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m - The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Wednesday Morning, January 1, 1939 PAGE THREE 4 Reed, Murdoch Ca eraimsn to - . ' . - - The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Wednesday Morning, January 1, 1933 m em-Kovamd up t I i f J J f New: Frame Building on Polk County Side of River in Use Since Anril . r t From small beginnings In rent ed quarters the Salem Box. com pany had grown to be one of the busy industrial plants of Salem. Up to April of 19 29 t ha box fac tory operated in space rented in the Oregon Electric warehouse near- the bridge. In April, the plant moved into a new frame structure on the Polk county side of the river, around the turn on Wallace road. There unfit 'the personal direction of therpronrfe- tor, J. S. Friesen, the plant, man ufactures box-s hooks and flnfefiea boxes. "' ip. The Salem area Is a heavtlcon. sumer of boxes. The valley fruits require wooden boxes. The can neries ship much of their product in wooden containers. The paper mill . and' .the! .paper, converting company afford a big outlet for boxes. The Lake Labish growers use thousands ot crates for their lettuce and celery. . TO meet this demand Mr. Frie sen has installed special machin ery for box making. Besides one resaw, threq cut-off saws, two. rip saws, he has two tying machines, one cleat maker, and three nail ing machines which nail up boxes automatically. He gets hfs ma terial of hemlock and pine from the mills in the valley. The box es are shipped either in knock down form as -snooks, or nailed up. During 1930 the box com pany plans to add to its equip ment to keep up with its demand. TO ruck Squadron Distributes 35.000 Pounds of n DELIVERS UK f Bread Each Day A squadron ot It trucks is re quired to delive rlhe bread,, pies, cakes, eokies and other products of the Cherry City bakery. These trucks visit communities through out a territory of practically SO miles radius. They- go west to the : coast, south to Halsey and Brownsville, east to Gates- and north to territory .served more extensively by Portland deliver ies. " The local bakery is equipped to produce 35000 pounds of bad day. Last summer a travelling oven was InstaUed. This piece of .equipment alone can bake t, 000 pounds ot bread an hour. This Is one of the first ovens of this type to be installed on the coasts All other equipment la thoroughly modern, and the bak cry invites 'visitors to inspect the plant at any time. Some 60 employees are regu larly at work, and the payrool ag gregates as goo. annually. W. T. Molloy, manager of the concern, stated that for the size of the city, the local plant stands among the highest for per capita lnvest ment in equipment. DISEASES TAKE ' APPALLING TOLL 750,000 Lives Lost Annual ly in U. S. Through Pre (c ventable Illness Recent figures show thatvln the United States alone there are 7(0.000 lives lost annually hy creTentable disease and zS.OOO.- eoo' nersona who are below par physically. When we add to tbii the appalling figures that nearly 2.500.000 persons are' constantly sick and that 300.015,000 days of work are lost annuaJlr .because ot illness, it is obvious thaUsuch a ' tMmonilniii vital and conomlc 1m enacts a verr nresslnr respon sibility nihil all public health: or ganisations, both public and pri vate. . - ' : -. The Salem T. M. C. A. has al- vvi accented Ita reanonslbUitr In this matter7 which is of such vital Interest. It is directing a well- rtinun and nrnnrlv Yaded -nhv sical exercise for; large umbetJ i men ana coys oi an ages, it im " Instilling the. principles of whole some, hygienic living Into every- - one that u contacts. I ELECTRICAL USERS 1 DOUBLE IN DECADE Anaother exvidence of the in the Increase of electricity nsers during the past few ord: Year Number 1920 .... 6,037 1921 ,...7.491 1924 ............... 9.002 -1911 10.49J 1925 U.I21 1929. July 1. i . . . . .12.26. Klertric lines etend from -It to eieht miles Into , the .iT:wil district In seven differ ' eat directions, from Salem. Lines are being extended .1 ' everr year. . - t : .. , -The wiuamette river at oajem Plant to Be Kept as Clean AsModerh Method Packing Ca n Purchase, renovation and reconstruction of, the large plant of the defunct Kings Food Products company on north Front street by Reid, Murdoch A Co, one of the largest wholesale grocery, packings and manufacturing houses in the United States, is probably the most important development in the canning industry in Salem during the past year. Of equal importance is the announcement that; year-around op erations are to be inaugurated. ! " v Tne plant which represented an original investment of more than $200,000, will be completely remodeled and re-equipped and made ready for the canning sea son of 1930. It is expected that a trial run will be made at the plant about April 1. Sale Made in June The I plant was constructed by the Kings Food Products com pany and operated chiefly as a fruit and, vegetable evaporation plant for a number of years.Fin nancial . difficulties caused the closing of the plant , and it has been closed for the past four years. Announcement of the sale of the plant to Reid. Murdoch & Co. was made early in June and workmen have been busy since making the necessary alterations. An official of the company an nounced that the plant would be modern, sanitary and "daylight lit" throughout. It will rank with the best of the plants of the com pany, which markets its products under the trade name of "Mon arch" brand. 27 Canneries Operated This concern has been gradf ually working' into the production of food commodities for tne last seven years, after a notable his tory in the wholesale grocery bus iness. ; They now operate some 27 canneries nd many other packing and food manufacturing plants. m i VTa Qur coridal s of Fruit Make Possible! O 1 "We have recognised that the finest fruits, berries, and vege tables are grown in this section and we desired to extend our op erations here," said R. E. Kitt redge of the firm directing staff, who is here in charge ot the plant alterations. "Last year we oper ated at the little West Salem cannery but When the opportun ity came to acquire this property., we acted. Salem will be v our' northwest wholesale center I for canned goods." Monarch Nation Brands "We are pleased to secure for the Monarch ! brand your high quality fruits. We propose to ad vertise them nationally as grown in Oregon and packed at Salem. - From an industrial standpoint the announcement of the policy of n year-around operation by this plant should mean much for Sa lem and will illuminate to some degree the ill effects of seasonal unemployment.! This action may foreshadow adoption of a similar policy by other coircernsT " It is the opinion of the directing board of I Reid,': Murdoch & com pany thai tieir plants are too val uable and - overhead too great to have them stand Idle for any length of time.! In the "off" sea son it is expected that late vege tables kept In storage, late fruits and similar products will . be handled. Later baked beans, spa- . !. m ?-r, rm i V Jfc TCI Architects study of the Salem plant of Reid, Murdoch Col on North Front street, as it will look when fully com pleted.' It is being constructed from the plant of the former King's Food Products company, recently acquired by the large (wholesale grocery and food manufacturing concern. gnetti and similar food products will be handled. Present cannery operations here extend usually for seven to eight months out of the year. 600 People to Find Work rlt is expected that at the peak season the plant will employ some 600 persons. Grounds about the plant wiU be beautified and a thoroughly mod ern Industrial establishment cre ated. Plans for extension and 'en largement '' have already been prepared. The accompanying pho tograph of4 .an architect's, study shows hoir the .plant will look when the Vinit is fully completed according to those plans. R. A. Yoom, former superinten dent of the Eugene Fruit Growers association of Eugene, will be the manager and F. A. Hurd, superintendent. HE GOODWILL of our patrons and friends is one of our most valuable assets. The spirit of the season brings renewed appreciation of old associates and wish is that success attend HUGE PLANT IS COMING TO SALEM Southern Pacific Plans $250,000,000 Outlay for Its Development in 1930 , Expenditures of 9250.000,000 for addit!ons"and betterments to the Southern Pacific lines in the territory west of El Paso and south of Portland during 1930 Is predicted by Paul Shoup presi dent of the railroad system, in a statement released . from his San Francisco headquarters. "We expect to spend, 14 addi tions and betterments to our lines and expenditures for rolling stock larger sums In 1930 than we did in 1929, several large projects, such as our Suisan Bay bridge and 1 San JoseNeut-off now being under way, said Mr. Shonp. "I believe I can say that in this territory. Including all of our var ious enterprises in which we are engaged, that our total expenditur es for labor, materials, extensions, additions, improvements and bet terments of all kinds, during the year 1930, will be in the neighbor hood, of a quarter of a billion dol lars. Credit Situation Excellent . Mr. Shoup believes that, for the large corporations, the credit and money conditions ot the country the value of your New Year. A never were better than at present. He stated that one reason the cor porations are In such position Is that they took to heart the lessons derived from the conditions they found themselves In in 1907, 1914 and again in 1921. "All discov ered," said Mr. Shonp, "that dur ing the seven tat years of harvest they had better put something in the granary as against the seven lean years. As a result, the corpor ations of the nation are today in a better position than they were 20 years ago, to command' cash and credit, and so, are in a posi tion to go ahead with any justi fied expansion program. This nor mal improvement nowadays in volves vast sums of expenditures not only used to add new facili ties, but in maintaining and re placing those wmcn nave worn out or become obsolete in the in creasing activities of the country." new mends. METHODS HERE PHMMrnv Li run iiHiviur n i n r mi BETTEfl AVERS Linn, Polk an dMarion Coun ty Farmers "Keep Up" ' On Farmers' Needs " Methods "of Linn, Polk and Marion county growers are above the average of the American farm er in general, according to R. E. Kittredge, field service manager for Reid-Murdoch & Co, Mr. Kitt redge stated he was surprised how well posted the grower is on up to date methods of agriculture, especially fertilization and irriga tion. The grower U keeping well ad vised by following very closely the . Information of the Oregon State Agricultural college, national pub lications, county agents and espe- -dally the radio, he said. Some Irrigation Needed "There are some parts of theee counties where good crops are ' raised successfully every year with the normal rainfall and other sec tions where irrigation has increas ed the yield very substantially. There seems a growing tendency . toward irrigation in many sec tions and in some case s it has proved a great success, not only in the growing of fruit crops, but in general agriculture." There is also a very strong movement to rotate crops and do. cover cropping as a .positive and efficient method of fertilizing, qrbe grower who has a variety of crops has found himself in a healthy position the past few 'years.- ' IS Y 1 - nmm fnr Im . ff fMiw nT.r in i x I ana hue 2."