Miller Tire claims and factory testing dominate new tire market
The Miller Tire is promoted as a highly tested product with daily $1,000 spending on tests and inspections. Fifty inspectors guard quality. each tire is vulcanized and inspected, and makers and inspectors face penalties if a tire fails. Factory mileage tests show 15,000 mile averages and 25 percent better wear than rivals. Defective tires are rare and dealers report few adjustments. Center Tread features and road-grip designs highlighted.
Miller records show high mileage from Boston cars
Green and Swett Co. tested Miller tires on hundreds of large cars in Boston and found mileage improved from 5096 to 75 percent. They reported fewer blowouts and only six tires per 1000 disappointed users.
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Boston
Green & Swett Co
Millers
Oregon State Chamber expansion effort continues through summer
In Oregon the State Chamber of expansion moves forward with intensive canvass across six sections. Twelve workers in six teams, aided by 80 community committees, aim to raise 450000 dollars over three years to fund state development. Portland events set June 10 11 while 270000 will be raised in 36 counties. Oregon Products Week highlights local goods as Tillamook dairy faces gasoline shortages and labor limits.
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Oregon
State Chamber
Portland
Tillamook
Hood River
Yakima Valley growers to build own box factory in Portland district
Apple growers from Yakima Valley start construction of a box factory in Portland's Kenton district to produce 17 000 apple boxes daily over two shifts, forming the Bede Lumber Company to reduce packing costs. Shevlin Hiron and Brooks Scanlon plan to supply low price lumber and finance worker homes, with payroll near 500 000 annually and a 50 year timber supply.
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Portland
Fruin
Yakima Valley
Kenton Industrial
Bede Lumber Company
Agers
Timber and industry notes from Oregon and coast regions
Reports from Bend to Portland and coastal towns describe juniper destined for Japan pencils, a new smelter near Pittsburg, a one-man lifeboat lowering davit to be mass produced, Port Orford cedar exports to Japan, oil exploration led by Captain Rathbone at Waldport, a Hood River ranch adding a 20000 foot daily sawmill, and a Rupert Co fruit cannery under construction in McMinnville.
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Japan
Here
Flowery Kingdom
Portland
Orient
Pittsburg
Columbia County
Astoria
United States Marine Equipment Company
Port Orford
Far East
Klamath Falls
Rathbone
Waldport Oil Company
Wald Port
Wyoming
Lebanon
H.F. Davidson
Hood River
McMinnville
A. Rupert Co, Inc
Northwest Bridge & Iron builds 12000 ton tankers with welded hulls
The Northwest Bridge and Iron Company plans to construct seven 12 000 ton tank ships using electric welding to replace rivets in many sections. The project will double port and haul capacity and marks a shift from riveting to welding in cargo carriers. A separate drilling effort near Harney and Malhour counties targets an oil-bearing lake.
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Q . Bridge & Iron Company
Cmt
Jarne
Harney
G. W. Howell
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U.S
Pat. Ogio
Independence Garage
Northwestern
Oregon Affairs
Telateit
Portand
Peninsula
wOlng
Acton
Hartman Bros, Co
Salem
Mountain States Power Company
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