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Salem is the Center of a Growing Number of Industries That Attract Universal Attention and; Bring Money from
in Which Our People Excel or Can Excel, or Can produce with Greater Profits Than Other Countries or Sections,
. On October 9. 1919. The
Statesman undertook a Salem
Slogan campaign to ; run on
Tharsdays in the daily, and on
Fridays ? in the Twlce-a-Week
Statesman, through a; year, to' ex
ploit the fif(y-two most important
basic industries and ' interests ot
Salem and the Salem district
. To inform men of genius, vis
icn,' enterprise, capital ; and- in
dustry the -wide world over what
Salem and the surrounding coun
try have to offer, them
And. also to. take stock of our
own advantages, so that we who
yve and do business here , may
better realise how fortunate; we
are; what a great future1;' we
have; what opportunities are vat
- cur doors; ; what "Acres pTDla-
' monds are Jn our own ' land
waiting for the digging of onr
own people i ' r
.And it is not much to say that
"this campaign has been a revela
tion to all of us, or at least most
of ns ; :J-r : ' '
; For the campaign is now on
,Its fourth year. ands great; sur:
r rites have come to ' us concern
ing the growth and development
of some of the industries in the
months that elapsed between the
1919 and 1920. and now the
U922 and the 1923 dates of the
Salem Slogan ' Issues " " ot The
, Statesman. . ", .: " r ; ' .
So the writer has undertaken J
to give, for the benefit especial-1
ly, of the prospective newcomer,
a summary of the matter in the
Talem Slogan issues " for the
three full years and now nearly
a, half of the fourth year1.
, Of course the followingV review
cao;only be a review
Can only' touch the high places;
for it . would take several hund
red pages to print all the mat
ter in regard r to; the 4 different
' susjects that!: appeared f In the
Satem Slogan Issues.
' Following la the summary': '
i The Loganberry ' Industry ?. '
The ;i story of ' the loganberry
, Is aa epic. It Is 'called , the log
anberry because it was discover'
. ed by Judge J. H. Logan, of
Eanta Cms. Cat., in 1881. from
: seed planted in his garden; ' He
concluded, atter; Investigation,
that It was a cross between the
. Anginbaagh blackberry and the
red raspberry. Judge Logan la
tow a resident, ot, Oakland, .Cal.
TL;ra. have been attempts, to lm-
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prove : the; loganberry and even
the great Luther Burbank made
an attempt of this kind. But
the loganberry remains the
great - berry , of commerce, with
an ever' widening field of favor.
And Salem is the loganberry
center of; the world: fifty per
cent of i the loganbeeries of the
world are raised almost . within
sight of the Oregon capital dome.
Most of 'the - loganberles of : the
world. will always be raised -with.
In the .lengthening shadows of
the dome of the capltol in Salem.
This Is the loganberry land; the
Willamette valley soil and clim
ate give this district a virtual
franchise-! on - loganberry, growing.
It is the king berry of, all- our
bush fruits, though others also
excel here.
, The loganbery Indasty as we
see. it now starred ;on , one leg,
There 'was only one way .to mar
ket loganberries abroad- in the
dried state. ? Then -came the Juice
industry, then canning and jams
and' jellies and debydraiion and
now the - cold pack, shipping in
barrels, going in that form to te
concerns of the east making fruit
syrups' for the' soft-drink and ice
cream places, and manufacturing
Jams and Jellies and many other
food products. The market Is a
wide one;" widening. The can-
neries ; 'of t Salem alone packed
150,000 cases of loganberries last
year; 60 per cent of all the log
anberriea I sent to , the world's
markets In that , form from " the
Pacific "Northwest In 192i.' " "
' The loganberry has in some
years been a bonansa crop. One
year. Mr. ; Washburn, - out on" Sal
em Heights, produced 14,0.00
pounds, on two and a half acres
of : land. and! sold them.'for 13
cents a pound. -Bruce - Cunning
ham a little to the : south, in
the I Liberty dlstrlet -..received,
I4S.000. for:. hit crop from
acres. Many other - instances of
great profit might ' be - cited; for
this Midas of the money , berries.
It will be the j isrrra of the
berries in some fatare years;
bnt it will also -be Ibe great
standby for reasonable profits,
which is'., still more. Important;
the'ualy necessity' to, stabilise the
loganberry, industry being mors
and still 'more 4 plants using it
and 'better and still better shipp
ing facilities, and more and still
more cold storage room, .." and
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wider and still wider ; advertis
ing and distribution in: the mar
kets ot the world for the logan
berry has the true taste that
lineers and It has Qualities that
make is stand out in many ways.
as the greatest berry .the : cartn
has yet produced. And Salem Is.
and will always be the logan
berry .center of the world; so
chosen by nature and so con
firmed- by the enterprise of our .
men of vision. ...... ; .
The ..Prune . Industry ; ;
"Did you know .that Salem; Is
the largest primary prune market
in the world for Oregon (Italian)
prunes, which are the prunes, ot
Quality; that ' this long lead is
being Increased.; constantly j j byi
our packing, dehydrating: and
other concerns.- and by additional
setting out of prune -orchards;
that prunes for the ; grower are,
as good as wheat; as reliable,
and much more profitable; and.
that there is plenty of 'cheap,
land, yet,. to be had in this dis
trict for the growing of prunes
and new growers will be made
welcome' Y', ".- f
- The above was the wording ot
the first Salem Slogan issue of,
The Statesman,' devoted .to the
prune, on October 14. ; 1919
There' will be 100.000,000 pounds
in the. Salem district this year t
it all things favor the growers
and there will be a half billion
pounds annually soon. !
So ' Salem Is permanently the
prune capital ot all prunedom;
for prunes of quality. , .
The three counties ot Marion;
Polk and Yamhill, composing
the Salem local market districtj
have, over half the prune acre
sge in Oregon.. The - planting
in ' these" threa counties ; will very
soon ' be 25,000 acres; ' ; perhaps
thla: year for prunes are. going
cut ( as vf ast j as. the nurseries " can
furnish the stock County Fruit
Inspector" &N H. Van Trump, ot
Marlon i' county; ; says full grown
prune orchards In this district
ought to yield five tons of drlei
fruit to the acre. Multiply 10,
000 by 25,000 and you wills see
that the. immediate local r Salem
district alone is well on the war
towards the half billion pound
mark annually.
Mr. Van Trump says : "ther
Is no : better prune dlstrict'on
earth,' and our marketing condi
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A Present plant of Oregon Packing company, one of the pio
neer cannery plants of ' the Greater' Salem district. Next season
this company t will . extend . its operations in the large building
at time owned and occupied by the The company. Besides de
voting these buildings, to the canning of fruits, it operates pick
ling an vegetable canning plants in and near. Portland.. It con
tracts yearly with farmers of the Gervals district, 13 miles north
of Salem, for such vegetables as cucumbers,' squashes,' bbago.
1 etc.
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tions. ara (absolutely the ' best,
He says that , land that is suit
able for; prunes . may. be had here
for $75 to $300 ah acre ow
ing to the distance from market.
The" prune industry here 1
young yet. There are men -yet
young and active in the ' indus
try here who . helped in the be
ginning of; its solid start, who
bave stood by . and .... aided its
growth Into greatness,, and,; who
are, stills, active, in pushing - it
toward , the greater attainments
that are promised for .the; Indus
try in the j future. Herbert Hoo
ver, as a boy, aided his, uncle.
Dr. :II. J., Minthorn;; who. ' In
company with B. S. Cook, of the
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THE CHERRIAXS',
King Ring
. , It isjaJmost a waste of breath to ask a Cherrian as to his
views about the future 'growth and prosperity of Salem. It ls.;
believed by the Cherrians that Coue got his Inspiration from
the expression of their belief in Salem. For the last ten years
tbeyhaTve been contending and preaching in various ways and
by, means or various expressions the1 thought that "Every day
in every way Salem is growing better and better."
Although Salem has had ! a remarkable, growth in the last
-few years both industrially "as well as from the standpoint of
population, the Cherrians believe that Salem can safely look
forward to substantial growth and prosperity, during the com
ing' years, provided the citizens of Salem will individually and
collectively "put their shouldes to the wheel," and keep it
moving.:;, lr tf'y: "V ,;l ' ."'
'Too j frequently' the citizens of a city will grow complacent
as a result of' an unusual spurt of prosperity and without
thinking, assume that the prosperity will continue indefinitely
without any ef fort being put" forthby them. :
'This is a mistaken Idea, of course, and the Cherrians hope
that Salem's citizens will not "lie down on the Job'' of work
ing for the upbuilding of Salem at any time.
The natural advantages of Salem are multifold and by judi
cious effort and intelligent work on the part of those who wish
to see! Salem grow, there is no reason why. Salem should not
."hold its own" with any other city in the state, Portland not ex
cepted; - Tt all; of "Salem's citizens had the same confidence
and belief in her that bave the' Cherrians, there could -be no
doubt 'lmt that the future of Salem is assured. . V
Onej-of the most substantial expressions of faith In Salem
and one. that will bo productive of the greatest results, is the
investment of Salem ' citizens in Salem industries and enter
prises instead, ot investing their money In securities and ,enfer- .
prises foreign to Salem.' "If Salem people will show their confi-'
dence in their home city by invesing their money in it, other
moKey from the outside will follow, and once; that is done.,
labor will automatically come to Salem and vicinity to perform
the work that will be paid for by such capital.
The Cherrians invite the citizenship, of Salem at large to
Join them In 'their slogan-U . ,, - ,
"All togetherall the time, for everything for Salem."
yiIVE Representative
AP Canneries of the
. G re ater Salem
District, where fruit and
vegetable canning has be
come an enormous industry.
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the Markets of the Entire World to be Expended Here ACampaign Waged for the Production and the Doing of Things
Raising this District above the Line of Competition JOurs is, the Country of Diversity and the Land of Opportunity
prune industry ' its . first great
impetus In the Salem district. H.
S. Glle and' W. t, Jenks of the
Willamette Valley Prune associa
tion, who were the pioneers of
the wide marketing of the Ore
gon prune., are still young and
very active in the industry, as
growers, ' packers; and buyers and
sellers.- , .t ' ' '
The Oregon "Growers' Coopera
tive association has undertaken
the most ambitious program
ever' outlined for putting the
merits of Oregon prunes on the
map. The "Mlstfand" name has
been adopted for the best brand
of Oregon prunes and for other
Oregon fruit and nut products,
and large sums are now being
FAITH IN SALEM
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wUl be continued till "MIST
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klst" for California fruits.
There is money in prunes in
the Salem district some years
It has been and in some years
in the future it will be a bon
anza crop. But .the thing is,
that It Is a reliable money crop,
paying sure profits that will Jus
tify values for developed prune
orchards of $500 an acre and
over; and finally this is bound
to run up to $1000 to $2500 an
acre. So the man who starts
now,'; and develops even a small
prune orchard. - will gain . lnde
fendence for himself and his
children and his children's chil
dren. The Dairying Industry
" "Did you know. , that, la. the
matter of dairying, our. dairy
men' are, at-least 7 cents a pound
of, butterfat ahead of the ; dairy
men east of the Rocky moun
tains ; that there is at least, that
much difference in favor of our
dairymen, on account ot, the fact
that they are not "obliged to
combat; the effects of the intense
summer . heat and the, winter
cold in the keeping of cows; that
in addition they have the same
advantage of raising - their fam
ilies and in their own comforts;
that this one fact,-if it could be
generally' understood, would fill
the Willamette valley " with a
ropulatlon as dense as that or
Pelgium; and did you know that
Salem has doubled in a year as
a dairy center?"
The above is the language of
the Slogan of the Salem Slogan
issue of The Statesman ot Octo
ber 21. 1919.
: Tha greatest dairy cow in, the
world Is at Marion, Marlon conn,
ly, Oregon, Vive L France by
name. ' We have the best ' dairy
country In the world.
The recent discoveries In dietary.-
science, showing that a vir
ile race, that X thinks. high
thoughts and achieves .great
things cannot be. ; maintained
without milk; that children must
have milk If they are' to grow
and develop normally; that
there can lie no long life with
out milk j- make the datrylng in
dustry . a ' sacred calling; a pro
fession, . it the reader will allow
that term,' that must be respect
4 Salem plant of the Starr Fruit Products Co., which packs fruits
of all kinds for. world wide distribution. It Is one of the latest cannery
Acquisitions of, Salem, but it t has already proved an important factor,
in the marketing of the fruits of the Greater Salem District,
5 Salon Fruit Union, one of the many plants of the Oregon G row
el! Cooperative Association,-w-hich markets every year the "" products i
of 35,000 acres of Oregon fruit, : "
ed - and aided and encouraged in
every possible way. '
And in this respect it is good
to know that the Salem district
Is decidedly on the, up grade,
headed to the highest placo in
tfcla ffoM In fha nrVinla wide
world. ; - 'v :
One creamery in Salem, the
Marlon Creamery and Produce
company, is doing , a business ot
about a round million- - dollars a
year and growing fast. : . 1
Dairying Is profitable here in
the Salem district, on its own
account, and Increasingly so as
better and better cows are being
produced; and the dairy coV s
necessary to keep up the . fertility
of the soil; . to increase the pro
ductivity of . the land, so that it
will never wear out,, but on .the
contrray - grow better the long
er1 it Is used .... ; kil " .- -:-.;
If you are a dairymen, any
where ' in the .'world, . outsit!) ; of
the Salem district, it will pay you
to sell . out;, even . atl a loss, and
come and engage In that indus
try here where your profits; will
be! larger andr larger, and your
comforts greater than In any
other country. ' . ,
.Tho Flax . and tlf rap Industry .
"Did you know that ours Is
the best country In the world for
the production of flax,' for fiber
for the making of twined.
threads and linens; that our wa
ter, being 'soft is Just right for
the treatment of the flax , straw
and taking It through all of the
processes of manufacture from
the retting to the weaving of
the cloth; -that when these farts
became universally known, the
flax Industry will be fully devel
oped here and that it will brin?
to our . valley millions of dotlars
annually?
The above are ; familiar and
true words from various Slogan
Issue of The Statesman. -:"'k.
The Salem district is the only
place in the United States wicre
the flax! industry Is much devel
oped for fiber; and there Is every
promise that it will groir In
size from now on. :V ;-" 1
Now- Is the opportune ' tlm.
Russia, the former great - H
reservoir, is down and out.
.Mrs. W. P. Lord, of Salem.
away back-in the days when her
husband was supreme judge and
later governor of Oregon, began
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work in the interest of the fl :
industry here and she contin j j
in this noble work to this diy?
and she -is recognized the wori l
over as an authority. She is still,
very active.
On her farm In the LatlsS
Meadows district In 1920 a pUt
of ground was devoted to henir.
the seed being furnished by tt?
United States department of se
riculture. The experiment prov
ed a great success and now thcr
are prospects that, the Salem dis
trict will also take! the leadersh'.D
in the hemp' industry along wits,
flax. We can raise the he r.t o
here as good as is grown in It
aly, the gTeat hemp country.
The rapid development fcer
of both the flax and hemp in i. -
tries will be aided materlalli:
by an adequate protective tari".
which has been provided by con
gress. Flax for the seed was
grown here 60, 50 and 40 years
agor and Salem had a . success
ful linseed oil mill, owned by
Gray family; on the aite of tfei?
present Kay woolen mil's."
? , Away back ' in 1876, at tl
Philadelphia Centennial, fHer
flax grown near Salem took Xtif
first prize against the flax of t'i
other countries, on ALL TIID
NINE POINTS considered by tt
judges- and at that time a great
Belfast linen manufacturer iai
that he could take two pout s
of the Salem district flax as a
SPIN A THREAD THAT
WOULD REACH AROUND TltH
WORLD.
so we are on me eve or a
great flax and hemp industry de
velopment. Thls one , Industry
alone most surely will eventually
Justify a larger city than Sa!en
is now: and It will furnish a very
profitable; use of thousands
acres' of oar farming land. Ther
will be greater activity in' tbi
Oregon - penitentiary flax plant.
and' that ; plant will no don it
soon render the institution Feir
supporting.
The Filbert Industry
"Did you know that Saler.i H
permanently the filbert center c
the Untied States; that ,tMa dis
trict now grows more filbert?
and has more young tree '
has more prospective f." '
growers lhan any other tf
of the country: that thij is t
rnly district ot the Unite! i