Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-08-31
OREGON WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

! ent naTQ-SuTIdCe highways anu
progressive young men for state
officials.
New sawmill started at Harris
station, c. & e. railroad.
Hubbard-Public work here
progressing.
Gresham-First State Bank
being improved.
Sutherlin-Road improve
ments begun on Sutherlin-Coles
valley road.
Vale-Construction starts on
concrete garage building here.
Wallowa-New Telephone OF
flee being constructed here.
Florence - S. p. may build
railroad spur from Cushman to
this place.
Redrock-Work on Cornuco.
pia Post road to start soon.
Corvallis-Baptist Church
here now completed.
Cornelius-Peerless Furnace
Company Of Portland to install
school heating plant.
Crane-$15, 900 bonds voted
for modern school house.
To relieve the labor situation
an effort is being made in west
ern states to repeal the work
ing of the full crew" law which
necessitates the hauling of sew
eral thousand unnecessary em-
ployees. Pennsylvania has sus-
pended the act and several thou
sand men have been released for
useful work.
Silverton-P. R. l.. & P. Co.
installing new street lighting
system.
Sheridan--One story brick
building to BE- erected here.
Coos Bay-Governnent to ex-
pend $4,000 on road beiw cen
Corbin and Hubbard's Creek.
Sutherlin-Two vinegar watts
installed at Everfresh plant, ca
pacity 10000 gallons each.
Meacham-O.-W. r. G n. Co.
constructing double track and
repairing bridges here.
Hubbard--Five miles Of paw
ing to be done on Pacific High
way from this point.
Legislation permitting devel-
opment of western waterpower
would relieve the fuel situation
increasing fertilizer production,
lower the cost Of paper. furnish
needed material for ammunition
and relieve labor shortage.
Grants Pass-Pittsburg- Ore
gon Mining & Milling Co. incor-
porated with $2,000,000 stock.
Powers-New Moose Hall
completed here.
Coos Bay-Constructing new
Tspur track at Libby mine.
North Bend-Two miles of
macadam road to be constructed
on South Slough road.
Roseburg-Work begun on
Winchester Bay road.
Coos Bay-Experts to m ike
examination of Coos county Gil
possibilities.
Florence-Machinery pur-
chased for new shingle mill at
Glenada.
If Oregon wants its share OF
government ship contracts il
must get thousands of additional
laborers for its yards. Its up to
us to get the men.
Prairie City-Shipping 80 tons
of cromite daily.
Roseburg-33 miles of Pacific
Highway in Douglas courty to
be built at once.
Toledo-Citizens plan build
ing lumber schooner at public
meeting.
Port Orford-Old Blanco mine
being equipped with new machin-
cry to treat 500 tons gold-plat;-
mum sands daily.
Many local and state tax levy
ing bodies are now beginning on
future expenditures. Hold t. EN-
to a minimum and make every
public official give strict account
Coos Bay-40 families OF Bel
gians to locate as settlers.
Reedsport-Shipyard propos-
ed here.
Enterprise has second news
paper, the Wallowa County Re-
porter.
Marshfield-Fire department
to build second chemical truck.
Pres. Griffith of the Portland
Railroad Light and Power Co.,
is showing great spirit of fair
ness in his dealings with men in
wage increase matters and
hopes to set precedent for fu-
ture questions of this kind.
Lebanon-Two roads near
here being improved.
Bandon has plan to bond city
to start shipyard.
Portland-Spruce contracts
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