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News About Ore
gon Industries
:eJ;t forth call for mot rush or-
than t!:? ii'.ir. could handle.
I'r.i.ri. City. (: 1; has taken
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t., .l.-iir a lnr :!.a: :.Hr.eru
uf it'ss :iri :v cf !:!i:''or UhU polo
pii.f 71. I'r.ur o Tily L!.x Toiii
(,it., last imcr, is work
up toii iii.ks up Iixio croi-k cutting
Imlgo poll' pi:i' thickets up into ten
fiH'l lots. whi.S: are then si.avod
.l.iwii to half ir.ih box shooks that
are llndiiii! a ready market in Sou
thern Idaho. The mill is a curiosity
in ta.it the largest polos it handles
have a top diameter of only eight
in. bo-.. The mill employs just right
mm and, a horse and is operated by
if.-:'., i t a holier and engine picked
ii,i .n an old steam iu'.U nearby.
li e btiiM'.r.g itsdf is or.e of the war
like poual'hs :sed in France.
Goid H-,;l, Ore. Th.ref tons of -plis:Os
go:t:g up ill a uiigU'.y boom
announced the opei.ir.g of tiie ue
quarry of the Beaver Portland Ce
ment Com; any at Zaeher, west of
Cold Hill. The added supply of rock
will soon be brought iu in such quan
tities as to keep the plant running
day and night.
Portland, Ore. Brushes and
brooms of every description are d
being tinued out by the Portland
13 rush and Broom Company in twice
the former quantity. New machin
ery just installed doubles the plant's
capacity and makes it the most com
plete on the coast.
Albany, Ore. A large cement
structure with trackage frontage is
now in course of construction for
the fruit association here. This ware
house will practically double the car
rying capacity.
Portland, Ore. Electric sterilizers
and immersion heaters made by the
Halverson Company in Portland are
being distributed in China, Japan,
Australia, New Zealand, South Afri
ca, India, Central America and Bra
lil. This plated equipment was first
turned out in 1912 for local trade
among doctors and dentists, but the
distributing field has steadily reach
ed into other portions of the United
States and Canada.
Albany, Ore. With evergreen
blackberries no longer regarded by
the farmers as a pest, preparations
are being made to handle at least 500
tons of the fruit at the Albany can
nery this season. Work will begin !
on them as soon as the present rush
of loganberries is out of the way.
Portland, Ore. The presidential
election has been given precedence
this year in planning for the annual
food show held at the armory by
Portland merchants and the date has
been moved up to the week following
November 4.
Terrebonne, Ore. With the arri
val of the enormous steam shovel for
the Western Diatomite Company's
mine -at Lower Bridge and com
mencement of work on the ware
house the concern's employes have
increased in number from about six
to 60. Increase in freight rates have
IVrt'.ar.d. Ore .V number of the
:. Portland-made Caravan motor
tracks have beeu completed by the
Hr--e-Martin Iron works and are be
.:.!; sold locally.
Portland. Ore. Finished woolen
products from the mills in Portland
at-d trinity now bring in over $10.-!
Oi e i i'O per year according to a state
ment issued here a few days ago. In-
i crease of business has made Port
land the second wool center in the
Vnlted States, second only to Boston.
Harrisburg, Ore. A heavy jieltt
of hops this year is expected around
HarrisDurg, where picking will com
uienee about August 24. Pickers
are to receive two cents per pound.
Portland. Ore. Furniture dealers
throughout the northwest now find
themselves on the mailing list of the
Columbia Awning and Shade Com
pany, which is distributing to each
tirm samples of the 25 different col
or, of window shades it manufac
tures. The concern has gradually
expanded until It now employs 30
people and had a payroll last year
totalling $30,000.
Portland, Ore. With a view to
greater trade expansion for Oregon
the joint traffic bureau of the Port
of Portland and commission of pub
lic docks has opened a permanent
office in New York. The Port also
has a traffic representative touring
the far east and is soon to appoint
another to cover the North China
field.
Portland, Ore. Spahgnum moss
has provided this city with a new
industry that is now employing 30
people preparing the material for
shipment all over the I'nited States
and to a number of foreign countries.
where it is marketed chiefly in the
form of surgical dressing. The es
tablishment here, known as the
Sphagnum Products Company, has
just been reorganized and the con
trolling stock and active manage
ment has been taken over by V. S.
Stock, for many years with the Blu-mauer-Frank
Drug Company.
Portland, Ore. Because house-
wires as well as laundries like the
product of the E. M. Clothes Bleach
Company, that concern has found it
necessary to expand its equipment
and put out its preparation for re
tail trade. It, is one of the city's
newest manufacturing companies.
Portland, Ore. Even Alaska is
sending representatives to this city
to take part in the eighth annual
Buyers' Week beginning Monday.
Between 1S00 and 2000 people from
all points of the northwest are ex
pected. Hood River, Ore. Estimates on
the apple crop for this year have
taken another jump in the past two
weeks and it is now thought the har
vest will be 65 per cent of the one in
1919. Fruit of unusually good qual
ity is being looked forward to and
preparations are being made for hea
vy export business.
Portland, Ore. Work has begun
on the $110,000 warehouse to be
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BATTERIES RECHARGED
The Lexington Garage
FKEDERICKSON BROS, Props.
We Sell Goodyear and Racine Tires
Repair Work Oils Greases
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ffew US. Navy Officers
TEMTS
neea nH put scum nrt wwo
Tmtt ComMr V327.s
Juit the tiling for Camping, M-or trip! or Playhouse for the children
Genuine U. S. Navy OtIicrt Tents, made from but quality 102. White Can
vaa. Cost Uncie Sam elmoat twice a much as our price. Complete with
hardwood atakes, poles an J rup-. Size 9x9 feet and every foot a real tens.
Ma I Ordm Promptly Filled.
CAMP LEWI WIRELESS
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erected ho re 'or the Chevrolet Mo-
t.r Company. ThU plant will bo
northwest distributing headquarters
for the cars. .
Hold Hill. Ore. IVep down In the
diggings of the old Sylvantte mines
a hitherto untouched body of rich
gold ore has beeu uncovered iu such
quantity that the future stability of
the group is insured. The preoiousj
imueiai w3 iuuuu ui a ueptu or over
M'ti teet ami yield from $2i to $50
to the ton.
Portland, Ore. Charting of wood
using industries of the United Slates
is to be one of the first steps to be
taken in the educational campaign
to increase the market for northwes
tern lumber and its products. The
report, which will be of great value
in this state, will be completed In
90 days.
Portland, Ore. For the first time
in many years a vessel (lying the
Swedish flag put in at the Portland
harbor a few days ago. She was the
steamer Indus, whjoh is to load a
full cargo of wheat for the I'nited
Kingdom.
Salem, Ore. Harvesting of the
state flux crop here began last week
with a crew of 20 pullers from Port
land assisting. This makes approx
imately 200 people at work gather
ing the flax.
Bandon, Ore. Short lengths of
white cedar ready to ship direct to
Japan are to be turned out by a
small sawmill to be established here
by the Pacific Exports Company.
Finished lumber will mean a consid
erable Baving In freight rates in th
Orient.
Portland, Ore. Phosphate rock
from Oregon is to be carried by di
rect boat routes to the Netherlands,
where it is in much demand for fer
tilizer. This is an outcome of the
decision of the Holland-America line
to establish service between Portland
WHERE, io
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The Question
Is Settled
DINE WITH US
Our New Big Dining Room
is not exclusive to transient
trade. It's for the (oiks of
Heppner First, Last and All
the Time.
Give the wife a rest
and a treat a Sunday
dinner here.
SHORT ORDERS, TOO
Elkhorn Restaurant
Willow Street
and Europe. The liners will be the
tirst to carry passengers through the
Panama Canal between the two Am
erican coasts. The 12,000 ton steam
er Kemldijk is already enroute to
this city.
Cove, Oregon. Orchardists of
Cove who in 1917 gleefully signed
three year contracts to market cher
ries at jso a ton are now seeing
Hoyal Annes sell in a readv market
at $200 a ton, Ilings at jl"5 and
other varieties at f 130.
Portland, Ore. All export re
cords in the history of this city were
broken last month when the total
valuation of commodities sent to for
eign ports during July reached $8,
03S.099 r a gain of 296 per cent
over the same period last year.
Wheat, flour and lumber accounted
for the greater share of this.
Harrisburg. Ore. A crop of small
grain yielding 20 per cent better
than last year Is being looked for
ward to by farmers in this vicinity.
First reports from threshing ma
chines show 50 bushels of fall oatB
to the acre and 18 bushels of wheat.
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Frank Stever and family left the
first of the week for Hood Klver,
where he will have charge of the
section there on the railroad. Mr.
Stever has had charge of the Heppner
section during the past two years,
and now wins well merited promo
tion. He stated that he hesitated to
make the change, as he likes Hepp
ner and Its people mighty well, and
there is a chance that he may return
here again.
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Drive
to Schempp's
Up-to-date Service Station for Autoists and Truck
Drivers. Zerolene Cup Grease, Red Crown
Gasoline, Pearl Oil and Mica Axle Grease
G. M. Schempp
F. R. BROWN
i Lif 3 Accident Health Fire Insurance
Three Good Heppner Residences For Sale
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A Frank SKively
Practical Horseshoer
Laine and interfering horses carefully attended to.
SCRIVNER'S BLACKSMITH SHOP
OUR PRICES RIGHT-OUR PRINTING THE BEST-G.-T.
if
Dress-Up Occasions
WHEREVER well-groomed
men and women congregate-in
fashionable hotels.at
the 6ea$hore Holeproof pre
dominates. Youll find the rea
son in its beautiful, lustrous
finish and fine woven, strong
texture. Pure Silk, Silk Faced
or Lusterized Lisle, in the
seasons wanted colorings.
Sam Hughes Co.
Heppner, Ore.
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We are closing out our
McCormick Line of
Cutting Machinery
and are offering at greatly re
duced prices
McCormick Header, Bind
ers, Reapers, Hay Rakes,
Side Delivery Rakes, and
Stacker.
If you are in need of any of the above,
it will pay you to see us before buying
Peoples
Hardware Co.
FOR PRINTING THAT HAS REAL CLASS SEE THE G.-T.
Pure White I
Flour I
5il
"PERMANENT AS THE PYRAMIDS"
Concrete Pipe Co.
Mfgrs.
SEWER AND WATER PIPE
IRRIGATION PIPE
CULVERT PIPE
CEMENT PRODUCTS
HOLLOW SILO BLOCKS
PHONE 467
1003 N. 10th Street,
WALLA WALLA, WASH.
Blacksmithing
In all its branches, including Wagon
Work, Horseshoeing and
Repair Work
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
We Give a 5 Percent Discount for Cash
J. B. Calmus
Formerly the Ashbaugh Shop
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