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THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20 1024 OWPCO Eat a Plate a Dzji T nE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEMOHEGON 1 miii i -- - - -. - . SELL 1NG S A LEM DIST R IGT : t i i ; i i J : ; i , 4 1 -l A V t I . V n V i ' I, i U .) . V i - I - ! t ! . ! - y 4 1 1 I I "i ir . . 1. ' Broom bandies, mop ban Ales, paper plugs, tent tog gles, all kinds of hardwood handles,! manufactured by the Oregon Wood Products Co West Salens Overlan3 WfflyaKnisht Oakland . Sales and Serriet "' ' ' ' ! j. Vicli Bros. High Street at Trade Salem 60.000 by 1930 RICH L. RIEMANN Heal Estate) and Iasvaaea 0 7-3 OS Oregon Bid. : Phone 1011 SUCCESS OF BLIND The Story of a California Poultryman Who Has felt His Way To Success (The ' following, by Christine Emery, Is from the Farm and Or chard section of the Los Angeles Times of last Sunday:) You will climb the heights in . more ways than one when you visit the ! Akers poultry farm at Tu Junga, for it is an inspirational journey that jifts the seeker for facts well above the sense of limi tation that, all too often, seems 1 to overshadow our every-day ex istence.; , Vaughn H. Alters, the owner of this highland farm, is a blind man. yet hi, has been an achievement that puts to shame all half-hearted attempts at winning a way in the world and silences the hard , luck tales of men, who having - their sight, are far less capable of seeing life's great opportunities than he. Read the story of his effort, re , Joice In the courage that, daily put to the test, has triumphed over the greatest or physical handicaps; and let no one declare that can't be done," or that mailing a go with poultry is a visionary and uninteresting .theme. Since 1918, when in the service of his country in the World War, . he lost his sight, life has been for 'Mr. Akers a long period of read justment. For him it became only a question of what to do he was determined to succeed at some thing. His was not and is. not the blindness of inertia. ' In preparation for a life of use fulness soon ; after his return to . this country from France, Mr. Akers entered upon a course in project training at the Veterans' Vocational School at Baltimore, Maryland. Learning to read and . -write by the Brailo system for the ' blind and to operate the typewrit er were merely preliminary prepa- i rations for the plan he had so def initely in mind, for a little later he, with a group of twenty-nine - others, began a course in scientific poultry raising. - When their mastery of " theory was sufficient: to warrant the be ginning of actual work, the mem bers of that invincible class, .pre pared to make practical applica tion of the principles they had so painstakingly learned. Mrs. Akers. an efficient and charming little woman, who had given generously of her time and strength in the war-time medical service, is a native Californian, and she sa w the opportunity for phy sical upbuilding that would come . from the out-of-door life in the southwest. Consequently, three years ago the Akers bought a place In Tujunga, a bit of one time vineyard land, where, high and dry and well above the fog, they started hopefully upon their ' great adventure. ' . In those early days Mrs. Akers 4 was. the ."seeing member of the firm" for all was new and strange to the tall man who so cautiously felt his way about with the aid of a cane as he slowly memorized the details of his unseen homestead. Gradually, because he willed it to v be so. he learned his way about and planned for the fullest utili zation of the three small lots (they are 40 by 110 feet each) that were to become the proving .'ground for his unusual business venture. ' "I wanted Rhode Island Reds and I insisted that I would have none but the best," said Mr, Akers in telling of that first experience, "and right then it seemed that I had struck against an uncllmbable wall, for as time passed the strain of birds I sought grew more and more elusive. r "Mrs. Akers read all of the VALLEY . i 4 ' ' Ml IITII HUM ill III 1 - . w 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 18.! Flax, October 23. Filberts, October 30. 1 Walnuts, November 8. Strawberries, November 13. Apples. November 20. ' Raspberries, November 27. .Mint, December 4. Great cows, etc., December 11 Blackberries, December 18. Cherries,' December 25. Tears, January 1, 1925. Gooseberries, January 8. Corn, January 15. Celery, January 22. Spinach, etc., January 29. Onions, etc., February 5. Potatoes,' etc., February 12. Bees, February 19. . Poultry and pet stock, Feb. 26. Goats, March 5. Beans, etc., March 12. Paved highways, March 19. . Broccoli,' etc, March 28. Silos, etc., April 2.- - Legumes, April 9, Asparagus, etc., April 16. Grapes, etc., April 23. PACKING CO. poultry journals and we checked off the ads in them and In the Farm and Orchard Magazine of the Times. Then we (that is she) would inspect the birds offered. We were ' hard to please I don't mind saying! it. I finally bought a few birds that seemed to be the best available and we made a start. But I wanted to do really constructive 1 work, building on a foundation of the best, and we weren't satisfied. i "Of course, we finally found what we wanted. The best in poultry can be bought right here in Southern California if you look for it, and we got just what we'd been after. I My wife brought me the good tidings and we launched forth with two settings of eggs that represented our ideal in poul try strains. j ; i . "Since then it has been smooth sailing and our days are filled with Interesting activity. I honestly think there is nothing that offers greater possibilities -for normal, healthful living than : a business and home like mine." : I wanted to see the "Reds" this blind man so much admired, and he was more than willing. I fol lowed him, marveling at the sure ness of his step as .he led the way about the yards, where, securely penned and comfortably; housed, his birds are given every attention. So accustomed are they to being picked up and petted that they crowd about him the moment be enters their enclosure. There is no frantic rushing for cover at the approach of a stranger, .for the Akers flock know and expect nothing ! but kindly ' treatment. And this tameness was manifest later at the Los Angeles County Fair poultry show at Pomona, where the Akers birds, entered in the pen laying contests, were no ticeably calm and contented in their close quarters under the searching eyes of visitors. Inci dentally,: Mr. Akers had the high laying pen of "Reds' In the "en durance handicap" at the fair. Mr.. Akers is able to reach out, instinctively it seems, and pick up any bird that he desires. Each fowl has a leg band marked with the raised dots of the Braile sys tem, but . he does not need this help apparently to be sure he has the one he wants. All hens on be ing released from the trap nests that are! bo essentially a feature of the work at the Akers farm are "read," j the score being marked (in Braile)) upon the tally sheet besides the nests. The records are then entered in the cleverly kept Braile 'fproduction book." "I can't realize that your hus band is blind." 1 told Mrs. Akers as we stood and watched him at work. '' r ? . j "Few people do." she assured me with a smile. ."Here, at home, he is sure of his surroundings and he does not even need his cane, but when he is in a strange place it is different. Even though I am a nurse, or perhaps because of it, I think it is truly remarkable what he has been able to accom plish, for he does all of the work and he has. even built the small houses and yards. : "I am using Barred Rocks and Silky's for hatching," Mrs. Akers explained, "and I find that the little white hens are not only good setters, but that they are fine mo thers and stay with their flocks until the chickens are as big as they are.'; j "My plan is to build up a relia ble breeding business and I feel that I can make a good showing, for I have over 200 carefully grad ed birds, i Gradually I want to break Into the show room exhibi tions, for I think I am going to have something worth showing as the years go by. My birds are going strong on the laying and I have some good records that pro mise well for future egg-basket production from my flock.! t , "It is a waste of time to work with any but the best, I am sure. We were rewarded, after our search, by finding a strain of Reds that have an individuality, a proven egg production, bodily vig or and richness of plumage and these qualities are being perpet uated in my birds. . Leading breed Drug garden, April .30. Sugar beets, sorghum, etc, i May 7. Water powers. May 14. Irrigation, May 21. Mining, May 28. Land, irrigation, etc.. June 4. Dehydration, June 11. L Hops, cabbage, etc., June 18. Wholesaling and Jobbing, June 25. Cucumbers, etc., July 2. Hogs, July 9. City beautiful, etc., July 16. Schools, etc., July 23. ! Sheep, July 30. ; i National advei Using, Aug. 6. Seeds, etc., August 13. Livestock, August 20. Grain and grain products, August 27. i Manufacturing, September 3. Automotive industries, Septem ber 10. Woodworking, etc., Septi 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) U.S. Inspected J.A APPLES OF HIGH QUALITY A FAMOUS DDUGLftS COUNTY DISTRICT A Man With a Twenty Acre Orchard Can Afford to go Sojourning on a Pleasure Trip With His Wife After Putting His Apples in Cold Storage Waiting for the Higher Fancy Market Demands.: R. W. Hinkley was down In Sal em from his Douglas county stamping grounds las week, ex changing experiences with some of the dealers and growers - of this neck of the woods. ' One address of Mr. Hinkley is Roseburg, and another is Wilbur, R. Ft D. The latter gets, him at his ranch in Garden valley, one of the richest sections of Douglas county, or of Oregon, or any other old country. j ; High Quality; Apples, Pears Mr. Hinkley has a 20 acre orch ard in Garden valley, mostly Spit senbergs and Newtowns, with some Winter Nellis and Anjou pears, and he grows fruit fit to set be fore 'a king, crowned or uncrown ed. He has also some Bosc pears. The kind of Anjou pears he grows have ! been netting $2.50 to t the growers out there, and their Bosc have been bringing them as high as i a bushel, i Over 5000 Boxes In Storage , Their Spitzenbergs and New towns have been netting the Doug las county apple growers $1.80 to $1.85 a box; but Mr. Hinkley has over 5000 boxes of bis - apples, grown on his tract, each Individual apple wrapped, in cold storage in a New Jersey warehouse near New FLAX INDUSTRIES LI Our Valley Adapted to Both Growing and Manufac ture of Staple Product (Following is the bulletin for November 18th of the Oregon state market agent department.' It makes a very good summary of the flax industry and its pros pects: ) !;-;'; t ,;' ' Farmers in the Salem district who have been growing flax for the state penitentiary say that it is the most profitable crop they have raised in years; that the state pays from $20 to $35 per ton; that they can raise .two ton per acre, and more on irrigated lands, and they are mostj enthusiastic over the prospects for outside manufac tories locating here which will make a greater demand for the product. .... j -:-, !' The United States imports $100,000,000 worth of manufac tured articles and by-products of flax. This is at wonderful market for growing and home manufac ture. Experts state that western Oregon has the climate that is in dispensable for spinning and man ufacturing the year around and it is now practically demonstrated, beyond all doubt, that flax can be grown here as successfully as any ers of "Reds' have taken a friendly interest in my efforts and have1 given me no r end of good advice that has helped me a lot. This willingness to help the other fellow is one of the fin est qualities a man can have and I can probably realize it better than most persons."! M WE EXCEL FLAVORED APPLES The Salem district raises the best flav ored apples in the world I Better than can be grown in any irri gated district and this fact alone elects Salem as an apple center, j But there are other things that help in this ; for instance Salem takes the culls and the by-products, and Salem is for the cen tral Willamette valley the banking, mar keting, shipping and merchandising center of the industry. , IT IS THE FLAVOR is suggested as a slogan. Put that slogan strong enough, and send it forth in a wide enough sweep over the whole world, and it will be worth millions to this valley ' ? Because it is a true slogan. ; It will wear. It will sell at remunerative prices all the high quality apples we can grow. CASCADE BRAND HAMS, GROWN York City, waiting for the fancy and higher market prices And In the mean time he is go ing ; to take his wife in a flivver and enjoy a vacation in Califor nia. ; Some luxury, though well earned, for a man with a 20 acre orchard. Mr. Hinkley had only 150 box es of cull apples out of his more than 5000 boxes. He is not interested much in culls, but he says a Sac ramento firm has been buying a lot of cull apples in the Douglas county apple districts, and pay ling 60 cents a bushel for them; have taken a number of car loads. Mr. Hinkley says raising good apples is not all play. The past season has been an unusually hard one, on account of the dry weath er. It has been one continuous war with worms, for one thing, y He pioneered in fruit growing in his district, and there was a long wait and there was plenty of hard work in bringing the trees up to their present efficiency in bearing good fruit. i The land on which Mr. Hinkley has his orchard is just across the North Umpqua river from the Brown place; the birthplace and boyhood home of Associate Justice George M. Brown of the Oregon supreme court. grain crop, and at much better profits. i 1 A linen mill. Is practically as sured for the Salem district; the penitentiary expects to start the manufacture of sack and seine twine in the near future; yarn, thread and other manufactories will naturally follow, which will make a far greater demand for the grown crop. There are about 425 convicts in the penitentiary at present. .Gov ernor Olcott was given an even $430,000 for maintenance. The last legislature appropriated an equal sum, but $100,000 of the amount was to be used by Gover nor Pierce as he saw fit. He cut the appropriation down to $330, 000 and then started to make the flax mill pay expenses of the pri son. And notwithstanding the disastrous fire in the penitentiary which cost the state more than $100,000 the work of making the prison pay its way is going ahead and bids fair to be more than real ized, and at the same time a small wage scale . is paid to the prison employees who are employed in the flax mill. This demonstration has attract ed . the attention of ' outside capi talists. The O. A. C. has long been interested in the flax indus try and has much valuable and practical experimental data and the state Chamber of Commerce is doing much toward interesting manufacturing capital. With much improved machin ery and short cuts in growing and handling flax, prospects are that this will become a profitable in dustry for western Orgeon. A state or locality that is adapted to both growing and manufacture has a distinct advantage. Mild climate the year around Is neces sary, as well as soft water, absence of electricity and other features, which the state has. One of the drawbacks to profit able flax growing in Oregon has been the cost of pulling. Until re cently it has had to be done by hand and it has been expensive. IN THE BEST BACON AND LARD SALEM, OREGON Flax cannot be cut like grain crops as the cut leaves a blunt end. It has to be pulled from fhe root. -".Flax pulling machines are now in use in the Salem district, which greatly reduces the cost. The prison flax department has on hand at the present time 2500 tons of flax straw In various stag es; 3000 bushels of flax seed and twenty tons of tow, the aggregate value of which is over $107,000. It has $184,000 invested in the flax factory, flax machinery, flax sheds, flax pullers, power plant, flax and hemp seed and straw. The, boll weevil and the negro exodus from the south are steadily raising the price of all cotton goods and making a greater de mand for linen products. With reduction' In the costs of' growing and manufacturing: flax, 'there is a world market and keen demand for this line. SECOND ARTICLE ON PlI PRODUCTION Continued Discussidn on the Cost of Growing the Fruit-and Drying It m formation on the cost of prune production is also needed to re duce costs on the individual farm through the use of the most effi cient, production practices. Also to determine the value,, of . the prune enterprise on any farm and its economic relation to the other enterprises there. ! The future of the enterprise will require more exact knowledge of costs than the past. While the number of bearing trees increased 30 per cent from 1910 to 1920, the number of non bearing trees Increased 200 per cent. With a present production of 250,000,000 pounds of dried prunes in , the United States, the outlook is for double that production within a few years. ' If production were controlled or restricted by limiting the planting of new acreage or by reducing the old acreage now planted on mar ginal or doubtful lands, the prune enterprise would be saved much hardship. . Public sentiment has already developed against furthor increase in acreage at this time. Specific control of acreage, how ever, does not seem ' possible ex cept as the natural law of . supply and demand operates to eliminate the high cost producer! CELERY BLIGHT IS EASY OF CONTROL Many celery growers in Oregon lost heavily In 1924 from the cel ery fungus. Some plantings, how ever, remained entirely free from this disease, due to the use of copper-lime dust or Bordeaux spray applied at proper interval. Ad vice on this disease may be ob tained from the bacteriology de partment of the experiment sta tion. ; : . DAIRY Perfectly Pasteurized Milk and Cream Phone 725 Walhy MotorW 260 North High Street, Phone 1995 Boost This Community by Advertising on the Slogan Pages - ' .'". Did you know that Salem center; that it is one of the best apple market in the Pacific Northwest because of the great demand for the small and cheaper grades and the culls and by-products in manufac turing here; that for the fancy varieties and grades, it is as good as any, and in a few of the 'fancy varieties our growers excel those in the best advertised districts ; that for these reasons, Salem will maintain her lead, and some of the greatest commercial apple orchards of the future will be located in the Willamette valley, because we produce the best flavored apples in the world; and that there is room .for more intelligent and painstaking apple growers here?- 0 OM MKT ADVISES MR: PLANK And He Thinks'a Wide Vari ety of Maturity Ought To Be Provided for Editor Statesman r The apple growers'- industry Is one of fat and lean years, with the latter predominating. However, the possible margin or profit or loss is so wide, it has a certain ap peal to many growers. There is no question of the pos sibility of producing fruit of the very finest quality and flavor in the Willamette valley, although it is doubtful if we will ever be come a great producing center. There are several reasons for this point of view. Perhaps the" prin cipal one is, there is such a great diversity of crops available, there is consequently a strong disinclin ation to center heavily on one par ticular product. For the! prospective grower my recommendation would be to try for( the home market,' which would mean to have as wide a variety of maturity as possible. The very earliest ripening, and then have (other varieties coming on continuously for as long a per iod as possible. Any reliable nur sery manager can name a suitable selection. . .- The writer would regard the owner of such an orchard, of suit able size for his means, or ability to properly ca,re for," located well, with the right soil conditions, as extremely fortunate. I JOHN U. PLANK.. Waldo Hills Orchards, Salem, Or' Nov. 18, 1924. APPLES ACCORDING TO SALEM BOOKLET Marion and Polk Counties Have 3200 Acres Planted In Apples at Present The Salem Chamber; of Com-j merce has; a new booklet, entitled, "Come to Oregon,! which is re ceiving high compliments as one Phone 102 164 South Commercial l Street TKEO. M. BARR ' 1 Plumbing HEATING AND TINNING Balem, Oregon PIPE 4 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 Oregon Gravel Company An Independent Organization ('.-.'. - . 1405 North Front, Salem is and will be alwavs be aDDle of the best of its Ifind ever pub lished in this stata.?i It covers ac curately. an outlindjof he. various crops in which the Salem district excels or may excejti p - ; ;' ' Under the head of 'apples5: the following paragraphs ' Appear ! in this, booklet: . .Apples in Salem Booklet J "In Marion and Polk counties, with Salem located in the center ol this great fruit district,. 3,200 acres -are planted in apples. This part of the Willamette " valley is especially adapted to certain var ieties, especially; the Grimes Gold en and Newtowns for export, and for early varieties, the Gravenstein and Winter Banana. . "Family orchards do well In the Salem district as there is an active local demand. In 1922 tho ran. neries within the Salem " district canned -and dehydrated 114,000 cases. of apples. "A conservative estimate is that in Hie Salem district, 150 bushels an.aci'e is the average with a gen eral price of $1.00 a bushel. Ap ples in the Willamette valley are packed and. sold only .in boxes. Barrel packing is unknown. V , "Apples In the Salem district as elsewhere require- intensive culti vation and spraying. The orchard requires constantxare to produces commercial crops." Experienced growers state that from jsix to eight years are required to bring an orchard into full bearing. "Some experienced growers recommend J that for the Willam ette valley the most profitable ap ple orchards are, in -the order named: rtley. Grimes, t Rome Beauty and the Gravenstein. Oth er apple growers prefer this order; Winter Bananas, firtmeo OnMen Ortley, Newtown, King, Red" uomes ana ueucious'- We wouldn't mind strange1 polit ical bedfellows If they would only go to'sleep. ,. .;.: Those who begin . by telling 'white lies" may soon become col or blind. I R: I LDRAGER FRUIT COMPANY , Dried Fruit Packers. . 221 South High St, , Salem, Oregon ; V i Always in the market for dried fruits of all kinds Salem will always a high, class product. Hotel Marion SALEM, OREGON The Largest and Most Complete Hostelry - in Oregon Out of Portland J i WEATIIERLY ICECREfiL 1 . Sold Everywhere Buttercup Ice Cream Co. P. M. GREGORY, Ilrr, 24 South Commercial CU SALEM Dodge Duos. Sedan Bonesteel Motor Co. 184 S. Com'l St.' Phone 4Z3 , State fprah3qe Assocbirn v f Meeti 'i'rt EuQene'Dco.- 1 - r n H W iij . ,Thi prtsctp? Stat Drainage cs soclation will hold its regular meeting at" the Eugene chamber, of. commerce, Thursday, Decem ber 11.. i 1 i An increased Interest is beln shown in drainage due. tovimprov ed agricultural conditions. At this meeting a report on tbo drainage of Willamette valley, made by" L. T. Jessup, drains engineer of the United States de partment of agriculture, in coop eration with the soils department of the experiment station will be an important feature ' Tlenre- sentatives of the rairoads, stata chamber of commerce, and lead ing drainage authorities of the northwest will discuss the pend ing reclamation projects. One third of the WiUamett.ee valley needs drainage, according to the soil survey lately compiled. The average cost of this drainage will not exceed $10 per acre. The leading wet types of soil In the valley are the white lan i and the half white land. Typical whjte'lapd at the, college .experi ment station where " grain at. 1 winter barley failed before drain age, improved with drainage tiU last season 65 bushels of winter barley were harvested from it. Auto Electric Work R. D. BARTON 171 S. Commercial St. .a- A Licensed La ly Embalmer to care for women and children Is a necessity In all funeral homes. We are the only ones furnishing such service. r Terwillifjcr Funeral Hems 770 Chemeketa EU ' v Phono 724 ftaiem, Oregon be an apple center for Manuals, School Hels and Supplies i ' Tour order will be given PROMPT attention ,Thc J. J. Krnps V Company , I Kent S. Kraps, Mgr. . ... i Box 98 Salent, - Cw; 1 , v '