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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1919)
tim srniKa field Nkvvs HllDAY, OCTOllKU 24, 1013 OREGON INDUSTRIES THAT EXCEL Haw tht "avrN SUtt It first in ---' Many Urs of Industry. Few popt stop to constdtr, says taa OrefOB Voter, the many thing la which Oretoa xca.'s tha. Pacific Coaat states-to some Instances all westers states, and In other cases the entire United States. One-fifth of the standing timber of the United States la In Oregon the rarlety of merchantable timber ex ceeds any state In the Union. Sugar and yellow pine red and yel low fir flpruce red wood Port Or ford cedar are a few of the well known woods. Forty per cent of the water power of this country Is within the borders of these four northwest states and only 6 per cent developed. Oregon produced 1ft per cent of the plat In cm used by the United States during the war. The fame of Oregon's fruits circles the world. The reputation of our cheese ex tends to foreign countries. Our shipbuilding record Is a world's record in many respects. We were able and did obtain greater returns on labor output and money costs than any other shipbuilding state. In the manufacture of cereals. Ore gon equals and surpasses all other states west of the Rocky Mountains. Oregon Is the largest furniture manufacturing center in the entire West and in some special lines of furniture we stand third in the entire United States. Our markets extend to some of the Latin-American coun tries. In saddlery manufacturing Oregon leads Pacific Coast states and carries trade to points far east and south and to foreign countries as well. la the handling of agricultural Im plements Portland Is the fourth city In the United States and is away In the manufacture of woolens. Ore gon is away ahead of other western states. Aa a wool-marketing center Portland is the second in the country. In candy manufacturing Oregon is serond to no other Pacific Coast state. Our cracker and macaroni plants rrie the lead In the West The third largest seller of soda crackers in Uni ted States is made In OreRon ' i ne iargec coppersmith plant 'n the entire United States Is in Oregon. The bfjegest broom factory west of the Mississippi River is in Oregon. Ttie only carbon paper manufac turer west of Chicago Is in Oregon. Our paper mills and store foun dries equal any to be found In the West Th largest single plant making jams and ellies west of the Mississ ippi is in Salem. . farmed of our manufactured fruit Items to to many states east of Chi cago, are labeled by the Jobber hand ling them as his private brand and boom few of our Oregon merchants buy them back under the lure that tbey must be better than Oregon can produce. The only worsted mill vest of the Ohio Rirer is In Sellwood. The yarn there produced from Oregon-grown Wool Is shipped to knitting mills in other states, fashioned into sweaters, bathing suits, caps, etc., and our mer chants buy It back. Our woolen mills produce mack! nw and other cloth, ship It to many parts of the country to clothing man ufacturers who resell it to Oregon retail merchants, who might bare pur. chased here in the first instance. Oregon cherries, loganberries, prunes, apples and strawberries are known In every part of the country as being superior. When the loganberry was first In troduced. It was regarded as a failure it would not hold up under ship ping. This fault has now been capitalized and the fame of Oregon is being spread through the advertising of "Phei Loganberry Juice." Candy made here Is being adver tised and distributed nationally. Cough drops made in Oregon go to nearly every state in the United States. , Oregon robes and blankets are na tibnally advertised and nationally old. , bra saws (B. M. Wade ft Co.) made' here are nationally advertised and distributed tn the United States and twelve foreign countries. - let cream cones invented and maJe In Oregon first , Oregon Is the home of dehydrated fruit and vegetables the quality and quantity unexcelled. An Oregon life Insurance company has the best financial record of any company founded during ' the last twenty years. It Is the only company that lias shown a growth of Insurance and surplus without having to obtain stockholders aid beyond the original paying for stock subscribed. In the last four years It has written more life Insurance than any other com pany doing business In the state. In all of the West Oregon is the principle seed state flower and gar don seeds here excel in greatest var iety and finest quality. Seeds go from Oregon to the great seed houses of the East and are then sold back to Oregon dealers for use In Oregon gardens. The supply of standing timber 'n Oregon Is such that before long we will head the list of all atatea tn lum ber production and when attained SEE VALUE OF MOTOR TRUCK French luslntss Mtn-Realist That Their System ef Freight Transper tatlon Is Obselete. That the war brought to France at Object lesson In the utility of tht motortruck as a uimns of freight transportation apifc-ars rn plan now timU-r way to develop long haul system. It I hie tliereliy to quicken the movement of goods nnd lessee the impatience of various business Interest with the stownexs of rail way sud waterway trufllc. The prac ticability of the motortruck aa a freight carrier was a revelation to Frenchmen of business 'who bsd de pended In norniHl time on what would be held an abnormnlly slow service. From Havre to Paris by boat mean often a Journey of at least three months, and at the quickest, which requires special arrangement with the government tnke about four weeks. Commenting on railroad transporta tion between Pari and the seaports, a Parts business mau la reported a saying that from Havre one must ex pect a delay of one or two mouth, from Hordes ti x a delay of two or three months, and that "when goods that leadership will be sustained for, fr P'rl9 'h Ml"-sellle they stay all future time. i . . . "T ""'"" " u iuuirieN me condition which is in connection with lumber Indus-1 ..... t - .1.. 1 .., I ihi iiiiik I in. iiiiiv ii iu mr lliinui try. attention may be directed to thej project of long haul by motortrucks, fact that when a big tree I once cut! a solution which will probably de- down, it is gone forever Its value Is ! elop because the nation I already removed and does not come back thla does not apply to cereals and oth er food products that are continued and renewed from year to year as permanent industry. No other atate bas such a wide area of fertile land uncrossed by rail way lines as is represented in the great central Oregon country, an area nearly as large as the state of Ohio. Think of the possibilities of the futuie when the land is under full cultlva tion and served by carriers. Excepting in California. Oregon spenda more per capita for public highways than any other state. Some of the largest undeveloped potash and mineral salt field and lakes in the world are In Oregon. One of the largest quicksilver mines in the world I In Oregon and even though not entirely developci is one of the United States' greatest producers of this precious mineral. One of the largest lumber cargoes ever floated anywhere was from Columbia, River point below the cly of Portland, the S. S. Algoa, carrying 6.2000.000 feet. provided with excellent roads. OtE OLSON AND AN OLD FRIEND There are very few people who hare reached the age of twenty who do not remember with pleasure that great Swedish comedy drama, "Ole Olson" in which play the well known character actor. Ben Hendricks gained renown. It Is no exaggeration to say that sereral hundred actors endeavored to imitate Mr. Hendricks, some with more or less success, but none with a great degree of success as Mr. Dave J William, the proof of which Is borne out by the fact that when Mr. Hend ricks retired from the stage he pre sented Mr. Williams with the original manuscript and authorized him to por tray the character in his stead. Mr. Williams will appear as "Ole Olson" In the play when It comes to the Bell theatre for one night Tues day, October 28th. Remember this is not a moving picture, but a play by real actors and actresses, and there will be vaudeville specialties between acts. Can Now Eat and Sleep In Comfort If troubled with Indigestion or sleep lessness you should read what Miss Agnes Turner, Chicago, Illinois, has to say: "Overwork, irregular meals and carelessness regarding the ordinary rules of health, gradually undermined It until last fall I became a wreck of my former self. I suffered from continual headache, was unable to di gest my food, which seemed to lay as a dead weight on my stomach. I was very constipated and my com plexion became dark, yellow and mud dy as I felt. Sleeplessness was added to my misery, and I would awake as tired as when I went to sleep. I heard of Chamberlain's Tablets 'and found such relief after taking them that I kept up the treatment for near ly . two months. Tbey cleansed my stomach, invigorated my system, and Since that time I can eat and sleep In comfort. I am today entirely well." REMINDED HER OF SALMON Dr. S. Ralph Dlppel, dentist, Spring Held, Oregon. American Traveler In Europe Corv ftsses She Would Have Welcomed Dish Once Despised. Elizabeth Frtiser. a traveler and writer. w talking at a diplomatic re ception in I'nrls 11 1. out her recent ex perience in Vlcimii. "It I difficult, said Mis Fraser. "to satisfy one's hunger there, even at hotels tlmt cost $1.1 a day. "Hating- my tinnppetlzlng dish of halted turnips, which frequently com posed the prlni'ipHl dish of the menu. I thought regretfully of the salmon I once disdained on a Ouindlun trip." Miss Fraser lunched. "I whs traveling in the back conn try of ("anail. where snlmoii boiled, broiled. In snliid, creamed, a cutlet figured at every meal and became very monotonous. "'I there nothing else for break fastT I asked the hotelkeeper one morning as a whole Hh and pot of mustHrd was put before me. "'Nothing else?' the man exclaimed. 'Why, there' salmon enough there foi six. ain't there?' "'Yes.' 1 armllt'd. 'hut I do not want snlninn.' "Well, then.' my host replied curt ly, 'fire Into the mustard.'" Retrieving Barbed Wire. The prohlem of retrieving the burled and broken Imrl.pil wire on the bat tlefields of Flanders and northern France k helng tackled by the British war office salvage committee, and a machine for the purpoKe luis been In vented and built which I thu de scribed : Oi truck and trailer cnrrle the whole of the plant, which can wori on the most uneven jrrntiwl. A stout Wire rope with a number of I k Is worked by a winch. A the barbed wire is drawn up it passes through two sets of roller, and the salved met al appears In blocks from one foot to 14 Inches siiinre, and weighing from 70 to NO pounds. For smelting It sell for about -'" a ton. The staff in charge of the scheme thinks that there are 100,000 tons that can be removed, and If that is the aggregate weight the Coat of the 40 outfit said to have been ordered shuold be amply Justified. The peanut ha accomplished won der for agricultural development, and ha Increased production by acre and doubled the value of land In many sections. It similarly helped Alabama through the crisis when the appear ance of the weevil played havoc in the cotton field of that state. It ha done well throughout the South, and Virginia," which formerly stood first In Its production, ha sunk to fifth place. The peanut oil Industry has added to the value of the crop, and thl year the total harvest and value were the greajtest ever recorded, in spite of a reduction in acreage. The once de spised peanut bus proved Itself a valu able agricultural asset to the South and the country, and the end 1 not yet. New Orleans Times-Picayune. Everyone There Named Levy. There 1 a peculiarity about Little Tan cock Islund, Lunenburg county, Nova Scotia, which Is not generally known. Nearly all the residents are named Levy. In fact, only a few years ago all the residents bore that name. In the majority of cases the given or Christian names I taken from the Old Testament. The Levy claim to be direct descendant of the meu who fol lowed the fisherman's calling on the shores of Galilee In the time of Christ. "Don't Cheat Yourself says the Good Judge There's nothing saved by chewing ordinary tobacco. A little chew of that good rich-tasting tobaccogocs a lot farther, and its good taste lasts all the way through. Little chew lasting -satisfying. That's why it's a real saving to buy this class of tobacco. THE REAL TOBACCO CHEW Put ufi in two styles RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco zr Hot Lunches SlSBBSSBBSBSaSBSBBSM Now Served at EGGI MANN'S Hot Drinks, Sandwitches Egg Noodles All kinds of Pasteries, etc. Have you tried our new hot drink YERBA MATTE ? "A Housewives' Dream" realized HONESTLY haven't you always wanted a sweeper that "cleaned deep" and yet required no "connections", "plugs" or other time-consuming annoyances? It's here now and it's surprisingly low in price. The Vaculette Suction Sweeper is not an electric yet it gives you a strong suction to lift up the dust, grit, and ravellings which are loosened and swept up by the revolving bristle brush. ' Like most good things, it is amazingly simple and so free from compli cation and bulky "machinery" that a child can operate it. One demonstration completely convinces We also have the Regina Electric Sweepers. You may buy either the hand or electric on EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS. BERRY FURNITURE CO. SPRINGFIELD, OREGON Butter Wrappers for sale at the News Office 19 I 1