The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-05-28
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW OF STATE.
Progress of Industries and Manufac-
turing That Provide Oregon PeO-
pie With Payrolls.

In the primary election just held
every candidate for Governor who
advocated laws interfering with in
dustries and imposing new burdens
on manufacturing was defeated.
The Coos Bay port commission has
closed a contract to complete the 800
foot channel into that harbor.
The first of the Astoria-San Fran
cisco line of Hill steamers will be
launched July 1st at the Cramp ship !
yard in Philadelphia.
The Eugene cannery is running on
strawberries and gooseberries.
The Willamette Pacific grade be-
tween Lakeside and Winchester is
being thrown up by sixty ton shov-
ell.
M. E. Miller, one of the candidates
for Labor Commissioner, made his
campaign with pictures of factory
buildings in full operation.
The Washington minimum wage
and eight hour law for women does
not apply to the fruit industry as 1t
does in Oregon.
A cannery and evaporator are to
be erected at Alvadore.
The H. M. Byllesby Co. will take
up community advertising of the
Pacific Coast in connection with each
of their "a plants.
North Bend is going after mum
icipal water supply.
Salem has raised funds for the an
nual Cherry Fair to be held about
the end of June.
I Reports made at the meeting of
the State grange showed that in
many parts of the state young women
were thrown out of employment by
the operation of the minimum wage
and eight hour law.
The Susanville mining claims in
the Greenhorn district Of Grant
county are making a good showing
as producers.
A movement has been started ir
Lincoln county to establish mini
mum wage of $50 per month fol
teachers.
I President Sproule of the S. P. Co
said there must be change in publi
sentiment before railroad construc
tion will begin, and the factories ant
mills can operate and employ labor
Il The Pacific Northwest sent ou
$3,069,635 fruit shipments in 1913
The Catholic cathedral to be erect
ed in east Portland will cost building
and grounds, $1,O00,000. Tn
knights of Columbus will erect /
club building to cost 100000.
4 NJ. D. Hammell of Albany is plan
ming a 100 room hotel for Bandon
III $4,000 armory is being planned
for Eugene.
Nineteen counties in Oregon viii
lose $460,39S taxes this year b.
suits attacking the 0. & c. Ian,
grant. Litigation has already cos
the state nearly as much and tn
lands are withdrawn from settle
ment.
Coquille river coal mines are max
ing large shipments to San Francisco
/ Springfield is to have fountains o
the principal streets.
Wood block pavements made fror
\ sawmill butts is a new industry pre-
posed in Lane county.
Construction of the long trestle
4 on the line between Siuslaw an
Marshfield has begun.
Work begins in June on the ne'
Sutherlin, Coos Bay and Easter
railroad.
Tom Richardson, the Portlan
Commercial club booster, estimate
Oregon has lost 10000 people on az
: count of women not making it pleas
ant for newcomers.
Z. M. Andrews and associates wi
u expend 100000 boring test wells fC
: oil in the Coos Bay coal fields.
The Forestry department will COZ
struct bridge across the BreiteI
bush between Detroit and Niagar;
All programs of radical legislatio
seem to be off in Oregon, and the re
cent primaries served warning
politicians to let industries and bus
mess alone in the future.
j. A. McEachren & Co., Seattl,