THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY. 3, 1924 ;:
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.THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
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W. W. ROSEBRAUGH
CO.
Foundry nd Machine Shop
17th V Oak 6ta.. 8alm, Or.
Phone 88
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qaartatf af a aailUos dollars a yaat
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!.IARI0N CREAMERY
& PRODUCE CO.
Salem, Ore. V Phone 2488
DEHYDRATED ! and CANNED
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Oregon Products
King's Food Products Company
Salem Portland The Dalle
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Gideon Stolz Co.
J - Manufacturer of
Dependable . Brand
Lfanchfinlphar Solution
The ; brand you can " depend
on for , purity and test
' Prices n(o application .
Factory near corner of
Sommer and MlU 'lt.
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WiDacette Valley Prune
Asscclation
The oldest 'Association In
the Northwest
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OH COUNTY FRUIT
And He Does Not Think Our
DOES NOT II PEARS
Too Many Pear Trees, Especially Bart I ens, Because
Districts Where There are Pear Booms are Affected by
Fatal Pear Diseases
S .H. Van Trump, fruit inspecr
(or of Marion county, has not
Changed his views of past years
concerning the pear industry in
the Salem district. He thinks
this is one of our very best lines
be said yesterday that he would
rather put out pears right now
than cherries! or prunes; saying
nothing agairisl cherries or
prunes, either; end Mr. Van
frump, as is well known, is a
thcusacd ; miles from being a
bpoiner pf any description,
j i Going In, Going Out
fie has heard of the bo6m in
pcr growing , in. California, the
greatest fear',grcrwin rtate, espe
cially itfIJartletit..- 13ut he de
clare j'V'vihe. Slogan editor yester
4 iy'thatthey are 'gong ont about
a fast, as Jhey are going 'in. in
that sbte-belng killed off by
fatal pear diseases, from which we
are immune here in the Salem dis
trict; or' all buts immune.
Also; he has" 'heard of the put
ting out cof a good many pear
(fees In he Hood River" district;
l?ut he thinks, from the reports of
nurrvtrtenr that 'this movement
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"The Richer, riner Loaf
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Elastic' Root Cement tor all
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Shingler. Malthoid Roll
Roofing. ; .
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Fall City-Salem
Lumber Company
I 840 8o. 12th St.
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. i A.-.B. Kelsay, Mgr.
HOTEL
BLIGH
100 rooms of Solid Comlort
A Home Away
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From
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Devoted to Showing Salem District People the Advantages
and Opportunities of Their Own Country and Its
Cities and Towns.
Selling Salem
This campaign of publicity for community upbuilding has been made
possible by the advertisements placed on these pages by our public
spirited business men men whose untiring efforts have builded our
present recognized prospenty and who are ever striving for greater and
yet greater progress as the years go by.
INSPECTOR
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Growers are Likely to Set Out
is not as large as has been report
edand the trees being set out
there are mostly of the winter va
rieties, anyway and Mr, Van
Trump is especially partial to
Bartletts for the Salem section.
Greater Industry Justified
Mr. Van Trump thinks this sec
tion of the Willamette valley has
never developed the pear industry
to anything like the commercial
proportions that the natural re
sources of climate and 6oil would
amply justify, j
He says Marlon county at no
time has had as much as five hun
dred acres in commercial bearing
"pwar orchards, and that this is
certinly-a remarkable and anomal
ous, fact, when in truth our cli
mate and soil, will produce all the
finest 'varieties of pears that can
be irrown anywhere in the world.
. He says that five years ago, be
fore the severe freeze of 1919.
Marioa county had about 350
acres In pear orchards. Af4er
haj severe winter several young
orchards that were severely in
jured were removed, and that
there has been only limited plant-
Sag ince. so it Is very doubtful
if -.this ;. ctmnty has today much
nore pear acreage than it had
five year ago.
' He feels that the opportunities
for profitable pear growing in
thia section have never been fully
appreciated by pur orchard plant
ers. This condition is largely due
to the fact that markets in ' the
past were somewhat uncertain, be
ing limited and often unsatisfac
tory; but thir situation has been
entirely changed during the past
five year by the development of
numerous local canning plants to
handle the crop and the derelop
ment of markets In the east that
call for all the canned pears that
we will be , able to produce for
years to come. .
..Said Mr. Vau Trump:
"I iiave often remarked that
the growers in this valley have
ne'yer half appreciated the many
advantages we have here as a
pear growing section. I will agaiff
take the liberty to enumerate a
few of .those advantages:
The Advantages
" "First, we have good pear soil
here a. . less than one-half the
price that equally good soil can
be had for in Washington or Cali
fornia, "Second, we are practically im-
Oar Mral:
"The Bwt Only"
On Method:
Cooperation
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Capital City
Co-operative Creamery;
A. oon-crofit orfaniiatioa ownl
entirely by th dairymen. QiTa
a trial.
, Manttfartnrera t Bntterrnp BuUt
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fbon 309 137 O. Com' I St.
Salem Carpet Cleaning
Rag and fluff rugs woven
any sixes without seams. New
mattrosses made to order. Old
matti esses remade. - Feathers
reiterated. I buy all kinds of
pld carpets for fluff rugs.
r 04to F, Zwicker, Prop.
Phone 11(4
:' 13 Vi and WUbar Streets
OVER
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District is a continuation of the Salem Slogan and
Pep and Progress Campaign
mune from the dread pear blight
that takes such a heavy toll in
most of the leading pear sections
of America. '
"More than 25 years ago the
writer planted a large pear ' or
chard in the middle west near
Kansas City. In planting that
orchard we wisely confined our
selection of varieties almost en
tirely to the Inferior but hardy
Chinese hybrids euch as Keifer
and Garber. Only a few of the
better varieties as Bartlett and
d'Angoleuhna (Duchess) were
planted. These better varieties all
blighted and died before coming
into bearing, but the inferior Chi
nese hybrids still flourish and
bear prolific crops. Today grow
ers of pears in Washington and
California are having almost as
6erious effort to control the blight
as in the eastern states, and the
Willamette valley offers the best
class pears at low cost of produc
tion." The Proper Soil
Said Mr. Van Trump further:
"Pears will succeed fairly well
on a great variety of soil, but to
get best results and make real
profits in the business only the
ideal pear soils and locations
should be selected In planting an
orchard. Qopd. fertile, deep, well
drained light soil is best. Such
soil as will grow good crops of
corn or potatoes will usually be
found : satisfactory for growing
a' pear orchard. It is not safe to
plant pears on soil where there is
impervious hard pan or shale nea
the 'surface, for even though such
soil .may produce a good thrifty
tree-4t Is very' apt to be , attacked
with "blossom blight" and "die
bck" bythe time it has reached
bearing age. If js"common to 6ay
that pears .will stand on. heavier
and wetter soils than prunes,
peaches, apples and walnuts; and
while this is true it does not mean
that it Is advisable to plant on
such soils unless they have first
been thoroughly .drained and sub
soiled. The best and most prof
itable pear orchards in California
are those growing on the sandy
bottomR of Sacramento river
where the soli has perfect drain
age and sub-irrigation.
. "Before a pear orchard is plant
ed the soil should be thoroughly
plowed to a depth of 8 or 10 inch
es and put in the best physical
Condition. The planting should
be done with thoroughness and
care In every particular and the
young trees should be given espe
cial, care in cultivation ' the first
season. Standard pear trees should
not be planted closer than 18 or
20 feet'each way, and some grow
ers recommend 25 feet as better.
Very few growers have ever plant
ed dwarf pears in this section be
cause they are much less profit
able than standards,' in sections
immune from blight. However,
the dwAst peox iree is, a-coal orna
ment and may be used to advan
tage in clump planting in rear
borders on city lots, as it unites
beauty and utility. In selecting
Tarieties-it is very important to
restrict planting to those varie
ties of proved commercial super
iority.' Bartlett Popular Pear
"The mrHett' is the pear for
the millions, a'hd more money has
been made out of it on this coast
than out of all other varieties to
gether. It is a fine, vigorous tree,
attains tairjee size, andJLa, the most
prolific bearer, gf all varieties. It
js, practically jhe' universal can
pJng favorite and is in demand in
all markets.
Other - favorites for general
market are Bosc, Anjou, Clair
gean and Cornice, but several of
these are very shy bearers in this
section.
Trees Xeed Attention
"It is one thing, and a very
important thing, to plant a pear
orchard and bring, it ,to bearing
age: it is another and equally im
portant thing to keep the orchard
in such, a state of cultivation as
will insure annual crops of first
class fruit. There is no fruit tree
that requires more thorough and
regular pruning for best results
than the pear, Not one grower In
ten in this section, prunes half
enough for best results. This is
especially true with respect to the
Bartlett, which is, a rank grower
and makes an immense crop of
fruit buds each season. The tree
should be heavily pruned every
second year and the fruit spurs
thinned out every spring. Pear
culture in this section is no long
er an experiment, but the way
some growers practice it, it is a
good deal of a joke.'
Growers Must Hpray
"There is no use trying to grow
marketable pears without thor
ough spraying. I have tried to do
it and failed. The orchard shouldJ
be given tt least one dormant
spray of lime sulphur each season
in March. Then it should be given
the regular sprays for scab and
codling moth during the spring
and summer. "
"While excessive fertilization
with nitrogenous! manures Is not
to be recommended for a pear
orchard, especially if there .is
danger from fire: blight, yet few
soils adapted to pear culture are
fertile enough to; produce contin
uous heavy crops without some
assistance in the way of added
fertility from year to year.- In
connection with ; cover crops of
clover and vetch it would be well
to lve occasional applications of
super phosphate, ; and some form
of lime."
OUR FIHILH
nr.
It Needs the Aid of the Gov
ernment, Head of the Department-Believes
The department of Industrial
Journalism of the Oregon Agricul
tural college sends out a bulletin
calling attention to a discussion of
the problems incident to the in
creased and increasing production
of the booming Ipoultry industry
of thia state, which is especially
active in the Salem district.
Facts useful in determining the
future of the poultry business in
Oregon are being gathered by
members of the o. A. C. poultry
staff. ?
Comparative cost of egg produc
tion in this state and others, pri
ces of eggs in the leading markets
of the country, standard feeding
rations, operations of; certified
hatcheries, registration of breed
ing stock and' functions "of the
state poultry association are some
of the points covfered in the study.
Results of th purvey will be
available for consideration by the
poultry section of the agricultural
economic conference to be held at
the state collegp January 23 to
"Solution of many problems
that have arisen in the last few
years as a result of the heavy in
crease in poultry and egg produc
tion needs careful thought," says
the committee in charge of the
conference.
Oregon imported eggs , by the
carload recently,; but sent 100 car
loads out of the state last year.
Means to enable Oregon producers
to compete on ,even terms'wlth
producers in the east and midwest
will be sought. t
Having become famous for its
"bred-to-lay" stock, Oregon is now
called on to find a wy to pro
tect its reputation from unscrup
ulous advertisers.
The enormous five million dol
lar poultry business in Oregon is
entitled to government aid in con
trol of diseases that' constitute a
limiting factor, i the head of the
college department believes. Some
20 to 25 veterinarians "are at work
on dairy cattle diseases In Oregon,
he points out. I
Many problems as great as these
will be considered in other leading
and special farm activities of Ore
gon at the conference,
1 The Surest Way to Get
Industries Is to Support
T
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As Such, It Was Originated
Here, But the. Napoleon
Came From Europe
Editor Statesman:
The Royal Anne is on old var
iety of sweet cherry, originating in
Europe some time in the past. No
one knows for sure Just when it
originated or where it originally
came from. It Is known correctly
under the name of Napoleon. 'By
many people it is thought to be in
many cases identical with the Yel
low Spanish, although there is
some debate on this. The true
Yellow Spanish has been very dif
ficult to locate in this country, so
that there is more or less discus
sion yet on that. However, the
Royal Anne or the Napoleon Is a
very old sweet cherry and still one
of the most popular.
According to apmmon reports
and written records, at the time
Seth Lewellyn came across the
plains with his wagon load of nur
sery stock, he had one sweet
cherry In it from which the label
was lost. Without the label he
planted it, and when it came into
fruiting he found it such a good
cherry that he named it the Roy
al Anne- He was apparently not
acquainted with the Napoleon, or
had not grown it to any extent,
but had it for some reason or oth-.
9T among his nursery stock. When
it came into bearing and was of
?uch good quality it was named
by him the Royal Anne, and as
such it is known on the Pacific
coast. In the publications writ
ten by Hedrick. New York, it is
listed as the Napoleon, and in
practically all of the scientific
writings you will find it listed as
Napoleon with the synonym of
Royal ; Anne. That explains the
paragraph where I said: "Since
the time Seth Lewellyn found the
unnanted cherry tree among his
nursery stock and named it the
Royal Anne. . . . ." He simply
had the tree frcm which the label
was lost and applied the name as
we hafe it today.
I aib very glad to straighten,
out that statement, but 1 omitted
making it clear more than just a
passing- statement. I shall be very
glad to help you out at any time
I can if I can arrange matters
As it -Is now Professor Mcintosh
has been giving me sufficient time
so thajt I can get the material out
in tLiie. We have our regular
press -of work, and this line of
work jmust : come secondary to
some pf the others,: so that It can
only be done at certain time's, but
with plenty of notice it Is possi
ble fof us to do the work.
1 Yours respectfully,
C. E. SCHUSTERS
Associate Pfofessor of Pomology.
Corvajlis, Oregon, -Dec.
29, 1923.
(The above is in response to a
letterf of inquiry by the Slogan
editor and it is self explanatory.
The Slogan editor has for several
years been publishing the fact that
all thb great sweei. cherries pro
duced! on a commercial scale, ex
cepting the RbyatAnne, were or
iginated; In the Salem district
that Is. the Black Republican,
Bing. Lambert. Waterhouse, Long
Stemmed Waterhouse, etc. When
Prof. Schuster made his state
ment in last "week's article con
cerning the find of Seth Lewellyn.
he was solicited for further ex
planation. . Seth Lewellyn was
Oregon's pioneer nurseryman. He
brought his original stock of trees
in an immigrant wagon across the
plains. The Royal Anne (gener
ally spelled Royal Ann), as such,
was originated in the Salem dis
trict at Milwaukie, Oregon; but
fillffl Mi
IS THE NAPOLEON
More and Larger
Those You Have
Why ratter with Stomach
Hours
the Royal Anne Is really the Na
poleon, originated in Europe, no
one knows just where, or when.
One thing, the Royal Anne is hav
ing its greatest and most nearly
perfect development in the Salem
district, where it was originated
as such. Ed.)
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Fred R. Elliott Says His
Pears Have Paid-Him
Almost Every Year
Editor .Statesman:
Your letter of the 27th asking
how about the pear industry.
think what we need most, of all Is
more advertising and blowing over
our pears, like they do at Med
ford.
I will say of my trip down south
to Medlord and Grants Pass last
summer, I was impressed with the
great amount of expense and the
cutting down of many young or
chards badly infected with the fire
blight; also the smudge pots in
use were enormous.
Xo Fear Here
in the Willamette valley we
need not fear for the "fire blight.
as it will not be Of any damage
here on account of better climatic
conditions, and the blight will not
spread to do any serious damage.
ft Is' my opinion that the pear
industry is one of the best, espec
ially in some of the wetter parts
of our farms where the soil is deep
and heavy.
I think the most serious pest
we growers In the Willamette val
ley have is the scab. But if the
trees are pruned so as to give a
great deal of sunlight, and sprayed
well just before the buds come
out, and if we w'lll follow up with
the spray program, we will have
very little trouble.
I think the pear industry is a
good one; that pears are a very
fine variety of fruit to diversify
with prunes and cherries, as they
do not come on for harvest at the
same time. The pear industry in
my orchard . has been a paying
business almost every year.
FRED R.' ELLIOTT.
Dallas, Oregon, '
Box 548,
Dec. 29, 1923.
WAR MEMORiATT
One. of . the finest war me
morials In all iuiy, designed
by the sculptor, Angelo Ros
petto,ifor the little town of
Maser la the Trevlsa north of
eplce,' . .
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Efforts
At an time- to aaslst la
any poelble way the tferal
opnemft of the: frail an
berry (ndutnei ta this rac
ier. .
Oregon
Packing
Co.
Trouble when Chb-oprtvctle wd
uemore the Oansa
Tour Health Begins When Too
Phone 87
for aa appotatmeol
Drs. SCOTT & SCOFIELD
T. ft. 0. Chiropractors
Bay Laboratory 414 to 419 V, B. JfaTl E2b
Bid.
10 to 12 sum. aad 2 to 0
The California JCrop " Was
: Oversold, Say Reports In -the
Trade Papers
The Oregon ' walnut crop' la
about all sold; at least 60 to 70
per cent of it. That Is about how
it looks to the sale man of the
Oregon Growers Cooperative asso
ciation. And there will be no dif
ficulty in disposing of the balance
of the crop, and at good prices.
and soon. i
Trade papers say the California
walnut crop was over sold in ad
vance sales, before the nuta were
picked, j ' 7 r
The Lbs Angeles Times of last
Sunday had the. following- con
cerning 'the California' crop: -'
in ws : :
"That the walnut growers oC i
southern California1 have' rood i
reason to be thankful at this par- 1
ticular time Is Indicated " by an" 1
announcement from, the' Caltfprnla;f j
walnut Growers; association;. t
the effect that it has mailed out to
local associations of walnut rrow-
ers the final payment for the urV' '
rent season's first tool ihfDmenta.
According to Carlyle Thorpe, gen
eral manager of , the association,-'
between ,9,000,000. and 110,000,,-"
000 bad" been distributed among ,
the grower members. .flaring 4aJ
period If six weeks. Th! amount i
has been rounded out by the mall- 4
ing of checks for approximately
l&oo.ooo. 'winding up the- nooL - i
The total selling char re tn thm
growers by the association, Inciud- I
ing trade discount and advertising '
was 5 H per cent of the trou
value of the shipments, which Mr. f
Thorpe says, is the lowest selling ;
cost of any nonperishable product "
produced in thestate." . Tj
SPECIflUZE DM J
Otf OiiiE: BREED
The renresentative n '
breeding plants of. this country.,
are those who handle onlv nn.
riety, but breed it to terfMtiAn
It does not, pay to scatter your,
ammunition. In aha ' his.v
business singleness of purpose
wnat counts. To breed
Mediterraneans . and Aalatlca,
English and Hamburgs, Is to con-
luue one s meais of each, and so
lead only to Indifferent' quality;
but to handle Barred Roeka m
Black Orpingtons alone, Is to at
tain reputation as a breeder and
fancier. To paraphrase Pope:
"One breed onlv win nna
fit, so wide is Art, so narrow hu
man wit.' Hence we say to the
beginner, be he an egg or meat
farmer, a backyard breeder or a
fancier, confine your oneratinn
to one breed. If "in it" commer
cially, select a breed and variety
that pleases your sense of the
beautiful and yet which possesses
strong economic values; if aimply
lancier, jirau operations to the
breed and variety that pleases
your sense Of the heantfrnl i.
both cases, tp. breed toward.1 per
fection will tax your Ingenuity and -endeavors
to the utmost. ;
The bargain hunter tempor
arily proud of his cheap ma
terial, forgets that repair
bills and depreciation costa
are included in the bargain.
MILESTONE
v. Hollow Tile
1405 N. Front St.
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