Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-04
OREGON INDUSTRIAL RECORD

al ANNNho'i uNtihS
ings, all Oregon building material will
be used.
Chemawa-Governmen Indian school
will eXpend $4,000 on enlargng audi
torium, $4,000 on new sewers and $12,-
900 on new building.
Marshfield-500 sawmill men idle on
Coos Bay owing to longshoremen 5
strike.
Florence-Survey reports Siuslaw bar
show l6 feet of water at low tide.
Coquille-67.2 pounds of butter fat
is record for one COW in month of May.
Baker-Muddy Creek district voted
$4,000 to build new school at once.
Springfield--S. p. company puts on
special train to handle increased log
output from Mohawk valley.
Careful survey of flax crop by state
university shows profit of $3G.50 per
acre.
Eugene company to manufacture hand
made sport and outing shoes for men
and women.
Roseburg Brewing & Ice company re-
organize to operate soft drink and cold
storage plant.
Teaching boy or girl to work, learn
ing busineess, or mastering an indus
try gets them farther than some pres
ent-day schooling.
st. Helens-John Phillips has con
tracted to get out 100000 paving
blocks.
AIilton's new Carnegie library to
cost So, ,500-work started.
Astoria FIGURING Mills company will
build warehouse 50 by 100.
rshfield-Reported So pounds of
black sand produced $l7 platinum and
$40 gold.
Astoria S Chinatown being rebuilt.
Gresham S main street to be paved
with bituEthic.
Roseburg-Contract let for construc-
tion Of an amusement park.
Silver Lake-Railroad to klamath
Falls being surveyed.
Lumber mills of northwest restrict
output - lay off one day in the week.
Sheridan rebuilding burned cannery
and installing fruit jice factory.
Strike of 100000 railroad men would
tie up and kill business, paralyze indus
tries and suspend payrolls Labor and
capital should be compelled to arbitratc
such controversies.
Nale-American Nitrate company has
45 men at work in Lake county.
Observation-Disclosures Wooden Ware
company of Chicago, interested in plant
here.
Acknowledgements reached be
tween city and Pittsburg holders of
large timber land on North Umpqua.
Under terms of agreement, Kendall
Brothers will lease the railroad for a
term of 30 years. Sawmill will be erect
ed as soon as actual work is begun ON
railroad. Mill will have capacity of
100000 feet of finished lumber daily.
Willow Creek-Community Irrigation
district of 10000 organized
Grants Pass - Takilma smelter not
used since 1908 to be put in commits
sion.
Port Oxford wharf to be reconstruct.
ed by $. l.. Lumber company.
Joseph-McCully Mercantile company
to erect concrete store building.
Oregon City - Several new school
houses to go up costing $4,000.
Portland has 100000 street improve
ments under way.
Astoria dairymen have advanced
prices of milk and cream.
Salem-Mile of paving TO go down ON
South Commercial street.
The increase of population from 1900
to 1910 shows Portland ll6,7SS. All
other cities and towns 96,372. Rural
sections 46,O69. This is shown that the
rush of people is anywhere except back
to the farm-lS per cent to the coun-
try, 4j per cent to Portland and 81
per cent to othter urban communities.
-Malheur Enterprise.
Paislcy-Bond election carries three
OF one for $4,000 high school.
Pilot Rock-20O,0 600 pounds wool sold
here at 81 3-4 to 81 l.2 cents per pound.
Roseburg may get large fruit pack
ing plant.
Portland, Vancouver & Northern rail
way TO be extended to Barracks and IA
miles to Comas further this fall.
Spokane-Olaus Jeldness and C. V.
Bobb have completed deal for pur-
chase and consolidation of three famous
groups of claims in Bohemia district of
Oregon at price of $500 900. Title to all
property has passed 10 new company or.
ganized bv them-the Champion Con.
solidated Mining company-whch is
given a long period of years in which
TO complete payment. The new com
pany has a capital Of 100000.
Among new industrial enterprises
Donald has a cheese factory and print.
ing office.