St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1920-05-21

The largest walnut grove II
the United States is near Amity
Ore.
| Every good citizen should cas-
his ballot at the primary today,
Friday.
The biggest broom factory west
of the Mississippi River is ir
Oregon.
Oregon produced 10 per cent
of the platinum used by the Un,
tied States during the war.
A fine baby boy was born tc
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Crouchley
Saturday evening.
Remember d. c. Lewis is run,
ming for State Senator. Why
not give him rousing vote on
the Peninsula3
Mrs. Henry Manney of Seattle
has been spending some time
with her daughter, Mrs. X. G..
Brand on Seneca street.
Mrs. Hamilton Fletcher has
returned from pleasant visit
with her mother at Grants Pass.
She reports everything in a
flourishing condition there.
Lang and Company of Portland
will begin construction Of a new
warehouse at Eugene shortly.
Plans call for a building 80 by
l2S feet, of reinforced concrete.
There is nothing slow about
Klamath County lumber industry
this year. Mill owners are
preparing for an estimated cut
of $50. 900, 900 feet and 20 saw
mills will be in operation.
Arthur Benz Of Seattle. who
has been a guest at the home
of Lewis Simmons has decided
to remain permanently and has
accepted a position in the office
Of the Emergency Fleet at st.
Johns.
To the Hawley Pulp and Paper
Company has just been sold a
strip Of land on the river front
in Milwaukee containing 1869
acres. II is understood that the
manufacturing concern gave
$25. 600 for the piece. which ad-
joins the Hawley mill there.
Asbestos covered pipe manu-
facturers are getting plenty of
competition from the Associated
Engineering Company of this
city, which sold ll0 Radio pipe
less furnaces in Portland. alone.
last week. The plant now en-
ploves 66 men.
Pity the poor fish! With 232
new fishing boats registered at
the customs house at Astoria. |
the royal chinook is going TO |
find scant refuge around the |
mouth of the Columbia. At the |
opening of the season the fleet |
was greater than ever before and |
a record pack is forecasted.
The yeast cake and some of |
the other articles that depend |
on hops for their existence are
a long way from determination.
Increasing demand for hops and |
offerings of high prices ranging |
from so cents TO Go cents a pound |
has led TO the replanting of many |
Valley districts this
year.
Trains in the United Kingdom |
are TO travel over wood from Ore
yon forests. for 40 per cent of
his years vast shipment TO be
made by Douglas Fir Exploit
alton and Export Company is to
be loaded in the Columbia River. |
The concern has just closed a
ieal for 2l, 900, 900 feet to be
from North Pacific ports.
Cherries have,joined the ranks
# aristocrats this season and
growers at the Dalles have con-
.racted their crop for Is cents a
,ound. Libby, Mcneil and Libby,
Who are the purchasers. by set
ing this figure, went beyond
he highest price ever paid for
.herries in the state. Frost and
;old damaged orchards elswhere
md this accounts for the high
igure Oregon fruit will bring.
From the Amazon. where raw
ubber is harvested, until the
anne material comes out of a
'ortland mill in the form of rub
'er heels. the industry is traced
n a motion picture just prepared
" the Portland Rubber Mills.
his educational film shows the
of rubber soles.
eels and other similar products,
s handled at the local plant.
First aids to the gardener
'ill be turned out from the new
liant the Pacific Products Com
any has just commenced con-
truction on in the Peninsula
Industrial district. Julius Dos
che. president of the concern,
as just announced the purchase
a six and a half acre tract
n which a factory will be built
} handle ground shell products
nd fertilizers.