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;
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rtrawbf : :: ?. . - -rl!
Apples, , ' l i : ' .'
iUspbfr- , - r 2"
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Great V . '., T
i::ackt
Cierrle , ; - . --
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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
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The price ol this service is $ ! .00 per vr eelii Vf , No service is sold
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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.
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late;--i' are ci tad.
are far i.:'.3 at 10 cetts ac.
raaileitqt aay ad-lress. Current
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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
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TAILOIIS anl CLEANERS
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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
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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
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:'DC3r chops
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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' -.
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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?, ' " '
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for less than sr 4
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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
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1000 S. Commercial Street
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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
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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
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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
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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-,
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A. Word About the Cllinato
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