Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-07-12
|PATRONIzE HOME INDUSTRY.
The Corvallis Steam Laundry the
Best in the Valley.

The Corvallis Steam Laundry the
Best in the Valley.
There was time when people
were probably justified in send
ing their laundry to Albany and
other points, for Corvallis did not
then have ample facilities for do
ing frst-class work. But that
time is past. Corvallis now has
one of the very best-equipped
laundries in the state, and the
work done can be excelled by no
laundry on the green earth, for
the work done at the Corvallis
Steam Laundry just simply can
not be beat. Yet there are those
right here in our midst who still
send their work to outside towns.
lGo and examine the work for
yourself. Mr.. Johnson takes
pride IN showing visitors all the
details OF his new plant and it is a
revelation to any novice to see
the wonderful strides made in
the methods of washing and iron
ing clothes. There is no rub
| bing and sweating and swearing
as OF old, but modern machinery
moving noiselessly yet effectively
accomplishing the required work
in much less time than could
be done by hand. Mr.. Johnson
has already expended nearly
$1,000 in Improvements within
the last few weeks and he now
has a plant of which the city
may we'll be proud. Every citi-
zen should see that their patron
age will encourage Mr.. johnson
in his laudable undertaking.
The clothes are first packed in
a big machine capable of holding
$50 shirts, suds are then poured
over these clothes and big II
horsepower engine does the work
] There is no rubbing Or wearing
or tearing, it's a squeezing pro.
cess from start to finish. The
clothes are wrung in a centrifu.
gal, machine that by rapidly
revolving throws the water ou1
Instead of wringing and wrench
ing and twisting and breaking
buttons. The starching even i:
done by machinery. Little bras:
knuckles gently rub the starch
into every fibre of the clothing
/ The dryer has over $50 feet o
steam pipes. 1t is a delicate
process to dry clothes and still
!. keep them white, drying then
too rapidly turns them yellow
and extracts the biuing. Their
is a scientific process by whicl
it is all done so that the best re
suits may be obtained.
, Mr.. johnson makes all OF hi
! own soap, bluing, bleaching
starching, etc., and oversees j
all with personal security. Th
ironing is done on two sets Q
rollers, the largest for Fat ironin,
is heated by steam, and differen
articles are fed in on one sid
and come out smooth and nea
on the other side. For the col
lars, cuffs, shirts, etc. Mr.. John
i son has his own invention,
machine that costs a large sur
of money and that does the wor
so we'll that the eye can detect n
defect. Then again, Mr.. Johr
lson's collars dom break. the but
ton holes don't tear out, the CO,
lars don't stretch, while retair
ling perfect gloss they can b
worn with perfect comfort an
ease.
This concern is now full
established in their new quarter
lon the corner of Third an
jackson streets.
Mr.. Johnson's monthly pa
roll is $3.50. He employs frol
six to ten people all the tim
Laundry comes from all poiu
on the c. & E.. from Indepel
dence, Monmouth, Falls Cit,
Dallas and other points equal
distant. We believe in patrol
lizing home industry and keepir
the money at home. We furth'
more believe that when tow
like Independence, Dallas, 7
ledo, Philomath, Newport, Fal
City, Albany and Monmou1
patronize the Corvallis Stea
Laundry that Corvallis ought
patronize it also. Johnson ca