Oregon Industry Trends Add Plant Expansions and New Ventures
Portland plans a 100 phonographs per day output expansion at the Pacific Phonograph Stradivara plant with new export models for the orient while Salem notes prune acreage rising to 40 000 acres and an Oregon crop of 25 000 000 pounds due to rains. Portland to host a wool scouring facility capable of 1 000 000 pounds monthly as part of the Western Wool warehouse, with front water frontage girdled for trackage. Marshfield hints at a Coos Bay briquetting plant. Albany to host a Morgan Manufacturing factory with 12 workers and a salesman. Grants Pass creamery to operate with local capital. Portland Arcady Press erects a large direct advertising plant to produce literature for Oregon products. Baker to build a 150 000 dredge on Burnt River. Prineville plans a box factory with electric power. Portland introduces the Watson Bucket plow. Eugene Buck box factory transfer to Ball Lumber Co with three acres and kilns.
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Portland
Salem
Ashland
Oregon
Western Wool
Boston
American Marine Ironworks
Coos Bay
Centralia
Wash
Washington Company
Albany
M. C. Morgan Manufacturing Company
Grants Pass
Jackson County Creamery
Arcady Press and Mail Advertising Company
Baker
Superior Dredge Company
Burnt River
Eugene
Ball Lumber Company
Eugene Lumber Products Company
S. A. Buck
Mesopotamia Oil Prospects and Labor Struggles Reported
Mani Radford Warren notes Mesopotamia holds oil potential yet wells lie idle. Arabs resist work while Kurds shoulder burdens and Indians were imported during the war to sustain railroads and irrigation. American oil flows via Abbadan, Persian oil remains untapped locally.
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Mesopotamia
Abbadan
Mani Radford Warren
Saturday Evening Post
Trial by Jury in Japan and Anglo-Saxon contrasts
The article discusses Japan's plan to revise its civil code to include a jury system. It argues that while mistakes occur with juries, a panel of peers often yields fairer judgments. It highlights the jury’s burden of proof on the prosecution and presumed innocence, praising the humane, decisive character of jury trials in Britain and America.
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North China Herald
Great Britain
America
Man Quips About National Ties at Fleet Review
At the Fleet Review a man seeking enlistment claimed a mixed heritage with American and French lineage, birth on a ship under Spanish colors in the English Channel, parents dying in Sweden, and adoption by a German in the United States. Asked if he was a man without a country the officer replied sharply that he belonged to the League of Nations.
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Italy
Sweden
United States
League of Nations
Boston Transcript
Paper Covers vs Cloth Bindings Impact on Book Prices
An authority notes binding books in paper could save about ten cents per copy in manufacturing. The potential retail price drop might be around 80 cents, but the demand for paper covered volumes remains doubtful. Americans generally lack the European habit of rebinding to personal taste.
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Europe
Town Incorporation Debate Draws Mass Meeting
In a small upstate settlement owners discussed forming a town. A mass meeting was held with broad input and only one man opposed incorporation, citing past work for a corporation. The Indianapolis News notes the skeptical remark.
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Indianapolis News
Saving on Cars and Trolleys in Old Days
A lighthearted note compares old car upkeep with horse fodder and modern economies. The optimist jokes that today you can keep your flivver in the garage and ride a trolley to save money, contrasting past and present transportation costs.
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Birminghim Age-Herald
Carol
Coffee Imports Reach Nearly 1.5 Billion Pounds in FY 1820
Imports show about 1.5 billion pounds of coffee landed in the fiscal year ending June 30 1820. The figure underscores strong demand and reliance on foreign sources for the commodity during that period.
Oregon Hens Win Fame In Egg-Laying Contest
Oregon Agricultural College bred hens excel in a western Washington laying contest with 45 entries. The Oregons averaged 234 eggs per year, winning seven of twelve months and producing eggs valued at 52.67 dollars, just shy of the winning pen’s output.
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Oregon Agricultural College
Oregon College
Washington
Oregons
Barred Rocks
College Oregons
College Rocks
Rocks
Canery expansion planned for next year in Lebanon town
Lebanon aims to boost cannery capacity next year with the A. Ruper company, noting its branch handles district small fruits. A stock issue in the Lebanon area is being sold. Spotts Mills reports completion of a prune picking plant by the Oregon Growers' Co operative association with sorting nearly finished and packing to start soon. North Bend prepares to install the world’s largest veneer peeler at the Willamette Packing Lumber plant in January after adding a new building increasing floor space by hundreds of feet.
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Lebanon
A. Ruper Company
Spotts Mills
Oregon Growers' Co-operative Association
North Bend
Willamette Packing Lumber Company
Wendling Booth Kelly Mill to Resume Opern Soon
Eugene mill of Booth Kelly Lumber at Wendling idle for weeks will resume immediately. The Springfield mill, idle since Mountain States Power fuel bin fire, is back in operation on old orders.
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Eugene
Booth Kelly Lumber Company
Wendling
Springfield
Mountain States Power Company
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Industrial Review OF State
Japan
Monmouth
F. E. Alexander
M. F. White
Tats
Eta Tey
Terolene
Independence Garage
Independence, Oregon
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