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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1923)
' TTTD QIICGON-'gTATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON - CREATERAJJEM DISTRICT NUMBER, MARCH-' 1923 . I f -f :?r, ; iW :rPfoccssed Vruits and" Veiretables, Saving Freight Charges WithoutCetracting from Quality PlanV Largest were as easy to earn ten nara. as it ia to earn ni" if It were aa easy to carry ten guns on a hunting trip as It Is to carry one; It? it cost no more to haul a ton of freight from Salem to Chicago than it . costs to ship It to Pendleton, and it-took- no' more time-i-lf . the whole fabric of phy sical ind spiritual law could Bfe In verted and neither time nor clim ate, nor labor could cost any more for the greater than they do for1 the less even tbeitlthero would bo a field for King's dehydrated product.- Fort-they j would keep longer and wouldn't, ever decay or even deteriorate! y f v.f ' Bu nE veg market of Oregon or other coast fruits and meats and vegetables that the tate can sell beyond its own city lines.iisO 00 miles away, at Chic ago, and every pound. of perisha ble frelghractnalljr costs more to ship than an equat pound of im perishable - product. J and every pound of King's, products repre sents 1 a freight saving of nine pounds, then the field for ; dehy drated King's products Is enorm ously'Increasedf' Indeed, it is al most infinitely increased : for crops-that eoruld not be .marketed at aniwithoutjit may; with the aid of dehydration . go to every table in the world. "Dehydration" is not merely a college-bred word for the world $ld knowledge and practice . ot drying fruits and vegetables. Dried fruits have been known from the days when the' first crop of dates hung! on the trees in the Garden of Eden, and made good eating alter; the? leaves . had ' fallen for inter. They '. have tbeen known in every land, where there Ls fruit to dry. ; - v ' .;.f But ' dehydration stands for rotnethlng. fat' more. It is like the human relationships; there is ' a respect,: and a conventionality,: that in. some of its manifestations may Jook ,lik3 lovef-Mut-anybody who has expa-ienced them knows the difference!; , One is a shell, a- m ?e outward f ormKthe other is soul and -body and eternity all in one. f v f - .f ': - Dehydration-' is-the-patent pro cess) of removing the water from fruits and -vegetables, by ths rci entific application bt moderate heat ad air? circulation s s that the ff art 'solids retain the quality of being able to again take up enough wat;r;?nd be restored 'to practically - fresh fruit perfection. The ; difference between dehydra tion and common dryin? is" that Ix'twoeh" the clay image and the liv ing'brdy one lives and t'ac other dots -not, thoih they look- so mnch'a3Ike?i ?;fr':'f :;? -: ,c!enchlsjrfdr ages" sought to itoU te"ahd 'recognise porno mys tlous fcualltr of life1 iu all the tMogsnhat gr:w..FThy have not yet fncceeded eieept In Us' effects 'hey cannM. yet tell what elec tricity Itf or gravitation, for that ip i ttfuMiat :k y know that It exists - They call the life qualities of fresh fruits and i vegetables, VI t amines. They know that with out thf so elements, man is under nourished; that food, Is mostly a bulky, ehelll These vitamines are removed, by , over-heating, by vari ous treatments that foods may un dergo. " ' " r - The gentle heat of dehydration does .not.- affect these vital (ele ments , of, either f rnits or vegeta bles; indeed, it fixes then In the solids, of the product, so that they can't get away:,;-y v. Canning; vegetables so that they will keep. Is murder for moat of the vitamines-that vegetables eon tain. ., Tho'tomperature must go np to 240 degrees, which can be secured only under pressure; this is -'necessary to kill the baciltii that would otherwiset destroy the product. Many: have been disap pointed atha nality of canned vegetables:' theTBi U k something lacking, that is none" the less cer tain because it Is not exactly Iden tified. It really is that thelvita mines are ; boned to death,! as a hnmia-lifo mlght.be sUlled by the same process and the body seem enchanged. J'rnlts' suffer less in canning; s they can; safely at the boiling point, 21Z degrees Fahren fc: f fc-r One : of the Largest, Modern- Baking Plants in f '': . "'''"Baiters in World; Is Origmator of heit: but even they lose some of their values, in canning. . A California city.: has made a furious bid for a . King's process factory. It was figured that the fresh crop that was shipped, paid $4,000,060 In freights. The same products, dehydrated, would have cost only $500,000 to market; ana then they would have the whole world for purchasers, for tA pro duct could be shipped everywhere, without regard to time or distance. This saving of $3,500,000, proper ly divided between the producers and the consumers, j would . mean prosperity for both; the Californ ians are demanding the factory . ' The, Salem factory is already the largest center for dehydration, in the West. The factory has em ployed as many as 800 people at a time," during 1 9 22, Hn preparing if. trcAntl Th factorv has In- ie v www-. w - creased its capacity five-fold with in the past four yeaf ; yet its pro moters say that even now it is only ' In Its infancy, j The; agricul tural area tributary ito Salem, is not yet much'.more than scratched, as to its ultimate producing pos sibilities: there Is room' for the huge King's factory that its pro moters' have dreamed, ! filling ' all the company's ' grounds In Nortn Salem, a.3 they have pictured. Some of the vegetable products are reduced as t much ' as 95 per. cent' In" weight, and all-of them are reduced at least as much as 60 per cent. Practically all are being; packed In airtight, paraffin-: ed paper cartons for retail .trade. Any ! The Arid Mm henry Mtj Butternut ainid Holsum Breaidls Served to Your Grocer AUE this Highly Desirable Processing or in paraffined larger boxes for hotel or larger quantity use. Last fall, the conpany shipped in ,50 cars of apples, in one shipment; they went back out in only five cars, r A vast national advertising campaign 'is being, carried on1 to familiarize the buying housewife wth King's products. It is a fact that, with the saving In the cost of freights, the reduction of de cay and damage losses to almost nothing-, and the far greater ef ficiency of the factory equipment and labor as compared with the ordinary household labor in pre paring fruit or vegetable foods, that the ' dehydrated products are much cheaper than fresh products, especially in the far-off markets. All they need is acquaintasce. This the national advertising cam paign is givng them. "Salem Vitamines" might well enough be the label on. every caif ton of these products. "Eat Sa lem Vitamines nd Live Longer," would be a fact and not a mere catchy slogan; some remarkable hospital experiments with. Salem spinach fed to babies, shows that the vitamines of this Salem pro duct actually do possess the power of life over ' the sick and ailing. Science has developed the process for saving these priceless food products; Salem is privileged to spread them'to the whole world. "Do good and be paid for it," might well be the motto for the Salem King products. They jdo do good and the way the com One Anywhere Any Time The use of long distance service has grown to be an indispensable part of business and social life. To every one frequently there comes the ' necessity for quick communication to another point, near or far away. - The Long Distance lines' of The Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph Company are constructed and the service designed to meet this public need. The mer chant needs to communicate with the wholesale houses in order to replenish' his stock. The fanner needs to keep in touch with the market in order to sell his crops to best advantage. Delay to either one means loss, Ev ; ery year new lines are being placed along the highways of 'trade. Our aim is to make it possible for anyone to talk; anywhere at anytime. ' Pacific Telephone Telegraph Company Bakie of Quality ' in our Dust Proof Cars COST Aietno ana uu urowng pany has grown, 500 per cent in four years, they seem to pay! ; - . PAPER MILL EXPANDS Will Occupy New Addition April 1 Adds : Ikftd tine The new wing of the Oregon Pulp & Paper company's large plant at Trade and Commercial streets will be ready for occupancy about: April 1, according to statement made yesterday by A. u. weyeri, manager. : This extension will make room for about 50 new paper machines. All of this machinery has arrived and has been put in place for the .most part. Bond papers, both In white and in colors, will be added to the pa per mill's line of products,, Here to fore it has confined its sphere to the wrapping and glassine pa pers; ' but from -nowion it will make sulphite bonds for the com mercial printing trade. , The company Is doubling the capacity of its pulp mill, in order to make possible the greater pro duction required for the bond pa persand for the constantly In creasing demand for its wrapping papers. The pulp plant has here tofore had a capacity Of about 60 tons a day. When the additions the Northwest P'S" f ' tl ' X hi : -. . I 1 ; : i l:vv;';:f g:Go. are completed, the capacity ;will be in excess of 100 . tons. Six months' time will be required to complete the work. At present the paper and pulp mill employs about 2C0 hands. As it extends its field, it will af ford emloyment to a constantly in creasing number of people. It would not be surprising: if within the year, the number of employes reaches the 500 mark. - Important as it is at present to Salem's in dustrial scheme, the indications are that its value is Insignf leant when (compared , with the import ance it will attain, when it shall have completed its program of extension, which is now well und er way. Salem's : industrial growth is but the forerunner of a tremen dous development. - rfll it ra?tp MILESTOISE HOLLOW BUILDING TILE, Makes Better Homes Cheaper rynHIS Is what we mean byiai better home. One ; that is a better place in which to live, o'ne that perform its functons in a more thorough way. It must be a healthful home, ree from dampness. rA comfortable home, warm in winter, cool in summer. It cannot burn down; neither must it deteriorate with ageit must be permanent. A modern home that stays modern and an attraction that has its value en hanced by a distinctive beauty. . The ultimate cost is the only cost of any home. MILESTONE tile builds homes which In ten years save you on repairs and upkeep, enough to equal the first cost over less - desirable materials. We await your investigation of; MILESTONE hol low building ..tile. . . ; s, llll. OREGON GRAVEL COMPANY 1 Our w tl raf:- - : l ! - i II I fl 111' IWIIWH 1 I """'rritiriritTu.n'iraiMiiii'"---smJ SALEM HAS HEALTHY ACTIVITY ' ( Continued from page 1 ) even a normal lefore-the-war courage, but still a restful expan sion and development. Low in terest rates for sure thing bonds, many of them on securities out side of the community, will be de creaslngly attractive this "year; more of ' the hoarded money, in safety vaults and on open deposit, will be at work, and tho outlook is upward rather, than down. VThe year 1923 ought to be bet ter than the year 1922. The mon key in the banks and. the old socks promises t6 do 'as did the apostle Paul and his Roman sailor and .sol dier friend "thank God ' and take courage. , . , v. aw "3 Y?4- Vick '" t f ' . " ' . We luYeqtiali.ciio m me piM& ffi. every, buyer Overland WUlys Knight Oakland Paige service is a known quantity Abk any of our customers ; Vie High Street at Trade iinyntiin- Ill III r ASK YOUR For American Club Canned Goods. I 1 1 Accept no i " Inferior Substitution Corn,. Pe,: Bearish Etc. WILLAMETTE GROCERY Distributors Established 186S Manufacturers of Shand Centrifugal Pumps for Irrigation j Cast Iron and Steel Stoves .' : . . ' and. Circulating Fans for Prune Dryers Modern Iron and Brass Foundry and Machine Shop - ' vfc. GEO. W. SHMS PROPRIETOR! 3iik Jewett Brothers v vriVi'rfYiYi-irihiiY v viitiiii'i'i vi vm MiirtViiTiimfft i GROCER 5 '. CO. 1 i i 4 ; - Vi'v tb. i 1 J I . t : t ' - I: ? i X . . ' i