Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-09
|nnZZas Sees Start of State
Wide Moven1ent in Oregon
To Boost Home Industries
Enthusiastic Meeting, Endorses Idea;
Many Sign ''Bqy at Home"
Pledges Of Club

600 Portland cement plant and fac
tory for the manufacture of electri-
cal appliances, the latter of which was
practically assured for this city.
Educational Campaign.
In opening the meeting Col. e.
Hofer, of Salem, told of the move
ment beginning with the Dallas meet
ing, to educate the people OF the state
to buy home made products, started
by the oregon Manufacturers asso-
citation. 1--WE love our home" said
Col. Hofer, land we love the idea OF
protecting our home, but in our bus
mess life we too often lose sight OF
the sentiment and try to get all we
can for our money This made III
Oregon idea is not newt has been
talked and discussed for many years
hut IT has been only beautiful sem
/ timent fully in the air, and 1t Is the
Eidea now to make it practlcal anu
induce the people to take 1t up IN
reality. We feel that Dallas is on
the pofnt of awakening and we are
glad to see it. Why, it took five years
of the hardest kind of pounding to
awaken Salem and now she is golhs
fast Her boosters are busy and we
are building a city there Inc
sneaker referred to Dallas as tine
Mohair City, and predicted prlght
future for it. THE Salem Board OF
Trade stands ready to encourage eV-
ery industry in Dallas. l want TO say
to the man who makes wheelpar-
rows here. that, when his output Is
raadv for the market, l will guaran-
TOO that the Salem Board of TRADE
,,ul demand of our merchants that
r thew handle Dallas made wheeipar-
rows in preference to all others Anu
, ,veri sell the output of every other
industry that you have here. You
make things that we want ana we
q sell things that you want Now sa-
lem has a baking powder factory tha'
we are trying to build up. You kho"
/, a ohout all the expense there is to baK-
. inc nowder. is the can and the laoei'
= bnt we are going one better ana are
! uniting up our powder in glass run
lars that you can use atter 'he 0o"
+ tents have been exhausted
= "OregOn First"
T samuels of Portland, was intro
4 duced bv Col. Hofer as the "origlna
oregon booster" He spoke along th'
y lines of buying at home and urged
q unon Dallas people the pracuce .
y that precept. Come to the hos'
= r1ostival if YOU want to- said ne
..b,t don't make it an excuse 10 ou!
- .,,,nos in Portland that you can ge
inst as well in your own city. iVu
\. merchants carry complete lines :
A. goods. but. if you can't get What 20.
n want here. it is probably your ."
fa,It because you have not eneour
- them to do so, but have AWAY
=. ins,stad upon making your purcIase
!. > ,o.,sr cities" Mr.. Samuel 10
4 many years printed the tirst liius'i a.
ne ed newspaper on the Pacihc eods
: -. west shore" and said that Il
had printed the first cut Oh - ,.l-
,h.t ever appeared in any puoiico
b, ,,o, He had kept in touch Win II
- dove,oDment Of oregon and espe'
n ,auv of the Willamette valley an
- feIt that every true Oregoniah We
- - f-iend He paid a tribute 70 u
- home owners and declared that d - -
- - homes. not the mansion or the pa
n ace hut the plain comfortable o"Ts I,
NJ ,ng was sure to be prosperous = =
30 tostowed a merited tribute upon -
hi Danss band and its leader l.
~ c-snt and declared that it was Ne,
'es s,,ing that Dallas should have q %,
nc cant and a tannery because
IssS c-snt was the greatest tanner =, !,
: - lived He oomPliH1enteo =
:, t. on its stores. its hotel ana Is y
- bouse and expressed eon'loe''
ch in its future -,
,sv Appeals 70 Dealers =,
~h.rles Hoag. manager Oh "