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1 WMS$. I NDUSTRIAL ' OREGON : PRODUCES QUALITY ; HIP ;' PRODUCTS r j 1 -This cut Is used by, courtesy of thei Associated. Industries, of Oregon.1 1 ' Dates "of Slogans in, Daily Statesman 1 (In Twlce-a-Week Statesman Following Iay) i .i " i - " 3 a " I . - -'14. -. ' . ' (With ft few possible changes) Loganberries, October 2 Prunes. October 9 Dairying. October 16 V Flax, October 23 . Filberts, October 30 WalnnUs, November 6-! - i j Strawberries. NoTember 13 Apples,! November 20 ? Raspberries, November 27 ' i . Mint, December 4 Great Cows, Etc., December ii Blackberries, December 18 Cherries, December 25 Pears. January 1. 1925 Gooseberries. January 8 i Com. January jl 5 . j Celery, January 22 i Spinach, Etc., January 29 Onions, Etc., February 6' Potatoes. Etc.. February J 2 Bees. February ;itj j: i j : Poultry and Pet! Stock. Feb. 26 City Beanlitul, etc.), Mr$h 5. ea3,,itc., March lZ Paved Highways,! &SrtH Head Lettuce, March 28 Silos, Etc., April 2 i Legumes. Ant II 5 U1 9 Asparagus. Etc.. Aprij 1$ u rapes. Etc., April! 23 Drag. Garden,, April 3 BOOSTERS FOR A Letter From the Pioneer THE LAKE LABISM FARMERS ARE ALL MUUiailUNO riuiu hii unci view Ul "Million Dollar highway" I Will Before Long Be the ? Way to Market for a Number of Tides a Million Dol- iars in products Annually Editor Statesman: , fhave been raising onions for everal years and have , always found them a profitable crop. . f Lablsh beaverdani is par- ." ' - fly suited for growing TV is. f . y have' to use some commer cial fertilizer, unless we can get ; stable- manure. T . j . 1 An ordinary crop is 300 sack per acre, and. often times more. We are producing a fine quality onlon.;Yellow Globe Danvers, and have marked up a reputation for growing long keeping stock, that commands a ready market.1 ROYCE ALLEN. ; Falenu -Ore.. Rt .9, I "February 2, 1925. 'I ; ' . IVrsonal Intcrriew .j Mr. Allen says a lot Jn the a bo ye innwer to a letter sent to various onion growers. But the Slogan e it or talked with him personally, seeking lor still more information. Mr, Allen said the increase in acreage in onions in that section for this year over last will be at . least 20 per cent. He' satd that some of the growers there fare going into asparagus on a con- . eiderable scale, having- made -periments thatave'' proved stf cen?ult Jtproduf jnsr a higb floaV Ity article. Mr. Allen himself has for a, number! of jyearSj produce. an ahiniaT-?r01ficrn a ismair"lj0f of very fine aspargus; never fall lag in this. :'!:!!: I ' -j ' i . Same as l-nt Trar " The Slogan editor last year cor nered Mr. Allen, and secured an interview, and he said yesterday that what he answered a yea'rlago wag reported correctly, substan tially as follows: Mr. Allen came to Oregon from San Jose; CaU In 1914. He had known E. A. and J. O. Hayes there. They are the publishers of jthe San Jose Mercury, and had ' 6,000 me. owners of a large tract of the famous beaver dam ; land OT the Labish district. Mr. Alien was the FIRST man to whom they t oH an Individual tract, j fie bought 2." acres of this land, land be did the first developmeni work In that particular section of the Labish district. Mr. Allen paid $350 an, acre for the bar land; the raw land and it was very raw. being covered with jtim ber and brush and what looked tike a hopeless tangle, of under growth. 1914. Mr. Allen employ ed a gang of men to help him clear his land, which was a big - task; lt was "some job." Mr- Allen harvested his first crop in iM5. He raised two acres of onions, a lot of stringless beans, and a number of other kinds f vecetablea 1nf One year after that he raised a nccossftil crop of spinach, and he contracted for tome carrots tth the King's dehydration people and the carrots produced a such" large- sizes and In such quantities as to make It a problem to get rid of them. Oh. such Carrots! They "surprised th THE OREGON iSTATESMAR, SALEM. OIIEGOII Sugar Beets, Sorghum, Etc., ; May 7 ! -Water Powers, May 14. Irrigation, May 21 Mining. May! 28 Land. Irrigation. Etc., June 4 Floriculture,' June 11 Hops, Cabbage, Etc., June 18 Wholesalingi and Jobbing, :l June 25 I ! Cucumbers, Etc., July 2 Hogs. July 9 j Goats, July jl 6. Schools, Etc.! July 23 Sheep. July $0 National Advertising. August 6 Seeds. Etc., August 13 Livestock, August 20 Grain and Grain Products, Au gust 27 Manufacturing, September 3. Automotive adustries, Seyt em- I ber 10 Woodwork In . Etc.. Sept. 17 paper Mills, Etc.,. Sept. 24. (Back copjes of the Thursday editions-of. The -Daily Oregon Statesman are ton hand. They are for ale j at 10 cents each.. mailed to any address. Current copies 5c.) THEIR GREAT DISTRICT Among ThemMr. Allen, and Last Year The natives," and prised Mr; Al especially they sur- en. s 910,CK0 iirow In m Year Two years jago J .Mr, Allen sold n of products from $10,000 wort his tract. Th at yiear he had only 12 acres qf hil laid in onions. , Mr. Allen (was asked by the Slogan editorl wht was his net profit tha ye4r; ihat-he himself had left to represent his "salary" in working foil hihiself. ' He said it was close tt J6)00. Of last I yea 's drop. Mr. Allen has already fio 1 nine cars of on ions, and he tas three cars yet on hand. I He thinks they will average him bout 600 a car, or betteK i; trhfe jhjghest price he received ; for) ja4t; year's crop was expects to recede for what he has left perhaps ti. 2 5 to $1.30 per hundred pound ; depending some- what upon the Texas crop, which will soon begin to come in. Asked why he did uo get the top price for all of his niohs, he said he sent them out & fast as he could harvest them, while) the price was up, and quit sHiinig when there was a drop Tie: outlook is a lit tle better Jst Aow j for the, grade of onions he hsc lft 1 Mr., and Mri , Allien have'no Children vith liinmi Tho.. ,VA two daughters fa California and Mrs,1 Allen '"father is a member of the household here. They of course have some of their land j devted to pasture; keep a cow or two. and horses and other farm animals, and Dro- i duce the feed lor them, besides the usual vegetable or kitchen garden for thei own use. h They find enough to keep them busy on their 2 acres; with sea sonal employment for other help which they imusthire at times. Mr,1; Allen; has no! regrets, over transferingfhis hoDi from Calif ornlai to Oregon j lie Is In fact an Oregon booster; and especially has he always a good word for the great things tfiat imay be done on the Labish bearerdam land. Constant experiments being made will no doubt shpw up possibili ties that have not yet been count ed upon. That is a great district, and growing greater every year. h- Tho IWl Oop Mr. Alien produced last 3'ear 10 J cars of onions. The cas4 of. Mr. Allen Is not peculiar.1 th4 onion growers of the Lake Lab ;sh Section have made money, j j A enthusiastic boost 1 of them are erg for their dis- trict; for their 'Mlllion Dollar Highway."! That is, their; propos ed county I markfet ftaVed road along which they will produce a million dollars in crops annually They are jin fat almost doing this now. jlmtlm e, it will bo ten millions annually! Eliminate ! Eu ropean foulbrood cross bees by 're- in Oregon iand placing all in ferior. queens with good Italian q uefns. This is one of the biggest H eps toward sue cess. Bays the experiment station, t '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 no no J HAVE DIED IN OUR BIG HON Eat Onions and Live They Are Good for All the Things That Ail You, Including Even Corns Have You Read the 0. Henry Romance About the Onion, in Which They Lived Happy Ever After? Editor Statesman: For a cough take Jhe juice of I used to4 know a dear lady j an onion and put it with vinegar who belonged to the Methodist I and syrup. And when you have church, and who got up regularly J some potatoes that you cooked at the Wednesday evening; meet ing -or was it " Thursday and said that there was nothing she could add to what had been said by others, but ; that she felt It her duty to speak. - She said that the Devil often made it hard for 5:rn,!bUieei; th- patent vegetable vase- had made her little speech she al ways received a great blessing. Yon know how many of those dear Saints there are. I suppose they don't say "damn" twie in a month's time, but they feel ter- t. , , . : rl!y responsible and apprehensive ( iwi i-y iaii in no tneir miTv . " out of the Kingdom in conse- quence. "Well, I feel just that way about onions. I should Drefer to sneair of the violets, the snowdrops, the crocus, the daffodils just coming into bloom in our yard: the frozs croaking merrily in Lake Labish. and the kildees T heard r:iiiinv last night when I went out to shut up the hens, just as they sing on a summer evening. Rut T fi that it Is my duty to speak of onions, even though, "I can add nothing to what has been said." so far as acreage, and tons, and dollars are concerned I only know that we raise more and better and bieeer l a n d '. STRONGER onions th an anvwhere ) else in the world, and having made is cry conservative statement I can proceed with my knitting. In the twenty-six years we have lived at this place not a child has passed away, and by "child. I mean no person under the age of 21. At times the Perkins school has had 40 pupils in at tendance, so there was no scarcitv of material for the ' grim reaper.' and if eating onions-didn't save them I don't know what else -n was. In may own home we have never, in all our lives; had a con tagious disease like mumps and measles and whooping cough. The answer, of course is And when the "fin me-oH ! .. jrun ; remember hnw ifvhti. t tn.,Ai o j - luuucu - - - - - - - ' . ici; - Salem, because, at the time thelkeper ,s abIfl to determine by i. King's plant was busy drying 'wp,p1,t tno amount of stores the onions and the delicious, i health-I bfe na7e- j giving, germ destroying fragrance lined the; air. One household, where the three members were quite as ""fluey? as people ever become ;' was ; paved by burning onion skins on the, stove. a precau tion that ajso saved the nurse. Well; thata 'etfough "flue." : , If yon have corns on your feet. Just? forget'. for. th time being how daint ah sweet and fasti dious you are and rub onions on the calloused places. For soft corns between your toes, put i a slice of onion at night, and sleep with your sock on, to hold it in place. 1 1 , --- M- - ' 7 ' i ' : 1 1 : i- ; G. A. Roberts i ' i - Sheet Metal Work and Furnaces I Specialize in GUTTER WORK II - Ii H l . I " r-TT-ir Tfr mnfi in DISTRICT IS for dinner, and which taste as flat as a chunk of baled. hay, but w'nich you espect to spring on .' if your helpless family 'for" supper, why. just jazz them up " with a few slices' of Vnion. air fried to gether" In good hog lard. (None lines for me.) And if yon ever get hard up. or your husband is too drunk to take the car to town and get something from the grocery, just ' nt nidi an in w have a sack of onio- leraeraoer mai an is well if you in the utfuse. Kjne onion, one notato potato jtwo cupa of water and some salt and pepper makes such a grand mess that even O. Henrv wrote a story about it . I wa a nno story and they lived "Happy ever after," the lovers havincr become acquainted over an onion. AN ONION ADVOCATE. nvhile the above correspondent has chosen to parade under a nom de plume, the Slogan editor, if he had only one guess as to his or her identity, would name fciia McMunn as the party, and in cae he is correct, the Kinnn he is editor is WllDnr tn t-nmi -fA truthfulness of , all that is above written. -Ed.) r " "V .' MAW liKXKFITS tF IIOTATION Cron rotation where oterwis NY practicable on Oregon farms neipa a different localities. They also to eradicate weeds, avoid Insect experimented with different varie pesta and plant diseases. nd re- ties of nuts fand with methods of duce toxins. Other advantages planting. Thfy experimented with lifted by the Oregon Agnctiltural ; needling and grafted trees. They college are conservatior of soil tried grartiag on different root fertility through the diffsrent de"-' stocks. ' - ui ii n toy inands of root systems of different crorts. and by allowins recunera tion after crops that make heavy demands on the soil. Beekeepers are urced to hot that the entrances in late winter t are free of dead bees and rnhhish Onions."'."0 that bees can have free flight so successful with seedling trees red vnn ! n flinny days. Bv liftino thnlao tn !lirn..a .i..ti ji, "n nunnv days. Tlv lifting ihi! - v -iuc buck end of th hivsc t. THISVVEEK'S SLOGAN. II VOU KNOW that Salenf is the mafkeV shippin-j and rnanufacturin-? center of a great ortion 'and onion set indas tryr that .the world does not prow belter-on'ons; that, on ur beavrdam lands, 300 to 600 sacks of 100 pounds can be grown on an acre: that, year in and vear ouC taking average range of prices for ten years, the raising of onions here is a very profitable line of intensified agricul ture, and that there is room here for many more onion growers who will give that important branch of intensified agriculture the intelligent attention and arduous labor it deserves? i - i !. m ; : . ? II . - . 3.- ' I MANUFACTURE THE ROBERTS FURN AGE The Roberts Funace has stood the test of ten years' service in Salem homes and public build ings. It excels in high heating capacity, low fuel consumption, long; life, comfort and economy. Burns either wood br coal. If these point intcrcot you, call and inspect the furnace . ! Business Phone new capital and new people; they provide a - farms produce a wider variety of profitable spot on earth. j ii I! OREGON DUALITY NO COMPETITION 1IU THE MARKETS ' ' 1 ' :"J''''.' ' ! : ; , . j Oregon Presents a Most Inviting Field for Nut Growing By its Wide Extent of Proven Nut Producing Territory, Onalitvlnf Nuts ' Prnriiirtivitv nf Trppc anH FctahlichpH PositiorJ in the Markets : ot several uenis (By Edward T. Barber) America has developed an enor mous appetite for nuts, especially Envlish walnuts and filberts. Oregon ; has demonstrated that i . - , - both of these valuable nuts may be profitably! grown in the Willa mette valley;ar.d that these Ore gon grown'imts are of such 'so p erior quality as to command the best markets, . :Ui For the pst few year the United States has consumed 50 million pounds of home-growp walnuts and 80 million pounds df irported nuts. The imported nuts come mostly (from southern Pra ce Pome fi'ty years ago the wal nut indllStrv WSa Introducer! tnin I California. Interested parties went to France and studied tie nut growings problem from every standpoint. They decided that California presented as favorable conditions as France and accor dingly began planting experimen tal orchards.! The industry flour ished in California. Today there are 60 thousand acres of walnut orchards in that Ftate producing practically 0 million pounds of nuts annually. Thirty years ago the California walnut industry attracted the at tention of Oregon men who were interested in developing the pos sibilities of f heir state along all lines. Theybegan experimenting with walnut igrowlng. They tried different soflls. slopes, altitudes, air and wafer drainage st a uroll - - " " This beinffan experimental peri- od in the development of the In- oustry it would follow fhnt nt first the failures outnumbered the successful experiments. vtuue natyrally different men drew different conclusions from itho Pinorimant. c,r,, . o. i.t j., ' s io auvocaie planting seednnjrs. ,.. j Uiiicib virucguueu seeunngs were worthless and advocated nothing but grafted stock, The geueral result of the Oer- 1011 SOUTH COMMERCIAL 1375 ! Residence Phnne 19AR THURSDAY. MORNING, ! L E They Command a Premium i gon experiments is that itoday there are 16 thousand acres of walnuts In the state The proven territory includes the entire Willamette valley and extends across the Columbia Into Clarke county, Washington.! This is the largest proven wal nut territory known in the (world. The conditions of soil, climate, al titude, drainage and other factors entering into the production , of walnuts are so favorable in this territory as to produce a hut of very superior quality whicH com mands the best markets wherever it is known. ! The trees in this territory are prolific bearers. The cost of walnut land tiere Is less than any other known walnut land In America. , ( The low cost of the land, the prolific bearing and the high Qual ity of the nuts are the chief fac tors which make walnut growing In Oregon an especially attractive proposition. These enable Oregon growers to produce a superior product at a less cost than Call fornia can produce a nut f of in ferior quality. California, at present, has 60 thousand acres as against -16 thousand acres of walnut orchards in Oregon. But California nut territory is estimated to be Jimited to 200 thousand acres possible in the state. Oregon has many times that amount of proven territory. These facts point indisputably to the possibilities of the "industry In Oregon. In addition to pts vast territory adapted to walnu grow ing, are the favorable factors of low cost of land, high quality of nuts and prolific bearing qualities of the trees. j Those now entering the field have at their command jthe ex perience of the pioneers ) of the industry to guide them. Thev also have the assistance of the;Oregon Agricultural college at Corvallis. This institution has given nut growing a very extensive and in tensive study. It Is In position to advise growers as to the best methods. There is no necessity now of walnut growers making the costly mistakes of the past.' The industry has reached the stage where it is ready to enter the field as a great commercial asset to. the state. , j The conditions most favorable to large production of high qual ity nuts are well known, j The localities especially -adapted to the industry are krown. The high -quality of the nuts has been demonstrated toUhe ex tent of establishing a . market de mand tor Oregon nnts in! prefer ence to other nuts. " j Quantity production is jthe one factor needed to make ! walnut growing the largest anl most stable of all lines or Oregon agri culture. STREET -w -ww w ITS V FEBRUARY 5, 1925 -This cut is used by courtesy of the--Associated Industries, of Oregon. Beginning about January 1, 1925, The Statesman will supple ment Its slogan-articles on thia page with a series of stories ot Industrial Oregon from the pen of Mr. Edward T. Barber who is one of the most accomplished writers along these lines in the Pacific Northwest. Mr.. Barber is a painstaking and careful investigator. His articles will be based upon the most reliable information obtainable and written from a constructive optimistic viewpoint. The following subjects will be Included in these articles: The Willamette Valley, Its Physical,, Historical, Geographical and General Features. . - ! Lumbering, and Forest Products. Manufacturing Industries and Opportunities. Market at Home and Abroad. Fruit Growing-Conditions and Opportunities. Commercial Nut Growing. ' Poultry and Its' Opportunities. General Agricultural Conditions and Opportunities. Labor Conditions. - . - Irrigation.. Educational and Religious Resources. Tourist Trails and Scenic Attractions. . .. ' Taxation and Financial Conditions. - , ; General Living Conditions " Dairying, Milk, and Milk Products. '1 ;" " ) ' Mineral Resources. rT..- . Commerce. ; ! v "w ... j . - , Hydro-Electric Development-and Possibilities. "OREGON HUM" WORTHY MATES TO Filbert Growing Holds Promise of Most Encouraging Future Possibilities in Oregon Nature Lends Kindliest Assist ance to the Industry Nut-Growers' Selling Organiza tion Is Highly Efficient r (By Edward T. Barber) During the years that Oregon has been experimenting with wal nuts she has also been busy with filberts and with the same pheno menal sucaessk Filberts- have adopted Oregon as the place' for their highest de velopment. The same extent of territory so favorable to walnuts is also equally lis favorable to fil berts. . Oregon filberts are of superior size-and quality.. -, Oregon filbert trees are proli fic bearers and rarely fail to pro duce a crop. - Oregon filberts, have establish-i ed their own place in the markets and have no real competitors. Imported filberts are smaller, they are . often stale and rancid. there are-many blanks in them. Oregon filberts are large. They 3re never "stale and rancid. The growers carefully sort and grade them before placing them on the markets, floatine out the blanks and selling only well filled mature nuts. Filbert territory has' been well proven in Oregon. The soil, alti tude, air and water drainage and other conditions of location and climate have been determined so that persons how entering into the industry need not suffer loss by improper, locations. Information regarding the best, filbert condi tions Is obtainable, in almost every community, also al the Oregon Agricultural college at Corvallis. Filbert trees do not grow to the size of walnuts, therefore - they may be set more . to ; the acre. About 200 filbert trees to the acre is the rule. They require more attention than walnut trees.' They are prone to sucker and need con stant care and attention when young, to prevent wasting their strength in that way. Filberts come into bearing at two to three years and at eight or ten years are in full bearing. They are a long lived tree and the man with a filbert orchard ten years old will have as much of a per petual pension as the man with a walnut orchard. The filbert is a hardy tree and less easily injured by; frost than the walnut. Oregon filberts are of such high quality, and are put on the market under such careful Inspec tion calculated to maintain their reputation for quality, that there j is practically an unlimited field for their market. It may take some little time to cultivate a nation wide taste for Oregon filberts, but the opportnn- The 16 thousand acres now in bearing should be multiplied by ten. v; I ; . . , ; ;'-. 5 : . . Making Hew Orchards : The first step in planting a new orchard is to carefully select the location. " Walnut trees are rather parti cular about the depth of soil, the air and 'water drainage and the altitude. Information as to these polnta fs readily obtained from walnut growers also from : the school at Corvanis. ' - FILBERTS ARE 1 ity is here and those growers now in the field are more than satis fied with present results and fut ure prospects. The filberts imported from Europe are small in size, they contain many blanks and many nuts with soar and rancid meats. Since these have been practically the only filberts on the market. in commercial quantities they aro the only ones the nut eating public know anything about. Thej have not created a very great desire for filberts. Oregon filberts are the largest and best on the market. Orego filbert growers have been careful to properly cure their nuts, float out the blanks and put their product on the market in a form to tempt the appetite. This method has established, a high reputation for Oregon filberts wherever known. To increase the demand It is only necessary to continue to Inform the public of Oregon filbert facts in order to open a practically unlimited mar ket for a product so superior that it has no competition. , Selling . Organization Oregon nut growers have a very thorough and-efficient selling or ganization. This includes both filbert and w alnut "growers. It is co-operative system., The mem bers have carefully 'studied the market conditions f rbm A every angle and govern " themselves ac cordingly. They plan to produce a product which will meet every requirement of the most discrimi nating public demand. They work to educate the public to appre ciate the high qualities of Ore gon nuts. Their success Is indi cated by the fact that Oregon nuts command a premium in the markets which puts them above competition. Oregon nut growers are a ihost enthusiastic lot of producers They realize that the .nut grow ing areas of the world are limited and that Oregon not onlv has th largest area" but Dossessea other conditions of Boil and rllmatn which can not be matched bv anr other nut growing section. This is the factor which gives Oregon nuts their quality that commands the market. There is an unlimit ed field here with a most pros perous and attractive future based upon factors which stimul ate the faith of the nut growers in the permanence' and stability. of the Industry. The field opca for expansion seems to be one of the most inviting of all the many profitable industries of Oregon Walnut trees root deep. They do not like wet soil. They are easily damaged by early frosts In the fall or late frosts In the spring, so air drainage Is a very essential factor. The concensus of opinion seems to.be that the Frannuettn I the best commercial nut. It is large, long, smooth, well meated and sort shelled with a very fina flavor. " While some very rcmarkatla (CoaUaaed eat yg). . 7 '5k .