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No. 4

OREGON IDAHODAKOTA

THE NORTHWEST

Published Ilimoulhly by the

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY

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The Cover PictureCorrugzated aluminum for roong and

.~4l(lillj_" fahri('ate(l with (lillerent nishesin a rolling mill of the Kaiser ;\luminnm

X Chemical com-pany at Trent-wood. near $po-kane. \Vash.. isone of numeroususes for metalcoming from therm’s primaryaluminum works,also located near5 p 0 k a n e. a tMead. These two

um. HUN1’,Editor.... ............................... ........ .... .....so.r=»1,mm. l’la'"S' acqulmd 1“ 1946 {mm the f°‘l'

IF YOU WISH INFORMATION regarding Tho Northern Pacic Railway, or about Industry, _ , ,agriculture and other rosourcor in tho territory which it sorvor ploaao addrou ano of tho following sells alummum In W0rld‘W1de ma rkei5-officer: (JOPOIIJIYIQ Oll "ll information dO8ifOdl: The man in thg picture, who appearsP. D. EDOEl.l., Gonoral Manager, Properties and Industrial Dovolop|nont.....St. Paul, Minn. pleased with ins work’ ls one 3490w. J. LUCHSINGER, vat. Prosidont—TratTi: .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . so. Paul, Minn. ""‘l’l°Y°°5 °f "he _K‘“5‘_*' Al“"""""‘ 8‘oionos M. wunmorou, Vice Prosidont—Oi1 Dovolopmont ........... . .u||i-qt, Mont. Chemical ¢°YP°"="1°" 1" ll"? Stale OfF. C. SEMPF, Manager, Industrial Dovolopmont ..... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .St. Paul, Minn. Washington. Th6 rm last year pro-M. H. NIXON, Wostorn Manager, Industrial Dovolopmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$0attlo, Wash. (‘lUC€(l more than 1.000.000,000 polmdsS. O. MERRYMAN, Manager, Timber and Wostorn |.andt...... . . . . . . . . . .Soattlo, Wash. Qf mQ[al_ For more facts and guresGEORGE R. POWE, Asst. Gon.Mgr., Proportios and Industrial Dovoloplnont ..SI. Paul, Minn. about production! marketing’ the prod,ERNEST E. THURLOW, Chief Mining Geologist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$t. Paul, Minn. ucts and Current improvement of faci|i_l.. S. MACDONALD, Director, Agricultural Dovolopmont Dopartrnont . . . . . . . .$l. Paul, Minn. -

eral government. were the rst onesoperated by the company. which nowhas become widely dispersed and which

ties please see pages three and four.

Company Manufactures Deioamers, Which Make Glues Spread EvenlyThe Westport Chemical company be-

gan early this year manufacturing pat- ———~*'~-V

ented defoaming materials of differenttypes in a new plant on a nine-acre sitealong the Cowlitz river. at Longview.Wash.

H. C. Underwood, president. recentlydescribed them as "chemical specialtiesfor people who make glues used inplywood

IN A NEW FACTORY, above, the Westport Chemical company began operating atsmall amofmts are added to Plues’ Longview, Wash., in 1963 after moving from Seattle, where the rm was estab-\\'l1lCh 0il1€l‘\\‘15€ \\'0llld foam 3nd- ihlls-, lished in 1954-. Chemical intermediates used in making plywood are produced.not spread evenly on veneer during themanufacturing process in plywoodplants tional synthetic chemicals may be made elevator. replaces bins which burned on

The rm Started in Seattle in later by the company. March 5. last. A new 60-foot warehouse

1954 but in 1960 Underwood and John for seed and other supplies has beenT. Stephan. company technical director,announced that the company would be E|ev°|°|- company Put

added on the east side.

moved and that a plant and ‘research Gr°¢ery chain wen}laboratorv would be built on nine acres up G srlrooo Annexat Longview acquired from Van Waters An annex holding 112_0()() bushels "no Egg Pr°dud|°n31 R°8eT5- °f Seaul a"d formerli’ and costing $71,000 has been built by Red Owl Stores. Inc., has begun the°Cc“Pled bY the CameY Pacic R°ck‘ the Hoganson Construction company for production of eggs for its own super“'°°l °°mPa")'- the Farmers Elevator company of Clyn- markets at a location between Big Lake

Petroleum and other raw materials don, Minn. Having 21 bins, the addi- and Becker, north of Elk River, Minn.,are used. As well as defoamers, addi- tion, on the west side of the company’s in poultry houses built recently.

2 ‘rut-: NORTHWEST. July-Augrnl, 196.1

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Millions Spent to Increase Kaiser Aluminum OutputAt Trentwood, East of Spokane, Remelting Furnaces Are Being Replaced and New Facilities

Are Being Installed in the Same Mill to Temper Aluminum Sheet; Improvements at Meacl Too

Ever since the Kaiser Aluminum 8Chemical corporation. now a far-ungcoinpany, leased in 1‘)-l6 and purchasedin l‘)l‘) from the ii. 5. governinent a

priinar) aluminum works at Mead andit mill for rolling sheet and plate atTreiitwooil. hoth near 5pokane. \Yash..the lirst Kaiser venture into the produc-tion of the light metal. the lirm has in-\<-sled large sums in additions andiinpro\"ements at the two plants to eii-large and modernize the facilities andexpand production.

Xineteen sixty-three is no exception.ln fact. a $().(t(i().0OU program of addi-tions which was initiated in 1962 wascarried over and is heing nished dur-ing the present iear.

'\t 'l'rentwood. east of Spokane. inthe $pokane Valle) where there are 53

acres under roof. reinelting furnacestwhich heat up ingots hefore the) arerolled into hillets or sheet) are heingreplaced. Fix new ones that will do thework of 24- old-style ones. are going in. 1

New facilities are heing installed in the .

saw mill- mo. furl“-at-trcatinil 1lP111]><*r- wiiiu; VARIOUS enooucrs ARE manufactured at Kaiser's Treiitwood mill. byjngi aluminum gheet Tljege f3(-iligigg far the greatest tonnage is in aluininum sheet, flat 111' in coils. and rolled plate of

mmlern and handle more mate_ many sizes. The company in all of its plants made 009.430 tons of primary aluminum.

rial than those the)‘ will replace.M MHNL job in W62 to lmim Mead a new lUftlit('€ for liitlilttgl carhoii _\laterials. supplies and services pur-

anodes has been installed in a 4a.()l)\)- chased in the Pacic .\orthwest duringfm_i|im_s pm in tn ms‘ pmduv si|uai"e-foot ‘l)l.lil(litt'§I. making four fur- the year amounted to Sl8.5()U.()()(laii<l at

(_(m“_|_ti“g 50_lmum] ingots int" anmher naces now in S€'l'\'l('C at Mead for that hllead and Trentwood a total. ‘of“Pu Wsuhing in larger Size‘ M50 at purpose. Late last year a wartime mag- -\.6.Z(ttl‘.t)U() was spent ‘for electricity.

' nesium plant nearhy was purchased The hill for transportation of raw ina-

from the LY. S. General $er\'ices adiniii- tcrizils and products was S‘).60().O(i().

istration and Kaiser is now calcining _.\n inmresging in-m is {hm “hilel’et"’l"u'" Coke °l)mi"('(l at the relillelii inost of the aluminum ingots cast at"f ll‘? Humble Oil aml Rening Com‘ .\icad are rolled at Trentwood. lt1'ttt\'

l“‘".‘ ill Billl"$15- M°"l- The "3l"i'"“l arc taken as such hi purchasers aroundcoke is heing used for Iilkillf-1 "'-“'l"’" the world. Man) 50-pound ingots. andaiiilnles that are required in aluininiiin i|NN. H-en as 1.,“ 3,» “H, and 3 halfl'c1 iictio

a new ll.0(lll-sqii:ii"e foot huilding for

"- pounds for use in small furnaces which/\ new project presentl_\' under way prevail in far-a\\a_\' countries. are cast

at Mend $outh. new designation for the h_\ the coinpaii_\ in the Spokane area.loriner magnesiuin plant. is the addi- [i ma) (-mm. as H ,-m-priq. to some

li"" "l "\l""*‘i"" llill "i1|>"l’iliii“-‘- readers that alnminuin. thought of as a

\\”ith all ol its modernization. Kaiser. light metal. is used as armor plate.nc\i~rtheless. added new people to its .\lan_\ tons of it are rolled at Trentwoodpayroll at 5pokane in 1962. into plate for wing sections on super-

indeed. the aluminum firinis 1l\'et‘age sonic planes and thinner aluminuml emplo_\'ment in the state of W'ashington plate from the same mill is found on

during 1962 was 3.-l‘)(l. 5alaries and tanks and personnel carriers of the Y5.MAN‘. ‘~'MM‘I.‘ Ll rT.l.:“' wig?‘ "n mu’ wages paid hv this companv during that armv. Twentv millimeter fragment simu-in this machine at Irentwood roduce ‘ ' - ‘ ' -

Mumimlm 5har|,._~;(.|.(...n “.hi..|, bu_,-i,i,->_-|;|“._ period were .§2(i.‘)()()_(NI(| in the state. lators and 50-caliber armor piercing

THE N(IRTll“'I-IST. July-August, 1963 3

IN AN AUTOMATIC MACHINE over 4-00 feet long aluminum in coils containing A (IOII. OF PAPER-THIN Al.lJl\llN[.\I10,000 pounds each of metal only .0005 of an inch thick is cleaned and attened in 12.269 feet long for cans is placed onKaiser mill near Spokane, W'ash.. to prepare it for use in making ends of beer cans. a cleaning and attening machine in mill.

projectiles are lired point blank at this lllanks for dish washers. blanks for which the can stock line operates. areplate on a testing range maintained at aluminum sauce pans. siding and ro0f~ impressive. The equipment is dividedTrentwood by the company to test its ing for buildings. Shade Screen for win- into three units to accomplish variousballistic qualities. (lows and stock for cans and ends ol processing steps. with one of the units

Forty different alloys of aluminum cans are among the products manu- stretching 14-O yards in length. Theare made at the rm’s mill at Trent- factured at Trentwood. although by far over-all installation includes multi-storywood. Only recently Kaiser Aluminum's the greatest tonnage is in rolled plate high accumulators. 28-foot high tanksdepartment of metallurgical research. of man_v sizes and in coils of aluminum which contain up to 3,900 gallons ofat Spokane. developed another one. lt is sheet. degreasing solutions. electronic controlsfor use in improved aluminum armor Kaiser was the rst primary and X-ray installations to insure con~plate. and. in a dierent heat-treated aluminum company to install special- sistent quality.condition. for low-temperature applica- ized equipment especially to manufac- The processing line has been (le-tions. ture can stock. which now largely is signed to nish aluminum which has

No inventory of products. with a few used as ends for beer cans. A major, been hot and cold rolled to can stockexceptions. is carried at Trentwood. fully automatic facility to process alum- gauges from huge 7.000-pound ingotsYet. so widespread is the enterprise that inum sheet and coil for the can-manu- cast in the Trentwood mill, The linevast piles of nished aluminum mate- facturing industry was completed and automatically cleans. inspects. attens.rials are awaiting shipment. Prod- put into operation about two years ago coats. trims. shears and packages theucts are fabricated according to speci- at Trentwood. aluniinun] in the form of to-uil and ,~]1@@[_

cations when orders are received. Complexity and the high speed at The complete equipment is composed

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X-RAY EQUIPMENT INSPECTS long IN THE LABORATORY AT SPOKANE of the department of metallurgical researchstrips of very thin aluminum for cans of the Kaiser Aluminum 8' Chemical corporation new alloys, improved welding proc-while it IS being cleaned and attened. csses, a better way to color aluminum and other innovations have been developed.

4 THE NORTHWEST. July-August, was

Bl..~\NKS FOR S.-\l_(Il'i pulls eut fromaluminum and ordered by at rm in Illi-unis must pass" lll.~]H'('llnlI nl' empl0_\’ee.

(IORRl'(}.~\'l'F.D R()OFl.\'(L IS banded forshipment by men 1'IlIpl0_\'t'(l at the Trent-wmul mill of Kaiser aluminum emnpany.

INGOTS WEl(}HIN(; TONS are rolled of the more in\itin§_- u|)t‘l'itllII_!_' areas.'

ul a (ll'1£l'(‘il.~1lIl2 aml llatteninu line. a l'_"'_' Plaltjr 1""l -'l"'*f_l-‘ Of "ll""l"""' "l it \\tt.s' statetl in the report.|\a|ser's lrentwoml W nrks. near \p0kane

1-oatin;.: line. aml a elass"if_\i||§1 line. i i i i ' lt “as pointetl out that the state mm

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In I“ Hf its phm It dm-(Wm IN is l~l-th in the nation in tlail\' pro<lue-' of l 'l l l l- - - - ~ tron cruce oi am eiu ttt in pro\‘en

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Hm In H mi‘: --H i um-‘lulu Greet Potenhal {or re.s"er\es aml that. furthermore. suehlast \ear matle .1.) ).t.§ll lt>ll>' ul pr|mar\aluminum‘ than l‘UmLUU0_mm in ;1ro\\’tlt e|11|1l1as"izes at \as"t ‘potential.

lmumle "()nl_\ a minor portion. the report

l)urin_; 1962. ltaleolor. a methotl ofln a special report. e(litors of Petro- eontinuetl. "of the approximately 60.001)

leum lnformation. a publication issued square miles or -ltHbl)tH)(')(l acres oi""lf"'l"!—' alumlllum ‘l¢’“’l"l’e(l _l“ l\“l' at Denver for the oil in(lustr\". said that mtentiall\ oil- )ro(lueti\e laml in \ rthI I ll~““' ’ ‘l“l""“"""l "f "““"‘ll“'1-"“‘l 1°‘ "trementlous progress has been made llakota. all \\ithin the \Yilli;s~ton basin.seareh. at §pol<ane. was improvetl and ' X -} kin Otlt Da ota (luring: its rst 12 years has lween ;_'i\ en ('<mt'entt'ate(l attention.the methotl tum has heen lit-ensetl to 15 as an ‘,i| Smt They inf?"-ed that Imm, Va“ I.(_m,|](,5 Uf um,Xp|m.H| and \mua||\fahrit-ators throu_:1hout the lnitetl lm,;IH,§_< Wm |“_ mm]? in the fumr um||.i||ed u,l.mm._\. law mer and __.ulI_

Mates" ".~\ iavorahle eeonomieelimatept'e\'ail- l'"l""l$ 12 Flllllit’-‘ Hf Ill? \\P-’l*“I'I1 HIV]

The tlepartment also ¢le\'elo|)e(l new in§_' now in N<)t'tl1 Dakota as to both pm. northern ])ill'l.~' of the state in \\l1i<,-h

teelmiques lot" \\el(lin_~_" alulninutn that tluction and marlieting coupled with |>I'1NlU<'li1>l1 llil-' l’¢‘<‘Il ¢‘>‘llll>li>'lH‘<l- lllllare expeetetl to ha\e eommereial si_'_'- _;reat geological possibilities not _\et ex- 1-'t‘Hl"f-'l"i1ll_\ iil\'"l'i1l‘lP 1ll‘<‘>‘ - - - I\1>\\‘&ll'P

nilieanee. ploiterl eomhine to make the state one l)lll'l't‘I1-N

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.-\R.\l()R l‘l..-\'l‘l‘I FUR .-\ll{l'l..»\NES. lN'- .~\l.'l‘HOL'(;ll l.lT'l'LE lN\E.\"l"ORY of nished materials is carried at the Trentwoodlie\e it or not. is st-\eral inehes tliiek. Works since almost all prmluets are fallrirated according to sperientions when orderssays W. _I. Riclclell. \.l'.is ','eneral agent. are reeeiu-tl. large piles of coils. sheets. plates and other forms are ready for shipment.

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liiilldog toes on your shoes because.according to President Oseran. the

0 heaviest ones weigh 15.000 pounds eachand contain 1.000 feet or more of steel.sometimes the length is a mile if theslieet is as thin as paper.

To move such heavy objects in a newbuilding it occupied recently at 2245\.\V. 5utlolk avenue. the company hastwo electric cranes. each with a capacity"for seven and a hall tons. Railroad carsliearing the steel from mills are switchedonto zi track which terminates insideol the plant.

A NEW BUILDING, heated, made of r 'nfor d ii t , p l'e 30,000 r I t - - ,, .of space for the Oregon Metal Slitters? Inc.,uilt I;:1r't:l:ii(iI. SONS lA5n oice issilliliii l2I‘0(l’l(l- _The heated bmldm"" 1500200 ,feet'An unloading dock inside is used with railroad cars bearing loads of steel from mills. “llh 3" nlllce at the front all bulll 0freinforced concrete. has two processinglines One ol th th l' ' " l', . em. e sitting ine.handles coils -13 inches wide or nar-rower. with l'Il)l)OllS of sheet steel

Company at Portland Slits Steel in Coils into Various Widths t:11'Plf1@f1lhi;;ugl1 a ma<»_lpi1e which does5 .._ - .

and 558"" and levels Fist $598" l-Qguil-'.l'i"".. 2:-li(il1;bli=li“1lh<l;)ilhuxnliiiliiOregon Metal Slitters. liic.. at Poi"t- ll vou ever let one of the coils down lI"'"l']>0l'11l95 3 l@\'@l@T llil 8 Shear I0

land. Ore.. does what its name implies. on your foot. _vou will need more than l"°‘lu('e flat sh‘-“em ‘see Page 7- C°l- 1-lIt slits metal.

To lie specic. it specializes in slitting iwide coils of sheet steel. sometimes 48inches wide. into coils of dillerentwidths. down to three-eighths of an inch.

Another function of the company isthe leveling of steel (making it into flatsheets so it won't roll hack into a coilland then shearing it into lengths—anylengths a customer wishes.

Henry Oseran. president of the six-year-old rm. said recently. “In addi-tion to processing. we serve as a steelwarehousing firm. \Ve specialize in thesale ol steel coil and sheet. Coils of widewidth are stocked for slitting or level-ing to cust0mers' specications. Ol l ii’(Durst we do proceslm. Hf (“rem mi“ ON THE $I..ITTI_NG LINE at the Oregon Metal SIitters_steel from coils is cut into

. , _ ., ‘ narrow strips, which can be seen moving through a machine in front of a man in theShlllmems In llianslh picture. Coils 4-8 inches wide are cut dnwii to three-eighths of an inch in some cases.

STEEL TAKEN FROM coils is attened iii the plain of the LEVELED STEEL FROM HEAVY coils is shorn by the equip-Oregon Metal Slittcrs. Company also serves as a steel warc- mciit secli above into sheets any length a customer wishes forhousing rm. Some coils of the metal weigh l5,000 pounds. building purposes or for punch presses and forming machines.

6 THE l\'0ltTIlWI-IST. July-.-luguu, 196.’!

PickingLFlorist’s Greens ls on a Business-Like BasisHarvesters of Ferns, Salal, Moss, Hemlock, Cedar and Other Materials Pay for Sfumpage

The old days when people foragedover the landscape in western Oregonand western Washington to pick severalkinds of decorative greens for cominercial purposes just about anywhere theychose are no more. This was a popularpursuit on a part-time basis or full timeespecially in depression days of thel‘)3O's, when regular employment wasscarce.

Today greens still are being harvested. Ibut those who do the harvesting mostly 3]

are professionals who lease the groundon which they gather the materials.

There is Warren Peck, for example.who rents picking rights around LongBeach. Wash., from owners of forestedland. He and Mrs. Peck conduct anindependent and profitable business.gathering salal, a flat-leaved wild plant. 1

huckleberry and sword ferns which they l

sell to wholesalers who are the source LARGE I-‘ERNS, such as those held by vvim llL'CKI.EBERRY is piled up inof supply for florists all over the nation. Frank Sprvllllskei mllagers at Green cool storage (34 degrees Fahrenheit) byThe Peeks the land the Mountain plant, grow well in forests. Les “Hard at Green Mountain Evergreens.

gzssmgi Sgnilsfejzliitln tohttérhggrii’ ll there probably are 1,000 of them) are branches of huckleberry will last a longGreen Mountail? E agree“: Inc of good fire watchers in the forested regions time. Tliev are loaded into refrigerator

v g , " . l therefore some owners of property cars whenlthev are trans iorted to distante ' . H ' t Ch t "W ’ ’ . - .“ ' ‘I ‘“hlch Mrs ennet a apman’ a are glad to have them. provided super- points.

gstalli Efggezaziga:liEf'e?a£n;l;:e:: vision of their entry to the land can be The demand for all of these forest-D . . d. . . ,niaiiitaine grown materials is constant. Weddings.

from the Pecks and from others who do . ‘ . . . ". . . Buyers, such as Green Mountain funerals. graduation exercises. various

similar work. In fact, Green Mountain '. Everreens. have a market. too. for kinds of )arties and a raft of other

has bu 'ers at ve locations alon" the C‘ Ilpacic omost slpyays of ljlort Orforil cedar, which are events create a never-endiiig need.

. . ( e icate an lac . anc hemlock. Cascaraproductive areas is around Grays Har- . lgbor and northwest of there adjacent to bark and onsts moss are among the oats May BeH d I . ’W h. other products purchased and sold to

00 cana ’ In “eslem as mgton retail and wholesale outlets all over the Good ‘of SomethingThe very large "reen ferns "row well ‘ .

after land hasobgelil cut over {OT a couple “est and as far east as Ch'cag°- While wild oats have a bad reputa-Of and in forested Once a letter was received at ill? tioii. they may be good f(il“$iiII1(’ll1lI1;1.

They can be gathered about any time_ R/l"'“l_m")' 5 '_°m"9“ 1" C35“? Rock {F0111 D. Reiiner and Fredei"ii-k. expertsexcept for period between late April exico saying: Dear Amigos. Send 115 on animal nutrition at ll1v€‘]l0l'l‘ll\\'€§l

and about lune 1. when the old crop is 3 case,_0f {ems and a Case all huck 5"l_‘°°l and “anon of the L_""'9"~‘"§' "lnished and before a next crop is ma_ Pm"t°- Thls “'35 d°“e- Pm"l°- Miiiiiesota at Crookston. .\liiin.. are at-tum enough for harvesting‘ In that imer_ The moss.‘ found mostl_v_on maple. 15 tempting to learirwhat value they have.val it is Said that the plants gathered. dried. baled in 2:)-pound bales If any-_V fgf fattemng cattle,‘ ln the rst

--{O0 soft” to be pi(.ked_ Fem pickers “ml 5l°l'e<_l 5_° It Cf!" be 5l"PP_e(l_all Year 28 days ofia feeding trial still under way

although ll 1-‘ avallallle for l"('k1"§ °"l)' at the station it was reported that steers

l" the 5l""m9l’- 0l"('lll(l$ 50"l6ll"1f‘§ ill‘? gained somewhat faster on rolled barleyraised ill this moss, florists report and hut that they seemed to lind rolled wild

Four men perform the labor in the ll is Used for (lillereiil kinds of (lH‘vl‘il- oats “quite palatable" and on full feed

plant. lling orders for galvanized steel. live planting. were consuming 30 pounds of this graincold-rolled steel and hot-rolled steel In addition to its office. Green Mouii- per day per head.which are used for many purposes. in- tain Evergreens. lnc.. has at Castle Rock ‘ ' *cluding gutters. down spouts. furnaces. a shipping room and five cold rooms. A new frozen dairy dessert is beingvarious additional building items and Three are 27x50 feet each and two are sold on Oregon markets. Like sherbet.in punch presses and on forming ina- sniailler. ln these refrigerated areas. at it contains little milk fat. but it is high-vliines for other products. 34 degrees Fahrenheit, ferns and er in protein than sherbet.

TIIF. NURTIIWEST. July-August, 196.1 7

How to Succeed in Business While in Your Home TownAnderson and Beeler, Bridger, Mont., on a Branch of the Railroad, Use Northern PacificTransport Company to Move Their Toys to Buyers from the V. & A. Distributing Company

What if you lived in a comfortablesmall town that you liked but. althoughyou preferred not to leave. you couldn'tnd near home a good job or a businesswith a promise of a bright future?

Harold Anderson and Frank Beelerat Bridger. Mont.. a town 44 miles south-west of Billings with only 824 people.on a branch oi the Northern Pacic.unraveled that knotty problem.

They run the V. $1 A. Distributingcompany. which they own as equalpartners and which does business intoys all over Montana. and in Wyoming.Colorado. Idaho. Washington, NorthDakota and South Dakota.

“But you aren't even on the mainline of the railroad." someone said tothe partners not long ago. “Why don'tyou move to Billings, which would givevou a citv environment and you would

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' . ' . .. ' “HOW MANY MORE of this one should we order?” Harold And r n, right, holdingbe In the Center of things? a model helicopter, asks Frank Beeler, his partner in the V. &. A.s(li)istributing com-Anderson and Beeler answered pany, which handles more than 5.000 items in its wholesale toy enterprise at Bridger.that one promptly by declaringcategorigally that they can deliver lings. it would be largely in low-prot in 1950. but was started that year.orders in Billings from Bridger items and we would have to deal with When young Harold Anderson re-via the Northern PM-ic Trang- more small invoices than at present. A turned to Bridger. his home town. in theport c()n|pany’g trucks at legg salesman calling in the city now gets late 19~lO's after World War ll, hegogt than {hey could make lofal pretty good orders. The advantages wondered what to do. He owned prop-deliveries ghemgglveg if {hey economically of our present location erty in the town and the idea of goingW9]-e locaurgd in (he cigy, are greater than the advantages of mov- to an unfamiliar area was uninviting“One reason is that we would have to l"? 1° 3 large" t°“'"-,7 but he had no l°b-

hire more help immediately if we moved The V. S" A. Distributing company. I" the wmmer of 1950* Allderso" be‘to Billings." Harold Anderson explain- which keeps ve persons busy full time S3" Callmg 0" managers of drug 5l°1'e5-ed. "While we would. in those circum~ and gives seasonal work to others prior Selling them ‘-’l"Cl"lc raZ°r5- He am]stances. pick up more business in Bil- to the winter holidays. didn't exist early Harold v°lght- A"der5°"’5 br°lher'l“'

' law. organized the V. A. Distributingcompany for this purpose and the newcompany operated from the back roomand basement of Voight's drug store inBridger. While Anderson had histroubles as a razor salesman. he learnedfrom druggists over a wide area thatthey needed a source that could furnishthem with toys the year around. Mostof them could buy once a year but nosteady supply was available to ll re-orders.

“The toy business had not becomebig business then." Anderson said. “butit looked good. so we went into it. Sincethat time. it has grown to billion-dollarsize in the United States. and fortunately

.. v. s A. 01¢ ‘bfor us the is ri uting com-IACKING AN ORDER of toys for a customer are left. Andrew Black, shipping clerk. . . - W .and Frank Beeler, one of the owners of the V. & A. Distributing company. which sells pan) has shale‘! In that ‘“m“ih buiiproducts in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, ldaho, Washington and North Dakota. "atura“y- our gures are 3 lot Smaller-

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take T5 per cent of the \olume. Chain I-Z’ "7“‘drug companies are hig users and liard- Wware stores also dispose of many toys. U '____

ln 1962. incidentally. just to illustrate.i how the demand is spread through the _'._-

V.-dt0'tS year compared with earlier times. we Vi M

'1 “"53” sold more in each of the last live months 'i~- ~_..

'— Ti. — \ugust. $epteinl)er. October. \o\eni-her and llecemherfthan we did in ourentire rst year in llusiness.“

LOnce a year Anderson attends the

:\tIlt‘I]LdIt Toy fan. in .\e\\ \oil\ Lit).which attracts buyers from many coun-tries of the world. (mods are handledl)_\ V. S. .-\. from 501) inanulacturers inthe lnited $tates and some importedI items are used. livery major line ol toys

PLEASED AT ONE of the toys that her is handled and more than 3.tl()ll itemsemploy" sell“ i“ EY'“gfi“‘i.Scf' bod“ are kept on the shelves in the liusiestkeeper for V. &' A. Distributing company‘. _

part of the season. Purchases are ship-Crowing pains. once Voight and ped to .\lontana from the makers in

,\||(l@|-,~Un got hm, the my l)u5i|\Q55_ \\(']'C carloads or part-cars. Then in turn. the ON "I5 WAY with =1 vase of price listscommon with their company. ln l‘)3l V. X .~\. Uistriliuting company holds at ‘::::i1,‘;i(.‘foil"::rm]'mM§:€|g§:lP~:;:::Rthey rented space in a hall owned by show during .ll1l)' ill Billings at the ' Q i

the local Veterans of Foreign Wars to Shrine auditorium. which is \'isited ]i_\ pun and mum“ £,xPreS_. to their (_.u__._

supplement their headquarters. By 1953 lluyers from the lirmis trade territory. him.‘-S am] gm '3“ Hf ti“. [Ham bmkenthe young lirm occupied a store l)l1il(l- New toys come and go. hut some seem up and on their way immediately.ing on main street and three other huild- never to lose their appeal. ;\nderson "I was relieved it was short-liyed.“ings were being rented. hut the opera- and Beeler have ohseryed. Take the yo- B99191-§;1i(l_ with 3 Slmke of hi; head fortions of the company were consolidated yo as an example. Tlllllis‘ the "liottest emphasis. “lf it had gone on any longer.under one roof in 1960 when a three- item they ever lime handled. meaning I would have folded up from fatigue.“story building of the Bridger Mercantile the demand is the hest. V. X .-\. sells ".'\s old as it is. .\lonopol_\. the game.company twhich discontinued its opera- more yo-yos than it did hula hoops. The seems to he in greater demand e\er\tioiis in l)eceml)er that year‘) was puI‘- hulas lasted just six weeks hefore they year.” .-\nderson commented. "]’a_<_.:.

chased. Today this large l)uilding is faded. The rm distrihuted flltlltl dozen. word. another game. came out morepiled high with row upon row of the or 96,000 hoops. ln one week ve car- than a year ago. We got 36 dozen hutlirm's stock. ln the meantime. Voiglll loads were hrought into Billings in et\'- they didnit move. Then all of a sudden.found that the toy enterprise was (l8- press service from Portland. (ire. Beeler Password caught peopleis fancy. We gotltlalldillg $0 mllvll time he Would l1il\P and his stall took lahels and shipping data ‘)6 dozen more and then reordered se\-to choose l1(’t\\P€‘l\ it and his ])ll3rII1- to Billings and transshipped l)y trans- ll"lease turn to page 10>ceutical profession. ;\s a result. he soldhis interest in the V. S." .-\. l)istril)uting *'-‘" ""company to Frank Beeler. long-timeresident ol Bridger.

Anderson does the buying and.with the help of one salesman. John l.\leng. the selling. Beeler takes chargeof the receiving. warehousing and ship-ping. :\ndrew Black. sllippiilg clerk.works lull time. as does liyagene Stiel.hookkeeper. Extra help is hired for short

\..periods. lloweyer. as Anderson pointedout. the toy husiness today is an :.ill-_\ear joh. although from Thanksgi\inguntil Christmas it hecomes a se\'en-da\‘-a-week allaii‘. with \isitors coining i

especially on Sunday. from all direc-tions——from Great Falls. Billings. Butteand the Big llorn hasin. to name :1 iew~ to huy for their stores.

..“'(_ SPII M an kinds of >_m|_(_§_-- ‘v\mlm__ l<.\'l‘l;l\.\l\_'|:. OE R.~\Il.RO.~\D .\(‘I‘\'i('(', on rails and on |iigli\~a_vs. is made by the\. & A. Distributing eompun_\'. Bridger. .\lont. .-\lio\i-. ai sliipnii-iii to the (‘|)III|):lII_\' is*""e‘l)|a1"Hl r'e'lll.\i- hm ‘Hui! ~*l"r9>* tri|||.~'|'i~rrc|| at Billings to the i\ortlN'r|i l’:|t'ific 'rI"€lIl.~|l0I‘| for do-|i\'er_\' at Bridger.

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$500,000 More Going Into Additions at Sugar FactoryUtah-Idaho Company Will Have Tank 120 Feet in Diameter to Hold Juice for Later Processing

Following the installation in 1962 ol52.200000 worth of improvements in-\ol\'ing major changes at its beet sugarfactory at St-alley. \\'ash.. near Wheeler. ‘ah I

in the Columbia basin. the Utah-IdahoSugar company now has under waywork on further additions which carrya price tag oi approximately -5500.000and which will be completed by Sep-tember l. or well in advance of the an-

eral times. lt became the ‘hottest' gameof all as far as sales were concerned.

".\'tulIed animals sell well to teen-agegirls. We do more business in stulledanimals for Valentine's day than forliaster. l)olls are carried all year but ‘)5

P" 0‘ "'8'" 50'“ =" ‘3'"iS""-=- 1‘llll.'-l;.|“v?.§i'i§..l§..‘.’.llERZ'.'l§ §lIL'1.‘-‘.3 533?,‘.‘I..‘i.§‘.IIlL‘.i°i§.1‘.‘f.“I.;.“..§§.‘I’Z’.I’.°;‘l‘l3."2:‘l','f;Z$i,.i.'Tli0i\(l l'ZlCt‘5 l13\‘€ T€})li!Cf‘(l IOY Il'3I"-*3 basin factory of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company, whose daily capacity has gone up.l.ast fall we sold 1.152 sets ol one roadrace that retails at $23, and we could nual campaign for the processing of feet in diameter and 32 feet high, willhave used more. .~\ hundred sets of an- beets raised in the area which, in 1963. be of standard steel construction. It willother one that brings $63 a set went to is expected to begin about September 25. be located west of the plant at Scalley.our customers. We handle a few trains. Betterments now being put in will in- Trinnaman related, and its purpose, asbut they chiefly are for model rail- crease the daily slicing capacity to 6,500 he explained, will be to hold thick liquorl'Ha¢lel‘S (H16 mall I IKIIOW I188 $56-009 tons of beets, making the Scalley re- until it is taken to vacuum pans in theinvested in model trains. nery the largest of six owned and op- renery or, in other words, it will be

“Rockets haven't been as popular as erated by the company, according to an possible to extract beet juice in amountswe expected but old-model airplanes announcement by J. E. Trinnaman, greater than the volume the factory canand automobiles are big items with kids, general engineer for the company, at process into sugar immediately.who put together collections of models Salt Lake City. Trinnaman added that more facilitieslot" every year. going way back. Models The capacity at Scalley, which will be put in, too, for loading sugar inol the 1929 Ford and a 1932 Ford pick- prior to 1962 was 4,500 tons daily, was bulk into railroad cars. When this proj-up truck are in great demand. One- pushed up by last year’s improvements ect is complete it is expected that thedollar items are very popular but games to 6.000 tons, an increase of about 30 loading facility at the plant will be ablemoye well at prices up to $5 each. We per cent, although as the season turned to handle the entire output, aboutdon't unpack tricycles. bicycles and doll out in practice, the average daily ton- 1,500,000 pounds of sugar a day. Im-1'a|‘|‘iages when they arrive. but send nage was somewhat lower, 5.700 tons to provements will be made also in con-them on in their original containers. be exact, Trinnaman said. The major yeying sugar to storage bins. In fact. a

"This business not only is a way to unit being added at present is a thick series of minor changes throughout themake a li\ing right here at home. but it liquor storage tank with a capacity of plant will be included.is a lot of fun. too! We have few" dull about 330,000 cubic feet, Trinnaman’s The expansion program in 1962 in-moments.” announcement continued. The tank, 120 cluded the addition of a continuous

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TIIE BUILDING INDICATED by an arrow at the Utah-Idaho of several changes made during 1962 and 1963 to increaseSugar company, in the Columbia basin of Washington. was the capacity of the plant, the largest of six owned and operatedenlarged last year to accommodate a new diffuser, which is one by the company. Additions came to $2,700,000 at this plant.

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diffuser and a building to house it. alarge pulp drier drum,aDorr thickener. lHome Owners Prefer Cedar Products from Northwest‘ve 8 x 14-foot juice lters, and twoevaporators. Also installed were a 12-foot juice lter, a large steam boilerand building. three continuous centrif-ugals, an alfinator for processing oflow raw sugar, a cooling tower, a molas-ses tank, a beet loader, a car mover andnew conveyor systems. ln order to han-dle the extra beet tonnage, 1.500 feetof new railroad track were installed.They accommodate additional beet cars.Necessary electrical and pump changesrounded out the extensive expansionprogram.

It has been pointed out by officers ofthe company that by Completing the in- CEDAR PICKETS OF DIFFERENT sizes and styles are stacked read_v_ for loading atStanation of new machiner before the the plant of ldaho_Cedar Products, Inc. In the picture are, left to right, Robert T.

y B-rry ir ;idenl' L. R Jones 'ecretar\'-treasurer‘ and llal Andruq, vicc ]Il'('.‘ll|€'IIl-1962 beet-slicing season and by watch- L i l 8‘ i i S ' 5 9 _ ilné-' malnlenane 0l0S@ly, 3009000 IONS Split cedar furnished by Idaho Cedar ln another operation one end is

Of b66l5 were Slld While in 1961 Products, lnc., a new company at 0r0- formed into a point by a revolving knife668.000, or 132,000 fewer tons, were no. in northern ldaho. makes fence which sharpens the wood in one cleanPl‘0l‘e580¢l although ll 100k IWO pickets that people seem to like. Buyers swoop. Flat-topped pieces are furnishedweeks longer to do it. in California, Texas, Colorado and if the purchaser wishes them rather

The factory in the Columbia basin Florida, in particular. are pleased, be- than pickets. Six-foot lengths are sup-

and one owned and operated by the cause they take a large part of the out- plied in widths of two and a half inches

company in the Yakima valley. at Top- put of this rm. and three and four inches. Pickets fourpenish. Wash.. comprise together an an- For rustic handiwork in a lawn fence illlil ll"? left l0I1§I (‘"1116 ll! Wlillll "l l\\"nual $35.000.00() industry for central the cedar from Orono is as effective "ml 11 llall alltl three l"<‘l1@5-

Washington, officers of the rm have as hand-split material. although it is Two-and-a-half-inch pickets tied in a

said. split on a machine in the company-‘s bundle of 24 pieces make live lineal feet"Slightly more than half of the sugar mill located along the right-of-way of of fence. From 40.000 to 50.000 pieces

produced by the company comes from the Camas Prairie railroad. Pieces are are required to ll a car. The companythe two Washington factories.” they split from a cedar cant which is placed can supply cedar rails and posts. too.stated in a recent news release, “T0 in a machine that consists of an oblong As a by-product of pickets. grape stakessome 1,4-00 farmers. this meant a return frame holding a heavy (louble-edged are ma(le and are sold mostly to ownersof more than 820000.000 for their knife which moves backward and for- of vineyards in California.1962 crop, including benets from sugar ward in the frame. Lengths split off by Robert T. Berry. ;\berdeen. Waslr.beet by-products. the moving knife fall to a platform be- is president of the rm. Hal .-\ndrus. of

"T0 factory workers in Toppenish low, where a workman picks them up. Omno. is vice president. and C. R.and Scalley. it meant a payroll of nearly 0116 at 6 llm8- and guides lllm ll1l‘0u§1l1 -l0"@5- also ill OT°"°+ ls 5@¢'relarY'$2,700,000 before the campaign ende(]_ a saw which cuts them to the right width. ll'@8Sl1r€r-To local, state and federal governments.this meant $2,250,000 added to taxcoffers.

“In addition to all of this a total ofnearly -‘55.000,000 was spent for trans-portation. lime rock. natural gas. chemi-cals and containers to produce, ship andmarket this sugar.”

Swift Has Meat-PackingPlant at Union Gap

The H S; H Meat Packing company.at Union Gap, Wash., near Yakima wasleased by Swift & company. Twentythousand Square feet were added to the IN THIS MACHINE lengths from a cant ONE END OF A cedar fence picket is

are sawed into different widths, depend- sharpened by a spinning knife whichPlant recentlY' ing on the dimension wanted for pickets. clips the wood neatly in a clean, swoop.

THE NURTll“'EST. July-Jugult, 1963

Fertilizer Manufactured Near Pasco Distributed WidelyPercentages of Both Primary and Secondary Elements Are Printed on Bags

"C-W Calunite" fertilizer granules.used lor practically every crop in thel’acilic _\o|'thwest. are again heing pro-duced at Burbank. “lash” in a plantowned and operated h_\' G-‘V Cheinco.lnc.. ol Pasco. wash. .~\ lire earl\‘ this_\ear interrupted manulacturin;_: when itdestroyed a 200x500-foot steel “are-house which housed the lirmis ollices. a

product storage area. hag;1in§_* depart-ment and part of its n1achiner_\'. .-\

smaller huilding containing equipmentuhich sills. hlends and \\'ei{_'hs dr_\' in~_~_'redients. as well as a §_"ranulatorimportant piece of mat-hiner_\’ in \\hichdr_\‘ materials are mixed \\ith liquid andthe formation of ;1ranules is started’ —

uas saved from the lire.The rm lirst located its plant at Bur-

hank on .\larch 25. 1962. and the de-cision to do so was prompted lar_;el) h_\-

the intensive use of chemical fertilizersin the Yakima \alle)'. the ColumhiaBasin lrrigtation project and in the con-centrated aj_'ri(-ultural areas of “ialla — "“” A’ 0\"a||a (.Uum\-_ “'a__-hin‘_m,“_ am] [‘ma_ \‘.-‘\RlED (I(‘).\l_Bl‘I\‘ATl0I\‘S OF PLANT foodvin 80-pound paper bags at the fertilizer“Ha (nunuv. 'Ore"mL O'"i(_H_S H "I l'aetor_\' ‘of 0-“ (,hcme_o. lne.._ near Past-0. “asln. are a_ .~'lllI_|t3('[ of discussion between

- -" ‘He "Pl llugh B. (.-raham. lelt. president. and Arnold W. l\0aek. who is superintendent.5. (rfilllillll. president and _'_'eneral man-a_=_'er. at Pasco: C. l). “ryerliaeuser. ncar the conuence of the Snake and them and machinery which con\‘e_\'s the\ice-president. and C. .-\. Black. secre- (Iolumhia ri\ers. constructed h_\" Gal'- nished product from the ;:ranulatortar_\'-treasurer. hoth at Tacoma: Ralph ceau Neel $tru('tures corporation. hm, bulk Storage ],in_<_ ,,|- U, an mm).l.ui"\‘e_\'. sales mana;:er. and .-\. “I $pokane. are a marked iniproveinent mam. ]m:_,gi"{_, "mphine “hiph pa(.ka:_,.,,_\)oack. plant superintendent. also at due to ha\'|n;_' heen desi;tned for speclhc it in 80_lmuml paper lugs at the ratel aseo. purposes ‘uhereas the hulldlng destro) ed Hf 30 mm. 750 bans‘ hout E‘ R.

Three lnonths olconstrm-ti<m lollowed h_\' the hre “as ol a ;_'eneral-purpose Fthe lire. lncluded in the rehahilitation nature.uerc a 10.001I-square-loot warehouse. a The new warehouse provides stor-2.5t)tl-square-loot ollice huildin_~_- and a_'_-e for »l-Milli tons ol ha;1_<_'ed §_'ranules.|nachiner_\. costing a total ol $2HtI.UtNl_ lt has 20 concrete hulk storage hins—The total loss. inc-ludin_'_' the cost nl 1"c- l\\u rous of l3 hins each with a com-placing (litItt3{_'P(l machineri and rehuild- mon rear \sa||*pro\idin§_' a total hulk-ing. was approximately $l.(l(IU.l|l)0. The storage capacity of ‘LT50 tons. Therehuildinfzs. located on industrial property are c0n\'e_\‘ors for handling material inleased from the Port ol \Valla “'alla. hulk form from railroad cars and to0" ' ...- W

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A NE“' “'AREllOll5E AND FACTORY. covering 40.000 square feet. and an otlice THIS §lA(IlllNE .-\I\l1\lONl/\'l‘ES (lr_\‘in front. were construetod at Burbank. “'ash.. near l'a.~co. by (L-“' (Ihemeo. lne.. plant foods and forms granules at thewhere 750 bags of fertilizer per huur are packaged for use on all northwest crops. l'aetor_v of (J-V (Ihemco rm near l'aseo.

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HayneS_ contractor, Spokane, was in tionwide outlets and some_export trade at the plant. which was designed for ancharge of work on concrete in the new Wlll be sought as productlon increases eventual annual volume of 125.000 tons.

construction program.

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DETAILED INFORMATION IS givenabout both primary and secondary ele-

I-‘ROM STORAGE BINS, in the back- ""="'* °' P'""' '°°“ °" “"'""'°" ‘"'¢- wr-nu; NEW BUILDING was being putground, dry materials are moved to man- up, its steel frame, skeletonized interiorufacturing section by “scoopmobilcs.” and its many shadows formed a pattern.

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carrier a mineral called alunite, whichis a potassium-aluminum sulphate. It ismined at Marysvale. Utah. by the Em-pico Alunite company. a subsidiary ofC-W. The mineral occurs in finelygrained masses and in its natural statehas a brownish-rose color. The nishedproduct. which may have any one of a

variety of chemical analyses, also hasthis same color.

According to Hugh S. Graham, ananalysis of the Marysvale alunite dis-closed the presence of calcium. mag-nesium and sulphur as secondary ele-ments, with manganese. copper. zinc,boron, iron and molybdenum as minorelements, all of which are listed on thecompany’s bags. with the precentage ofeach one given. along with the percen-tage of primary elements and theirsource.

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cal 1'0ml1a")‘- Ci"'ll9ld- Lvlalh elemfllls The covered hopper illustrated here is are the largest cars of this type ownedus‘-“l l" the manufaclumlg PmCe55- are one of 15 extra-large ones delivered re- hy the N. P. Also purchased recently by

T@(“'l"“(l (“Y l" bulk f‘"m- S"lPl1"Ti" cently by Pullman-Standard to the the railway company are 25 mechanicalacid Comes from ll"? -'\lli¢‘(l Chemical Northern Pacic Railway. Each is ST refrigerator cars. each ST feet long andc°YP°rati°"- Kell021i1- l(la- Nllroile" i" feet long and has a capacity of 4,000 having a capacity of 3.925 cubic feet.5°l"li°"- al5° 3 Prlmar)‘ elem9"l- l5 5UP" cubic feet. The cars already are in The largest cars of this kind ever built.Plled bY the PhllllP5 Petroleum 90m‘ service. hauling malt. shelled corn and they were made bv the Pacic Car andPan)’, Em?“ Tex» in railroad tanks °a1"5- soybean meal. One of the hoppers will Foundry company. at Renton. Wash.. a

While the rm’s products now are carry up to 3.215 bushels of grain. They location not far from Seattle.

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It Takes More Mustard for Zooming Use oi Hot DogsOver 75,000 Acres Being Raised This Year in North Dakota to Satisfy New Demand

Zooming consumption of hot dogs i

and hamburgers has put farmers ofnorthern North Dakota and Minnesotainto the production of tame mustard in __ -1a big way. Apparently they will stay in.

For a number of years. mustard seed.almost all of which is used to make aspicy condiment that is familiar to everylunch-counter customer. has been raisedin Montana. but now buyers, to lltheir orders. are reaching out also toother areas.

Last year nearly 40.000 acres wereplanted to tame mustard in NorthDakota alone. but in 1063 the acreagein the state seeded to this specialtycrop probably exceeds 75.000 and. too.

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Mustard is b°i"5 8l‘°“'" 0" the A FIELD or TAME MUSTARD on Homer Millet-’s rt.-m. H881‘ Forest River, N. 1)., inbasis of contracts made between farmers the Red River valley, was almost in full bloom on June 21 when the picture wasam] (]ea|erS_ one of the biggest C0n_ taken. An 80-day crop, mustard is planted with grain drill and cut with combines.tractors in the business. the MontanaMustard seed COmpam,_ at Great Fa“s_ been consumniated with interests in l)alilgi'en 6." company. which operates :1

Mom" owned by Joseph P_ McD0nne"_ Japan where. it has been said. Japanese warehouse at Crookston, Mlll.,- has con-of powen Mom" and his four Sons and teen-agers have developed an emotional tracted for its own account with farm-a s0n_in_la“._ working with Omcers of yen for inustard. which comes. in their ers. who are located mostlypnorth andthe V055 Grain Company, of V0sS_ N_ D__ country in large pails and is dished out west of Crookston. to grow 0.000 acreshas made Contracts with more than with a wooden ladle and spread ‘on oi mustard. \\‘l1lCll.llllS year probably‘L000 farmers between Grand Forks and thickly so that some of their foods fairly will yield something like 0.000.000the Canadian border to grow in 1963_ ooze with the flavoring material. pounds of seed. This material will move32000 acreS_m0St]‘_ yellow mustard_ This Craving for a food essentially to Crookston in the fall to be cleaned

but also some brown. and Oriental mus- /\m6riC8n is Said by some to have de- “ml the" shlpped t° buyers"lard. Planting began in April but was, reloped as a result of new habits picked M"~“la“'l is being ml5e‘l- t°°- ‘M5 Yearin a few Cases, done as late as July 1_ up from G_ ]_’s bmeted in the country in the northern Red River valley for the

gpeaking of 01.iema]_ word has been and, in deed. allegations have been made N°"lhe"' Sales ('°mP3")'- “lllcll has itsdropped that while the Mcnonnells ex- ‘hat much the same reacllo" has bee“ ip‘)‘\t to Ohmin about 32_()()()_()()0 pounds seen in other lands where servicemenof clean mustard seed from their con- from the United States have left theirtracts in the northern Red River valley. inuence-a sale of 22.000000 pounds already has ln addition to the contracting at Voss.

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THE PROSPECT OF CL€1;\NlNG and shipping 32,000,000 pounds of mustard seed COUNTING ABUUT 1,000 contracts withat Voss, N. D., made additions necessary at the Voss Grain company. Material used farmers is Jack Bjornebv, vice presidentas ll was dumped from a Northern Pacic hopper car before warehouse went up. of the Voss Grain company, Voss, N. D.

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main ollices across the line in Canada. niustard \\liicli was raised on ialloiicil lie seeded 800 acres this .~"priii_'.:. plantingP|a“s are ‘hm 3|] of the 32_iiiiii_()i)() land during W62 iii tlie easterii part ol all oi it earlier than iii l‘)()2. Eugciie

h(,um]e~ (.Xl)e(.k.(] at Vnse-_ X_ ])__ this fa" the state yielded on the a\'era§.:e 970 $1-liaiiilec. oi Fore.~"t liiver. \\lio had an

|,) the f\‘|(-])(,"m-||_< “§|| he 4-]9;m@(]_ pounds of seed per acre \"H!l|IIlll‘ll \\itli early lield iii 1962 that went L700,~;“~k@(1 am] _<hh,|)(»(] at the \/(,5; GI-Hi“ lliii pounds in the central section of the pounds per acre. put in 600 ai~i'i-s this

coiiipaiiy. of which the active liianagers state. .“’“"- L F" Tlllerh ‘ll v"~‘-‘- l’l‘"'l“‘l 32“are ,\_ ]_ Lu[0\5k)-_p|~e5j(l@|1[_ and Luke Last year 2.500 acres were l'()]"|- acres of mustard. Many liaie iroiii 30

[lmm-Sky-_ 59¢;-eta;-_\~.greasurer_ jack tracted throu§_>'li the Voss Grain <-oin- acres to l00 acres each. Much of theBjm~n@],)» is ‘Vice pl-e_<j(]em_ ]h addition pany. Due to the lateness of all crops in plaiitiiij: was acconiplislied earlier in

to these ollicers. stockholders of tlie liriii ill? ("P3 i" l062- 11""? "l ll‘? m"~‘l?""l l‘)63-an. [leohm-(1 [‘um\-5|“ and ()_ C__ am] was seeded before _luiie 15 and some lt is expected that large (lHlIl1‘.\‘li('

Dean Bjm-I161)’-_ The‘ Bj0meby§_ inci. was put in during Jul}. l7.arly seeiliiigs compaiiies which process lomls. siicli as

deiitally. farm 22 quarter sections in the ‘lid l“’m’T- bl" Yields P91" 11"‘? 1'11" ‘"1 ll"? l'll‘l‘§'- M"N9lll & Lll)l‘l‘- l""-~ ill" li- T-R] [{h-er \"a“e\' U-i|)u[a|~\» to \/'0§§_ To 2.500 acres from 500 to 1.700 pounds Fl'(’ll(‘ll('0lI1])ilIl}' and others. will acquire-

handle the musial-C] ])u§hie5§_ additions and the average was 1.000 pounds. O. C. nearly all of the mustard seed raised inare [wing hum on the company-‘S pl-Oh. Bjorneby. at Grafton. had -100 acres Xortli llakota and Minnesota that iSli_i

9|-D-_ “which is |m-ated on righbof-“-a_\~ that made such an average iii i062. but required to ll orders from abroad.

leased from the Northern Pacic Rail-

“'a.\'- 0"“ “'a"°l‘°"§e ='~’°i"f—' "P is 28-X72 Minnesota Leads With the Skin They Love to Touchfeet and another is 48x4-8.

.- . rowers raising min in . lIill8_‘l>l'lContracts call for seeding on summer ‘ __ 0 ‘ .<»€?‘~:

.’ during 1961 produced 110.000 kits. or “Q75 2*" Tillrfifallow or on land that was in a row crop ‘ . . .~ _. Y <

last year. About 10 pounds of seed per 1115 Pei cent of ihe entire Crop. of this 3' '0 * 3. l _ _. ; _ ' » O‘ 0required‘ The V055 Grain anim"il in the [nited gtatee -\llllI1€<0td

pany sold it to coiitractees at 10 cents ]shinhSeCi)n: pLace among slat? an one of them. located in Minneapolis,a pound. No spraying is done. There- ll: t e .m0St. pgpuv?/I. If It .8 prices in December. 1962. were between

l°re- “(~'l93"” ground l5 3 requirement lg ii-"Ki-6 rs-1 ls raise}. -It “Val” $17.50 and $57 each for male mink peltsSeed is treated with a repellent for in- itate In glgaggblsnclrs in 050' and between $13 and $25 for pens ofsects. A grain drill is used for planting Inigo" nguseb hi nit 6.5386 leaf fema|e5_ which are 5mall@r_

the crop. which is ready in from TS to an not at e m “Fret Ose m reg0.n'80 days for combine harvesting. either whose fur farms yielded 338000 hisd. I h d Y. d and whose state ranked seventh. lt has been announced that the Simp-

irect _\ from t e el or from win rows . _. . T. b . .formed by swather Nearly an With North America far in the lead son im er company is constructing a

' '.‘? "ih dz‘ ith"lbl ll- lttShlt.Wh..tf-use femlnen the same applications as :iiim:lpihei':‘ iii: iive ciztziiiillilsilimiieiistrslzin l1fi::l(i:tii1a‘:8T'il3l?0l‘ thfectiiin ariiS’si l\(')woli>ilthose recommended for wheat. Cleaned '. . . . P "V P '

d _.“ b b "ht {$5 50 h d I the United States which are recognized production at McCleary. Shelton andSeeunsg e our a ' per an re‘ as fur auctions. By far the majority of Olympia, Wash. The plant will coverpo . . .

the pelts is sold through auctions. At 233.000 square feet.Answers given by 134 farmers who

were interrogated by L. A. Jensen, iagroiioniist for the North Dakota Coop-erative Exteiision service. showed that

READY WITH SACKED seed for sale FOUNDATIONS FOR TWO additions at the Voss Grain company. Voss, N. D., werethis spring were. A. J. Lutovsky, left, and put in recently. Expansion followed contracting for 32,000 acres of mustard whichLuke Lutovsky. at Voss Grain company. farmers are growing during 1963 in an area served by the elevator near this town.

Tm: NORTHWEST. Jilly-Allglul, was 15

The Vancouver Plywood Company Grew RapidlyFirm Does Domestic and Foreign Business in Plywood, Veneer, Adhesives, Prefinished Panels

“bile the Vancouver Plywood com-pan_v. at Vancouver. Wash.. was foundedin 1935. its largest growth occurred inthe past eight _vears. Frost Snyder and“I W. Kilworth started the companywhen they bought a plywood mill inVancouver which was operated by therm until 1955. when it was sold to itsemployees. who have run it cooper-ativelv since that time as the Fort Van-

' Pl d After the A WAREHOUSE 400 FEET long and 200 feet wide was built not long ago betweenCm“ er -V“ 00 co pally‘ two mills at Albany, Ore., owned by the Vancouver Plywood company, of Vancouver.Sill? Ol llle plant ll"? v3l1C0ll\'eT Pl)" \Vash. The company owns plants in W’ashington, Oregon, Montana and North Carolina.wood company continued to supply logsto the Port Vancouver mill and acted interest in the Hub City Plywood com~ Processing company during the springas sales agent for this rm and eight pany and the Three Sisters Plywood of 1962. a rm making adhesives fromother mills. company, each with a mill at Albany, resin and protein at that time in Eugene,

However. the Vancouver Plywood Ore. Early in 1962 these rms were Ore. It now has become Vanc'ouver’scompany soon got back into manufac- merged into the Vancouver concern and chemical division.turing. in 1955. when its veneer mill at now are known as the Albany division. A new plywood “lay~up” plant ac-Springeld. Ore.. was built. Three years Construction of a new warehouse 200x quired. before its completion. from thelater a stud mill was added at the same 400 leet. between the two mills was Rogue River Plywood company atlocation to utilize peeler cores. ln 1959. completed early in 1963. Grants Pass, Ore.. was put into opera-in an alliance with the Evans Products Vanport International. lnc.. a wholly tion last year. during July.company. the Van-Evan company was owned subsidiary, was established in Early in 1963 the Dickinson andformed and a plywood mill was built 1961 at san Francisco to import general Manous Sales company. of Charlotte.by this new rm at Missoula. Mont. merchandise and commodities as well as N. C.. was merged into the VancouverDuring September of 1962 the Van- plywood and veneer. Plywood company. This new di\isioncouver Plywood company acquired an The company invested in the Central prenishes hardwood plywood panels.

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