Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-06-15
OREGON WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Oregon industries show great &C.
tivity and each day that passes illus
trates more forcefully the great part
transportation, manufacturing. power
development and agriculture will play
in the defense Of our nation.
June 11.-Portland city election was
a great victory for sane and conserva.
tive legislation. The voters showed
in no uncertain manner that expert.
ments and political demagogues were
not wanted. Industries feel more Sc.
cure and business encouraged.
Hood River-Increased lumber dc.
mand felt in this district, mill s.act'rg.
Coast to build 100 wooden ships,
Government will take 200 II contracts
can be filled.
St. Helens-McCormic yards
launches another 2,O00,0O0 foot !um.
Der carrier.
Florence-Harbor improvement com.
pleted here increasing depth OF water
at low tide from to IS feet.
lendale-Ranchers in this section
working for cheese factory. New
quicksilver strike reported North Of
Tiller postoffice.
Halsey-Local wool growers sell
clip at So cents a pound.
With the labor situation as l. Is
now what will the farmers do when
general harvesting in the U. S. starts.
There is a demand right now for many
men with none available.
independence is working hard for a
beet sugar factory and II that
section does not get one 1t will not be
due to the lack OF sufficient publicity
by the local papers which have been
sparing neither space nor time to ed.
ucate the people to the advantages OF
sugar beet raising.
Stanfeld ships $50 cases OF swiss
cheese to San Francisco.
Hermiston-Tillamook dairymen buy
Butler Creek ranch, 240 acres for
100000.
Dufur-At least i've silos will be
built in this vicinity this spring.
Harrisburg-Portland hardwood com.
pany to open logging camp on william.
ette near here.
Toledo-Pacifc Telephone and Tele
graph Co. TO spend $4,000 on i'm
provement OF lines between here and
Blodgett.
Astoria-Skipanon Lumber Co. in
corporates for $4,000.
The Bell telephone system hai
shown what a great industry can dt
IN aiding the Government in tiiue o
supporting institution and no burdei
to the government and taxpayers.
Mill Clty-Hammond LLr her c.
raises wages % cents a day.
Due to lack OF passengers an
freight, Oregon is likely to loose tn
two fast Hill steamers plying frol
Flavel to San Francisco as they ar
operating at loss and the compan
is contemplating their sale to the p
cihc Steamship Co. of Seattle to put @
the run between that port and Sa
Francisco. II is high time for Or
gon to wake up and give such ente
prises the support they need before v
loose them.
Stanfield-s1O,000 fruit warehou
here practically assured.
Roseburg-s1O00,0 fertilizer pla
may be erected here.
Work to start at once on erection
new $4,000 dam at North Umpqua III
hatchery.
In comment on the 15 per cent
crease IN II eight rates asked by ra
roads. f. w. Robinson, traffic man
ger OF the O..W.. X. & N. said: "Trar
portation is the only commodity tn
has not advanced enormously in I
past few months, while the cost
everything entering into the mar
facture OF transportation has advanc
enormously in the past few montl
while the cost of everything enteri
lre OF transporta.