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THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21.1022 " rss
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Ten Years Ago the Evergreen Blackberry Was But an
Abominable Weed; Now It Is One of the Great and
Most Promising Wealth Producers of This District
Knight Pearcy, Fruit Expert, Writes an Interesting
Article.
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Circulation Department, 6(3
Job Department, 683
Society Editor, 108
'Entered at the Postoffice In Salem, Oregon, as second class matter
WHY NOT THE OREGON BLACKBERRY?
fe:vija Salem is the center of the great and growing blackberry
l. industry of the country which means the evergreen blackberry
; industry '
.. The center, of the canning industry for that great pie berry
of commerce, 'and the marketing and geographical center of
' the industry; the center of the growing of the evergreen black
' 5 berry, in its wild state, and, eventually, in its cultivated state.
'heixoauneries of Salem put up 85,000 eases of evergreen
blackberries the past season; 30 pounds,' to the case, or 2,550,000
uiiig mostly to me pic latwurijs
returns coming back here to the
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fljThe United States Department of Agriculture, in Farmers1
; .Bulletin 643, hag the following:
u '"'yEROREEN (Black Diamond, Star, Wonder, Ewing
f Wonder, Everbearing, .Atlantic Dewberry) Origin unknown,
eititrowtt.,io.3Eufppe 'lince 1809. Berries large, firm, sweet,
quality-very T good, seeds large. Season late to very late and
s-ynUong.' , Bush Vigorous, 'tender, productive, deep rooted and
s drought resistant ; canes semitrailing, perennial in some sections,
I ;i)ut they should always tie trained as though they were biennial
' t like other .varieties; root at tips. One of the best varieties in
Oregon and Washington, but not generally adapted to the
''States' east 'of the Rocky Mountains, because the fruit is small
ind worthless except in New Jersey, where it is grown consider
jably with success. , Planting distances, 16 to 24 by 8 feet in
. Oregon and Washington, according to conditions. This variety
is found growing wild in Oregon and Washington J
; There you have it- i '
I The JBvergreen Blackheny Is an Oregon and Washington
t i berry ; and this means $ha$ itia a western Oregon and Washing
1 u t ' And the Salem district navifir attained the Dremiershin will
m keepVft-i-andit "will'gQ in ev-er increasing volume in cans and
a t lParre's to the great pie centers, and in jams and jellies to all
? w mparts , or the orld. r " V '
The great future of the Evergreen blackberry lies m its
7, , great 'production to the' acre and its economy of cultivation,
enabling growers and dealers and factories to put it onto the
marxet , at reasonably prices.
&4 &3ut-eome yeartv H may be a bonanza erop.- v.-Mt!-
.. ''myli. .Aas.predaeed'liere as high as 16,000 pounds to the acre,
. 'and it may produce 25,000 pounds, with proper cultivation and
V irrigation.. , ,
Knight .Pearcy, in his article on the Slogan pages, suggests
ZGXM$?$F&eW uc ought to be named the " Oregon
. iiiacKDerryvand that it should be so known in commerce.
" Wh.Nott ; .
' i It can he done, with judicious exploitation and advertising,
The big future of the "Oregon Blackberry" is for the cul-
1 tivated crop ; highly cultivated. It is a most important link in
the4 Chain of diversified agriculture for the Salem district, and
no fruitgrower , should fail to have at least a part of his acreage
Editor Statesman: '
The eveTgreen blackberry is one
of tbose distinctive Oregon fruit
crops Which do so 'well in certain
sections of Oregon, and in parts
of Washington-"as well. It ranks
with the Italian prune, the fil
bert, the loganberry and the Eng
lish walnut in that it finds Ideal
conditions for fruiting in this fa
vored section, but at the same
time cannot be well grown In
commercial quantities in many
other sections of the country be
cause of some climatic condition.
The Italian prune of our growers
is known to the trade of Ameri- j
ca as the Oregon prune. The
filbert of this section will prob
ably be distinguished from the
Imported article by the name of
Oregon filbert when our produc
tion gets to that stage that we
begin to push our nuts on the
eastern market. The Oregon
Grafted Franquette today tops
California's best grade on the
market. Our Evergreen black-"
berry is a distinctive article. The
pie factory man' prefers this firm
fruit to the sloppy article that is
put ' up from other varieties of
blackberry. '
Would it not be good adver
tising for the state if the packers
would label this berry as the Or
egon Blackberry?
The Pie Man Wants It
The pie man wants a berry that
will make the maximum number
of pies per gallon of fruit. This
berry stands up well. The top
can be cut out of a can of berries
and the can inverted and remov
ed, leaving the fruit in a firm
cheese. This cannot be done
with other fruits. This quality
enables the baker to make more
pies per gallon. t
The berry is a cheap one to get
onto the market. It is canned
A a water pack usually, or else
is dumped into barrels and frozen.
High priced syrups are not neces
sary. Is Not a Native
The Oregon evergreen is not
a native, as many people suppose,
but is a European plant that was
FUTURE DATES
December 20, 21, 22 nd 23 Marion
county teachen' examination.
Friday, Dee. 22 Mothers' Class oi
Tint Methodist church meets with Mrs.
Tuft, 156S South Liberty, at 3:30 o'clock.
December 24 and 25, Sumiay and Mon
daySupreme director of Yeomen to be
ia Salem.
December S5, Monday Christmas.
December 31, Sunday Elks "Mid
night Follies," Grand theater.
Monday, Jan. 1 Y. M. C. A. "Open
House," for everybody,! Xew Year's day
afternoon and evening .
January 5, Friday Elvin M. Owsley,
national commander of American Legion,
to be in Salem.
January 8, Monday Inauguration of
GoTernor-elect Walter M. Pierce.
January 8, Monday Legislator meet
brought to the coast in the early
days and has been spread over
the landscape by birds and other
agencies. It was not until the
war conditions had brought on a
food shortage of all kinds that
the evergreen was canned to any
great extent. Lately, however,
the demand has increased until it
is one of the most sought after
fruits that we grow here.
To Get Best Berries
To get the big. Juicy berries
most desired the planting should
be on fertile, retentive soil. The
river bottoms and the valley
loams are ideal for blackberry
growth.
The berry is propagated by tips.
However, it is a poor policy to
plant the tips directly into the
field, as the mortality of these
tips is heavy. They had better
be lined out in nursery rows
where soil is good and where wa
ter can be applied if possible, and
given prime care the first season.
Then next fall plant these young
yearling transplants in the feld,
and very few will die out. giving
a much more even stand in the
field. One t?an care for plants
for 2 5 acres on a town lot in
this manner, thus cutting down
the first year cultivation cost
greatly.
Give Them Room
Most of the plantings are plant
ed at 8 by 16 foot spacings, but
10x16 is a better distance, mak
ing cultivation easier without de
creasing the total yield of the
planting.
There are various modes of
trellising in vogue. Most of them
use the four wire trellis with one
set of wires about 24 inches
above the ground and another set
48 to 52 inches above. Usually
the young canes are carrier!-on
the lower wires the first season
and then lifted to the upper wires
after the fruiting canes of the
season have been removed.
Evergreens start bearing com
mercially the third year, yielding
a half ton to two tons that year
if transplants are used at plant
ing instead of tips the planting
should approach! the larger-figure.
The yield should double the
next year, and by the fifth or
sixth year the well handled and
well located planting will produce
five to eight tons per acre. The
price. realized the last couple of
years has averaged better than
logans, and the yield better, too
Picking costs about the same.
The evergreen, blackberry is
one of our most promising crops.
Its future looks brighter : each
year. It is one of those crops in
which we will have little compe
tition from other sections of Am
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Copyright, 1822, Aaaodatod Editors
The Biggest little Paper la the World
Edited by John H. Millar
Other Worlds
t ' . WHAT ARE THE STARS?
(This 'ia the ftrst of , twelve
stories about the mysteries of the
jskies by Dr. H. W. Hurt,, National
Field Commissioner of the Boy
t Scouts, and writer of two of their
"""three handbooks. : Dr. Hart has
t ,o i .studied the stars for many years,
and at one time was In charge of
..t ... ; the -Yerkea Observatory in Wil
liams Bay. Wisconsin, where the
, . largest telescope in the world Is
hi. ,vr i located.) ,
!;,v; , -Twinkle, twinkle, little star;
,r p how I wonder what you are," is a
'h..- verse everyone knows, for every-
one has wondered at some time
' 't about the stars. Thousands of
,.i,.,yer ago" people used to worship
these mysteries In the sky. They
.tried o study S them, and the
. . ' Egyptians and Arabs , even. . kept
. records of what they saw. but it
, Vas Galileo's Invention of the tele-
' scope in 1609 that made it dos-
'' ' sible for ns to find out that these
.... , . . . 'stars ere really great suns giv
"r ' , ' ing "out light and heat Just like
i our own sun does.
. Our. sun is one of the smallest
; of the stars. Many of these big
", suds' are so far away that it takes
, their light (which travel. 186,000
. mi lea per second) thousands of
; years to reaeh us. , f When you
look. np;at a big star tonight re-
member that It Is so far away that
" nr 'wn' the light that comes to' your eyes
? has been on the way thousands of
..rf.iyeaw. Perhaps the .star you
v - i "see' isn't there any longer at all,
vr butrits ; light ' Waves, 1. started
, , v toward us years ago and requiring
thousands of years to reach us,
i are still coming. Just as when' you
still hear the sound of the whistle
of a train after your eyes watch
ing the steam tell you the whistle
has stopped.
Move in Order
These stars are so far away that
looking at them through the big
gest telescope shows them only as
specks of light. Some are young
er and hotter than our sun and
some are older and colder. Most
of them are the centers of big sys
tems like our own sun, with dark
earths and planets movlag all
about them. ! '
The wonderful thing found in
studying the stars, la the way law
and order are everywhere They
more and are related in a very
exact way, though they are spread
out so far that you can't even im
agine life size of, the universe
they move in.
Ether Lies Beyond Air
The air about the earth extends
out only some fifty miles, and be
yond that, through the billions
and trillions of miles of airless
space lie these millions of suns.
Between them in space is what
we call the ether, across which
light waves, heat waves, electrical
or radio waves, travel.
So. you see, stars aren't Just
pretty decorations in the sky, but
belong to a great system in which
our own sun is Just a tiny part.
(Next week: "The San and
s Von.") ..
Dunbar tipped his chair back and
regarded . bis son with mock seri
ousness. Now there was only
THE SHORT STORY, JR.
JACKV CHRISTMAS ORDER
- "Well, Jack, what do you want
for Christmas this year? Dr.
one thing in the world Jack want
ed. That was a good watch, but
he was half afraid to ask for any
thing so expensive.
"Come on," teased the doctor,
his pencil poised in the air, "give
your order. What shall it be, an
automobile or the Benton proper
That decided Jack. A watcn
was too much to ask for. He
racked his brains. Wasn't there
anything else that he wanted? He
could think of nothing. "I I
can't think . of anything," he
stammered.
"Well, well that's fine."
laughed his Jovial father. "I'll
Just strike your name off the top
of my list. I wish all my rela
tives were as easily satisfied. I
was debating between a" watch
and a diamond ring for you, but
now I'll save all that money for
socks and handkerchiefs for the
rest of the family."
Jack was glad he had not asked
for a watch. Suddenly he had a
brilliant idea. "Oh. yes." he
cried. 'I know what I want. I
want a pair of skates. I always
have wanted a pair. Thats Just
exactly what I do want." He
tried to sound enthusiastic.
"I'm arraid that order's too
late, young man," his father
laughed at hira,I -already have
you crossed off my list." u
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me flush. Then vaa admiration
in It4Lalso e;ui"ical expression.
"Oh, you petticoated Machla
veim" he said, kissing me. "But"
you shall have your reward.
There re no reservations tb b
had until day after tomorrow in
the evening. So yon fhall have
the trip to Blue's Bridge, after
H."
And so happy was l at me
Vt an1 t
answer to my "
Dicky's look of admiration, tnai
I put away from me the almost
- 1 . a Vi o f mv Vl 11 8-
certain Knumtfuso "
band was in alt probability teu
ine me a kindly fib. but had se
cured the reservations upon the
date which he bad originany
named.
(To Be Continued.)
.;xS:y;Q.
Photo is ol Brigi-Uen. Edwards. U. S. A., retired, and Mrs. Ed
wards Saying good-by to the army doesnt seem half the serious
business to Gen. Clarence R. Edwards as it; does to his wife. But,
maybe, after all. that is Just a soldier's set smile the grim old daddy
of the famous Yankee division in the A. E. F. is wearing as be and
Mrs. Edwards posed for their photograph at corps area headquarters
in Boston the day he was retired. The final ceremony in which the
General had, part was the decoration of three men in th ranks that
same day.
erica. The 1922 pack at Salem
alone is said to be S5.000 cases.
What a change time does make!
Ten years ago the evergreen was
an abominable weed, whose crop
was considered to be largely, bird
food. Now it is bringing thou
sands of dollars into the pockets
of valley growers.
Knight Pearcy.
Salem, Or., Dec. 19, 1922. -
H
Adele Garrison's New Phase of
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
CHAPTER 1SS
However, Jack felt doomed. He
knew for certain that Christmas
would bring it's skates. Why
couldn't he have., thought o
something else cheap that he
would rather have. He hated to
skate, and would rather have had
a good book, but it was too late
now. - -
Jack felt that be must act
pleased when he got the skates,
so he began right away to prac
tice. Whenever be saw his fa
ther he made some remark about
how much he wanted those skates.
His father looked solemn. "I'm
afraid you gave that order too
late," he said gloomily, but in
wardly he beamed happily. He
was delighted to get his boy some
thing he wanted so much. Afftr
Jack had gone to bed he said to
Mrs. Dunbar. Well, Jack insists
on having a pair of skates this
year, and he seems to set on it
that I think we'd better give up
the idea of getting , him a good
watch. That would be a mistake:
You see, .it's a good idea, after all.
to find t)ut in time what he really
wants. . .
PICTURE PUZZLE
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Answer to yesterday's: Lift, log. lum
ber, leal her, leggings, legs, land, lan",
learea, lake. ;
THE TRIBUTE THAT DICKY
PAID TO MADGE.
Dicky's jaw dropped as I gave
him his mother's message, and
comical look of lively appre
hension flashed into his. face.
Aw, say, have a heart!" he
euoted. "That's a fine greeting
for a fellow. I left her In an
awful fix, too. She must be in
fine fettle by this time. Won't
you go in and cool the boiling
cii just a little? I know she's
going to simmer me in a kettle
of it."
I laughed in spite of my irri
tation at him and at his mother.
'You know what would happen
to me if I dared to substitute
myself for you. I'm afraid you'll
have to walk up and take your
medicine, my dear. But if it's
any consolation, tne appeared a
shade less wrathful than she did
when she banished you this morning."
"Well, every infinitesimal trifle
helps!" he said, as he started
toward his mother's door, and 1
gave a little mental sigh of re
lief that he had asked me no
more questions.
I was fagged mentally and
Dhysicallv. and I wished for a
foolish minute or two that
could take Dicky up on the rash,
tempery proposal he had made
to go back to Marvin and pack
all the furniture himself. Some
how I infinitely dreaded the
tedious task I saw be'ore me
With an inconsistency of which
I was fully aware, I found my
self regretting my refusal to de
lay our return North until after
the trip to Blue's Bridge Dicky
had planned. I really had seen
very little of thi3 beautiful and
odd sandhill section. My own
nervous collapse when I came
down, the complication, which
Grace Draper's nearness afforded,
Leila's troubles , and Leila's wed
dine. and. last of all. Mother
Graham's influenza, had kept my
"nose to the grindstone." And
now, this most arduous of all
tasks. packing and moving.
loomed before me. If I could
have had one day's outing with
Dicky, such as the canoe trip to
Blue's Bridge would have been,
I felt that I could have faced
the tasks before me with much
better grace.
But I had put that away from
me firmly, and had told Dicky
tit a must return North at once.
because I knew how little time
I had for the stupendous . task
nirkv'a rash action had laid
across mv shoulders. So with a
little shake I reminded myselt
of the old adage concerning
spilled milk. Going to my own
room- I began to pack my. truns
and bags for the Journey. North
There is an id'osyncracy oi
mine in packing which amuses
r,rirv intenselv. but which I al
ways find useful. I always pack
first of all the small bag wmcn
holds all my toilet articles, my
night attire, and the changes of
clothing and litter of miscellany
which one needs for a nignt on
a train or anywhere else away
fmm hnmP. T set that to one
side and live out of it until
eo. Next I put11 the things
might need if my trunk were de
laved into my suit case, and then
last of all, I put everything left
over into the trunk. As a con
seauence. I never at the last min
nte find a lot of leftovers which
have to be crammed somewhere,
Dicky Is Delighted.-
I wept over my wardrobe, lay
T
ared "to "De" delivered before i
seventh and eighth grade pupila.
high schoql pupils jind college ani
university students, believing that
it was but natural for the banker
to be pressed into service where i
knowledge of elementary econom-
ics was concerned.' ;
"Now, if the bank can go fur- 1
ther and help the libraries to en- ;
courage the reading of roo
books, it will be but extending its
service toward ' overcoming our r
economic Ills." , f
WOULD
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BANK
LIBRARY
Placing List of Good Books
in Pass Book Said Educa
tional Solution
ing in one pile the things I
wished to put into the bag, in
another those for the suitcase,
and in a third those for the
trunk. In the midst of my work
Dicky tapped lightly, then rushed
into the room unceremoniously,
grabbed me round the waist and
swung me into a waltx which
was sadly circumsenoea Dy me
smallness or' the. room.
'However did you manage if.'
you wonderful glill" he exclaim
ed when he 'stopped finally for
breath. Mine had , gone some
time before, and I could only
grin weakly at him as I piled
up ray tumbled hair.
"Manage what? I said de
murely at lasL
Changed Plans.
"My respected mother. Oh.
you needn't deny it! Of course,
she wouldn't admit even a mir
acle could change her opinion,
but something did. She wouldn't
come round like that unless some
strong pressure was brought to
tear, and there was nobody else.
She's even willing to stay down
here and, let you. move. Where
did you study hypnotism? Let
me see your diploma."
"Don't talk nonsense, Dicky,"
I said. '.-"I simply showed her
that we couldn't ask you to Te-
pudiate your word of honor, and
that the date was absolute. Then
few words relative to the
danger of Junior's changing cli
mates at this time made her see
the necessity of her staying down
here with -him."
My hnsband stared at me with
a look in his eyes which made
MILWAUKEE. Wis., Dec. 18.
The part that banks can play in
bringing to the attention of"their
customers the desirability, pleas
ure and profit to be gained by
reading good books, is shown in
an article by J. II. Puellcher,
president of the American Bank
ers association appearing in the
bulletin of the American Library
association.
Great Possibilities
"A list of books on national an4
international affairs could be
placed in the pass book of the
business man," said Mr.'PueMch
er. "A list of books concerning
modern accountancy, business
law and practice could be given
with the accountant's pass book,
while a list on composition and
letter writing might be banded
the stenographer. At the savings
window, lists of books on litera
ture could be distributed and lists
of miscellaneous books might be
enclosed with the monthly state
ment. -
. "The intelligence, test daring
the "r showed much illiteracy.
It aroused ' many to serious
thought. It made many feel that
they had not properly supported
the public school systems. It
showed that the ills of America
were largely economic.
Would Solve Ills
"The fact that the banker and
the teacher had often cooperated
the teacher in speaking before
bankers conventions, the banker
in serving on school boards
brought forth the idea maybe
the .banker could further aid the
teacher.- '
"The committee on public edu
cation of the American Bankers
association had ten lectures pre-
TrAmhitas.RnnnPv Finht
12-Roimd Draw at Butte
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BCTTE, Mont., Dec. 18. John
ny Trambitas of Portland, Ore.,
and Walter Roonel of, Bufte,
fought a 12-round draw In the
rlguiWBlght feature of the Man
hattan 'Athletic club's boxing card
here - tonight. Al Sommers 4 of
Butte got a 10-round" decision
over. Leo . Stokes of SL-Paul4 In
the middleweight featured
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26-oz: box
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EXCLUSIVE ; AGENTS,
Only 3 Shopping Days 'Till Christmas
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What's Christmas Without
Toys and Dolls?
AND NOW THE PRICES ARE REALLY CUT V
YOU CAN BE GLAD OF THAT
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And Still Some Left After Our Heavy Self ing. Make
The Children Happy. Give Them Plenty of Toys : i
Downstairs Store r;3 i
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One Table Full
Choice 39c
Horse and cards, sew
ing sets, autos, dogs,
lambs, horses, prize roos
ters, games, ' bisque head
Jointed dolls and many
other toys.
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$2.98 Steam
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$2.'48 Steam
, Engine .....
$2-75 Toy CIC
Stoves . . . V1
$3.45 Enamel &
Dishes
$1.25 . :QC
Dishes ..... 09
Keywlnd, C9-1Q
Bdats
,-N0wBor;v...$4ii9
$3.05 Doll, 23'inch.
Now
$3.19
3.69
2.19
6.98
Toys and Dolls Located in
$4.50 Doll, 26-inch.
$2.49 Doll, 20-inch.
Now
$8.95 Doll, 23-inch.
Now
Dressed Doll, 18-inch.
Now -....OT...wM
Sanitary Dressed Rag Dolls.
Now . ."
$2i39
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Our Downstairs Store
$2.49 Dolly '8 Trousseau Sets
Now ..,.
Small Doll Dresses.
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Salem Store
466'State St:
.Portland Silk Shop
383 Alder . St