Thm OREGON STATESMAN. Sal.m. Orgon. W3ndaT Morning, April 9. 1MI
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State
Commerce Report Reveals
' Industrial Gains in Two-Year
Period; County, City Listed
WASHINGTON, April 8-JP)-The
number of industries in Ore
gon" increased from 2,107 in 1937
to 2248 in 1939 but in most other
respects the industrial index
shows a loss for the latter year
compared with the former. The
figures were disclosed in a de
partment of Commerce census re-J
lease. "
Wages paid during 1939 came
to $77,585,546 compared with $70,
492,397 in 1937. These figures do!
not, include salaries to ofice per
sonnel and other employes not di
rectly occupied in production.
Value' of the manufactured
products for 1939 was listed at
$365,374,436 compared with
$363,142,053 for 1937. Cost of
materials. Including electric en-
order were
of "salaried
West Salem
Turns Dowri
PGE Deal
WEST SALEM By a unanim
ous vote the city council at its
meeting Monday night rejected the
third ueading of franchise rights
to Portland General Electric com
pany. W. M. Hamilton, representative
of the organization, told the coun
cil that his company would sup
ply electricity for street lighting at
a price equal to that of Canby and
Forest Grove, which have munici
pally owned plants.
Max Gehlhar, speaking for the
Salem Cooperative Power .com
pany, said its transmission lines
met with the approval of the pub
lic utilities and carried current but
two miles from the Bonneville sub
station. Appointed to the planning com
mittee were J. S. Bowne, Max
Gehlhar, Elmer Cook, Tom Dalke
and J. M. Six. The problem of
relieving congestion on Edgewater
street during the operating season
'of the Oregon Fruit Packing com
pany was referred to the street
committee. )
ergy and contract iork, was
down slightly.
The mimber of wagd earners for
1939 and 1937 in thati
63,622 and 65,982,
personnel" 6258 and y051.
The report states that "logging
camps and logging j contractors
(not operating sawmills)" paid
5763, wage earners a jtotal of $7,
531,305 in wages during the year.
Sawmill and other Woodworking
operations employed 28,985, pay
ing $36,919,888 in wages in 1939.
The 1,939 census oil industries,
number of wage earners,, amount
of wages and value" ofj products by
counties! included the following:
Maron: 127 establishments,
3808 wage earners '$3,685,765
wages, $22,951,037 vilue of pro-
1
ducts.
Baker: 25 establishments. 479 wage
earners. $371,781 wages, $3,348,032 value
of products.
Benton 25 establishments. 769 wage
earners. $758,608 wages, $2,936,882 value
of products.
Douglas: 55 establishments. 1120
wage earners. $1,072,566 .wages, $4,344,
006 value of products. I
Jackson: 61 establishments, 1144 wage
earners, $1,419,822 wages,! $5,438,677 val
ue of products. i
Josephine: 26 establishments. 214
wage earners. $219,935 vages, $1,325.
577 value! of products. I
Klamath: 73 establishments, 5101
wage earners, $7,723,386 wages, $24,
199.279 value of products).
Lane: 169 establishments, 4717 wage
earners, $4,919,072 wages. $15,901,792
value of products. !
Linn: 84 establishments. 1611 wage
earners. $1,579,140 wages ' $7,463,726 val
ue of products. i
Multnomah: 822 establishments, 18.
594 wage earners. $22,985,830 wages,
$139,779,866 value of products.
Polk: 46 establishments. 1715 wage
earners, $2,071,110 wages, $6,633,254 val
ue of products.
Umatilla : 36 establishments. 790 wage
earners. $725,172 "wages, $7,378,178 value
of products.
Among i cities listed
Salem: 66 establishments, 2,-
276- wage earners $2,206,989
wages,; 514,241,236
producis.
Eugene 49 establishments. 913 wage
earners, $913,162 wages, $5,325,774 value
of products. j
Klamath Falls: 35 Establishments,
1201 wage earners. $1.738J284 wages. $5,
oju.i.h value or products.
Medford: 23 establishments. 191 wage
earners. $ziz,z:0 wages,
of products.
Portland: 759 establishments
wage earners. S19.606.94j wages
uo,oo vaiue or products.
value of
1,239.253 value
15.856
$116.-
House Building
Breaks Record,
Salem Grows
PORTLAND, April 8.-()-Res-idential
building in the United
States this year exceeded any
thing on record, Franklin D. Rich
ards, Washington, DC, deputy
federal housing administrator for
ten western states, predicted
Tuesday.
He said the FHA expected to
play a large part in construction
of homes for workers in arma
ment industries.
Mettallirgical
Building activity during April
will come up at least to the fig
ure for April of 1940 and will pro
bably surpass it, building depart
ment records indicate.
There are now 25 dwellings un
der construction and a number of
important commercial buildings
wither now building or planned.
Chief among the commercial
improvements is the $32,500 ex
pansion' of the local plant of the
California Packing company and
the $55,000 addition to the Lar
mer warehouse on Broadway.
Also under construction is a
building to house the Dr. Pepper
bottling works, costing $5,250, and
a new Texaco service station,
costing, $4000, in the 1300 block
on Broadway.
Chief structures planned but
not started include , a Safeway
store to be erected at Front and
Court streets and a Piggly-Wig-gly
store to be built at Capitol
and Market streets.- Both build
ings are expected to run over.
$20,000 in cost '
Willing Workers Meet
LIBERTY Willing Workers
club of Christ church will meet
for an all-day session Thursday
at the Albert Brownlee home.
Rev. and Mrs. Wayne Jensen will
be special guests.
PORTLAND, April
struction will start
weeks on the Portland
the Electro
pany, officials said
A unit of the Un
Carbon corporation,
use 12,000 kilowatts
power at start of prpduction
this year, officials
contract calls for
35,000 kilowatts.
ndn
8-WP)-Con-
Kvithin three
plant of
corn-
Tuesday.
Carbide &
plant will
Bonneville
late
estimated. A
an ultimate
tjhe
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Grangers ews
MACLEAY Stayton grange
visited j Macleay grknge Friday
and the. officers conducted the
nieeting with A. J. fcirsch in the
master's chair and Mrs. Ella Wil
liams in charge of jthe lecturer's
hour program.
The Inames of Donald Mader
and Marvin Tooket" were pro
posed for membership and the
names of Mr. and Mrs. S. M.
Slentz received a vote of appro
val, j I
Reports were givei on legisla
ture by Mrs. M. M. Magee, J. S.
Amort, ; George Sanders and W.
A. Jones; on "agricv lture, M. A.
Wells, Macleay, an i McKimsey
and A. Ferry, Staytcn; home eco
nomics,! Mrs. Harry Martin, sr.,
and on YGA work, Richard Mc
Kee. The lecturer's program included
talks by T. Thomas;, who joined
the grange in 1876, W. A. Jones,
A. J. Hirsch and Master Harry
Martin,! jr.; group 4inging; read
ings by Mrs. Ella Williams, Mrs.
Ida Nipple and Lenja Lambrecht;
vocal duet, Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Hirsch;! historical contest, with
Harry Martin, sr., receiving first
prize and egg rolling contest with
Mrs. M. M. Magee -eceiving first
for women and Richard McKee
first for men.
They Celebrate End oi Mis-Chalmers Strike
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Jubilant at the end of
at Milwaukee, Wis.,!
Washington, DC.
the 76-dar Allis-Chalmers strike, several thousand CIO workers formed a parade
after ratifying a settlement reached at a defense mediation board conference in
Salem Soldier "Greased" to Camp
Guardhouse Af tier "Salvaging"
Lard From Russian Vessel
ASTORIA, Ore!, April 8-W-Beachcombers turned out in such
numbers to salvage! boxes of lard from the wrecked Russian ship
Vazlav Vorovsky th&t Sheriff Peter Maloney of Pacific county.
Wash., had to call; but two special x deputies Tuesday to bring
their operations to a halt. i
The sheriff posted his men on
the beach below Cfpe Disap
pointment where the ship ran
aground last week, after Frank
Sweet, agent of Lloyds' insur
ance,' appealed for protection of
the lard.
Before the law
beachcombers had
much lard that a number of indi
viduals had gone into the lard
buying business. One!
company at Ilwaco ha
300 boxes. i
Beachcombers complained, how
ever, that competition was too
keen. Some said it was harder to
intervened,
salvaged so
impromptu
d purchased
Club Plans
County Meet
AUBURN The Auburn wom
an's club will meet at the home
of Mrs. Carl Krehbiel on the east
Turner road, Thursday.
Plans for the entertainment of
the County Federation of Wom
en's clubs. April 251 for which
Auburn and Bethel iill be host
esses, will be the principal item
of business.
The teachers of Auburn school
have been rehired. The principal,
L. B. McClendon, is finishing his
tenth year. The other teachers,
Mrs. Mae Engle, primary, and
Mrs. Nellie Hammer, fifth and
sixth grade, have been in Auburn
several years. Mrs. G,j J. Laverty,
third and fourth grade, is com
pleting the work of j Mrs. ,D. C.
Craig, who resigned.!
protect the boxes from "lard
snatchers" than to carry them
!away.
Then there was the Salem,
Ore., soldier at nearby Fort Can
by who drove his automobile
along the railroad trestle to the
end of the jetty, pickior up a
carload of the 56-pound boxes
of lard. With no place to turn
around, he had to back out in
reverse gear.
But at the fort he was hustled
to the guardhouse for driving on
the trestle and others hijacked the
lard and sold it for $1 a case in
Ilwaco.
The soldiers did well with the
lard. A load of it also financed
a trip to Medford for a group of
them.
PUD Reduction
Recommended
The proposed West Umatilla
people's utility district should be
reduced from 294 to 73 square
miles in area, the state hydro
electric commission advised Tues
day. The commission recommended
elimination of the Morrow coun
ty territory including Boardman
and Irrigon, which the sponsors
had proposed to include. Most of
the . territory the commission
would remove frgm the district is
served by the Ifmatilla Electric
Cooperative association, a rural
electrification project.
The PUD as recommended by
the commission could make an
immediate substantial rate reduc
tion, the report predicted.
Resort Opens
April 12
ALBANY April 12 has been
announced as the opening date
for the Santiam Fish and Game
association's Clear Lake summer
resort. Byron Scott of Lebanon,
will again serve as caretaker.
The member contest between
Lebanon and Albany members of
the association resulted in the Al
bany group, under the captaincy
of M. O. Wilkinson, winning.
They have 299 members to the
220 of Lebanon group, Elmer
Fitzgerald as captain. The losing
side will furnish a banquet to the
winners. The association now
numbers 530 members, with a
goal of 600 set by the end of the
season.
Plans are under way for the in
stallation of a lighting system at
the lake, the erection of another
cabin and the purchase of several
more boats. Last year there were
22 boats in operation.
Officer Pays
Dallas Visit
Alniira Assembly Hosts
to Guests From
Other. Chapters
Many
ALBANY April 15 has been
set as the date for district scout
rally with the Albany armory be
ing designated as headquarters for
the meetings. It is estimated that
at least 250 Boy Scouts will at
tend. These will represent nine
troops and three senior scout
troops. Carl Connet, district com
missioner, has been named gen
eral chairman.
The rally is to open with ex
hibits of scout merit badges and
handicraft. This part of the work
will be shown by the troops of
Jefferson, S h e d d, Brownsville,
Lebanon, Sweet. Home and Al
bany. Contests will follow the
grand march at 8 o'clock, and
will consist of flint and steel fire
making, fire by friction, compass
relay, O'Grady drill, horse and
rider relay, group knot-tying, sig
naling, either -by the Morse code
or two-arm semaphore methods,
and chariot race.
Each troop will be required to
furnish its own equipment.
Attend Bates Rites
BROOKS A large number of
relatives and friend attended the
funeral; services fo John Bates,
held in; Salem last Baturday.
Concluding services were at Mt.
Crest Abby mausoleum.
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If you drive in traffic, why not un
a traffic gasoline ?NEWj 76 cot no ,
more, yet It is designed especially
for that hind owerL It gets all the
traffic'performanc out of a car
that's In! it. NturallyJ the better
-four car! perforate tj lets of a
problem traffic becomes. So here's
a tip. Wait until youfj tank U al
most cmpcT you nu.s
direct comparison with your pres
entgaoIine.Then try
ten gallon of NEW
76. See Hjt docs not
give jovt a met re
rtxmsive car in trafSa,
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U SEEING ONLY PART OF THE PICTURE?
The great; majority of .beer retail estab
lishments axe clean wholesome places.
Yet h i$jtbe once - in j-a -while excep
tion the ahti-social, law-violating tavern
that everybody notices,
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Such undesirable retailers give beer a
bad name it doesn't deserve. Further
more, by arousing public indignation,
retailing abuses endanger your right to
enjoy goodibeer, tht beverage of moder
ation. They also endanger the benefits
that beer
has brought to Oregon
13,238 persons employed since re-legal- ? .
ization, an annual payroll of $11,541,550
and $617,020.86 taxes paid last year.7
While it is the brewers' responsibility
to ' brew good beer, and the : retailers
responsibility to sell it under wholesome
conditions nevertheless the brewing in
dustry wants anti-social retailing elimi
nated entirely. t - .
1 Yon can help us by (l) patronizing only
the legal and reputable places where
beer is sold and (2) by reporting any law
violations you may observe to the duly
constituted law enforcement authorities.
BEER... a beverage of moderation
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DALLAS Mrs. Vernisbia New
by. Amity, president oil the Re-
bekah Assembly of Oregon, paid
her official visit to Alniira Rebe-
kah lodge Friday.
. About 100 persons coining from
Sale m, Sheridan, Independence,
Monmouth," Estacada'; md Falls
City . lodges . were " pres mtf OUer
distinguished guests . -ere Miss
Madeline Rossner,'- Dajtoii, . war
den ot ; the' assembly, 'and Mrs.
Bessie Edwards, Salem, chairman
of. press : and publicit; ' f for the
state assembly, a : v" :i
" lrs. -T. B. .Hooker,;i resided as
noble grand of the Air lira , lodge.
Mrs. Newby . gave a tf lk on- her
visits to -.the lodges ii .Oregon
Mrs. C B. Teats presented Mrs.
Newby with a gift and members
of the local FL girls gave her a
corsage. " Mrs. Charles! Cochrane,
district deputy, presented Mrs.
Newby with a money iit t for the
IOOF home fund frorrj the local
lodge. Short talks were given, by
a number of the visiting Rebe
kahs. A program followed and in
cluded: vocal solo, Miss Harriet
Fullenwider; reading, j Mrs. Roy
Alderson and' humorous skit by
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hslman and
Miss Helen Butler.
A supper hour folldwed. The
president's table was beautifully
decorated. The . local committees
in charge of' arrangement were
Mrs. Tracy Staats, general chair
man, and Mrs. A. M. Larson, Mrs.
Ruth Hyde, Mrs. John rt. Allgood,
Mrs. J. Paul Bollman, Mrs. Mary
Starr, Mrs. Florence Hunter, Mrs.
C. B. Teats, Mrs. Louis Hadley
and Mrs. Roy Alderson.
Community
KEIZER A fair sized audience'
attended the Community club
Friday, G. H. Laidlaw presiding.
It was decided thai the chair
Clubs
committee place an order for 50
more , chairs for the f auditorium.
The club voted to give one schol
arship for the 4H school at Cor
vahis. Mrs. j, Miles " announced the
musical to be given by the schools
at jthe senior high school auditor
ium,: April 24. Keizer's school 'of
230 pupils will take part. V
jThe ' reds ' wonr in the attend
ance contest and the- blues gave
thjeir treat at the close of the
meeting. ". . -
i. W. Lewis .was chairman of
the winning side and Dave Saucy
ofj the blue. -
j A nominating -committee for of
ficers for, the ensuing year in
cludes. Mrs, . Arthur Cummings,
Mrs. - Fred R 6 s e and - LaVaun
Gardner,' The program was:" vo
cal duet, .".Alan Richardson and
Tjfd Gordon; several .numbers by
the Dutch band, Salem, through
courtesy, of Mr." 1 Jaquith; piano
sol oK Mrs. Ruth Bair; vocal solos,
Dibnria. Unruh," Mrs. 1 Bair accom
panist; reading , and encore, Ar
leen Frogley; cornet solo, Muriel
Gaiser; vocal solo, Kay Jordan,
both accompanied by Mrs. Bair.
1 SPRING VALLEY Spring Val
ley -Community club will meet
Friday, April 11 at the Spring
Valley school. ;
. Moving pictures on the US navy
will be shown along with mu
sical numbers :" by the Dayton
cuartet and a number of read
ings. --
Serving on the program com
mittee are Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wind
sor and Mr. and Mrs. Vivian
Stratton.
Attend Funeral for
Former Resident "
WHEATLAND Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Kirkwood and their sons-in-law
and daughters, Mr. - and
Mrs. Robert Gilehrist, and Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Beatty, attended the
funeral of Earl Hollenbeck, 55,
Mountaindale, at Forest Grove
Saturday. Mr. Hollenbeck was
krel.l acquainted here. His wife is
a sister of Mrs. Kirkwood.
Shower Held
At Brooks
BROOKS-Mrs. C. A. Bailey,
Mrs. Harry Singletierry and Mrs.
Jay Bartholomew entertained
with a surprise shower Wednes
day for Mrs. Floyd McFarlane at
the McFarlanej home east cf
Brooks. :
'.. Refreshments were serfed to
Mrs.' Sadie Bawden, Seattle, Mrs.
Ronald Jones, Mrs. A. G. Street
er, Mrs. Harry Bosch, - Mrs. Joe
Fitts, Mrs. Herbert Cagle, Miss
Betty Brewer, Miss . Muriet Fitts,
Mrs. Anna Heilman, Mrs. Mary
Ashbaugh, Mrs. A. M. "Dunlavy,
Mrs. John Lesher, Mrs. Harry
Singleterry, Mrs. Jay " Bartholo
mew, Mrs. ; C.-A." Bailey and the
honor guest, "Mrs. Floyd McFar
lane. ' - ' ' ; -
BROOK S "I Am Machine"
pictures were shown by Charles
Wetterman, national representa
tive of Townsend clubs of Ore
gon, at the meeting of Brooks
club. No. 1, Thursday. Mrs. Mary
Ashbaugh sang a solo, accompan-
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BROOKS Mr. and Mrs Oren
Sturgis gave a dinner Sunday to
celebrate the ' first birthday of
their daughter, Barbara Jean.
Dinner guests - were Mrs. Nettie
McDougall, Chauncy McDougall,
Monroe Sturgis, Mrs. Ross Mc-
thel Eppers, Jim Phillips and the
W$ Mini
What?
This big Mercury
costs only about W& mre
THAN LOW-PRICED VOLUME SELLERS?
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Bigger any way you look 4t it!
Yes, the new Mercury is a more massive car! Such long, iweep
lag lines! And its wide, soft, luxurious seats give you much
mjore room for passenger comfort.
you get record economy, too!
Think of it! 23-35 miles per gallon in the gruel
ling Gilmore-Grand Canyon Run. Mercury chal
lenges imaller cars to match its ajnaiing economy.
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Come in-nd drive this great new MctatylhiayovLttz
the big difference la size, in ride, la ower-- when you leara bov
little mor you payyou!! take it borneTand own it!
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