Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20
POWDER KING OF
THE PACIFIC COAST
Watt Shipp Is Great Benetactcr OF the
willamette Valley.

Salem has to her credit many history.
making events and has produced many
men and women who have forged to the
front and become recognized in differ
ent fields of our great commercial, sci
entific, political and social life, but
none have more greatly deserved sue.
cess and shown greater pluck and COM
mercial ability than Watt Shipp. There
is no better known man in Salem today.
Ask any little "tad" on the street,
"Who is Watt Ship, and where can /
find hint" The answer will be in an
instant "IIe is tho bicycle man and
his place Of business is on Commercial
street near Court" =" Go to the great Du
pont Powder Works, the largest in the
world, and ask the uestion, "Who is
Watt shipp7" They win at once reply,
" lie is the Powder King Of the Pacific
coast and operates five largo carload
magazines" Ask the progressive deal.
or Of Woodburn, Albany, Eugene or
Cottage Grove If they know Watt
Shipp and theye will readily answer
"Indeed, we do, He is the man who
made it possible for us to get powder
at Portland prices any day in the week,
and has been instrumental in clearing
hundreds Of acres Of land throughout
the Willamette valley" Ask the
Southern Pacific Railroad, "Who is
Watt Shippi" and they will reply like
the Du Pont Powder Co. "lIe is the
powder king of the Pacific coast, ,"
Ask the farmers of tho Willamette val.
ley "Who is Watt skippl" and they
will tell you, Gle is the greatest bene.
factor the land clearing man has ever
had in this section, making it possible
for us to get powder any day in the
week, at Portland prices."
Mr.. Shipp informs us that this has
been the greatest year he has ever had
in selling powder for land clearing pur.
poses and he is now working on pat.
ent portable two and four ton maga.
zine aud proposes TO install these mag.
azines throughout the stump blasting
districts In his territory, feeding these
out Of the large carload magazines.
He is also working on new set Of
blasting tools in fact he has a largo
ordor now en- route from the Fonn Mfg.
Go. factory. This factory has recently
considered making tool under the
Pom Past Hole patent This tool is
made much longer and OF much heavier
material and Of various sizes as is re.
quired for making holes uhacr stumps.
He has had number Of these tools
in actual use for the past year, that he
has worked over himself, aud each and
every one Of them are giving universal
satisfaction, both in the time saved
in making holeos and also ability to get
the hole properly placed under the
stump.
This Is not all, Go cast aud ask the
famous Badger Brass Mfg. Co.. tho
largest lamp makers in America, "'who
is watt shipp'" They win tell you.
Gle is one Of the most wido.awako
bicycle mndry men In the country,
man out west who designed and pat.
cntcd tho best lamp bracket ON the
market. Last year We signed con.
tract with him to use 10000" Con.
tinuing they will tell you that they,
the great Badger Brass Mfg Co, have
already closed thcir 1914 contract,
who would have thought ~ In 1898
Watt Ship was a bicycle racing man.
riding in every race meet Of import.
ance held In Oregon Washington. or
British Columbia, As a racing man he
was success, following the vocation
for over six years, and winning numer.
ouu medals and other trophies. After
six years Of the racing game he opened
a modest little bicycle shop, but II soon