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PAGE TWO !' - ' The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, January 1 1932 y - ' - i 1 1 iYr w n n it isr i a if it it littT ti 11 ii ii ii n .ss ii ii ii ii II 1 ii ii ii ii ti ii ii miii y ii mi n ii u ii ii it it ins iids iul u iluilszl klujll If 1 I II il U j-B -I TIT if WW , f J H II 11 II 1 . T f H .ft V -.Mm 111 wm WW I i II 1 "W II' I I W I I JV Ifjfllff J f f f f f T J l X.- II I I II II I I II I I II 11 W II II vK OTHER OUTPUT i IS HELD DOWN SeVen Canneries Feel Their J Share of General jDe - pression of Year Salem'a seven major packing companies, canning fniits and vegetables, alt stowed a de- creas in production for 1931 un der the total pack of 1930. but all r are looking for a reriral during the spring and summer of 1932. . The major companies aro Cleary nd Hillman, West Salem; Hunt brothers, 15 Division street; Oregon Packing Co.. 285 South 12th street: Paulus Brothers,, High",and Trade streets; Produ . cerf Co-operative Packing Co., 1695 North. Commercial street;' r Held Murdock and Co., Front and Market streets, and Starr Fruit Products Co., Church and Mill While all of the cipanies showed a decrease in cal goods T4rom one-eighth to one-quarter over Jast year's amount, the ma- jority of the concerns showed an increase in the cold-pack, which includes fefrnit put up in barrels and 30-pound tins. .Barreling on Irtcrease Paulus Brothers were among - companies to show a substantial increase in barreled strawberries and maraschino cherries. AJ1 op erators report that the cold-pack products has been enjoyins a greater demand each year.; Pre serving companies In the east are - among the larger buyers of this ' type of fruitl Sale of th 1931 pack has been steady but slow. None of the can neries had a great carry-over of ' the 1930 pack. The canning busi ness, operators report, like all other businesses is feeling the Jslump. While none' would Venture quick recovery in business, all : were of the opinion that the de creased production during the past two years will cause, any ' isurplusses to be used up, thereby increasing the demand for 1932. ' Prices fcr fresh fruits Is still problematical, canners report iThua far. there5 has been little " canned goods contracted for. With no futures bought, they re port that it is Impossible now to set anything in the way of def inite price. All agree, however, the prices will be on level with i 1931, r even better. 101 FIRM GOES OS PAY STEADY RETURNS --. A mark hard to hit at has been recorded during the business re cession by Hawkins & Roberts, lo cal investment company, leaders of which declare the type of in vestment the firm handles has hows no depreciation. '. During the first 11 months of '1931,,the firm paid out to inves tors approximately S126.00O in Interest and dividends. , Growth from nothing at all to it. institution employing 2a peo ple and having offices in Salem and Eugene is the record of the concern during the past 17 years. During those 17 years this firm has represented the Vermbnt Xo&n and Trust and the Pruden- Afel Life Insurance companies, staking farm and city loans. In ? conjunction with this representa- i tion Hawkins & Roberts have I built a. business for conservative investors with a clientele of 700 . t I Hawkins & Roberts recently ac- iquired the W. C. Dyer Insurance agency of Salem and The Emory Insurance agency of Eugene. They employ a ' surety bond - expert which places them in a position . to; handle all classes of insurance service. '; A real estate department with members hip on the Salem Realty ioard, because of connection with Insurance and loan companies. Is able to offer real estate values. V Another feature of importance to-ilnTestors Is the effort to main tain a market for local securities. Hawkins A Roberts is the only firm which does this. In Salem. Miller's Store is ; Remodeled; Job -f Large One of 9 31 '- Jn downtown Salem the most Important construction work was' the remodeling of Miller Mercan tile company building. This work which was very extensive was car- ;fld on with a minimum of dis turbance to the handling, or regu lar . trade. In the fall a grand opening' was held. . r Changes Included interior re modeling and redecorating. . New fixtures . were Installed, depart ments rearranged; and the entlr tore modernised. New entrances to; men's department, to the. base ment and new stairway leading to ' second floor v ready-to-wear de partment 1 were put in. Offices -'are relocated on the mezzanine floor of the main store room. ' 'Marlon county ranked first, in the state is 1929 in its oat plant lags1 with a total of 3S.40S acres and the yield was 35 bushels to the acre. Linn county ranked in 1929. second in the state with 24.546, with an average of 35.1 bushels to the acre. -. The oat acreage in Marlon county was about 6,000 less than : n 1924. r , - GOOD WATER HERB K 'The Willamette valley has the finest water in the west, arising from the many mountain streams ad springs, all leading to the gtfghty .Willamette river. Improvements Noted at Silverton During Past Year Several Bjuildings Erected; saw Mill has . Steady run; Flour Shipped to China SILVERTON, Dec. 31 There Isn't a town clock at Silverton. It there were its hands would have, when poor, struggling 1931 goes eat to meet the more smil ing 1922. considerable of interest to add to the annals of Silverton history. And the story would be one of beauty and sordldness, of courage and cowardise, of success and failure with perhaps more beauty and courage and a wee bit more success than sordidness, cowardice, and failure. One cannot pass- over, the old year--much as one would like without a mentioa of the murder on May, 2 of H. J. Iverson, Silver ton's night patrolman. ' In that story alone, were the clock to talk, BIG PAPER ILL S Ly Output in 1931 Tops Year Before; 4 Machines run 3 Shifts Daily Despite reversals and slumps in other lines of business during 1931, the Oregon Pulp and Paper company. Salem's largest single Industry, has shown an increase in production,1 Karl W. Helnlein, resident manager reports. The daily capacity of the mill is 220, 000 pounds, which has been aver aged throughout the year. The Increase in production has been made possible through the running of four Froudrinier ma chines, Heinlein declared. .About 400 men have been employed daily, working in three shifts. The annual payroll amounts to approximately $600,000. , Several varieties of paper are manufactured by the local plant. They include watermarked and unwatermarked bond, bleached and unbleached sulphite, posting ledger paper, glassine and grease proof paper,, and many light weight specialties. 91,500,000 for Raw .Materials In addition to providing em ployment for many family men in Salem, the Oregon Pulp and Pa per company keeps many busy in the county supplying raw mater ial. It is estimated that approxi mately $1,500,000 is spent annu ally for raw materials, chiefly .wood. The mill is one of the units of the Columbia River. Paper company. Other plans are located at Vancouver. Washington, and Los Angeles, Calif. A number of Salem residents are investors in the securities of the company. The products of the local plant are sold in all parts of the United States, and exported to Asia, South America, Australia and and Europe. No major Improvements in the local plant are anticipated during 1932, Mr. Heinlein said. The an nex, long planned for the local plant, will not be built on a por tion of Trade street vacated for that purpose by the city council, the company decided late last fall. When it does build, it will "build on property of its own, the company decided atfer the coun cil ordered construction by a cer tain date. Start the New Year Neatly Clad Varley Cleaners 198 If. Com'L Over Buslck's Phone 5109 RUN STEAD In Ufl : 1 ill i II DARRDT T DATTTTTC rfADf r T Tt A TTV VT! HI I .... : ' , L ' ' Packers of I ... . . til III Office nt Plant lvA TTtW 0a - ' III III T w m w.vm.vu U 111(11 flWIU JLWW 111 ill Salem, Oreeon 41 fit? I " ; ' ' : ! -- L would be unfolded sordldness and cowardice in those who sought to rob and ended -in murder. But also there would be a greater story 6f beauty and courage In the manner in which Officer Iver son always carried out his work while on duty, and how Silver- ton's oficials, unmindful Of their own danger, have unceasingly sought to bring to Justice the per petrators. Park Recognized The Clock would rejoice with Silverton that a' dream long dreamed has now became a reali ty and the beauty of the Sliver Creek Falls area will not be de stroyed . for individual gain but will be unmarred for those of the present and the future as it has lor those of the past. For in 1931 the Silver Creek Falls coun try was made a State park. The Clock might comment on the success of the ' Silverton chamber of commerce-4-a success wbich includes among its out standing events of the year a com munity picnic in the Silverton park, a corn and poultry show, and the securing of the 1932 state convention of granges for Silver- ton. AH of these things are amonc the events that even the second and the minute hands, in their rapid passing would have time to notice. Service Station Built But the hour hand, in its slow er and more precise movements, would have noticed many of the smaller things. , A grocery store went out, it would tell you, in De cember another came to take Its place. A super-service station was built on East Oak street and P. Nofsker greatly improved his garage on North Water street. A small coffee shoo was opened on South Water street and a res taurant on the corner of First and Oak streets,- A garage was opened in a building standing idle for sometime. The sawmill has run as long as it did a year ago. Fischer's Flouring mill has been filling a Portion of the north west's order of flour for the Orient. The Warehouse Service Corporation has shipped consider able hops to England. Approxi mately 50 farm properties in the Silverton country have changed hand3. Silverton's Isaak Walton League has received considerable attention for its' work in caring for and releasing pheasants. A former Silverton school boy Lloyd Haberly has received in ternational recognition for his poem3 published in England and so on and on. And with every tick of the clock, which is said to go too slowly for those who wait and to rapidly for those who fear, Sil vertonians are glad that they are not in the Dakotas or in Man churia or most anywhere else. u m i -- JDiaLPD.Ey9!! We Want A GREATER SALEM 1 VlllaaLVsU VAVSViVtO III - - LOWER-PRICED FRUITS CANNED Hunt Bros. Blacks Output By 52; Coldpack up bit From 1930 Production Hunt Brothers Packing com pany, 165 Division street, one of Salem'a largest canneries, showed a 25 per cent decrease in produc tion In 1931, W. O. Allen, man ager, reported. The plant here is one of many located on the coast, with the company's main offices in California. Allen is northern ern division manager; other plants being located at Sumner. Wash., and Albany, Ore. Of the three northern canner ies, the Salem plant puts up more berries than the rest During the past year, however,' a considerable decrease was made In the canning of berries, Allen said. The ten dency was, he said, to cut down on the canning of any of the higher-priced fruits and put up more of the lower-priced varieties. Hunt Brothers was one of the fe-v canneries shewing an in crease in the number of cases of prunes canned. As with other Salem canner ies, the productioa of coldpack remained the same, if not a little better than in 1930. The volume of business for this type of can ned fruit is steady, Allen said. Plans for 1933 do not call for any new construction oa' installa tion of mafchfnery, ' the' manager said. It Is hoped that the spring and snmmer will see production back to normalcy, he declared. The plant will re-open in May with the canning of gooseberries. 'MILLS' PLEASURE By MRS. W. T. HOGO SCOTT3 MILLS, Dec. 31 Scotts Mills like many other local ities has not thrived a great deal. Several new families 1 have moved in, some coming from the east. Ingwal Edland of the Monitor feed mills, has put In a feed store this fall, with Russel Moberg in charge, and is a great convenience to the farmers in this vicinity, as before they had to go to Silverton or Mt Angel for feed or to have chopping done. The electric light line has been extended one mile toward Crooked Finger, serving three more fam ilies. r B. L. Schmidt has built an ad dition on to his houss, which makes it a very modem home, and has also built a new goat shed. A new stovs has been put in the gymnasium which improves it considerably. Hundreds of cords H LIGHTS BRING &u72JW i Outlook Held Bright for Linen Mills; Both forking Regularly, Miles Plant on 3 -Shift Basis; Salem Mills Reopened, Going Two Shifts Daily A note of keen optimism was sounded by F. J. Gilbraith, man ager of the Miles Linen company and Salem Linen Mills, when asked by The Statesman what the 1932 prospects were for Sa lem's flax and linen industries. Prospects for the Salem 'Linen Mills were particularity bright, he said. The Miles Linen company is running 24 hours a day, employ ing three shifts for a total em ployment of 70. Present condi tions Indicate that this schedule will be maintained for the next several months, at least, Mr. Gil braith said. The Salem Linen Mills have been running two shifts in the weaving department and one shift in the others. Production capacity at the Miles plant is 200,000 pounds of finished product annually. It takes about two pounds of fabric to make one pound of fin ished goods. Mr. Gilbraith said. The 1931 output t Miles showed a slight increase over the 1930 figure. Capacity of the Salem Linen Mills is considerably larg er, being placed at 1.000,000 pounds annually. Since the com pany was re-organized and oper ations' resumed July 1, about 100,000 pounds have been spun. Orders being received lead Mr. Gilbraith to predict within the next six months, the Salem Linen Mills will be running up to full capacity, which will mean the addition of many more em ployes. Oregon Flax Used Every product manufactured at the two plants is 100 per cent flax and 100 -per cent Oregon flax. The majority of it being grown in this vicinity. The out pat of both mills are sold through brokers and direct. Four princi pal products are made, yarns, twines, toweling-both crash and huck and drapery cloth. During the Christmas season just past many hundreds of guest towels and luncheon sets were sold for gifts, all manufactured at the Sa lem Linen Mills' plant. In addition to the re-organiz- of wood has been cut in this vi cinity, and most of it hauled to Salem. W. T. Hogg sold some alder and maple to Portland to a fur niture factory. LIKE MISSISSIPPI The prairie districts of the Wil lamette valley resemble in soil uu general appearance the prair ies of the .Mississippi valley. 304 South Commercial St. tion last July of the Salem Linen Mills, one of the most important items in connection with, the local industry was the purchase and Installtlon of 116,000 worth of new equipment at the Salem plant. That included 16 new looms along with other equipment needed to take care of the output of the' additional looms. Few changes were made at the . Miles factory during the year. Mr.. Gilbraith, .who has been associated with the linen industry in Salem for the past fire years, is secretary-treasurer of the Miles plant and vice-president of the Salem unit, in addition to being manager of both. John B. Meek of this city is secretary-treasurer of the Salem Linen Mills. A.C.H CLETRAC CRAWLER TRACTORS FOR EVERY JOB Portland: 169 E. Sixth, Phone EAst 2388 Salem: 690 GRJEE JEFFERSON Ml MB PROGRESS Large Acreage set out to Strawberries; Some of Buildings Replaced By NETTIE REEVES JEFFERSON, Dec. 31 In looking over the year 1931, we find that thefcity of Jefrerson and surrounding community, have made some progress in spite of the depression. A number of farmers in this district have set out large acre ages in strawberries, and other berries as well. Some of the above named farmers are: A. A. Miller. Walter Kihs, W. H. Bell, Joe Ya gelski and Hubert Conn. In town, a number of dilapi dated buildings have been torn, down and replaced with new ones. AAG & COMPANY, Inc. "Where Quality Meets Confidence" SON 9 IN G The oil Relfe building on Ferry and Main streets Aas been rased and Knight Bros, have begun the erection of a new and np to date garage and service station. On the : nmer of Hasst i street and the fhlghway. the CoW Mannfaotnrins; Co., Is erecuns; its new pjauw and the frame woi Is practically completed. j Frank CUssr now konse.near the nortk ettr Mmits of J""0" Is neariaf completion. It is built of brick, is of Engtlsa type, and modern throughout - Three new) pumps har oeen instaiiAii at the Terminal Service station, by McKee ! Bros. Another service station smd I fatage has hiwi hnllt rinrtnsr the Tear, near the north city limits, by Mr. Wil son of Portland, . i Another old house !on Ferry street, near tks riTST will soon be raxed and a Imodera' inew house of stucco wilt take its place. WHEAT ACREAGE 7AS PUT There Is less wheat planted in Marlon county than j five years ago.': I 'I i 1 HEAVYj DUTY FARM, LOGGING and ROAD MACHINERY Ferry Street, Phone 7711 !' I i.ii- Telephone 4161 J I "I