The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-20

manufacturers of Oregon use annual.
ly nearly seven million feet of lum-
Der, more than half of which is Doug
las fir and maple
Bandon-salmon cannery will op-
crate under new management.
Eugene--Fairmoun Brick q Tile
Co., get brick contract for Roseburg
federal building and also for new
Roseburg high school.
Dillard-Timber interests consid-
ering construction of logging road
from here to tidewater on Coos Bay.
Corvallis-Large crew at work on
electrification of west side S. p. lines
into here.
Albany-The new plant Of the Al
bany Fruit Juice Co., for the manu-
facture of new drink from logan
berry puice has begun operations. The
plant is modern in every respect and
operated throughout by electricity
/ furnished by the oregon Power com
pany.
! Reports received from nearly all
sections of Douglas county indicate
that this years crop of prunes will
far surpass previous years.
Coos Bay Ties-"Close to three
miles OF track will be built by the
Beuhner Lumber company on North
Coos river to tap their timber hold
ings in that section"
Baker--Construct on John Day
highway, which will connect the Co
lumbla river highway with Lincoln
highway, will be started soon.
The Dalles-wasco county cherry
stems are being shipped to Europe
TO make poisonous gas that is used
by opposing armies in France.
vale-warmsprings district will
build large dam. Work started
again on Sunset oil well north OF
here
Hillsboro Independent: - From
the number OF initiated and referred
laws already on the list. II looks as
though the paper shortage is TO be
further increased when Il comes to
printing the big ballot that will be
necessary at the November election.
Albany Furniture Co., factory will
be re-opened In about six weeks.
Mort Bend-Payrolls have increas-
ed 100 per cent s.nce January /.
Astoria IL putting up strong
fight for a submarine base at port OF
Columbia
Lake County-"It II estimated that
the two creamerles at Fremont are
turning out over three tons OF butter |
per month, requiring about ten tons
Of cream, What has become OF the
fellows who said cream could not be
produced In this locality? In addi-
ton 20 this home cheese factory is
IN operation here and one near Fort
Rock" Fork Rock Times.
Baker-Auto tourists spend $74OO /
here In five weeks
Grants Pass-Rich TUngstuu strike |
reported on Eight Dollar mountain. /
Gresham Three blocks on Main |
stree. will be paved az once,
Jackson County men will
work on 1000 yard rock crushing |
contract for state highway,
Grants Pass Utah-ldaho sugar /
company raises price for sugar beets
here.
Though the railroads OF the Unit
Jed States afford the public the cheap
.cst freight rates and pay railroad |
employees the highest wages. the re-
turn To the 100000 investors in rail-
way securities is less than II their
capital were invested in ordinary
.lurm mortgages,
Sdlom-Quick nickelplating liquid
for auto lamps, etc, invented and
being manufactured here by W. Il.
Cline Co.
Paisley to have new $4,000 high
school.
Newburg-New cannery opened on
4th OF July, Also have new logan
berry Juice plant,
The Dalles-Contract let for
S2,4S6 Madison ST. subway.
Oregon gold output increased $lO7,-
900 first six months of 1916 oyer
same period 1915.
Marshfield-C. A. Smith Lumber
Go. will build vessel in local ship
yard with l,25O,OOO capacity, design
ed to handle lumber by package sys-
TEN TO be completed in five months.
Forest Grove TO have new $4,000
Christian Science church.
Gardner-Contract for building
Jetty at mouth of Umpqua let to
Portland firm for $l5l.OOO.
Allies have, in the last year, paid
lOn nOn for nran,a NKr--t |