TIIE OREGON STATESMAN SALEM, OREGON
- SUNDAY-MORNING, DECEMBER 7; 192-1
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Gain of 15 Per, Cent Shown
in Report "Prepared by
Commissioner Moore
.Premium taxi receipts have in-
reused 98 per r cent during .the
irst 11 monthslof 1924 over the
receipts for 19 2r according to a
report submitted by Will Moore,
tate real estate! and i insurance
ommissioner, tot Governor Walter
I. Pierce- The amount forr'this
ear is $482,613,93 against $242,
S3.44 in 122, i Licenses increas
(1 IS per cent I while total re
teipts for 1924 Increased 84 per
ent. with , $569,29-99 against
5316,443.63 in 1922. Disburse
ments for 1924 Iwere $25,357.27
gainst 124,436.75 for 1922, an
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Salem t property and ' producing Willamette
Valley farms in one ot the richest territories in the
United States. The mortgages are held in trust by
the First National Bank In Salem. These bonds are
sold in multiples of $100 and the interest is. paid
sepi-aimually. " 3 . -,'
Write or phone for circular giving detailed in
formation on this investment."
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increase. oi hut 3 per eent. -Tbe
budget for 1925-26 is only f 380
above "thaf" for the ': present" bien
nial. Companies have increased from
406 in 1922 to 469 in 1924, a
pain ot 15 per centr while agents'
licenses Increased 19 per cent
with 10,902 in 1922 and 12,955
this year.. ,. :.
In the fire marshal's - depart
ment "receipts from ; January 1,
1922 to November 30. 1922, were
$22,215.94 against $27,322.87 for
the corresponding i period this
year. Disbursements were $22,
238.55. against $25,595.42 for the
same periods. Of the amount this
year, $5795 has been, for standar
dization - of fire hose couplings,
authorized by the 1923 legislat
ure, , ; The increasing fire losses
with the apparently; ever increas
ing number of crooked fires to
investigate has made this a very
strenuous year, according to the
report. , 1 . . 1 .;.
Receipts from the real estate
department far 1921 were $12,162
against $11,533.50 for the same
period this year. Disbursements
were nearly equal, being $7812.60
for the first land $7100.85 for
the second period. ( The falling
off in receipts has apparently been
caused by. the fact that there has
been very little . market for. .real
estate, Mr. Moore points out
Franklin Buys Property
North bri Pacific Highway
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O. F. Franklin has purchased a
large tract on the Pacific highway
about a mile from the Valley Pack
lng company plant, and will erect
an $8 000-$ 10,0 00 residence In
the spring. Mr. Franklin is land
scaping his property and will have
an exceptionally attractive place
when it is completed. '
Listing Bureau Literature
Reaches Many in Ration
In answer to the advertisements
of the Salem Multiple listing .bar
eau there has been: inquiries re
ceived here from Haskell, Ok. la.;
Katoma, Kansas; Lid a, Nevada,
and other places. The bureauis
distributing a!bout; 2;000piei?es of
literature each month which, "prob
ably reaches nearly 10,000 peo
ple,; Plans are underway to in
crease the circulation of the litera
ture. I '
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Back Yard Horticulture
(This is; the third article of a series to Ite run each Sunday'
daring the whole pLintntion season, giving valuable information
and hints for Salem homo owners and others). '
. A program for the balancing
and development of the horticul
tural' production of 'Polk county
must be based upon not only what
we can grow to advantage, but
what we can market to advantage
as well. Only those varieties of
tree and small -fruits, nuts ' and
vegetables, , which are particularly
adapted to our soils and climatic
conditions, are to be included.
Our fruit, nut and vegetable plant
ings, must be planted in the loca
tion and upon the soils within the
county suited for their production.
They must be planted t in large
enough units for economic produc
tion. Existing plantings unfortun
ately located, such, as , prune or
chards upon shallow or poorly
drained soils, can be pulled, ' at
once to the 1 financial advantage
of the grower as well as the good
of the industry. ; Indications ; are
that certain crops, such as prunes,
apples, loganberries, etc., are al
ready overplanted in the county,
while there are others such as red
raspberries, evergreen blackber
ries, Bartlett pears, nuts and some
of the canning, vegetables,, which
will stand reasonable expansion.
We must produce those things our
markets demand, in the propor
tions demanded.- '
Prunes
The dried prune production of
the United States for 1922 was
something less than three hundred
million pounds, California produc
ing two hundred and twenty-five
million, Oregon fifty million, and
Washington approximately twelve
million , pounds. . The total pro
duction of these three coast states
wilt easily reach the four-hun-dred-million
pound mark. ; inside
of five years; while that : of the
Northwest alone can be -expected
to reach the . one-hundred-million-pound
mark. The Pacific coast
states have a monopoly : upon the
dried prune production of. the
United States. , - The total prune
production is sufficient to feed the
American population at the pres
ent consumption rate of one and
one-half pounds per person, with
one hundred and thirty-five mil
lion pounds remaining for export
trade. When the four-hundred-mil
lion-pound - production is i reached
in the next five years, unless we
increas tbe average consumption
of the American consumer, we
shall have over two hundred and
twenty-six million pounds for ex
port. The prune industry in Polk
county has developed from 67
acres in 1889 to the present acrea
ge of 11,039 acres. The ten to
twelve cents received for prunes
in 1889 was responsible for the
first heavy planting, the acreage
reaching 1,145 in , 1899. The
dropping of prices , to . two and
three cents prevented any rapid
increase during the next ten years
the 1909 - acreage standing at
1214 ' The six .cents received in
that year, and the other, good
prices during the following years,
reaching as high as twenty cents
in 1919, was responsible for the
additional new plantings. The
total platings reached 5,181 in
1919, and 11,039 at, the present
time (1924.)
The probabje value of a repres
entative acre of bearing prunes,
with the necessary buildings and
equipment, is $625.00. JThe aver
age production of dried .prunes is
not greater than 1,600, pounds.
per acre. The cost of produc
tion is at least seven cents per
pound. The average 1 price to the
grower will te close to "this same
seven cents. For this reason, orch
ards averaging less than this 1500
pounds yield, which cannot be
economically made to produce this
amount, jtre better off removed. ?
No new acreage should be plant
ed, excepting to fill out economic
units, until consumption , has at
least caught up with production,
and prices have reached a higher
level.
When new plantings are made,
they .: should be on deep, ; well
drained soils suitable for prune
production.
; .Cultural methods should be im
proved to Increase the 1 average
size of our prunes.
Good cultural -.practices and
proper selection, will reduce the
amount of small prunes, .but will
not eliminate them. ' Under the
most favorable conditions we will
have several' million pounds of
small prunes. These small prunes
contain much food value..andhave
cost as much to t produce as the
larger sizes, but sold on the mar
ket bring, in many cases, less than
packing and selling : costs . to say
nothing of cost of production. Al
so the very fact that these small
prunes do sell for a low price has
a tendency to reduce the amount
received for the larger sizes, as
well as reducing the amount of
the more profitable sizes sold.
! It is suggested that these small
prunes could be used as a by-product
in such a way as to con
serve the food value, and at the
same time remove them from com
petition with the larger sizes. To
that end' we recommend that the
prungrowers adopt some method
to finance research work for find
ing some use for small prunes as a
by-product, and that the chair
man appoint a committee to Work
with a . like committee of other
prune growing districts to carry
out the intent of this recommen
dation. Reducing Number of Commercial
Prune Grades;
Oregon prunes are now graded
as to size, into 11 distinct commer
cial grades. Two distinct types
of prunes being grown, . doubles
this number. Then, at times old
and new crop' of prunes of each
size and time are sold at the same
time, and in addition each type
and size is packed under a number
of distinctive brand names. This
untold multiplicity of sizes, grades,
brands, and qualities is, to say the
least a confusion to the consumer
and 4be trade, not justified by
sound business methods, and not
conductive to the largest possible
consumption of our prunes. In
the opinion of Four committee this
large cumber of sizes is unneces
sary. Perhaps no other commod
ity of as near uniform edible qual
ity, is marketed under so many
distinct, though sometimes infin
ites mally different sizes.
j it is apparent that to merchan
dise the successively smaller sizes,
a I SUBSTANTIAL difference in
price is necessary between, each
different grade. By makjng ten
successive SUBSTANTIAL reduc
tions, it is evident that an abnor-'
mally low price must be in effect
on medium and" " smaller sized
prunes, tomove theml To most
consumers such an enormous, re
duction in price immediately sug
gest an, even greater difference in
quality, cleanliness or edibility of
the smaller prune. This psychol
ogy of the consumer's mind still
further depresses the price of the
smaller sizes to a ruinous price to
the grower. Then, the. smaller
sizes being by these processes re
duced -to such a ridiculously low
plane, the consumer as well as the
trade naturally wonders why the
larger sizes are so high while
other prunes apparently just as
large or at best only infinitesmally
r smaller, .are so much cheaper.
This feeling naturally depresses,
the price of the large prunes also.
In this way useless multiplicity of
sizes creates a trade and consumer
resistance to prices of BOTIj
large and small prunes. In the
same retail store may be seen a
difference of 10 or 12 cents per
pound, or .even more, in the price
6f prunes grown on the same tree
in this county. It is quite appar
ent that tbe grower is not get
ting 12 cents per pound more for
the large prune than the : small
ones, and it is quite evident that
most of. the increase in price Is
taken somewhere down the line
by the. middlemen, and . Is not to
the' interests of either grower or
consumer.
j It: is the opinion of your com
mittee that the number of com
mercial sizes of prunes be reduced
from 11 to not exceed 4, by way
of illustration to be named as fol
lows: SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE,
EXTRA LARGE. CTo this end we
recommend suitable ! legislation
directing: the state board of hort
iculture or other suitable agency
to meet annually at some suitable
time; before packing begins and
after investigations,, prescribe '.the
number of prunes to the . pound
for each of such grades for that
season's crop. Said act should
direct such board to make such
standardization annually after due
investigation and survey so that
in the judgment of the board,' as
nearly as possible of that sea
son's crop be graded as EXTRA
LARGE,. of that season's
crop, be graded as LARGE,
of that season's crop be graded as
MEDIUM, of that season's
crop be graded as SMALL, said
percentages to be definitely fixed
by the act, and fixing penalties
for branding packages with the
above grade names that have more,
prunes to the pound than pre
scribed by the order of said board.
Dried prunes water - content
should be standardized. . . ,
- . ''- " Cherries
The cherry acreage In kPol
county is, about 1000. The aver
age production probably .-is 1500
pounds, j The approximate value
of an acre of a bearing cherry or
chard Is 'around $650. The 'cost
of production not less than 7 V&
cents. -
No . increased planting of Royal
Anns is recommended at present.
Bings and Lamberts should not
be planted unless their fresh ship
ping qualities are proven.
- Efforts to Increase the yields of
existing plantings by better cul
tural methods, adequate pollena
tion 1 and more thorough insect
and disease control Is urged. : No
cherries should be permitted to
be shipped out of the state in
their : fresh .state unless sprayed
for the cherry maggot and state
inspected before shipping.
?.-; Pears
Polk county 'grows very few
pears. Her 250 acres produced
20,000 bushels in 1923. This av
erage yield of only 80 bushels is
away below a profitable , one,: It
should at least be' increased 50.
Hundreds of tons of Bartletts are
shipped into Salem and other Polk
county markets annually. Well
grown Bartlett pears in this
county are superior! to most and
equal to any for canning purposes.
For that reason, the acreage jot
Bartletts in Polk county, should
be increased.
Winter varieties, such asAnjou,
Bosc and Winter Nellis- can be
satisfactorily grown and 'may be
advantageously planted if planted
in large enough blocks to insure
can lot quantities for shipping.
' ' - . Apples
Polk county's 1600 acres of ap
ples produce about 95,000 bushels
annually. An average production
of only 60 bushels per acre. The
cost, of, producing and equipping
an acre of apples Is at least 650,
The cost of producing a box of ap
ples is something over fl. -. . -
For these reasons, orchards
which cannot - be ..economically
made to produce an average pro
duction of 150 boxes per acre
'should be removed. - ,
I No . new plantings : should be
made, except to fill out an econ
omic unit.
Yellow Newtons, Gravensteins.
Grimes Golden, Winter ' Bananas
and Kings are suitable varieties
for this county.
Kuta
Moderate plantings of walnuts
and filberts is advisable in this
county. 1
Plantings should be made upon
deep; ' well drained lands only.;
frost, free locations are necessary
for walnuts. ,
Plantings should be made from
most satisfactory varieties:
Franquette Walnuts and Bar
celona Filberts.
Walnuts;.. should be grafted to
root stocks of northern California
black walnuts.
Eleven to 16 of filbert plant
ings should be pollenizers. -
Uniform grades should be es-
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COUHTY IS URGED
Entire Valley Complete With
Exception of Marion and r
Part of Lane
With only one more season's
work ahead, the Oregon Agricul
tural college soil survey of - the
entire Willamette valley wili be
competed with the exception of
Marion county.; Lane ; county is
being surveyed at present and this
work fshoud toe completed" early
next year. 1 '
Because of . the great demands
tor these surveys from other coun
ties, Salem real estate dealers,
mortgage firms and Others ( are
being urged to write to OACand
request the survey next year.
' ' Soil surveys, with detailed maps
are held " of vital importance by
the real estate dealers. Because
of the great demand, immediate
action must be taken if the survey
is to be completed next year,! Un
less, the matter is taken lip.' at
once, Marion county will find it
self at the tail end and without
a survey until other counties have
been surveyed. 1
Another Insurance Firm ;
, Will Operate in Oregon
Information is received from
Insurance . . ; Commissioner Will
Moore that license has been issued
to the Ohio Farmers Insurance
company of Le Roy, Ohio, for the
writing ; of 'fff e insurance in Ore
gon ' -
This company was incorporated
by special act of the General As-
tablished and enforced.
Marketing should be through a
central agency, devoted exclu
sively to "marketing nuts. , :
Small Fruits
About; 650 acres of small fruits
are produced in-Polk county. Red
raspberries, evergreen olackberr
ries, black cap raspberries, strawt
berriek, loganberries, gooseberries
and currants can be economically
grown 'in the county.
Red' raspberries, evergreen
blackberries, black cap raspber
ries and canning strawberries may
be safely planted as the demand
Shrubs for Different Purposes
' The - skillful "gardner plans to
have a succession of color through
as long a season as possible. : He
selects, his shrubs to make a long
flowering season. The gardner
who doe not make some little
study, in planning his garden or
landscape usually finds that he
has a ."feast or famine" proposi
tion. He has a burst of flowers
at one season and none at other
times. -
l - Knowing the season of blossom
ing, one is able to select shrubs
that will produce a succession of
flowers and that will at the same
time fill one's needs in other res
pects such as to heighth and fall
coloring of leaves.
In the following list are spring
flowering plants:
1 " Forsythie-Golden bells, Oregon
Grape,1 Deutzia, Lilacs, Honey
suckles, Van Houtte Spirea, Thun
bergi spirea, "Snowball -" Japanese
and common," Japanese barberry.
Red Flowering currant,' 'Peony,
Iris; Roses. - :
: Following are mid-season' . or
summer flowering plans. Hydran
gea, arborescens hills of snow,
Weigelia,' Mock Orange Holly
hocks, Phlox.
These , are fall -sor late summer
blooming:'! Buddeia-butterfly
bush, Hydrangea, P. G., Hydran
gea Ot&ksa the blue and pink
varieties, Spirea Anthony Waterer
Spirea- Callosa rubra, Tamarix,
Caryopteris-blue "spirea, Gladio
lus, Gallardla, Dahlia. 4
.Some gardners attemp to carry
out color combinations and arrive
at beautiful results where their
selections are happy. Some bor
ders may combine certain colors
at one 'season and others at other
seasons. The following produce
early flowers of pink or red shad
es. Double flowering . almond
prunus tribola; pink tartaria
honeysuckle; red flowering cur
rant; peony. . :
Early flowering yellow flowers
are prwoduced by golden bells,
Oregon .grape and Japanese bar
berry. Early white f lowers may
be' had on deutzia,, white ' lilac,
Morrows honeysuckle, spirea Van
Houtte and spirea Thunbergi and
snowballs.',; :Vi :!'-"'':
The iris and purple lilac furnish
early blue r purple color, i
Buddleia, caryopteris and Micha
elmas daisy furnish fall colors of
blue or purple, while spirea Anth
ony Watere, Spirea Callosa rubra
and dahlia add reds to the fall
landscape. -
The planter may paint his own
landscape by his selection of plant
materials
sembly of the state ot Ohio under
the name of "The Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance company of Medi
no county, Ohio," in 1848. In
1851 the name was changed to
"Ohio Farmers Mutual Fire In
surance company," in 1862 was
again changed to "Ohio Farmers
Insurance company," which name
remains to the present: Although
this company is organized as a
mu tual corporation they have
been issuing stock policies fo'
over 40 years.
REALTY BUSINESS
Official Count Is Made by
W. A. Mullen, Deputy
State Commissioner -
.'There are in Salem 88 active
licensed real estate operators, ac-j
cording to W. A. Mullen, deputy
state real estate commissioner. 1
' In the last two years there have
been no sworn complaints filed
against any of these and the local
men have been found to begone
of the most successful cooperative
groups in the Btate. The harmony
which prevails here, it is said, is
due to the high type of men and
women, engaged in the business in
Marlon and Polk counties. ;
Scientific principals .for the
benefit of clients have been dev
eloped to a high grade of efficien
cy, Mr. Mullen said, j One of the
outstanding features of this is
the soil survey.
Business Location Sold
by Larmer During Week
Through -a transaction handled
by the W-. H. Grabenhorst & com-i
pany and the Childs & Bechte'
SALEM IS 88 1
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IN THE STONE AGE days man s existence was aided
only by a few crude tools fashioned, from stone. As a
result his mode of living was equally crude. :, Today his
inventions and machines are, legion; arid a civilized state
of being is the result. ' '-.-'
Some garages are in the Stone Age period of existence.
They have not the necessary tools and equipment to work
rapidly and efficiently. , ; - 7
But ,our complete equipment including valve facing
machines, lathes, cylinder reboring machines, drills,
presses, i welding outfits, etc., save you money through
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rearestatef firms this j week. D. A.
Larmer has sold his property ad
joining th4 YMCA building oh the
north to James Imlalh and Fred
Klrkwood. The consideration was
$5500. ' " '' ';; '"j "
The property has aj frontage of
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GIVE SOMETHING ELECTRICAL
Something appropriate and useful will constantly
remind one of the giver 5 .
BROWNELL ELECTRIC CO.
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19 feet on North Commercial and
a depth of 165 feet. - , A small
brick building occupies the front
part of the property. . It ! under
stood that the property. was pur-,
chased, as an investment.
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