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The Sandy Post GENERAL Sandy Area Grower Declared Clackamas Strawberry King Hv J .J .In sk eep M eet th e stra w b e rry -g ro w ing king of C lackam as C ounty. T he nam e? J. E. J a rv is of R oute 1, E agle C reek, w ho produced 23)1,844 pound of stra w b e rrie s on 16 acres. A little fa st “fig g erin g ” w ill show this to ta l to com e out 7 tons, 118 pounds of stra w b erries p e r acre. Q uite a rec ord for any y e a r b u t even m ore im pressive w hen one considers the poor h arv estin g conditions th is season and also th a t th e re w ere no o th e r “5- T on” applicants from C lack am as C ounty in 1958. J a rv is has b u ilt a re p u ta tio n as a good stra w b e rry grow er w ith high yields in past years, his highest past production w as 8 tons of stra w b e rrie s p er acre. T he J a rv is B erry F arm is located some 5 m iles southeast of Sandy and consists of 124 acres in all, m ostly seeded dow n to grass. S traw b e rries are th e only ro w -cro p and th e o th e r im p o rtan t “crop” on th e place a re th e geese w hich do F arm fam ilies w ho have farm ed th e sam e land co n tin uously for a h u n d red y ears or m ore w ill be honored at the S ta te F a ir com ing up by th e O regon S ta te D ep artm en t of A g ricu ltu re headed by R obert J. S tew ard. The first claim ant to this distinction com ing to o u r atten tio n include descen d an ts of th e la te G eorge W ashington Jackson, Sr. liv ing in th e G lad Tidings C om m u n ity betw een M olalla and M arquam . Com ing to o u r office re cently w ith docum ents to su p p o rt th e ir claim w ere Mrs. G ladys L ang and Mrs. E sther W ilbroad, g ran d d a u g h ters of m ost of th e w eeding in the s tra w b e rry fields. W hat are th e secrets of high production? “No secrets,” says Jarv is, “ju st a m a tte r of sound practices carried out a t th e rig h t tim e.” Some of thejje sound practices are: Use of O regon certified plants. Jarv is has been in the stra w b e rry gam e for 8 y ears now and has n ev er p lan ted any o th e r th a n O regon certified M arshall v ariety plants. P ro p e r fertilizin g plays an im p o rtan t p art, too. On th e n ew er field 400 pounds of 16- 20-0 p er acre w as applied in th e fall in an ticip atio n of seed ing a g rain crop (w hich he n ev er got p lan ted because of th e w e a th e r), and th en in th e spring an o th er 4000 pounds 16-20-0 w as broadcast over th e field p rio r to settin g th e plants. A fte r th e stra w b e rry p lan ts sta rte d grow th, 1,000 pounds of su p erp h o sp h ate w as banded a t th e sides of th e row. A fte r harv est, som etim e around J u ly 10 to 15, Ja rv is PRICELESS INGREDIENTS TO GUARD YOUR FAMILY Professional service, finest materials--backed by years of research and s t u d y , 9 assure you of the best al ways at our modern phar macy. Stop In Soon! ECONOM Y DRUG Sandy Loop Highway A man must first govern himself ere he is fit to govern a family; and his family ere he be fit to bear the government of the commonwealth. -Sir Walter Raleigh DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE Carroll Tuneral iHome Phone MOhawk 5-3794 Gresham, Oregon NOTES BY THE WAYSIDE cuts th e m ats to 12 inches w ith a disc (he does not clip the to p s), th en applies 400 pounds of n itro p rills and starts irri- ’ gating. W hat about insect control, you ask? J a rv is believes th e only good bug is a dead bug. , H e s ta rts off by applying a soil tre a tm e n t of ald rin , very c arefu l fo im m ed iately follow th e application w ith a th o ro u g h discing. T im ely p e r iodic du stin g s are m ade for aphid control from J u ly th ro u g h O ctober using a p arath io n -D D T dust. Rot control - J a rv is has th a t situ atio n w ell u n d e r con trol, too; h e’s sold on th e use of C aptan d u st and m akes th re e applications from the tim e bloom s a p p ea r to th e tim e of harvest. Ja rv is n e v er finds black stam ens, w hich m any a ttrib u te to fro st and th in k s p erh ap s its not fro st b u t a fu n g u s o r b lig h t w hich he controls w ith the cap tan d u s- ing. We left out th e w eed con trol? No, it w as saved for last - this is th e d essert - Ja rv is uses no chem ical w eed control. T h a t’s right, no chem ical w eed control. He does rely on help, though, help fro m his flock of geese th a t really keep the w eeds u n d e r control. B u t the geese d on’t do it all. Y ou’ll find a couple of w ell-w o rn hoes on th e place and m ost any day you can fin d Ja rv is in his s tra w b e rry p atch hoeing th e groundsel (w hich th e geese w on’t e a t) o r doing som e of the m an y o th e r chores th a t alw ay s need yooking a f ter. So, h e re ’s to you, Mr. Jarv is, a salu te to you for a job w ell done. Be Sure You're Driving A Safe Car BE SURE YOU SEE US t FOR COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE BEFORE YOU START ON THAT TRIP For Carefree Driving, Anywhere You Go, Let Us Put Your Car In Mechanically Perfect Condtion, And Keep It That Way. Drive fn Today. 11 Sandy, Oregon Thursday, August 21, 1958 * ______ RICHARDSON CHEVROLET Loop Highway Sandy MU 7-2681 G eorge W ashington Jackson, Sr. The o th er g randchild is C arl Jackson a bro th er. F am ilies of these th re e are still farm ing a portion of the o r iginal donation land claim petitioned by G eorge W. Ja c k - son, Sr. O ctober 1, 1849. In evidence also w as th e p aten t signed by P resid en t Jam es B uchanan about 10 y ears later. G eorge W ashington Jackson Sr. was born in Easton. P e n n sylvania May 10, 1825. At the age of 12 he w as sent o Illi nois w here he w as apprenticed to a tan n er. He cam e to O re gon as we recollect from th e evidence, in 1847. L a te r he re tu rn e d to P ennsylvania. He re tu rn e d sh o rtly to Oregon by w ay of Panam a. The d o n a tion claim included a section of 640 acres in tow nship 5 south 1 east. H ere he started farm ing and raised a fam ily of 14 children of w hom G eorge W ashington Jaskson, J r. was the youngest. Mrs. Lang, Mrs. W ilbroad and C arl Jackson are his descendants. G eorge W ashington Ja c k - son Sr. was a m an of parts. In addition to farm ing, he taught grade school, singing and d a n cing. He is th e a u th o r of a pioneer song and his descen d an ts hav e the original copy w ritte n by his hand. F o r one w in te r a t least, he ta u g h t the Bald H ill school n e ar th e p re sent Jacob Schnack place. E v id en tly in those days, and m uch later, fu n d s raised by assessm ent w ere not su f ficient fo r paying a good teacher. In this instance seven of th e n eighbors signed an ag reem en t to pay th e ir teach er $100 a q u a rte r fo r th re e q u a r ters. The signers w ere C harles N. V andervort, H. F. K aylor, Levi Davis, W illiam B rough ton, E sth er Todd, Jo h n W ilhoit and Jam e s O. F ru it. All the signers w ro te good h ands bu t the la tte r sig n atu re w as faded and w e cannot be too su re of it. The e ld er Jackson belonged to th e M asonic Lodge. He was appointed G lad Tidings P o st m aster in 1860. He operated a sm all ta n n e ry on Rock C reek and w as active in m ilitary affairs. In fact he w as appoin ted Colonel of the second re g im ent of th e te rrito ra l m ilitia A ugust 1, 1856 by B. F. H ard ing, acting G overnor. Pioneers w ere not w ith o u t social diversions. A m ong the docum ents ow ned by th e e l d e r Jac k so n ’s descendants is th e copy of an in v itatio n to a party. It read s as follows: “M ay M irth and Joy A - bound — G eorge W. Jackson SOCIAL B A LL Mr. Joseph D rak e and lady. You are resp ectfu lly solicited to atten d a p a rty to be given a t th e hom e of Thom as P. Jackson on th e M olalla P ra irie on F rid ay , S ep tem b er 30, 1853, com m encing at 2 PM. M anagers: Joseph Young, M axw ell Ram sby, T hom as P. Jack so n ” A dditional C 1 a c k a m as C ounty resid en ts w hose fam ilies have farm ed th e same land for 100 y e ars o r m ore should apply to C ounty Ju d g e L a to u re tte who w ill certify to the fact a fte r su itab le ev i dence is presented. V ariation in spacing of D ouglas fir p lan tin g s does m ake a big differen ce in the board feet volum e p er acre a fte r a grow ing period of 33 years. At least th is is indicated by a series of ex p erim en ts on the U. S. F o restry E x p erim en t S tation at W ind R iver, W ash ington. The area rep resen ted is Site 4 w hich is not the best. In 1925 plan tin g s w ere m ade 4x4 ft. - 6x6 ft. and 10x10 ft. N earby is a n a tu ra l stand of th e sam e age. The following tab le tells of trees rem aining, volum e of board feet p er acre, and o th er essential data at the end of 33 years, at various planting spacings: Trees rem aining p e r acre: 4x4 ft - 1,790; 6x6 ft - 1,032; 10x10 ft - 401; n a tu ra l stand sam e age - 681. V olum e board ft: 4x4 ft - 1.232; 6x6 ft - 3,913; 10x10 ft- 13,202; n a tu ra l stand, sam e age - 5,311. A verage d iam eter b reast h eight-inches: 4x4 ft- 4.1; 6x6 ft - 4.9; 10x10 ft - 7.5; n a tu ra l stand, sam e age - 5.4. A verage heig h t (5 larg est trees) feet: 4x4 ft. - 49; 6x6 ft - 53; 10x10 ft. - 65; n a tu ra l stand, sam e age - 56. T he 10x10 spacing m ay have th e m ore desirable stand for th is low site. A 12x12 spa cing is sim ilar so fa r as vo l um e is concerned b u t has th e app earan ce of h aving a sp a cing w hich is too w ide. T he th in k in g at this tim e is th a t 8x8 foot spacing is a - bout rig h t especially on b e tte r sites. The trees in th is e x p erim en t w ere not artificially th in n ed a fte r planting. This is also tru e in the n a tu ra l stand. The d if ference in volum e board feet p er acre at th is tim e seem s especially sig n ifican t .. 1232 board feet on th e 4x4 p lan tin g com pared to 13,202 board feet on th e 10x10 planting. T his e x p e rim e n t w ould «lead to th e conclusion th a t thick stan d s should be th in n ed at a fa irly early age. This is ex actly w h a t a n u m b e r of C lackam as C ounty tre e fa rm ers are doing. F o r instance, O liver B ow m an w ho lives n e ar P o rte r School th in n ed and p ru n ed 6 acres in his excellent stan d la st w in ter. NOW PLAYING Thru Sot. Aug. 23 Double Feature Underwater Warrior Starring Dan Dailey Plus T h e True Story Of Lynn Stuart Starring Betsy Palmer Sunday thru Tues. Aug. 24 to 26 Cole Younger G unfighter Starring Frank Lovejoy B R (> ADWAA THEATER Estacada
