Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-25
(Pendleton Tribune.)

A writer in the Portland Telegram
gives the following interesting descrip
tion of the things one may see at the
"Made in Oregon" fair:
Do you know that you can get up
in the morning and battle in the purest
crystal water, from springs in this
state, forced through pipes made in
this state, poured into bathtub made
in the state, use soap made in Oregon.
a flesh brush made here, too; dry
yourself with an Oregon towel. dress
yourself with Oregon-made garments
from skin to topcoat, sit down to
breakfast where not even the pinch of
salt or the napkin need come from
other states nor morsel of food be
importedf You may light Portland.
made cigar and 60 over to your Office
and sit down 10 an OregoRmade desk,
write your letters on homemade sta.
tionery, read your paper in the light
of Oregon-made lamps, and talk over
Oregon-made telephone wires.
You can build yourself an Oregon
made home, in which not a nail, board
stone or brick need come from with.
out; in which doors, windows, floors,
decorations, plumbing, fixtures, furni
ture and carpets may bear the "home.
made" mark. Your wife may sweep
the floor with Oregon-made brooms,
You may NOW and sweep your lawn
with homemade implements, you may
fill your homemade stove or furnace
with homemade GOALS and run your
automobile with homemade gasoline.
This Is Independence.
You can cut your wood with home.
made saw and split it with home.
made ak. You may trim your orchard
with homemade pruning shears, whit.
tie a stick with an Oregon knife and
shave your face with Eugene, Ore,
razor, cutlery that rivals the world.
famed steel of Sheffield. You may ply
the limpid Willamette or the rolling
Columbia in a Portland built launch.
equipped with a homemade motor
You may drive your Oregon-bred team
in Oregon-made harness, hitched to a
homemade vehicle.
In the evening when the weary day
is done, you may sit down and read
your daily paper, printed on Oregon.
made paper, and with Oregon-made
ink, after you have lonned an Oregon.
made smoking jacket, and finally you
may tumble into an Oregon-made bed,
on an Oregon-made mattress, between
Oregon-made sheets under Oregon.
made eomforters and then drop off
into sldmber to dream of Oregon-made
wealth.
You may plaster your walls with
Portland adamant and beautify them
with Oregon wallpaper; you may cover
your roof and pave your boulevards
with Portland asphalt and protect your
furnace with homemade asbestos
jacket; you may thwart the sweltering
rays of the MONDAY sun with home
made awnings and enjoy your siesta
in Portland hammock; you may par.
take of the Aufiest cake made with
Portland baking powder, equip your
bank with homemade fixtures and
pack your Oregon apples in barrels
from Oregon cooper shops.
You may drink your Oregon beer
and cider and girdle your golden grain
with Oregon twine; you. may drape
your cozy corners with Indian blankets
of homemade, that rival the "Nava.
jos" in beauty, texture and design.
You may whip the Oregon streams
with Portland rod and reel and bring
home your catch in a Portland creel;
you may bridge your rivers with Ore.
gon structural steel and spread your
Oregon buekwheat cakes with Oregon
syrup and eat them with a rasher Of
Oregon bacon.
You may climb the snowy mountains
with Oregon canned goods in your
pack and wrap your body in Oregon
furs or sleeping-bags; you may tie up
your oregoD-built ships with Portland.
made hawsers or east OF an Oregon
anchor IL you tarry in midstream. d.
Portland drugs were the mightiest
boon 70 the Bay City sick and injured
after the earthquake, and Oregon in.
strumen,s were the surgeons depend.
enee in the relief campo.