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SECOND NEWS SECflOtt
i! SEVENTY-SECOND ;YEAR I
SALEM, OREGON. THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 12, 1922
PRICE 5 CENTS
Slogan Paget and General Netstl
THE PRUNE, ONE OF THE GREAT
- liffllffl OF THE PACIFIC COAST
Jhe Search for a Prune That Will RuavL;arge, and. Will
j Dry Without Shrinking Too Much Looks Like the
Coates Date Prune Is It, Found, After, 30 - Patient
; Years of; Experimenting.! i i
'(Upon request, Mr. M. McDon
ald of Ihe Oregon Nursery com
pany, Orenco, Oregon, one of the
great nursjerymen of tber Pacific
coast, wrote- the following article
for i this number of Tho States-
-$fcn $d.)
i Prunia. ,This Is the commercial
' fjnn applied to the dried product
. of ; Prunus domestica, European
plum. The one real, difference
hit ween pluma and prunes is in
the) variety of pluma containing a
high enough sugar content to dry
ieef, and plums Tery low m.
' sugar -that Is below 8 or 10 .per
etat sugar In the ripe state, and
when dried bate a peculiar vinegary-taste,-
indicating that a eer.
taJn amount! of ferment has set
In during the process of curing1.
"Dried prunes, like many, other
fprras of healthful foods, 'have
.come down ;to us from Europe.
Just bow long and at what date
J urns were (first converted into
what we call prunes there does not
ieenv to be any authentic record
suffice to say. that , lot many
years -they have formed a health
fjil part of the diet of most Euro
pean countries and of late years
bare entered into the ' American
4let in no small way. j
High Sugar Content Sought
. Since itha earliest uses , ot the
plums In a' dried form the rari
ties containing the' highest per
centage of sugar bare been sought
after because of their more pal
atable texture when dried and the
farther fact that . the shrinkage
from the Vipe to the. dried state
.is always much less in those plums
containing a high sugar content
, than in those low in sugar. or
thim reason the small Petite De
Agen, commonly called French
Prune (although Its ; history indl-
Vftes that it may have originated
H In Asia,-) -.was' early sought. after.
1 Its sweetness and smoothness of
flesh' made It the fruit jar. ex
cellence in the dried prune line,
but it tendency to overbear and
produce only small fruit has ever
been its handicap.
-i Another plum of the Prunus
K domestica ' type ' that has found
much favor Is the Fellenberg, or
what we commonly, call the. Ital
ian prune. So far as we are able
discover, this name Is purely
local on this coast and there is no
apparent foundation for applying
the name Italian . It may. not be
, generally known, that this variety
actually reproduces Itself ,. from
eed. , The , writer knows ; of
- clump of seedlings in- Oregon of
the Italian variety, evepy ons of.
inem a ii ice.- sinoe this- variety
has shown such decided weakness
in the constitution of the tree In
the standard type that has been
, propagated In Oregon, we wonder
fehy some of our propagators do
not attempt to give us a better
type than the one we are now
growing. The fact that there are
four or five times as many sweet
prunes grown on the Pacific coast
as there are-of the tart kinds ia
ample proof that the prune of the
future must contain more sugar
than does the Italian variety
known to the trade as the Oregon.
Looking for Better, Prunes
In order to meet the require
ments of the trade for a largo
sweet . prune ,we have had Bur-?
bank's Sugar prune, the Imperial
Epineuse from Prance,. both larg
but lacking in some, one degree
the necessary requirements for a
perfect prune that wiH not only
fill. the bill as a grower's tree but
ket that will. even cover thecosi
of digging, much less of produc
tion." The plan, it would seem,
might prove an effective one, and
the consumer certainly could lose
nothing by helping the producers
out in mis way. potatoes are a
staple everywhere and there are
innumerable uses for them in the
family- dietary. If every family
were to buy a little ahead of im
mediate needs, incidentally saving
some, raouev in so doing, men en
gaged in the industry say it woul 1
put the potato Industry right back
on Its feet.
About 25 to 30 per cent of the
average cost of fertilizer To the
farmer represents freight in
cluding freight on raw materials,
supplies and on the finished goods.
ITTil
HAS BIGSTART
or
Half Hundred Permits
Irrigation in Valley Dyr
- ing Last Quarter
is ind. rated by the fact thai,
nearly hajf of the permits? issued
cluftag the, quarter were for the
appropriation of, water for irri
gation purposes iu the Willam
ette valley. )
mere important
during the quar
ter the appropriation of water
from Wild Cat Creek for fiuming
lumber.
Amor. the
permits issued
ter were:
To Solon A
City, for the
Hughes Must Continue
Giving Water to Alpine
The public service commission
yesterday, issued an order denying
to Mr B. Hughes authority to dis
continue furnishing water to the
residents of "Alpine.
". Hearing on the application was
before Commissioner II. H. Corey
produce fruit that will meet all rat A,Dlne " August 16. The com-
CM
here are
&od cooks
who just happen so
by guess, and some who are
so because of mental effort
, and good judgment To
the latter class' belong the
women who choose wisely,
and for a reason. You'll
' find thb class using Crescent
. v' Bakirfg Powder because it
U a scientific product made
to stand every kitchen test.
And if s economical. Wom
en of the West have proven
" thia by many years' test
v, 'j t; At all grocers . 4 j
Crascent Maoufactnring Company
Seaile wasbington
of the requirements of the trade
In the dried fruit markets of the
world. Many other seet lings have
been introduced, but upon final
test found wanting. -The
New Coates
It was left to Mr. Leonard
Coates of California, who had held
to one ideal through more . than
thirty years of experimental work,
to find the long sought for largo
sweet prune.! For thirty and more
years Mr. Coates held to the prin
ciple that it was through selec
tion of improved strains In the
French Prune, Petite D'Agen, that
this desired improvement in
prunes would be found. At last
when he found this prune grow
ing as a mutation or sport of the
French prune in Santa Clara
couttty,- California, one can ima
gineLhis 'disappointment when . he
discovered that there was no fixed
type and that this mutation pro
duced variations running all the
way from the ordinary French
prune, Petite D'Agen, to the large
prune wenow call "Coates 1418"
or Date prune, weighing 30 to the
pound orchard run, and reducing
only CO per cent to - the pound in-
rying,!-- ;.f-i
Long Years of Work
wun that patience borne of
long experimentation, he at once
began the long and tedious pro
cess or eliminating these rever
sions and standardizing one of the
largest and best types of this mu
tation. - It was not until Mr.
loaies had carried his experimen
tai work through three successive
rrultlng periods, selecting from
the best type for commercial nur
poses, that he felt justified in'-bf-ferlnp
to the prune 'world ttat
new variety that is surely destined
to -revolutionize the prune indus
try of the Pacific coast. Were
It not for the patience and per
severance or Mr. Coates in con
unuing mis experiment through
rears this great gift 'of nature'
mfght have been lost to the world
in the mass of variations propa-
saiea irom buds taken Dromiaru
oiisly from the original variation
m ine rrencn prune. As it is.
e have a fixed type of this new
frnit marveli the Date prune, and
af.tea acre bnfhard from which to
go, to each year to draw from a
pfore strain of buds for propagat
ing purposes.;
j . iias ueen saia mat In Its two
big differentials, low shrinkage in
urging ; ana, large grades, . thl
prune win from a given number
or pounds of ripe. fruit make the
i
""liar ne now makes from the old
vaneues.
All of the tests this vear e?m
io Dear out thia claim.
A test by Mr. . Jonas of Mvrti
Creek, Oregon,, gives 63 per cent
or dried prunes running practical
ly 3 u to the pound.
Another test by Mr. Best at Look
inglass, Ore., west of.Roseburg.
gave practically 50 per- ; cent
shrinkage, running about 34
prunes to the pound, and still
another test by Mr.: Brown at Dal.
Ias,4 Oregon., went better than 50
per cent dried fruit making about
36 prunes to the pound.
These tests' in the -face of the
low sugar content generally found
In prunes this year. seem, to bear
out all the claims made for this
new prune wonder which gives
both size of fruit and high sugar
content, together with that ex-
qnisit date-like flavor that makes
it the prune par excellence for all
time.
mission finds that the Hughes
plant is a public utility and that
the number of patrons in the town
is sufficient to justify the opera
tion of the plant at the rate of 2
a month per customer.
Percy A. Cupper, state engi
neer, during the months ofjJuly.
.August and September issued 102
permits for authority to appro
priate? water from various stream
in Oregon for a variety of pur
poses. The permits cover the irriga
tion of 31S5 acres of land, the
development of !0 horsepower
and the use of water for mining,
municipal, domestic and various
other purposes. It is estimated
that the coot of construction un
der the various permits issued
would be $94,000. During the
&ame period permits were issued
covering the storage of 142 aero
let of water in five reservoirs,
the estimated cost of the reser
voirs being SI 2.500.
That the farmers of the Will
amette valley are awaking to the
necessity of irrigation in their
part of the state because of the
unequal distnnntlon of rain fall
Hray, of Oregon
appropriation of
wtter from Abernathy Creek for
irrigation of 270 acres. j
To Knock Nulfr et al, of Junc
tion City, for the appropriation oti
water from Ferguson Creek for
irrigation of 4f3 acres. -
To iT. V. GatPs. of Terrebonn",
SCOTTS MILLS
SCOTTS MILLS, Ore.. Oct. 11.
-Mises La Vrne Rich and Bea
trice Amundfjon have returned fo
Rugene whetfe' they ar' both at
tending the University of Oregon.
' Miss Enidf Lamb has gone -to
Sweet Hcrae jwhere she is engaged
in teaching fa the high school
there this winter,
f Mrs. W. T Hogg and daughter
19 r , ,. - 193t :
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TJdr V. t. 0mruBat SapwvUtm
for the appropriation of wat-r Dorij returnfd home Wolneday
Irc-ni rrooked River lor operating ! from Salem where they had been
pump? and for irrigating 20 j visiting for ia fw days, Lorain'?
acres of land. Iremaining in: Salem where fhe is
S. F.. Clyburn, of Horn--Jl,i,i:,u& .u
California, for the appro- j -er- ?
iScotts liilfe school opened Mob-
To
trool:
prialion of water from Reaver
Creek for placer mining pur
poses. To j. II. Sterling, of Kerby.
covering the appropriation of wa
ter from Days Creek for placer
niinisi": purposes, s
To the Pacific States Lumber
Co: ipany of Marshfield, for the
appropriation of water from an
nnr.amwl stream for domestic
To G. M. Miller, of Florence,
f(-r the, arpropr'.ation of water
from Muiised Cre'ek for irrigation
of 24 0 acres.
To F. J. Heckhill, of Gresham,
day with J. It. Payne. Mrs. J. H,
Kinser and lisses Kmma and
Clara Iirsonf as teachers.'
John and iarvey Brougher are
both attending Willamette Uni
versity thit year, this being
John's senior year. .
, MLra LilaHrougher is attend
ing school again in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. John Waibel and
(laughter Marion were In Port
land Saturday on business.
Jim Lavlenca has returneil
homo from the Silver Falls log
ging camp pw here, .ho has been
working. ij
Sensible
Spending and
Systematic
Saying-
have made more men independent
other plans .added together.
than all
A Savings Account at thia bank provides trre ,
wav ' s
Can you afford to be without one?
$1.00 Opens a Savings Account $1.09
United States National Bank
-e'lfonkThat'iTicelIailt'
Member Federal Reserve System
STATESMAN CLASSIFIED ADS. BRING RESULTS
Ai
bough -W8. ,
"BUY A B.W OF POTATOES"
"The Chamber 'of Commerce of
Nampa, Idaho, has Issued an . ap
peal to all potato ' growing dis
tricts of the country to institute a
"buy a bag of potatoes" campaign
with the end to - facilitating th
marketing of the large crop of
potatoes , grown this year in the
United States. Idaho, the appeal
says, has produced over 20,000
cars of "the finest potatoes. ver
grown, for. which there is no.marr
fin
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Our Big Clearance Sale of New and Slightly Used Phonographs is in full swing and many- people
are taking advantage of this wonderful saving. With prices so ridiculously lowland terms so
easy the stock will not last long. Make your selection now
while you have a good stock to choos from.
Terms as low as
$1.00
t .n.4t'.'
per
week
VICTR0LA
This $125 Victrola
now
(Slightly used)
Very easy
terms
Brunswick Mahogany
was $150
now
Great
ft 'v
Clearance Sale J
$92.50
As good as new, easy terms
BRUNSWICK BARGAIN
$150 Mahogany slightly used,
cut to
with easy terms
Extra
Special
Large $150 Cabinet
Style cut to
62-50
It's a real buy
Easy payments.
1 y. :
A Few other Bargains we
have to
ffer
you
$75 Pathe Phonograph
$75.00 Victor Outfit ..
J....I. .. .$27.50
!i..:...l$37.50
$lp0 Victor
$85 Victor. Outfit
$165 Grafonola ...
if -
$115.00
...$42.50
$115.00
Donft Forget
the
Easy -Terms
Don't Forget
the
Elasy Terms