The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-10-07
NeWS About Greg
On'S Industries

roni-these just happen to top the list
bf products turned out BY "a manufac-
turing concerns in the North Portland
| industrial district, 10 of which have
come there since 1917. They employ
over 5000 people and do a total business
Of $125,0 900, 600. Amang the other COM
modities that are made on the PENN
sula are metal and wood pipe, sauer-
kraut, tinned meats, stoves, furniture,
~readycut houses. boxes and crates, wool,
dry kilns, waxed paper, steel bridges,
patent roofing, paints, all sorts OF lum-
Der. shingles, wood containers from
candy pals to giant tanks, farm appli-
ances, road building equipment and
fertilizers.
klamath Falls-Forty thousand acres
of pine timber, estimated to contain
l, 600, 600, 900 feet, are reported to have
been sold by the Hopkins estate to the
Weyerhauser company, The tract
brought close to 81, 800, 900. The deal
places 80 percent Of the timber west OF
the klamath river in control of three
companies.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS big fruit and
vegetable cannery, h seventh owned
by the A. Rupert company, has JUST
been completed here at a cost OF s5e'-
600. This gives the concern a capacity
Of 75O. 900 cases during the season, an
output that means an expenditure OF
about a,250,00 for farm and orchard
produce During the past eight months
$4,000 has been spent in improve
ments and engagements for the various
Rupert plants.
portland.-Baggage checks, shipping
TAGS and all sorts of similar cardboard
cuttings are In such demand that the
Pacific Calendar & Tag company, form
ed here a year ago, is ookin forward
to building a new plant in 1921, This
is the only place manufacturing print
ed shipping tags on the coast making
them from the sheet and delivering d.
rect to the consumer.
Salem-Rain caused little worry in
the hon section of Marion county and
few losses occurred on account or IN
clement weather. The Oregon crop
this season it estimated at $4,000 bales.
IaGrande-Timber Is to be taken out
of the Grande Rounde valley by the
Deer Creek Lumber company, a WASH
~inrton corporation, which recently pur-
chased 10000 900 feet of holdings near
this city, The consideration was S25,-
900.
salem-Discovery Of a hybrid prune'
the New Oregon. which experts de-
clare will revolutionize prune growing
in the entire northwest has been an
nounced by Andrew vercler, a Polk
county orchardist. Tests showed the
fruit superior in texture, sugar acidity'
: content, drying provlivities n carry
ing quality of the tree.
Eugene-The Lane County Lumber
company has just been organized mere
and has purchased a mill on Fail creek
and acquired a quantity of timber OPP
erotion will begin in the immediate fu-
ture.
Albany.-Albany's new industry, the
Cremona Photograph company VIII
probably double the size of its plant
next year and increase the citys IN
come, through its payroll sSOo'ooo'
The present daily capacity of newly
purchased factory is 10 monographs,
each of them requiring 60 days to COM
plete. The cimpany has patented I'M
movements upon both motor and tone
arm that will be installed in machines
as soon as steel prices permit manu-
facture Of these attachments,
portland.-With discontinuance of
iobbinv lines the Portland Rubber mills
has undertaken an extensive advertis-
ing campaign playing up its best known
product Non-Skid rubber heels, Tor
which there is a big demand In the
northwest.
salem-In order that ores may be
brought out from the mines on the Lit
tie North Fork of the Santiam near
Gold creek, the Lotz-Larsen Mining
company is putting in a road and
bridge over which hauling may be done
This will permit bringing the ore out
the year round and with TINS IN minu'
the company is preparing to purchase
more machinery.
North Bend, Ties manufactured
here are being shipped to Portland by
rail and loaded on large steamers
bound for the Atlantic coast. The
route will be through the Panama can-
al. 1t is said the demand for these ties
exceeds the supply or the tonnage to
carry them.
Ione.-Natural gas has been discov-
cred on the link ranch near this place
and is regarded as a possible forerun-
ner of larger wells.
Porlland-Although the Bede Box
and Lumber company opened this year,