Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-06-11
Oregon
Obseruations

Portland - Thousands of dollars
will be saved by the Northwest Bridge
q Iron company through the use Of
electric welding in seven tank ships
of 1900 Otons capacity which this
company has contracted to build
Tankers of this class require about
twice as much riveting as the steel
cargo carriers formerly built at the
plant. Welding will be substituted for
rivets in large part OF this work.
Klamath Falls-The klamath Mint
company. recently incorporated here
for 100000, has purchased $500
acres Of marsh land on Upper Kla-
math lake, and portion of this tract
will be planted to spearmint and pep
permint this year Experiments have
shown that the Oregon variety Of
mint is unusually suitable for distil-
iation because Of its high menthol
content. 1t Is claimed that this will
be the largest single tract devoted to
mint growing in the United States.
Burns--An attempt to reach the
lake of oil which is believed to under
iy Harney and Malheur counties is
being made by G. w. Howell, who
has commenced drilling operations
near here
Rockaway-Surf bathers who are
chilled by the waters of the Pacific
may restore their circulation In
dance pavilion which is being con-
structed here. A movie show is also
going in across the street from the
church.
Portland-The Peninsula lumber
mill here, now producing 100000, 900
feet of lumber q year. will just dou-
BILE its capacity when expansion all
ready in progress is completed Three
thousand lineal feet of bulkheading
40 feet wide now surround tract
that is being filled by suction
dredge. Upon this site will be built a
complete new unit comprising saw
mill, planning mill dry kiln and uock
for ocean going vessels.
Tillamook-The dairy industry In
this section Is seriously hampered by
the lack OF sufficient gasoline to run
the milking machines. Cows cannot
be milked by hand because of the
scarcity of labor.
Pittsburg-The vast iron resources
OF Columbia county are being devel-
oped for the first time successfully
by the first unit Of smelter which
has started operation near here.
portland.-Instead of paying mill
prices for boxes fruit growers OF the
Yakima valley will build their own.
Construction has started and machin-
cry Is arriving here for box factory
in the Kenton Industrial district which
will manufacture $4,000 apple boxes a
day working two shifts For the pur-
pose of operating this factory and re-
ducing the cost of packing apples, the
growers have organized the Bede
Lumber company OF which they arc
the owners and managers.
Bend The Shevlin -IIixon and
Brooks-Scanlon Lumber companies,
the two largest industries OF this city,
viii help solve the housing problem
by furnishing lumber to their en-
ployes and residents of this city for
home building purposes at a price less
than that received for their product
E. o. b, cars at their own mills The
lumber companies will also finance
The building of homes and let employees
pay for them by deducting a small sum
from each months wages The 1920
payroll for these two mills alone will
be close to $3,o0O,OOO and with their
present holdings Of timber in this re-
gion the mills can operate at this en-
pacity for so years,
Portland.--A notorious white ele-
phant here i'm the shape of the Mon
arch Lumber mill has been harnessed
and put to work, This huge mill.
which is capable Of producing $3.50
feet OF lumber an hour operated only
short time a fter Il was finished, was
entangled in litigation and has lain
idle ever since. II has now been taken
over by Lester W. David an enterpris-
ing lumberman, Is furnishing employ
ment Tor IT'S men, and Is producing
lot OF good lumber at good profit,
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