The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-18
STATE INDUSTRIAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Gold Hill gets powder ware

Gold Hill gets a powder ware
house.
A fruit evaporator is to be built at
Ontario.
An electric plant is being construc-
ted at Bar View.
Flax plant and wagon plant consid-
cred at state prison.
A Douglas county library may be
established at Roseburg.
The commercial club at Madras is
boosting a starch factory.
A two-story annex will be built to
hospital at McMinnville.
The Oxbow Power Co. is operating
its plant at Copperfeld.
Eaton bill for $4,000 for Employ
ment bureau was killed.
Salem is to have three-story
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Tax collection has begun while the
legislature is still grinding.
The Beaver State motor car factory
at Gresham is ready to operate.
Pendleton will construct an $4,000
swimming pool at Roundup park.
A. Natuone of San Jose is estab-
fishing a paint factory at Cresswell.
A gold dredge has arrived at NAL
huer to work on Lyon placer mines.
Utah mining men are at Canyon
City to develop Canyon mountain
mines.
The legislature has so far killed
all reactionary measures to handicap
industries.
The S. P. Co. bridge across Coos
Bay will be 2400 feet long of struc-
tural steel.
The Rogue River Public Service
Corporation will install an electric
ditch digger.
St. Johns and Milwaukee shingle
mills have resumed work on open
shop basis.
A shortage of hogs and cattle as
reported is a prelude to a raise in
meat prices,
A Portland architect is to prepare
plans for an $4,000 court house at
Grants Pass.
T. A. Livesley & Co. of Salem sold
ten tons of loganberries to Chicago
mail order house.
Willamette Valley editors refused
to endorse amendments to working
mems compensation law.
Granite is one of Ashland's big fu-
ture possibilities. Big development
means big pay rolls.-Tidings.
At end of fourth week the legis-
lature two economy bills and one sal
ary reduction bill had passed
Governor Withycombe's watch
word for his administration-"e econ
omy, efficiency and optimism"
1t is estimated that border coun-
ties lost 100000 fees in 1914 on
account of freak marriage laws.
Klamath Iron Works has turned
out 400 hanged car wheels for the
Pelican Bay saw mill yard trucks.
Three Pacific Coast states will
lose s250,000 gross earnings taxes by
unregulated jtney-bus competition
Some counties are refusing to send
a representative to the Panama Ex-
position to bring more people to Ore
gon.
The Dalles business men went on
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tion or regulation burdening rail
roads.
The Grange and Farmers Union
refuses to stand for freak laws de-
manded by Labor Unions The Peo-
pies Power League is no longer fac
tor.
Out of 400 bills in legislature 4C
regulate the salmon industry.
A chambermaid at Baker sues the
Crabill Hotel for $3.50 personal in
juries.
It is estimated that 100000 car
be saved every two years on election
expenses by reforming the laws. Why
don't the legislature do that instead
) Of passing more new laws?
Eastern Oregon, an undevelOpec
section of the state, may enjoy the
luxury of representation on the rail
. road commission and that body may
see the value of doing something tt
. encourage railroad construction.
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