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; Barton’s New Packing Plant to Be Biggest on Coast a” START WORK ON (7, )MEDICAL BLOG. City Light Enjoys Wide a a | 6©—__s«ONEW QUARTERS eee SETS RECORD Expansion During Year. ' ip e Direct || Unique Structure Has Made Gross Karnings Over $2,900,000 and Surplus ‘ s ’ ing are t e ‘ . : vt et W. 6. oe Dreot | in 19 24 for i hi he Star Building History of $1,000,000; 31 Per Cent Output Increase et Se eK <5 WILL EMPLOY 500 MEN BY CLANCEY M. LEWIS Bivect @ Wheeler Co. Spipubiontnt Oertian. lerlaventes om = Manufacturers’ Association of Washington ; tion a i ttle’ m ghting $i ' a . W Annual Payroll to Exceed A billion and one handred icts turned ¢ Z Million Dollars Me Te the Sane 104 er a0 RY W. ©. IRWIN ustrial output for the . ; ‘ - @ Manager Barton & ( n the facts that 720 ‘ s . | ; n established in the ‘1 : : ast government census at the es pect eb 1924 ; E i ' and that the payroll returns to cz 7 m I ; y bg ' . sartment of labor and industrie: scture ° 7 snopes | b . : yunts in excess of previous rec- s in he i rs " imate the department's figures a wt : es i : Will be about $275,000,000 ne - as - —————— tm New industries to the number of 139, lo : ; — cated in 29 different communities and manu 4 wats reane « Bauman’ 6 z Ms acturing 65 different commodi are of wh : - ey s Ba Pane area } CML $ record in the offices of association, This Wheele ' : : i‘ jo a te ; es with 173 new plants in 1923, 111 in 1922, 138 in : ‘ ‘ i : &, located 0 hi j pd Pag er bulldogs, the i a 3 pre NIELS HANSEN See ES of axlating ulate: th nike cP do t P ; : CLIMATE IS IDEAL : ‘ iS e . » joo | tic and foreign ets, prof i opera S al A ; . - ree £ tot ; ; ‘ : f ; - : ing confidence the industrial development of the state ‘7 te f ; cook | | j be t $1 0 Ww nf the outstanding features of the year's activities " at h se sabe tg ; t laakelt hate + and pow P aise sll “4 peri | Complete Store Equipment I at j N Caiietn s mn will be d ‘hemical products, of all the industrial groups in the Fi okager LB Be lode ¢ thas ao a] | bursed weekly for raw products.| state, commanded unusual attention and made pclae [ oy) ne Weamns ee eae F vata for electric service ts orial t | ee z I been prepared, and| progress. From time to time new groups assert themselves, | t ana , : et os x pment i. é ; site | ee : be aren vesi® | develop and answer the question: “What are we going to] ‘The project was Initiated two years x anes Ret AB poo: ’ b a caso 4 , 2 amy after the first of vp.|do when the timber is gone In this « ion the devel-| en a er of t t ba < othe ots . a ae in } pS ath be it opment of the fruit and vegetable cannit he textile and , “4 : the : oa =. crea the paper and pulp groups should be noted. To the chemi- “ old con y, bots : t three Umes}¢al industries for the year credited caustic soda, C08-| spe need t tiy hy fyb bea naete ~ ‘ ; ay 2 metics, medicinal salts, nee n products, oil refinery prod- Pa ere prepa t Tha axtansion of lene: ii : iH . at **/ ucts, perfume, starch and soda ash. : | rs pe a an pr apent slana waa) serv ; ¥ them with un t as j } s attle acquired 80 new plants during the year. For the!" Kee Baprpy a kept « 4 i i a state Longview ranked second, with Tacoma, Everett, Au- ih ee 5 eesti oceeh 4 The Bert Waer'in Our : | o burn, Bellingham, Spokane and Yakima following in the mew 1 Re __ ¢ istory ; , lorder named. Seattle ke pt pace with 1923, which was aj» rehene erty directly to i idbartne ; c record year for new industries, and now has a total of} mort’ 0 ee ceecaral first G t of ! j Increa One of the interesting industrial transactions of the Year | vestment of Strauss & Co. com-| ,, . P ; q ove was the acquisition by a Los Angeles manufacturer of the n he tract ! The Brightest Seattle Has 2 ; ee going ttle plant. Again from the South comes the an-)*#* ist ' - Ww. 9 a Se A 42,60 \ att Ever Looked Forward To ‘ roe ¢ Ee hetiae nouncement of an oil refinery to be erected in the city dur- |) me * : ; Be ie datebteed mpany, | ing 1 and this, with the new meat packing pl on a which } z ‘ * ? Our Wish ; t acres, all of which indicates that industrial capi . alt of : : i | Re te, eaft ned site of 2 , " } . é cba be < ene That You May Enjoy a Hee The t ts of th i c tal is looking to Puget Sound for investment . ayaa Taco ‘ Happy and P ' erous Year is unusually encouraging : js t During 1925 e outlook for the new year Prices are advancing, aoe manufacturers are buying raw Par yftay any’ t 1 y materials for delive: eral is hence, There is|, t cenately, $4 soot I Vv PI B ‘Id nothing in sight now to prevent the state's industries from . f " t and Lake Cushman a % Ou an to ul — enjoying the most prosperous year in their history ventilation us tho first Skagit u it in loaded SEE US FOR PLANS ) i leet F Wheat Exports Last * : ip q Trade Mission to Win ‘Week 43,000 Bu._«: Homes, Apartments, Bungalow Courts | Fy Kansan City a Commerce for Seattle Send for Our PLAN BOOK, Sent Postpaid, $1.00 n thee ther pratact M bewter” Suecess of Orient Tour Believed Sure, Accord- GARDNER a. GWINN, Inc. © Designer and Builder of Homes of Individuality 3 Hoge Building Phone EL iot-63: ing to Capt. J. S. Gibson BY CAPT, J. 8. GIBSON Ter al Chairman Orient Commercial Ce mission stock 1 e tural dev ee the ent NEW CHURCH TO COST $100,000 |) University Baptists Will Build Fine Edifice thwest t ae: the Paei€sel part Northwest real-| srar ize the import month of| ¢ 1 to be the Ideal time fh. JOMNSON, Manager Phone EL tot-8050 Seattle Machine Works, Inc. Hallders of Marine, Mining, Mill and Dredging Machinery gasee is is evi-| the Orient. GENERAL REPATR WORK A SPICIALTY i Architects Schack, Young & My- building, and “Frederick Capt. Gibson “er ed by th ; V. Lockman, ,asgoclaite architect, signing of mor t Waller building, have announced the) than a dozen of Seattle's pron i i ps are pleased to know that ay Tne Office and Plant s1 WEST LANDER STRERT On the Bast Waterway vitally in of thi receipt of a commission to prepare| business men within the 5 ha plans and specifications for a pro-| days, arranging to make i posed $100,000 church and educa The list will be m io be erected for the in a few day Baptist chureh on the! that our : wth aye. N. E. i tional HOME BUILDING AS AN INVESTMENT r own home, why not? A s have. beer lon will = be pl construc dollar invested in a home is worth r a dollar invested in a home is working for you; a dollar in rent M for the “other fellow.” an pleased to make preliminary sketches of your new home for you. Financial hin help also, if desired. SAMUEL ANDERSEN 1 Build Finance} Half Hour Service Across BEAUTIFUL LAKE WASHINGTON ee From.5:40 a. m. to midnight, all the year round, the big Y 432 Peoples boats of the Lake Washington Ferries run practically every Bank Bldg. if ed within six weeks, if possible.| poth men and women have ne i Details regarding the calling r t H ed us of, their desire to go witt tet bids awarding of ‘contracts| %¢ us of, their ¢ ; | | have not been developed to date. the commission. They are actuated N SE PSOE | by the desire to gain first-hand tn FEBS i Seventy-two per cent of Seattle's | formation of the Orient; its people, i population is native white and 23 | customs and needs, and there 1s no tter time to make the trip than i per cent foreign born white. Only | if 15 per cent of the total population | now. Nee © 129 @ver 10 years of age are illiterate,| The plans oply one other city dver 200,000} under wn a fraction of 1| comm for entertainment 1s s the in the large cit init. Busine population ha per cent less filite half hour between Leschi Park and Kirkland and Medins the east short, scheduled so that one missing a boat on oné route can catch a boat on the other without a long wait. C. ROBINSON &. A. M. STRANDBERG This service, surmounting the barrier which Lake Wash- ington, 24 miles long, imposes against traffic between S¢ ale and points east, is invaluable to motorists in the sav- ing of time and operation cost of car. It is a well-conducted public utility owned by King county, which should be patron- ized on its merits. 0. D, FISHER A. W. MIDDLETON Chairman of the Board President, President Fisher Flouring Mills Co Seattle Anderson Middleton Company Ju Aberdeen J. A. HUMBIRD President and General Manager : Victoria Lumber & Manufacturing Co. Dhio J. P. McGOLDRICK Chemainus, B. C. Ju President, McGoldrick Lumber Co. a oi ny Spokane FRANK B. MARTIN Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, Everet W. H. TALBOT and Talbot, San F: President, Po ‘The lake and surrounding mountain scenery are most beau tiful in the winter time and crossing on the big fe car- rying 50 cars each, is a pleasure. Good service, also, to Mercer Island. fi. Strandberg & Robinson | “GENERAL CONTRACTORS { | 20, 8. LONG nt and General Manager t Timber Company, Tacoma Vice Pre: Weyerhaus Ferry Time Schedule—Low Round Trip Fares SHAT GEO, J. OSGOOD Vice President, Wheeler Osgood Company Cc. D. STIMSON Ca Tacoma Capitalist, Seattle ® MERCER ISLAND HOUT Connected with Mainland by Bridge | AUTO FE 4161 ARCADE SQUARE , EL jot 8579 enve Senttle (Madison eGas Tb. 8180, O48 : H. K. DENT Plev President Ju ny 2120, eht Park) 00, 10:00, tet Leave M 8:00 ‘ ina—* 6:00, 45, 11:00, These are the men who will look after your interests when you insure neral Insurance Company of Amer a Seattle stock company which Ju ing policvhelders one-fifth of their insurance costs. Dyn Fire Plate Glass Auto #: “A Northwest Company Nationally Known” Leave Kirkland 7:45, 0:10, 10:20, Light figures A. M. Dari f *Tripa omitted Sunday LAKE WASHINGTON FERRIES . L, ANDERSON, Manager, Leschi Park. Phone BE acn-0183