o Rata Revised
After grappling with the prob
lem of preventing a too rapid ap
preciation of its exchange, Nor
way apparently decided that con
ditions warranted a higher valu
ation and the Bank of Xorges ac
cordingly revised its buying rate
for the kroner. The action was
interpreted as a move toward the
it -establishment of the gold
standard at the pre-war basis of
26. SO cents. The currency which
had been quoted around 20 cents
early in the year shot up to within
a cent vof parity late in the fall,
and a sympathetic advance took
place in the other Scandinavian
r.'ites.
4 The Chinese silver currencies
were severely depressed by the
sharp break in thej price of this
metal which followed the recom
mendation of the Royal currency
commission that the Indian mone
tary system be transferred from a
silver to a gold asis. dlongkcmg
fell from Its January high level
above 58 cents to 46 'in October,
Shanghai from 75 cents tor 3 7 and
Peking from 79 to 59. Partial re
coveries took place late in the
year despite political disturbances
in that country. The Indian rupee
also declinedj about a cent to a
new low rate in the year. ,
South American currencies were
rather unsettled during the year,
vith Brazilian milreis falling be
low 12 cents in December on, re
ports that stabilization would be
undertaken around this level.
Argentine pesos fell below 39
i-enla in tiie spring but were back
L ound 41 cents as the year drew
to a close.
SWELL CAPACITY
OF PAPER MILL
KMi.lKGK.MKXT MOKK
THAN DOUBLE' OUTPUT
Const ruction Has Scarcely Ceased
Since Plant First Started
Here
Just to say "They are building
a big addition to the paper mill,"
conveys little meaning to Salem
people, because there never has
been any cessation of building at
the paper mill.
Bnt if someone should say
"Two more paper mills as 'big as
the Oregon Pulp & Paper Co.
mill are going up here," every
body would take notice.
The latter statement isn't the
fact just yet, but what the. Ore
gon Pulp & Paper Co. has been
doing within the last year
amounts to the same thing, for
when the " present enlargement
reaches its culmination, the mill's
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capacity will bo nearly three
times what It wasL a year ago.' :
The things thafthii company
.Is Holng. u nder the outstandingly
capable li reel Ion of Oeneral Man
ager C. P. nereyl can scarcely go
without mention in this edition,
devoted as it is to the industrial
accomplishments an efforts
which venter in Salem; on the
other hinri. the subject was thor
oughly coveretl in the latest slo
gan section, devoted to the paper
mill Industry. Therefore some
excerpts from the stories publish
ed at that time are reprinted
here:,
"The Salem" paper mill manag
ers have developed a process
whereby red and Douglas fir may
be ronverted Into high grade-papers
as easily and cheaply by the
sulphite process as white fir or
hemlock r-somefhing new; some
thing not known 'elsewhere on
enrth. The Salem mill can make
sulphite fit for artificial BIk' or
"rayon." No other mill in the
United "States reaches this per-feetibnu's-o:
far. The eastern mills
making "rayon" get their bleach
ed sulphite from Sweden:
' The Salem mill produces the
highest grade papers and bleached
sulphite. on this coast. Bleached
-inlphite is the raw material of
artificial Hk, and since hemp.
Jute nd plant fibers of all kinds
are high in price, tbe 'world's
fabric makers are turning rapidly
to the use of wood pulp fibers,
and the 'Oregon Puip and Paper
company mill, under tlje progres
sive leadership- of its efficient
manager, C. F. Beyerl. is alert to
keep pace with the times; though
no stock is' yet supplied to the
artificial silk makers. This fab
ric goes under the name of "ray
on," used for women's garments.
Wonders Being Worked
Wonders are being worked,
miracles performed, hourly at the
Salent paper" mill of the Ore'gon
Pulp and Paper compajn.
For cord wood from our farms
an dlogs from our forests are be
ing taken in at one end of this
plant; and turned out at the other
end of the form of paper for the
market.
Beautiful paper, embossed
glassines in a wide range of col
ors for candy packages and other
uses, grease proof papers for but
ter and bacon wrappers, wax pa
pers, sbond and ledger 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 onto 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
chanical ingenuity. An insppectlon
of this institution must prove of
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The large concrete building at the left in IhJs picture is
the new Hollywood theater building, tut yet uncompleted, which
will be ready for tase early In the new year.- It Is being erected
by John Williamson and will be Salem's first suburban theater.
It in on North Capitol street, and to Ktrfotly modern theater
with all of the lateat eim'ventence! for patrons. Below an 'archi
tect's drawing of the theater front. " '
We Congratulate the
First National Bank
1 Upon the erection and completion of
their splendid new building. '
Electrical Wiring arid Installation by
Hallik
To Our Friends and Patrons
A HAPPY NEW. YEAR
Interest t any one, an.4 the stn
dent.rouldi find :noogh in Its var
ious processes to keep him basy
half n aileragel lit time. .
In the qiaking of the bond and
letter andl envelope papers, of the
highest glades,'! which is a new
line in thi institution, and which
give's greai prom tee, a small per-
Kcentage of balm wooa or coiton-
wood is leing "used. Little of
this wbodflias been nsed here up
to a very phort time ago. .
Alkali iroof . .soap wrappers,
both the Inside and outside wrap
pers, arfe-.lielng made in consider
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able quantities now, and shipped
through the Panama canal as far
as New York and Philadelphia,
There f an experimental plant
at this tnil. Experiments are be
ing and vlill be 'carried on con
stantly.' Whenever there is any
thing new! in the manufacturing
of &ih 'gfade specialty papers-,
the JSalem paper mill people will
"try it onre," and if it is worth
adopting they will adopt it.
A mill J making such a wide
range of specialties must have a
great variety of cutters and fold
ers and appliances' generally. In
this respecjt, this, mill has all
along been kept; strictly up to
date. (! !
TiicjK Sulphite Plant
The Salem paper mill consists
of really tiro plants: the sulphite
plant and tjie paper making plant.
The superintendent of the sul
phite miU Is J. B. Wilt. It. would
be impossiile to give the general
reader the ull details of the won
derfully intricate and interesting
processes Employed in sulphite
making, iji would take too much
space (whc&e hooks are published
on the subect). and many of the
processes c,ould not be grasped
-witJiout a thorough knowledge of
chemistry fuch as only few men
in each country possess. But the
following paragraphs will give a
general idea of the sulphite plant
of the Saleim paper mill.
The Sulphite Mill Proper
"The wood room has a capacity
of 60,000. feet of hemlock or
white fir ;in .eight hours. The
equipment used in preparing the
wood is as! follows: One electric
log hoist two 84 inchyfu?-off
saws; twp vertical type steam
'splitters; fjour hand barkers; one
SS inch chipper; two rotary chip
screens. Tjhe wood room also has
cutting an stacking capacity for
60 cords ot wood In eight hours.
This wood! is used as, a reserve.
The monthly wood consumption
of this plant has been approxi
mately 3, oi0 cords, or 1.714.000
board feedfper month. Itwill be
doubled with the increased capa
city. !
Ackl Plant
The acidl plant will hepractieal
ly new, asf mentioned above. The
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HEADS FUEL FIRM
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Otto H lSUna. president of ; the
Illllman ' Fuel , Co. and ' leader In
the re4t'of educating th ' public
tolhe values, of sclent i He heating.
His company takes ; a Jarge suite
of of fleet in the new "First Nation
al Rank Building.
old towers wtil be discarded.
There will be- two large acid stor
age plants 20. feet in diameter,' SO
feet high. '
There have already been, in
stalled5 ' 5 new -Valley Iron Works
flat screens; to be used -Wrhen the
new improvements are completed;
will be used for rescreening the
bleached pulpr to ittake it clean.
The fact is, the whole great plant
il being practically rebuilt: must
be. to double Its eaplcity throug
out. " , ' 1
HILLMANS TAKE SUITE
Itapid tironth L .Vttributetl to
l uusual Service
One of the largest suites of of
fices in the new bank building will
be occupied on the third floor by
Ifillman Fuel company.
There is perhaps no other -concern
in Salem which had. a more
rapid growth than this firm -and
some of the reasons, for this have
been brought out by an interview
with its president, Otto Hillman,
who is one of the leaders in the
association of Oregon Fuel Deal
crs, being on the educational and
stoker committee pf that organi
zation, which has for its purpose
to educate the people" of Oregon
to the proper usfe 1of fuel and edu
cate the dealers in fuel on the
other hand to render the- right
sort of service to-their customers.
When the Hillman Fuel com
pany was organized the years
apo, the ideal in mlnd,of its found
ers was instead of being Just order
takers for fuel, to go farther and
build an organization which would
ritdy ; Home -heatnj in all its
tranches and thus render a serv
ice for which there' was a real
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, Attef f carefil -"lahulation f
complaints made not only ; about
fuels which were deliverbd by this
company, but alfcQ fuels of others
which came to, their - attention,
some very interesting facts were
brought to light .' ';.
Over 95 per cent of the trouble
caUs we,re not due to -poor quality
Cl fual, although the consumer
would attribute the difficulty -td
tl is, but to sevaral other reasons,
amopg' them: jryirig to heat, a
large house In void weather with
ood in 'a furnace .built for coal,
thus -cau"sing a greatly increased
consumption of fuel with constant
attention anil unsatisfactory re
sults. Wrong manipulation of
dumpers or draft controls provid
ed on furnace. Faulty installation
of the furnace by contractor -who
trying to make an unjust profit
skimped on materials, or being
ignorant of heatings principles,
piovlded not enough space for
cold air intake.. Whleh shows the
urgent need in Salem for a - city
ordinance "such - as' hi in force in
tiicuy cities "which only allow re
sponsible f heating - nieir. to install
furnaces.-." 'fcyX.-'.ii''.''r' , :'
Tltese troubles were as a rule
net hard to 'cdrrecE and account
for the large number of aatisSed
t us tomer.v-of : that concern.
According to Hillman, for any
one, bnirdlng;;V home, (he last
thing" to 'try to aave on . la on" the
furnace, which is weally the heart
of the home. While it la tf u& that
the "most expensive f nrnjace" is not
always the best, one, there are too
many furnaces installed just be
cause they happen, , to be the
cheapest, resulting , in a lot" of
trouble and-grief to'lhe. purchas
er, and high heating costs during
the life of this f urnace. : l i e
' In building a home too little at
tention is also, as arnle paid to
the. storage of fuel, and the rela
tion of the- irtrnacef with regard to
it.
Many,- steps may- be . saved If
tna furnac Is "located ; near; the
fuel bin and the fuel bin is lo
cated next to window in driveway
so that adeltyery can be made at
least expense and trouble : .-"f
': The. Hillman Fuel company
gladly puts at. the disposal of cus
tomers, trained men fr ho can reive
Koine of tbes problems Illllman
states while "they . are not as ret
as well equipped, as tjtey will be
as the organization grows, thair
offices In the new building are at
the' disposal of any one interested
in, nomo heatings and a wealth of
information .can be gathered. -
Two rooms la teir offices are
de vated to accontttins and -retail,
vith one of thf new type auto
matic coal burners in. actual op
eration One room, is for .the
sales manager, the other : two, be
ing occupied by the consulting
engineer" and the president. -
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PLANT PROPOSED
! aaal tvn vnriMlKVT
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rUnt 'ta Iak H-mp.anrt lrm.
" lade, rn!verj-.e Tit Fr "
Fertilizer . , - -
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drink, declared J. C. Beers, . repre-,
seh ting -the fajor Fruit Products
company of Portland, who propose
to establish . another plan) . In
.Salem. t . t Z - . C -
Production Is scheduled to start
on January 15. More than 30
prune growers in Marlon and Polk
counties and a number of Salem
business men are, backlog the . enterprise.-
The Investment amounts
to. 115000 for planttqulproeat; A
location has not yet been selected.
' The' new drink Prun-Port, Hi
be introduced to the bottlers of
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! Horilorand 300 JT.iJlons a
of,Prun-Pqrt. Thrfefia vita-
kick In. every-sip ot'hls new
Oregon when luy , have tlielr aii
nual convention at Salem J Febru- 1 1
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The proposed pla'nTt ; will 4naWr I
Prun-Port syrup' and". prune marnr-
aiaae. l ne syrup wm ub upiichwu
In standard syrup 1 'containers to
the bottling trade for arbbnatlrig
as a five-cent drink and .to jobbers
for distribution to ' ,t the, fountain
trade. A display advertbitng cam
paign Is proposed to, .help intro
duce the new drink. - "
If the packers have ' learned to
use everything in" sptg but his
squeal, the makers of Prun-Port
rr.ay go therri f one better. ' They
will try to eventually .'use . abso
lutely erery thing ' in prunes in
clndlng the flavor!- : ; ;
J After extracting the; syrup .near
ly as much puip remains as before.
This pulp tnakes an excellent mar
malade. " : ' ' -i-'-irr'::t --v:
Analysis of Prun-POrt bV a chem
ist of known reputaUonl will be
made. "Tne; manufacturers know
that Prun-Port makes "a delicious
and a healthrul ' drink; 'but they
tntend -to -convince the public --
The -prune pit is high in-potash
content and It ia proposed eventu
ally to pulverize the pita so thafVV
the resulting nrod act: mav -be sold Vf-
to florists to use as fertiliser: x
.: From ; the kernel- ait ? excellerf;
imitation ou oi aimonas can oe
prod uced ', ' M r. Beers declared. , lie
said no attempt has yet been made .v
to estimate the prof it to be made
from these by-products." ' ! .
TAKES 'XKtv; tOCATION -Dr.
1. R. Springer, dentist Who
has been practicing "la Salem for
nine years, is moving b.la offices
to rooms 901 and 90S In the new
First National bank buildlnc.
On the -Twin BntieU' WA Vt'
Arizona, scientists declare -there is
every known variety ot cactus to
be foumt la the woridi''
THE FINEST -OF
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MORETTIAN
YOUR SHAP.E
OF. WEALTH
and
ALL THE! V
HAPPINESjS
IN THE WORLD
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