The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-10-14
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OH'S Industries

Astoria ure-Pieking Of crauberries
TO- CIatsor county has been started
with about $50 people at work. The
yield viii be Is per cent heavier than
last wear and with that Of Pacific eoun-
ty. wash is expected &c be sufficient
to supply the trade for the two states
and California
la Grande. Ore.-Manufaeturers Of
this city alone are to exhibit msde-in-
LaGrande goods at the fair to be held
here on october S and 3. This will
include 26 different concerns, both
large and small located in the city.
Baker. ore-Plans are being made
Tor the rebuilding Of the Hess saw
mill, recently destroyed by fire near
North Powder, The capacity of the
plant will be largely increased.
Portland. Ore.-Handling waste pa
per will form the principal business of
the Independent Paper Company Of
san Francisco. which is to erect a
group Of buildings in this city. The
main structure, Of brick. will be so by
leo feet. There will be sorting and
receiving sheds, the three costing sS5-
coo for their erection.
Astoria, Ore-Derrick timbers are in
place and foundations have been com
pleted for the derrick TO be erected for
the Columbia Oil and Gas company's
well on the Chew farm near Warren
ton, Drilling equipment will be brot
here shortly,
Portland, Observation-Disclosures for
the promotion OF Oregon payrolls are
to be included in a campaign Of pub
licity being conducted by the Ladd &
Tilton bank Each advertisement dis
cusses a particular Oregon industry,
telling the name of each brand Of that
product made in Oregon. and advising
to buy Oregon made,
Baker. Ore.-Preparations are being
made to electrify the mill of the Queen
mining company at Cornucopia in order
that ii may operate all winter. The
rine is to connect with the Idaho Pow
er company's wires.
Tillamook, Ore.-Figures prepared on
cheese production in this section show
that the industry earned over 1850 per
capita for every man, woman and child
in the county. More than $4,000, 600
worth was turned out
R~eedsport, Ore.-Senator McNary's
recent visit to this section threw
much light on harbor developments,
financed unaided by the port itself.
Deep sea vessels are now loading lum-
Der at the mouth of the Umpqua.
Portland, Ore.-A G. Clark, secre-
tary-manager of the Associated In
dustries of Oregon, is in the East, Wis
iting various cities in the interest of
developing Oregon's payrolls.
Portland. Ore.-To the increasing
number Of steamship lines touching
here regularly will soon be added the
vessels Of the United American Lines,
Incorporated, Of New York City. These
steamers will carry freight between
the east and west coasts Of the United
States and service will be inaugurated
with the sailing of the Hawaiian by
way OF the Panama canal on October 2.
Salem, Ore-Establishment of a Hol-
land bulb farm neal Salem, which will
supply florists in every section of the
United States with hyacinths, tulips,
narcissus, ~daTodils, gladiolus and other
bulbs by wholesale is to open next
week near here.
M~arshheld, Ore.-Cranberries, are be-
ginning to loom up in this section and
preparations are being made to harvest
the largest output the county has aver
had.
Portland. Ore.-In order to raise suf-
fcient money to equip its new plant,
the Automatic Electric Brake company
is issuing 20, 900 shares of stock. Sew
eral brakes and drills are soon to be
placed on the market by the new firm.
Astoria Ore.-Cement blocks are
soon to be turned out here b a new
factory in charge of Victor Lindberg,
who now has machinery for his plant
on the way from the east. He later
plans to add tile to his output.
Portland, Ore.-Furniture manuld
turers Of Portland and nearby cities
are to maintain a permanent furni-
ture exhibit in this city, similar to the
one held here during Buyers week.
Portland, Ore-A large foreign order
for oleomargarine had to be turned
down recently by the only oleomarga-
rine factory in the Northwest, because
an Oregon law prohibits the use Of
vegetable ~coloring in the producer. The
foreign buyer had insisted tina: the
product be colored and plainly labeled
"Oleomargarine." The order, whith
would have been worth thousands Of
dollars to Oregon, went to Omaha. fine
board Of directors of the Associated
Industries nave voted unanimously TO
fight the oleomargarine bill, maintain
ing that it interiors with both the in
dustries and the rights Of consumers.
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