TIIURSDAYMORNING; JAUARY:3,:t924 ;s OWPCO LI N G EAT A' FLATS A DAT We at her iy '!-'-' .. Ice THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON Ui r SALEMKDISf RIOT " Broom nandles, mop han dles, paper plugs, tent tog-, jles, all kinds ol hardwood aaadlee, manufaetnred . by tne . m m:. - ; 'Oregon Wood ! Products Co. ) : Wept BUY AN OVERLAND AND Realize the Difference VICKBROS. QUALITY CARS man st. at trade Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman (In Twice-a-Week Statesman Following Day) Loganberries, Oct. 4. Prunes, Oct. 11. -Dairying, Oct. 18. Flax, Oct. 25. Filberts. Nor. 1, Walnuts, Not. 8. Strawberries, Not. 15. Apples, Not. 22. Raspberries, Not. 29. Mint, December 6. Great cows, etc., Dec. II. Blackberries, Dec 20. Cherries, Dec. 27. Pears, Jan. 3, 1924. Gooseberries, Jan. 10. Corn, Jan. 17. Celery, Jan. 24. Spinach etc., Jan. 31. Onlonstc, Feb. 7. . Potatoes, etc., Feb. 14. Bees, Feb. 21. Poultrj and pet stock, Feb. 28. Goats, March 6. Beans, etc., March 13.' Pared highways, March 20. Broccoli, etc., March 27. Silos, etc., April 3. j Legumes, April 10. I Asparagus, etc., April 17. Grapes, etc., April 24. etc., Drag garden, May 1. Sugar beets, sorghum. May 8. Water powers, May IS. Irrigation, May 22. Mining, May 29. Land, irrigation, etc., June 5. Dehydration, June 12. Hops, cabbage, etc., June 19. Wholesaling and jobbing. June 26. Cucumbers, etc., July 3, Hogs, July 10. City beautiful, etc., July 17. Schools, etc., July 24. Sheep. July 3-1. National advertising, Aug. 7. Seeds, etc., Aug, 14. Livestock, Aug. 21. Automotive industry, Aug. 28. Grain and grain products, Sept. 4. . Manufacturing, Sept. 11. Woodworking, etc., Sept. 18. Paper mills, etc., Sept. 25. (Back copies of the Thursday editions ' of the Daily Oregon Statesman are on hand. ' They are for sale at 10 cents each, mailed to any address. Current copies. 5c.) NO OVER PRODUCTION OF. PEARS There is a warning out concerning the over production of pears But if you will read the interview of Marion County Fruit Inspector Van Trump in this issue you will get some light on this matter that will probably dissipate your fears, if you harbor such fears- If you have good pear land in trie Salem district. The fact that this is the pear paradise; that pears here have more friends and fewer enemies than any other district in the wide world, and that godd pear lands are cheaper here than elsewhere,, in., this country This fact destines Salem as the pear cap ital j Sooner or later. Every industry will fol low the lines of least resistance, in the long run. Walley Motor M 260 Nortfi HlgK Street Phone 1195 Boost This Community by AeVrertisinf on the Slogs! ; v- DID YOU KNOW that Salem is the center of the best pear growing country in the world; that the Bartlett is partly if not wholly self fertile here and no where else; that pears here and no where else are practically free from blight; that our pears have topped the New York, Chicago and London markets; that there is at conservative estimates room for ten times the present pear acreage hereneeded badly for canning, shipping, dehydrating and making pear butter; that one of the best informed men in the United States has said that now is the time to jump into pear growing; that there is good money in it and it will not likely be overdone; at least that it will not likely be overdone in this pear para dise by the right growers with the right lands and the right varieties? BOLD EVERYWHERE Buttercup Ice Cream Co. P,M. GREGORY, Mgr. 240 , South Commercial Bt. SALES! Dodge Brothers Sedan Bcneifeel Motor Co. 184 8. Com! Bt. Phone 42S U. S. Inspected MjllEY' PACKING CO. :. i 1 'ft! ."' ;r. v. ' . a THE DEVQ.OPMENT OF THE PEAR - '-.: 1 ... : i ' 1 v i -. ; , , I i: .. CASCADE BRANJ3SHAMS, BACON AND LARD SALEM, OREGON IIIBY; llffi ATTENTION .Leroy Childs, in Charge of the Experiment Station at Hood River, Gives Encouragement to the Growers and Pros- pective Growers, But at the Same Time He Sounds a Timely WarningjThat Needs Attention J..V 4 Editor Statesman: Pear production in Oregon dur Ving the pastfew years has been an industry accompanied with very. . satisfactory", returns to growers of thls fruit;. particularly is this true j; of the higher quality winter varie ties. J The .. comparative , retarns I made by this commodity hare, been mnch greater than bur other well I known fruits, ' such as ' apples,' prunes, loganberries and 'the like. Relatively, higher returns have al- .1 so prevailed, in ' both California suiting -from "these returns is the , one that 'would be expected, namV i ly. 'greater stimulation.' in the f . further planting-' of pears. ' The ri anticipation resulting from this activity In California alone which is the .leading " pear producing Estate of the Union is that of k' more than doubling the present proauction wunin tne next lew 4. years. Increasing acreages in both i Oregon ! and ashington will doubtless increase the output of t these states in a short time to 51 twice, the-present carlot ship ments... Returns that are being made in the light bt present pro duction in the United States whkhr ranges from 14 to 19 mil lien bushels per year, would. seem to warrant tha.t, jturter. produc tion Is entirely .lusjlifUljle. .but. to what eixtent .LbJa . expansion can occur and At. the. aam time .hrlng a satisfactory return lo.the pow er Is - an ': ualuvowa . factor. . This matterk should -. - be given serious thought by all -fruit growers who are contemplating the -planting of peaty at the- present- thne.- Sup ply and demand 'governs ' the - re turns that can Ibe expected from pears In the' same-way that It reg ulates' prices on other commodi ties. 1' ').' The Case of Apples ' In the case, .of . apples. If It Is not over production : Uwt is con tributing to. poor, return being re ceived at the present time. It la a production, the handling of which, present methods of distribution and selling, are inadequate. Ap ples also are a much more, widely used commodity than- is the ease of pears, and; doubtless we -would experience a" much more extensive decline In prices' should the sat uration pefnV.of ' pfefsent markets be reached." ' ' ' " ".'''.' MEXICAN PRESIDENT ADDRESSES HIS TROOPS ? 3 .,&, M i k y' i k-. r 4 I i- A- A .Matter of Vacation . The extent, of present plantings Indicate that producers must take some steps to educate the public up to a point of consuming more pears' in order to take care of the increases that are bound to follow when the non-bearing trees of the present begin to produce. Good quality pears such as the Bosc and' D'Anjou are unknown to the bulk of the consuming public of America, rears- io most peepie, with the exception bt the Bartlett of course, mean a hard, gritty, tasteless fruit that has no place in the diet. One is impressed with the cause for this condition exist ing by looking over the-assortment' in some of our large mar kets, like that in South Water street, Chicago, where the assort- J ntent Is lurirplv hArrelorl totfpra I or Keifers in small baskets selling at a relatively low figure. The fruit is not good to look at and if the purchase is made the buyer takes this home and discovers the fruit to be something of the order described above. One purchase of this character usually suffices. The natural (consequences are those of curtailing pear consumption, and It is this very thing that producers of Quality pears must take cog nizance of. Some means must be devised to stimulate the consump tion, of our better quality pears if we are going to be able to keep consumption and demand up to the supply.; ! Pleased with Our Pears The writer annually sends 15 or 20 boxes of d'Anjou pears through out the country. The very pleas ing remarks that are returned in dicate that the fruit has a very.ae cided merit and would be readily acceptable by a large percentage of our popultion if they only knew something about them. If pear growers in the northwest would do a! little advertising of this sort, In. the aggregate it would greatly stimulate the demand for our win ter varieties. It is a form of ad vertlsing .that will get results as no Other method can, and at the same time the cost 13 not exces sive, M We Grow Fine Pears Many sections of Oregon grow fine pears. Every section should grow those varieties best suited to their: local conditions. In the Rogue River valley,! the Bosc has proved to be the pear of excel lence in that section, followed by the d'Anjou and Bartlett. In the i i"3 A if' ( ' v.:?-' 'St! a4' i&X -A4 1 t T ' I 111 IT j.. r Ji,f..Jnf . Ll.t..,,.r v A y vv-"-(. 4 -v- ' Ufa Is. ...... . , .- , - . . ,-. . .. mr.-. , ... tm in tlue tOuree of time .along with our flax industry, because all the natural conditions are here in per fection. . ; j The state flax plant, at the Ore- hand a i hundred tons of hemp, raised in the Labish district on beaver dam land, mostly in the past season, andtbis will be work ed into fiber, sooner or later; and perhaps this will become a regu lar line of the state flax industry. WINTER DON 1 FOR THE POULM Suggestions That jApply to Booming Poultry Industry of Salem District (The following timely para graphs are from an article by Henry Kruckeberg, the poultry editor of Ithe Los Angeles Times;) The photograph shows Obregon, on the right, ;)ca!;ins to his troops from the rear of Ins railway car at Apizaco, Puehla, just before the victory f the Federal forces. On the platform with the President are Gen. Fausto Topetc and Gen. Serrano. , . .. 1 , . .1 HERE; MR- HOMEfcUlLDER Is the BEST, SAFEST, STRONGEST. ' and, fn the long nutr the-CHEAPEST. Material eat ef which to - build our home It is BURNED CliAY HOliX)W BUILD ING TILE It insures Fire-Safety - Health and Comfort. mi . YtT m m mm t . 1 '. 1 i 1 I I w II Hood River valley, the d Anjou doubtless will always be the most popular variety. The yields are fairly heavy for this variety. It is a hardy tree and the fruit, be cause of a relatively long storage life, is a very desirable commodity to handle. The Bartlett, due to the fact that the fruit ripens very late in this section, enjoys a late fresh fruit market which is not available to many Bartlett grow ing districts. This has been a very important factor during some seasons. The Bosc also does well. but probably not to the same ex tent of excellence as obtained in 4he southern Oregon districts. Freedom from Blight The Pacific coast states enjoy a freedom from pear blight not found to exist in many middle western and eastern fruit growing sections. Nevertheless, there are sections where fire blight gives a great deal of trouble, and where such i3 the case it is doubtful whether pear culture would prove to be as remunerative as the grow ing of some other fruits. How ever, the big problem of the fu ture that face3 the pear Industry is really that of production rather than cultural methods. Undoubt edly there is considerable room for an expansion of this industry, but at the same time it should take place in a sane, orderly develop ment. Expanding markets, with a popularisation of the fruit must take place as production increases. ' LEROY CHILDS. Hood River, Or., Jan. 1, 1923. on BIS WIN IN tie raws Salem District Exhibits Get Ribbons Against All Com ers in Competitions- (Mr. Childs is in charge of the Oregon Agricultural college branch experiment station at Hood River, Oregon. In -that district. there is renewed Interest In pear growing, and increased acreage I Ed.) r Ask for Catalog and Booklet of Plans. SALEM BRICK & TILE CO, eaiem. Oregon. Phone 917 llfn. of Barned Clay Hollow Bfdldlng Tito, M-v- i and Praia XU& . . . :M v-i;,v-v vHtF----' -vv-" vf-:l:" Building Houses Pay MARSHFIELD, Jan. 1. The Marshfield Home Building corpor ation, which has been instrument al in the building activities in this city durng 1923, today announced that a dvidend would be declared !and paid January 10. The corpor ation, has constructed 46 houses since last May. The corporation looks forward to a greater bus! cess In the coming .year. That there are no better -fowl? produced anywhere in the United States than right here in Oregon and the Pacific northwest has I many times been demonstrated in the past few years as a result of the showing made by thase Pacific northwest birds in the national egg laying competitions and the big shows of the middle west. The latest record made by Oregon birds were the winnings of George Davenport, of Oak Grove, on. his Single Comb Rhode Island Whites in the recent Omaha, Nebraska, show, where was held the annual meet of the National Rhode Is land White club in conjunction with the regular poultry show, and thire were Over 200 Rhode Island Whites entered in this com petition representing many states, with an entry of only five birds in this big national shout Mr. Davenport -received three prizes, as follows: first prize cock, sec ond priz hen and third prize pul let, after his pen of birds had tra veled half way across the contin ent. At the big California state poultry show following, which was held at Oakland, Mr. Davenport was awarded 1st cock, 1st hen. 1st and 2nd pullet and the Ameri can Poultry Association purple ribbon for best female in the show. At the International Live stock show, Portland, he was awarded 1st 2nd and 3rd cock 1st cockerel, 1st. 2nd and 3rd hen 1st pull?t and all club specials, in strong competition. - Another Oregon Winner E. R. Stromquist, originator and breeder of the Majestic strain of Single Comb Buff Leghorns. Tigard, Oregon, has just received returns or a report on the pen of Buffs which he entered in tne Heart of America Poultry show at Kansas Cjty, Missouri, recently At this show was held the nation al meet of the American Buff Leg horn club, in connection with the regular show, there being 11 ex hibitors of Buff-Leghorns repre senting seven 6tates. In this red hot confpetition; the Oregon Buff Leghorns entered by Mr. Strom quist wore awarded 2nd cock and 3rd cockerel which is considered unusually good winnings owing to the handicap of the long ship ment to this show from Oregon. Mr. Stromquist's Buff Leghorns also making an excellent showing in the Western Washington egg laying contest at Puyallup, Wash- where his pen led all other Buff Leghorns entered in this contest at the last report for the month of November, there being entries from four different states. This shows conclusively that he has Bufi'3 that can; win both in the shows and the laying contests by thousands, .of ' farmers and breeders. ;The enthusiasm with which farmers in entire counties are going at the problem indicates that within a few years; hundreds of Important' diry counties in America' will be, free from the di sease; many states too, are plann ing to be rid of. the plague In a short tfme. ; Twenty, years ago, and even more recently, . coping with this disease seemed to most persons a hopeless undertaking. In his annual report, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace calls at tention to the rapid advances which have been made against the plague. "During the year," ne says, "an increase of 76 was made in the number of herds of cattle officially accredited as free from tuberculosis., At the close of the fiscal year there were 28,536 such herds, comprising 61a, 156 cattle, and there 'were nnder sup ervision more than 400..000 herds. containing nearly four and a half million cattle, rnfillod applica tions for testing nearly ji. "million additional cattle were on file. kets at the following prices: - D'Anjous, 3 to $3.25 and up to $3.50 a box. .TJ ": Boscs. $3.75 to $4.50 a 1)6x1 . Winter Nellis, 13.35' to 'JS.TO" a ' box..; ' i The Oregon " Growers Coopers- ; tive. association, 'has Just made ? some sales' of Bosc 'and 'D'Anjoa pears, -at the. above); prices, plean- -ing out air their supply of. those -varieties. They still have on hand some' of their Winter Nellis.- v. . PEAR PRICES HOT Auto Clectrlo Work' B. D. BARTON ' : 171 8. Commercial St. Don't have the hen house floors on a lower level than the outside Dampness, draughts and dirt are j Inimical to health and the laying . habit. Such floors are liable to become wet and soggy during the winter season. Don't encourage roup and colds in your flocks by hiving leaky roofs and open f crack3 in the houses. Draughts cause colds, and houses with leaky roofs arc a disgrace to their owners. Don't allow the curtains to open houses to become clogged with dust and dirt; keep them swept or brushed clean, and you will avoid a dirty and muddy condition when it rains. Don't forget to feed a little mgro liberally of corn in the ra tion. During the colder seasons of the year the birds need it . Don't think that advertising alone will sell ypur surplus stock; it only puts yon in touch with prospective buyers. It is the man who -handles his inquiries intelli gently that makes sales. Many breeders grow good stuff, but fall down badly cn the selling end of their business. Don't let people tell you that mongrels or cross-breds are ; of equal economic value with pure bloods. This admonition applies to beginners; The pure blood oc cupies no more space, eats i no more food, but when selling has a value peculiarly its own. Don't forget a little tonic to tone up the system in cold wea ther. A ljttle,red pepper or mus tard in the mash foods is good. Don't imagine because some one wins all the prizes at a poultry show that he is necessarily j the "whole thing,'' as applied to his breed. Some people "win" with out competition. Don't forget exercise in the wet season. The Utter in the scratch ing sheds should be dry and should afford every opportunity for the birds to earn their board and keep. Don't handle your birds rough ly, nor act in a boisterous manner while in their presence. Remem ber it is the peaceful and con tented hens that lay the largest number of eggs. Don't kill poultry when the crops are full of feed; full' crops find intestines causes loss of fla vor and hasten decay. HIT PAW There Are Very Few Pears Now Left ot the Urop or the Present Year A United Pfess dispatch from Willows, California', reports that the. Glenn - Hemp company will erec$ its fcirst mill at Orland and work is expected to commence within the next, 90 days. The report fiys that a ranch re centiy purchased by the company cbmprisiBg- 1500 acres near Ar tois, will be used as a demonstra tiou farm for hemp growing. The report goes pnj to say that this is a new industry in Glenn county Already Demonstrates! Here If this industry were jbein started here, -no demonstration farm would be needed, either for the growing or for the production of a quality of hemp turning out as fine fiber as is turned out in the best hemn districts of Italy supposed to be tho best in the world. j , i ' j These things have been demon strated. and. vj-e can produce the ( That it is possible to eradicate hemp on our beaver dam lands in tuberculosis from the cattle herd enormouB quantities can j grow of the t'nited States within: a rea fire to ten tons to the acre.: Our isonable. time is now recognized hemp industry' will be developed, by live stock sanitary officials, and i I - ( I- 1. MID THE FIGHT 1 T C Pear prices for our .1923 crop have not ruted high, but they have been remunerative to the growers who are . in the upper ranks of the industry, with trees ot the right varieties on the right lands, and properly pruned and sprayed and cultivated. The price paid by the canneries of Salem tor the Bartlett firsts was $27 a ton. The Canneries of Marion county in 1923 packed 85,0QG cases of pears. Shipping Varieties Our shipping varieties have been selling in the eastern mar- v J HOTEL, MARION : i SALEM, OREGON- The Largest fcnd lib&t . Complete Hostelry v In Oregon Oat of Portland DRAGER FRUIT Dried Froit Packers 221 8. High St Salon, Or. Always In the market for dried frnita of aU kinds Next Week's Slogan SUBJECT IS THE GOOSEBERRY ND USTRY Licensed Lady Embalmer to care for women and children is a necessity in all funeral homes. We are the only ones furnishing such service. v Terwilliger Funeral Home T7 Chexneketa 8C Phone 724 Salem, Oregon NOW IS THE TIME ! ! To look , after your heat ing plants and see that It is In good order, or It yon are -coins to need, a new one. TW - is the ' appropriate time to bar It! THEO M. BARR 164 8. Coml St. The Salem district is the best pear growing country on the globe; the industry has a great future here. vr Manuals, School Helps and Supplies Your order wil be given PROMPT attentlon The J. J. Kraps Company Kent S. Krapsj, Mgr. : Box Ofl: Salem, ' Orejfoa ' OUR TREES Or fft nlly Grown Carefully Seccted Carefully Packed Will Give Satisfaction to the Planter SALEM NURSERY C0I1PANY 42S Oregon Bn tiding i s rOONE 1763 . Additional Salesmen Wanted 5 til r i (