Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 46, DeMotte, Jasper County, 30 March 1933 — Oregon Folk Like Wooden Shoes [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Oregon Folk Like Wooden Shoes

IN PORTLAND, ORE., during these depression days, one can purchase a pair of wooden shoes for as little as 75 cents. The photograph shows Joseph Witte making these articles which he carves to fit the foot. He originally made them as novelties but they proved so popular with farmers and dairymen that he has more orders than he can fill.