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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1925)
.; tiiuhcday :.:on:n:;G, jaiojai: x .ii: the onnGoirsTATrsziAir, al:::i, onnao:: I I I lis Salsm ,'Bistricfr'-' Lscis' - Over '3 00 Car' Loads Shipped ; from Labish District Alone-Last Year; Will Ship 400 to 500 This Year ACominrj Girjantic Industry Forming .There were many people here In the douttlag Thoraa-f class when, Bo'r.e years ago.'U.e Slogan editor of The Statesman began saying tMs was the beat celery country in the world, and that the celery industry might be made, and was bound to become, a "big Industry, and finally a gigantic Industry-"-' Because these people -were In the. habit of thinking of celery growing in terms of a few rows: in the kitchen garden; and (hey did not realize that the Salem- district could produce a better quality of celery -than is grown in the Kal amazoo district-In Michigan, sup posed to produce the best celery in the. world.: '-. - v ' ' ' -The Ers;inr!rr . " The beginnings of the celery In dustry on a commercial scale in the Salem-district were, made by Roy. K. Fukuda in 1909, when he experimented With" some 10 rows, or. 2000 to 3000 plants, in the La bis h Meadows district,. on the bea rer dam land af Hon. &L L. Jones, some five- miles below Salem, be tween the Oregon Electric and Southern 'Pacific railroad lines between Quinaby and Chemawa. ( The ? experiment pro ved a suc cess. Mr. Fukuda grew more eel- A Snapshot of jJablsh Meadow's Jj try the following year, and soon his neighbors began-growing eel' ery. . In '1919, Mr.Fukuda' hail trought his planting- to eight to nine acres. In 1922 the plantings lit -that district had 3een brought Tip to about ,100 acres, and the growers shipped about 65 cars- to points outside of Oregon, besides I.; I 3 500 crates by express, ' V . . Dig Increase Two Years a -in the mean tirta the Lad is h Meadows Celery Union was organ ted, with a few members; The -"membership had grown to 20 if Tokuto Brand Celery is grovn and packed undr ; strict ; -rules' of treatment; ahdjihspectiori; and itris 'guaranteed to .03 is i T KJJL 11 Li. growers for' the shipping season of 1923, and the acreage had -grown to about V30, and. the total ship meats from this district that year were about 20O cars, including ex press shipments. . , ' , Jtlg Growth LaAt;Ycar . - There. was a-still larger growth last year. , - , - x- t Mr. Fukuda alone the pioneer in the industry,- put out-50 addi tional acres. He .had 40 acres la 1923. Those 90- acres - in . celery mean a big investment. .It costs a lot of money to put out even one acre, of celery, to be. jrown' on a commercial scale. And It" COSta -a lot of . money in fertilizer-' and la bor every year. , The .'returns per acre are big here; .but .they must be large to pay the expenses alone, to eay nothing of yielding net pro fits, which pur L.abisa Meadows growers succeed ia making their plantations do. - 4 ';' " ..' . '. ,.' ' The Labish Meadows growers ex pected to market 250 cars df cel ery last year. They actually mar keted over 300, counting bo."! their car Jot and their smaller -express shipments,, -'. v The membership of the Union was'increased to 30 last year; and It will be about. 40 this year. They 1 J, lilies; .-from - 500 . Bulbs IlaLscd expect to ship 40 0 to 500 cars of celery 'this year.j Last year wit,h its long dry summer wa not aa ideal year loir eelery. 1 . 'i' ' . . . 'A Steady CJrowth st Mr. Fukuda 'told the Slogan edi tor recently that he expects to see continued growth of the celery In dustry here; an increase of acreage annually. That "wlU 'Jraean . the mounting np'f 'constantly "of" .tit money returns to come into Salem district from far places. The shipi ments .went the past, two yjarsin ROY K. FUKUDA, President JIM Y. YADA, Secretary '' TOJU NAKADA, " . ' : RONALD JONSal Manager I1 1. ' -.-V.i ' ... 4 - . LA i Directors; f-jr ts .-4 -- I x-sK -:-y:- Tliere are now 29 membbrs of.tha Uriion and there will .be several more after'the first of die year'.'1 Growers of all nationalities are solicited and welcomed as members. -Membership shares are di-i vided. in proportion to acreage cultivated. . ' ' ' .' ' . '-.. - country; It represents .the cliill and cr-7cricr.ee of the br-cct czzzzh.ilcn cf ccldiy rjrbwers in Oregon, with a constantly increasing output, produced and chipped by men who make the businesa a life work I and study. The total output was in' 1923 about 20Q cars; in 1924 it was over 300!cars, it w)U! ; he aboutOD thii year and a,lar-r 'numbcr cverj' cuccccdinjjyearVi The excellence of the firct: Cradc ofthis brand of celery is att xtcd by the fact that it cells at 5 H a crate, or 0160 to $180 a cr.r, tibovc the price of celery of the came grade grown in California.' 1;; ;'i , .. . I ; . . CC-'- U. car lots to some of the bis eastern cities.' -.-i '" .-;. -. :.: - ) ' .i ', The IJJg Tli Ins -- - The big thing. in the celery in dustry in the Salem district is, the fact that we grow and ship the best In the United -States. This Is, not an idle claim. The celery trade recognizes the. fact; pays Jl more for a crate of our celery than for the' California producV The California Growers ship east 4,000 to 5,000 cars annually of celery. How long will it be till the Oregon growers increase- their shipments Ccjcry Cods In the Labish Meadows .District to as many : cars-since they re--ceive the extra $1 a -crate, which amounts. to $160 ta-180 a car In favor of the Oregon products? The , Oregon growers pack 160 tto 180 grates in a car. The Oregon crates weigh', about. ISO. pounds for the loose pack; and about -160 pounds for the washed and bunched celery. The , loose pack last year: was of 228 'cars, and the washed ; and bunched. 75- cafs.-v'. The Oregon crate is larger than the standard crate,-because of the large sizes of. our product. The Oregon crates are 22 by 24 Inches; and - 22 inches high; They- hold eight to ten d'ozen celery plants each.; . . . ( , . ; Wo Are, Far '.Ahead : -The Salem district is away ahead of other Oregon., sections in ' the quantity, production of celery, and not behind in quality production. There are two other. principal Ore gon 1 districts; at .Troutdale and at Milwaukie. ,Tbe two latter dis tricts make 'a considerable num ber to car ..shipments out of : the state.-and they supply a good deal of celery to the Portland markets. The growers In the Mjlwaukie and Troutdale districts are principally Greeks, Italians, .Chinese and Jap anese, with some Americans- The Salem, district growers are, princi pally Japanes:; te. leaders being Americanized Japanese, an increas ing number of them American citf- , atens. a rOKUTO BRAND CELERY BROOICS, OREGON Fukutla, Jim M. Yada, Chas. K. O-jiira, J.'Tcrusaki,', Toju Kakada, Y. -Kanekoj. . Furuy-rtria, 7J Tomiyama, K. Itano, ; II. Osinki and. K; Kaxvala - -.. '.- - Our Oregon celery Tt 13 rer":ted- ly taken first premiums at tLe na tional vegetable shows. . At Louis ville last year it took all the prizes, first, second and third wept the boards .clean. ; against 16e lamed Kalamazoo district and all the rest. ; The reason is," we gTowthe best celery; we have the soil,.eushine and. showers, and the "celery- skill In -bur growers. We can meet-all competition, and our higherrfces are boun4. to bring us up soon' to a $5,000,000 Annual crop l- and then we will hot byTany means be thrdugh: ' - , . ; -fi '.: It takes about 11209 a year an acre to grow' our celery; but we get $1500 or better an acre tiet for it in the 'markets. . So It pays tor the cost and. careaqd Jhe Tjk,, , Ronald E. f Jones. Brooks, - Ore gona young business man of judg ment and ability, acts aaf "agent for the Labish Meadowy Celery Union, looking out for 'markets, ship meats, etc.; In order that the- crop daring- haryest may go out J4 an orderly manner. Chas.K, Spaulding T (Coatlauad fns pi( a) connections' with I the ownership and" management , of the large paper 'mUriU' Saleni. It supplies thla JChilUwitli its' wood and logs and is an active 5 factor in 'contri buting to the'8ucces of the mil). " They represent the "best ta be found'in the: commercial andfhi ancial life .of 'western . Oregon. Their business enterprises employ hundreds - of .-persons " who t.- ar among the best citizens of the sUte. The activities of the Spaulr ding company: make It one of the most valuable1 assets to the cities ia which 'its'operates.. " s ..... : .' j. -- . 011 can - be a gentleman farmer here;, on: a .paved road oraear one ; and grip wing franchise 'crops that have ben pioneered -that are certain -of -profit; '-with' hard work and hard l.o rse .sense. -r-.t . :;Fewr "men! like to. pet cats until they, are mad;e into sealskin coats. : : ? : - - v ' l i .1 ' ' - Mr. i . . . 4-. -' , - .. - 'Ve , Produce B est Peppermint . , . , , f Tontlnaed frora IV . and Syria -and in the 'vnianiet-.a rallej.' It Is .the, superior kind i Its. oil formerly selling at double the price of - the Black lichen. That Is one of the-phases Jot.4a franchise Nature ha gjvea. oar Salem district growers. i t , Once mor, the Salem district -will attain, its greatest prosperity when. It produces the, things capa ble of . being grown.' here to tie V1UU6 greaiea-, aavaaiaB anu ai srraioi Tjruui loan luer co proauceui in other sections and there are many of these". : Mint Is one of fthem. This- line of production, irlll lift our people above the dead Flerel of mere competition. It will pat them in a field all their own! Too much -cannot , be said- about this. 1 .Too .much cannot , be wrtt-? ten about It till our; people are clear above , mere - cornpetiticn, which position their .advantages of soil and showers , and - snnshine furnish them the opportunities to attain. : ; , t .Some Actual reppermlnt lUwnJts Mark Aspinwall, in the'Brooks neighborhood, produced pepper mint oil iofl923 that tested 65.5 per cent menthol,: -15 .per; cent above what "the U. S J standard re; quires, and 7.5 per cent, acetate being 2.5 per-cent,' above the U. S.! Standard; which Js an, average Oregon oil.-..--. : : ' ' Planting of peppermint roots should be done 4n the early spflcg. bout March If possible. - . Oregon oli; was' about $3.1 a pound In 1923; 32.55 in 1922, and $4.10 at harvest time-: in' August and September last. The boom prices hare come since then. .The peak . war prices ' were around $ 9 t. $9.50 and above. 1- 0., J. Molsan, Gerrais, Ore., Is 6p;cretary-treasQrer,of the Oregon Cooperative Mint Grower- associa tion- ; Mr. Moisan and S. D Man- ning,, among; ; the most extensive mint growers of , this district. In 1922 produced 86 pounds of pep-; persaint oil to the acre - on two I Oregon Prune;;0 County Seat of Rich Polk County Has a Payroll Second to .No , Town of Ballaa, county seat of t ich Polk county, located about ' 15 -.miles west of Salem and connected with Salem by a paved "highway, 'claims the dfstlnctlon tf being the1 prune city of - Oregon. . - Immediately around Dallas and at several 'other localities ihlFolk rconntythere is a ig acreage of pmnea. t There are also large walnut ahd filbert Orchards; and the other standard .Treasurer V; ,Vi' acres; land. they . averaged . 6Q pounds to the tcre. a 40- acres; and with 51 per cent menthol con tent, asainst the 36 per cent of eastern oil: --How would you like to hare 1C0. acres cl rcrpermiat prodacla 0, pounds cf oil to the acre, and selling at ft .50 a -pound; at the cost 'of-a hay, crop?. -And you would still., have the hay, for tb$ mint makes good hay.after the oil is taken out; some farmers say It Is the ,Tery best Ttind Of hay. .-. It costs about $20 an acre for the rbotarand' abbnt 5;aa acre vto plaint them- You get a crop the following ralU Mint -via persist . fM Mft.atv ' fnr .1 0 Tears at more. ; Any rarmer can iigure toe high profits, ors the immense pro fits with prices anywhere- near fg.SO a poand.:. - - : Farmers- whot-had "v mint . last yean at $ 4.1 0 a pound, all figured handsome profits. Among them wa XI. B Jones.' of the Labish Meadows Far m, 'Tlroofes Ore. A. --Van ' . Cleave-'1 and Son, Route Salem, figured $100 an acre' "net profit , on their inlnt In 1923, when the price1 was about $3.is a'round.'-. , ; ., The Cregoa Agricultural 'col lege autLsrities advise cooperatioh In mnir growing, and "marketing; advise maintaining a " high stand ard; .'advise against zatxlng with the native "wlld peppermint.. . s - In eoncluslont ' "Vfm have a mint boom, now.; A"r'much-; bigger one is Justified." We have many crops on which! we .have ; what amount to frsnth.aes.."; Mtnt is' one of themi - Come and jump ' la. . and Browlfrtschlse crops, in this land, of diversity, this country-of oppor tunity; thU favored section, of the, right combination of soil and sun shine and showers j- ; . ' ' ' !."- , If you want to raise, hogs, the Salem district is the place to raise thein.r ;-Tcu - can ptodude "them cheaper here than? elsewhere, and sell then-In . the highest market in the United States, at our pack-. ing plant: . , , , . i- : . i- There is room here -for a Henry. Ford of the seed gf owing Indns-' ItaSizin' the State TarieUes of jfrultsarb grown to a lar"t. extent. ; ; , ; .,- . There 1' 'no : more, beautiful sljht'ln the world than -the orchr ftrd cllstiietsef -the Dallas section DailaA is "a real citjr. with ; not far. from , 4000 . population, v.wlth miles of pared streets, fine homes, aadextensiTfl payrolls. , running up towards a, millioa and; a half dollar it yfar.V .!..-." : , ; If you ..hare hot risi ted Dallas; you luve Qot.seenj the'WillimeUe Talley.; j Xu -dairying Pollrj county how up .well? and ln,U the raf -led'farnil-;s .operaUons;. ; -Mahy Angota .goats .and; pure bred live stock are In Polk county; ' the only , got t. milk t cheese: factory In the -state; , other t cheese; f ictorles and erearnerles; uome of the world record. .Jersey " cattle. . Flax' Is" grown extensively, and - there are many, sheep. . .; - i ; i The. Dallas, boosters wilt Jtell you that their ; section offers thri very best inducements to jte.w -comers; especially to , those who want. to settle' on the land! and engage In the' higher forraa of Agricultural endeavor, -Whether; In a large way or with. a tew :acres . devoted, to fruits arid gardens and 'poultry and bees,' etc. j. And' there; is , ample warrant for 'the pride of Polk county people In , their, great sec tion -of a 'gieat' state; poteatiJly many times ; greater" J. ; t ' : Hi .IA. Johiuoh ' : ;"l-.--iranc Aircnt '' ! . - . 1 r .if T7e - Iixsre SvcrytJiia- Dallas, Orcca . The chive Stcrc v( ..- ;' - Dry Gbcds, Clothing . T 'Shoes . ' : A Reliatla Tlace to Trade t. .1 - . . . -. . i - Dallas -1 f Orcson" La .lies Toggery ... -i Iilc' r,.ady to. wear ' " 1 - I - ' "1 Daluf anj ilouiidut!,. Uirvja nrr"rir'cthcrd 'Score. Yenrc 'ELtter Yet": One of the ' greatest contributions-modern science has made to the store of h-jraan icowled-re.tas been along the line of deteminln? the: food raloe, of our most .com mon articles' of. diet, "and :ne d-is-corery of , sanitary methods. of handling; " food.'. 2t ' so many years ago butter -was retailed from open' Tessel, dished, out wlthi a paddle or dirty hand into a wood en dish; crackers were sold' from open boxes, handled hy the dirty hands of,, the clerks; bread -was handled with as much carelessness and as lHtle f egard fof cleaali nesa as store wood.. .NS body com plained or- objected --- erery body did It. Today a groceryman "ferlii-5-' turtisrchaadlse' In the manner in which It was soldi SO, or eTen 25 years ago would be ar rested ty'tLe Lealth officers aad liis stock' cf. croceflea - confiscat ed. ;;';;; V;v' : , -, Intno Una v6f -aanufactufe or preparation" f food products has there been freater change for the better than, in th?places; -where our bread and pasteries are made. The' Public haa' been Vacated along lines of sanitation, and econ omia food aliie Tinttt It" quickly puts Us stamp of approval or. dia apprbral On, thee" bakery in exact proportlotf as the' bakery ri&asares up lo the hilx standard 6t excel lence la ,It3 Troducts which mod em, ec'cQtififi .knowledge 'makes pos-sitie ; '''' . It follows then that the baker who araila blixfself pt l&ls -sclentJ-fltf. knowledge is on jthe highway to success, -rills observance Of the principles o 'sanitation; his selection- o the choicest and highest grade materials and the employ ment "of skillful and conscientious workmen' m ay - easily become known through the Qualityi of his products. ; Public appreciatlorj of his efforts- is reflected by an eVer Increasing business. y . -J The above truth has been amply demonstrated: by the rapid growth Of the illatland Bakery, located at the tor her. of 12 th and Chemeketa streeulr. It Js baly four- years-lo-ay slnc--this bakery "was: tstab jished, an4 came: under, the owner ship of the G regg Brothers. Glenn Gregg was 'J tlst out of school at '.CortaUls. -frills brother, Carl Greg&;a few. years oJder, as a bookkeeper in . Seattle. y,They. be gan their bakery business In Sal em with a small outfit using, an antiquated 'brick oven;; ." So earn estlyand .conscientiously did they conduct,tfc9 4;ewu!ilnesa that its growth, soon -demanded larger fa cilities.' Lait epripg -they install ed ,-aiXtew electrical outfit.-A Raqier ; electric oven - capable r ; : u ' : s- of . I- r . - 1- c; t: F't - :$ IUiJ Jl: -' Tl- i :-L7:.-.-':'-:n;,V .C 7:rs -. t-."-- ---jfiac italics una rT.::r:c3 - .JJV-wlekjiCoxr-- r "rpe Jttl3 Ly's ; Ccsy fCcMc5-dcrijr: '--f .7. s ZZzrhjXzzh Czhzzrj; .Ilcs-Ciii Crecry .117 EL lii!: j'Crcccry . 7 o.rtrctt Xrpccry - i;Crth C:n'l Ctrc:t Crcr ry 0. IJcr-jrpjs rt.-S; Co. " - iicrth CiLn Iltit ZZziLzi D-uaoaV Grocery f : . - i:ob Hill Cxizirj . ralrostst Diiry-7"' . ',' ' PiLro'rcc'i C.rzzzry 7rcxry Ctmi'rrp-ry- - teji's U-:!:I Ctrro - ' ' Crcttin-ir r;:.t : r;o.- v;. c.-cc :ry . nicd7wCir2i- Crcccry - Cccttr's lint ITnliit - , i;:3d L'jrt:: Cheery, ; Cayirr's Ca -ijs. c;5, rwcr::.: ry 7Ccuth 7irt:r C . T -- -11- r-. : . - r " - Grbat. Suzzczz in i Brand Eahcfy Frc;Ii:ct3 btllA's;3-leaves i sa !jht hour dsy. .-Ai .:ctrlcs".r c: rrat ej . tilidr zl v'i ' :-cU:z V.?. op erated lrif ucu'.J:r cf t- ;te3t design -ft-cre iiH'..!'.: . . T"r is' ap raratus CiVfJ C 3 ill ::.r.J to produced better lir.-s cf rr- iucts. They selected -a.-r.- t i..r:;riate name for-their Una cf cods "ZHTTZr.-YZT," T'i H a -slogan or ratler a motto cf t: y firm as well as a trada na: f . r Us products. Their brcaJ! i ' rand all oyer the city c r : !t fie- ralem. The de-nasd ii growing f3 i r'ily -1 ji, as the facilities cf prriuct;;,; 1 are . pien IscreaieJ.. '.Tc.'r 1 fc:;ctflc oven givei'an even tr'ii ;rtare which produ;e. a ' prciuct cf a Quality not ottalnat la ty &ay other-process. " '- :The.Mistlaad Ea. r.' 2 3 Intro duced s new departure l.xlli cake department whlii ts crsiUi a sensation of d sllsht In 113 -patrons . who ace most particular; in their tastes aad demands fcr sanitary products. They have sTicii on the market a tVrappei C La uUng waxed-wrapyers similar xo zic iern bread wrappers. ..Thii wrspper not !y- protects the c . i o from contamination' in has. J "'.-13.' but preserves It racist as if c .srly bak ed., ' No dast 'or dirt can tctch !t. The patron has. the aivintce of having" tha , waxed wrrper for protecting the -cake' froia drying out until the, last l'a Lis used. This line 'of; wrarrc- cakes, is rapidly -bcor.!-:-r a I:-!?r fa tie city of Ejle-3. "Tto tiers yea eat the mere yoa w-f certalaly applies to. tie 21121: zl X!iacf wrapped cakes. ; r The lliitland r tilr- 'j brand Of - "BETTEIt-ynT" cockles, doughnuts, pis. ar 3 r ' - Tics Lave an.the.satisfylns ;.U:i:;3-cf tie kind your mother -crsi-to 15 l.s. In., fact. - an .their proi nct3 Lave won. their 'ay Into tLc.isar. cf" Salcrn homes y rci.::. c: tp i- - J hocietaad'e cuaUti:-';-:1. lzt- tl.:n Jay the pollcyot ti 3 : - :a; ::. .:it touse nolhir? bui 1" vii t :a teflals and follow tl r..ci; .-i:s-Uilished by the erl..:-ce r the best borne cooks tci titer-. . 116nie bread" Ei:llr j. I J , r fcoconidg a lost art vy ft a cf the "fejccellence 'cf C:a tr.5l.t.i of Modern bakeries and t-a !,- t'.ihd is. one ot the leaders ia It a (I. Id of supplying Thomes with aii:';:y of bread which 'wiU Uava nctLfij to be desired In the wcy cf 'I rove ment, ; "Let the lllitli be -YOUR EAXer. N7. , : ' '-;.- VTte'-',,B'GTTS"a-Tw ' "prc-actl are handled -by, ttsi lciiins'iMil ' ers of Salem. C w v . : -i e w w -13 ' ' . Vl Www ' . :c 't - "i r i r i c . jij-.C -T" y -"' - ; rw'-I 'x7; J i