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SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY I, 1027.. ses $lM0M0 M Pttst ezv it ixteen Times the 1925 Increase Over 1924 Conclusion' Is drvaHvfe'; Beci&e It Is Based oh Construction Varies From Skyscraper Office Building to' Humole' Private Gafa'ges arid" Addition; I o Activity Is Normal Without Evidence of "Booing Fo'r Cn Was. Gradual From previous kY ear. j Anout of Bialng m"l 926 Is ft P Cent Crater Than In 1 925, And Increase Is S iKf';1"' Cost, Which "Are Low In the Aggregate New 'A' jj R&iaenc April Is Banner Month, With 79 Permits Issued tor Values of $561,375- 71 7 i age Cost Aver; For -500 New Structixres Growth Jn Perreniass of Building Greatest Since jl907, t May; Etwi Exceed That VearList of jt&didlnBt'.. Includes 33 Estimated to One minion . dollars that to 'the figure! wKich . represents Sa 'iem's Increase In building activity uring .the. last, year. . With that magical and concrete figure In .feind,;jt.,.Huw.'. little - additional meaning." to kay that ,1919 , feas Wen. Saleni'sblgiest year In con struction , ct tew bahdlnfs, . , iii5Ui -'iSi 9tpf4ii jjtiet ol thlacity's pbenoinenal ' jroVtb "more cbncMtely, It mlgbt be lrell to say that the. Increase In balld IngjoTer ,'tbe prerioiia 'yea la more than, SO per. cent. .THea it; mikb be added t&t. is t times as reat jas the Increase ot tba 'prerlona year. ' t , ; t . Of cbtlrse, the 'increase, is sot exactly II. 000. 000. bat With ''the last twoj months' flsrnrea. - which: Were notaVailable when, ih!) aat- yeywaatma,ae, it if certain ta be wen orer tnat amount. j vHere are ttetotai Iiaares. fbr the last three years. The 1926 total includes; as a basis of esti mate, the last two months of the preyieas 'year.--Do to- 4 nal of acjtlTitj In dwelling construe-, tion, JJiese fiKnres were certain tt be surpassed: . r i24v?.;. 1V. ':. : ; v.i,m,2i 1925 . i . ......... 1,791,93$ 19 2 S . L .......... . 266,45 r Thja total jrepreaeuts evcoit serratirely estimate! Talaes of SOS faparate ooastniction jobs, aTeragiof.! 15,531 in cost, Cbh ierralTely estimated, because buUdera d$ not affix a high estl nuUe .of .cost when payittc for building Permits on ;&. ratio bas is.. ..It , .would .undoubted!, be tmtaa ,that on. completion, the-'av-exate. cost and the tOtaTldmount ot. :t JBalem't , new .construction woutobe greater. T , I Th fncrease which- reaches ' cant jo i a snaaen or .anon urea kim : "It ti.l. ate formally, - with ther peak at the- dual time of yearV In April. Fopowing are the amounts of buildlnf smarted each month dnr ng tie two years ndilrkMotVm ber IT 1926: - '; 1 1924-&-.':192f- Ko. . 4 . 31.200 t 79.5S0 Dec.- i . . . if:-. i sar.o-f 48,000 . wi. Jan. ...... 7f.4 0 '"HMtt Feb. a . . 154.950. ..UlStt Mar. f. , . . . . .15 5.AL00 22 7.t5 0 Apr. . .;. i ,,3Jf 5SAT5 May . . . ... 120,959 281.450 June- J..... 385,700 151,850 July a3,7?0 -v.493,050,. Au. i ...,. 131.400. .192.280 ept. 113J600 251.750 . - April's remarkable, record, the greatest f in. Salem's history. Is not, accouhted for principally by dne or two large buildlngsf for it 'is also the biggest, .month of the i'e i I. 'i .' i - " I. ..it HAPPY 4. NEW TO ALL THq variety: ; 'tet. Martin : 452 Ni Commercial St. v i ' Phone 1277 HerevS-a w;sn , i ji We hope will come ; true , A Happy and PrOs- perous , New Year to Yon. ; . -1 ' 'BUNGALOW BEAUTY SHOPPE G10 Chemclteta Is $5,531 Cost Over $8,000 Each ' year . in number started, 79. of buildlnirs it. Percentage Growth Ugh. ; In percentage of new bnUdjng, with relation , to the cIty,rs,.JjE9 and population, .the growth dur ing the past year is the greatest since 1907, if it was eclipsed in that year. ; ! Following are some of. the larger buildings which go to make up the -nearly three- m iUlon- dol-4 lata' , worth of construction in Sa lens started iu 1926: .fohii Williamson,, story concrete building, lot, 2 , block 3 highway addition. 175.000. JDorothy and Helen, peax se modeling briek baiidiag at 325 Cttuxt. street f 11.000. . D. C- Mlato, -dwelling at 825 Saginaw, 212,009. S.' Si. Henderson, three story apartment house at 665 North Summer, 8 60,000. ' Salem Bank of Commerce, State and Liberty, repairs, $38, 000. P. T. AInge, builder. ,)Eirnest P- Thome, concrete, gfir ge building 1st .980 South Com mercial, $10,000. Ralph. Helm, contractor. 4 , , J. D. Hartwell, two story con crete building. .1326 and 1330 State atxeet, $10,000. Cherry City Construction, Co.. builder. ,,,.tC,, Meyers, three story apartment -house at 550 North Summer, $75,000, .. Oregon X,Inen Mills, Inc., office and power plant Madison and 14th, $12,060: ..ladclA.BB9h. remodeling . and .repairing:, bank, building at Com mercial andL State, $50,000. A. A. Siewert builder., . rtSalent . General .HospitalM Inc three ,&tory addition, to , hospital Utaihtinff at Center and 24th, $33,- 4 4$. . CU Van Patten, builder. . First National Bank, 390 State street; ' 11 story concrete bank toullding, $337,000. Hanson & Hammond, builders. . .- F. H. Berber. 12 040 North Cap itol street, ' concrete and tile building. $8,690.. . Itnigt- Memorial church. Ferry and . 18th, hreix building. $20, 0,00... ; Joe Knapp, , builder. . L Oregon State . Fair, two- story . ' . . ... . . . otcxok . Duiuung, xairgrounas, 20.000. r . W. I. PhUIips, two story con crete dwelling, 195 West Leffelie, $10,000. A., A. Siewert. builder. , Oregon linen Mills. Inc.. Madi son! and 14 th, concrete' and frame linen mill,. $47,000. Burgh & Bulgin, builders. Utf0x42r;OWt.i DeYers. tws story garage and. dwelling; 147& Garden Ioad, 17450., .Carl Bahlbrg, builder., Willamette. Grocery Co., .two stry cbocrete. build bvg, at &71 to il 7rad street, $30,000. A. J. Anderson buiWar, . FraaJij- p, ; Biigh, , .two . story store, office and theatre building at High and State, $150,000. Tranchell L Parelius, builders. .Franks D. 'Bligh, automobile senrice building at 230 and 40 South High street, 610 and 540 I ' T6 dur Palrdhs -Both-new and-old, we extend a. hearty New t Year" tjTreeting and : thank you one and all . for your patronage the rpast year. t We wish ' . you success and hap piness for 1927. EDVF6feGARD 271 Chemeketa St. ; We Hope Your JHipy New Year; Holds Throughout 1927,; tike an Qppen Weld ; CD. OPPEN ! . ..- '1: . n:iPrent. front ot,tb;Ct.?k?enjieyeCinpaJU be remodctfHl fat ; coamccUoa witht th compys buildiHg plaasv wbicb inelade s exten sive addtUon r the- rear, . permitting more .t&orongh departmentalization ami the niainteaiuicc of larger stocks of goods. i . Ferry street, $7,500. Cuyler Van Patten, builder. . Oregon Pulp & Paper Co., con crete, paper-mill, Commercial and Trade, 225.000. Cnyler Van Patten, builder. . John . Williamson, two story apartment bouse. 950 Hunt stweC $40,000, J, H. EUls, two story apartment house at 879 North Liberty, $35, 000. Steusloff Bros., Inc., two story concrete warehouse, fronting on alley In block 32, Salem $12,000. 'I Chambers &. Chambers, two story concrete building, 355-373 North High High street, $52,500. Carl Engstrom, builder. Chartea .Weller, tfro- story con crete building at 645 Chemeketa, $13,000.' rA A. Siewert, .builder. F. W. Durbin, story and one half dwelling at 1225 Fairmount, $10,000. Adam Engel, apartment and garage building at 1090 North Capitol. $58,000. . , Adam JEngel.. dwelling and gar age at 74S Stewart, $8,500.. .Eugene Eckerlin, addition to concrete .building at 245 North Liberty, $16,000. Henry Carl, builder. E. H. Kermedy, concrete build ing at 1243-1241 State street. $18000. Cherry City Construc tion Co., builders. N.. W, "Ellis, 1710 North Capi tal, two story apartment house, $10,000. Squaw Originates Sandal Moccasin as Foot Wear GLACIER. PARK, Mont. (Spe cial Mrs, Berry Child, is,, recog nized as the "keenest looking" squaw on the Glacier National Park reservation. Her drees does n't figure in the compliment either for the artist colony in "Glacier Park made its. award strictly on racial type and because of her own "artistry" in being the ori ginal fashioner of the sandal-moccasin after the style of the latest footwear worn ,by her pale face sisters. Woman Chbseri as Sheriff in Kansas County Election GREENSBURG, Kan. ( AP ) The next sheriff of Kiowa county will be a woman. Her husband will be the deputy. f Mrs. Frank Chase, the mother of . four children, won the office wliihc her husband has held for the last four years. Although the law disqualifies the present sheriff from holding the office more than four years consecutively, he may accept the appointment as the deputy. Wishing.Our Friends arid: Patrons a Happy and Prosperous New Year THE MOTOR SHOP Coffey & Davidson' General Auto Repair . Hudson-Essex Service 267 North tburch St. A HAPPY AND ( PROSPEROUS r' NEV YEAR TO ALL My Friends and Patrons MRS. H. P. STITH ; .Millinery ' ' SS3 State St. WILL BUILD ADDITION TO t--" 'Z - '-Is , 4 '. " 11 4f V'' i -'-.M ' NATION MAKING GOOD PROGRESS OUTLOOK FOR 1027 PLK.SK'S , COjniERCE SECRETARY Chrvnic Poverty Han Disappeared, Industry - on Good Basis, Is the Claim By HERBERT HOOVER Secretary, of Commerce. A reply to requests for opinion on the new year's economic pros pects can only be based on the economic currents already born of the old year. New and un known currents will enter in the new year, so there is no such tamg as assured economic proph ecy. ,; No one will deny that 1926 lias shown the highest total produc tion and consumption of indus trial commodities of any year in the history ol the United States. Except in the textile industry and parts of the coal industry, it has been a year of high degree of em ployment, which has been accom panied by the highest peak: in real wages, because wage income for the country as a whole has slight ly increased and cost of living slightly decreased during the year. Manufacturing, the service indus tries and commerce generally have continued to improve their methods, to reduce costs, and to improve services. In aggregate each industry appears to show substantial profits except the tex tile and some parts of the coal in dustry. While there has been a slackening in production and de rxand for several staple lines dur ing the past few weeks, we enter the new year with no consequen tial over-stock of manufactured goods. With the largest volume of construction during the past year ever known there may prove to be some construction in ad vance of immediate needs, but in this direction may be partially compensated by the assurance of a larger amount of public construc tion during the next year. Sav ings of the country have shown a steady increase and there is am ple cheap capital available. The lag of agricultural recov ery has continued and has been accentuated by distressing crop failures in some localities. Cotton and some fruit crops beyond world demand have brought about pric es below, the cost of production of large areas ot those commodities. There la a. consequent : lowered buying power in some agricultural sections. . 1 .Taking the foreign, field . as v a whole, it shows continued ' prog ress toward balance of budgets; reduction of floating debt; great er stability in currency - and somewhat diminished unemploy ment. The most important ex ception has been the results of the British coal strike which left the world poorer by its interruption to the progress; of :,that country, but this is now happily over. Rus sia shows some economic improve ment, and China, due to interna tional trade relations, still con tinues below normal. Each year GiDfiblSr Manufacturer of Pure Cider Vinegar and Carborated Beverages .Wish One and All . i - A HAPPY -NEWlYEAR STORE 4 " ..' "C jn.wi,iiil stes progress in European politic al relations with fear less and less a dominating factor. Combining all foreign and do mestic tendencies with which we enter the new year, while some of them are not so good as, we could wish, others are most hopeful. To tbose who are interested in the movement of the business cycle, it is worth remarking that we have had no Inflation in commodi ties as prices have decreased rath er than increased during the year. Moreover, the elasticity of credit through the Federal Reserve sys tem, the absence of undue stocks of commodities, the greatly en larged information services of the country and wider understanding (and thus better common judg ment and caution) are all protec tions against violent movements, such as we experienced in former times. The nation Is making economic progress. Some areas lag behind others, and discontent with the lag is an assurance of a lively sense of initiative and the best promise 1 of remedy. Each indi vidual tests the question of pros perity by his own setting and naturally applies his own test to his views of the economic state of the nation. If we use tha more precise term "economic progress" we find we hare per capita as the result of the year 1926 more and better homes, more electric lights and power, more transportation, more roads, more, substantial buildings, more radios and more automobiles, more savings, more life insurance and more of a lot of things. . We also have more' educational facilities and more per capita circulation of newspa pers and magazines than ever be fore. , ' Altogether we enter the new year with a job in prospect tor most everybody, with the whole nation better fed, better housed, end better clothed than any other nation. The large disappearance of poverty in the chronic sense should make us more sensible to the remedy of misfortune In the individual sense, and the high re- ratprr nt inriuntrv iLTiri cnmrncrfii from the losses of the war should make us more Kensible of the needs of agriculture. BEEKEEPERS ASK CHANGES IN LAW COUNTY BEE INSPECTORS TO PASS EXAMINATION Would Appoint Expert at OAC to t Supervise and Educate in Work Better supervision of bee inspec tion along with an educational campaign to finally eliminate most of the causes making inspection necessary will be requested of the oncoming legislature by the legis lative committee of the state bee keepers association. J. T. Whittig, chairman, and H. M. Mead, both of Salem', are the committeemen who will undertake to put the findings of the meeting into legal form. The present law provides for a license fee designed to give-the county court funds to pay an Inspector. The present law should be amended, , it was. pointed out, so that- all county inspectors now ap pointed by the county court should first pass a civil service examina tion to be framed by expert ento- A Happy, Healthy arid Prosperous ft 1927, To All LIBferVTY ticCkANGE i ; 4 241 NJ Commercial Street mologists at the Oregon Agricul tural, coUege J The present . law also says that the "county assessor shall require . . . a' list or statement of the number of colonies" .... The assessor in Marion county has not done this, it developed when bee keepers questioned County Judge J. T. Hunt on this point. The re quest did not reach the assessor in time last year, jt was said. The law, however, has been on the statute books since 1923. It is on the assessor's ' list that inspectors depend to finally locate all colonies of bees. One secluded hive infected with brood can upset the most careful inspection of the larger apiaries,' for Jee diseases are decidedly ' infectious.. The meeting adopted a' motion to in form the county assessor of Mar ion county of the law so that he can instruct his deputies to list all bee hives. The beekeepers' agreed that a minimum inspection fee of $2.50 would be fair. The charge per hive would be 10 cents for inspect tlon where there . are- more than 25 hives. , This will put the in spection work on a fee basis and do away with, the present license. It will no longer be necessary for the county court to reappropriate the license money or any other funds to pay the inspector. The present law provides for the elimination of disease through destruction where curative meth ods fail after the owner has bejb notified by the inspector. The committee decided to change that to give the inspector legal oppor tunity to act where there are di seases discovered that might spread quickly. The amendment would allow the inspector a flat fee for "cleaning up the hives' after he bad notified the owner of the presence of disease and the owner had not the training neces sary to correct conditions himself. The committee- resolved to ask the legislature for an annual ap propriation of $3000 to be placed! with the extension service at Ore-! gon Agricultural college to pro vide salary : and expenses for ex pert supervision of the bee in spectors in the various counties by an expert of the college depart ment of entomology By; making the work of the inspectors educa tional it will be possible to eradi cate the beekeeper . who is now. ignorant of the afflictions that make his apiary profitless to him self and dangerous to others. - The committee decided, that the term codnty bee inspector smacked of law enforcement too much when their purpose is to educate. They will change the titles to coun ty apiarist. Te college expert in charge would i bear the title ot state apiarist, j j Present conditions are kertainly not satisfactory, it wast pointed out by Mr. Whittig, inspector for Marion county, who declired that every fifth or sixth beetoeeper he comes to has foul brood, j Ta date he has received but $60 -for his year's work from the county court. Mr. Mead, has received nothing for his work in Polk county, where he has visUel 200 keepers. Neither man knows what he can expect from the fee fund. . ' , Inspectors Working with per sonal interest In 'beekeeping can accomplish a great deal. ; In Clat sop county before inspection be gan, there were 300 beekeepers who produced 2 tons qf honey a year. Ffty competent, keepers now. produce 150 tons, f LESS 1 BEER CONSUMED Less beer and whiskey and more, tea and sugar are being con sumed and more tobaccd used, re port the British costoms and ex cise commissioners, j Astoriaf Svensen section of Columbia! highway paving com pleted. 1 ! HAPPY; NW YEAR fro; ALL W. F. FOSTER 1 Grocer 339 North Commercial St. Phone 259 J 2i53yri Ghefry OrJiaM Eows a'Mile inerflW Ko'w'm SewnortearV ttoingWeD ana SrWm Be 1 letUiniT 1IU1UCUSC xw.wao&w.. There Is " 216 acir Lambert cherry orchard,, the largest of its kind ia this part.ot the country, if not in any country, 'which be gins a half mile east of Macleay, and about nine miles from Salem, on the paved copnty market high way. The land lies' high,; over looking Salem,, Mt. Angel, Shaw and other cities and. towns, and with five mountain 'peaks of the Cascades In view; Hood and Rain ier and St. Helens and Jefferson and the Three Sisters. It is Waldo Hills land at its best. It was so recognized in pioneer days, for the holdings of. the Laxuberta com pany are part of the donation land claim of Wm. Taylor, taken, up. in 18451 It was sold to the orchard company by Harvey Taylor, and he hlntself has some of the stock of the orchard company. Experienced Orchard Men Experienced orchard men head the company. O. F. Brooks is president, Hon. Lloyd Reynolds vice president, and George VIck secretary-treasurer. - The capital stock is $25,000. The other stock holders are Salem men and wom en. The trees which were year lings when set out last year, will begin to make a pretty picture this year; but it will take them four or five years to come into bearing. No filler crop was plant ed. Cover crops are being used, in order to increase the fertility; of the son. The aim is to grow Lam bert cherries only and to get them to bearing as soon as possible, and to have' them of the finest -quality when they 'do bear. The trees were secured from local nur series. -, . , 3 ; - 1 1 It the orchard, bears half the crop that Is on the average har vested, by Mr. Brooks, '"the,, presi dent of the company, Item his orchard, it will produce fiva car loads, qf cherries every day If or the two weeks of cherry harvest. It should produce 10 car loads a day. ' The -orchard company has no dwelling house on its 224 acres; no barn; no buildings of any kind, and no farm machinery at all. It has just orchard; just Lambert cherry treeS. There is no over head. Mr. Brooks directs the work, and it is ajf performed and will be performed by the neigh bors. When the orchard gets into bearing; seme buildings may be necessary. . ' - ". '' . . Why They Hope, The capital stoclt of the Lam berta Orchards. Incorporated was all subscribed . .before . operations began. On what do the stock holders base their hopes for pro HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR FRIENDS' AND PATRONS . ' SQUARE PEAL 230 North '- - : To My Fjiends ancl Patrons A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR MONROE S. CHEEK t r Car i V-Cburt;, 4Dd CajMtal ' 7 CLEANER. ! "The Pressino; Service That -Shapes Your Clothes" E Center ;;K. X 485 Center Street,' Salem, Oreccx fits7 on their investment? The L. . leaders among -them, have ,been "j pooin& inexr jBnri past few years and shipping then? , In cold storage to. New. York City and. other big, cities, , -iney nave been going under the MARION urind. of tha Salem Black Cher ry Growers. association, and. they ' have received, net here, as, iig&v as 18. cents . a pound. ,: lor .their ; cherries. ' They averaged about 15 ; cents in : 1925 and . lZ, cents' the v year . before.;," The 1928, , cro ; : the growers, alter; all expenses were paid. , Mr. Brooks has head? Tv ed this .association iand attended . to the packing and shipping and', selling. He had been shipping his ' own 'cherries before the asspcia-' . tion was formed. v ! , . , His Owa hlx Acres ' . Mr. Brooks was formerly a rail road man. He was an ; engineer; . was the chief "engineer for the Bridal Veil Lumber, company for . 16 years. He was a : grocer In " Portland before coming to the Sa lem district. - -; . 'J . Ie bought the place .on which!, he has his six acre Lambert cher ry orchard-13 years ago, .- In all that 13 years,, the smallest year's " profits on his Lamberts was $300 an acre np to this .year when, u"n ' 1 seasonable rains in. harvest time' " cut. uuwm i.o.quf,niy:,very xno.- . teriaiiy. He received $9300for his Lambert crop, from the six acres i in 920, and $86p0 in 1923. .The f Lambert .pool, shippers frdm Sa lem, under the . direction ot ,Mr cents .per 14 pound box more than the growers at other points., like The Dalles got, net, for their blac cherries. & i thf tmi Those kind of facts 'make the stockholders of thfa : big orchard f company opv qi; great - things wnen tney get their trees Into full bearing; ' Thfy.tnow, however, that there is . more to tbn rtrnnnaltlnn vo ont tre anil than .i.- ,0""0 ' till the fruit trees begin to beat. Eugene First two-car ahii ment. of ., turkeys moves out froit nere..; Eaton's Hat Shop TOM EATON, .Manager , 141 SOUTH LIBERTY ST. 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