rv t , i "ssjii. -
SECTION TWO ,
PAGES 9' tXO'iQW''a:t&m'- "
--" m.
t m-4
DAILY
J 3 U jlu-1I jJj
SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1000.
VOL. XVI.
NO.
wmmmmm.
CAPITAL
MEN WHO MAKE
SALEM PROMINENT
vijridft7 JnU JrlliN tj"lLo
Interesting Stories of Various
Advantages to Be Found in
the Capital City
-
What the Reporter Saw and Heard While
Visiting the Stores, Offices and In
dustrial Plants of Salem.
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ml 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II
HOW FLOUR 10 MADE.
An Interesting Description of the
Process in a Looal Mill.
n 1 1 1 n 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 it 1 1 n
Bread l the staff of life. Without It
the human family would be bard put to
it for dally food. Take the leaf from
Die tAbl, and half the people of the
United State would go hungry. No oth
er food I o cheap. No other feed
gives as much nourishment for the same
price,
The foundation of nil bread -it flour.
And nil good bread depend for its
quality on the quality of the flour hM,
Very few people understand the moth
oda by which ttie flour Is wado from
wheat, ami it was with this idea in view
that tho Journnl representative had n
ohat the other day with Mr. W. 1 Dab
coek, agent of tho Salem Flouring Mills
Co., under whew Management these
mills have had a very prosperous sea
eon.
After a general talk' en the floor mar
ket and the various places to which the
SalemTIaurlng Mills ship their, product,
Mr. Balteoek made a trip through t4t
mill and jmve a very interesting de
serlptien of the various preeeMot
through whisk the wheat wont before it
was turned Into fletir.
Through Uio Mill.
Commeueing wltk the recaption of the
wheat at the will, an inspection of the
entire mill wa made, and tho wheat
traeed front the oar, team or boat to
tho flour seek and back to the oar
again.
The Salem Flouring Mills ara so sit
uated that they ean resolve their wheat
by water, rail or team. Teams are used
by farmers living toe close to make it
neeesaary to have the common carriers,
handle it. For the purpose of eeeiving
the wheat tho mill has two warehouses.
Oa of those Is next the railway traek,
ami has a capacity of lta.000 bushels.
At this warehouse all grain brought U)
rail or toam ia received. Next the river
a smaMer warehouse of 40,000 bushels
eapaeity receive the wheat arriving by
boat.
How Wheat Ia Cleaned.
After the wheat has been received at
the mill It ia turned into the first set
of eleanera. 'Hera the roughest of the
dirt, ouch as sand or grains of another
variety, are takes from it. It then
goes through & seeond set of cleaners,
fand there is thoroughly eleanad for
I manufacturing into fleur. After this
; second cleaning, the wheat" goes to the
first sot of rollers, where it is orushed
and partly ground. All of tho ma
chinery in the mill is frem the Nor
dyke Mormon On., and all of it is of the
I latest model. The mill has altogether
; seven stands of rollers for the grinding
of flour, besides equipment fer handling
bran and shorts, and other by-products
.of the flour.
When the wheat has gone through the
first grinding process, it goes to the
; eifters, of wkiah there are three, one
, swing and twe square. These sifters
are on the third floor, and separate the
bran and shorts from the partly ground
wheat. The bran and shorts are then
, carried to bins, front which pipes lead to
automatic sack fillers.
The Last Grinding.
The wheat is thea carried oa to the
last set of rollers, where it is ground
to the necessary fineness. The mill
manufactures several grades of flour,
and it is in these last rollers that the
grade ia determined, according to the
degree of fineness to which they are adjusted.
After the flour has been ground it
goes to a number of large bins, from
whonce it is fed into automatic feeders.
Th wo feeders are so arranged that
when 40 pound of flour bat been put
into the sack they stop the feeding un
til another sack baa been adjusted to
the funnel. So closely do these feeders
regulate the supply that they very sol
dem vary two ounces from the oxact
weight, Hash sack an it comes from the
feeder is put on a scale, And) any varia
tion from the correct weight is noted
and corrected. The sack is then sowed
and ready for shipment.
A feature of tho Salem Flouring Mill
that strike the visiter is tho largo
number of wooden tube running from
floor to celling on each floor of tho
building. When asked about them, Mr.
Babeeek explained that the larger ones
(about 8 Inches wido by 4 Inches deep)
oarrled tho wheat automatically from
tho warehouses to the dlfforent ma
chines. Others wero used for convoying
tho bran and shorts, others fer earrylng
tho fleur. It in unnecessary to touch a
hand to tho wheat from tho time It
loaves the warehouse until It is In the
flour naok.
A Mill Without Dust.
Hut there wero a number of smaller
tube that were not usedi for either of
the above jurpeie. These wore dust
carriers. By a eastern used in the mill,
all dust is oarrled trn the machines to
a central point on. the upper floor, and
from there taken automatically to the
basement. Duet has been eliminated
frem the mill, and no one geing through
need fear fer his clothing.
The mill is run by water power, a
force of XX) keree-pewer being devel
oped frem the mIM race which passes
through Salem and into the mill. With
this power net enly is all the machinery
of the mill operated, but the company
also operates its own. electric light
plant, thus eeeaomialng very musk
when night werk ia' neeeseary te Mil
orders.
Wild Itoso Flour.
The mill baa a capacity ef M0 barrels
ef fleur cask day, and ships fleur to all
points ef the Willamette Valley. Vor
title business, Mr, Babeeek explained,
they manufacture a special brand ef
fleur ef higher grade tban that made
fer export. They have given to this
quallts- the name ef WILD EOSE
FLOUR, and it ia bandied by ovory
greeer ia Salem, as well as by the great
majority of dealers in Marlon and the
neighboring counties. Bveryene who
uses it recommends it very highly, and
the demand fer it is steadily increasing.
It is akso shipped to points outside the
state, even as far as British Columbia,
For expert purposes the Salem Flour
lag Mills make several grades of flour,
and these are put up under different
brandk. A few names, selected from a
large number, are the follewing: Pa
godu, Saew Flake, Sales Steamer,
Bugle, Rooster, Stork and Green- Girl.
China and Japan are the principal for
eign markets supplied;
The mill is also equipped with a bar
ley roller fer rolling feed barley, and
the farmers have found this a great
convenience. As a protection against
fire, standplpes in each building lead
the water from the city water system
to the roof, thus enabling the firemen to
got water to any part of tho buildings
very quickly.
Mr. Babeeck is te be congratulated on
the splendid manner in whioh the busi
ness ef these mlWs has been built up,
and the successful way in which it is
handled. The output this year has not
been as high as usual, owing to the
shortage in the local supply of wheat
and the impossibility to secure cars
from the railway for transportation of
wheat from distant points.
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m 1 1 1 a 1 1 1 1'
i
A Modern Livery Stable.
I I I I II i I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 1 I 1 1 I
One of the places that indicate the
substantial progress being made in Sa
lem Is the Fashion Stables, on High
street, directly opposite the eourthouse.
These stables were formerly known as
Simpson's Stables, but since Mr. Chas
W. Yannke has reehristoned1 thorn they
have had a continually Increasing pat
ronage. Owing to the necessity fer mora room
Mr. Yannke has lately made n number
of Improvements and additions. The
stables have been renovated through,
out and so arranged that tho work onn
be done to mush bottor advantage than
formerly. This insures patrons the
quickest possible norvloo. If eno Is to
judge by the largo number of horses to
be seen in the stalls every day, the
traveling public has not been long lit
finding this out,
Mr. Yannke has also been adding to
h equipment fer livery purposes, And
it will be hard to And a more up-tedntc
lot of buggies nnd earrlages er a bettor
ntalde of styMsh horses. The oab serv
ice connected with these stables has al
ways been- popular, but Mr. Yannke is
in n better position than ever to give
prompt service In this department ef
his business. Ho also makes a specialty
of funeral turnouts, And knows just
what la needH-on such occasions.
It will bo interesting for anyono who
has tho tlmo to pay a visit to Tho Fash
Ion and sco what n modern stable looks
like. Such a visit will afford tho op
portunity of aeolng so mo splendid driv
ing horses. Mr. Yannko has a large
patronago from commercial travelers,
who go from Salem to the surrounding
towns by team.
I I I 1 1 H I II I I 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
HAS REOPENED HIS NEW STORE AND IS NOW PREPARED TO
8BRVB IKS OLD AND NEW PATRONS IN THE MOST UP.TO-DATB
MANNER. IAS STOCK IS ENTIRELY NEW, BEING SELECTED
WHILB MAKING VISITS TO THE FAOTORD3S IN HIS VARIOUS
LINES. HE HAS ADDED A COMPLETE LENS GRINDING PLANT
FOR TIES SPEEDY DISPATCH OF ALL SUCH WORK IN OOMPLI
GATED LENSES AND FRAME FITTING. OUR WATCH AND JBW
ELRY REPAIR DEPARTMENT IS TI1H LATEST IN TID3 CITY
WIEBN YOU NEED WORK MADE IN ANY OF THESE BRANCHES
TRY US.
RBMianiBR IT IS THE NEW STORE, NEW FIXTURES, NEW OP
TICAL METHODS, NEW STYLES.
133 COMMERCIAL STREET.
NEXT DOOR TO CAPITAL NATIONAL BANK.
BJBjaBBJHSSSSJSSSJSJSJBB
SSJSjBBSSS)lS'yfVf'' ''-"' ' ' J'?tl
' BBSfflBBnBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBak . I
BSSJBSJBlSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSJBSJu, l tm
SS9BSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBE. V, H
SSSSBSSSBSSSSSSSJBBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSm&, Jff 4 Ji SB
bsbshbbhHhSvjIbbbsbsbsbsbsmSm ' ' I
PB SB fljlnBT9lmBB3&5f
bsbbbhI St samsM8ttwi99KSBWBWlM
EBsmiANH''l'VHH-fnmlmlHG
nsBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBsB JmssBBimimimimimimimimimimimimimB
JmSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBI OmBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBslom
Owing to the wet weather, the yard
ia unable to manufacture brick to any
extent in the winter, but the long sum
mer enables Mr. Burton to make enough
brick to last throughout, the year. He
always nlms te have enough brick man
ufactured ahead to supply any unfere
seen demand that may be made en the
ptani, Hislmtreawwl facilities tbla year
will enable him to make deliveries still
mere promptly.
Mr, Burton also manufactures a fire
brick that is used quite extensively fer
hop kilns and fruit driers,
potatoes, buying and. shipping them at
nil seasons,
I I I 1 1 I I I I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 I-
ADVERTE3ING SALEM.
, i
How tho Oregon Nursery Co. Is Making
tho Willamette Valley Known.
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 III I II-
LARGE PRUNE BUYERS.
TUlson & Co, Do a Heavy Business
With tho Farmers.
A Salem Brickyard,
II 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 II II I
Situated en the outskirts ef the city.
the Burton Brickyard has urown stead-
lly In faver with the building pubMc
' a substantial growth in the bueinees of
this Arm, and under the maaaf-emeat ef
Mr .A. A. Burton It has largely In
creased its output. The brlek manu
factured are ef a vty high quality and
are sought fer by contractors fer us in
the larger and baiter ekw ef buildings.
During the tease ef 1WM Mr. Burton
turned out 1,100,000 brisk empleyinga
force that varied frem 18 to 90 men.
During the earning senses he expeota to
manufacture net less than 1,000,000,
and probably more, as the eutleok for
new buildlngM in various parts of the
county Is good.
I Among the buildings erected this year
a to whisk Mr. Berts f urniHted brisk are
ake new Satem Higk Seheol bulidfag
M0,000 brick i the new medical college
of Willamette University, 810,000
briekj the Ataes building at Silvertoa,
the new bank building at Jefferson, am
I several ef the new brick blacks at
iWoodburn, besides a large number of
smaller houses.
IHIMIHH HMHIMMIMI
One ef tho Importana supply houses
of Salem Is that ef Tllleon & Co., whose
store is en High street, opposite tho
eeunty courthouse. This firm has n
very large trndo in fecdntuffs, both
wholesale and retail, and kandio these
( goniM at their warehouse, as well as at
their High street place of buslnes, They
( have a railway sidetrack running to
their warehouK), and this enables them
te kAHdie feed nnd grain were ccenem
jleally than anyone In Salem. As they
buy in large quaaMtle, they are aide
j to meet any competition and to sell at
too very lowest priees.
A vty Important part ef the business
ef this firm la the handling of prunes.
During the past four months TtHsea &
Co. have paid out upwards ef $1W,000
to the farmers tttr prunes and to their
employes in the extensive prune peek
ing establishment which they carry en.
All this money is put In circulation in
Balem and Its vicinity, and baa ma
terially aided In making the past year
a preiqterees ens.
The prune frhipsneats made by Tillsen
& Oa. go to nil parts ef the United
States am) Uanada, nnd their Webfeet
bra m) is ksMwv wherever good prunes
are sold. Their prune peeking plant
handles mere prunes than any ether in
Mm state. A unique feature of the bus
iness ia that all geodu are paid fer in
spot ease, and these selling to them de
net have to wait months before they
reach a settlement and get thair money
Tho firm bandies large quantities ef
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a 1 1 1 1 1 1
Notwithstanding the fire that entirely
destroyed their packing and storage
plant, together with a large quantity of
nursery stock, en the night of Novem
ber t, tho business ef the Oregon Nur
sery Oe, Is going en as usual, nnd ship
meets are being made dally In oarleada
to points In California, Arizona, New
Mexico, and one carload of rose Is be
ing loailed for Alabama.
It Is surprising how the nursery bus
iness has broadened nnd developed with
this enterprising company, their ship
ments reaching nlinest every state and
province in tho United States and Can
ada, The average cltlsen ef Balem la net
fully Informed! of tho great amount of
free advertising our city nnd Immediate
community receives from the operations
of the Oregon Nursery Company. Bvery
catalogue, card and circular sent out
by them puta forth the superior advan
tage ef soil and- climate In the Willam
ette Valley) nnd while this literature is
distribute solely fer the purpose ef
demonstrating the desirability ef eur
valley for the production ef nursery
stock, at the same time It leaves the Im
pression that Oregon, nnd the Willam
ette Valley especially, is a geed place to
live in. It Is a wetl-knewn fact that
wherever nursery stock grew wees
fuMy general farm crops de well, andf if
it were net true that nursey stock
gewn here Is superior to that grown In
ether eeetJen, It would be iMpaseible to
exteml the business as has been dene.
We ean eeureeey expect to b seems a
great manufacturing center In the near
future, but In the growth ef natural
predusWi ef the sell we ean exeel, and it
would seem as though the growing ef
nursery steek sad (lax tor fiber should
be eaesuraged and developed.
It is gratifying to knew thai we have
here In Salem the largest nursery on
the Pacific Coast, whose managers have
already extended their trade until it
severs the whole ef North America
3
whero deeldfous fiult arc planted, and
whoso aim nnd asplmtion Is to build
up hero bi the Willamette Valley eno of
the greatest surterU in the United
State.
Illllllllllllllllllllllllfr
THE SALEM FENCE WORKS,
A Qrowing Business;
II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
The Salem Fence Works, ewnet and
managed by Waker Morley, who was
the pioneer In the Introduction of waves
wire fencing in this ecetlon, Is busy
plaoo. Hi business is growing rapidly,
tho output ef the past year showing a
substantial inerense over that of tho
previous year.
When Mr. Morley first commenced
business a few rolls ef- feaolng was suf
ficient te supply tho needs of Ids cus
tomers, whereas new he receives a ear
lead e'very month during the feneo con
sen nnd koepn a geed steek fit hand to
supply hi retail trade nnd also to ship
to twelve agencies in Marlon and) Polk
counties.
Mr. Mar ley's customers are hla best
advertisers and friend. His suecees has
been wen by handling none but the best
fences and eelHng them at the lowest
possible price, coupled with fair and
oourtaeua treatment of his customers.
Mr. Morley seMeits correspondence and
will cheerfully answer all inquiries
promptly.
I 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II-
BALBM'fl WATER SUPPLY.
Suittoiont for a City Double tho 8Uo
and Absolutely Pure.
4III1IIHIIIIIIIIIHIIIIII
If there Is one thlsg more than an
other that every parson of a romw un
ity la Interested in, It" is the water
supdy. On It depends not only the ac
tual sxJeteaee, but the healthful exist
enee of a tlty. Seism Is fortunate in
having a supply ef water remarkable
for Its purity and practisally inx
hAnetlWe.
Standing o the shore of the Willam
ette river, the visitor to Salem looks
in vain tor the point from whiek the
Salem Water company takes Its water
( Continued on page twelve.)
' ; ..I.. in i ",'.,, .ga
SALEM, OREGON )
W. I. STALEY, Principal.
A THOROUGH BUSnfESS TRAIOTNO SCHOOL, HAVING THE OONFEOBNOB AND COMMENDATION OF
THE BUSINESS MEN OF ITS OWN CITY. OUR OEADUATBS MAY BE FOUND FROM ASHLAND TO BE
ATTLE AND FROM ASTORIA TO SPOKANE, HOLDmO RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS IN THE BUSDTBSa
COMMUNITIES,
WE TEACH-
BOOKKEBMNO, SHORTHAND, TYPEWRITING, PENMANSHIP, ARITHMETIC, ENGLISH, roMMEBOTAL
LAW, BUSOTESS LETTER WETTING AND SPELLOTO.
A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THESE BRANCHES WIHL INCREASE THE EARNING POWER OF
ANY YOUNG PERSON, AND MAKE HIM A MORE "USEFUL OTnZEN,
SVBBY YOUNG PERSON NEEDS A BUSINESS EDUCATION, WHICH FACT IS BBCOMrua ALMOST
UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED. THE POSSESSOR OF IT WILL MAKE A BETTER LAWYER; A BETTER
MERCHANT; A BETTER FARMER, AND TO ENTER BUSINESS SUCCESSFULLY THESE DAYS BUCK A
COURSE IS ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED.
THE CAPITAL BUSINESS COLLEGE OCCUPIES 5600 SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR SPACE, AND IS PRE
SIDED OVER BY EXPERIENCED AND SKILLFUL TEACHERS. THE ROOMS ARE WELL LIGHTED AND
WELL FURNDIHED,
THERBIS NO BETTER SCHOOL ANY PLACE; AT ANY PRICE, AND LTVINO EXPENSES IN SALEM
ABB EXCEEDINGLY REASONABLE. SEND FOR CATALOG NOW,