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DAILY CAPITAL 40CB5AL. SALEM, OREGON. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1012.
TnKB Two
Increasing Prosperity All Over Oregon as Result of Boosting Home Industries. Payrolls
are Rapidly Multiplying. Demand for Oregon Products Increasing
MADE
THE MADE-IW-OREGON CAMPAIGN IS THE BEST
WAY TO FIGHT THE GREEN TRADING STAMP SYS
TEM WHICH IS TAKING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
OUT OF OREGON EVERY MONTH FOR EASTERN
MADE GOODS.
OREGON INDUSTRIAL
HEWS
Oregon Elcctrlo Into Corvallls No
vember 15.
Philomath has two dully trains and
mnll a dny.
W. 8. Chandler plans two brick
Mocks for MnrBhfleld.
The Corvallla creamery paid $500,
000 for cream last year.
Ths Oregon Eloctrlc may build from
Eugene south this year.
Home-made bread B the best bread.
So Ib the home-made baby.
September 19 was Mrule-ln-Medford
day at the Jackson county fair.
Tho Corvallls & Eastern railroad Ib
1olng extended from Yaqulna to New
port An eight-room school building Is be
ing erected at Corvallls In the Avery
addition.
Soptember 21 booster meeting at St.
Paul to promote bridge across river
to Newberg.
Two lakes In central Oregon are to
be mode to produce 100,000 tons of
anlt annually.
A thousand acres of flax wbb grown
In linker county this year for the
Portland oil mills.
The Oregon hop crop Is larger than
was expected, and will bring about six
millions to the state.
AV. L. Crlssey of Portland Is estab
lishing gladiolus bulb growing as a
new Oregon Industry.
Florence will raise $7500 subsidy to
enable the Porter Bros, sawmill t
operate 6n a large seal.
The 74 new residences going up at
Corvallls have been delayed some for
luck of finishing materials.'
The grand jury of Douglas county
for tho fifteenth time recommends that
tho county build a new Jail.
Tim cannery nt Newbridge In the
Euglo Valley, linker county, Is work
ing on fruit and vegetables.
New Industrial Center is Growing
Up Near Portland
With Many Large Institutions Already There and More
Coming Town Takes on a Very Lively Appearance.
Down along tho Willamette river In
the vicinity of I.lunton a new Indus-
trial center Is springing up, which
bids fair to develop very large propor
lions within tho next few years.
The first Industry to bo eslahllsho)
was the Portland Smelting and lie fin
ing works, which handled gold, sllvei
Mini lead ores from the entire North
Pacific coast. The plant represented
An expenditure of $100,000, and wa
finished In 1K!H by William Selovet
and C. F. Hunker, and sold by them In
tho following yenr to a Portland syn
dicate who operated It for nearly flvt
years, giving employment to about 100
men. Not proving a flnnnclnl success
the plant was closed down and dis
mantled about n0(l.
Horses Slaughtered for Meat.
A doion years ago Llnnton was the
tioena of operations made famous by
Sam Simpson's poem, "At Llmilon
Shambles," of which the following Is
a quotation:
"For nt Llnnton, down there where the
Bhlmmerlng tldo
Of the gren river sweeps to the
hoarse-calling sea. '
Low s'nglng, its murmur of anguish to
hide,
Are the rel, reeking shaml'les, tho
strange time decree."
Ilore over 7000 horses were slung-
The Oregon housewife should fool
proud to say: Every blanket on every
bed In my house is made In an Oregon
woolen mill.
Cottage Grove has an Oregon wool
en mill store. But doeB It sell cloth
ing made from the products of Oregon
woolen mills?
L. W. Robinson and associates have
Btnrted a state bank at Molnlla. Cap
ital $15,000. Tho bank fixtures should
be Made-ln-Oregon,
The new Hanimel hotel at Albany
Is six stories and costs $125,000. It
will be largely equipped with furni
ture Mado-ln-Oregon.
Improvements made at Monmouth
this year total $100,000. The state
normal school chapel Is seated with
chairs made In Oregon.
The Port of Coos Hay commission
ers will offer the general government
$150,000 towards Improving the har
bor to get forty feet of water on the
bar.
Contractor A. W. Dockstender line
begun work on the new $100,000 First
National bank building at Albany. The
new bank will have a Made-ln-Oregon
equipment throughout.
September 15 the Presbyterlnns of
Lebanon dedicated a $17,000 church,
and It Is to bo hoped for the welfare
of the Presbyterians In the world to
come and In this world, that it was
largely Made-ln-Oregon, and furnished
with home equipment
The armory of the Agricultural col
lege at Corvallls has been converted
Into a vast auditorium seating 6000
people, and they will be Beatcd In
Made-ln-Oregon chairs, according to
the tenor of a resolution adopted by
the board of regents.
Lebanon to Have a Creamery.
(W. T. Fogle In Linn Co. Advocate.)
Citizens of Lebanon ought to en
courage every legitimate enterprise
that seeks an opening here. There
should be some way In which material
encouragement could be extended. A
creamery Ib about to be established
here and we learn that a site was
sought for some time near the busi
ness center, but that prices were
asked that were prohibitive. It Is all
well and good to get as much as a
thing Is worth, but there Is neither
senso nor reason In demanding nn ex.
hnrhltant amount, where common
senso would sny that It could not be
secured for the thing sought.
tered within two years. The meat wns
cured and exported. The horses cost
M in eastern Oregon, and the hides
alone brought $3 In the Portland mar
ket. The slaughter house was located
between the present Bites of the Asso
ciated Oil company's plant and the
West Oregon mill.
Seven years ago the Clark-Wilson
Lumber company was built there. This
concern now owns 1000 feet of water
frontage, with an Immense plant, the
appraised value of which; exclusive of
lumber, Is $250,000. Employment Is
given 250 men, with a dully payroll
approximating $750, and nu output of
200,000 feet lcr day.
The Columbia Engineering works
gives employment to from 45 to 50
men, with a payroll of about $4000 per
month. This concern manufactures
steel tanks and pipe and logging
blocks and tools to the value of about
$23,000 per month.
Another Important enterprise Is the
Willamette Pox & Lumber company,
with a plant representing an Invest
ment of from $75,000 to $100,000 and
employing 30 men, with a payroll ot
from $1500 to $2000 per month.
Oil Compiiny Has Plant.
The Associated Oil company has
$250,000 Invested nt Llnnton, having
recently added 200 feet additional
water frontage, giving a present total
frontage of C50 feet. This company
handles 300,000 barrels of crude oil
every month.
Among the most Important Indus
tries of Llnnton Is tho AVost Or-gon
Lumber company, which owns a $:.'0,
000 plnnt nnd employs 125 men, with
a payroll of $10,000 per month, nud nn
output of 100,000 feet daily.
The Consumers' Lumber and Supply
company Ib erecting a mill about 1
miles below Llnnton. Tho present In
vestment Is $75,000. One hundred men
are nlready employed at this plnnt,
with a payroll of $7500 per month. The
dully cut Is 75,000 feet.
Just below the above plant Is locat
ed the mill of the S. Dan Shingle com
pany, representing an Investment of
$50,000, and producing over 2,000,000
shingles per month. This company
employs 1(1 men ,wlth a payroll of
more thnn $1000 per month. Mr. Ban
owns 14 acres a mile or so north of
Llnnton, and a short distance south of
the shingle mill, upon which It is his
Intention to erect In the nonr future a
large hardwood lumber mill, securing
his supply of logs from Japan,
Illg Tract Purchased.
In the same vicinity is the Columbia
Creosoting company, with an $80,000
property, exclusive of wharf, turning
out 2,000,000 feet per month of bridge
timbers, ties, piling and paving blocks.
In this locality Henry Copenhagen,
a large railroad contractor, has pur
chased a tract of land and within the
next few months will move his $50,000
plant here from San Francisco. It Is
the purpose to manufacture hydraulic
power transmlters and do the repair
ing here for their construction forces.
The Oregon AVood DlBtllHng com
pany Is located at the south edge of
Llnnton, with and establishment rep
resenting $150,000 actual value of ma
chinery and apparatus. Employment
Is given to 25 men and the payroll
runs about $2000 per month. ,
About a mile south of Llnnton the
Portland Oas & Coke company are
rushing work on their new $0,000,000
plant. With 45 acres and a river
frontage of 1800 feet, this plnnt will
be among the most modern and com
plete In the country. The- buildings
will be of reinforced concrete, and as
nearly fireproof as they can be made,
while special attention has been given
to making them architecturally beau
tiful. The grounds will be" parked,,
planted with trees and shrubbery and
made to conform to the plans of the
new city beautiful.
Adjoining the gas plant on the south
the Standard Oil comnpny is rushing
work on Its new $500,000 plant. The
entire Portlnnd business of this com
pany will be concentrated at this
point, and will give employment to a
large number of men.
Farther suth the Indian Oil com
pany Is expending $100,000 in the erec
tion of a new plant.
The now paint nnd oil plnnt of S. C.
Rosmussen & Sons and the Oregon
Cooperngo company's fnctory nre loco
ted In tho snme vicinity, while Just be
low the old Lewis nnd Clnrk f:ilr
groundB the Lew'.s-Wlloy syndicnto Is
making a fill of 14 acres In Guild's
lake for the IVrlln mnchlno works.
I upon which a $."00,000 plant Is to be
erected.
I Near tho west em', of the North Bank
I bridge a subdivision enterprise of 1ti0
j acres Into sninll fnctory sites Is under
contemplation with excellent prospects
for favnrnhln conclusion.
All told, over $5,000,000 Is now be
ing expended in the creation of new
Industrial plants down the river on
the west side between Guild's lnke and
Hnrborton, which Is the next station
below Llnnton on the I'lilted Railways.
Tho payroll of Llnnton nnd vicinity
now runs close to $1000 per dny.
The main channel of the AA'Illamette
river runs on the west side at this
point hugging closely tho Llnnton
frontage and affording a depth of 2(1
to 28 feet. Below Llnnton, nt the south
end of AVIllnmette slough, three big
dredges are now at work making a
waterway 200 feet wide and deep
enough to accommodate any boat com
Ing In over the Columbia bnr.
The Portland water board has
agreed to extend the lG-inoh main on
the Llnnton road to the city limits nnd
from there the offlclnls of Llnnton
will make an extension to their town
of a 12-lnch main which will supply
all needs.
w Rosldenrcs Under Way,
The additions of Falrmount, M:iy
brook, AVhltwood Court, Olen Harbor.
AA'nldemero, Harhorton and numcouf
others along the Llnnton boulevard
have been laid out within the Inst two
or three years and some of them al
most entirely sold out, while In all of
them building of residences has made
a good start, so that one journeying
down the river by boat, whence a bet-
Manufacturers receiv
ing this page of Made-in-Oregon
matter are asked
to read it carefully and
then hand it to the local
newspaper and have
some of the items re
printed with proper credit.
tor view of the western hills enn be
obtained thnn from the Llnnton road,
can see an almost unbroken line of
new homes extending from the west
end of the North Hank bridge to Hnr
borton. Tho owners of AVnldemere recently
cleared out a ravine lying between
that addition and Glen Harbor ridding
t of logs, brush and debris, building
trails, clearing ' out and walling up
springs of delicious water and placing
therein park benches for the use of
the public. This will be named Wal
deniere Park and dedicated to the city
of Llnnton.
In Waldomere a number of homes
are now under construction, at a cost
In ecess of $2000 each. Altogether,
the future of Llnnton Is bright with
promise. Lots 50x100 purchased In
the heart of Llnnton's business center
five years ago for $1500 are now re
fusing offers of $5000 each, while resi
dence lots on the first street west of
the business section are valued at
$1000 each. From now on the rapid
development of great new Industrial
undertakings added to the expansion
of those already there will cause this
section to throb and hum with all the
vigor of a great city.
SOAP FACTORY TO BEGIN
OPERATIONS AT RAINIER
The Rainier soap factory Is again to
resume operations after being closed
for the past five years, L. J, AVood
ward arrived from Buffalo, New York,
last Tuesday, and we are Informed,
through N, N. Rlumensaadt, who Is
still superintendent of the works, that
work will at once begin, on the Instal
lation of a new boiler and other gen
eral repairs, which will put the fac
tory In first-class shape.
It is tho intention of A. J. Wright
& Co., who are the owners of the
plant, to start the manufacture cf sonp
as soon as the repairs are made This
will give employment to quite a num
ber of persons.
TO FIGHT FOR THE USE OF
MADE-IN-OREGON GOODS
To make a fight for the purchase of
"Made-ln-Oregon" furnishings for the
new city jail, a committee from the
Manufacturers' Association will go be
fore the executive board of Portland
tomorrow. A letter has already been
written to Mayor Rushlight by tho as
sociation, calling his attention to the
fact Hint the prosperly of Oregon de
pends upon the upbuilding of his In
fluence to have Oregon -made products
used exclusively in the new structre.
HISTORICAL FACT.
Every Orcirnnlnn Should Know It.
On February 5, 1846, the Spec-
tator, the first newspaper on the
Pacific Coast, appeared at Ore-
gon City. The paper was pub-
lished weekly, and was ably ed-
Ited and well printed. The ad-
vertlslng columns reflect condl-
tlons as of that time. F. AV.
Pettygrove conducted a general
merchandise establishment, and
advertised his store at Oregon
City and at Portland, 12 miles be-
low the city.
This was three years before the
discovery of gold In California,
nnd before Cnllfornla had suffl-
clent population to aford a news-
paper. In the 6G years that have
elapsed since then, no disease
among grown people has even be-
come epidemic In Oregon. In fact,
Oregon is acknowledged to have
the lowest death rate of any state
In the union. Oregon Life con-
fines all ts business to residents
of Oregon exclusively, and has a
record of a lower mortality than
any other life Insurance com-
pany has ever shown In the first
seven years of Its operation,
which proves conclusively that
what is being said about Ore-
gon's wonderful health record Is
an absolute fact. .
MADE-IN-OREGON MATERIAL
TO GET A SQUARE DEAL
Loral' Product May He Used In New
Portland Jail RcproHenlatlves of
Manufacturers' AnsocIiiHoh AVIn a
Concession from Executive Hoard.
(Portland Special.)
Mado-ln-Oregon brick will be given
a chance for competition In the new
city jail and police administration
building as a result of the efforts of
S. I). Vincent, AV. F. Scott and M. M.
York, representing the Manufacturers'
Association, before the city executive
board yesterday afternoon.
Upon motion of W. H. Fitzgerald, a
member of the board, It was unani
mously voted to Instruct Architect
Martin Schacht, who Is In charge of
the new building, so to amend his
siieclflcatlons as" to allow bids on the
Oregon product.
"Inasmuch as It Is the sentiment of
the members of this board that the
goods made In Oregon be given not
only an even break, but the prefer
ence, if possible," said Fitzgerald, "1
move thnt the architect be Instructed
to amend his specifications for brick
so that the Oregon brick may be en
tered In competition."
Vincent, the first speaker, expressed
the surprise of himself and associates
at a statement made "by Architect
Schacht to the members of the police
committee Thursday afternoon, to the
effect that Oeron brick would cost
$35 per 1000, whereas Seattle brick of
equal grade could be purchased for
$18. Vincent said that such Is not
the case; that brick as good, If not
better, than those made In Seattle are
on Bale here for $20 per 1000, and
exhibited a specimen. He also said,
replying to an Interjection by the
mayor, that Schacht had refused to
comply with a request to make his
specifications so that Oregon brick
could compete for the contract.
Scott explained that millions of dol.
lars are Invested In manufacturing In
dustrles In Oregon; that millions an
nually go to workmen In wages, and
that the annual Oregon manufactured
output tolnls $95,000,000.
"The Commercial Club, the Cham
ber of Commerce and other organiza
tions expend limitless energy and
large sums of money to get capital
Invested here," said Scott, "and then,
after accomplishing It, no one seems
to care what becomes of Jhem. If
the officials of this city do not pur
chase Oregon products In our own en
terprlses, how on earth can we hope
to sell bur products beyond the bor
ders fo the state?".
Yorlt spoke briefly, earnestly, urg
ing that Oregon brick be given a
chance In the bidding, and indorsing
the arguments put forth by those who
preceded him.
When the bids nre in, Mayor Rush
light said, he will cause a thorough
test to be made of each kind of brick
entered before the contract
awarded. '
WHOLE ClintClI IH ILDING
WAS MADE IX OREGON'
(Baker City Democrat.)
The "Made-ln-Oregon" enthusiasts
who think that everything which can
possibly be made in this state ought
to be used by the people of the com
monwealth In preference to the pro
ducts of other states find nn unusual
example In the new St. Mary's church
ot Pendleton. Everything in this
church will be of Oregon origin or
manufacture, from the cross on top to
the foundation stones. The men who
are building It are Oregon cltlzen3
Lorenzo Monternstelli of Pendleton
Is the contractor and M. P. AVhlte of
Ilaker Is the architect. Tho stone
work Is done In- gray lava rock from
the quarries at Pleasant A'alley Ore
gon. The cement used Is Portlnnd
cement thnt Is renlly made In Port
land. The brick Is made In Weston,
Oregon. The steel is all mnnufne
tured In Portland. The Incidentals
come from Pendleton workmen and
stores.
Some Big Improvements in the Tulley
Bids close on Thursday, September
12, for plumbing, plastering, painting
excavating, concrete work and cement
floors on the repair job of the Rainier
school.
The trustees of the Oregon State
Institution for the Feeble Minded will
receive sealed bids until September
19 at 2 p. m for the plumbing and
heating contracts for the Institution
building.
Portland, Eugene & Eastern Rail
way Co.,. Yeon building, Portland, has
plans approved for the new sub-nower
stations at Forest Grove, Dayton and
Oswego. Buildings are to be built of
concrete and steel. Bids for the same
will be Immediately asked for.
BUY OF THE HOME MERCHANT, CUT OUT THE
MAIL ORDER HOUSE AND CALL FOR THE PROD
UCTS OF OREGON INDUSTRIES AND OREGON CAPI
TAL FROM THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE AND YOU
WILL DO MORE TO BUILD UP OREGON THAN CAN
BE ACCOMPLISHED IN ANY OTHER WAY.
LET IS MANUFACTURE
GOODS FOR OURSELVES.
(Editorial In tho Albnny Herald.)
That country becomes truly rich
which goes beyond producing raw mn.
terlnls from tho earth to working up
those materials into the finished
shnpe. It also becomes Independent
and self-reliant by supplying Its
needs at home. Every citizen has In
terest In promoting home Industry,
for tho farmer, merchnnt, banker.
Each thereby broadens his own mar
ket and Increases his own prosperity.
Oregon, however, has a clnlin on her
home market not only on tho ground
of local patriotism, but on thnt of the
excellence nnd relative price of the
manufactured product. Not only Is
our wool equal to that of any Btate or
country, but we have the best climate
and the best wntor for making It Into
cloth. The adaptability of our soil for
flax growing has been proved, and our
climate is equal to that of the north
of Ireland for making flax Into linen.
Our forests produce lumber in the
greatest quantity and of the greatest
variety, and we are admirably situated
for the Importation of the benntlf'.il
woods of Central America, the Phil
ippines and Australia with which to
make furniture.
Then let us not be content with
producing raw materials for the man
ufacturers of other states. Let us
manufacture them for ourselves and
let us provide the nianufnetrers with
the nucleus of a market by buying
products.
ASTORIA IlUlLDINfi $110,000
CITY WATER RESERVOIR
(From tho Dally Astorlan.)
The Immense dam at the headworks
of the city water system on Bear
Creek, which has been unler construc
tion since April, will cost approxi
mately $90,000, and will be finished by
the end of the year, according to the
estimate of Engineer Lars Borgsvlk,
who Is supervising the work on behall
of the city water commission.
The excavation work was finished
the mlddlo of last month, and since
then the construction of the Immense
concrete wall that will Impound 100,
000,000 gallons of water has been un
der way. The contract under which
Bldwell, Hnyden & Co., who are doing
the work, are working, requires thai
the Job be completed December 1, but
owing to the Innblllty to secure the
required number of men, and through
unlooked-for delays In the excavation
mil clearing, It will most likely not be
posslblo to finish the unlertnking bj
thnt time.
Portland is Site
Establishment of
Republic Motor Company to
Coast for Construptionof
AVhlle the Portland Manufacturers'
association refuses to divulge any in
formation at this time, either in con
firmation or denial of the rumor, It
Is pretty generally nosed around thnt
thero will, In the near fifture, be es
tablished in this city, a larce antomn.
bile manufacturing plant for the build
ing ot uttle and Chevrolet cars, the
latter a six-cylinder machine designed
ny the famous racing driver of the
same name.
It Is a well-known fact thnt a month
or so ago a number of wealthy busi
ness men of Snn Francisco were In
Portland conferring with the Manufac
turers' association of this city relative
to the establishment here of an auto
mobile factory, and t is stated on good
authority that arrangements satisfac
tory to all concerned were made.
Two Factories Planned.
This company, known ns the Rennh.
He Motor company, proposes to estab
lish two automobile manufacturing
Plants on the Pacific coast. On tn.
tory, as Is positively stated, will be
located In San Francisco, and the
other at Portland. The com nan v
capitalized at $(15,000, and Is headed
by W. C. Durant, who onrnnlze.1 tho
General Motors company which was
recenuy sold to a syndicate of bankers!
OREGON INDUSTRIAL
NEWS
The Hlllsboro laundry employs six
teen persons.
A new two-story hotel 30x132 will
be erected ot Dufur.
A new theatre, the Princess, hns
been opened at Arleta.
Fish hatchery to be built on Rock
creek, Klamath county.
L, E. Gulker has established a con
crete brick plant at Rainier.
Terrabonne Co-operative Creamery
association Is erecting a plant at that
place.
The Nolan department store has been
putting on a great Made-ln-Oregon
display.
The Southern Pacific is distributing
material for electrifying Its AVest Side
system.
The Eugene and Coos Bay railroad
Is tot be extended from Marshfleld to
Eureka.
The Oregon Electric and the Port
land, Eugene nnd Eastern are making
Corvallls lively.
A $25,000 corporntlon has been or
ganized at Medford to operate a G000
hen plant for producing eggs.
The Oregon Cement Pipe and Tile
Co. of Grants Pass has put in a plnnt
with a Dunn machine to manufacture
drain tile.
Mt. Vernon springs, Grant county,
have been Bold to F. McGarvln & Son
of Los Angeles, who will make great
Improvements.
The Western condensed milk plant
at Newberg, destroyed' by fire March
20, 1911, Is being rebuilt and will be
ready for buslncsa this month.
AVm. E. Eccles, one of the grent
builders nnd developers of Eastern
Oregon, died at Ogden recently. The
Industries established by him are his
grentest monument.
Dallns has a new Industry the
manufacture of nn adjustable electric
socket. Tf It Is a practical article it
should go into general use as an Oregon-made
product.
Chosen for the
Big Auto Factory
Build Two Plants on Pacific
Little and Chevrolet Cars.
Representatives of the Republic Mo
tor company have been looking over
the northwest In Bearch of the most
logical location for the establishment
of a plant. AVhlle stopping off In
Portland on their way back to San
Francisco, they refused to state what
their findings had been, but after a
conference with the heads of the com
pany it is known that they returned to
Portland and entered Into negotiations
for a site.
Local Men Help.
The Manufacturers' association it is
snld has not only afforded Its services
In helping the new company get estab
lished, but hns secured an option for
the company on a site which the com
pany may or may not take.
Many local business who are con
versant with the affair, are watching
It closely and have signified their wil
lingness to aid the company finan
cially if allowed to do so. .
According to the best Information
obtainable, however, the men promot
ing the factory are in need of no fin
ancial assistance, but have, it Is said,
sufficient funds for the establishment
of one of the biggest plans of which
Portland can now boast. The present
plans, It Is reported, call for the erec
tion of a factory c'-vlng employment
to several hundred men to start wltX