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THURSDAY -ironNING. JANUAIV THE OREGON STATESMAN," SALE! I, OREGON -r " T-.' XL. XX X. Kr ' v XL ' ,lvT v '- s: -Thi cat Is ued by.-twrusj c ti.3 .Associated IndustTl3, of CresotL., " Dates of Sic"- (In TV"-a-y Vlth x fery T' ! ch-i-'ps) Loeanberr! Trunes,- O Dilryinr. riax, Oc -lMterts; (. a ' - r ! ' r rtrawbf : :: ?. . - -rl! Apples, , ' l i : ' .' iUspbfr- , - r 2" :iint. r . Great V . '., T i::ackt Cierrle , ; - . -- 11 Pears. J :. 1" " I Gooset . - . Corn, J : . rr L - Celery, fpiaac , Oslonr, . Potatc . Bees, , Poult; Goats', Bean?, Payee: 1 llaad I Silos. 1 . & ivry 11 t L.ock Feb. 25 , :'are 19 ' -l 2 5 Aspara; . Lie, April 16 Grapes,; i.-. c, April 23 . Drug Gird : n, April ,3 0 ; A . 1 h'3 Ravages of tb3 Firr::u!an t!"- Sr-1: Fast Transf errir : ;t'.:ii C; : pL!cuntains Stu r! :: E 4 itor Statesman : The pear industry like rcct aay ether line of endeayor face some rather definite needs. Xyfetr of ttese needs -will be brou-it,to at- ; tettlon la this paper, but before corLderinc these , a fe- -pertliaiit fi!Cts; concerning the rar should bi brought to attention. " h ! i 'The:Putore Ottti-ct.'f i Certain "sections ol lOreaaare , especially -adapted to a -culture i of, the pear, and the;rr -r ir-! :3- try seems destined to-cot Ur.ua aa oa of the Important enl err rises of the state.;;lt must ba' toiE in. rrlncS, howeyer, that tha product tion ,of quality pear i largely a , baslaess for the specialLat,- Profe ' ably.no other fruit is crre sensii tire to soil, climate an i cultural practices than the j?ar Id-. all probability the commercial culture o? the pear will continna : to be centered in certain rat L?r definite localities that enjoy :; ad vantages and : that I 'jzik pear growing more-or, less -cf,'a -busi e 39- General i pea p t'aatJrs tUroagbout the state, , therefore dfes not seem advieaislv tut a moderate Increase in-- jlzv-tizss as pears expedient for the dUtrlcts that hare established their . fitsess for pear production. , . I The General ' St",ti!" J -Figures show that d-arir: the , pf st few years the pear baa been . : ?asiTely planted in the Paicific coist state and that commercial r auQ.' ljmt the lacrease. ile there has Jbee ' .. decrease c : 23 per cent ia the , total jinmber r " bearinjf: treaa ia.tha UniCeil i Ue since 1909 there has been : i increase in the commercial c -p of nearly 0 per cent. Owtax t the rarage of . f Ireblight In the t -tern districts, ; pear production 755 Hinhl d - -' The price ol this service is $ ! .00 per vr eelii Vf , No service is sold :!:s (C4.0Q) payable in advance. ; j; rj" - : ':' ;--; wee Ve ar s rcl tailcrc and cleaners,, and qir price3 are within thTe reach of all. Renner's tailored carment3are the marl: cf creditable distinction. V.:'. in DJIy Str!-"mn li ir - rat rets, Sor?ium, Etc, V.; : r roTffrs, Mar li Irr: iti ; -y si i :y .25 .' - , . t-i-a. Etc., Jaro 4 i, Ju-'ll ' ' " i-:c.,'June 1$ i Lasd. Irrf: Defcjdr f. -J : i - Cuca::;bers, Ete., July 2 : rtc July' It ; , Ji-!y 25- j "- -jc i. I. :il AJrertJsins, August r - - rtcAc -t is.- Cra i T 1 Cr-.r Trc :cts. Au t i7 " . .. - - J.fa r.icturlns, rrtemtoT 5. Aut: :ire lr l'zixla, ",-.rtem- t-r is) ' ; ' . V.'c lT-orkin?, rte.; E?rt. IT : -I jTir MIIIj, L'tc.;Sert. "24. i ,t ., i - . - 3- J - t - '- t (Back copies of tbe Thursday eitlcr.3';L Tie BIIy Ore-ca late;--i' are ci tad. are far i.:'.3 at 10 cetts ac. raaileitqt aay ad-lress. Current f-i. ::L:C:r.v:-:ct-:TI.:i 1 ,f ... - . Is- hecoralng more and inoral a paf cilic Recast- Industry..- California c?w ' has .'arr"cr-:.ra;r!y 77,6 CO acres ; davote J to tiia -culture, of th3 frcit. Ore-ca has- jabcrut. 12 00 Q acres. Xceds f , tSA . is.-rzrtrf j ' (IX The ' Anericaa; conrairs putlia needs-1 be tanshjc the oqe of pears. It 33 -a - slnif Isant fact tbat the nattya American is not, a connoisseur qS peara. His iepinloBs 1H pear Jilva fee ea;f creed largely by Kieffo? and - other :1a feriot rarieties, and. .for. the. most part. he knows -pothlas aboat the pears of real .quality.' Of lata years people hare feanied. to. appreciate Eartlett to a certain s extent, but sucJk pears i a- Anjoti, Cornice, Ecac. and Winter KaiiU, th sorts fa which . Oresc.qt- gravers are largply ; interested, 'are. still, con- Isn-med primarily, by the. foreign element In the large cities, ; U C3) ' The trade must, be taught proper methods, of. handling, pears bo- that real quality -may.- be .-pre-dnced. Consumers.- and, the . trade, also know but llttla .'concerning thf proper handling ot, the-, pear. Newer and better-method oLhar vestlng," shipping and atorins mua bei put Into practice. It la only ty dsJirering a high .- grade - product thit the consumption of pears can be Stimulated.. ; : . ; ( 3J The list jojC commercial ya cietier of pear$ must be enlarged sOi that the tonnage produced will be of greater diTersIty, and so. that IT can he. marketed:, over a. longer priod Approximately 90 per cent of the pears produced on the Pacific- ctast are of the; Bartlett yarieiy'. This means that most of the pear tonnage from this region must b- disposed of In a compara tively, short time, -Apparently, the - ' - " ' ' ' ' i! " -' " . . - ., r, ., , . : , , ...... ,. ...... . TAILOIIS anl CLEANERS . McntWy-Wdl3t;ServiceV!v: rM novmarifn onk J-i. I ALTEPoATIOiri 'WimA ' ' ( "OREGON QUALITY" products are establishing themselves in World "markets; they make our pay rolls they build our cities; they; attract market for the products of our farms. ; Oregon crops of "Oregon Quality" food than any other k i -r- . .- : .--.. ' .....I He I Does Not Think 0ur: Growers Are LiklyJo:Set Out IToo Many Pear trees, Especially Bartletts, Because ; Other Districts Are Affected by Fatal Pear Diseases, and Our District is AH But 8. tt. Van Trump fruit inspec tor of Marion wounty, . .has not changed hU e-t, tf past years concerning the pear industry in the Salem, district: He thinks this is one of our very best lines I t3 said yesterday that he would rather put out pears right now than cherries or prunes; saying nothing against cherries or prunes, either; and; Mr. 1 Van Tramp, as is well known-here. Is a thousand miles from ; being a boomer of any description. ' J Going In, Coins Out . ; . - He has heard of a boom In, pear growing In California, the great est pear growing state, especially la l;artletts. ; But he declared to tt Slogan editor yesterday that thtyfare going out about as fast as they are going in, in that state being killed off by, fatal pear di- seses, from which we are immune here tin the Salem district: or all but ; Immune. : . .1 ": ,.. Also, he has heard of the put ting font of aj goo'd many. Par treesl lnht the Hood Eirer . district; but he thinks, from the reports of finrserymen, that this movement Is hot as large as nasi been report ed and the trees being, set out there are mostly of the winter ra- ,-fj cwwa, auwaj uuu S jar. f van - TTrump : is esneciallr oartial to Bartletts for the Salem section. ' Greater Industry; jrustlf led - Mr. Van Tramp thinks this sec tion of the Willamette valley has never developed the pear industry to ; anything like the commercial proportions that the natural re-; sources of climate and soil would amply justify. 4i I He; says Marlon (county at no time! hiss had much f above 600 acres in . commercial bearing pear orchards, and that this Is certainly a remarkable and -anomalous fact. when in truth our climate and eoil will produce all the finest varie ties pf pears that can be grown anywhere In the. World. ; A ' He says, that six years ago, be fore the severe freeze of 1919' Marloncsunty had ! about S50 acres iar" pear orchards. After that hnusual winter. sevsVal young orchards that were severely injur ed -were removed, and there has been only limited planting since. so It, Is very doubtful if this coun ty has today a greatly increased pear acreage over six years ago. i Tie feels that the opportunities for; profitable pear growing in this section have never been fully an rrc ciited by our orchard planters. Tii CQaditioaLls larjpely due to the xact mat markets la the past were somewhat Meertal&jbejajsiipiled: and often unsatisfactory; but this situation has been entirely, chang? ed during the past five years by th development of numerous- lo cal canning plants to handle .the crop and the development of mar kets Jn i the east that call for all the canned pears, that we .will be v - i. LI. j 1L - '"AT". :'DC3r chops immune; - able to produce for years to come. Said Mr. Van Trump: - 'I . have oftei V(ftmarked that the growers la this valley have never half appreciated I the many advantages we have here as a pear growing section. 1 1 will again take the I liberty to enumerate a fewof tttoseadfahtikea:: . ? : L .The1 Advantages - ' "First; we have good pear soil here at less than2 nefhalf the price that equally 'good soil can be had- for in Washington or Cali fornia. ; ; - "Second, we are practically im mune from the dread pear blight that takes such a heavy ' toll In most of the, leadingupear sections of America.. - .;. ; ' . ., "if ore -thaa 2 1 years ago the writer, planted a Jaxge pear or chard in the middle- west near Kansas city. Iv -planting -that orchard - we wisely confined our selection ef ? varieties almost' 'en tirely to" the IdfSrlor but - hardy Chinese 'hybrids such, as Keif er and Garber. Ontr a few of - the .better, varletleaiaariiwtlea" and: d'Angolennna (Duchess) were planted. These better varieties all niigntea and died . before coming into bearing, hut the! inferior Chi nese hybrids still flourish and bear prolific crops. Today grow ers of pears in Washington and California : are having almost as serious effort to coatrol the blight as in the eastern states,! arid the Willamette Valley offers 'the best class pears at low cost of produc- am.l:Twr' -. .. ; .IJThe Proj?er, ol j Said Mr. Van Trump further: 'Pears will succeed fairly, well on -great variety, of soils, but to get best results and make real profits. in the business Only the ideal : pear aoils aad f ttocatlons should be selected in planting an orchard. ; Good, fertile, 'deep, well drained light soil is best. . Such soil as will grow good cseps of corn' or potatoes will 'usually -be found satisfactory fbTj ' growing; a pear orchard. It is noi safe to (Contlnad on sag 7) THIS iWEEK!Si SLOGAN DID YOU KNOW that Salem; is the center: of the best jear growing country in the world; that the Bartlett is partly if not wholly self fertile here end rio where else; that pears here and no where else are praciicaHy free from blight; that our pears have topped the Ne w Ycrfc, Chicago : and London markets ;rthaVthere; is, at coast rrativc estimates room for ten times the present pear acreage here needed I'tadly tocaiiniilihiipiiighyrati pear, butter; that ;one-?hel)est informed men in the United Statesjhas saidOatnbw is 'the tirae jto jump into pear crowtrts-l tftkr? tlrebd' (money ir iarid if will not likely be.bverone willlnoi likely be orer don,e in this pear paradise by the right glowers With the right lands. and the! right varieties?, ' " ' v Plicna 737 -;.- l for less than sr 4 , ' ' ' ' t:r . 1 t 1 new capita andnnew; people; they provide a farms produce a wider - variety ;of profitable spot on earth. j j ! TIL'll T1IE Its Potentiab Resources; fAreii Greaten and of I Greater ! ; Diversity Than Those, of ? All Europe Has. warren Jor Founeenii;eniuries Jfie i Heart of the "Oregon Country" of "The Covered I Wagon" and of the Years That Have1 Intervened ' (By EDWARD T. BARBER) ."OREGON!" The ' inagic " word that has1 thrilled, the world for the past century. "Who has not been fascinated by ' its f history and as sociation with the developmeat of the richest and most desirable sec tion of a'ebntlnentf ' t:-"'' " T f : In the days of the "Covered Wa gon;" ia the hlstbric days of . the "Forties; " in " the days when . pa triotism of the nation was stirred into intense activity in. its effort tp hold the "Oregon Country" as free territory for f 'the ; Uaited States; -when Marcus Whitman and Jason Lee were, potting forth their heroic efforts to arouse the nation to an appreciation of the wonders and wealth of the "Oregon Coun try," that term, in its geographical limitations, was confined largely to the valley of : the Willamette river. . Settlements were made along the lower i Columbia, - the Lewis, the Cowlitz and Chehalis ; rivers and . a few other localities, but by far the great majority of the "Covered Wagpn" people locat ed, in the- Willamette- valley, where their descendants . still live . and form a majority of the population. ; The "Covered .Wagon'' people were : a serious - minded : peaplei iThey acted from a fixed purpose. , - rney crossea tne prairies, as oi i eld, their fathers crossed the sea. To make the West, as they ! the East, the homestead of the ; fre.e." . t There 'were numerous reasons fortheIr centering their efforts on the Willamette valley. : v 4 I It Is the largest' tributary of the Columbia, west ot the) Cascades." . ; It is navigable for sea-going ves sels to Portland aad for smaller craft for many miles above that point - ;,-; I ( v, '- ' ( its drainage basin is about 50. to 75 miles wide and 150 miles long. Ita surface-IsrnearJy: alt available for cultivation. r , t It is the largest compact area ot tillable land west of the Cas cades aad north of the Sacramento valley la Califoraia. The "Covered 7 Wagon" folks found this vast empire sustaining a growth of vegetation and iforests of such gigantie size and' luxuri ance as to excite the wonder of all i rift -i 1000 S. Commercial Street t ? - squaredeal. M' li .:" l?;-.;r- ' -1--:',.; . S ".l'XV'XPSEip? eW job perf orxned by dulled wcr!:mcn " Prompt and Satisfactory SERVICE end re-r crab! 2 - - pricca has-built up cur business until our shop ii always full. " :; ; ;! '; ; . J. . - . , ! . f Wc dho Iiindlo fjas, oil and cccc::orxc3. , . , Guy Hickman, Proprietor " , Our service station 13 right Decide the highway - - - - . t - ... '! - -- - :' -t,ii : - fc - : . , - , . VALLEY - OF r THE TIE the Ruhr Valley, Oyen Which who beheld it! and arouse the in credulity of all who heard de-r scribed. . . '. . - Surely a - soil capable ' of such forest: growth j would yield in like proportion to the wiles of-the hus bandman. ' So reasoned, the pio neers. ;; ,.;";;-.; j ; 1 j-;"1-; ' v They had the courage of their convictions and staked their future success on that judgment; r : , Today theii faith ,and, courage have been rewarded in f full Bibli cal measure of "Thirty, forty r and a hundred fold. ... The agricultural. Industrial and commercial life ; and development of . the Willamette valley Is excit ing the wonder.of the world almost as much as. did the gigantic for ests,' rivers and mountains in the days of the "Covered Wagon." - In the words of a well-known national advertiser "There's a rea- son." -'s;:j:.v:i; : y '" The presence of the vast forests naturally suggested- lumbering as the first industry to develop. Unlimited raw material of - a size and quality unknown . else where in the whole world. ' ; The Willamette river and Its tributaries supplied water trans portation not only for the logs, but for the finished product to the sea and the markets of the world. No such other commercial possi bility existed elsewhere In i the world. - ' j .-i...:'-;- ' -i v There -.were! many other world beating conditions favorable to the people of the "Covered Wagon." ; The wealth of the entire Column bla basin which is another world beater waa waiting to pour itself into the lap of a great seaport at the raouth of the Willamette. The people of the "Covered Wagon"-braved the dangers of the long trail across prairies, moun tains and desert in order to estab lish an American state in th"P.re-gon- country." 'i ' -An American state, - to- them meant schools churches, . fruitful farms and humming Industrial plants. Not 4 life of ease,' but a. life in. which labor returned a larg er reward.'-' 1 ; -. They dotted the Willamette val ley with churches and school hous es, towns which grew-al moist over: night - into moderri Cities.; '' Later; hey built railways and paved, roads v-i- -"v. " . lines. They harnessed their noun' tain streams to the wheels of in dustry until today the markets of. the- World 'are cry fug Tor their pro-, duets in ever-increasing 'amounts. Nature was in her moat prodigal mood when shej. formed-the. Wil-. lamette valley. .She conceived :itJ on a most magnificent 'scale', and endowed with resources- beypntb; power, ot pen, to describe. When ctvrlization- in ?? its ever-westward march poured Its stream of human- into thi3 yalifyjt waa discovered that the best! had been, saved for the last. Civilization took off the traveling clothes l it had worn throughout, all r the . centuries" and put on its work c garments.- The Pacific Coasts was : to be Us A last stand. i The tide-r f humanity, hungry for the wealth of this val ley, will cease its westward surge and come to rest . ..TT TT: XI - - m-. -mmm Motor Specialists fniaranlce-dur work. i-This cut Is ulied by courtesy of the Associated .Industries,, of Oregon Beginning about January 1. 1925, The Statesman will supple . . , on i this nage with a series- of stories . ril t, h in the Paclf ie--Northwest, r Mr isaroer ,isr- ".ikn -TU nrtielcs will be-based upon, the most J reliable inforpiation obtainable L:ontimlatic viewpoint. : The following auOj.cia wiu ,o. .uu ia tbese-nrticles: : - .'The Willamette Valley. Its . and. General. 'ijeaiui-es. . ,. r , , , Lumbering audi Foresf Trodupts. ' T . Manufacturing Industries and- OpnortuijitiPS. , .Market at Home aud.Abro.ad.f , j . Fruit Growing CondUion and Opportunities. . . ' Commercial Nut Growing;. ( t , ' " "r Poultry-and -Its Opportunities, j - i ; ., General Agricultural. Conditions and Opportunities. Labor Conditions, , , i , i ', .1 ''Irrigation." - . -, - : . -."i 1 Educational and Religious Resources, I Tpurist Trails and. Scpnic Attractions. - . ' -Taxation and Financial Conditions.- , .. : j General Liying Conditions., , " . . ; 'Dairying. Milk, and, Milk Products. , j Mineral Reeources. . , ' .- ' ! , . Commerce. j , , Hydro-Electric Development and Possibilities. . , , ; : The Futnro of the Valley There is an Irresistible move ment toward this valley today, Just as there- was in - the days of the "Covered Wagon The law' of supply; and demand has decreed it. - The rest of the country needs raw material and we need capital and people to develop our vast stores of such material, - The lure of "Oregon"- is more powerful today than in the hal cyon days Of the "forties." j People of the east no longer doubt -the-fabulous resources of thfs section. Wise men of the east have for more than : a , generation foreseen the inevitable development of. this section Into the greatest hive of human Industry to be found on the earth another, world-beater. I Harriman and Hill understood It and desigaed their great railway systems oh a scale! equal to meet the demands of the future.1 They double-tracked their systems and built them along the; most endur ing lines known to modem engin eering skill. The Milwaukee fol lowed and went, them oae better. It harnessed the "white horses" jof the mountain streams to its jtrains. ' Managers of industrial. plants all over the eastern "fcectlon : of this country are eagerly studying, the conditions - ia, the Willamette val ley and planning to transfer their activities aero ns-soda as pessjble. ; .They are'-gfittingj e&ort raw material supplle,Wy '. v 1 j.Thetr congested-papulation; is seething: -with! discontent-V,at the strenuous ;- conditions lot ' . life in those centers.-' I - :-' :?: ! These great, industrial ; institu tions are acting upon! the instinct of the bee.' "When; the : hive gets too full; when too many bees sip heney from the. same; flower,, they swarm and seek newer jfleldsr. r d iLook over a list of the manufac turing industries nowf operating in thev WUlamette valley- Seventy- five per ciint of them are .''branch es" of eastern Institutions. This IS; not so much in; response to the appeals of Chambers ot Commerce anabooster:' organization as it is to the stern demands of the factory balance sheet. v - . . i "The workers in the-eastern fac-. torjes are learning that in the Wil lamette valley their 'energies- are 0t taxed, to defend, their, bodies against extremes of temperature aad that the. energy-tana 'conserv i ! .i 1 1 t - Every customer. raven a ; iun of Mr, JOdward T. Barber and written from a constructive , J Physical, Historical,, Ceographlcal ed may be used in productive in dustry. - r ' ' , They,are learning that here the may enjoy all the advantages of a country nome, . have c their own garden patch and fruit acre, '"a cow and a pig and a (flock of hens, and at the same time not detraci the least from their Job in the facf tory. In fact that their increased health and ! contentment of mind adds largely to their productive cir pacity a fact recognized as bene ficial!, to both, employee, and , em ployer. c " , p 7 . ; These are not the only ,'oppor tupities inviting population and in dustries to the .. Willamette valley. The growth of various agricul turil industries along the lines of diyersified farming, as berry growing treo fruit grwing nut growiag, f lax , growing, . dairying, poultrying, fur (farming;, and many other lines has give u; a; WQnderfUt impulse to land prices. - Many a tract of - land which - could have been bought a few years ago at. $50 dri $60 periacre'is'todayv. set ia. berries, fruits or nuts; worth . all the way from $6Q.0 to l, 000 per acre.' There are millions of acres of. lands as good as these wbick. may still be purchased with th wages ot a clerk, school teacher o . laboring man, or factory werke. that will within the near futuro (nprease as much ia value. The days of experimentation; along these lines;, of diversified in dustry have passed.' ? ' . , The pioneers paid the price, of the experiments. Today the peo ple of the new "Covered. "Wagon" rolling along on rubber tires over paved highways;- which , a Roman . emporer might have envied; or' traveling in cars of a palatial build Which, even King "Tuff InIl'h'fs--;loryi could not command, rolling, oyer rails, of, steel, drawn- by- the', 'White horses" harnessed from the mountain streams,; may. receive as a;; f ree- gift- the- results of . theJex-" , periments of the pioneers' and "are assured of entering ;directly into . the profitable production stage, if guided by tho advice apd exper-. ience of thej pioneers ot the "for-, ties.".,- : ; :, ,!.!-, -, ' v: A. Word About the Cllinato T People who have never come la ; ontact with Oregon climate almost; universally, have, a; misconception. ; of It. - Their misconception mostly )PI:o:;eL-ir37' -1
