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Editorial, General News and - Classified
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SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR
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SALEM, OPwEGON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1923
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PRICE 15 CENTS
IS TRIED OUT
Producers' Canning & Pack
; ing . Company Installs
r itllnimm .Jour rimion
; During the year 1922 the Pro
(fncejgs' Canning & Packing com
panyf, of JSalem Jiandfed a total, of
2,702,315 pounds or 1351! tons
and 315 pounds of fruit. All this
frulttwas-put through the com
panyt '". cannery, with-" the excep
?6n of one truck load ot . straw
terries that came in at a time
irjien' they had to be Bold fresh to
tvold spoiling. No spoilage of
any 'consequence was sustained in
any 1 variety. ;;: V: '
t ( Prunes ! Biggest Item
Prnnes made- the largest Item
la the Hst, 1,3 44,058 ' pounds. Lo
gans were second, - with 626,837
pounds; blackberries were third.
with 302,139 'pounds, and No. 1
JarMett pears followed with lil,-
157 pound3 Strawberries that
reQBire'- the most: hand' help for
preparation, came fifth, with 129 r
758 pounds. I The : com pany hand
led practically' every kind -of fruit
tiwn ' In -fb. Willamette valley,
Vac-nding 4052 poinds of -gooseberries
and 733 pounds of green
rage plums. 1
his recent annual report, to
ta board 6f directors and to the
mieral : stockholders. Manager
kfUasbn stressed the Jdea ot "qua!
jfty pack,.", say tag that to get qual
ity at, the selling, end, the growers
jitst cooperate and deliver qual
ity-goods from their-vines and
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if! Mch Improvement Made
- iThe cannery is being greatly
' Improved for' the coming .season.
Riangh none of the items are of
rrraat cost. :' New working tables
VI- , m m ' . - a.
iot ine iruit . nanaung are . peing
btiltl and, installed, which set a
HHiW mark f or efficiency in the
easnerles of the, northwest. A
1 fcroad, ; 18-inch telt on which all
- jcrted'. and finished fruit Is car
ried from the' handlers to the ean
i Bids department; has been instal
i kl, and on either side of the long
tables - Is - another smaller- belt.
he&fet inches wide, running in the
' t iul J(ouImi nnftn'1i(ili ill A
i ;rters drop all; refuse as 1C falls
iront their hands, to be carried
away without the necessity of
tiiTing busy men to collect the ref-
ra and delay the whole game
There is no reaching, no strain,
. waitinir on - the part of the
' women at the i tables. It is ex
, vected that , much i. greater; effi
fclencT and better wages and more
handlers to a glyen floor space
villhrt thn! result. ' ' '
f . Grader is Unique .
A new fruit gTader, built by a
l. Pugh is Just now. being finish
d for-use,in the plant this year.
kJt,is abour 20 feet In length, with
;he fruit feeding from a hopper
ikt one end, on to a series of end
less rubber belts that carry It
laway! for f orUng. These ielts
are ieary; rubber garden hose,
running over grooved ' pulleys at
4 " t-.either end. The pulleys run, free
! 1 laterally on the driving axle.be
: , leg held from: rotary slipping by
y a sline or key, in" the shaft. They
i can be set so as to touch each
f . -t : .t. ...lii ut wide
enougn apart w mory
ens The belts radiate or diyerge
slightly towards the other end,
tie second grooved wheels being
.also separable tio :any degree , of
angie. i ne irun travels slowly on
the series of rubber belts from the
hopper, until the belts have di
verged far enough for the small
est grade to drop through. -
t - walnuts;; Are Sorted
The first ftnachine . huilt has
four ; graduations i or hoppers,
about three." feet; (ong, and with
.tbout : one-eighth of .an inch
spread within the length of each
three-foot Copper. iThe - machine
has been tested in grading Eng
lish Walnuts, and it' grades them
almost to' miscroscopic exactness.
It Is believed I to - be capable - ot
grading ny -kind ' of fruit, even
the soft t strawberries, with more
accuracy and J less - fruit damage
than' any other grader on (the
market. : i ' "
Fruit Carefully Handled
There is no (shaking or rubbing
motion anywhere in the '. handl
ing. The frul runs smoothly un
til the belts separate enough for
the fruit to drop through and
then it's through. Mr. Pugh has
worked out lan extraoramarny
simple and easily adjustable ma
chine that looks to be -the class
of all the graders ever built. The
Producers will give it a 'full work
out as soon as ; the fruit season
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STBAWBERR1ES ARE
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Van Trump j Reports .After
Trip Into (iervais and
Other Sections V .
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ELSIE-FERGUSON IN "THE WHEEL. OF LIFE"
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Unusual Program Yesterday
at f Regutar Dinner of i
' Salem Realtors
Two-minute addresses made by
the members. tbemseites were the
literal y part of the program for
the realtors at their, dinner Thurs
day noon. A number '."of ; com
munity suggestions . Were; brought,
up. : . ' '.. '" ' .
east thlV year, and urged every
body - to prepare to make Salem.
6o attractive, through courtesy,
service lafld dleanliness of the
community." that ' Salem should
reap .a harvest from these "visi
tors. ' 1 . '
A. C. Bohrnstedt urged more
expert knowledge of soils, crops
and vceather conditions, so that
the realtor can scientifically ad
vise his clients about buying
lands for the kind of crops they
want to ; raise. ; . i f
1 Virgil Johnson, deputy state
real., estate commissioner, urged
that all realtors become a part
of a big central community or-:
ganization, like 'the Charabsr tit
Commerce.
Dr. C. J. Smith of. Portland, for
more than 30 .years a prominent
figure in Oregon politics.' was a
guest of the day, and spoke brief -
lqy nominal eastern Oregon' 26,
Alfalfa $23; rfclover 1 nominal;
grain nominal; j straw $10- ton.
Selling price .2 more.
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orated apples! quiet;
steady; "apricots "easy,
unsettled, j V 1
-Evap-'
prunes
peaches
. 1 Little Junior, aged four, was
iuc sua. ut v. rauiui tnuiuawsi. -
Together one day tbey went to
visit a.neighbor wh had a par
ticularly : screechy phegraph.
JTheVneighbor insisted on play'.ng
iU Junior listened t the scratch
ing Jof the needle far a few min
uts and jthen,' turning to hja
father, gravely Inquired: '4th
that Pithsburg?" r
Judge Jdhn Scott i urged that
Salem take! up the matter of do- iy on lhe fereat improvement that
is oeing made in the manner of
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Frost has-" proved disastrous to
the loganberries in the Crvais
district as well as Keizer bottoms
and the Highway section, accord
ing to S. H, Van Trunip. county
fruit inspketor, who returned
from a tri$ to that section yes
terday. TMe loganberries are
spotted and; low on the ground,
he states, and ifrom all , appear
ances will not make a halt or a
third of a crop. 1 i
One grower of that section, he
f tates, . has S 5 acres under culti
vation of : which about 3a acres
appears to .be ruined. Logan
berries under cultivation on high
ground have apparently escaped
the; frost, he says, but those which
have been planted on low ground
have-suffered. . .
FEDERAL CLftlWl
OUTLAWED
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the state lid not pay its part of
the costs was that no official no
tice wfc3 ever received from the
United States supreme j court.
This was show ft by a perusal of
the records yesterday. Van .Win
kle went on to explain that the.
claim is now outlawed xindef the
Oregon laws, and can only be
collected by the presentation of
a claim to the .legislature, i He
forwarded the i Washington. D. C
official a claim voucher on which
the claim may be presented to
the next session.
At the 1923 session of thie leg
islature a memorial was address
ed to congress requesting that
Sand inland be ceded back to the
state of Oregon. In the earl
;60s the island was ceded Iby the
jitate to the government on con
dition that the 1 government es
tablish a military .post there.
This has never been done, and
on that ground- it "was held by
the legislature that the govern
ment should re-transfev the island
to the state. . i
Sand island is a 'fishing center
and fishing grounds in the Col
umbia in that vicinity are assign
ed by ihe government.
Read the Classified
elopirg some of the cheap, elec
tric power from the Cascades, and'
have cheapi'i power .to; offer-industrial
plants. . j - '
J. A. Mills told of. how the
Realtors are getting far away
from the old-time sales, plan, still
followed ia an organized way in
certain of tho states j to ; the south
of Oregon. ofv getting -a. man into
fife communitj. ' sizing up his
soil, and then plucking Mm of
his last copped by Belling, If
necessary, gold bricks or property
that he couldn't use.! 4
IHichV Roixnann said that he
had been in" Salem' only a few
neeksT but he was here to be a
booster. He diun't like the note
of pessimdsm that some j ffect
here; even the governor; he said,
seemed fco see through darkened
glasses. "Smile njow,- tor you'll
be a long time deadj" 'he. .sub
mitted 'as a living creed.:'.-' i
T. M. Micks urged thai the sev
eral civjc clubs of ; Salem ; get
closer' together, and presented the
Chamber of Commerce as the one
big organiaztron that' all should
support. i ' ':
.W. C Kruegcr urged a general
cleaning up of the city, making
it a personal matter i for eacn
Owner, to help out the excellent
work already being done through
the mayor : and city council.
A. vv. lustes urgea more ex
clusive listings of property as the
onlj possible way for the realtor
to give full pervice to his clients,
i ' Carl .Becke told of the . heavy
AOS. tourist traffic coming from the
selling lands and- securities.
Dr M. C. Findley. of Salem,
another guest, gave a brief greet
ing. f
The Realtors are to give a C
o'clock dinner and reception to
Field Secretary Ilerriri of the Na
tional Realty association, who is
to be in Salem Monday, April 2?.
h ol lowing this j dinner, Mr. Her-
rjn Is to address the business men
of Salen?at the; Chamber of Com
merce auditorium. ;
Ffee IFr&eE IFF&o
Today only $25.00 worth of accessories with
a j each of the following used cars sold, y
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PORTLAND,; Or., April 20.
Hay: Buying price timothy val-
SATURDAY
ONLY
We Pay
22c
FOR EGGS
THE
These Cars Are Guaranteed
1921 1 Ford Touring; 1920 Ford Touring; 1920 Big
Six Studebaker; 1920 Dort Touring; 192 1 Special
Six Studebaker; 1921; Buick. Roadster; 1922
Chevrolet.. ' ' .: ' . ' ' ,' -: .
Every Day is Bargain Day at the
Marion Aato Co. ' I.
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We Give Terms if
Trades Considered t
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See Ackerman
Marion
Automob
ue
Comp
any
Phone 362.
235 S. Commercial St.
Open All The Time
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If Supreme Court -Wants to
Collect lit Must Ask
' ; Legislature
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V'An echo of. the; litigation be
tween the states of Oregon, and
Washington in the United States
supreme court in 1908, in whica
It . was decided that Sand island,
in the month, of the Columbia riv
er, was1 In Oregon,1 was heard , iir
the office- of Attorney General
Van Winkle yesterday. This was
a.- letter from the clerk of the
United ; States . supreme court - re
minding the attorney general that
the state j of Oregon has not yet
paid its half of the costs of that
lltleation. amounting to 9540.
-: Attorney ' General 'Van Winkle;
said ! ylBBterday that the reason i
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Quality
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IN PRINTING wilj Jreflect your
perionatity in yQurHBusiness.
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Correct office form i and busi
ness stationery .? increases effic
iency, accuracy,; economy and
pleasure in your Business.
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Our commercial department is
equipped to jgrive yo,u immediate
and satisfactory service at prices ,
that are right.
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Suggestions and estimates. giVen
at your.request j ;
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PIANOS AND PHONOGRAPHS REDUCED ONE
On or about May 1 our Music Department will .occupy their new quarters namely the adjoining store to our present location which is now occupied
. bv Fitts Market-i Jn order to reduce our stock to a minimum we are troinff to cut some of ihese instruments less than half. . ;
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$750 cut to $410 $575 cut to $337 ! $600 cut to $341
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$595 tut to $348
$435 cut to $210
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TWliS IS YOUR OPRORUWITY"
$275 'Columbia
$110
Two Good;
Practibe Piaiibs
$30
Each
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$15.0 Pathe
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