Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-09-22

Salem Touring mills, one of the best
Equipped on the coast with capacity
of 800 barrels day, shipped out 49,
763 barrels of -four In 1905. Wheat
once the only crop has given way
to diversified farming. This plant
the Salem mills. upon the compile
tlon of railroad across the Cascades
will be able to run continuously on
the product of that great inland
grain belt. the grain passing Salem
being only stopped to be made into
-four, and the by-products will prove
a boon 20 the dairy men.
Seventy-nine carloads of hogs,
and this amount would have been
people, and In fact has more work
than II can find help to do.
There were Al carloads of green
apples sent from Salem last fall and
winter.
Seventy-nine sarloads of hogs,
cattle and sheep went out, their
equivalent coming back in yellow
coin. Two carloads OF wool, one OF
flax seed and probably 40 of potatoes
brought good round sum. Four
full carloads OF cherries besides a
large quantity shipped in smaller
lots added small rivulet to the
larger stream. Half million
pounds OF canned goods are shipped
and this amout would have been
doubled had not the cannery burned.
II Is now rebuilt, however. and gives
employment directly to 200 young
people, and this number will be in
creased before the season Is over.
II will ship this year $50 tons of
green pears, S5 carloads of other
stun, and It's canned products will
total more than $4,000.
There are dozens of other products
such as straw, vinegar, butter. eggs.
cheese, chickens, etc, all swelling
the volume of exports. and corre-
spondIngly increasing the income.
Another crop impossible to esti-
mate but running up into the hun
dreds OF thousands of dollars, is hay.
Timothy, clover. wheat. alfalfa, oats
and vetch--thousands and thousands
OF tons.
The Oregon nursery. one OF the
largest and best on the coast, whose
trees are In demand from British !
Columbia to Los Angeles employees a
large force of men, and It's products /,
bring 10 Salem continuous stream |
OF wealth.
Besides the farm products, Salem !
has quite tin bucket brigade. /
There Is the cannery. AS already
the Kay wooden mills the
finest in the state. with It's innumer-
able employees. and IT'S splendid pro-
ducts; foundry and machine shop.
The Irwin shoe factory, just fairly
started, but already having an en-
viable reputation that will soon
cause It's enlargement A brick yard
last year 80 carloads; and a
lie factory furnishing employment
10 many.
Then there Is the Salem brewery.
lne OF the finest In the state. with q
splendid lee plant, aud all modern
appliances. IL Is only recently that
he company has begun reaching out
or business. but Is growing rapidly.
Since April 81, 20 carloads OF beer OF
20 barrels each have been sent TO
me man In Californla---and the pro-
iue, for the year ls06 win exceed
io.o0o barrels. /,
The &. X. Spaulding Logging Co.
unning its immense mill day and ,
Iight IL another source OF Salem's
wealth. aud at the present time this |
ompany has In the Willamette. and
n It's way TO the min twelve million
eet 0f logs. Ii
The Capital Touring mills are run
ing steadily, supplying local trade. I
nd there are hundreds OF other I
mailer industries that In the aggre- I
ate bring 10 salem large amount 4
{ outside money, 3
The state institution also bring
,nsiderable money 90 salem. but Il
far from being dependent on them. a
our brethren OF the press so often y
Sit us with. n
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% length Intended. but II might be
ided that Dan Fry has ak carloads
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