THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 27. 1922
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'(The following matter la furnished by the National Garden Bureau,
headquarters 431 S. Dearborn street. Chicago. Ills.)
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Hatching Young Onions From Acres of glass are given to Us
J jSeta ! cultivation for the markets, and
Young onions 'are a standby otjrast acreage Is devoted, to it in
almost every - spring ' vegetable
garden and there is Just one waj
to4 get them' early. That is to
plant oniori!sets. , While the seec
onions are cdming" on to give the
later crop of young 'onions and
througn the thinning process to
give the plants room : to mature
the big bulbs to be stored for
winter, the set onions are coming
along and furnish the ; tender
young onions for the 'table. 'The
onion set is made for the chiel
ions. It I. better not to t try to
. grow big onions from sets,' as the
sot has completed most 'of its life
ONION itTS VIVA. SPttOUT ' MOUt I
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OUtCKLY IF PUkNTED OXOtfUU-Y
THE CDOVH M SMOWM.
work, although an abbreviated
and arrested career, when it la
put Into the ground, . and . sine
cases out of ten if not pulled and
eaten In its .young and tender
, growth will shoot up to seed.
Onion sets are merely prema
turelyv matured onions of , any
i type. The crop is produced In
this manner: The seed is. sown
thickly' and on poorer soli than
would .be used ordinarily for on-
. ion .growing. The . thick sowing
and poor, soil is used in order that
, they .may reach the limit of their
. growth In their surroundings
, quickly. They, -ct .; conrsev are
sown later than ordinarily ? As
coon as' they have matured their
T growth they are dag s and har
vested, to be planted the follow-
. inc spring. Smalt sets, are hettei
than he larger nesIer" the larg-
. - er the set the, mere quicaiy n wiu
finish' Its life cycle by sending up
':". seed stock which ends its edible
fc sWeer. f h - lb; f C Jp J'-T ::
4 ,K J Onion wU come -i Inf yellow.
white and red. all dependent op-
. on the variety of onion, seed
which was sown for the sets.. The
'most convenient thing about on
- ' ions is that they arenot so par-
. . tlcular about soil conditions and
i a gardner can harvest young on
f inn. from ' them lonr before ' a
; cropican be gathered from seed
.. Growth starts almost as soon
" ' - as they are planted and they can
be slanted an Inch apart. They
need only be planted deep enough
so that the neck Is barely cover
ed; with soil. 1 A little deeper
planting, however, gfves a better
length of edible white ypung on
ion. .
Any variety of onion seed will
produce sets, but the seed from
sets is worthless and should not
be harvested as it will produce in
ferior onions.,
, Just an Educated Pigweed
Who first discovered that spin
ach was good to eat -is as much
of a mystery a& the first man to
send an oyster skidding down his
gullet, thus Introducing a great
delicacy to our tables. In either
case the original ; gourmet had
considerable nerve, for the oyster
is by no means tantalizing to the
sight and the spinach, before it
got a modern education, was no
beauty. - - ,", , . -.. , -; ;.
In fact a spinach : Is merely a
cultivated pigweed, a near relative
of the pale pigweed or lamb's
quarters as it la often known, and
this humble weed Is also edible.
cooked as greens, but hasn't made
Any igijeat headway. , Its other (
relative In the vegetable line is
the beet, and all three are mem
., bers .pC the Gooaefoot family ot
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t. ., The spinach was named because
i ot its spiny seeds, or, more prop
erly r speaking, i fruit, the word
coming from the Latin spina, a
spine. , ; However, we do know
that the spinach is an introduc
tion from the orient, probably
southwestern Asia, and that it 1
a comparative - newcomer when
the antiquity of beans' and other
vegetables are considered which
were eagerly devoured by the
Pharoaha In ancient Egypt. Spin
ach came Into general use early
in the Christian era so far as the
ancient history of vegetables gives
any record. . . .;
(Spinach recently has grown in
to popular favor faster than any
. of the common vegetables with the
exception of ihead lettuce. , It Is
the easiest vegetable that a gar
dener can grow,-and the hardiest
;for it may,be planted In the fall
and wintered out with a cover
ing of straw and be ready to boom
along with the first spring, sun.
GARDEh
Garden ?'
the, south, to be shipped to the
northern markets.
Every vegetable garden should
have its spinach patch and the
seed should be put in as soon as
the ground, can be worked. Spin
ach can be rown in rows as close
together as eight inches, but a
mistake is often made in sowing
it too thickly in the rows. Do
not be too stingy. The more
closely crowded the little plants
are in the rows the smaller leaves
they will make and The more
VlJJZ Ti".J fl?,
Even the laziest gardener who
scatters his seed broadcast rather
than go to the trouble of making
rows can do, so with spinach and
be reasonably sure of a crop.
Spinach-must be sown at the
earliest possible moment In the
spring -and given rich soil. Speed
of growth is the main demand If
a good crop of big wrinkled leaves
is to be secured. If it Is planted
too late the first really warm
days start the spinach shooting-1
up to seed. Ordinarily the en-1
tire plant is pulled up-for greens!
when needed. In a email garden
where space is at a premium and
there isn't room for a second I
planting,. the leaves should be cut I
from the plant and the root left I
to develop a new crop -of leaves
which it will do very obligingly
so long as the weather remains
cool and it has fertile soil. '
Spinach seems specially devised
to occupy the space to be taken
later by string beans, for by the
time the last of the spinach is
harvested or by the time it starts
running up to seed, it is warm
enough to put in the bean crop.
Keeling Garden Diary '
A gardener who is Just starting
out on his career as a raiser oi
vegetables, as well as the oldei
gardener, should make. It a point
to . keep some sort ot a garden
diary, even '.if It is no more than
marking., dates, n ..the calendar
An ideal . plan is to make a dia
gram of - the garden on (a suffi
ciently ' large scale to - permit oi
notations of planting dates, ma
turing of crops and a Tecord ot
vegetables'; which did not thrive
tor one reason or another.
Notes should be made 'as ..to
Whether the' planting produced
more than was needed or less, so
that another season the quantity
of the particular crop planted
may be increased or decreased to
suit conditions.
An experienced gardener
knows fairly well what he can ex
sect but he usually makes a few
notes. A new gardener will find
that such a record will be a groat
help to him
It is also useful to
nete Interplan ting schemes and
good garden wrinkles employed
by 'one's neighbors.
The plan should show where
the nerrenial crops are fixed
quantities and located in the gar
den.
Land Hard on the Lumps
When you are doing your spad
ing this spring, remember that
every, lump of earthsyou break up
fine is adding fertility to the soil.
Soil, should be worked fine. 'Pul
verizing the soil is almost equiva
lent to adding a supply of fertil
izer. . ,
.The lumps lock up the plant
food and the tiny roots will creep
around In the finer, softer soil
and avoid the lumps., failing to
penetrate them if they are too
hard.
The finer the Soil, the
more available is the plant food
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PtAKTS STRUGGUNQ
PIANT5 MAKING
TO GQOV IN
kjUMrY.UNVOGKED
HEALTHY GOdTH
IN VEIL VOftKCP
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SOIL.
so that every additional bit of pul
verizlng given the soil makes it
that much more fertile.
The plants must find their food
in liquid form, the rains or arti
ficial watering furnishing' the so
lution to leach ont the food ele
ments With the soil in tine tilth
the moisture penetrates evenly.
Hard lumps it will not penetrate
except slowly.
Break up the lumps.
With the soil dug and broken
finely to a foot depth, even a
poor soil will show a surprising
increare in growth over the same
soli which has been coarsely dug
and in which the lumps have not
been well broken up.
With the soli well pulverized.
the task of hoeing or working
witlfKa' hand; cultivator to keep
dow VVhe weeds Is much easier.
TbevA ea the dry weather come3
it Is easy to keep the surface
stirred and establish a dust mulch
which Is the finest protection
against dry weather, keeps the
soil moist so the roots can work
and ameliorates the scorching
rays of the midsummer sun which
otherwise would, bake and crack
the soil.
A Lewis and Clarke Flower
The Clarkia. a typically Ameri
can plant, yet one that had to be
taken to Europe to be developed
before its possibilitites were thor
oughly realized, is one of the
prettiest of easily grown annuals,
yet it la seen comparatively sel
dom In the flower garden. It is
a hardy and very easily grown an
nual and Is particularly valuable
for -gardens where the soil is
rather light and sandy as it de
lights in this soil condition.
Tthe Clarkia was named after
Capt. William Clarke, companion
of Lewis, in the famous Lewis and
Clarke exploring expedition to the
northwest. It is a native of the
northwestern part of the United
States. It is coming into popular
ity along with other old-fashioned
annuals which florists have found
grow very readily under green
house conditions and furnish the
finest sort of material for cutting.
They vary from one to three
feet high and burnish a series of
beautiful soft pinks, salmons,
'rosy carmine and orange salmon
shades with fine white varieties
and come both double and single,
the double varieties . being the
more durable for garden display
and cutting,
When the plant reaches matur
ity it sends forth buds from the
axils of all its upper leaves, giving
long spikes of bloom beautifully
interspersed with the leaves. Some
varieties give more definite spikes
of bloom. Owing to the light and
airy grace of these annuals they
are particularly fine subjects to
be used in window boxes where
they may droop their wreaths of
bloom over the edges. They will
thrive -either In full sun or par
tial shade. There are a number of
named varieties offered by seeds
men. If you are not familiar with
this fine annual, it would be
worth while to try a packet of
mixed varieties merely to get ac
quainted. The varieties can be
identified easily from catalogue
descriptions when they bloom.
Sure Care for Baldness
Eat yitamines and keep your
hair on. That vitamines are a
preventative- of baldness is a de
duction that may be drawn from
the latest scientific development
of the chemistry ot diet. These
elusive elements in food known
as vitamines, found in fresh veg
etables which are not too thor
oughly cooked, are found to oc
cupy a most Important position
in sustaining life.
Four vegetables are known to
be specially strong in furnishing
vitamines. These are cabbage
lettuce, asparagus and tomatoes.
Lettuce, being- procurable the
year around in city markets, fur
nishes the most constant supply
among the vegetables, while or
anges and some of the other
fruits also help out.
Lettuce, therefore, from a
health standpoint, occupies a
very Important place. It can be
eaten almost daily in some form
of salad without 1allhig -upon the
appetite. Lettuce la an article of
steady diet inf raanr families and
should enter Jn.du the dietary of
more.
The , connection of vitamines
with baldness came about through
a recent meeting of the American
Chemical society in Chicago.
Some of the investigators of the
society hack been experimenting
upon vitamines, guinea pigs being
the subjects. Guinea pigs were
fed on a vitamlne diet In which
lettuce formed a large part. Other
guinea pigs were depriTed of a
vitamlne diet. The vitamine-fed
guinea pigs grew fat and healthy
and glossy-coated. Those de
prived of vitamines became slug
gish and their hair fell out.
For general purposes in the
home garden, the romaine or cos
lettuce will be found the most
useful of the lettuce tribe. While
it does not have the solid heads
of the cabbage varieties, it does
have their crispness with
blanchea heart and fully as fine a
flavor as any ot the head varie
ties.
Perrydale Club Asks for
Assistance from Salem
Perrydale Community club has
written to the Salem Commercial
club, asking for cooperation in
getting the state to take up the
building ot the road from McCoy
I on the West Side highway, to
strike the east and west road
between Sheridan and Bellevue.
This is the short-cut road from
Salem to the coast for Tillamook
and other points farther north.
It is located partly in Polk and
partly in Yamhill counties. The
Perrydale people ask that the Sa
lem club five them an audience
to - come over and present their
I argument, and then4 let the twe
I Join forces Jn seeking state aid
I in this important cut-oft hlgh-
1 way.
J0BEU1N mis
ABOUT M-U P
E. E. Elliott of State Voca
tional Board Also Speak
er Before Club
If all Salem could have heard
F. W. Jobelmann ' tell the Com
mercial club, Monday noon.
about the City Beautiful, about
the joys of the everlasting clean
up and the profit and satisfaction
in the dirtless. fresh-painted.
hand laundered home town, they
would be out with lanterns dig
ging around the rose' bushes, rak
ing the lawns, hoeing off the
humps and shoveling smooth the
holes, and stalking dandelions
and thistles and common weeds
with an axe. They would be buy
ing mirrors and soap and sponges
and scrub brushes, making the
broom and the chlorid-of-lime
can and the fly-swatter the city
f !m.8,' : ttAd "ing sf ? ra ,Into
It was a good start for a move
ment that ought to mean a mint
for Salem. There are rotting
walks and flagrant - weeds and
rats and skunk cabbage and un
sightly logs growing on every
street of the city, It Is said, and it
would take a steady week, raining
paint every minute, to paint up all
the Salem houses that need it even
for decent economy's sake. Mr.
Jobelmann made enough 'of a hit
with his volunteer clean-up cam
paign, that he is" to present the
case to the Kiwanis and Rotary
clubs, and the Realtors, making
four dinner groups on successive
days this week He speaks readily
and the crowd cheered him when
he closed.
Professor E. E. Elliott, of the
state vocational training bureau,
was the main speaker ot the day
He explained the scope ot his
work, by showing that it is firstly
and lastly an industrial and not
a collegiate or "highbrow"' move
ment, to teach better methods of
Industry. It is based on the I
Smith-Hughes law of congress, I
passea in mi ana raunea in
Oregon in 1919, that allows the
6uciuuini, io appiy iunas in ise
States that Will match th fmtanl
tnVAfltlHAnt ffta. tn ..nt wl t A
tion. "It has three ex-officlo direc-
tor?, the governor, the secretary
ft flit O t A an1 t Vt A DinA eiinA.t.lA.
dent of schools; and four appoint
ed directors, . one being a' factory
employer, one a farmer, one the
president of the state federation
oi iaDor, ana one member a wo
man, -to lay out aad approve its
work. There are three main ac-
tivUIes; agriculture, trades and
ndustries, and home economics.
The work of the department is
only with those above 14 years of
age. Some of it is carried on
through high schools. The Salem
high school shops are maintained
inruujn in is oureau. mere is a
splendidly flourishing new auto
school now operating in Salem, as
well as a dressmaking class; a
class, in nutrition, and others to
be organized as industries that
the government should recognize.
Classes are being formed in
papr mills, saw mills, lumber
wherever there are young men
and women ready enough to ask
for such teaching service.
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BACK FROM IIP
Associations of Portland,
.1 acoma and beattle Are
Visited by Party
Seven tired but tickled young
men toiled back into Salem Sun
day night, from a tour days' tour
of the Y. M. C. A. of the north
west. They left Salem Thursday
morning, to visit the big associa
tions of Portland, Tacoma snd
Seattle, and incidentally Olympia,
Centralia and Chehalis. They
did it all bat they certainlj
wore corns on the car seats be
fore they got through.
They spent most of the day
Thursday in Portland, leaving at
4:30 for Chehalis. The good
roads were always lust over in
the next county from where thej
were. It was a desperately hard
grind to drag their car throug)
the mud. One, 65-mile stretct
looked as if It had Just come out
ot the Jason Lee discovery time,
with coonskin cap, flintlock rifle
and wampum for money. Instead
of breesing into Chehalis for
late supper; it was black and
muddy midnight before they got
to their destination.
Friday they went on to Tacoma
visiting Olympia on the way.
They went, through the Tacoma
Y with a fine-tooth comb, picking
up all the good points that fine
Institution offers. They went on
to Seattle that night., and spent
all day Saturday In the big town
m
They had expected to stay In
Seattle until afternoon, Sunday,
but because of the bad roads,
they? started home at daylight
Sunday and then it took them
all day to get through. At Cen
tralia they took dinner with H.
A. Ghormley, who was with the
Marion county Y a year ago, and
is now community leader in Cen
tralia. The trip was taken for the
purpose of giving the young men
a close insight into the big Y sys
tem, as it is carried out in the
larger cities. In all the three big
associations, the department
heads gave the boys their time
for a full explanation of whatever
they have of special interest. Ev
erywhere the Salem boys made
good impression. Four of the
party are seniors In iWllamette
taking a special course in' Y
work with the idea of becoming
directors Noble Moodhe. Everett
Craven, Ben Rickli and Lester
Day. The others of the party
were A. C. McClaln, Edward
Warren and C. A. Kells, secre
tary of the Salem Y.
BOligheV LU Tiber Company
Starts Work Near Wren's
Work was started a few days
ago on the Doughey Lumber com
pany mill near Wren's, on the
railroad west of Corvallls. The
company has a fine body of tini
ber, and a mill that has been
built up to a good production
ability. It Is cutting railroad
ties as a main output, with the
side cut as small as possible. A
dozen men are employed. W. H
Trindle of Salem is' interested in
the mill.
While the tie business in gen
eral has not been brisk, it is un
derstood that a few other ties are
being produced on contract. If
the railroads should start buying
all the ties they really need.
there wouldn't be enough mills
or men in uragon ana.wasnms
ton to supply the demand, and
not enough cars on all the vest
ern railroads to haul them to
their destinations.
While no general replacement
of ties for the whole country
seema likely this year.1 a few ties
ar4 "always required ifor repairs
i mat simply can't be deferred,-and
( several . small Oreeon mill, are
i now at work filling such orders.'
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WentY-FlVe SlUdentS lO
Be Graduated at Chemawa
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Twenty-five graduates will re
ceive their diplomas from Salem
Indian school at Chemawa this
year.
Among these are four Black-
feet Indian lads, the first, it is
said, in the history of their tribe
ever to graduate from any school,
anywhere. They have been a
numerous, warlike tribe, but their
industries have never run deeply
to books or head-work. These
four Salem lads, who are among
the finest, most progressive mem
bers of the 1922 class, are the
first contribution to serious in
tellectual progress.
The Indian school year is to
close a week earlier this season
than it did last. The baccalaur
rmrm ,
May 28. and the commencmt'
Dr0Der is on Wednesdav Mar 31
The whole of the last week will
be devoted to student activities,
land Superintendent Hall hopes to I
have the townspeople of Salem
more widely interested this year
than ever before.
The big class play is to be
staged Tuesday night, May 30.
Mauser Shotgun Product
of Inventive Germans
Something new has appeared
In Salem, showing where Ger
many has planned to turn part of
the late war Into money.
It is a Mauser shotgun, brought
back from San Francisco by Pau
Hauser. It is a rgeulation Mau
ser rifle, with a new 12-gaug
8aotgun barrel 8UDStituted for the
oia ruie barrel. It carries one
shell in the receiver and one in
the barrel, making it in effect a
double gun. The old regulation
0 PAULDING
OERVICE :
Means a great deal to
the builder. The fact
that we furnish EVERY
THING but the hard
ware for building is a
big factor in the satis
faction of our custom
ers.
Spaulding Logging
-v : Company
military stock, with rudimentary
pistol grip stands unchanged.
save that the foreend Is shortened
and a lighter butt plate is usd-
The receiver frame is around
away to let the larger shell into
and out of the action. The front
locking lugs have been ground
off the bolt, leaving practically
only one lur at the rear nf the
bolt, to carry the shock ot the I
ex) plosion.
The gun weighs Just six pounds
only a trifle heavier than an or
dinary 22-calibre rifle. -It lifts
almost like a toy gun. A spring
steel shield is fitted over the top
of the receiver on the left side;
to guide the paper shot shell into
the barrel. Germany had mil
lions of rifles left over, that were
not 'of much value for a nation
mat isn i supposed to keep a
whaling big army and so, they
are turning them into these new
peace arms for invading the
whole shotgun world.
PLAN YAKIMA CAMP
YAKIMA, WTash.. April 25.
A. A. Griffin, United States fores
ter at Tacoma, is here today' and
tomorrow morning will, go into
the mountains in company with
Yakima Y.M.C.A. officials to help
locate a permanent association
summer camping site. The for
estry service has set aside 15 acres
in the Rainier forest for camping
by Yakima people.
Eyesight Specialist
MORRIS OPTICAL CO.
204-11 Salem Bank of
Commerce Building
Salem. Oregon '
A call today may save need
less pain and suffering In the
inture.
OREGON PULP, & PAPER CO.
. SALEM, OREGON
High Grade Wrapping P&pers and "ii
Paper Specialties
A. C. Bohrnstedt
Realtor
Ufe, Fire, Health, Acci
dent, Auto and Indemnity
Insurance. Bonds and
Mortgages, City Building
Loans
407 Masonic Bldg., Salem. Or.
OUR TREES
Carefully Grown
, ; Carefully Selected
' Carefully Packed
Will Give Satisfaction to the
r' -' '-'in'-pianter
SALEM NURSERY
COMPANY
428 Oregon Building
s Phone 176S
Additional Salesmen Wanted.
Peerless Bakery
Makers ot
Peerless Bread
Try Our Doughnuts
170 North Commercial St,
Webb & Clough
Co.
Leading Funeral
Directors !
Expert Embalmer 1
Cor. Court and High St.
Phone 120
Silverton 1
Foundry Co. T
Iron and; Brass Castincs
SawxaiH and Logging Re
pairs, Hop and Fruit
Stores, Castings of aU
kinds
, SILVERTON, OREGON
, . Phont- Green 911 -
260 North High Street
Boost This Community by Adver
tising on the Pep.and Progress
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Classified
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But
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Furnace for
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Buy the Ore.
i-J . son Made.
W. W. ROSEBRAUGH
CO.
Foundry and Machine Shop .
17th and Oak Sts., Salem. Or.
' Phone 888
The
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July.
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SALEM TILE MIERCApLE CO.
Brick building tile, drawn tile .
Phone 917 . Salem, Ore,
TSirtnourit
DAIRY
Perfectly Pasteurized
MILK AND CREAM
Phone 725
.HAR3?WARE
AHDFimNITUBE (JO,
220 N. Commercial
Phone 1650
Street
VSE
BUTTERCUP
BUTTER
1 Capital Gty
Cooperative Creamery
1 57 S. Com! BL Phone 219
Onr Idea: Our Method:
The Best Only Co-operation
DRAGER FRUIT CO.
Dried Frait Packert
221 S, High St Salem, Or,
Always b the narketfor
dried fruiis of all kinds
THE CAPITAL s .
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Fiuys arid Sells Anything
Associated with
CAPITAL JUNK
y) -'COMPANY
1H Center St V Phone StS
Phone 19S5
HOTELrtlARION
: SALEM, OREGON :
The Largest and Moat
Complete Hostelry in Ore
gon Out of Portland
Dodge Brothers
SEDAN
Bonesteelc
HotorCo.
HISS. Com! St, Phone 4SS
Big crowds will gather round about
To see flames take your borne.
Bat when your loss Is figured oat
You stand it all alone.
Journal of Commerce statistics
the following tire loeres In Am
July 181 1. 120,118.8801 tor
1820. 828.188,828.
of Hollow Tile and help pre
waste. ,
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W. T. Rigdon &
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Funeral Directors
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