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! v ! - ' THE OREGON STATESMAN,-SALEM, OREGON; THURSDAY-MORNING,. DECEMBER 4,-1924, rl 4-' i-i- V: k k V 4 i t ; 1 i s 1 ) OWPCO Broom handle, mop han dies, paper place, tent tog gles, all kinds of hardwood handles, manufactured by Oregon Wood Products Co. T7est Salem Overland V Oaliland Sales and Serric ; t' -r YicLz Bros. v i - nigh Street at Trade 'Salem 60,000 ty 1930 RICH L. RIEMANN Ileal Estate and Insurance S07-30S Oregon Bids. Phone 1011 FOUR DOLLARS A POID MADE HIT H'H PROF This Was True, Even Though the Yield Was Cut Down the Past Season by the Unprecedentedly Long, Dry Sum mer Season Growers Who Give Crop Best Attention Get Best Results j Editor Statesnian: ' . Agreeable to your request for an article on Mint. AVe bare about forty acres t mint on Labish Meadows Farm at present and ex pect to increase this acreage from time to time. The mint, contrary to general opinion, takes a good deal of work to keep coming to a good, stand, as it is necessary to plow ; every year and keep culti vated, to keep! thelweeds out.- and we find that the growers who do the most cultivating. , harrowing, etc., .in the spring, get the best results. ! It has been our experience In mint growing; that the only profit able place to grow this product in this vicinity is on wet ground, as it seems to require a good deal of moisture, and - will not bring the oil unless it receives this moisture from some source. ' The wettest!spots in the beaver dam grow the "best mint, but even on the beaver-dam the dry sum AT; QUALITY 1 I The Job Printing Department of The Statesman Pub lishing Company is equipped to do all kinds of printing CORRECTLY, QUICKLY and ECONOMICALLY. Efficient workmen with years of experience are ready to give your work (whether a small card or a large book) their careful attention. I Telephone 583 for samples or quotations The SELLING SALEM DISTRICT : " - . i : : i i ........... .. . ., , ... .. , . ., : .: ., .. .. . ,. :. . Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman (In Twice-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. Walnuts, NoTember 6. Strawberries,! November 13, Apples. November 20. Raspberries, November 27. Mint, December 4. i Great cows, etc., December 11 Blackberries,' December 18. Cherries, December 26. Pears, January 1, 1925. Gooseberries,' January 8. Corn, January 15. Celery, January 22. Spinach, etc., January 29. Onions, etc., j February 5. ' Potatoes, etc., February .12. Bees. February 19. Poultry and pet stock, Feb. 26. Goats. March 5. Beans, etc March 12.i Paved highways, March 19. Broccoli, etc., March 26. Silos, etc., April 2. ; Legumes. April 9. Asparagus, etc, April 16. Grapes, etc., ! April 23. PACK mer just past made a considerable difference in our crop. This year the well taken care of patches ran to about forty pounds to the acre, while heretofore ..they have been running from fifty to sixty pounds. This is the average yield for the whole field, and does not take into account any especially heavy growth on any spot. -:Hy . However, this year we were well compensated "for our shorrwcTo'p; as wereceived J nearly twfee "as much for he mint per pound as before, the price this year running up to over $ 4 a pound, which makes mint a very profitable crop. Very truly yours. L.ABISH MEADOWS FARM. I By It. E. Jones. Brooks, . Or., Dec. 1, 1924. . Poujtry Producers . After! New Members The Pacific Cooperative Poultry MG (TABLE C WORIC FAIR PRICES Statesman Publishing Co. Job Printing Department 215 South Commercial Street ' - - - Drug garden, April 30. 1 Sugar beets, sorghum, etc., r May 7. -Water powers, May 14, ; ; Irrigation, May 21. j Mining, May 28. ! Land, irrigation, etc., June 4. Dehydration, June 11. Hops, cabbage, etc., June 1 8. Wholesaling and Jobbing, June. 25.'.;; . ! , . ! :- ' : . ! ; Cucumbers, etc., July 2. Hogs. July 9. City beautiful, etc., July 16, Schools, etc., July 23. Sheep, July 30. National advei Using, Aug. 6. Seeds, etc., August 13. Livestock, August 20. Grain and grain products, August 27. Manufacturing, September 3. Automotive industries, Septem ber 10. . Woodworking, etc., Sept. 17. Paper mills, etc., Sept. 24. - .f (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) dU' IT. S. Insnefled ?DV -M 111 r Producers, Portland, are now con ducting a membership drive in or der that they may be assured of enough eggs to keep the new egg cleaning machinery busy that they are about to install. This mach inery will do much to lighten the work of poultrymen who are mem bers of this organization as it will not then be necessary that they wash their eggs, and will also mean Increased returns on several grades of eggs to the amount of two or three cents per dozen. i The associations has had a high ly successful year; prices return ed to Its members have been gen erally satisfactory. Membership in the association may be secured by any responsible poultryman owning at least 200 hens. This drive for members is being conducted by the members of the organization themselves, aided by the couny agricultural agents, the extension division of the agricultural college, and by the friendly publicity given to the work by the newspapers of the state, the poultry and agricultural magazines and the state market agent's office. ; i ' M IjAKOK M HKAT EXTOUTS PORTLAND, Ore., Dec tntal n mnllnt of wheat 3.-1 The exported from Portland during November amounted to 2,610,728 bushels at a value of J3.S28.092. Japan pur chased 1,302.374 bushels at a value of $1,944,342 or as much wheat as was purchased by the same country for the entire nine months past. j r ; i t THE CASE FOR THE t The mint industry in the Salem district is on a solid basis The growers are making money The outlook is for a constantly increas ing demand And what is needed for its expansion is 100 per cent organization. Every grower ought to be in the association, and the asso ciation ought to build a refinery in Salem. Then this district will be ready to ex pand the industry as fast as the demand for peppermint oil shall increase And there are great possibilities; it may grow into a vast industry, bringing big an nual sums. V It is worth boosting; it is one of our best and surest bets; one of our natural franchises. jirl CASCADE BRAND HAMS. : - - - 85 POUNDS OF PEPPERMINT OIL TO THE ACRE PRODUCED 1THIS DISTRICT How Would You Like to Have 100 Acres of Such Mint, With Prices Around $6 to $8 a Pound, and the Cost of the Crop About That of Hay (and You Would Have the Mint Hay, Too, After the Oil Was Extracted)? f Jjater: After the above hca1 ing and the following article were Miitten, Dan J. Fry phoned the' Slogan editor that the buying price of Halem district peppermint oil In New York yesterday was $8.50 a pound. It was reported in 1922 that G. J. Moisan and S. D. Manning, the largest mint growers in the Labish Meadows district, with 4 P acres, averaged 60 pounds of oil to the acre; and that on two acres they averaged 85 pounds to the acre an immense yield; about double the average in the mint fields of Michigan; and a super ior oil; an oil with about 51 per cent of menthol content, against the 36 per cent of Michigan. And the Oregon oil is superior in fla vor, too. The growers in that section so far as heard from are all well pleased with the outlook. They are going o stay "with the indus try. Some of their neighbors will put out mint the coming spring. It costs about $20 an acre for the roots, and about 5 an acre to plant them. They get a crop the following autumn. The mint will persist in this locality for 10 years. In the Monroe district, some of the growers cultivate every year; J. ASSOCIATION H 1 The Price Is Very Much Higher Now, and Mr. Fry Reports a Greatly Increased Interest in the Industry Here ' He Says Salem Should Have a Peppermint Oil Refin ery, Keeping All the Profits Here at Home ' Dan J. Fry, the Salem wholesale and retail druggist and buyer of crude drugs, i again bought the peppermint oil of the Oregon Mint Growers Cooperative association this year. He paid $4.10 a pound for the best of the oil. He paid for the same quality last year $2.66' a pound. This means that the trade calls for "water white" oil, which I3 clear like pure water. Nearly all of the peppermint oil produced here, especially in the Labish Meadows district. Is of that high quality. A little of the oil of the members, of the association was dark, and some still darker, running as low as $3.75 a pound in price. Mr. Fry also bought some lots of growers outside of the association. , 1 Tho Finest Oil JMr. Fry said yesterday that the Iabish Meadows district produces a very high quality of peppermint oil, and so do several other dis tricts in Linn, Lane and other val ley counties. The distilled oil turned out here is called the "nat ural oil" by the trade. Part. of the oij bought by Mr. Fry goes to New York, where it is refined. Some of it is held here in the (Salem warehouse of Mr. Fry for sale to other ". wholesale druggists and manufacturers throughout ! the country. Peppermint oil goes into candies, gums, tooth paste, per fumes, toilet articles, etc., and the demand for it is steadily grow ing..:' ' 1 : The natural oil comes to 31r. MINT INDUSTRY BACON AND LARD SALEM. OREGON not so in the Labish Meadows district. There is very little over head after the first year; com pared with onions and such an nual crops. ' The Prices- - ' , The reader will find something about the prices of peppermint oil in the interview in this issue with Dan J. Fry. the1 buyer. The price for the past 15 j-ears has axer agd above. 3. a pound. It was cowrvto 60 cents one year, and it was Up to $10 or more for a short time during the war. N'o j Overproduction i A' well informed grower de- f clares that there will be no over supply; that the use of pepper mint oil is increasing in the candy and gum and drug and other trades, using the mint flavor; the menthol. ' (This grower said the Oregon oil has not been advertised. Hut he said it, is going to be, and the Industry stabilized, so thatlit will become as reliable as prunes or walnuts or pears or wheat. He believes that no section of the United States can stand up against the . Salem district in the mint industry; owing to the natural advantages here allowing oi the production of the finest oil produced in the world, and the high average possible to the acre. BOUGHT ALL THE . OIL, ID PAID Si 10 Fry from the growers in 20 pound galvanized iron cans. He ships It out in barrels, in order .to prevent waste from' leakage or; evapora tion. It is very volatile, and sub ject to waste, The Kun of Irices : Natural peppermint oil is now quoted in New York at $6 to $S a pound ; but if any were to bet offered now, the lower figure would likely be the one received. On the same date last year it waa $3.15 a pound, and the year be fore $2.55. The war peak price was $9 to $9-50. and before the war it ran around $2.23. As most readers know, Mr. Fry is a large buyer or crude drugs, including Oregon grape root, chit tem bark, Oregon balsam fir, and when there have been markets for them, wild cherry bark, skunk cabbage, fox glove, etc. When la bor ' conditions adjust themselves all over the world, Mr. Fry ex pects to ee a large crude drug I narov 4 Perfectly Pasteurized Milk and Cream Thone 725 260 North High Street, Boost This Community : by Advertising on the Slogan ;- '. Pages : DID YOU KNOW that in the raising of mint for the manu f acturing of oil of peppermint there are decided advantages to the growers'of the Salem district; that our farmers have" what amounts to a franchise, because they produce the best mint oil in the world, besides the highest in percentage of menthol and the best and purest in quality; consequently the highest in price;: that this industry has already assumed considerable proportions and is growing fast and will. with out doubt grow here much faster from now on, and be better organized and stabilized; and that there is a great field here for new people wishing to engage in a profitable line of production? 1 i .' business grow up here in Western Oregon.' ' i Did Xot Get All Oil Mr. Fry did not get all the Ore gon oil this year. 'Mr. Todd, the Michigan oil king,.' who is a re finer as well as a' grower, got some of it. Mr. Fry got about 3500 pounds, and he, should have secured from the same growers 5000 to 6000 pounds, in a normal season.' The high prices were due to a scarcity all over the country, on account of the unprecedentedly dry growing " season here, which was also felt in all other oil dis tricts in this country. -Should Have lief inory ' , Mr. Fry thinks Salem should have a refinery for peppermint oil. Every grower should be in the as sociation. If this condition can be brought about, and with even a small increase of acreage, the as sociation itself will be justified in building a refinery here. There is usually a difference in price in New York in favor of refined pep permint oil over the natural oil, such as is produced here, of 30 cents a pound. A handsome profit could be realized on the operations ef a -refinery here,-under the above conditions; and this would help to standardize our product, tending to higher prices then our growers would get all there is in the business. The big thing is to build up the association; make it 100 per cent. Then; build a refinery, costing around $3000. Then increase the acreage as fast as the demand will justify. There is a chance for the industry to assume enormous pro-q portions, bringing 'in a vast sum annually. ' ' 1 ELKCTKO CAPTAIN CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Dec. 3. Marion A. Cheek of Brookline to day was elected captain of the Harvard football team. He played quarterback. j , Well, we have a few states left that can point with scorn at the lynching bees of lheothers. Auto Electric Work R. D. BARTON 171 S. Commercial St, Phone 103 164 Soutli Commercial Street TKEO. M. BARR Plumbing HEATING "AND TINNING Salem, Oregon PIPE Road, well, lewer, . and drain, pipe fn atock at all times. Get your pipe where you can aee how good it is made,' MILESTONE Concrete Products Oregon Gravel Company An Independent Organlxatlotf 1105 North Front, Salon , Phone 1995 n PEPPERMINT OIL'IS OF A il! 1 VEHYH19H GRMfflDTESTS I'JELL Mark Aspinwall tering as the Years Go by. the Future Is Very Good Uorwoctinn f (In a . former issue . of The Statesman, Mark Aspinwall, grow er in the Brooks neighborhood. wrote as follows:) : . . Your letter at hand and con tents noted. In reply will say that my short time in the mint indus try has revealed a number of things to me. 1 ! " - Peppermint is more or less of a water plant and requires consid erable moisture in j the . ground in order to get a good growth., I find that marshy or beaverdam land! Is the best soil adapted for the growing of mint. ' I ! Planting of Mint i Tfte planting should be done in the jearly spring about March if possible, xrr even a little earlier. The roots should ; be planted in rows- about three feet apart, lay ing the roots in one continuous roweither plow them under in every third . furrow or if the ground is in good condition mark it off and furrow out places for theroots which you can I cover with a harrow or leveler. Mint can be harrowed until it is up about five or six inches high without any damage being done to It. After that: the rows can be followed with a cultivator (if straight enough) until time to lay It aside. ? Care should be taken j to leave the ground as level as possible, as if there are too many ridges jeft in cultivating it will cause trouble in cutting. ,. I The Harvesting The proper time to cut mint Is S r J A t I J V iLi'--- i-i.- 1 j A Licensed Laiy Embalmer flnPAOTR FRI1TT to care for women and iSlirlU 11 lllUll children Is a necessity in .Aiin itnT all funeral homes. We are i CDIuTANY ' msr ",r"MDS Dried Fruit Packers Terwilliger ' ' UJ y Funeral Home Always in the market for Chemckeu Bt. dried fruits Of all kinds Phone 721 Batem, Oregon There is a boom in our mint industry; ought to be a much larger boom. J Hotel i Marion SALEM, OREGON The Largest and Most Complete ; Hostelry in (Oregon Out of Portland Eat a Plate a VEATUERLY ICE CREA0 Sold Everywhere Buttercup Ice Cream Co. P. BI. GREGORY, Ilir, 24t South Commercial CU SALEM Dodge Oros. . ...-. Sedau Bonesteel Motor Co. 184 S. Com! St. Phone 43 Says the Marketing Conditions Arc'fiei-' and the Outlook for Mint in Methods of Planting and v when it is about two-thirds in bloom. However, It is not advis able to wait too long for it to bloom, as Often times the season for distilling would be too late-if you waited for Jthe blooms. I have always made it a point' to start distilling from the first to the fif teenth of August, so as to be through before the fall rains 'start. The mint should be about two thirds dry to distill in good shape and should not be left . la the tanks for more than 4 5 minutes, as the different elements from va rious weeds will distill over anC make a poor grade of oil. Oregon Oil High Orade Oregon peppermint is of a very high grade and tests considerablj higher thah'lots of oil raised 1 different parts" of the United States. My oil tested 65.5rper cent menthol, which is 15' per cent above what the USP test requires, and 7.5 per cent asetate, being 2.5 per cent above USP, , which, is an average of Oregon oil: ' ' " Marketing conditions are bet tering as the' years go by, and the outlook-for mint in the, future i3 very good, as you are afele to take care of considerable acreage alone and the price looks good and the demand for Oregon mint oil is in creasing considerably. -. , The English organist who got fired for playing "Onward Chris tian Soldiers" as a wedding march probably had a belligerent wife- 1 Manuals, School IIclpj and Supplies Tour order will be given PROMPT attention !' I The J. J. Kraps Company Kent S. Kraps, Mir. Box 9 6 Balen, Orr-.-i H