The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-05-07
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW OF STATE,
Progress of Industries and Manufac'
turing That Provide Oregon PeO-
pie With PayrOlls.


land upheld the Oregon Blue Sky
law, and the Supreme Court upheld
the second suit brought by working
girl against the Minimum Wage law.
Both will now be taken to the Su-
preme Court of the United States.
1t is proposed to utilize the wire
grass that grows on Youngs Bay near
Astoria for the manufacture of pa
per.
This week the manufacturers OF
Lane county will hold an exhibit OF
their products to encourage home
industries.
The Dalles has bought 40 acres
on the river front to give free sites
for factories.
The Supreme Court has upheld the
100000 bond issue of Grants Pass
for the purpose of building a section
of railroad to the Coast.
To relieve unemployed, bill has
been initiated to tax all estates of
$5O,000 or over ten per cent for a
fund to be expended by a department
of public works.
A special vessel has been chartered
to carry 48 great Oregon logs to the
Panama Pacific Exposition for col
umns for the Oregon building.
The Toledo cooperative cream
cry is now in operation.
The Oregon Railroad Commission
is examining the books and accounts
of about fifty public utility corpora
tions to ascertain their physical val
ue and earnings.
Malheur county Pomona grange
went on record as opposed to taxing
mortgages, as tending to raise inter
est and keep capital out Of Oregon
Astoria has appointed an indus
trial commissioner to promote fac
tories in the person of 0. W. Taylor
Molalla raised a bonus of $1,000
for a pottery plant that is being er
ected and will soon be In operation
A factory for the manufacture o
lead pipe has been established a
Portland, capable of making fiv
thousand miles year.
Gresham fruit growers are movinl
to establish cannery.
It was stated at the Portland Ro
tary club that anyone with fair rep
utation and good pair Of lung
could put over almost any kind of
freak measure in Oregon.
J. E. Tourtelotte, Portland ar
chitect, submitted plan for usinl
fireproofed wood building materia
for school houses at saving of near
ly fifty per cent over brick or stone
Astoria has asked bids for the frs
unit of public docks to unite rail an,
water transportation.
Mayor Simpson of North Bend ha
conducted an exhaustive investiga
ton to ascertain the best paving ma
4 terial and decides in favor of vitri
fed brick or bitulithic.
North Powder has passed an ordin
ance to construct gravity waite
system.
i The proposed fifteen hundred dol
lar tax redemption would raise tn
tax on industries fully twenty-fiv
per cent in the opinion of experts.
Cottage Grove is erecting a can
merry to cost $4,000.
The Clearwater Lumber Co., o
Portland is clearing the site for tn
erection of big mill.
The Portland Timberman has is
sued a bulletin announcing that b
its efforts it has just secured re
duction on lumber rates to fifty east
ern cities.
The farmers around Burns hav
let a contract for erection of &C
operative meat packing plant.
l The ]. X. Armsby Fruit Co. is es
tablishing a packing house at Rose
burg.
| The De Luse Mining and Drede
ing Co. has bought large orchar
at Gold Hill and will work tn
\ ground for placer gold.
. Three candidates for Governo
and several other aspirants are bait
ing the voters with initiative meas
urues at their own expense.
i The Geo. Moore Lumber Co. ha
secured 150,000,000 feet of timbe
on the Coquille river.
The Presbyterian church Of Eu
gene will be rebuilt of white presse
brick-Oregon made.
The Port of Coos Bay Commission
will issue 100000 bonds to com
plete harbor improvements.
A pool of mohair sold at Cottag
Grove for 271 cents this year tina
last year brought "a cents. Las
year the mohair mills at Portlan,
had not suspended.
The Dornbecker Furniture Manu-
featuring Co. will build another two
story concrete addition to its plan
at Portland.
Complete List of Those Present a
the Van WinkIe- ESkelSOn Wedf1in