East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-28
LABOR IN DEMAND ]
ALL over OREGON
"a sxuSo te~--
6Y wILFRED f, SMITH
(,Federal Director U. s Employment
Saryice \


Service.)
, PORTLAND, ore, May 2S.-As the
h call for seasonal workers has reached
: a point where it is evident that the
e resources of the United states employ
> ment service viii be taxed to the
> limit to meet the demands made upon
/ Il for help during the next five
months. 1t has been decided to issue
l weekly statement In the form of
Bulletin from the Portland office in
, order that the public, the press, the
employer and the man or woman
seeking employment, may know labor
conditions as they actually exist in all
sections of the state, wages paid,
/ where there is a surplus of Labor,
where surplus of employment, and
many other features of general inter- |
est and public value. 1t is hoped that
the press of the state win lend assist,
ance in this work by giving publicity
| to such news matter contained in this
Bulletin as will result in encounragine
labor which may not be engaged, to
seek those sections where employ
ment is awaiting and labor scarce.
Work Plentiful in jackson County.
In jackson county during the past
week there has been an unusual de-
the work consisting of spraying. thin I
ming, cultivating and other forms OF I
labor incident to the care of large I
orchards. The prospects for an inn I
mense crop in the southern part of 4
the state were never so good as now "
and already the fruit growers arc
an alarm lest the call {
later on be not needed. and they find b
themselves unable to harvest the Ii
abundant crop to which they are n
eagerly looking forward. r,
Call for Help from Hood River.
A call for help in the strawberry c.
fields at Hood River has come in C,
during the past week from number p
Of sources. Hundreds of girls and g
are not excluded-are al
are not excluded II
dIsu OF peluUM eIe--
.han usual. Arrangements are now III
1elng made by Mrs. Bruce Scott, su-
of the Women's Divi-
,ion, whereby girls in groups of so
nay go to the berry fields under COM er
'etent women who will have supervl~ tn
ion of each group. The women W
Division is located in the Lewis to
corner Fourth and Oak SITS 'ba
nd Mrs. Scott wishes all who desire nc
D go to the berry fields to register he
18th her at the earliest possible date, SU
Farmers Want Help. so
Several calls for farm help are on ue
ne boards in the farmer labor Sec NJ
on today Married men are espe- 81
ally in demand. Two experienced
lilkers are offered 500 a month
ach; a married man who will be
wen a separate house for himself Qu
I'D wife may draw $s5, and num- sci
IT of other openings are listed wi
-ound SIS for the right men. These qu
cures show there has been no re- Phi
lction in the scale of wages paid ag'
mpetent farm help since last year. wit
n the contrary, substantial in SCI
ease is evident. by
In the Shipyards- -
Orders are on file at this date for r
70 shipyard workers in the immedi- |
e vicinity of Portland at wages
nging from s4.64 for unskilled Ia
II, up. Though expert mechanics
e not in general demand at the |
rds Just now. there are frequent |
,enings for skilled men. A few or
rs are now on the boards for rivet-
s in the steel yards and wood calk- 1
5.
In Mills and Woods. L
In Mills and Woods.
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