The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-05-03
.OREGON INDUSTRIAL
NEWS OF INTEREST

Gold Beach-Barnes Fish Co. is
to operate Seaborg cannery here.
Bandon is working hard to locate
shipbuilding here.
vale-A new $500 garage is to be
built here.
Vale is to build a new hospital
this spring.
Crane is working to secure su-
gar factory; beets to be'tested there
this season.
Smelt have furnished an enormous
amount of cheap wholesome food
this season.
Klamath Falls-Strahorn bid has
been accepted to build 20-mile mu-
nicipal railway from here to Dairy
for 100000.
>Anti-bomb insurance is now being
written In oregon.
Marshfield-News shipyard to start
construction here at once.
independence farmers are going
into sugar beet growing with deter
mination to get factory there next
year.
Brownsville-A Philadelphia firm
offers $S4O ton for long Oregon fax
fibre.
John Day has voted $4,000 for a
water system.
Coquille-A new Standard Oil
building here.
Oregon City - The Hazelwood
plant is making extensive improve
ments here.
Coos Bay-The c. & 0. Lumber
Co. has bought the steamer Quinalt
for lumber trade.
Haines-A local farmer sold "a
hogs at Is cents.
Lakeside is to have new $4,000
school.
Klamath Falls-Pelican Bay Lum-
ber Co. has 100000 feet Of timber
in water and expects to buy 15,OOO,-
900.
Eugene-The Central Presbyterian
church is to be rebuilt.
$4,000 fund to be raised in Ore
gon to increase crop acreage and sys-
tematize planting of crops.
Mill City-Southern Pacific is to
build station here.
! Corvallis Many improvements are
under way here.
Malhuer-Oregon & Western Col
onization Co. made record since jan
uary /, 20 sales, $4,000 acres.
Burns-Plans are under way to ir-
rigate 10000 acres near here.
Dufur-Work has started on ele-
vator here.
Camas Valley is to improve roads
soon.
The Dalles-Work started on grad
ing Columbia Highway from Cheno-
with to Petersburg.
Echo-Concrete sign posts have
been set at road intersections on
Emmigrant road between Juniper
canyon and here.
Toledo-Not only timber, but stone,
| fish and coal industries will be open
ed UP when Yaquina Bay channel is
enlarged
Idaho-O Oregon Light & Power Co.
to start work soon in Pine Valley.
Line will extend from Rolinett to
Cornucopia.
Portland has increased shipyard
capacity Government is to start
construction of great fleet Of "sea
jitnoys" in shipyards alnog Pacific
Coast.
Salem-Wittenburg-King Co.. to
establish big vegetable and fruit
process factory here Plant to be in
operation by July /. Employment
for at least 200 men and women.
Portland's bonded debt limit has
been passed but Will be within the
limit May l when some is paid off.
Politicians are agitating to load the
city with additional burdens as soon
as possible.
Polk and Marion counties are
"again" going to get plans for bridge
at Salem. The old bridge is closed
and the delay in building for 8 years
has cost thousands of dollars in ad-
vanced material prices.
Seattle maritime interests have
banded with Chamber of Commerce
and Commercial Club there to bring
before the Federal Shipping Board
the need of regulations, to be rec
commended to Congress and Presi-
dent Wilson, that will make is possi-
BILE in time of peace for American
vessels to operate in competition with