The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-13
OREGON INDUSTRIAL RECORD.

sembled to build five $50 ton steel
freight steamers.
Roseburg-4O men at work on tel
ephone line to Myrtle Point
Oregon direct primary cost candi-
dates $56,942; state and counties
about $15O,OOO.
shelburn-New road to Santiam
river and ferry being built.
Some towns take more interest in
Sunday baseball than in a cheese
factory.
Roseburg rg-Contractors on ground
and material ordered for new federal
building.
Myrtle Creek-New bridge across
Umpqua opened to traffic.
suttles Lake Irrigation project, Of
jefferson county, bonds being sold
to irrigate 10000 acres. Water 20
be stored in Blue and Suttles Lakes.
! 25 miles from center of project.
| Income taxes collected in oregon
for year just closed $t1S,437, as
against $t23,3O6 for year previous
Marshfield-Sta will supervise
expenditure OF good roads bonds is
sue of Coos county of S362,0OO.
Cottage Grove-O. 7. q h. rail-
road erecting gasoline storage ware
house.
The mails are flooded with appeals
for publicity at public expense, writ
ten by officials drawing salaries.
printed at public expense. stamped
with postage paid for by the taxpay.
ers. sent out from offices paid for by
the public--to increase public bur
dens.
ngwater-Klaetsch sawmill In
operation employing Is men.
Albany Herald--"At the present
time the railroads. as public service
institutions. are largely controlled by
commissions appointed by the gov
ernment. Another long and import
ant step will be to give the same
commissions power to regulate rela-
tions between public service instltu-
tions and employees"
Farmers of Polk and Benton
counties cooperating with state for
water grade highway from Salem to
Eugene.
Coos Bay bar survey shows depth
OF channel 27 feet low tide 900 feet
wide.
willamina to have new NJ, Il.
church.
American Soda Products Co., of
San Francisco installing plant north
east of Paisley to refine alkali.
Echo-o.-W. n. a n. Co.. will
build 21OO feet passing track here.
Hood River-Apple confection fac
tory 10 be built.
Coquille-Burned creamery to be
rebuilt.
Newport TO build concrete seawall
no feet long.
Baker-Rieh strikes reported in
Conner creek mines.
Cottage Groye-Standard oil Co..
permitted 20 install station here.
Grants PasS will have sugar beet
silo TO feed l50 cattle.
stayton-Blaek Eagle mines de-
velop $500 per ton ore,
Marshfield-Contract let for radio.
station.
Burns-Crane Is new terminus Of
railroad into Harney county.
Springfield to have new skating
rink built
Estaoada to hard surface main
business street.
Iron ore deposit located II miles
from Cottage Grove,
Portland wooden mills has bought
and is moving Ellensburg wOolen
mills here,
A bill to do away with political
parties in Washington will in all
probability meet the same fate as
did a similar bill in California.
Railroad men say strike sentiment
is dead, An industrial plant can
stop work at end of eight hours. but
trains bearing livestock. fruit. mer-
ehanaise and other products of ranch,
orchard and farm must be kept NOV
ing to final destination. To stop
Them at the end of eight hours would
spell ruin to the railroad and public
alike.
Congressman Sinnott of Eastern
Oregon promoting jack-rabbit hat in
dustry.
Monmouth plans civic improve
ments to build model school city.
Railroads, telephone and telegraph
companies are giving married men
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