Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1916 — BIG MONEY MADE IN JUNK [ARTICLE]

BIG MONEY MADE IN JUNK

Oregonian Has Cleared Over $23,D00 in Eight Months Off Old Metal. Eugene, Junk dealer’s Job isn’t such |>d sort of occupation, aoccording to the statements of Eugene Junk firm that today shipped its eleventh carload of junk collected in and around Eugene in the past eight months. The shipment went to Seattle. ... - , Two men with a rickety wagon have done this collecting and the results have included eleven tons of rubber, nine tons of brass and fifteen tops of copper and other metals. Receipts were more than $23,000.