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BUYING MADE-IN-OREGON GOODS MAKES MORE OREGON MANUFACTORIES POSSIBLE That every dollor’s worth of manufactured goods sold in Oregon might be manufactured at home by home workmen, and largely out of home-grown materials, by enlarging existing units of manufacture, is evidenced by the fact that small quantities of almost every line of manufactured goods are now made in the state. If we would become a rich and mighty commonwealth, we must employ Oregon workmen in Oregon mills to work up Oregon products ready for consumption. To this end, the consumer must de mand “Made in Oregon” goods of all kinds, and the watchword of ever county, city and town in the state 99 should be “Oregon Made Goods W hen Possible, and More Smokestacks to Make More Goods Possible.’ foot steel bridge across the John 30, produced $310,613. Expenses raeturer, and every one connect Day river, eight miles above $21,436. Commissioner Watson ed with the distribution would Day ville. thinks he can handle the business lose reputation and money, for the public will not long continue The Base Line road is to be hereafter for $17,000 a year. paved with Warrenite from Port State Prison Supt. Lawson is to be gulled. ‘ ‘Advertising is no more ex- land to Sandy, at 88 cents per putting in a rock crushing plant square yard. near the institution for feeble I travagan ce than the use of good Oregon City will expend $GOO minded, to be worked with con 1 seed or good machinery by the on fountains, feeding racks and vict labor, and supply material i farmer. Extensive advertising hitching posts for horses, to draw for state and county highways on is just as economical as quantity production in the,[motor car in a large scale. country trade. dustry, for example, for it brings Abuse of direct legislation is The Corvallis & Eastern is be larger and quicker returns for ing reballasted from Albany to shown by the Attorney General, the investment, allowing for re Hoover, and there is talk of ex when he says the bill to abolish investment in; material and con the Desert Land Board should be tension eastward. sequent larger production. Telephone rates have been ad called: “ A measure disposing of “ Money spent in extensive and vanced at Newport on a basis of the present State Engineer and judicious; advertising is the best revenues sufficient to maintain putting another man in his place investment in the world today for at a higher salary.” improved service. every one concerned. Any sales Workingmen’s compensation John Shallinger, of North man will tell you that advertised Bend, will test the state butter acts are forcing employers to hire goods can be, and are, quality law, that provides for only 16 and men without families wherever considered, sold at much less cost M AKING BUTTER AT O. A. C. Dairy Manufacturer’s Laboratory they can do it. 32 ounce packages. than those unknown.” The steamer Bandon has made The Portland Railway Light & Did the battleship Oregon take any Power Co. has established an ag the fifth trip out of Toledo, with part in the Santiago battle, and what ricultural department in charge 750,000 feet of lumbér. part? What battleships took part? Owing to the European war, of H. E. Cross, at Gresham. The Oregon took ;in active part in the battle. She left San Francisco un salmon pickling at Astoria has Eugene building permits for der orders March 10, 1898. steamed July totaled $190,920, the largest ceased. ■ I around the Horn, reached Jupiter in The Dalles will install four Hops are expected to go to 50 le t Florida. May 24. and assisted in for three years in any one month. drinking fountains. cents, as a result of the war the pursuit and destruction o f the Included $100,000 high school. Spanish fleet July 3. The other ships The Weinhardt, Astoria, hotel Owing to increased labor cost abroad. engaged were th»»^battleships Indiana, will add a fifth story. Pendleton has immediate use Iowa. Massachusetts and Texas, the and employers liability laws, the Eugene Odd Fellows will erect cost of sawlogs has been advanced for fifty new houses. armored cruisers Brooklyn and New York and some gunboats. In the bat a $20,000 lodge building. fifty cents to one dollar per thou tle the speed o f the Oregon enabled Buy Goods That Are Advertised The contract has been let for a sand. her to pass some o f the other ships bank building at Mosier. Collier’s Weekly gives the fol and to force the Cristobal Colon to Hopyards are offered twice as run ashore and surrender. It was G. D. Fell, of Pendleton, is many pickers as heretofore so lowing cogent reasons why it is thought at the time that the presence building a large cleaning plf^pt. early in the season, in spite of a safest to buy advertised goods: of the Oregon probably prevented the ‘ ‘ You have more assurance of escape o f the Colon. Geo. Melvin Miller will erect a campaign urging people not to quality in advertised goods than $25,000hotel buildingat Florence. pick hops. in those not so well known. You Picketing the public market Plans have been completed for naturally ask why? at Salem goes on, but is turning a $25,000 high school at Rainier. ‘ ‘No manufacturer can, year general public sentiment against B. M. Lombard will add two labor organizations that are pay after year, afford to go down in docks at Portland, eosting$70,000. ing the bill. his pockets to pay for advertising WEEKLY REVIEW OF OREGON INDUSTRIES PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY Enlist In the Army of Common Sense. By MOSS. rsncio.N . Curiosity. Common sense. Some folks still view the ads In th e newspaper with SUHI' I- CION. They cling to the l>ellef that the merchant is FO RCED to ad vertise to get rid o f SPU RIO U S I COTTAGE GROVE CREAMERY j t l l Red Rose Brand Butter Ì f and Ice Cream t 0001 ) 8 . w Manufacturers of * • • •• Ì •• •• Market Price Paid for Butter Fat m 1 ! j Patronize Home Industry «I j «« - ^ i < « ^ i Photo by Am*K^can AaaoctalKm. \The Artillery of Servit PO R TLAN D FLOURING MILLS The Perry Veneer plant at Bandon has resumed operations, The Public Service Co. of Tilla- mook is installing a 12,006 gallon oil tank. Prof. Young, of the depart- ment of economics of the state university, has been in confer- ence with Father O’ Hara and other labor leaders to frame a program for the unemployed. when his goods do not give satis faction. He seldom makes a profit on his first order— it is the repeat order that makes the mon ey for him. Successful advertising is a sure The contract has been let for The Corporation department of indication of quality, for without the Capital highway in Washing the state government for the first value o f the product, no adver- j ton county. year o f its existence, ending July tising could succeed. The manu- Portland water service will lie extended in Irvington, at a cost of $125.000. During the present year more than 100 new houses will go up in Corvallis. Peter Loggie. of North Bend, is planning a $45,000 brick apart ment house. Steel rails for the Willamette1 Valley Southern are arriving by boat at Portland. W. M. Penrod will establish a ginseng industry at Mabery, on the Mt. Hood line. Federal and state officials a re! urging a large expenditure for extermination of rats in Oregon. Bids have been taken for a 150- Other folks read the ads. out o f C U R IO S IT Y once in awhile after they have finished every thing else in the pa|>er. They think the ads. are a NECKS SAK Y E V IL that can la* ID L E D O VER Then there is the C H E A T G R O W IN G T H IR D CLASS, the people who make it their HI'SI NESS to read the ads with the COMMON SENSE purpose of K E E P IN G PO STED on COM M E R C IA L EVENTS The COMMON SENSE read era o f this paper, we hnp|>en to know, are In the G R E A T M A J O R ITY They are W ISE If you have l>een SUSPICIOUS or CU RIO U S join the R IG H T T H I N K I N G THRONG A T ONCE Make it your business to REN- E F IT YO U R S E LF by W A TC H I NO the ads R E G U L A R L Y In the COMMON SENSE W AY DAIRY MACHINERY FACTORY AT PORTLAND k r