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. I liiU OiUuGON bTATliSlAN,, SALE1I, , OREGON , , THURSDAY, MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1924 li r. J: f I:: v I r t -Sir t f i i t . V r y i f - -1, I : 1. 1 ! t OWPCO Broom handles, mop han dles, paper plugs, tent tog gles, all kinds of hardwood handles, manufactured by the OregbnjWood Products Co. Wept Salem ' .' Ovcrlan'd Wffly Knight i Oakland . Sales and Service Vicli Bros. High Street; at Trade Salem 50,000 by 1930 RICH L. RIEMANN Real Estate and Insurance 107-3 OS Oregon Bids. Phone 1013 VALLEY OUR ITIII PfflES FDR IIDLY LflTJD r The Consumers of the World Have Been Gaining Fast on the Producers of the Prunes of the World Oregon Is Sending to the Markets the Best Quality of Prunes in Her History A Tart Prune That Is Really a Sweet Prune Fred Drager, of the Drager Fruit company, with headquarters in Salem, and handling perhaps a fourth of all , the Oregon and Washington crop of prunes, told the Slogan editor yesterday- that the world has at this time fewer prunes to -sell than it had last April. In other words, the con sumers of the world hare gained six months- on- the producers of the world; and included with the : producers the dealers of all class es the holders of the prunes of - last, year, and former years. That is certainly a distinct (gain, giring Tery healthy market ing conditions for; prunes. ; , i Sweet Tart Prunes The quality, of prunes grown in. the Oregon orchards and packed here Is the highest in the history of the industry. 31 r. Drager said that this yea; we bare turned out a sweet prune; though our main crop goes under the designation of a tart prune. Our prunes had a great deal of sunshine while they were on the trees, and they, dereloped an unusual amount of sugar. ' : . Mr. Drager said that the buy ers are now paying as high or higher prices' than at any trme in the present season. Some of the supplies of yery large and very small prunes . are l already, practi ce cally exhausted and out of the - market. . S Italians for Italians ' , ,.The Slogan editor saw In the . shipping department of the Drag- .,er Fruit company a large shipment of prunes being packed for Genoa, Italy. They are going by boat from Portland, then through the Panama canal, across the Atlan tic, by the Rock of Gibralter. and through the Mediterranean. This .shipment is in 220 pound bags, each bag, stenciled with the des tination, Genoa, Italy, and the name of the broker there. . The . dealers in that and 'several other European countries ; order their deliveries of prunes to be made in bags instead of boxes, on account ,of a lower tariff rate on the fruit put up in this way. ' : . t - This is like carrying coals to !NewcastIe ending our Italian prunes to the Italians, in whose country our parent stock origlnat . cd. , But this is not an unusual shipment. The Italians like' our Italian prunes otj quality r as do most Europeans. Use Burned Clay Hollow Buildinff Tile' for Beauty, baiety and uomiort. " : i - - - - 5 ' " -i . . ' . J ''MADE"! N ALL. SIZE MilriTl frKcftf TnlLU . Q K H IT M fTZ Q1 A II CM' IHif QTDITT i II ki W j, .J i V L i V II V J j J V U ll JJ II -i. ll : M a Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman (In TwJce-a-Week Statesman Following Day) (With a few possible changes.) Loganberries, October 2. Prunes, October 9. Dairying, October 16. Flax, October 23. Filberts,' October 30. Walnuts, November 6. Strawberries, November 13. Apples. November 20. ' Raspberries, November 27. Mint, December) 4. I Great cows, etc.. December 11. Blackberries, December 18. ; Cherries, December 25. Pears, January 1, 1925. Gooseberries, January 8. Corn, January 15. I Celery, January. 22. ! Spinach, etc., January 29. ! Onions, etc., February 5. Potatoes, etc., February 12. j Bees, February 19. I Poultry and pet stock, Feb. 26. Coats, March 5. Beans, etc., March 12. Paved highways. March 19. Broccoli, etc., 'March 26. Silos, etc., April 2. ; i ri' Legumes, April 9. Asparagus, etc., April 16. Grapes, etc., April 23. FOR ITALIANS, ATJD FOR OTHER LAWDS I!" 5 Si To Jerusalem, Too - The Drager Fruit company has also Inquiries from : Jerusalem for considerable shipments of our prunes. They expect to make some sales there, having a broker in the ancient holy city. There is no inquiry from any part of the whole world that they do not follow up, and the trade demand fori our prunes is ' thus being constantly extended into new markets. . Over 200,000 Pounds a Day The Salem packing house of trie Drager Fruit 'company Is at the corner of Cottage and Trade streets. There they have a plant that is up to the minute-absolutely. They can process, pack, label and ship 4000 boxes of prunes a day of nine hours, and they did it in the busiest part of the pres sent season,; ; The boxes' contain 25 pounds I of prunes, and that meanslOO.OOO pounds of prunes a day. - t ;j v They have a duplicate plant at Roseburg, and a . small plant at Vancouver, Wash. So they have facilities to) handle over 200,000 pounds of prunes, a day; and they could get away with a much greater tonnage by working in shifts. j , Machines That Think A modern packing plant such as the one of the Drager concern is a very wonderful thing. They have a machine . that "thinks." for. one thing. Or all but thinks. It will weigh automatically prunes to go into a box,, and it will pack them into the box, press them down just as they ought t be packed, with greater neatness than it can be done' by hand and then, in the one operation, it will take the nails and nail on the lid of the box! A bin of cleaned processed and cleaned prunes, an empty box, a lid, - a few nails, and, presto! a box of prunes ready for display in the finest store or bazaar in any. part of the world.' The prunes handled by the Drager concern.; at Salmi are mostly of the Italian variety. They get a car or two of the pe tite or French prunes, here; but they get a lot of them at Rose burg. ; . j ; .. .. ' They Bay and Sell . The Drager - Fruit company buys and sells prunes and other dried fruits When the producer i ; , I i 1 '5.1 . ' Drug garden, April 30. Sugar beets, sorghum, etc., May 7.i 5 : i Water, powers. May 14. : Irrigation, May 21. Mining, May 28. Land. irrigation, etc., June 4. Dehydration. June 11. Hops,) cabbage, etc., June 18, Wholesaling and Jobbing, June 2$. " i Cucumbers, etc.. Jnly 2. Hogs, July 9. I City beautiful, etc., July 16. ; Schools, etc., July 23.1 Sheep, July 30. j National advertising, Aug. 6. Seeds, etc., August 13. Livestock, August 20.; Grain and grain products, August 27. -; : . t : I'i , , Manufacturing, September 3. Automotive industries,' Septem ber 10. ; - I - - Woodworking, etc, Sept. 17. . Paper mills, etc., Sept. 24.! (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) gets his weight checks and knows what is due him, he gets his cash. Then, it is up to the Drager Fruit company toi find a market and make some profit on the trans action and for their work; If they can; The risk is up to them. The prunes are their prunes, and it is the same with other dried fruits which they handle! They take the risk. . They do not buy on commission. ? j- They are just now getting 10 cents a pound for their SO's, 8 cents for their 40s. 6 cents for their 50's, and they would get 6 cents for their 60's if they had any left. - j . h. A Dig Plant j, The Salem plant of the Drager Fruit company is 50 by 125 feet for the main building, and four stories -high, with a complete ele vator system, and they have an addition 40 by .60 feet. As was said above, their pack ing! plant is absolutely complete, or as -nearly so as it can be made, up to date. If there are any more improvements and short cuts, and they can find out about them, they will add them. They believe that efficiency makes for economy, and they like to pass on the benefits to the growers. They are bulls on the market, all the time, as they believe the grower must have a living profit, if the prune industry of this sec tion is to be stabilized. pOulw costs to BE INVESTIGATED A study of the economics of commercial poultry production in western . Washington Is npw be ing i made by the experiment sta tion of the state college of Wash ington at Pullman, and the fed eral bureau of agricultural eco nomics. Data wilt be gathered from commercial poultry produc ers and various business organiza tions as to the management and organization of commercial poul try j farms and the marketing of poultry products in western Wash ington. The information thus ob tained will be made available to poultrymen and others interested in the future welfare of this rapid ly expanding industry. REGULATIONS FOR STORING FRUITS Proposed regulations for storing dried fruit under the United States warehouse act have been drafted by the United States department of agriculture, for consideration by public warehouses, merchants, co operative associations and others interested In the dried fruit, in dustry. It- ia announced that mimeographed copies of the ten tative regulations may be obtained from the warehouse division of the federal bureau of agricultural economies, Washington, D. C. I LUX I DEFEATED LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7. Sam my' Mandell, Illinois lightweight, who has been showing up .Pacific coast boxers since his invasion of California a few weeks ago, was defeated tonight by Phil Salvadore of Sacramento in four rounds. , One thing that makes it hard to find Ideal servants is the scarcity of ideal employers. USEFUL PRUNE i There is a most useful prune symposium in the S(ogan pages of The Statesman of this morning. - - V. '.. It is ah important time in the prune in dustry r j ' . J " . j ' . Important that wider markets be developed-- I 1' i l And they are being developed, on ac count of the fact that our district produces the large sizes; the wanted kinds; the prunes that command top prices. It is important also that we produce more of j the sweet prunes of large sizes, and this jjwll be done, more and more. , The great future of bur prune industry lies in quality fruit, and the intelligent merchandising of this quality fruit. p CASCADE BRAND HAMS, U.S. Inspected f i n T U PACIFIC COOPEBATIVE Plffl EXCHliE DOING BETTER THAW EXPECTED Handling Two Million More Pounds Than Was Estimated for the First Year, and New Members are Still Coming and Bringing Their Prunes Four-Fifths of the Ton nage Is Already Sold, and Mostly in Foreign Markets ii t t Editor Statesman; , The prune market at present s ! quiet but firm! Sales are made by j the Exchange jevefy day, but the i volume is hot arge. Sales made so far total about four-fifths of the tonnage expected by the Ex change. - Fully seventy per cent of fts sales so far are for expoTt. ThU means that there should be a continuous J domestic demand. Prices are being maintained, rul ing at 10 cents for 30-40; 9V2 for 33-45; 8 for 40-50 and 6 for 50-60, packed in 25 pound boxes, f. o.l bj dock, Portland. More Than? Expected The Exchange will handle at least 10,000,000 pounds exclu sive of the prunes of the Clarke county growers, which also sell under the Mistland brand. This is 2,000,000 pounds more than esti mated, and ; is due to growers joining up with the locals every where. Now 'that the Exchange is actually functioning and Is keeping its overhead down and. growers see that they can join a local and have actual ownership in their packing plant, they are glad to come jn. ;!- Remarkable Performance The formation of the Exchange is a remarkable performance, as no expensive sign-up campaign was conducted.. Its membership are the growers, who realize that co-operative ' marketing is the great agricultural economic more-J ment of today and that. Oregon must not lag Jbehind. It is freely ptated that the Ex change is responsible this year for from one to two; cents a pound more received! for the Oregon prune. It does not get any more for its prunes from the trade than others, but thejorganization of the Exchange has 'eliminated four or five small operators, and by co operating closely fwith the other important factors; who are also committed to 'good returns to the growers, the market la maintain i Was Early Season The 1924 season is extremefy early, the Exchange having pack ed out nearly ft million pounds in September. EVery local 1 busy grading and packing. , As fast as drafts are paid and any amount of money accumulated,' a distribu tion is made to the locals accord ing to their percentage of any particular size'ji As soon as any one size is' sold out. that pool will be closed. jj I.- . Very High Quality i The entire 'pack of the Ex change will bellof Very high quali ty. An esDocially fine lotijof prunes is fouriid at the Creswell local. The percentage of 3M0 thereruns to 3i7, due to irrigation practiced by Dr. Scarbrough who alone has nearly a half a million pounds. I i -, ' M.;J. NEWHOUSE. Portland, Or., pet. 8, 1924. ! Nearly lilIion Here j Mr. NewhoUse Efs manager of the North Pacific Co-operative Prune Exchange. ,which is? the selling agencyj? for the local; co operatives throughout the Oregon prune districts,, taking the place, largely, of the Oregon Growers Cooperative association and its local packing jhousM. The head office of the new Exchange is at SYMPOSIUM BACON AND LARD SALEM, OREGON E Portland, 310 Worcester building. As was indicated in the article of Mr. Newhouse, this is the first year of : operation j Tor this new Exchange, and it was started late in the season hence its remark able success, beyond expectations. 1 The Salem Local ' ' The Salem ' Cooperative Prune Growers is the Salem local for this Exchange. For this year the Ore gon Growers Cooperative associ ation; is handling the Salem busi ness, at the old Salem Fruit Union plant, corner of Trade and High streets,,; and William Ray is in charge there. I ; The Salem local has received not far below a million pounds of prunes this year, and they are still coming, mostly from new growers who' are voluntarily, signing up. They have packed and sent out several cars, and the rest of the prunes here are graded and in the bins, ready for processing and shipping, onrthe orders of the head office. . ': , The prunes of the North Pa cific Cooperative Prune Exchange are going out under the brands, "Mistland" and Truewest." TIME OF DRYING E New System of :0AC Very Materially Increases Ca pacity of Dryers The time ' for ' drying English walnuts has been cut from 50 to 72 hours to 12 to 3 hours by a new system of farced-draft em ployed by the Oregon Agricultur al college experiment station and A. E. Wright, a Portland grower with extensive groves in the Mc Mirinville district. Preliminary In vestigations last year were so successful that- the published re sults aroused great, interest among growers in Oregon. ' j Much larger quantities of,nuts are'treated at a time in the new tystem, as the heated air is forced through a three-foot layer spread oyer a wire netting 10 feet by 10 feet in size. The air. at a tem perature of 103F, ; is ' returned to be used over and oyer again, thus saving heat and fuel as well as speeding up "drying and increasing the Capacity of the plant. The process leaves the nuts In good condition, says E. H. Wieg and, horticulturist at the experi ment station In charge of the in vestigations. Only a few develop Perfectly. Pasteurized Milk and Cream 4 Phone 725 IMS Valley Mot 260 North High Street, Boost This Community by Advertising on the Slogan Pages : pID YOU KNOW That Salem is the largest primary prune market inthe world for Oregon ("Italian") 1 prunes, the fart-sweet prunes of quality that this long lead is ' being increased constantly by our packing, canning, and other concerns, and by improvements in the growing of the fine, large sizes; that new and more profitable varieties are com? nff in; that prunes for the grower ought to be "as good las wheat,' as reliable, and much more profitable; and that 5 . - i ; v ... ; ' j- . . j r there is plenty of cheap land yet to be had in this district i ; - ' - - ' 1 i for the growing of prunes, and new growers who : will pro duce quality fruit will be made welcome? ! ' I -. . i i ; ". i- ' : ".-- ;split shells. Some o the smaller jnuts are dried too much, but soOn regain the right supplv of mois ture on being exposed to the air iunder normal conditions.' "If the -nuts are graded before drying this .condition is averted, but natural shrinkage makes it advisable to Jregrade, after drying. j The bins in. which the nuts are kirled are cheaply constructed of shiplap. The nuts are scrubbed before being sent to the drier by means of a conveyor, and raked but through an opening after dnr- 'ing. The entire process is simple and readily carried out. - . I A forced, draft drier built on Ihe experimental plant plan has been erected "on the farm of. Pro lessor F. C. Young of the Uni versity of Oregon, u j ' t ROBERT C. PAULUS L IN INTERVIEW GIVES (Conttnned from page 10) ; , , i jmuch net profit as the producers of the Italian variety, i j , The Present Prices I. Dealers in prunes here are now. receiving; about .the. following 'prices: ,30-40s, 10.' to '11 cents a pound; 40-5 0s, 8 to 8 cents; 60-60's, 6 to 6 cents; 60-70s, 6 cents. The smaller sizes are all cleaned up. ! NUMBER OF ITEMS Box for Feeding Poultry Dry Mash; Pigs Need Clean; Water, Etc., Etc. (The following are paragraphs from ajcurrent bulletin from the department of industrial journal ism of the Oregon Agricultural college:) j Factors that most affect econ omy of dairy production In Ore gon, as determined in a recent cost production ,? survey by the state college extension service, are production per cow,' amount of feed used. size of herd, and the amount of investment. " $ ' Crop rotation and use of farm manure or; crop residues are first jes8entials in mny permanent plan for most Oregon soils, with occasional liming of soils in the ; humid ..section. The fertility of ;many different soil types is being i IPhone 102 ; 1 1CI South Commercial Street THEO. M. BARR Plumbing HEATING AND TINNING Salem, Oregon Road, well, sewer, and drain pipe In stock at all times, ; Get . your Pipe where you can see how good it is made. MILESTONE Concrete Products Gravel Company An Independent Organization t 1405 North Front, Salens OTfl FJRMERS Oregon or Co Phone 1995 explored through ; the systematic soil survey and : fertility work conducted by the .experiment sta tion and federal! bureau of soils. Pigs peed good clean water ac cessible at all tjmes. Water in th feed is the same thing to the pig as water in the trough so long as there is not too much in the feed, causing the pig to consume too much water i in order to get enough feed. While information is not complete on this subject, the Oregon experiment station au thorities think that the entire ra tion for fattening a pig should not contain more than CO per cent of water. . fFruit picked while immature wilts more readily than when picked later in the season. Ex cessive loss of weight results in wilting which seriously impairs the apearance of 'the fruit. "Wilt;, ing ears," says the 1 Oregon Agri cultural college horticulture de- artment; lose . their gloss,1 are dull and unattractive and do not become aromatic," For f eding dry mash to poul try ah open box Or trough is used by the Oregon experiment station. It is superior to the "self feeding hopper." A box 6 inches deep, 6 Inches wide and 4 feet long makes a desirable feeding box. I A piece or quarter round material is nailed on the upper side of the inside of the box to keep the birds from hooking the mash out with their beaks. . STATESMAN W A N TAD S The shortest distance between buyer and seller. ft: u DRAGER FRUIT COMPANY Dried Fruit Packers ; 221 South! High St, ' Salem, Oregon . ; ' Always in the market for dried fruits of all kinds Salem is the center of a potential 100,000, 000 pound annual prune industry. Manuals, School Helps and Supplies ; f. , Tour order will be given PROMPT attention The J. J. Kraps i; 1 Company Kent 8. Kraps, Mgr. Uoz 96 Salena, Oregon Eat a Plate a Bzz WEATDEBLY ICECRE&L Sold Everywhere Ice Cream Co. P. BL GREGORY, Ilr, 210 Bonth Commercial Ei. SALE3X odge Ones. Sedai Bonesteel Motor Co. 184 S. Coml St. Phone 23 I 1 i Supreme Court Docket "- Is Good for One Yc:.r Arthur S. Benson, clerk of the supreme court, has completed a docket' of 216 cases that are ready for hearing, and' that will occupy the attention of the court for near ly a year. In addition to thei2 will be original procedings that have the right of way over regu larly listed cases. The docket just completed is being mailed to tLa attorneys of the state. The.cas: j are listed in the order In whicli appeals are perfected by the fil ing of briefs and will; be set for hearing from month to month 3 near as. possible in the order la which they are listed. '. . , Auto Electric Work i It. D. BARTON 171 S. Commercial St. Hotel Marion SALEM, OREGON The Largest and Host Complete Hostelry in Oregon Out of Portland A Licensed Laly Embalmer " 'to care for women and children is a necessity in all funeral homes. We are the only ones furnishing such service.. , Terwillifier 1 Funeral Homo 770 Chemcketa St. Phone 724 Salem, Oregon Our Trees "i Carefully Grown Carrf oily " Selected Carefully Packed Will Give Satisfaction to tLe Planter Salem Nursery Company 42S Orrcon Tlnlldin TIIONE 1763 ' Additional Salesmen -WantJ Butterctip