The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-08-24
OREGON PROGRESS
FOR WEEK NOTED
Payrolls and Industries That Give
Give Employment to Labor--In-
yestments and Conditions that
Stimulate Prosperity and
New Enterprises.

STATE humane society establishes re-
treat for sick and disabled horses
near Portland
Pendleton gets Farmers union ele-
yator and grain cleaning plant. to
cost $4,000.
Sumpter-Powder River Mining
Co.. to erect boarding house and cot
tages for men.
The bill to confiscate all land rents
and state labor bureau advocating six
hour law are clouds on Industrial sky.
81. John gets drinking fountain
and Fairgrounds.
st. Paul secures a cement tile and
block factory.
Gardiner will get $4,000 plank
road to junction with Willamette
Pacific highway. ...
I Burns voted si25.00 to build con-
nection to Oregon Short Line from
ontario.
North Bend--Not believed railroad
strike will stop Coos Bay railroad
jubilee August 24-26.
/ Astoria-s6is2 bridge to be built
across sklpanon Creek.
| Florenee-Porter Bros. sawmill.
idle two years, starts to cut 10000
900 feet.
/ Hood Rlyer-Large interests unit
Ing to build Mt. Hood highway loop.
North Bend-Kruse a Banks ship
yard laying keel OF third big vessel
this year.
Gresham outlook-we are inclin-
ed 10 believe that the big strike is
being engineered by some OF the high
ly paid railroad trainmen In order
to get n vacation In which to spend
their money,
Whether settlers get lands or not, a
hundred officials get Jobs classifying
the o. a c. land grant lands.
salem-standard oil Co.. builds
new $4,000 storage plant State
fish hatchery to be erected.
Railway tralnmen at Portland op-
pose strike and favor arbitration.
Bend-Flrst castings made In new
foundry building erected here.
Owing to the cowardice OF politics
the water power development bills
40 over to the next session OF con-
gress.
sutherlin brick and tile factory
starts running.
Philomath-Marys River Lumber
Co.. building two mile logging road.
Business men generally uphold the
Single Item veto amendment.
Grant Fee. San Francisco. low bid
der on Portland post office-s762.-
600.
Swift Packing Co.. in North Port
land will erect $4,000 building.
Portland-Miss Catlin's private
school at westover to have $4,000
addition.
Columbia county candidate for the
Legislature demands repeal OF sup
erfluous freak laws"
Coos Bay leads all coast harbors
six to one shipping lumber to San
Francisco.
salem-S2O,O 200 to be expended in
three years promoting Oregon dairy
industry.
Medford council confirms 5000, 900
bond issue for railroad TO Blue Ledge
mines.
Vale, August Warmsprings ir-
rigation district votes on $75O,OOO
bond.
Austin and White Pine sawmills
in full operation.
Baker-ore mill at Conner creek
mine starts employing 40 to so men.
Salem - Three-story furniture
store erected-one floor given to ba-
by buggie and day nursery.
Springfield News has enlarged TO
six-column all home print.
A general railroad strike would
paralyze the lumber industry and
endanger the food supply of the whole
country. The unions never did q |
more unwise thing than threaten a
general strike and refuse all arbi-
tration of differences.
OF the $4,000 appropriated by the
federal government for road con-
struction in Oregon under the terms
of the Shackleford bill. the state
highway commission proposes to
spend $4,000 on the Columbia high
way, There is a general protest from
the rest of the state.
With Oregon lumber company's
mill at Dee. plant of Stanley-Smith |