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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1921)
FOURTEEN PAGES ' SECTION TWO PAGES 7 TO 10 . FOURTEEN PAGES SECTION TWO PAGES 7 TO 10 r-JJ DAILY EAST OEEGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1921. I JLVir daily SxzJU PENDLETON WOOLEN MILLS PIONEER IN ENTERPRISES - OPERATING IN THIS CITY co- Success of Manufacturing Plant is Due in Chief to Skill of Bishop Bros., Who Took it After Rough Career. One of Pendleton's lonKfut retail llnhfd and mont surcegxful iimniifdc lurln enterprise la the Pendleton Woolen Mill, which will shortly en W upon Iti iJth year of operation. The mllla recently cloned down for the holiday and Inventory, after clos ing tf auc-ceBufiil year. The groan bual tiena tranaaoled during 1920 la entlrnn ted by Chauncey I!li.hop,. one of thn owners, at $(00,000. Dm pile declines In the price of wool and woolen goods during; 1920 which cut deeply Into the profits of all such concerns, the Pendleton Woolen Mills Cave all their employes who have Isejsn with them a year or more, a Ijonus of 10 per cent of their unntinl ralary for a Christmas lift. , The Pendleton Woolen Mills were started nearly IS years ago liy a group of dealers and raisers of wool. They nfperated a small plant here with Indifferent financial success fur mora than a decade, placing on mark et a food product but fulling to pro gress In a business sense because thorn entrusted with the nimiuxement did not have the business acumen neces aary to succeed. After giixtainlnx a steady operating Iohh for 10 or more i years, decision was mndo to cloao the plant. Old Mill XiK Kiife The orislnnl company operated a scouring mill "In connection with the plant and purchased wool from vari ous growers of the Eastern Oregon country, where "a large variety or wools was available. There was plen ty of capital behind the company but lack of a manager having the ability to make up products' from the various grades of -wool and poor development of marketing opportunities are blam ed for the Continued deficits which resulted In the closing of iho plant In 1908. Pendleton clthiens were confident that a woolen mill here could lie oper. ated profitably. Persons who came here to bid for the machinery with an Idea of nvivlng It elsewhere were dis couraged In thlit and overtures were made to the present owners, the His hop Urol hers, to purchase tlie plant and rehabilitate It In Pendleton. City llouijlit :10.(HMI Honda It was neceaxary for Pendleton to show Its faith In the project In a sub stantial manner. Ical newspapers and the Commercial Association en cournged the move to purchase 130, mill worth of bonds with which to aid in financing the mills. These bonds were quickly floated ai'.rt ore now on Ihe second half .of their 20-yenr term. They draw 5 per cent anil are a first mortgage obligation of tho company. i 1 1 What Is the Secret of Long Life, In a Tire, Anyhow? . It's the treadand here is the reason : The tread of your tire is the part that takes all the wear, soaks up the road shock and keep? the bumps away from'the fabric. Entirely reasonable then that it should be broad and thick, isn't it? That's the idea back of .the Super Tread Tire. It's important and it means a lot more miles to you. Gertson & Marty 639 Cottonwood Street Phone 595 The oiglnal Investment of Ulshop Brothers whon thoy purchased the old machinery and moved It Into a con-1 Crete building erected for the pur pose, was f uiMiUO. They, combined under one roof all of the functions of a woolen mill and in J 90 4 begun here the manufacture of Indian robes, auto robes, couch covers und similar goods. KYom the day the mill opened under the new manage, ni.'iit Ui the present It has never been dosed for luck of business. In 12 Vents It has never been operated lit a, loss, they say. The indebtness of the Pendlxton Woolen .Mill constistM only of the first mortgage bonds which could be re tired today were they not Issued for lh years with'ut the option of earlier r.-llrement. .The. financial strength of the Investment is represented in a doubling of the capacity In the him. 12-years and expansion of the com pany to other localities. I our Mllla Now Operated Four mills" which had been oper ated at a loss In Oregon, Washington und California today are being oper ated successfully by Bishop Brothers. The Pendleton Woolen Mills i tho parent of the tho other three, the first venture of three young men, Hoy Chauncey and Clarence Ulshop, here having led to other fields recently., Koch of the four mills under this company's direction Is operated as a unit. The mill here Is in the heart of a wool growing district. The mills at Vancouver and Wwhougul, Wash., are both within an hour's rido of Portland, the wool center of the Paci fic Northwest. The large wool ware lioiues In Portlund are of consider- unie iit-opiu i" me ilium in in, ii j nere, inr an average or r,f persons, tulning quickly the giades of wool ; ,K between (TCtJO and fxijuo per nion needeil fur llielr particular w.mts. j n, The fourth mill under this compaoy s ' iilrectfon la at ICureka. Cal. 2IKI.000 Pounds Handled The manufactures of each mill arc The other mills are located in man determined by the materials which t ufacturing towns and are all larger are available nearby. While robes j than, the parent plant. The Pendle and covers are made here, the Wash- j ton mill, during 1920, bought and ougul mills specialize in fancy bell , manufactured Into finished products blankets, cashmerea and suitings. At I about 200,000 pounds of high grade Vancouver knitted woolen goods, such , wool. We charge a very simple fee ' To cure defect ycu can not see . This Wea of tinkering with your car is all wrong from the m.-irt, Mr. Man. Our responsible repair service is satisfactory. We know a car from Its heart to its overcoat. If your auto has some slight simple ailment let us attend to It at once before It develops into a serious ill ness. We'ro the doctors. WATCH FOR OUR MOVING ANNOUNCEMENT RUDY TANNLER ticncrnl Auto -nlrlng. Service lny or Night M.tSTKK TP. I CK SAM-IS AM) KKKVK'IO Itcs. Plume 4M.-.-W shop Plume .':: That Ol JU BEKnASltroCATCK I T -VV fir I istTBis . Ms f " 7N. A aa hose, are manufactured. The Ku , leka mills manufacture coarse blank jfts and coarse muckinaw goods. Xcarby Markets Help I Market for the products each plant manufactures are found j nearby. Many blankets ami shawls ! made In Pendleton are sold to Indl ' nnn of the Vmutillu, Nci Perce and j Vaklma reservutioiis nearby. pro ducts of the Vancouver and Eureka j mills find their way to the markets i f the farming, lumbering, mining and fishing communities of the coast coun- Owne'ra of the Pendleton Woolen Mills trace their success back to 1K86 Alien Thomas Kay, an Fnglishman which wi,h long experiences in the woolen manufacturing business, acme to Ore run. lie was the grandfather of Roy. Chauncey and Clarence Plshop and with their heritage also from their father. C. P. Bishop, they have 1-een i'ble to make of all their mills a suc cess. Mr. Kay combined the ability to manufacture from whatever quality of material he had, a good', product, i nil to find a market for that pro- trv in the three Pacific statea. While the source of raw materials duct, for all four mills Is m. other ms.er.l . , fa(.ton) r6 credi,e(, wUh lals necessary In operating the ptat.(h wol must be snipped in. ruei, oyesiuns: - ..,,,... ami machinery are foreign to this i """ particular section. Labor is some thing of a problem owing to the lack of development of the Pacific states for manufactures. Pendleton, with the oldest of the four mills, has the largest labor turn over. This is due to this city's situa tion the center of a grain, stock and wool raising country. In fall and wint er labor is plentiful' but hlRh wages and outdoor work offered by farm ing In summer attract laborers. None of the plants experiences trouble with labors, the turnover being due to the conditions stated. . The Pendleton plant pays the highest wages, the own ers say, of any textiles plant on thd Pacific coast. The monthly pavroll Just a few words to express our apprc ciation for your kindness and courtesy during the old year of 1920. We wish you "Our Friends," much happiness and pros perity throughout the New Year of 1921. ultimate ex pansion from -this nucleus. One is the large home compumption of the fir.lshed product. In Oregon, n Pend leton Indian blanket is found in near ly everv household. It is the most ci mmon auto robe. The few thou sand native Indians in the state have I included many of theFe robes s n i part of their garb. Squaws often wear tho shawls, made by this concern. I i . Products Well Advcni-ed j Wool products such as manufactur-1 rd here have been well advertised in J Oreaon for 30 years. There is a con-1 staut demand for the goods and thc demand is stimulated by attractive i displays which are shown periodical- ; ly nil over the state in cooperation j with the Associated Industries of Ore-1 Hon. ' ' Transportation is quite favorable, to trade. Goods manufactured at Wash- I oui.-al, Pendleton and Vancouver may j be loaded on steamers at Portland andj taken by the east coast or to San, Francisco. Eureka is also a seaport, j All savo Eureka are . on main line j tronscontii.ontal railroads. j I'rr.dnct" of the company arc na-1 tic nally known and nationally sold, J alt bourn as yet they never have been j nationally advertisel. The business nearer, home has taxed the capacity of 5 he mills and with machinery pro- hibii've in cost, expansion of bnsi- j ness requiring more equipment, up j to tbc present, would have been con-! fide re! unwise by the owners. Con- j dltlons in tho near future, however, I may justify a national advertising! campaign and .expansion to hnndle In-1 creased business which could result. The Pendleton Woolen Mills have ictn operated purely ns a private cor ! porotion. The bondholders have no CSjVob-e in the direction of the com sSS i pa iy. The company goes into the open ES j market for rn-.v materials and cleans, HE 1 sconifc, spins and dyes virtually all SSs'n-'.itr wool used here. It is parctic 5Esally a closed eoporatlon within a fa 5jinily. a family of men who have de SSlvntru their lifetime to good business. I especially as It has to do with the "si" various ramifications of the mann I fact -ire "f woolens. Huming licenses were Issued for 192n to 61 persons Rhfle fig purchased angling license, .six bought non-resident hunting llcensej and eight bought the non-reBldent fishing lic enses, each of which costs ilo. The hunting licenses sold during 1919, however, more than doubled the number sold last year. The fl- j gures were 161 for 1920, against 324 j for 1919. One hundred and one fish-1 Ing licenses were sold for 1919 aa j compared with 58 for the year end- j ing. , . j The county lit allowed to keep five per cent of the tqtal amount taken in by the clerk for licenses each year, to go Into the general fund. This year's percentage totaled 34.3'i. Last year the percentage was I.IS.KO. Pales were the heaviest in Septem ber when 1117.80 Was remitted to the state treasurer. In this month the hunters prepared for the deer, grouse and pheasant season and for the fall duck hunting. Figures on the sales of licenses by other agencies In the city and county do not come to the county clerk at the licenses are handled by the state fish and game commission direct to the sellers. I Like "Gasoline Gus" shadow gas costs never catch up with the enjoyment you get out of motoring when there's a New Stromberg Carburetor on your car. r uel expenses don t put tax on yt cT travel. You never begrudge money spent for gaso line because you know you get the last ounce of value from every ounce of fuel used. Without a doubt the N, Stromberg Carburetor is the most economical carbureter ever produced. It has estab lished world economy records on practically all makes of cars. And it is economy that counts that amounts to something. Not just a few more miles but enough more mileage to run into big worth-while money i a season of motoring. Maybe you're not keen about cutting down your gas costs: Makes no difference you'll want a New Stromberg Carbu-1 retor just the same. The effi ciency of the New Stromberg the perfection of process of carburetion that make It the most economical carburetor that ever fed gas into an engine also makes it productive of greatest power of greatest speed of better acceleration of easier starting on any car of any year. One of these, or all of them, yon do want and can absolutely get through employment of the New Stromberg. , Don't take our word for it We don't ask you to. Let us equip your machine with a New Stromberg. Try it out for ten days. If you are not entire Iv sold on btromberg tuptrwnty. men well take back the carbu retor and youll not be out a cent The fairness of our offer is the best kind of proof that you'll be mighty pleased with Stromberg performance. Mo Clearing . House, MQ 714-18 Thompson St. - ?J iGAME FUND GETS LESS ! THAN FROM 1919 SALE i i!lli:!!!!llll!l!III!ll!l!i!ii:il!l!ll!l!lll!illli!II!il!lilil!l!lllIlllllli!Ili!i:il!ililll!IIIIH , ' Huntsmon nnd nnslcnt did not Ml - 1 rjroni.? tho county clerk ns heavily in UO as thoy did in l!tV the annual, 1 tvpnri of Kumo licenses issued during jp i the year by the clerk, shows. The d I licit is not tnken to indicate, how ITT I over, that there were fewer hunter? 1 ind fishermen, for licenses are issued j by mst of the sportinjr goods deal -rs of the city and county and they S3 In not deal through the county clerk, ! The total rmonnt of money taken in i "or licenses this year was hut $!S SSj ompnred with JUST.Tr for thv yenr j EEjof 1919. Combinations issued hy Ihej SEC ; '.'lerk for each year nmled thp j wj :;me, 71. These netted $-11. i -. .w(f iii'iii l n r tilt' itiillU't'l (M ..... i Wkt rijiTtS . resident huming licenses were issneo J MORC llllllu i ts were resident ansltug licenses. Everybody knows Buick builds slx-cylindcr Valve-in-Head automobiles. , that Buick sold its entire 1920 out-put long before the end of the season. -that Buick has sold a large percentage of its 1921 schedule. that Buick users are Buick salesmen. that Buick car values are 100 per cent. Added to their recognized high service value the new Buick models possess a distinctive beauty. Their graceful lines and handsome appointments merit the pride which early buyers have expressed. Nineteen Twenty One Buick automobiles have more improvements than any Buick models in the past fiv e years and 1921 models represent 25 greater used car values. Many of our spring deliveries are already contracted for. Thousands have been disappointed during past years because of the shortage of Buick cars. The matter of present purchasing should receive the immediate consideration of motor car buyers ux Oregon Motor Garage, Inc. 4G8 119, 121 V. Court Pendleton . l h -
