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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1912)
GEE AT CLEAR ANCE EXTRAORDINARY PRICE REDUCTIONS in every department DEPENDABLE BARGAINS and MONEY - SAVING OPPORTUNITIES not available elsewhere Take advantage while stocks are complete. B EN G LEADING CLOTHIER . . - -... - - ' . i ... i - 1 I GROWERS SHIP OUT 500 GARS OF FRUIT 10,000,000 Pounds Estimated Output of Puyallup and Sumner Valley. LONG SHIPMENTS ARE MADE Metlioda or Packing and Cooling Products and In Supplying Mar kets on East Coast; Develop ment of District Holds Story. " BT SttX"flOMAKER. NELLITA. Wash.. Dec 28. (Special.) The Puyallup and Sumner Fruitgrow ers' Association has closed the season, with shipments of fresh and canned fruits aggregating almost 10.000.000 pounds, or the equivalent of 600 car loads. It is estimated that the cash Income, to the people of the Puyallup Valley, because of the berry fields and rult orchards, will approximate $1,000. 000 for the year 1912. Raspberries are the principal fruits grown In the Puyallup Valley. The returns show that of tne 270 carloads of green fruits shipped from there by the association red raspberries took the lead, by several thousands of pounds. The second place in fruit shipments was awarded to the blackberries. Stawberries occupied the position of third and made up some of the most profitable cars sent to the cities of Montana, the Dakotas and Minnesota. The canned product of the Puyallup cannery amounted to 253 carloads of 40.000 pounds each, and included black berries, raspberries, strawberries, pears, apples, cherries, loganberries, plums and prunes, and rhubarb. Many cases were filled with green beans, cab bage and squash. In rhubarb alone the fresh shipments amounted to 121,618 pounds, while the canned output was 135.820 pounds. There is a big demand for rhubarb and It grows to perfection. Devetopmeat Story Romamtle. There Is something romantic about the story of development of small fruit growing In the Puyallup Valley. It was only a few years ago when the farmers were casting about for some crop that would pay profits. They had tried hops, and when the prices dropped to 7 cents a pound, or 2 cents below cost of production, they failed to get the money to pay taxes and interest. The berry Industry was resorted to as a last chance for redeeming lost for tunes In agriculture. Twelve years ago there was a limited local market for blackberries and raspberries. The growers would ship a few crates to Se attle and Tacoma and get returns of 75 cents to $1.25 a crate. If a large ship ment was made one day, the berries dropped below profit prices the next. It was a bad way of selling 3000 to 5000 crates of berries a year. Org intzatlun sounded the keynote to success In fruitgrowing and fruit han dling. The fruit men of the Puyallup Valiev now have an association of 1400 member. That is controlled by a board of directors and the general business Is bundled by a manager, who seeks the market, ship the fruits and col lects ' Uie U'l. The Individual mem- bership has the working of the land, harvesting of the fruits and packing them for shipment. The business has grown from a few persons, co-operating together to han dle their berries, to a great organiza tion of two communities. The head quarters and cannery plant represents a building and modern equipment, worth probably $100,000, and the in dustry supplies work for nearly 10,000 employed men, women and children, en gaged in picking, packing, canning and shipping the berries and fruits. There are no big berry fields or fruit orchards in the Puyallup Valley. The average tract planted to berries Is less than one acre to the member. The as sociation was organized, at the begin ning, and incorporated, on a capital stock of $2000, divided into shares of $1 each, and upon that capitalization the business, now running Into an es timate of $1,000,000 annually, is con ducted. The fruitgrowers do not leave their members to work out their own finan cial' salvation, but provides them with money to purchase all the necessities and luxuries of life. If a member de sires to get the use of money, or credit, he goes to the association and is never refused. The association is a purchas ing agent for its membership and sup plies wheat, flour and hay at wholesale prices, saving the Individuals many hundreds of dollars every year. Experience has demonstrated that it Is profitable to produce fruits of ex actly the same size, flavor and variety. The berry farmers have learned that the application of 200 pounds of muri ate of potash to the acre of vines every Spring insures greater yields, larger specimens, brighter color and more solid berries, so every growen uses the same amount of fertilizers. That is purchased at wholesale prices and sold to the members for less than dealers would offer to supply them. An army of people must be kept in and around the Puyallup Valley dur ing fruit harvesting. The growers call for about 7000 pickers and packers. The box factories have employment for hundreds, and the tradespeople must retain additional help for at least four months In the year, because of the In crease in population and business re sulting from the berry industry. An acre of red raspberries generally represents a crop of 300 to 500 crates, averaging 22 pounds each. Blackber ries do much better than raspberries, the growers expecting from 400 to 700 crates to the acre. A 24-cup crate of blackberries weighs about 24 pounds. If the crates are a little short In weight, or show too many pounds, they are cast aside by the car packers and opened and repacked, to insure uni formity. The method of pre-cooling. introduced by the Department of Agriculture, has proved of great benefit In the shipping of small fruits. The berries are taken from the fields and placed In a room where the temperature is reduced to 32 degrees. That cools the fruits and ar rests fermentation, resulting in placing the berries in condition for transport ing to distant markets without showing signs of decay. Pre-cooled berries have been shipped from Western Washington to Philadel phia without showing any signs of mold or fermentation. The cooling method consists of the use of ice and ammonia to reduce the temperature Immediately after the fruits are brought from the vines. Berries axe carefully packed in the crates and load ed into refrigerator cars before the out side temperature causes loss. A good picker can harvest frdm three to five crates of berries in a day. The growers pay uniform prices for picking, the rate being 35 cents a crate for tran sients and 40 cents a crate if the pick ers remain throughout the reason. That bonus of 5 cents on the crate is supplemented by the offer of quarters in which to live, rent free, wood and water and other natural productions, in order to induce the pickers to locate at the first of the season and remain until the close, which is four months. FUEL IS CHIEF HEED Alaska Governor Says Present Laws Are Inadequate. CALUMNY SCARES CAPITAL People Now Willing to Accept Any Measure That Promises Develop ment Products, Except Gold, Sltovving Increase. WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. Alaska has prospered In many respects during tne last year, according to Governor Clarke, in his annual report submitted today to Secretary of tho Interior Fisher. Governor Clarke deplores, however, the present lack of railroad construction and of cheap native fuel, declaring that proper development of the territory's resources demands ade quate means of transportation, and the opening up of tho fuel resources. He asserts that "the residents gen erally are willing to accept any meas ure which will cause the fuel resources to be opened to development, so much so that the advantages of a fee system, or leasing plan, or Government opera tion have almost ceased to be matters of discussion." Decline la Population Explained. A moderate decline In the white pop ulation during the last two years ne attributes to "diminished activity in placer mining in the interior vaiieys and in equal measure probably to in adequate land laws, to the remarkable public calumnies about Alaska which have kept capital without its borders, and to the failure of Congress to lend necessary means of encouragement to the development of a virgin region. As to commerce between Alaska and the united States and with foreign countries, it was- the largest last year In the history of the territory, totalling almost $63,000,000. Of this amount, $18,800,000 was of merchandise from the United States. $1,000,000 above the previous record in 1910. Alaska shipped to the States $13,200,000 worth of canned salmon and $1,100,000 worth of other fish: $5,000,000 worth of cop. per ore: $17200,000 worth of gold and other products to a total value of more than $38,000,000. All Make Reeorda Except Gold. Except for gold, these all are record figures, the gold exports to the United States to two years having exceeded 18. 000.000. Never before was there such a great Increase in the salmon industry, a total of 87 canneries being in opera tion, against 64 the year before. There were 14,800 persons engaged In the work. 19 per cent more than In 1911. Altogether there 'were 18,000 persons in the fishing industry, of whom 7600 were white, the others Indians, Chi nese, Japanese, Filipinos, Mexicans and others. More than 600 whales were killed during the season. Governor Clarke fears no depletion of the fish, provided the present protective laws are observed. He recommends "strict provisions to prevent aliens from fishing In Alaskan waters, the present statute being no toriously evaded." Work Completed at Carlton. CARLTON, Or., Dec. 26. (Special.) Tha work of bonding; the rails for the new electric service on the West Side division of the Southern Pacific was rnmnleterf here this week ana me gang moved on to McMlnnville. The noles and ruys. wires and new ties are now belne placed between here and Forest Grove. The general opinion it that the electric cars will be In op eration early in the Spring. CHANGE MAYJE DELAYED Cash for Iocks for Branch Asylum Is Xot Yet Available. SALEM, Or., Dec. 26. (Special.) Because of lack of funds to purchase locks for tne ooors at me jia-icern uic gon Branch Insane Hospital, it is pos .iki. .t. .v,a ann natlATita tn Via trans ri-rwl from this asvlum may not be taken to Pendleton for a number of weeks. i CimaflniAnont VVnrtf wn here to Aar .ntiForrlnP' with thn VtAATVl and it is believed that the transfer may be maoe snoruy alter ine mat ui mo jeoi ff....... 1.. i.Kji- fnr ho.divflrn mir. chases as well as for certain supplies and payment lur irituspui innwii v bers of the board will take up with rallroaa companies me que&ilun ui uu talnlng a special rate. While there Is the Legislature will furnish all the funds needed for the Eastern Oregon institution ino queeuun ui nine m a. vital one. With an appropriation bill going into the- assembly early in the season its passage probably will be late and the money not available at once. As a result it has been decided to mortgage the Legislative appropria tion of next year to take the patients to the asylum and furnish locks for the aoors to restrain tne insane. WATER SUPPLY IN DOUBT Cottage Grove Stay Eventually Con. nect With State Idne. COTTAGE GROVK Or., Dec 26. (Special.) The probability that the state may build a pipeline irom uiear Lake, to supply the valley cttles and towns with mountain water, is of con siderable interest to Cottage Grove, al though this city was not reckoned on as a nrobable user by the engineer In drawing up the plans. Cottage Grove already has one o( the best supplies of mountain water In the state, but application has been made to the Government to log the unit of timber in which the watershed is contained. . Pure water can be obtained by ex tending the pipeline further Into the mountains, but .eventually the whole territory may be logged, and If the water Is contaminated thereby the state's water supply would probably be looked to. Battleship's "Jloral Effect" Xoted. WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. The battle ship New Hampshire, which was hur ried to Santo Domingo City when it ap peared that the lately quelled revolu tion might break out anew, is now en PER IX IX? 1X3 IT3 LO LO IT) Ifl PER TON. ITS IXJ 1X3 1X5 LO 1x5 1X3 IX TON v y $5.50 $5.50 $5.50 $5.50 $5.50 $5.50 $5.50 $,50 COAL Why Pay $10.00 for Coal, When We Guarantee the SUPERIOR COAL At $5.50 Per Tq, Delivered la First Mile Circle. To Be tbe Best tn Totrat Office 4 North Sixth St. Matn Home 630 A 3182 lti . A1S $5.50 $5.50 $5.50 $5.50 $5.50 $5.50 $5.50 $5,50 route to Norfolk, her presence in Do minican waters having had the ex pected "moral effect," Bounty Increase Urged. j LEBANON. Or., Dec. 26. (Special.) Petitions are being circulated in tho eastern part of Linn County to be pre sented to the members of the Legisla ture from this county asking them to use every effort to have a law enacted placing a bounty of $50 on cougareand $10 for wildcats. The persons asking for this bounty are the residents of the mountain districts and intcroKtcd; in the preservation of the game. Theyj say that every cougar in the Oregon," mountains kills from 30 to 60 deer k year. ' OUR 24th ANNUAL CLEARANCE IS NOW IN FULL BLAST Every article in our immense and beautiful stock has been reduced way down, in order to clear out every item of Fall and Winter merchandise before the next season comes round. Our Established Policy is never to carry anything over from one season to the other, and to accomplish this this season, prices have been cut more rigidly than ever. This sale means immense SAVINGS on merchandise of highest merit. Attend ,it. Come early. Your credit is good. Immense Reductions on Women's Stunning Suits and Coats Tempting Prices on Furs Savings on Dresses Reduction on Waists, Petticoats Reductions on Everything Use your credit freely during this sale. Credit will enable you to buy and wear the best. Yon need but a fraction of the amount of your pur chase in ready money at this sale. Come in early and select liberally. Select what you need all you need pay later. Remittances can be made as low as $1 A WEEK OUTFITTING CO. 405 WASHINGTON STREET, AT TENTH lGT 106.21