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PROPOSED PLANT OF COAL PRODUCTS COMPANY AT NORTH BEND
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An in d u stry has recen tly been
developed by th e Coal P roducts
co rp o ration, of w hich tw o G resham
men. Dr. H enry S. O akes and th e
Rev. E. G. Judd, f o rm e r pastor of
the B ap tist church, are th e prom ot­
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ers, w hich bids fair from a cu rso ry
investigation to become one of the
leading in d u stries of th e Pacific
coast.
Both Dr. Oakes and Mr. Ju d d
have recently sp en t several weeks
in th e east, w here financiers have
favorably considered th e ir e n te r­
prise and have provided ca p ita liz a­
tion of a m illion d o llars w ith w hich
a la rg e p lan t w ill soon be u n d er
co n stru ctio n a t N orth Bend. Ore.
OREGON
Estacada Veterans
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Plan Entertainment
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It is expected th a t th e factory for
the m a n u factu re of by-products
from th e bitum inous coal, w ith
w hich th e w estern Pacific co ast is
richly u n d erlaid , w ill be in o p er­
ation by th e m iddle of October.
Chas. Tallman Wins
0 . S. C. Scholarship
C H R Y S LE R , DODGE
F U T U R E P O L IC IE S
The acquisition of Dodge B ro th ­
ers. Inc., by th e ChryBier c o rp o ra ­
tion now aw aitin g ap proval of the
stockholders w ill not affect the
W ord has been received front Ed-
For th e past ten y ears Dr. Oakes, th ird s of all th e d rugs on th e m a r­ identity or p ro d u cts of eith er com ­
a form er p rofessor of chem istry in ket, according to Dr. Oakes, is ob­ pany, according to sta te m en ts ju s t I w ard B. S tark ey , head of th e de­
Creosote, released by officials of th e tw o c o r­ p artm en t of a g ric u ltu re of G resh ­
T ennessee colleges, has been p e r­ tained from coal ta r.
fecting th e process of reto rtin g , a carbolic acid, a pow erful fire ex­ porations. The products of th e two am Union high school, th a t th e
method o f ex tra ctin g from inferior tin g u ish er, explosives, fertilizers, m a n u fa ctu re rs w ill continue w ith ­ Union Pacific sch o larsh ip com m it­
tee h as selected C harles T allm an,
coal, th e coal ta r and its num erous benzol, n ap h th a, perfum es, th e m a­ out in terru p tio n .
of G resham , as th e w inner of the
by-products such as m otor fuel, jo r portion of w hich a re now im ­
Dodge B ro th ers w ill co n tin u e to $100 sc h o larsh ip a t Oregon S tate
perfum es, dyes, benzol, fertilizer, ported from E urope, th ese are but
be Dodge B ro th ers and C h ry sler A g ricu ltu ral college.
Tw elve of
etc. He cam e to G resham th ree a few of th e m any possibilities of
will be C hrysler, says the statem en t, th e best p ro ject books w ere c a re ­
y ears ago and sh o rtly a fte r his a r ­ th e tar.
and th e sales o rg an izatio n s w ill be fully exam ined by the com m ittee
rival h ere becam e acquainted w ith
The expenditure of over a m il­ u n related except as they sh all m u ­
before a decision w as made. W al­
Mr. Judd, who ap p a ren tly supplied lion d o llars in Coos and C urry
tu a lly sh a re in th e ad v an tag es of lace P icth o rn e, of Boring, was se­
th e m echanical know ledge w hich counties in th e estab lish m en t of
the consolidation. T h eir c a rs w ill lected as a lte rn a te . P icthorne is
Dr. Oakes needed in o rd er to p u r ­ the p la n t for th e m a n u factu re of
continue to be produced and m a r­ a g rad u a te of th is y ea r’s class of
sue his c h e m ic a l experim ents along these by-products w ill m ean much
keted independently. T he sta te m en t the high school and T allm an of last
his chosen lines.
to the Pacific co ast and th e sta te of
con tin u es :
y e a r’s class.
The tw o men conferred w ith each Oregon in general. T he co rp o ra­
"T he w idespread public in te re st
Follow ing is the project rep o rt
o th er and kept on try in g w here tion expects to have four u n its in in recen t events affecting th e C h ry s­
given by T allm an :
m any w ould probably have given operation before th e close of the ler co rp o ratio n an d Dodge B ro th ­
My Project Experiences
way to discouragem ent. At la st fifth year. T he location is ideal, ers, Inc., deserves an au th en tic and
By C harles T allm an
th e ex p erim ents w ere a success and facing th e w ate rfro n t, as it does, official statem en t, and an a ssu ra n ce
“A year ago la st fall, w hen 1 se ­
in due tim e w ere fully protected by and ad jac en t to ra il tra n sp o rta tio n . reg ard in g the fu tu re of th ese tw o
lected my a g ric u ltu ra l project, one
governm ent patents. W hen they
Dr. Oakes w ill be connected w ith corporations.
of my p rin cip al co n sid eratio n s w as
anew for a ce rtain ty th e ir p ro ­ th e new p la n t as ch e m ist-su p erin ­
"E ach w ill benefit from th e co n ­
cesses had passed th e experim ental tendent, and Mr. Ju d d w ill be asso ­ sum m ation of a plan w hich u n ites to get a p ro ject on w hich I could
stage, th e n ext step w as the se cu r­ ciated w ith Dr. Oakes as m echani­ such trem endous reso u rces in m a­ earn some money to help me
th ro u g h college. W ith th is in mind
ing of sufficient ca p ita l for the cal m anager of th e re to rt, and is te ria ls,
m au factu rin g
facilities,
founding of a p la n t and th e m an u ­ joint p atentee w ith Dr. Oakes in financial pow er and m a n u factu rin g I selected potatoes.
fa c tu re of th e products.
T his th e invention. I t m ay in te re st some genius.
“ I p u rch ased eight sacks of B u r­
m ight have looked like a dubious to know th a t over o n e-th ird of the
“ Both th e public and th e d ealers bank seed potatoes, which I tr e a t­
u n d erta k in g to some, b u t not so to com mon stock of th e com pany is may look fo rw ard ’to th e g re a te r ed w ith corrosive sublim ate so lu ­
th e men who w ere fully acquainted equally divided betw een th ese two benefits w hich th e consolidation of tion. T his am ount of seed planted
w ith th e m e rits o f th e project. In men. Dr. O akes w as p ro fesso r of such trem endous reso u rces w ill an ac re and a th ird .
com p aratively a sh o rt tim e m en of chem istry in th e Lincoln Memorial produce, and th e men identified
"I plowed th e potato ground once
m eans becam e interested , w ith the u niversity a t K noxville, Tenn., w ith th ese businesses m ay be a s ­ and disced it once before h a rro w ­
re su lt th a t th e la rg e factory bu ild ­ from 1908-1910, and in th e U niver­ su red of a stab le and definite fu ­ ing. T his, how ever, I do not b e­
ing 580 feet in length along the sity of T ennessee for th e follow ing tu re .inspired by th e p ro g re ssiv e­ lieve, is enough; so an o th er year I
Pacific w a te rfro n t near M arshfield tw o years. He also did post g ra d ­ ness w hich has been responsible for would plow the ground tw ice and
is an assu ran ce.
u ate w ork in th e U n iv ersity of th is un itin g of tw o g re a t com pa­ disc it tw o off th re e tim es. One
As h as long been know n by Chicago in 1912.
plow ing, I believe, should be done
nies."
m any, sem i-bitum inous coal as a
in th e fall and th e other one early
The rem aining officers of th e co r­
h eating u n it in its p rese n t sta te is poration are F red erick H. D rake,
enough in th e sp rin g to allow the
Pyreneean
Farm
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an in ferio r a rtic le on account of of P o rtlan d , p resid e n t; W illiam
ground to lay a sh o rt tim e before
O u t on S m all Scale p lanting. By doing th is way the
th e excess of ta r w hich it contains. H ague, P o rtlan d , v ice-p resid en t;
A fter ten y ears of e x p e rim en tin g Andy J*. Davis, M arshfield, tre a s ­
In the little pocket-like valleys ground could be h arrow ed o cca­
Dr. Oakes has succeeded in finding u re r; Clyde M. C lefton, P o rtlan d , of the Pyrenees the soil Is black sio n ally ; thereby helping m a te ri­
a m ethod of e x tra ctin g ce rtain ele­ secretary . Among th e d irec to rs are nnd rich, though It has been in ally to kill out th e weeds.
use for man. centuries. The farm ­
m ents from th is coal, th ereby leav­ C. C. C urry, W alter H. Black, A. A. ers know the value of th eir land,
“I p lan ted th e potatoes on Ju ly 7,
ing a product superio r in quality to K arah ales and C aptain M erritt C. und they cherish every foot of It. using an Iron Age potato p lan ter.
They keep it built Uf by constant
th e best a n th ra c ite of ea ste rn Pom eroy, all of P o rtland.
fertilizing, mulching, composting, This placed th e seed ab o u t four
m ountains, say his co-w orkers. By
inches deep and from 12 to 14
F riends of the two G resham men, cultivation and crop rotation.
a special process th is coal is m ade
But w hat great odds they have inches ap a rt.
It w as an
old
who have succeeded in bringing
into b riq u ets w hich, on account of
th e ir e n terp rise to th e atten tio n of to labor against 1 Our American p la n ter and afte r p lan tin g a few
furiners would hardly have such row s did not w ork very w ell. I got
th e ir fine h eating q u alities and
th e outside w orld, a re am azed at farm s as a gift.
Here we come
freedom from soot and gas, are
th e fact th a t common Pacific n o rth ­ to a little farm w here a man is an o th er p la n te r to finish th e job
su re to find a ready m arket. Should
w est coal, w hich is practically plowing with a yoke of oxen and a w ith, but th is did not cover th e po­
th e success of th is v en tu re depend
w orthless as dom estic fuel, can be very crude plow. Just as In Bible tatoes properly, co nsequently th e re
en tirely on th e sale of these b ri­
times. Again "we see an ox and a
converted into p ro d u cts of alm ost cow yoked together, for th is farm ­ w ere a good m any h ills m issing,
quets, th e new p la n t would be an
inestim able value th ro u g h an ap ­ e r can't afford a pair of oxen. w hich helped g rea tly to cu t down
assu red factor, is the opinion of
plied know ledge of ch em istry and T here goes a man who has bor­ the profits. I harro w ed th e p o ta­
those in terested , but th e briquets
rowed a plow of a neighbor, and It toes ju st as they w ere com ing up
m echanics.
a re b ut a side line.
is so light th a t he Is carrying it on and hoed them once.
his shoulder.
Dr. Oakes is a u th o rity for the
A cam paign is now in p ro g ress to
"T he h arv estin g last y ear w as
As we- view th e slope from some
sta te m en t th a t thou san d s of by­ stam p out avian tu b ercu lo sis in the height, the country looks like a handicapped by the rainy w eather.
p ro d u cts can be m anu factu red from m iddle w est. T ub ercu lo sis is quite piece of patchw ork. The farm s In It w as im possible to w ork to a d ­
coal ta r, b u t as yet but a few of the | prev alen t am ong p oultry in th a t the big valleys of course are much v antage for m ore th an th re e or four
Cow
m ore sta p le articles, those w ith a j section of th e co u n try , and it is b etter than the hill farm s.
ath s and sheep paths make a n et­ days a t a tim e. It w as also very
ready m a rk e tab le value, w ill be u n ­ known th a t avian tu b ercu lo sis p work
against the velvety gray-green slow digging because of th e sticky
d ertak en . Among th ese is a s u ­ causes th e disease in sw ine. The of the pastures.
Sheepfolds built condition of th e soil, w hich m ade it
perio r grade of fuel oil. said by ex ­ cam paign is being ca rrie d on chief- of rails, and small barns of stone,
h ard to get th e potatoes clean. Few
p erim ent to be ahead of any g aso ­ j ly along educational lines, an d is a re found on th e summ its, to fu r­
of the potatoes had am ple tim e to
nish
the
sheep
protection
at
night
line now for sale. Its use prom ises . conducted u nder th e d irection of
or in bad w eather.
Some of the get th o ro u g h ly dried before being
a d ecrease in th e p rese n t cost of the sta te au th o rities in co-operation shepherds carry a blue um brella
hauled to th e cellar. B ecause of
¿m ileage.
w ith anim al in d u stry sp ecialists of strapped to th eir back In case it the w et condition of th e soil it was
A nother im portant by-product the U. S. d e p a rtm e n t of ag ric u ltu re. storms.
Women and children are helping h ard to use a digger, so all of the
from coal ta r is a non-fadeable dye,
to bring In the hay. Often it is potatoes had to be dug by hand.
th e secret of w hich w as form erly
Money Savers
done up In canvas so It can be load­
"P o ta to b lig h t w as p rev alen t all
Men's blue w ork sh irts 69 ce n ts; ed on the back of a donkey. T he
known by G erm an chem ists alone.
th
ro
u g h th is section la st y ear and
Dyes m ade from th is solution a re dress sh irts, co llars attac h ed 98c; fields are Inclosed by walls of stone
m en's overalls $1.29; 36-lnch bath o r fences made of saplings or tw ist­ as a re su lt a g rea t m any potatoes
said to survive every possible te st tow els 19c, tw o for 35c. Alys-
w ere lost. On account of th is and
ed twigs.—Pathfinder Magazine.
for bleaching. T he base of tw o- w orth & M artin.—Adv.
the m uddy condition of th e p o ta­
toes, which m ade them ro t easily,
O f Course She Could
it was im p ractical to hold th e po­
H a v e A n y th in g — but tato es until h igher prices w ere to
There is only one place to buy
It must have been her birthday.
T he young couple stood before th e be had.
"My potatoes w ere peddled In
Jewelry counter of a downtown
store, looking over the stock th a t P o rtlan d directly to th e consum ers.
ranged from diam onds to cuff The njost of them w ere sold on our
pins.
m ilk ro u te and w ere delivered at
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“Now, dear,” he was heard to say the ra te of from tw o to four sacks
to his fa ir companion, “this Is your
present, so unything you w ant I will a day, th e delivering being m ade a t
get. You pick It out and I buy i t ; the sam e tim e as the m ilk delivery.
th a t's all there is to It. J u s t look By m ark etin g the potatoes In th is
everything over and then tell me way I w as able to get $1.50 per sack
300 B e lm o n t St.
P o rtla n d
w hat It will be."
for th e b est potatoes.
She beamed on him. Could any­
"A lthough I did not m ake much
thing In the world be sw eeter? Her
eyes left his face and wpnt back money on my potatoes, due to th e
to the tray s of Jewels. Suddenly, faufty p lan tin g , blight and difficulty
with a gasp of delight she held up in h arv estin g , I believe th a t If 1
a fragile string of beads.
w ere to tak e an o th er ag ric u ltu re
“Oh. H arry, look ! Could 1 have
this? I Just love It.” she exclaimed. project it would be potatoes.”
H arry, thus
¡dressed, looked It
in F a rm e rs ’ B ulletin
1549-F,
over beneath draw n brows.
TW IC E-A-W EEK
1 MOS.
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"Well, now I don't know alary .” "Feeding C attle for Beef,” may be
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60e he answered slowly. "I really found m any p rac tica l suggestions
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don't think you would care for that. on successful m ethods of feeding
You would probably break It the
Combination Rates with Portland D allies
first thing. Those beads don’t Inst beef ca ttle. T his b u lletin , w hich is
-Jong. L et’s look down the line f a r ­ especially valuable for farm ers who
th er and see If you don’t find some­ have not had wide experience in
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thing you would really like.”—In­ finishing c a ttle for m arket, Is av a il­
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fo rest service. United S tates d e p a rt­
Keep this (or reference*. All rates strictly la advance.
Two lines, two phones, a t your
m ent of ag ric u ltu re. Woods b u rn -
I Ing is a check on the so u th 's p ro s­ service for new s, ads, au b scrlp
tions and p rin tin g .
perity.
Local Men Are Interested in
$1,000,000 Coal Products Co.
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B rothers, operated in the sta te of
C alifornia th an any o th e r make, a c ­
cording to official figures.
(la th e re d fro m reliab le sourvee to
help you get the moat eervtoe out
o f th a t c a r o f » o ut ’ s .
A new se t of sp a rk plugs ones a
year serves to keep a m otor ca r
Sum m er la h ere and m any m o­ feeling young.
to rists are com plaining about o ver­
A w eak solution of form alin
heated engines. Wise d riv ers have
removed th e d rain plug from th eir m akes a very good fly poispn and Is
rad iato rs, flushed them out w ith the less dangerous th an an arsen ical
m otor ru n n in g and refilled w ith p reparation. T hree teaspoonfuls of
the com m ercial form alin a re used
clean w ater.
w ith a p in t of m ilk or w ater sw eet­
You lock the' front door of your ened w ith a little brow n sugar.
home w hen you go out in th e ev en ­ This poison may be used conven­
ing to a movie. By the sam e token iently by p artly filling a drinking
lock your ca r when you leave it at glass w ith the solution and in v e rt­
ing a sau cer or plate, lined w ith
the curbing. Stop tem ptation.
blotting p aper cu t th e sam e size,
Dodge B ro th ers now have a to u r­ over the glass. T he g lass is then
ing ca r model in th e V ictory Six tu rn ed upside down quickly and a
sm all stick or m atch placed under
line.
the edge of th e glass. W hen the
One-eyed c a rs a re a m enace on j solution evaporates from th e b lot­
the highw ay. A rrests are being ting paper, m ore will leak out from
m ade in larg e num bers.
Check th e glass, th u s renew ing the supply
your own head lig h ts before you autom atically.
s ta rt out a t n ig h t for you may be
breaking th e law and not know It.
For the Ladles
Snappy styles in new footw ear
Have your b rak e s checked before to r spring. Come in and see them.
you sta rt your vacation trip . It P o p u lar prices, $3.96, $4.95, $5.95.
may keep you out of serious trouble. A ylsw orth * M artin, G resham .—
Adv.
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T h ere a re m ore G raham B ro th ­
Don’t forget the ad v e rtise rs when
ers school buses, built by Dodge you need an y thing In th e ir line.
C arl D ouglas post, A m erican Le­
gion. of E stacada, w hich holds its
reg u la r dances at the hall in Eagle
Creek every th ird S atu rd ay night,
has m ade special arran g e m en ts
with th e m anagem ent of th e Val-
jean g irls’ u n it of th e Norm andy
G irls band and o rch e stra, to fu r­
nish the m usic for th e ir next dance,
w hich is scheduled for Ju n e 30.
The V aljeans and th e ir vaudeville
p resen tatio n offerings a re to ap p ear
at the L iberty th e a tre in E stacad a
on th e sam e evening, w hich has
m ade it possible for th e dance com ­
m ittee of th e E stacad a post to se­
cu re th e ir services for th e d ance at
E agle Creek follow ing th e show.
T he com bination of m usicians con­
sists of six pieces, and they are
"said to be one of the clev erest o r­
g anizations of girl p lay ers in the
n o rth w est, especially for dancing
engagem ents, in which they sp ecial­
ize. Je an T h aler Is d irecto r of the
V aljeans and is sponsor for th e spe­
cialties and innovations Introduced
as incidental featu res w ith th e o r­
ch e stra.
WHERE DODGE TRUCK
AIDS HUMAN SCIENCE
A m otor tru c k having hum an life
depending on its re g u la r operation
in th e C hilean desert is believed to
have established a record for au to ­
motive reliab ility the world over.
T he d esert is described as not su p ­
p orting p la n t or insect life.
In th is vast w aste to w ers Mt.
Montezuma. 9000 feet above sea
level, on th e top of which is an ob­
serv ato ry m aintained by th e S m ith ­
sonian in stitu te for th e study of
heat w aves a t th e edge of th e e a rth 's
atm osphere. A lready sc ien tists s ta ­
tioned at th e observ ato ry have made
discoveries th a t liken th e su n ’s be­
havior to radio activity and w eath­
er changes. T he discoveries a re re ­
garded as p a rtic u la rly im p o rtan t as
they indicate long d istance w eath er
forecasting.
T his lonely statio n m ain tain s its
only connection w ith th e outside
world by m eans of a Dodge B ro th ­
e rs com m ercial ca r w hich perform s
ta sk s seldom equaled in operating
over the C hilean d esert to a little
tow n of Calam a, w here provisions
a re obtained. Once a week w ater
and food are hauled from th is se t­
tlem en t, and H. H. Z odtner, Call
fo rn ia sc ien tist, and his wife, who
are statio n ed on top of th e m oun­
tain, find th e c a r dependable and
econom ical. A slight cold in the
high altitu d e and dry atm o sp h ere
often ru n s into pneum onia unless
th e sufferer is tak en to th e sea
shore, so th e tru c k m u st alw ays be
available as an am bulance.
Mr. and Mrs. Z odtner have r e ­
cently assum ed ch arg e of th e s ta ­
tion. They can see th e 21,000-foot
peak of an Andes volcano from th eir
window —a peak th a t has never been
scaled—and ea rth q u ak e s are alm ost
dally o ccurrences.
"If some m eans could be found
w hereby th e farm er can receive
adequate prices for the com m odities
he produces, he will be m ore than
w illing to pay ju s t and reaso n ab le
freig h t ra te s on th e com m odities he
has to p u rchase. In o th er words.
If the farm er is g u aran teed an ade-
q u ate re tu rn on his in v estm en t he
will m ake no p ro test w hen th e rail-
roads attem p t to obtain a higher
r a te of re tu rn on th e ir c a p ita l.”
says th e A m erican F arm B ureau,
and th e sta te m en t may be tak en as
a reaso n ab le expression of th e farm
er th ro u g h o u t th e country.
BERRY GROWERS!
Camp Stoves
See O ur S pecial B uilt, E x tra H eavy
T h ey a re d e sig n e d to s ta n d th e w e a r a n d te a r of
se v era l se a so n s a n d th e price is re a so n a b le .
BUY TH EM FROM
The Berry Growers Packing Co., or
Gresham Plumbing & Heating Co.
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