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THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1024 12 fHE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON il N 1 SALEM IS 27 T Car Loads of Onion and 2,000,000 Pounds of Onion Sets t RrcklucedntOne Section Alone of the Salem District Last Year 1 t ' In the n rin ha fT" onion .Slogan numbers of Tho Statesman of iast years. the truth, kas , stated that this was a Rood onion district: and In, the 1923 number (Feb. 8. the . Writer waa able to say: '"Marion is the -leading onion county of Ore gon. -j Salem is already an onion center -but thia city should .he a sreat onion center?' ' ' : ' Thin' thine has come to pass. The fJablsh district alone sent to rharfcet jftiore than half the, com iherclally grown onions of Orgeon last year, and nearly all of the on ionseti - '' ' Sent 371 cam of onions and 2, 000,000 pounds of onion nets td the outside; markets; mostly in the coast) states. The whole of the commercially grown Oregon onion tropj.of last year was 450 carsi The Labish district supplies a Urge parti of the, onion "seta for j the whole coast: ttty; Slem has become the onion capital. t ,r,.t.;. 1 ' The Statesman, In, its yearly round of the 52 most important basic industries and interests for i Salem and the Salem district has included, from the first the onion Industry; though '- la one year inert) was some doubt cast uopn thVwisdoni of this, from an out side source. ... ittVansj)ires thatvthere was ev ery reason" io keep this industry in the list.' There ismoney in onions here; taking average-, yields and prices over a long period." This Is a stable "crop" here1 and larger pro fits will ,18 Obtained by-improved methods; by better : control of pests; by fertilization, the-best me thods of which - will be , found through experimentation; by bet ter qeed selection; bybftter meth DAY & ZOSEL Partnership Formed pands Into One of the Big Firms V ' ! ; , , of -Valley " Three years"agaf a partnership was! formed in - which .Walter IL Zosel and "Grant Day associated themselves together, in thai selling of r automobile tires. At first ' a small 'building' was secured at the corner of 1 Commercial and Ferry streets, where' the business known t V as. the Federal Tire" Agency was built up. . r , r Jtpnary th of this " year " the tins of Day & Zosel purchased the Alock'. and lease ot the Quacken tush Auto. Supply Company locat ed at Commercial and Chemeketa St reets. . Kow business : Is bein g conducted at both locations, though the bulk of the business is handled at the old location ot "QuaCk"" which is much larger than the Federal agency. In commenting upon the growth Of the business. Mr. Zosel at trib- 1 rf1 1: Goodyear Tires x Pneumatic and Solid x$ n i il Accessories . ; Vulcanizing RYl ll I I Gasoline and OiU IotJ -; Day & Zosel V f tt i I .r :.(mmercial ; and j Chemeketa Sts. THE ONION ods of cultivation; by better mer-t chandising methous in marketing. und by hotter handling and stor age practices. ' And another thing that ls,lmportant We have the onion men; grow ers, who are intelligent and pains taking and hard working. E. A. and J. O. Hayes, publishers of the San Jose, Cal., Mercury, one of the outstanding newspapers of "its class in all America, are among the pioneers, of the onion and on ion set industries here. They have developed - a large tract ; of the central. Labish, section, invest ing large snms ; in clearing the land, .erecting buildings,1 etc.; and establishing there a veritable veg etable city j for potatoes in large tonnage, and other vegetables are produced in the Labish district on a commercial basis Especially celery; where, in the Labish Meadows' part of the tract, belonging "to Hon. M.' L." Jones, 200 cars of "celery were produced and 'shipped last year, and there will be 250 ears this year, and an increasing number every year jfor a Ions time. The-onion "has helped to nour ish the human race since the times before the dawn of history. Xo doubt' King Tut. - whose mummy is about to be brought to, light, ate onions. Xo one can say where the growing of onlns first began. It was cultivated In Egypt and Asia from time immemorial,' Vand " Its cultivation was' extended ' to all lands before the recording of his tory began. The essential thing, in. this an nual number, ia to show that this is one ot the most important basic industries and interest here; and TIRE DEALERS Three Years Ago Ex- uted their success to1 the personal service which they rendered the patrons. If the customer is not satisfied he has but to make his wants known to have any error rectified, likewise a service carls maintained which brings the serv ice of the firm to any point that , 1.. "1 lJ a car can reacn. . All the latest equipment is ' maintained for the care and - mounting of tires, a giant press is located in the rear ot the Chemeketa store where practically all the solid tires used by "the state trucks, as well as the private machines of the valley, are mounted in a minimum of time and with surprisingly little effort. ' While accessories, gas and oil are handled the firm is specializ ing on Goodyear tires. A force oi six is required to handle the business. CAPITAL thia is now established beyond Question. The ' fact will become more , outstandingly established irom year to year. I'roni IjtrfMit fJrowers The following letter was print ed in the last annual Slogan num ber of the Statesman, Feb. T: Editor Statesman: Lake Labish has recently be come the onion center ot Oregon, and it Is fast becoming one of the large producing centers of nation al rating.- Likewise in onion sets Lake Labish is the producing center of Oregon and the Pacific coast. In fact the onion sets rais ed in the Lake Labish district sup ply 'practically the entire demand for the , western - coast state's. There1 are 'approximately 2006 acres of beaver dam land In the. central Labish' district, all of which is capable of raising onions or will be within the next two years, but due to the fact that cel ery'and pother crops are as profit able as onions only about one-half or the cultivated area is planted to onions. The? yields of onions per acre range fronv 250 to 350 sacks, and th.e: yield of onion sets is usu ally about 25,000 pounds per acrel Due to the high yields, it is not surprising that this comparatively small area Is the producer of large numbers' of carloads of onions and sets'. And it is not over estimat ing to say that when the entire Labi3h district is put "under culti vation the probable5 yield will be In the neighborhood of 800 cars of onions and 3,000,000 pounds of onion sets.' Tho Yields of 1023 During the year of 1923 ther were 231 cars of onions shipped byrail and about 40 cars hauled out by motor truck, making a total of ' 271 'carloads. The yield of 1924 will be something larger than this from -all present indications. Last years' production of sets was about 2-;000,OOft pounds; more would have been grown, but this amount filled the market demand Bees In Marion County Produce 500,000 Pounds Each Year! There are Probably 50C0 Colonics in This County Im portant That Bees Should Kept Free From Disease, (From last Thursday's Statesman) (The following was written, un der date ot Feb. 19, especially for this annual bee Slogan number of The Statesman, by H. A. Seullen, specialist tn bee culture of the Ore gon Agricultural college:) Bees are kept In Marlon county primarily for two purposes; first, to pollenize the many cherry orch ards and other fruits, and,' second, for honey production: Although there la considerable opportunity for increased honey production in this county, yet no doubt bees will always be kept primarily for poll ination purposes." A careful' estimate of the num ber of colonies now In the county would run close to 5000. During an average year these 5000 colonies should produce from 400,000 to 500,000 pounds of honey. ' The Honey Producing Plants Alslke. and white clover, and vetch are the main honey produc ing plants In the valley, while back in the mountains fireweed or willowherb is the main source of honey. All of these honeys are of high quality. Unfortunately the Willamette valley nas occasionally been reported as yielding an infer ior grade of noney. Although in ferior honeys are available, proper management on the part of the beekeeper will eliminate poor grades. Since the clover flow and other high grade honeys in the val ley are practically over with ' by the first of July, all surplus honey should be taken off at that time. for last year. However, all indi cations point toward n larger rte-1 tng in the Labish district is a comparatively new industry and for this reason ninrkoiing is not firmly established, but thf k-j iiumd.s for our superior finality ot' j onion sets i.-v on the increase. , lYodiicra llilth (Quality As far as quality goes, Labish produce a very high quality of onion, one that is far superior to the, ordinary run of onions. Dur ing the early years of onion pro duction on the Labish lands a poor quality onion was produced, due to poor drainage, poor seed strains, and rawness of land, but in recent years a very high type of onion has been produced. The general field run is as good or better than any other group of onions produc ed in Oregon and other states? The proof of this is found in the Tact that onions raised by Oscar & Glen Mahler on Lake LabisK took first prize in the" state contest at O. A. C. Oregon onions are quoted at a premium on all markets in other states in which they are sold. ' Confining ourselves to Marion couny, figures show that 'we on Lako Labish produce a-more valu able crop than any other district in the county of its size or five times its fiize. The credit of this valuable production is not entirely due to onions and sets, but by far the largest proportion of it conies from these two crops. The Troflts Ter Acre It is not unusual for a grower to harvest $700 worth of onions or onion sots from one acre of beaver dam land. Of course In cases where the prices received for the products are under normal the income per acre is reduced. It is hard to say what tho cost of producing and marketing an acre of onions will amount to, because of the fact that producers with the aid of their families do most of the work required to produce the crop. However, as an estimate it would be safe to say that the cost per acre, of producing and market ing the' crop would amount to about $160. It is obvious that the onion industry is profitable and offers an encouraging return in our district. J. O. HAYES, JR. Hayes Farms, Lake Labish, Oregon, Feb. 6, 1924. Now Should Have Expert Attention, Be! and Have Well Bred Queens Following the clover flow there is usually considerable nectar com ing in from such plants as French pinks. This honey should be kept separate or left to the bees for winter stores. Hold Diseases in Check Thousands- of colonies of bees have been destroyed by diseases In recent years in the Willamette valley. These diseases, however, can be held in check and in many cases eliminated by proper man agement. The practice among many orch ard managers of buying miscellan eous colonies and placing Ihcm in the orchards without giving addi tional care has been a serious men ace in the spread of disease and has resulted in considerable loss to the orchard men themselves who find it necessary tV continual ly replace these colonies;. Problems of Orchard Men In recent years, orchard mana gers are coming more and more to feel the necessity of having fewer and better colonies under the management of an experienced bee keeper. These bees are se cured by renting or by hiring somo one to look after the bees periodically. Many are renting bees for pollinization only, paying as high as $5 a colony for that purpose. For Winter Protection The protracted spring and unre liable weather conditions through out the Willamette Valley, com bined with tie mild damp winters, make it necessary to give bees special attention, which is some times not necessary in other sec tions. It is of special importance ihat bees should "go into winter With an abundance of stores. In a milder climate like the Willam ette valley a larger quantity of stores is consumed during the winter time than in a cooler cli mate. It is also advisable to have some winter protection about the hives. They must be waterproof and at the same time protected from low temperatures. Colonies will then come out from winter In good shape and able to build up during the 'unsettled weather of the spring, but even then spec ial attention should be glv n throughout all of the spring months to ee that the colonies Continue to have a liberal supply of stores on hand. Ample room must also be provided in the hive for the colony to build up during ihe maple and fruit bloom flow. High Grade Queens Needed It is also of extreme importance that every colony be headed by a high grade queen bred from select ed stock, preferably reared by the beekeeper himself in his own api ary. This1 is easily accomplished by a simple method described 'in Oregon Agricultural College Ex tension Bulletin No, 360, which' Is free' for the asking. This bulletin also described many other' import sat principles to. lee management and should be in the hands of ev ery Oregon bee keeper. The office f bee culture at the college is also glad to aasfoit by answering any questions so far as possible that may cotne up in (He iiiiiKjn: of beo-kecpera throughout tho season. (As Polk county has probably a many bees as Marion county, and a there are a lot of bees in the parts of Menton, Linn, Yamhill, Washington and Clackamas coun ties? that are in the Salem district, it can be seen th.it we afro, already well on our way towarkls becom ing a great bee section, which we must necessarily become, on ac count of the necessity of fruit pol linatton and which we are mani festly entitled to become, because of onr natural conditions. Plenty of late bee pasture will do the trick. Ed.) The following was tho editorial in the bee Slogan number of last week: Fruit Tree and Honey Bees and Other Things The up to date fruit growers of the Salem district have come to lully realize the absolute necessity of honey bees, in order to insure the pollination of their fruit blos soms So there must be here literally billions more bees. The "virgin daughters of toil." the worker bees, are the original working fools" they literally work themselves to death in six weeks during th honey season And a good queen bee will lay lrom 2000 to 3000 .eggs a day So that in each hive a working "tool is born every minute" and then some And a good hive of bees will nt the height of the season contain CO. 000 to CO.OOO,1 and even 100. 000 bees So that, though there may be torrential rains, all through the fruit blooming season, with only an occasional breaking of sun shine through the weepy clouds, during thesie few hours of sun shine the bees will carry the pol len and make the blossoms fruit ful For the bees work'and literally "improve each shining hour." They have the urge of their an cestors back through the ages for work; that is the life of the honey bee, and that Is her death. It would pay the fruit growers of the Salem district to subsidize the beekeepers, with a money subsidy But they do not have to. Here is a better way: Raise more white, alsike and sweet clover, and more Hungarian KEENEY SEEKING CORONER'S POST Independence Undertaker Has Experience Necessary for Office vetch, and scatter more Scotch broom, and in other ways provide more late bee pasture And encoura-ge more beekeeping;-get better bees, and see that bee diseases are stamped out And in that way the orchard men will subsidize themselves; they will improve the fertility of their soil, and they will get three crops for one -the clover, the honey and the fruit- And they will make sure the fruit. There is no section in the world that has a better boney flow than the Sale in district in the spring and early summer. Extend this, by providing proper bee pasture. throughout all the sunshiny days of the late summer and fall, and this will be a veritable land flow ing with milk and honey and money. The honey crop will be a money crop an essential story of three, four and five and six story agriculture. Within an hour and a half drive of Salem Is a group of 10 lovely waterfalls, unsurpassed in beauty and all within three miles of each other, according to infor mation furnished by the Chamber of Commerce. . These present a wonder resting place for tourists and are located m tue midst -of the mountains. A majority of these falls are little known in Marion county and practically few people in Oregon are familiar with their beauties. The highest of these falls, on Silver creelc. New Bungalow well located on paved St. at $2350.00. Small house on good lot, new at $450.00. Good 6-room house on pavement at $18.00.00. Good home on State St. at $2700.00. Good 6-room house on pavement at $1800.00. Beautiful home on Court St. at $10,500. Vacant lots in any part pf City. ' One of the finest Stock ranches in the county of 576 acres, all stock and machinery included with this at only $75.00 per acre. See us for exchanges or good buys as we have over $1,000,000 worth of property on our lists up to date. See us for Insurance or Loans. Square Deal Realty Co. ....4 - 202 U. S. Natlonal Bank BuUding. . - ! YES; WE HAYE SOME RAIN HERE; mmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimmmm - - -j f I But the Rainfall in the Salem District Is ot Kansas City, Missouri, Yes; we have some rain here. Rut to all0egon the "Webfoot state" is slander slander that has had currency for ailong time, and with especial reference lo the Willamette valley lor Oregon has nia iy kinds of climate, rang ing from the dry of tho plateau region east of the Blue moun tains, to the less dry of the sec tion between the Blue and the Cascade mountains, to the Willa mette valley, where we have just enough rain to insure us against the failure of properly cultivated crops; and still further to the dis tiicts along the Pacific ocean, in some of which the annual rainfall runs high in inches, and to south ern Oregon, whicb has a little less annual rainfall on Ihe average than is enjoyed by fffe Salem dis trict. Salem mid Kansas City But it does not rain as many inches in Salem as it does in Kansas City, Mo., or Kansas City, Kansas.- just across the rrer counting the snowfall, of course, oi" Kansas City as rainfall. Both their snowfall and their rainfall exceed ours And it Is a whole lot hotter there in the summer than it Js here and a whole lot colder in the winter. We seldom have se- Rainfall Data Saleni, ! , 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 j January 4.3ft- 8.71 4.08 5.39 4.39 8,43 ; February . 1.20 4.12 3.64 6.43 5.68 8.10 March 3.36 2. ."8 1.88 9-.9B 3.51 4.54 April 2.24 2.59 T.40 2.59 1.22 3.18 May 2.24 1,96 2.38 2.58 1.08 .81 ' June 3.48 1.85 .94 1.31 .00 .16 July , 29 .00 .99 2.72 .67 .05 August 30 .00 .00 .35 .67 .00 September 2.57 4.84 .42 1.17 .17. .2.42 'October r 2.78 3.34 1.54 1.42 2.83 1.42 November 5.54 3.3S 8.06 7.12 3.94 5.85 December 3.39 2.52 7.22 4.71 3.76 6.05 Totals .32.73 near Silverton, are Dry Creek tails, 198 feet; Double falls, 189 feet; Main South falls, 14 feet; Middle North falls. 146 feet; Main North falls, 116 feet; Lower South falls. 100 feet, and four other smaller cascades varying between 25 and 65 feet in heighth. A. L. Keeney, funeral director and licensed embalmer of Indepen dence, is a candidate, for the Re publican nomination at the pro- maries or Aiay it tor 01 rice 01 coroner of Polk county. Mr. Keeney was born near Eu gene ana reeetvea nis eaucauon in the schools of that place. He has been a licensed embalmer for the last 10 years and has follow r ed the pro fession a 1 1 during that time except two years that he par ticipated in the World ar, part of the time over seas. II q pur chased h 1 s A. Ij. Keeney derlaking business dence In 1921. present un at Indepen Mr. Keeney takes an active part in lodge and civic affairs. He is a Mason, an Elk and an Odd Fel low, and is a member 'of the Shrine. He is a past commander of the Independence post of the American legion. Since going to Polk county he has made a wide circle of acnuaintences and ha support in his candidacy. On his declaration of candidacy he de clares that "If elected I will dis charge the duties of my office faithfully and economically. 1 iy w y or Washington D. C, verc freezing weather here; and very seldom do we have zero wea ther; and still more seldom below zero weather, and then, in the rare ' occasions of our experience, not much below zero. A (ireat Climate Wo have a great climate here in the Satem district. We have more days on which there is a trace of rain than" has Kansas City, or most any other ciJy.east of the Rockies. But we have few torrential rains here. Our 'rains are mostly gentle ones; warm ones like those of hummer or spring in other sections, or running down to our famous "Oregon mist3." Thus we have our "Mistland" pro ducts, becoming more and more famous In the markets. And we have the soil, the sun shine and the showers that make of our section one of sure crops, and one in which. We can and do beat the world in many of our specialties in fruits and nuts and other things that come from our soil, brought to fruition" with a perfect combination of our sun shine and showers. Rainfall for 14 Years The average annual rainfall for Salem in the past 14 years has been, 35 & inches, according; to the U. S. weather bureau Oregon, Compiled from .I'liUed States 35.87 32.55 43.76 27.92 41.01 WEBB MORTUARY , VERY COMPETE C. B. Webb . Business Housed in . Modern Structure Recently Completed- - The largest and most complete J undertaking establishment in the Willamette Valley, located at the Intersection of Ferry and Church street, was completed in Febru ary of 1923 just one year ago. Since he was old enough to go on trips with his father, who was mortician in Southern Oregon, Carol B. Webb has been familiar with the funeral business. In 1913 he came to Salem and bought the! business known as Lehman and Clough Undertaking Co. This business was housed in a struc ture at the corner of Court and High streets, which '.was recently torn down to make room for an automotive supply house. Mr. Weba is a member of all the leading booster organizations including the Cherrians, the Chamber of Commerce; and the Rotary Club. Wnenever a bit; of boosting for the Villamette Vali ley is needed Carol Webb is there! to do It. The new building is 'strictly; modern in every sense of the word being designed especially to ban- COAL DEMAND GdOD: DECLARES HILLMAN Wood Not To Be Considered ' Competitor i Wood can never replace coal for certain lines of Industry, accord ing to the Hillman Bros. Fuel company, who have been engaged I Scene at the Hillman Fuel Yard in handling this commodity since October. 1923. The company is now adding a wood department in order to supply a certain demand. Most of the coal is used for domestic purposes, with the rest aurants the best customers, for the coal gives a steady and constant heat hot to be obtained by wood. In the long run the coal Is ' said to be the cheapest fuel. V. v as it us m According to higures. The following table, will show some comparisons: ; Salem v London ....... Berlin ........ Constantinople . Jerusalem Stockholm' Glasgow" New York . . . . ! Washington . . Chicago ...... ' Denver . . . . . . San Francisco , Seattle I 3J 25.47: 22.84 i- 28.75' 25.24 1.7.21 60.00' 44.631 - 43.50 33.28 . 14.02 ' 22.27: 369 21.93 24.53 16.37! Paris Vienna Athens Edinburgh i . Dublin Boston ' . . . . New Orleans ....... 24.80' ...i... 27.70 ; , . . 43.38 . i .' ' 57.42: (;.Vi,7 37.28' Kansas City T ' ios ngcies .4 . 13.64 ..43.13 . 79.42 , Portland Juneau 1022 RainfMll Salem Si i"iV. :VV. U Portland Marshfield . US.03 38.76 s 8.78 48.44 Mt. Angel Toledo . . Eugene . Roseburg 76.42 . . 37.06 . 30.02 Bend 1G.41 Klamath Falls ...... : 1 5. 1 9 Pendleton . , . . . 14.92 Ashland 20.55 Newport ............ 66.06 Governments Report!! 1920 2.98 .34 4.24 . 3.37 , .25 2. 69 45 .93 4.45 5.91 6.76 8.2D 1921 7.27 6.90 5.07 1.93 1.62 1.05 Trace 1 .12 1.86 3.69 10.37 3.23 1922 3.11 4.33 6.14 2.1 .93- :oo, 1.49 1.95 4.91 2.57 10.41 1923 10.17 2.63 1.98, 1.76 1.S9 - .97 1.21 .05 .70 2.21 ; 3.80 6.22 1924 3.54 40.78 43.12 38.03 33.S&' die. this business being spared. as Great I : 1 : S - I Carol B. Webb I die . this business and no expense V being spared. . I I In Certain Lines of ' Usage ' f Utan and Wyoming oal is han dled, and in various commodities. lrom the sacked product to the bulk. Nearly 14 carloads, of 50 tons each, were sold in Salem dur ing the winter. ' . " u ; Employment has been given to, three and tour ; men ; during the winter: by thia firm.; Offices and coal bunkers; with a capacity of; mm mm 300 tons, are located at Broadway :j : and Hood. - The firm is conducted k by two brothers,' O.A and; Otto iiiiiman. '1 ..4 ".i i i , s t ) i 4 i x w il. m 111 - ,1 t , , , ft; t I ; -) 4 V . t-i.iv. v .